UNIFI INC

1. Background

Unifi, Inc., a New York corporation formed in 1969 (together with its subsidiaries, “UNIFI,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), is a multinational company that manufactures and sells innovative recycled and synthetic products, made from polyester and nylon, primarily to other yarn manufacturers and knitters and weavers (UNIFI’s “direct customers”) that produce yarn and/or fabric for the apparel, hosiery, home furnishings, automotive, industrial, medical, and other end-use markets (UNIFI’s “indirect customers”). We sometimes refer to these indirect customers as “brand partners.” Polyester products include partially oriented yarn (“POY”) and textured, solution and package dyed, twisted, beamed, and draw wound yarns, and each is available in virgin or recycled varieties. Recycled solutions, made from both pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, include plastic bottle flake (“Flake”), polyester polymer beads (“Chip”), and staple fiber. Nylon products include virgin or recycled textured, solution dyed, and spandex covered yarns.

UNIFI maintains one of the textile industry’s most comprehensive product offerings that includes a range of specialized, value-added, and commodity solutions, with principal geographic markets in North America, Central America, South America, Asia, and Europe. UNIFI has direct manufacturing operations infour countries and participates in joint ventures with operations in Israel and the United States (the “U.S.”). During the second quarter of fiscal 2024, UNIFI terminated the joint venture with operations in Israel.

2. Basis of Presentation; Condensed Notes

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. As contemplated by the instructions of the SEC to Form 10-Q, the following notes have been condensed and, therefore, do not contain all disclosures required in connection with annual financial statements. Reference should be made to UNIFI’s year-end audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 2, 2023 (the “2023 Form 10-K”).

The financial information included in this report has been prepared by UNIFI, without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, which consist of normal, recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the results for interim periods have been included. Nevertheless, the results shown for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make use of estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and certain financial statement disclosures. Actual results may vary from these estimates.

All amounts, except per share amounts, are presented in thousands (000s), except as otherwise noted.

The fiscal quarter for Unifi, Inc. and its material operating subsidiaries ended on March 31, 2024. The three-month periods ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023 both consisted of 13 weeks. The nine-month periods ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023 both consisted of 39 weeks.

3. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Issued and Pending Adoption

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. ASU No. 2023-09 modifies the rules on income tax disclosures to require entities to disclose (i) specific categories in the rate reconciliation, (ii) the income or loss from continuing operations before income tax expense or benefit (separated between domestic and foreign) and (iii) income tax expense or benefit from continuing operations (separated by federal, state, and foreign). The ASU also requires entities to disclose their income tax payments to international, federal, state, and local jurisdictions, among other changes. The ASU is effective for UNIFI's fiscal 2026, with early adoption permitted, and should be applied on a prospective basis, but retrospective application is permitted. UNIFI is currently evaluating the impact on the Company’s disclosures but does not expect this standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. ASU No. 2023-07 expands annual and interim disclosure requirements for reportable segments, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The ASU is effective for UNIFI’s fiscal 2025 for annual reporting and in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 for interim reporting, with early adoption permitted. UNIFI has not adopted, and does not expect to early adopt, this standard. UNIFI is currently evaluating the impact on the Company’s disclosures but does not expect this standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Based on UNIFI’s review of ASUs issued since the filing of the 2023 Form 10-K, there have been no other newly issued or newly applicable accounting pronouncements that have had, or are expected to have, a material impact on UNIFI’s consolidated financial statements.

4. Revenue

The following tables present net sales disaggregated by (i) classification of customer type and (ii) REPREVE® Fiber sales:

Third-Party Manufacturer

Third-party manufacturer revenue is primarily generated through sales to direct customers. Such sales represent satisfaction of UNIFI’s performance obligations required by the associated revenue contracts. Each of UNIFI’s reportable segments derives revenue from sales to third-party manufacturers.

Service Revenue

Service revenue is primarily generated, as services are rendered, through fulfillment of toll manufacturing of textile products or transportation services governed by written agreements. Such toll manufacturing and transportation services represent satisfaction of UNIFI’s performance obligations required by the associated revenue contracts.

