Kontoor Brands, Inc.

Supplemental Financial Information

Reconciliation of Adjusted Financial Measures (Non-GAAP)

Non-GAAP Financial Information

The financial information above has been presented on a GAAP basis and on an adjusted basis. These adjusted presentations are non-GAAP measures. Amounts herein may not recalculate due to the use of unrounded numbers.

Notes to Reconciliation of Adjusted Financial Measures

Management uses the above non-GAAP financial measures internally in its budgeting and review process and, in some cases, as a factor in determining compensation. While management believes that these non-GAAP measures are useful in evaluating the business, this information should be considered supplemental in nature and should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternate for, reported results under GAAP. In addition, these non-GAAP measures may be different from similarly titled measures used by other companies.

a. During the twelve months ended December 2024, restructuring and transformation costs included $25.2 million related to business optimization activities and $13.1 million related to streamlining and transferring select production within our internal manufacturing network.

During the twelve months ended December 2023, restructuring costs included $7.3 million related to reductions in our global workforce, $4.5 million related to streamlining and transferring select production within our internal manufacturing network and $2.5 million related to optimizing and globalizing our operating model.

During the twelve months ended December 2022, restructuring and separation costs included $13.7 million of severance and employee-related benefit costs, a $2.6 million pension curtailment gain, $0.4 million of other employee-related benefits and $1.9 million of other costs. All restructuring and separation costs during the year ended December 2022 were attributable to the globalization of the Company’s operating model and relocation of the European headquarters.

During the twelve months ended December 2021, restructuring and separation costs primarily related to the Company’s global ERP system and information technology infrastructure build-out as well as strategic actions by the Company to exit certain company-owned outlet stores and transition our India business to a licensed model.

During the twelve months ended December 2020, restructuring and separation costs primarily related to the Company’s global ERP system and information technology infrastructure build-out as well as strategic actions taken by the Company, including charges resulting from the Company’s decision to exit certain company-owned outlet stores, transition the India business to a licensed model and respond to COVID-19. These costs were partially offset by the benefit of a $6.6 million gain on the sale of manufacturing assets during the third quarter of 2020.

Total restructuring, transformation and separation costs resulted in a corresponding tax impact of $9.0 million, $3.0 million, $2.5 million, $15.0 million and $22.2 million for the twelve months ended December 2024, December 2023, December 2022, December 2021 and December 2020, respectively.

b. Other adjustments have been made for the twelve months ended December 2021 and December 2020 to remove the funding fees related to the accounts receivable sale arrangement, as they are treated as interest expense in the calculation of adjusted EBITDA for debt compliance purposes. Management believes these funding fees are not material to evaluating the overall results of the Company and thus discontinued this adjustment effective in the first quarter of 2022.

c. Financing costs related to expenses incurred to amend the Company’s senior secured credit facility and to issue $400.0 million of senior notes. These adjustments had a corresponding tax impact of $1.1 million for the year ended December 2021.

Supplemental Financial Information - Adjusted Return on Invested Capital (Non-GAAP)

Non-GAAP Financial Information: Adjusted return on invested capital (“ROIC”) is a non-GAAP measure. We believe this metric is useful in assessing the effectiveness of our capital allocation over time. ROIC may be different from similarly titled measures used by other companies. Amounts herein may not recalculate due to the use of unrounded numbers.

a. See “Notes to Reconciliation of Adjusted Financial Measures” above.

b. Operating lease interest is based upon the discount rate for each lease and recorded as a component of rent expense within “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Company's statements of operations. The adjustment for operating lease interest represents the add-back to earnings before interest and taxes (“EBIT”) based upon the assumption that properties under our operating leases were owned or accounted for as finance leases. Operating lease interest is added back to EBIT in the adjusted ROIC calculation to account for differences in capital structure between us and other companies.

c. Operating lease interest is based upon the discount rate for each lease and recorded as a component of rent expense within “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Company's statements of operations. The adjustment for operating lease interest represents the add-back to earnings before interest and taxes (“EBIT”) based upon the assumption that properties under our operating leases were owned or accounted for as finance leases. Operating lease interest is added back to EBIT in the adjusted ROIC calculation to account for differences in capital structure between us and other companies.

d. Total of “Operating lease liabilities, current” and “Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent” in the Company's balance sheets.

e. The average is based on the “Invested capital” at the end of the current period and at the end of the comparable prior period.

f. Calculated as “Net income” divided by average “Debt” and “Equity.” “Debt” includes the current and noncurrent portion of long-term debt as well as other short-term borrowings. The average is based on the subtotal of “Debt” and “Equity” at the end of the current period and at the end of the comparable prior period.

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V61268-P21550 KONTOOR BRANDS, INC. Annual Meeting of Shareholders April 24, 2025 11:00 AM ET This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors The undersigned hereby appoints Scott H. Baxter and Thomas L. Doerr, Jr., and each of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, all of the shares of common stock of KONTOOR BRANDS, INC. that the undersigned is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 11:00 AM, ET on April 24, 2025, virtually at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/KTB2025, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein. If no such direction is made, this proxy will be voted in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendations. You are encouraged to specify your choice by marking the appropriate box (SEE REVERSE SIDE) but you need not mark any box if you wish to vote in accordance with the Board of Directors’ recommendation. The named proxies cannot vote the shares unless you sign (on the reverse side) and return this card. PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN AND DATE THIS PROXY CARD AND MARK ON THE REVERSE SIDE Continued and to be signed on reverse side Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.