Regis Corporation Reports Continued Profitability for the First Fiscal Quarter 2024 and the Review of Strategic Alternatives

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[{"type":"text","content":" MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nRegis Corporation (NYSE: RGS), a leader in the haircare industry, today announced financial results for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023 and that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) intends to evaluate a range of strategic alternatives available to the Company.\n\n\nMatthew Doctor, Regis Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: \"Our first quarter fiscal 2024 financial results reflect the continued improvements and progress we are making in our business. Adjusted EBITDA improved to $7.5 million compared to $3.8 million in Q1 fiscal 2023, and we demonstrated positive net income from operations for the first time since fiscal 2018, with $1.2 million in the quarter.\n\n\nIn addition to the continued progress on profitability, we announced today that we will be reviewing strategic alternatives with the goal of strengthening our balance sheet and positioning Regis for growth. We determined now is the proper time to launch this process, and we’re doing so proactively during a time in which we are not in default – nor projecting to be in default – of any of our debt covenants, have ample liquidity, and can take control of the process. The approximately $190 million of debt, including letters of credit, net of cash we currently have is a direct result of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which drove adjusted EBITDA losses reaching $79 million in fiscal 2021 and cumulative cash needs of $190 million between fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2021. This net debt level compares to an equivalent figure of $32 million in the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2019. We utilized our revolver to fund our cash needs due to the inability of Regis to qualify for government funding given our size. Since then, we have built the business back from those losses to last-twelve-month adjusted EBITDA of $25 million; however, our profitability in comparison to our capital structure that resulted from the pandemic still represents a levered company. By complementing the initiatives we have in place to drive profitability with a strategic alternatives process aimed to address our balance sheet, we are proactively covering our bases in order to best position Regis for future growth and to maximize value.”\n\n\nFinancial Highlights:\n\n\nFirst quarter fiscal 2024 compared to first quar...

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