Resources Connection, Inc ARS, filed Sep 5, 2024
Resources Connection, Inc. (RGP)
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 | Dear Stockholders, Our fiscal 2024 year was an evolutionary one for RGP. While we started the year with measured confidence having | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evolving landscape with promising opportunities The current outlook on the global economy presents a mix of cautious optimism and challenge. As inflation ebbs, the higher-for-longer interest rate environment may finally be shifting. Meanwhile, global talent shortages and geopolitical conflict continue unabated. While the impact of these challenges on organizations varies industry to industry, all must find a path forward to advance their growth objectives. In RGP’s latest Pulse Survey, we found that 31% of organizations are using more consulting talent to transform their finance functions. When asked earlier this year which areas they’d prioritize for increased investment, 50% identified Business Process Optimization and 40% pointed to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) initiatives. We also found that these c-suite leaders are embracing the power of hybrid talent – exactly what RGP is best positioned to deliver. In fact, the most successful companies at transformation execution are creating effective ecosystems with a nearly 50-50 split of full-time employees and outside talent. Further, when asked which areas they would prioritize for increased spend if such capital were to be unlocked, 58% identified digital transformation/AI. We remain focused on the areas where clients are investing to improve their operating performance and drive transformation. Our current pipeline is rich with opportunities to help companies across sectors implement and unlock the value of technology. Specifically, we see increasing opportunity around ERP cloud migration, preparation for AI adoption, and digital workflow implementations and optimizations – all areas where we believe RGP’s consulting expertise stands out from the competition. Propelling RGP’s Growth Throughout the year, we made significant progress on our key enterprise growth initiatives. Just as we help our clients in their digital transformations, we too continue to modernize our technology platforms to drive long-term value by improving our operating efficiency, enabling scale and global connectivity. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
delivered strong profitability in the prior year, the sluggish macroeconomic environment weighed heavily on the marketplace, challenging our ability to close new engagements quickly. And despite the fact that our strong existing relationships led to robust engagement extensions and client retention, our revenue and profitability results did not meet our expectations this year. Nonetheless, we are laser-focused on changing that trajectory in the current fiscal year and beyond and have focused on evolving strategic areas of our business as well as taking decisive action on factors within our control. Given those market challenges, we made substantive changes that have better positioned us to capitalize on the growth opportunities we see on the horizon. We streamlined our cost structure, leading to a meaningful reduction in our expenses. We consistently delivered healthy free cash flow, and our balance sheet remains pristine with no outstanding debt at the end of our fiscal year. This financial discipline allowed us to return cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, reinforcing our commitment to delivering long-term value creation for our shareholders. We also continued to evolve our organization and expand our capabilities. Our internal technology transformation remains on track, and we implemented key components of this multiyear project to improve our operating efficiency and employee experience. Growing our consulting expertise remains a priority and we significantly advanced that effort by executing two highly strategic acquisitions in the year: CloudGo, a digital transformation firm and elite ServiceNow partner, and Reference Point, an advisory firm serving the financial services sector, which closed shortly after the end of fiscal 2024. We also continued to adjust our operating model to more clearly organize around the service offerings and expertise our clients are seeking, wherever they are in their growth and transformation journey. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In fiscal 2024, we implemented new talent and contract management systems in North America, and today we're in the final stretch of delivering new financial systems. In addition to improving the efficiency of our business processes and visibility for better decision-making, we believe these new platforms will also provide a more favorable experience for our clients, consultants and employees over time. Finding more effective ways to serve our clients with the expertise they need and integrated solutions they want is the key to unlocking significant growth at RGP. To this end, in fiscal 2025, we have evolved our operating model and reporting structure to provide greater transparency and clarity into what we deliver to our clients. We expect this new structure to enhance our ability to provide solutions to organizations across a broader spectrum of need, particularly as macro conditions begin to stabilize. Effective fiscal 2025, our business segments are: •On-Demand: this segment encompasses our high value, white-glove talent solutions. In this business, we support many of the world’s best brands by deploying experts who execute. Our consultants are experienced in the professional services industry to create impact fast and efficiently. We fill skill set gaps and bandwidth needs to enable our clients to solve problems quickly and confidently. This segment includes HUGO by RGP®, which is a digital engagement tool for clients who prefer a “self-serve” approach to engaging professionals for distinct finance and accounting assignments. We continue to expand our in-demand talent pools around the world in order to assemble blended delivery teams expertly for value-oriented delivery. We've established two global delivery centers this year in Manila and India. •Consulting: this segment includes assessment, strategy and execution services focused on finance, digital, risk & compliance, and supply chain transformation. We have merged our project consulting services group with our digital transformation consulting business under the Veracity brand. Aligning our strategic consulting capabilities under one leadership structure enables us to provide differentiated services to our clients, specifically, the blend of functional subject matter expertise with deep UX, design and development services. This segment will also include the strategy and delivery services provided by Reference Point to our financial services clients. Reference Point offers deep expertise in technology, data, risk and regulatory compliance. This segment can | also scale with greater financial efficiency by engaging with our On-Demand platform as growth accelerates. •Outsourced services: this segment includes finance & accounting and HR services provided to start ups via a technology platform and fractional team, operating under the Countsy brand. This past year we expanded Countsy’s total addressable market beyond the startup ecosystem to serve the finance, accounting, and HR needs for scale-ups and spinouts. As the fiscal year closed, Countsy was experiencing the strongest demand for services since the pandemic. •Europe & Asia Pacific: this segment is geographically defined and will offer both on-demand and consulting services to clients throughout Europe and Asia Pacific. •Sitrick & Company: this segment encompasses a strategic communications firm. Given our operating model evolution, we are now ready to refresh and relaunch our brand for the entire enterprise. As I shared last year, we embarked on an effort to create greater understanding around our enterprise brand to better educate all stakeholders on how our offerings and go-to-market approach differentiates us from the competition. We conducted extensive research on marketplace needs and the market’s understanding of the RGP brand and services. Informed by that research, we will soon be relaunching our new enterprise brand, clearly reflecting our collective value. We believe our new brand architecture, positioning and brand identity will further clarify what we do, who we serve, and the impact of what we deliver. Dare to Work Differently® Throughout this year of change, we maintained focus on nurturing the “one team” culture that has always been central to RGP’s success. Our team is energized and better positioned than ever before to join forces and win together. In 2024, Forbes recognized RGP as one of “America's Best Management Consulting Firms” and as one of “America's Best Midsize Employers” for a fourth consecutive year. RGP was also recognized as one of the “Best Companies To Work For” by U.S. News & World Report. These external recognitions are a testament to the culture we work so hard to cultivate, ensuring that all RGPers have the opportunity to build rewarding careers in service of our clients and each other. We also continue to benefit from new strategic insights from our Board of Directors. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sue Collyns, a seasoned public company director who currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Fabletics, and Roger Carlile, an entrepreneur and senior advisor with over 35 years of experience in the human capital industry, joined our Board in August 2023 and June 2024, respectively. This summer, we celebrated the tremendous accomplishments of our long-time Chairman Donald Murray, who stepped down from our Board in July. Don founded RGP in 1996, as a venture-backed operating entity within a Big Four accounting firm. Over nearly three decades, Don’s contributions to RGP’s growth and evolution were tremendous and we continue to execute on his vision today. We wish Don the very best in the next chapter of his life. With improving macro conditions and growing opportunities in sight, I am confident that we are optimally positioned to capture greater share in the market. We have the right expertise and engagement model to deliver value for our clients, which will enable us to accelerate RGP’s growth and create more value for you, our shareholders. This is an exciting time for RGP, and we thank you for your trust and ongoing support. Best,  Kate W. Duchene Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report, including information incorporated herein by reference, contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements relate to expectations concerning matters that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “remain,” “should” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. In this Annual Report, such statements include statements regarding our expectations regarding our internal technology transformation, expectations regarding economic and macroeconomic