REPREVE® Fiber

REPREVE® Fiber represents UNIFI's collection of fiber products on our recycled platform, with or without added technologies.

Variable Consideration

For all variable consideration, where appropriate, UNIFI estimates the amount using the expected value method, which takes into consideration historical experience, current contractual requirements, specific known market events, and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns. Overall, these reserves reflect UNIFI’s best estimates of the amount of consideration to which the customer is entitled based on the terms of the contracts. Variable consideration has been immaterial to UNIFI’s financial statements for all periods presented.

5. Long-Term Debt

Debt Obligations

The following table and narrative presents the detail of UNIFI’s debt obligations. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined within this Note shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2022 (the "2022 Credit Agreement").

(1)

Scheduled maturity dates for finance lease obligations range from March 2025 to September 2028.

(2)

Refer to the discussion below under “Construction Financing” for further information.

ABL Facility and Amendments

There have been no changes to the 2022 Credit Agreement following the filing of the 2023 Form 10-K.

Construction Financing

In connection with the construction financing arrangement, UNIFI has borrowed a total of $9,755 and transitioned $9,755 of completed asset costs to finance lease obligations as of March 31, 2024. There were no borrowings outstanding on this financing arrangement as of March 31, 2024.

6. Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes and effective tax rate were as follows:

Income Tax Expense

UNIFI’s provision for income taxes for the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023 was calculated by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to year-to-date pre-tax book income and adjusting for discrete items that occurred during the period.

The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2024 varied from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the U.S. generated losses for which UNIFI does not expect to realize a future tax benefit.

During the nine months ended March 31, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) audit of fiscal 2014 through 2019 was concluded with a refund of $1,275, which has been received along with $457 of interest on the overpayments. The impact from the IRS audit adjustments to the prior periods was insignificant.

The effective tax rates for the three and nine months ended April 2, 2023 varied from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the U.S. generated losses for which UNIFI does not expect to realize a future tax benefit and a discrete tax benefit related to the recovery of certain Brazilian income taxes paid in prior years.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

UNIFI regularly assesses the outcomes of both completed and ongoing examinations to ensure that its provision for income taxes is sufficient.

Following the conclusion of the IRS audit, UNIFI adjusted the uncertain tax positions for fiscal 2014 through 2019 that were effectively settled. The impact from releasing the netted uncertain tax position liabilities was insignificant.

7. Shareholders’ Equity

On October 31, 2018, UNIFI announced that the Company's Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program (the “2018 SRP”) under which UNIFI is authorized to acquire up to $50,000 of its common stock. The share repurchase authorization is discretionary and has no expiration date. No shares have been repurchased in fiscal 2023 and 2024 and $38,859 remains available for repurchase.

8. Stock-Based Compensation

On October 31, 2023, UNIFI’s shareholders approved a First Amendment (the "First Amendment") to the Unifi, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2013 Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan set the initial number of shares available for future issuance ("share reserve") pursuant to awards granted under the 2020 Plan to 850. The First Amendment increased the remaining share reserve by 1,100. No additional awards can be granted under prior plans; however, awards outstanding under a respective prior plan remain subject to that plan’s provisions.

The following table provides information as of March 31, 2024 with respect to the number of securities remaining available for future issuance under the 2020 Plan:

9. Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Non-Financial Assets and Liabilities

Financial Instruments

For the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023, there were no significant changes to UNIFI’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value, and there wereno transfers into or out of the levels of the fair value hierarchy.

UNIFI believes that there have been no significant changes to its credit risk profile or the interest rates available to UNIFI for debt issuances with similar terms and average maturities, and UNIFI estimates that the fair values of its debt obligations approximate the carrying amounts. Other financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, receivables, accounts payable, and accrued expenses. The financial statement carrying amounts of these items approximate the fair values due to their short-term nature.