conditions, our current pipeline, delivery of our new financial systems, expectations regarding our new business segments, expectations regarding our new enterprise brand, and operational plans. Such statements and all phases of the Company’s operations are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements and those of our industry to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: risks related to an economic downturn or deterioration of general macroeconomic conditions, potential adverse effects to our and our clients’ liquidity and financial performances from bank failures or other events affecting financial institutions, risks arising from epidemic diseases or pandemics, the highly competitive nature of the market for professional services, risks related to the loss of a significant number of our consultants, or an inability to attract and retain new consultants, the possible impact on our business from the loss of the services of one or more key members of our senior management, risks related to potential significant increases in wages or payroll-related costs, our ability to secure new projects from clients, our ability to achieve or maintain a suitable pay/bill ratio, our ability to compete effectively in the competitive bidding process, risks related to unfavorable provisions in our contracts which may permit our clients to, among other things, terminate the contracts partially or completely at any time prior to completion, our ability to realize the level of benefit that we expect from our restructuring initiatives, risks that our recent digital expansion and technology transformation efforts may not be successful, our ability to build an efficient support structure as our business continues to grow and transform, our ability to grow our business, manage our growth or sustain our current business, our ability to serve clients internationally, additional operational challenges from our international activities, possible disruption of our business from our past and future acquisitions, the possibility that our recent rebranding efforts may not be successful, our potential inability to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, risks that our computer hardware and software and telecommunications systems are damaged, breached or interrupted, risks related to the failure to comply with data privacy laws and regulations and the adverse effect it may have on our reputation, results of operations or financial condition, our ability to comply with governmental, regulatory and legal requirements and company policies, the possible legal liability for damages resulting from the performance of projects by our consultants or for our clients’ mistreatment of our personnel, risks arising from changes in applicable tax laws or adverse results in tax audits or interpretations, the possible adverse effect on our business model from the reclassification of our independent contractors by foreign tax and regulatory authorities, the possible difficulty for a third party to acquire us and resulting depression of our stock price, the operating and financial restrictions from our credit facility, risks related to the variable rate of interest in our credit facility, the possibility that we are unable to or elect not to pay our quarterly dividend payment, and other factors and uncertainties as are identified in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 25, 2024, which was filed on July 22, 2024, and our other public filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 0-32113). Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business or operating results. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless required by law to do so.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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| (In thousands, except per share data) | May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Financial Results: | ||||||||||||||
| Revenue ................................................................................................................ | $ 632,801 | $ | 775,643 | |||||||||||
| Gross margin ........................................................................................................ | 246,068 | 313,142 | ||||||||||||
| Restructuring charges............................................................................................ | 4,087 | (364) | ||||||||||||
| Operating income ................................................................................................. | 28,776 | 72,788 | ||||||||||||
| Net income ............................................................................................................ | 21,034 | 54,359 | ||||||||||||
| Net Income per common share - Diluted ............................................................. | $ 0.62 | $ 1.59 | ||||||||||||
| Cash dividends declared per common share......................................................... | $ 0.56 | $ 0.56 | ||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Balance Sheet Data: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents …..................................................................................... | $ 108,892 | $ 116,784 | ||||||||||||
| Trade accounts receivable, net.............................................................................. | 108,515 | 137,356 | ||||||||||||
| Total assets............................................................................................................ | 510,914 | 531,999 | ||||||||||||
| Total Stockholders’ equity.................................................................................... | 418,763 | 414,520 | ||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Cash Flow Data: | ||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities..................................................................... | $ 21,919 | $ 81,636 | ||||||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities..................................................................... | (8,554) | 3,943 | ||||||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities..................................................................... | (20,709) | (71,914) | ||||||||||||
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(1)Adjusted EBITDA is a key performance indicator we use to assess our financial and operating performance. We defined Adjusted EBITDA as net income before amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest and income tax expense plus or minus stock-based compensation expense, technology transformation costs, goodwill impairment, acquisition costs, restructuring costs, and contingent consideration adjustments. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. A non-GAAP financial measure is defined as a numerical measure of a company’s financial performance that (i) excludes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding amounts, that are included in the comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the Consolidated Statements of Operations; or (ii) includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of including amounts, that are excluded from the comparable GAAP measures so calculated and presented. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated by dividing the Adjusted EBITDA by revenue. For further discussion of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, see page 26.
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SERVICES AND STRATEGY OF RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS
Resources Global Professionals (“RGP”) is a global consulting firm based in Irvine, California (with offices worldwide) focused on delivering consulting services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing a combination of bench and on-demand, expert and diverse talent. As a next-generation human capital partner for our clients, we specialize in co-delivery of enterprise initiatives typically precipitated by business transformation, strategic transactions or regulatory change. Our engagements are designed to leverage human connection and collaboration to deliver practical solutions and more impactful results that power our clients’, employees’ and partners’ success.
We attract top-caliber professionals with in-demand skill sets who seek a workplace environment characterized by choice and control, collaboration and human connection. The trends in today’s marketplace favor flexibility and agility as businesses confront transformation pressures and skilled labor shortages even in the face of protracted economic uncertainty. Our client engagement and talent delivery model offer speed and agility, strongly positioning us to help our clients transform their businesses and workplaces. Our model is especially relevant at a time where cost reduction initiatives drive an enhanced reliance on a flexible workforce to execute transformational projects.
We are laser-focused on driving long-term growth in our business by seizing favorable macro shifts in workforce strategies and preferences, building an efficient and scalable operating model, and maintaining a distinctive culture and approach to professional services. Our enterprise initiatives in recent years include refining the operating model for sales, talent and delivery to be more client-centric, cultivating a more robust performance culture by aligning incentives to business performance, building and commercializing our digital engagement platform, enhancing our consulting capabilities in digital transformation to align with market demand, improving operating leverage through pricing, operating efficiency and cost reduction, and driving growth through strategic acquisitions. We believe our focus and execution on these initiatives will serve as the foundation for growth ahead.
We serve 1,800 clients around the world with approximately 3,400 professionals collectively engaged from 38 physical practice offices and multiple virtual offices. Headquartered in Irvine, California, we are proud to have served 88% of the Fortune 100.
Business Segments
Effective May 31, 2022, the Company’s operating segments consist of the following:
•RGP – a global consulting firm focused on delivering consulting services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing a combination of bench and on-demand, expert and diverse talent; and
•Sitrick – a crisis communications and public relations firm which operates under the Sitrick brand, providing corporate, financial, transactional and crisis communication and management services.
Each of these segments reports through a separate management team to the Company's Chief Executive Officer, who is designated as the Chief Operating Decision Maker for segment reporting purposes. RGP is the Company’s only reportable segment. Sitrick does not individually meet the quantitative threshold to qualify as a reportable segment. Therefore, Sitrick is disclosed in Other Segments. RGP accounts for more than 90% of our consolidated revenue and total Adjusted EBITDA and, therefore, represents our dominant segment. The discussions in this section apply to both our entire business and RGP.
On November 15, 2023, the Company acquired CloudGo Pte Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “CloudGo”). CloudGo is reported as part of the RGP operating segment. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Prior to May 31, 2022, the Company’s Other Segments included taskforce, along with its parent company, Resources Global Professionals GmbH, an affiliate of the Company. taskforce was divested on May 31, 2022; refer to Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information. Prior-period comparative segment information was not restated as a result of the divestiture of taskforce as we did not have a change in internal organization or the financial information our Chief Operating Decision Maker uses to assess performance and allocate resources.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, the Chief Executive Officer, who is the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker, announced a decision to reorganize the Company’s business by forming multiple discrete operational business units.
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To align the new operating model and business structure, the Company is making management organizational changes and implementing new reporting modules and processes to provide discrete information to manage the business. Management expects to finalize its assessment of its operating segments when the implementations and transitions are completed, which is expected to be in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.
Industry Background and Trends
Changing Market for Project- or Initiative-Based Professional Services
Our services respond to what we believe is a permanent marketplace shift: namely, organizations are increasingly choosing to address their workforce needs in more flexible ways. We believe this continued shift in workforce strategy towards a project-based orientation was greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic (the “Pandemic”), which placed an enhanced emphasis on business agility, and continues to be hastened by the competition for talent. Permanent professional personnel positions are being reduced as organizations engage agile talent for project initiatives and transformation work.
Organizations use a mix of alternative resources to execute projects. Some companies rely solely on their own employees who may lack the requisite time, experience or skills for specific projects. Other companies may outsource entire projects to consulting firms, which provides them access to the expertise of the firm but often entails significant cost, insufficient management control of the project and a lack of ultimate ownership at project completion. As a more cost-efficient alternative, companies sometimes use temporary employees from traditional and internet-based staffing firms, although these employees may be less experienced or less qualified than employees from professional services firms. Finally, companies can supplement their internal resources with employees from agile consulting or other traditional professional services firms, like RGP. The use of project consultants as a viable alternative to traditional accounting, consulting, and law firms allows companies to:
•Strategically access specialized skills and expertise for projects of set durations;
•Engage the very best expert talent across regions and geographies;
•Be nimble and mobilize quickly;
•Blend independent and fresh points of view;
•Effectively supplement internal resources;
•Increase labor flexibility; and
•Reduce overall hiring, training and termination costs.
Supply of Project Consultants
Based on our review of labor market dynamics and discussions with our consultants, we believe the number of professionals seeking to work on an agile basis has been increasing due to a desire for:
•More flexible hours and work arrangements, including working-from-home options, coupled with an evolving professional culture that offers competitive wages and benefits;
•The ability to learn and contribute to different environments and collaborate with diverse team members;
•Challenging engagements that advance their careers, develop their skills and add to their portfolio of experience;
•A work environment that provides a diversity of, and more control over, client engagements; and
•Alternative employment opportunities throughout the world.
The traditional employment options available to professionals may fulfill some, but not all, of an individual’s career objectives. A professional working for a Big Four firm or a consulting firm may receive challenging assignments and training; however, he or she may encounter a career path with less choice and less flexible hours, extensive travel demands and limited control over work engagements. On the other hand, a professional who works as an independent contractor assumes the ongoing burden of sourcing assignments and significant administrative obligations, including potential tax and legal issues.
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RGP’s Solution
We believe RGP is ideally positioned to capitalize on the confluence of the industry shifts described above. We believe, based on discussions with our clients, that RGP provides the agility companies desire in today’s highly competitive and quickly evolving business environment. Our solution offers the following elements:
•A relationship-oriented and collaborative approach to client service;
•A dedicated talent acquisition and management team adept at developing, managing and deploying a project-based workforce;
•Deep functional and/or technical experts who can assess clients’ project needs and customize solutions to meet those needs;
•Highly qualified and pedigreed consultants with the requisite expertise, experience and points of view;
•Competitive rates on an hourly basis as well as on a project basis; and
•Significant client control of their projects with effective knowledge transfer and change management.
RGP’s Strategic Priorities
Our Business Strategy
We are dedicated to serving our clients with highly qualified and experienced talent in support of projects and initiatives in a broad array of functional areas, including:
Transactions •Integration and divestitures •Bankruptcy/restructuring •Going public readiness and support •Financial process optimization •System implementation | Regulations •Accounting regulations •Internal audit and compliance •Data privacy and security •Healthcare compliance •Regulatory compliance | ||||
Transformations •Finance transformation •Digital transformation •Supply chain management •Cloud migration •Data design and analytics | |||||
Our objective is to build and maintain RGP’s reputation as the premier provider of project execution services for companies facing transformation, change and compliance challenges. We have developed the following business strategies to achieve our objectives:
•Hire and retain highly qualified, experienced consultants. We believe our highly qualified, experienced consultants provide us with a distinct competitive advantage. Therefore, one of our top priorities is to continue to attract and retain high-caliber consultants who are committed to serving clients and solving their problems. We believe we have been successful in attracting and retaining qualified professionals by providing interesting work assignments within a blue-chip client base, competitive compensation and benefits, and continuing professional development and learning opportunities, as well as membership in an exclusive community of like-minded professionals, while offering flexible work schedules and more control over choosing client engagements.
•Maintain our distinctive culture. Our corporate culture is a core pillar of our business strategy, and we believe it has been a significant component of our success. See “Human Capital Management” below for further discussions about our culture.
•Establish consultative relationships with clients. We emphasize a relationship-oriented approach to business rather than a transaction-oriented or assignment-oriented approach. We believe the professional services experience of our management and consultants enables us to understand the needs of our clients and deliver an integrated, relationship-based approach to
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meeting those needs. Client relationships and needs are addressed from a client-centric, not geographic, perspective. Our revenue team regularly meets with our existing and prospective clients to understand their business issues and help them define their project needs. Our talent team then identifies consultants with the appropriate skills and experience from our global talent pool to meet the clients’ objectives. We believe that by establishing relationships with our clients to solve their professional service needs, we are more likely to identify new opportunities to serve them. The strength and depth of our client relationships is demonstrated by the 75% retention rate of our top 100 clients over the last five fiscal years.
•Build the RGP brand. We want to maintain a leadership position in today’s world of work, providing the best talent to execute client projects in an increasingly fluid gig-oriented environment. We have historically built our brand through the consistent and reliable delivery of high-quality, value-added services to our clients as well as a significant referral network of 2,585 consultants and 791 management and administrative employees as of May 25, 2024. In recent years, we have invested in global, regional and local marketing and brand building and activation efforts that reinforce our brand. In fiscal 2022, we introduced our new tagline ― Dare to Work Differently ― to clarify our brand. We made progress in clarifying and activating our new brand positioning during fiscal 2023 and 2024. We expect to continue to engage in these efforts in the upcoming fiscal year. We rely on trademark registrations and common law trademark rights to protect the distinctiveness of our brand.