Grantor Trust

The UNIFI, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DCP”), established in fiscal 2022, is an unfunded non-qualified deferred compensation plan in which certain key emplo yees are eligible to participate. The fair values of the investment assets held by the grantor trust established in connection with the DCP were approximately $2,891 and $2,496 asof March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023, respectively, and are classified as trading securities within Other non-current assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The grantor trust assets have readily available market values and are classified as Level 1 trading securities in the fair value hierarchy. Trading gains and losses associated with these investments are recorded within Other operating expense (income), net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. The associated DCP liability is recorded within Other long-term liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, and any increase or decrease in the liability is also recorded in Other operating expense (income), net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. During the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023, we recorded net gains on investments held by the trust of $255 and $78, respectively.

10. Earnings Per Share

The components of the calculation of earnings per share (“EPS”) are as follows:

The calculation of EPS is based on the weighted average number of Unifi, Inc.’s common shares outstanding for the applicable period. The calculation of diluted EPS presents the effect of all potential dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the respective period, unless the effect of doing so is anti-dilutive.

11. Commitments and Contingencies

Collective Bargaining Agreements

While employees of UNIFI’s Brazilian operations are unionized, none of the labor force employed by UNIFI’s domestic or other foreign subsidiaries is currently covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

12. Related Party Transactions

Related party balances and transactions are not material to the condensed consolidated financial statements and, accordingly, are not presented separately from other financial statement captions.

There wereno related party receivables as of March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023.

Related party payables for Salem Leasing Corporation consisted of the following:

The following were the Company’s significant related party transactions:

13. Business Segment Information

UNIFI defines operating segments as components of the organization for which discrete financial information is available and operating results are evaluated on a regular basis by UNIFI’s principal executive officer, who is the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”), in order to assess performance and allocate resources. Characteristics of UNIFI which were relied upon in making the determination of reportable segments include the nature of the products sold, the internal organizational structure, the trade policies in the geographic regions in which UNIFI operates, and the information that is regularly reviewed by the CODM for the purpose of assessing performance and allocating resources.

UNIFI'sthree reportable segments are organized as follows:

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The operations within the Americas Segment exhibit similar long-term economic characteristics and primarily sell into an economic trading zone covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the Dominican Republic—Central America Free Trade Agreement to similar customers utilizing similar methods of distribution. These operations derive revenues primarily from manufacturing synthetic and recycled textile products with sales primarily to yarn manufacturers, knitters, and weavers that produce yarn and/or fabric for the apparel, hosiery, automotive, home furnishings, industrial, medical, and other end-use markets principally in North and Central America. The Americas Segment consists of sales and manufacturing operations in the U.S., El Salvador, and Colombia.

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The Brazil Segment primarily manufactures and sells polyester-based products to knitters and weavers that produce fabric for the apparel, automotive, home furnishings, industrial, and other end-use markets principally in Brazil. The Brazil Segment includes a manufacturing location and sales offices in Brazil.

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The operations within the Asia Segment exhibit similar long-term economic characteristics and sell to similar customers utilizing similar methods of distribution primarily in Asia and Europe. The Asia Segment primarily sources synthetic and recycled textile products from third-party suppliers and sells to yarn manufacturers, knitters, and weavers that produce fabric for the apparel, automotive, home furnishings, industrial, and other end-use markets principally in Asia. The Asia Segment includes sales offices in China, Turkey, and Hong Kong.

UNIFI evaluates the operating performance of its segments based upon Segment Profit (Loss), which represents segment gross profit (loss) plus segment depreciation expense. This measurement of segment profit or loss best aligns segment reporting with the current assessments and evaluations performed by, and information provided to, the CODM.

The accounting policies for the segments are consistent with UNIFI’s accounting policies. Intersegment sales are omitted from segment disclosures, as they are (i) insignificant to UNIFI’s segments and eliminated from consolidated reporting and (ii) excluded from segment evaluations performed by the CODM.

Selected financial information is presented below:

The reconciliations of segment gross profit to consolidated loss before income taxes are as follows:

There have been no material changes in segment assets during fiscal 2024.

14. Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates

Included within Other non-current assets are UNIFI’s investments in unconsolidated affiliates: U.N.F. Industries, Ltd. (“UNF”) and UNF America LLC (“UNFA”).

U.N.F. Industries, Ltd.

In December 2023, UNIFI dissolved its interest in UNF under an agreement whereby UNIFI agreed to pay the former joint venture partner $2,750 and recorded it as an associated contract termination cost within Restructuring costs on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. UNIFI made a payment to the former joint venture partner of $1,200 in the second quarter of fiscal 2024 and the remaining $1,550 was paid in the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Accordingly, the balance sheet information presented below as of March 31, 2024 does not include any amounts related to UNF.

UNF America LLC

Raw material and production services for UNFA are provided by Nilit America Inc. under separate supply and services agreements. UNFA’s fiscal year end is December 31, and it is a limited liability company located in Ridgeway, Virginia. UNFA is treated as a partnership for its income tax reporting.

In conjunction with the formation of UNFA, UNIFI entered into a supply agreement with UNF and UNFA whereby UNIFI agreed to purchase all of its first quality nylon POY requirements for texturing (subject to certain exceptions) from either UNF or UNFA. The supply agreement has no stated minimum purchase quantities and pricing is typically negotiated every six months, based on market rates. As of March 31, 2024, UNIFI’s open purchase orders related to this supply agreement, all with UNFA, were $618.

UNIFI’s raw material purchases under this supply agreement consisted of the following:

As of March 31, 2024, UNIFI had accounts payable due to UNFA of $1,680, and as of July 2, 2023, UNIFI had combined accounts payable due to UNF and UNFA of $3,440.

UNIFI previously determined that UNF and UNFA were variable interest entities and also determined that UNIFI is the primary beneficiary of these entities, based on the terms of the supply agreement. As a result, these entities should be consolidated with UNIFI’s financial results. As (i) UNIFI purchases substantially all of the output from these entities and all intercompany sales would be eliminated in consolidation, (ii) the entities’ balance sheets constitute 5% or less of UNIFI’s current assets and total assets, and (iii) such balances are not expected to comprise a larger portion in the future, UNIFI has not included the accounts of UNF and UNFA in its consolidated financial statements and instead is accounting for these entities as equity investments. The financial results of UNF and UNFA are included in UNIFI’s consolidated financial statements with a one-month lag, using the equity method of accounting and with intercompany profits eliminated in accordance with UNIFI’s accounting policy. Other than the supply agreement discussed above, UNIFI does not provide any other commitments or guarantees related to UNFA. As of March 31, 2024, UNIFI’s investment in UNFA was $1,537.

Condensed balance sheet and income statement information for UNIFI’s unconsolidated affiliates (including reciprocal balances) are presented in the tables below.

15. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Cash payments for interest and taxes consist of the following:

Cash payments for taxes shown above consist primarily of income and withholding tax payments made by UNIFI in both U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, net of refunds.

Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities

As of March 31, 2024 and July 2, 2023, $201 and $1,137, respectively, were included in accounts payable for unpaid capital expenditures. As of April 2, 2023 and July 3, 2022, $1,332 and $2,456, respectively, were included in accounts payable for unpaid capital expenditures.

During the nine months ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023, UNIFI recorded non-cash activity relating to finance leases of $1,633 and $3,179, respectively.

In connection with the commencement of the 2022 Credit Agreement in October 2022, $52,500 of borrowings outstanding on the revolving credit facility were transferred to the term loan, such that revolver borrowings were reduced by $52,500 and term loan borrowings were increased by $52,500 with no flow of cash.

16. Other Financial Data

Select balance sheet information is presented in the following table.

(1)

During the second quarter of fiscal 2024, UNIFI recorded $2,351 of severance expenses related to a cost reduction plan intended to lower operating expenses for both production and administrative activities, which are included in Restructuring costs on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. Most of the restructuring expenses incurred impact the Americas Segment and UNIFI does not anticipate any additional, material restructuring costs at this time. The change in the liability is due to $949 of cash disbursements during the current period.