Our Growth Strategy
Since inception, our growth has been primarily organic with certain strategic acquisitions along the way that augmented our geographic presence or solution offerings. We believe we have significant opportunity for continued organic growth in our core business as well as through strategic and highly targeted acquisitions as our clients continue to accelerate their digital, workforce and workplace paradigm transformations. Key elements of our growth strategy include:
•Further our strategic brand marketing. RGP has always focused our business on project execution, which is a distinct space on the continuum between strategy consulting and interim deployment. Our business model of utilizing experienced talent to flatten the traditional consulting delivery pyramid is highly sought after in today’s market. Most clients are capable of formulating business strategy organically or with the help of a strategy firm; where they need help is in the ownership of executing the strategy. Our co-delivery ethos is focused around partnering with clients on project execution. Our brand marketing will continue to emphasize and accentuate our unique qualifications in this arena. We believe clear articulation and successful marketing of our distinctive market position is key to attracting and retaining both clients and talent, enabling us to drive continued growth.
•Increase penetration of existing client base. A principal component of our strategy is to secure additional work from the clients that we serve. Based on discussions with our clients, we believe that the amount of revenue that we currently generate from many of our clients represents a relatively small percentage of the total amount that they spend on professional services. Consistent with current industry trends, we believe our clients may also continue to increase that spend as businesses adopt a more agile workforce strategy. We believe that by continuing to deliver high-quality services and by deepening our relationships with our clients, we can capture a significantly larger share of our clients’ professional services budgets. We maintain our Strategic Client Account program to serve a number of our largest clients with dedicated global account teams. We have and will continue to expand the Strategic Client Account program by taking a more client-centric and borderless approach to serving these clients. In addition to serving our largest clients with a differentiated focus, we also segment our clients by industry verticals. We believe this focus enhances our opportunity to develop in-depth knowledge of these clients’ needs and the ability to increase the scope and size of projects with those clients. The Strategic Client Account and Industry Vertical programs have been key drivers for our revenue and business development.
•Grow our client base. We continue to focus on attracting new clients. We strive to develop new client relationships primarily by leveraging the significant contact networks of our management and consultants, through referrals from existing clients and through a dedicated business development team targeting specific clients. We believe we can continue to attract new clients by building our brand identity and reputation, supplemented by our global, regional and local marketing efforts. We anticipate our growth efforts will continue to focus on identifying strategic target accounts especially in the large and middle-market client segments and within certain focus industries, such as healthcare, technology and financial services.
•Optimize service offerings with a focus on digital capabilities. We continue to evolve and optimize our portfolio of professional service offerings, and when appropriate, consider entry into new professional service offerings. Since our
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founding, we have diversified our professional service offerings from a primary focus on accounting and finance to other areas in which our clients have significant needs such as digital transformation, finance transformation, accounting regulations, internal audit and compliance, healthcare compliance, integration and divestitures, and supply chain management. We continuously identify project opportunities we can market at a broader level with our talent, tools and methodologies and commercialize into solution offerings. When evaluating new or existing solution offerings to invest in, we consider (among other things) profitability, cross-marketing opportunities, competition, growth potential and cultural fit. Our subsidiary Veracity Consulting Group, LLC (“Veracity”) offers valuable digital consulting services, particularly related to experience and automation. Customer experience and employee and workspace experience continue to be growing themes in the marketplace and within our client portfolio. The need for automation and self-service has also been an increasing trend. We will continue to focus on expanding our digital consulting capabilities and their geographic reach to drive growth in the business by capturing the market demand and opportunities.
•Expand sales channel through our digital engagement platform (HUGO by RGP®). Consumer buying habits continue to dictate a more self-serve frictionless experience. We believe the use of technology platforms to match clients and talent is the future of professional staffing. HUGO by RGP® (“HUGO”), our digital engagement platform, allows such an experience for clients and talent in the professional staffing space to connect, engage and even transact directly. We piloted the platform in three primary markets – New York/New Jersey, Southern California and Texas, and have continued to expand its functionality with further artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning. We have also been developing sales and marketing strategies to increase client and talent adoption of the platform. We plan to expand the geographic reach to other key markets within the United States (“U.S.”) in fiscal 2024. Over time, we expect to be able to drive volume through the HUGO platform by attracting more small- and medium-sized businesses looking for interim support and by serving a larger percentage of our current professional staffing business, which we believe will not only drive top-line growth but also enhance profitability.
•Engage in strategic acquisitions. Our acquisition strategy is to engage in targeted M&A efforts that are designed to complement our core service offerings and enhance our consulting capabilities that are in line with market demands and trends. Our recent acquisition of CloudGo, now integrated into Veracity, expanded our ServiceNow capabilities as well as our ServiceNow footprint in the Asia Pacific region. This year, we also entered into an agreement to acquire Reference Point LLC, a management and technology consulting firm focused on serving the financial services industry, and closed the acquisition on July 1, 2024. We will continue to seek acquisition opportunities to augment and expand the breadth and depth of our digital and other core capabilities.
Our Service Offerings
•Project Consulting Services. We partner with our people and clients to deliver value and impact, bringing our depth of experience and “sleeves up” approach to project execution. While many companies find their internal employees lack the time, experience, or skills for project execution, we seek out talent who can bring fresh ideas to drive any project to a successful conclusion.
•On-demand Talent Services. Tapping into our agile talent pool, we mobilize the right resources to build delivery teams for our consulting offerings and directly support client talent needs in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Our workforce strategy provides flexible, collaborative resources to meet our clients’ needs.
•Other Services. From digital workflows to back-office functions, we support vital business processes, freeing our clients to focus on transformation and other critical priorities.
Human Capital Management
Our internal employees and consultants represent our greatest asset and operate together to provide the highest quality of service to our clients. As of May 25, 2024, we had 3,376 employees, including 791 management and administrative employees and 2,585 consultants. Our employees are not covered by any collective bargaining agreements.
Our Culture and Values
Our culture is the cornerstone of all our human capital programs. Our senior management team, the majority of whom are Big Four, management consulting and/or Fortune 500 alumni, has created a culture that combines the commitment to quality and the client service focus of a Big Four firm with the entrepreneurial energy of an innovative, high-growth
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company. Our culture is built upon our shared, core values of Loyalty, Integrity, Focus, Enthusiasm, Accountability and Talent, and we believe this is a key reason for our success.
Along with our core values, we act in accordance with our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (“Code of Conduct”), which sets forth the standards our employees and board members must adhere to at all times in the execution of their duties. Our Code of Conduct covers topics such as honest and candid conduct, conflicts of interest, protecting confidential information, anti-corruption, compliance with laws, rules and regulations, fair dealing, equal opportunities and non-harassment, maintaining a safe workplace, and the reporting of violations. The Code of Conduct reflects our commitment to operating in a fair, honest, responsible and ethical manner and also provides direction for reporting complaints in the event of alleged violations of our policies (including through an anonymous hotline).
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, equity and inclusion (“DE&I”) are critical underpinnings of our shared values and guide our conduct in our interactions with both clients and each other. As a human-first company, we recognize diversity as a strength that is cultivated through our culture, our people, our business, and our clients. Our workforce reflects diversity in all its forms, including gender and gender identity, race and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and a variety of cultural and personal backgrounds. We believe a diverse workforce is essential to our continued success.
We are proud that 100% of our Executive Leadership Team identify as women or are racially or ethnically diverse. Additionally, 40% of our directors identify as women or are racially or ethnically diverse. We are also a Paradigm for Parity Coalition company, which is a coalition of companies committed to addressing gender and diversity gaps in corporate leadership. Our gender and racial and ethnic diversity representation in the Executive Leadership Team, Board of Directors and U.S.-based workforce is presented in the following table:
•-- Diversity representation is as of May 25, 2024.
Our fiscal 2024 DE&I strategic priorities remained focused on increasing DE&I awareness, education and involvement across our global team, increasing diversity in our workforce, and promoting inclusion in our Go-to-Market activities. Last year’s DE&I survey indicated high interest in creating additional ways for our employees to connect, learn, and support RGP’s DE&I Commitment. In response, RGP launched our first employee resource groups (“ERGs”) in 2024.
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The Women in Leadership, Multicultural and Interfaith ERGs are voluntary, employee-led groups and are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. These are complemented by other employee groups such as our Pride Committee and Caregivers for Aging Parents that are in place to support ways for our employees to get to know each other on a personal level and foster a sense of belonging for all.
In fiscal 2024, we continued our DE&I Council and DE&I Ambassador programs, which consist of employees representing a cross-section of functions and levels across the globe and are open to all employees, regardless of race, gender or ethnicity. These programs support our DE&I priorities by designing and delivering measurable and impactful solutions. The DE&I Council serves an important role in working closely with senior leaders to facilitate alignment between our DE&I efforts and overall business strategy. Our DE&I Council hosts periodic educational events that are accessible to our global workforce. These events serve as important learning opportunities and connection points that broaden our perspectives and foster a greater sense of community among colleagues. During these sessions, we engage internal and external speakers and communicate our current year DE&I strategy and initiatives. These sessions also serve as important listening forums by which we learn what additional DE&I activities would be most meaningful to our workforce. We have received positive feedback from our workforce on these engagement sessions, which helps us to prioritize DE&I actions for building cultural and inclusive capability across our global team.
The DE&I Ambassador program is comprised of employee volunteers, with a mission to “meet people where they are” in relationship to DE&I and to promote DE&I awareness in existing business forums (i.e., to raise a DE&I topic in existing business meetings or planned social gatherings). The DE&I Ambassador program has had a positive impact on our culture as it generates meaningful opportunities for people, who work in a hybrid and geographically dispersed way, to come together for connection and community. The DE&I Ambassador teams operate at a regional level and meet quarterly to share success stories and practices across the regions with the goal of contributing to greater inclusion within RGP.
In fiscal 2024, we also continued our Social Justice Charitable Matching Fund, which has allowed us to help raise DE&I awareness internally across our organization by matching employees’ contributions to charitable organizations that promote social justice. As of May 25, 2024, we achieved our goal of matching $100,000 in contributions during fiscal 2024 and since fiscal 2021, we have supported approximately 190 unique charitable organizations with over $400,000 in contributions. We also support and encourage our employees to volunteer their time and donate to local or national charitable causes. For example, since fiscal 2021, we have sponsored Brightpath STEAM Academy, which seeks to empower and inspire at-risk students in St. Louis, Missouri to pursue STEAM careers by hosting large scale events such as a robotic summer camp. Brightpath was founded and is run by an RGP employee who also served a multi-year term on our DE&I Council.
Employee Wellbeing and Resilience
Employee safety and wellbeing continues to be of paramount importance to us. Our Global Business Continuity Team continued to improve our disaster preparedness plans and implement strategies to manage the health and security of our employees, business continuity, client confidence, and excellent customer service.
To promote employee wellbeing and collaboration, we evolved our work-from-home policy to a hybrid work policy, where employees are invited to work collaboratively with colleagues in the office but are also permitted to work remotely as desired. Our goal is to help every human in our workforce maintain a positive, productive and connected work experience. We provide productivity and collaboration tools and resources for employees working remotely. During fiscal 2024, we also enhanced and promoted programs to support our employees’ physical and mental wellbeing, including the offering of regular wellness and self-care sessions, supporting our You Matter recognition program that allows employees to share gratitude and kudos for colleagues, and launching a new Spirit of Volunteerism initiative to share stories, foster community connections and promote organizations and causes that are important to our employees. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program for U.S. employees and a Global Workforce Support Program for our international employees. Both programs provide resources to support personal and family health and wellbeing.
Building Strong Leaders and Talent Management
Strong “human leadership” is critical to fostering employee engagement and positioning employees to perform at their best. In fiscal 2023, we launched “Leadership U” to foster leadership development, peer mentorship opportunities and to support the building and maintenance of high-performing teams. In fiscal 2024, we saw a continued and strengthened desire from employees seeking authentic, empathetic and adaptive behaviors from their leaders. For these reasons, we invest in the
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ongoing professional development of our employees and leaders. We designed and delivered curated programs such as "Leadership U" to onboard and acclimate employees to the business and promote personal, professional and leadership growth.
Successful talent development starts with hiring the right people. We seek to recruit and hire candidates that demonstrate skills and competencies that align with our core values and that have an aptitude to further develop and expand those capabilities. After onboarding, our Life + Learning team remains committed to providing employees with training and development opportunities to allow our employees to progress in their careers. We offer newly hired employees the opportunity to participate in our “RGP U” program to accelerate and support their integration into our organization. This program gives our new hires a connected cohort to drive a sense of belonging early in their career at RGP and offers their leaders a more efficient use of individual coaching time with new employees. In fiscal 2023, we expanded this program to RGP U Consultant to ensure strong connectivity and supported success in a consultant’s first year with RGP. In fiscal 2024, we continued our Sales Effectiveness curriculum focused on deepening sales and client service acumen and effectiveness.
In addition, we continued to invest in the professional development and growth of our employees as we focused on employee experience, effectiveness, upskilling and reskilling in a changing work environment. This support was focused and delivered to all employees with emphasis in the areas of leadership development, on-boarding, functional/technical learning and digital fluency. We continued to actively engage with our internal leaders by integrating wellness and leadership development topics into our quarterly senior leadership meetings. We also conducted intentional leader listening forums and mentorship programs to help guide our leaders during fiscal 2024.
Compensation and Benefits
We provide a competitive compensation and benefits program to attract and reward our employees. In addition to salaries or hourly rates, our eligible employees, including our consultants, are offered participation in a comprehensive benefits program (based on location) including: paid time off and holidays, group medical and dental programs, a basic term life insurance program, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions, contributions to statutory retirement programs, the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (“ESPP”), which enables employees to purchase shares of our stock at a discount, and an employee assistance program. In addition, eligible management and administrative employees may participate in annual cash incentive programs or receive stock-based awards. We also allow eligible consultants in the U.S. to maintain continuation of benefits for 90 days following the completion of a consulting project.
We utilize a Pay for Success Total Rewards Philosophy that promotes consistent and transparent practices for rewarding and incentivizing our employees and the alignment of pay results with the Company’s success. The Total Rewards Philosophy is comprised of three main components: (i) base pay, designed to reflect an individual’s value, knowledge and skills that contribute to the organization through an individual’s day-to-day job performance; (ii) short-term incentives, awarded to employees based on results delivered during the applicable fiscal year and determined by quantitative metrics, qualitative contributions, individual goals, and demonstration of company values; and (iii) long-term incentives, granted to recognize and retain employees who have strategic influence on the long-term success of the Company. As a listening organization, we continue to communicate with our people to understand what components of Total Rewards are priority for them and leverage that feedback, along with quantitative benchmarking data and affordability considerations, to continually evolve our Total Rewards offerings in a way that positions us to attract and retain top talent.
During fiscal 2024, we also continued our “You Matter” digital global employee recognition and appreciation program. You Matter includes service awards to acknowledge key milestones, including employment anniversaries and hours of service. This program provides all employees with the ability to both give and receive recognition, contributing to our culture of gratitude and excellence.
Clients
We provide our services and solutions to a diverse client base in a broad range of industries. In fiscal 2024, we served 1,800 clients in 37 countries. Our revenues are not concentrated with any particular client. No single client accounted for more than 10% of revenue for the 2024, 2023 or 2022 fiscal years. In fiscal 2024, our 10 largest clients accounted for approximately 24% of our revenue.
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Operations
We generally provide our professional services to clients at a local level, with the oversight of our market or account leaders and consultation with our corporate management team. The market or account leaders and client development directors in each market are responsible for new client acquisition, expanding client relationships, ensuring client satisfaction throughout engagements, coordinating services for clients on a national and international level and maintaining client relationships post-engagement. Market or account revenue leadership and their teams identify, develop and close new and existing client opportunities, often working in a coordinated effort with other markets on multi-national/multi-location proposals. While the majority of our client relationships are driven at a local market level, our Strategic Client Accounts, which comprise 40 accounts, are led by account leaders responsible for relationships across markets and who are specifically tasked with growing our global relationships in these key accounts.
Market or account level leadership works closely with our talent management team, which aligns regionally but is managed largely as three distinct groups within North America, Asia Pacific and Europe. Our talent organization is responsible for identifying, hiring and cultivating a sustainable relationship with seasoned professionals fitting the RGP profile of client needs. Our consultant recruiting efforts are regionally and nationally based, depending upon the skill set required; talent management handles both the identification and hiring of consultants specifically skilled to perform client projects as well as monitoring the satisfaction of consultants during and after completion of assignments. The talent teams focus on getting the right talent in the right place at the right time. In fiscal 2020, we launched our Borderless Talent initiative in response to the Pandemic to evolve towards and facilitate a virtual operating model. In fiscal 2024, we continued with this initiative, as we seek to provide borderless solutions, anytime, anywhere, bringing the best talent to meet our clients’ business needs, based on expected outcome, not zip code.
We believe a substantial portion of the buying decisions made by our clients are made on a local or regional basis, and our offices most often compete with other professional services providers on a local or regional basis. We continue to believe our local market or account leaders are well-positioned to understand the local and regional outsourced professional services market. Additionally, the complexity of relationships with many of our multinational clients also dictates that in some circumstances a hybrid model, bringing the best of both locally driven relationships as well as global focus and delivery, is important for employee and client satisfaction. Through our Strategic Client Account program, we aim to be the service provider that can partner with our multinational clients on a global basis by organizing the concerted effort and talent team to deliver through one integrated service platform. Additionally, team members in our Project Consulting Services group are individuals with deep subject matter expertise in areas of particular client concern who assist with scoping, proposing and delivering complex engagements.
We believe our ability to deliver professional services successfully to clients is dependent on our leaders in the field working together as a collegial and collaborative team. To build a sense of team spirit and increase camaraderie among our leaders, we have a program for field personnel that awards annual incentives based on specific agreed-upon goals focused on the performance of the individual and performance of the Company. We also share across the Company and with new client development team members the best and most effective practices of our highest achieving offices and accounts. New leadership also spends time in other markets or otherwise partners with experienced sales and recruiting personnel in those markets to understand how best to serve current clients, expand our presence with prospects and identify and recruit highly qualified consultants, among many other important skills. This allows the veteran leadership to share their success stories, foster our culture with new team members and review specific client and consultant development programs. We believe these team-based practices enable us to better serve clients who prefer a centrally organized service approach.
From our corporate headquarters in Irvine, California, we provide centralized administrative, marketing, finance, human resources (“HR”), information technology (“IT”), legal and real estate support. We also have a business support operations center in our Utrecht, Netherlands office to provide centralized finance, HR, IT, payroll and legal support to our European offices. These centralized functions minimize the administrative burdens on our front office market leaders and enable operational efficiency and scalability throughout the enterprise.
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Business Development
Our business development initiatives are comprised of:
•local and global initiatives focused on existing clients and target companies;
•national and international targeting efforts focused on multinational companies;
•brand marketing activities; and
•national and local advertising and direct mail programs.
Our business development efforts are driven by the networking and sales efforts of our management, with our worldwide Salesforce software platform providing a common database of opportunities and clients and enhancing our local and global business development efforts. While local senior management focus on market-related activities, they are also part of the regional, national and international sales efforts, especially when the client is part of a multinational entity. In certain markets, sales efforts are also enhanced by management professionals focused solely on business development efforts on a market and national basis based on firm-wide and industry-focused initiatives. These business development professionals, in partnership with the vice-presidents and client service teams, are responsible for initiating and fostering relationships with the senior management and decision makers of our targeted client companies.
We believe our national marketing efforts have effectively generated incremental revenues from existing clients and developed new client relationships. Our brand marketing initiatives help bolster RGP’s reputation in the markets we serve. Our brand is reinforced by our professionally designed website, print, and online advertising, direct marketing, seminars, thought leadership whitepapers, initiative-oriented brochures, social media and public relations efforts. We believe our branding initiatives, coupled with our high-quality client service, help to differentiate us from our competitors and to establish RGP as a credible and reputable global professional services firm.
Competition
We operate in an extremely competitive, highly fragmented market and compete for clients and consultants with a variety of organizations that offer similar services. The competition for talent and clients is likely to increase in the future due to workforce gaps caused by the tightening labor market, a changing market for project- or initiative-based services and the relatively few barriers to entry. Our principal competitors include:
•business operations and financial consulting firms;
•local, regional, national and international accounting and other traditional professional services firms;
•independent contractors;
•traditional and internet-based staffing firms; and
•the in-house or former in-house resources of our clients.
We compete for clients based on the quality of professionals we bring to our clients, the knowledge base they possess, our ability to mobilize the right talent quickly, the scope and price of services, and the geographic reach of services. We believe our attractive value proposition, consisting of our highly qualified consultants, relationship-oriented approach, agile delivery model and professional culture, enables us to compete effectively in the marketplace.
Regulatory Environment
Our operations are subject to regulations by federal, state, local and professional governing bodies and laws and regulations in various foreign countries, including, but not limited to: (a) licensing and registration requirements and (b) regulation of the employer/employee relationship, such as worker classification regulations, wage and hour regulations, tax withholding and reporting, immigration/H-1B visa regulations, social security and other retirement, antidiscrimination, and employee benefits and workers’ compensation regulations. Our operations could be impacted by legislative changes by these bodies, particularly with respect to provisions relating to payroll and benefits, tax and accounting, employment, worker classification and data privacy which could materially affect our capital expenditures, earnings and/or competitive position. Due to the complex regulatory environment that we operate in, we remain focused on compliance with governmental and professional organizations’ regulations. For more discussion of the potential impact that the regulatory environment could have on our financial results, refer to Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 22, 2024.
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Market Information and Holders
Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “RGP.” As of July 12, 2024, the approximate number of holders of record of our common stock was 38 (a holder of record is the name of an individual or entity that an issuer carries in its records as the registered holder (not necessarily the beneficial owner) of the issuer’s securities).
Dividend Policy
Our Board of Directors has established a quarterly dividend, subject to quarterly Board of Directors’ approval. Pursuant to declaration and approval by our Board of Directors, we declared a dividend of $0.14 per share of common stock during each quarter in fiscal 2024, 2023, and 2022. On April 18, 2024, our Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share of our common stock, which was subsequently paid on June 13, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 16, 2024. Continuation of the quarterly dividend will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business condition, contractual restrictions contained in our current or future credit agreements and other agreements, and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.
Issuances of Unregistered Securities
None.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
In July 2015, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program, authorizing the purchase, at the discretion of our senior executives, of our common stock for an aggregate dollar limit not to exceed $150.0 million. Subject to the aggregate dollar limit, the currently authorized stock repurchase program does not have an expiration date. Repurchases under the program may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and may be made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
The following summarizes shares of common stock repurchased by the Company during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024:
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
In July 2015, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program, authorizing the purchase, at the discretion of our senior executives, of our common stock for an aggregate dollar limit not to exceed $150.0 million. Subject to the aggregate dollar limit, the currently authorized stock repurchase program does not have an expiration date. Repurchases under the program may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and may be made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan.
The following summarizes shares of common stock repurchased by the Company during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs | |||||||||||||||||||
| February 25, 2024— March 23, 2024 | - | $ | - | - | $ | 45,246,163 | |||||||||||||||||
| March 24, 2024 — April 20, 2024 | 252,396 | $ | 11.89 | 252,396 | $ | 42,246,173 | |||||||||||||||||
| April 21, 2024 — May 25, 2024 | - | $ | - | - | $ | 42,246,173 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total February 25, 2024 — May 25, 2024 | 252,396 | $ | 11.89 | 252,396 | $ | 42,246,173 | |||||||||||||||||
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Performance Graph
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the annual percentage change in the cumulative total return to the holders of our common stock against the cumulative total return of each of the Russell 3000 Index, a customized peer group consisting of eight companies listed below the following table and a combined classification of companies under Standard Industry Codes as 8742-Management Consulting Services, in each case for the five years ended May 25, 2024. The graph assumes $100 was invested at market close on May 24, 2019 in our common stock and in each index (based on prices from the close of trading on May 24, 2019), and that all dividends are reinvested. Stockholder returns over the indicated period may not be indicative of future stockholder returns.
The information contained in the performance graph shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended except to the extent that we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
*$100 invested on 5/24/19 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
| May 24, 2019 | May 30, 2020 | May 29, 2021 | May 28, 2022 | May 27, 2023 | May 25, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resources Connection, Inc. | $ | 100.00 | $ | 73.64 | $ | 102.05 | $ | 131.56 | $ | 116.24 | $ | 86.85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russell 3000 | $ | 100.00 | $ | 108.58 | $ | 156.26 | $ | 151.62 | $ | 154.48 | $ | 196.98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIC Code 8742 - Management Consulting | $ | 100.00 | $ | 102.54 | $ | 132.82 | $ | 132.72 | $ | 140.96 | $ | 164.41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peer Group | $ | 100.00 | $ | 99.02 | $ | 147.55 | $ | 160.38 | $ | 170.36 | $ | 221.84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Our customized peer group includes the following eight professional services companies that we believe reflect the competitive landscape in which we operate and acquire talent: Barrett Business Services, Inc.; CBIZ, Inc.; CRA International, Inc.; FTI Consulting, Inc.; Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.; Huron Consulting Group Inc.; ICF International, Inc.; Kforce, Inc.; Korn Ferry; and MISTRAS Group, Inc.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors including, but not limited to, those discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10 K filed with the SEC on July 22, 2024. See “Forward Looking Statements” above for further explanation.
Overview
Resources Global Professionals (“RGP”) is a global consulting firm based in Irvine, California (with offices worldwide) focused on delivering consulting services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing a combination of bench and on-demand, expert and diverse talent. As a next-generation human capital partner for our clients, we specialize in co-delivery of enterprise initiatives typically precipitated by business transformation, strategic transactions or regulatory change. Our engagements are designed to leverage human connection and collaboration to deliver practical solutions and more impactful results that power our clients’, employees’ and partners’ success.
We attract top-caliber professionals with in-demand skill sets who seek a workplace environment characterized by choice and control, collaboration and human connection. The trends in today’s marketplace favor flexibility and agility as businesses confront transformation pressures and skilled labor shortages even in the face of protracted economic uncertainty. Our client engagement and talent delivery model offer speed and agility, strongly positioning us to help our clients transform their businesses and workplaces. Our model is especially relevant at a time where cost reduction initiatives drive an enhanced reliance on a flexible workforce to execute transformational projects.
We are laser-focused on driving long-term growth in our business by seizing favorable macro shifts in workforce strategies and preferences, building an efficient and scalable operating model, and maintaining a distinctive culture and approach to professional services. Our enterprise initiatives in recent years include refining the operating model for sales, talent and delivery to be more client-centric, cultivating a more robust performance culture by aligning incentives to business performance, building and commercializing our digital engagement platform, enhancing our consulting capabilities in digital transformation to align with market demand, improving operating leverage through pricing, operating efficiency and cost reduction, and driving growth through strategic acquisitions. We believe our focus and execution on these initiatives will serve as the foundation for growth ahead. See Part 1, Item 1 “Business” for further discussions about our business and operations.
Fiscal 2024 Strategic Focus Areas
In fiscal 2024, our strategic focus areas were:
•Transform digitally;
•Amplify brand voice and optimize solution offerings;
•Evolve operating model;
•Migrate to value-based pricing; and
•Pursue targeted mergers and acquisitions.
Transform digitally – Our first area of focus was to embrace continued digital transformation to improve operational efficiency, scale business growth, transform stakeholder experience and create long-term sustainability and stockholder value.
In fiscal 2022, we launched a multi-year global technology transformation project which includes replacing our core financial and talent software systems and optimizing our existing systems including Salesforce and Workday Human Capital Management. We have made significant progress to date and launched a new talent management system in North America in February 2024. We believe our investment in this important modernization initiative will enhance the experience for all of our core constituents and drive improved financial metrics through automation, better data analytics and faster global collaboration. Seamless global execution capability will enhance our competitive advantage as a preferred partner for global transformation projects. Around the end of calendar year 2024, we plan to launch the new enterprise financial system, Workday Financial Management, in North America.
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We believe the use of technology platforms to match clients and talent is the future of professional staffing. HUGO by RGP® (“HUGO”), our digital engagement platform, allows clients and talent in the professional staffing space to connect, engage and even transact directly. We completed our pilot in three primary markets – New York/New Jersey, Southern California and Texas, and received positive and encouraging feedback from clients and talent alike. We are now ready to pursue a more aggressive digital marketing plan to accelerate commercialization and achieve broader adoption. With the accounting profession losing talent in unprecedented numbers, we believe HUGO offers these professionals a platform to pursue an alternative to the traditional accounting firm career path – one founded on flexibility, choice and career-control. Over time, we expect to be able to drive volume through the HUGO platform by attracting more small- and medium-sized businesses looking for interim support and by serving a larger percentage of our current interim business, which we believe will not only drive top-line growth but also enhance profitability given the digital self-service model.
Amplify brand voice and clarify solution offerings – Our second focus area for fiscal year 2024 was to sustain effort to enhance and amplify our brand in the marketplace. We were focused on driving toward a refreshed view of our business, serving clients in three areas: (1) the core is our white-glove on-demand talent business of deep functional experts that execute mission-critical projects for our clients. We empower expert, diverse professionals with ultimate career control and offer them access to opportunities to work with top enterprise brands. Our on-demand talent business also includes HUGO, which focuses on offering clients direct access to earlier career Accounting and Finance professionals through a digital self-service model; (2) our consulting business today consists largely of Veracity, our end-to-end digital transformation firm, and Sitrick and Company, a top crisis communications and public relations firm. We are actively working to grow our capabilities in the consulting arena both organically and through targeted mergers and acquisitions ("M&A"), with a special focus on digital transformation, financial advisory and operational excellence; (3) Countsy is our outsourced services business, offering finance, accounting, and HR solutions to venture-backed start-up clients or post carve-out clients through a unique combination of on-demand fractional leadership and a streamlined technology platform.
Our investment in the RGP brand notably includes the development of fresh thought leadership content based on RGP’s own market research studies.
Evolve operating model – The third area of focus for fiscal 2024 was to continue to evolve our operating model to optimally organize the company in view of the operational efficiencies we are gaining through our global technology transformation initiative and with a view to align resources in the right way to support our strategic vision. Operating model evolution will also include better definition and structure of our offerings to clearly articulate our value proposition, differentiators versus competition, and client segment focus. We will be announcing the outcomes of this work in early fiscal 2025.
Migrate to value-based pricing – Fourth, we have made solid progress in evolving and enhancing our pricing strategy towards a value-based approach for our project execution services, which has become a more relevant secular trend. As we deepen our client relationships and raise our clients’ perception of our ability to add value through our services, we anticipate further increasing bill rates for our services to appropriately capture the value of the talent and solutions delivered. As part of our pricing strategy implementation, we created more centralized pricing governance, strategy and approach; we conducted a deep pricing analysis to identify and develop areas that need improvement; and we instituted new pricing training for all sales, talent and other go-to-market team members. Through these actions, we have been able to achieve higher bill rates across a majority of the markets in the current fiscal year, which is foundational to drive topline revenue and profitability.
Pursue targeted mergers and acquisitions – Lastly, we have been actively seeking to accelerate growth through strategic M&A that drive additional scale or expand and complement our existing core capabilities, as demonstrated through our acquisition of CloudGo Pte Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “CloudGo”) and the recently completed acquisition of Reference Point LLC (“Reference Point”). Our M&A strategy is focused on expanding our consulting capabilities, with a special interest in financial advisory firms as well as digital transformation firms that serve to add scale and/or accelerate growth for our existing business. We believe that we are well positioned to grow and scale a boutique consulting firm through access to both our robust enterprise client base and our expansive on-demand talent pool.
As noted above, in November 2023, we acquired CloudGo. Headquartered in Singapore, CloudGo is a digital transformation firm and a fast growing Elite ServiceNow Partner. CloudGo has been integrated into Veracity’s digital business and we believe that it will continue to accelerate the expansion of our digital presence across the Asia Pacific region. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report for further discussion.
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Additionally, we entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2024, and as amended and restated as of June 30, 2024 (the “Reference Point MIPA”) with Reference Point to acquire 100% of the membership interests of Reference Point. Reference Point is a strategy, management, and technology consulting firm serving the financial services sector and is headquartered in New York. The acquisition closed on July 1, 2024. See Note 19 – Subsequent Event in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report for further discussion.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations included in this Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are based upon our Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The following represents a summary of our accounting policies that involve critical accounting estimates, defined as those estimates made in accordance with GAAP that involve a significant level of estimation uncertainty and have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
Revenue recognition — Revenues are recognized when control of the promised service is transferred to our clients, in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for the services. Revenue is recorded net of sales or other transaction taxes collected from clients and remitted to taxing authorities. Revenues for the vast majority of our contracts are recognized over time, based on hours worked by our professionals. The performance of the agreed-upon service over time is the single performance obligation for revenues.
On a limited basis, the Company may have fixed-price contracts, for which revenues are recognized over time using the input method based on time incurred as a proportion of estimated total time. Time incurred represents work performed, which corresponds with, and therefore best depicts, the transfer of control to the client. Management uses significant judgments when estimating the total hours expected to complete the contract performance obligation. It is possible that updated estimates for consulting engagements may vary from initial estimates with such updates being recognized in the period of determination. Depending on the timing of billings and services rendered, the Company accrues or defers revenue as appropriate.
Certain clients may receive discounts (for example, volume discounts or rebates) to the amounts billed. These discounts or rebates are considered variable consideration. Management evaluates the facts and circumstances of each contract and client relationship to estimate the variable consideration, assessing the most likely amount to recognize and considering management’s expectation of the volume of services to be provided over the applicable period. Rebates are the largest component of variable consideration and are estimated using the most-likely-amount method prescribed by Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, contracts terms and estimates of revenue. Revenues are recognized net of variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of revenues will not occur in subsequent periods. Changes in estimates would result in cumulative catch-up adjustments and could materially impact our financial results. Rebates recognized as contra-revenue for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 were $2.5 million, $3.2 million and $3.1 million, respectively.
Allowance for credit losses — We maintain an allowance for credit losses for estimated losses resulting from our clients failing to make required payments for services rendered. We estimate this allowance based upon our knowledge of the financial condition of our clients (which may not include knowledge of all significant events), review of historical receivable and reserve trends and other pertinent information. While such losses have historically been within our expectations and the provisions established, we cannot guarantee that we will continue to experience the same credit loss rates we have in the past. As of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, we had an allowance for credit losses of $2.8 million and $3.3 million, respectively. A significant change in the liquidity or financial position of our clients could cause unfavorable trends in receivable collections and additional allowances may be required. These additional allowances could materially affect our future financial results.
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Income taxes — In order to prepare our Consolidated Financial Statements, we are required to make estimates of income taxes, if applicable, in each jurisdiction in which we operate. The process incorporates an assessment of any income subject to taxation in each jurisdiction together with temporary differences resulting from different treatment of transactions for tax and financial statement purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities that are included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The recovery of deferred tax assets from future taxable income must be assessed and, to the extent recovery is not likely, we will establish a valuation allowance. An increase in the valuation allowance results in recording additional tax expense and any such adjustment may materially affect our future financial results. If the ultimate tax liability differs from the amount of tax expense we have reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, an adjustment of tax expense may need to be recorded and this adjustment may materially affect our future financial results and financial condition.
We evaluate the realizability of our deferred tax assets based on all available evidence and establish a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that they will not be realized. When all available evidence indicates that the deferred tax assets are more likely than not to be realized, a valuation allowance is not required to be recorded or an existing valuation allowance is reversed. Management assesses all available positive and negative evidence, including (1) three-year cumulative pre-tax income or loss adjusted for permanent tax differences, (2) history of operating losses and of net operating loss carryforwards expiring unused, (3) evidence of future reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, (4) availability of sufficient taxable income in prior years, (5) tax planning strategies, and (6) projection of future taxable income, to determine the need to establish or release a valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets. An increase or decrease in valuation allowance will result in a corresponding increase or decrease in tax expense, and any such adjustment may materially affect our future financial results.
We also evaluate our uncertain tax positions and only recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percentage likelihood of being realized upon settlement. We record a liability for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Any change in judgment related to the expected ultimate resolution of uncertain tax positions is recognized in earnings in the period in which such change occurs.
As of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, a valuation allowance of $8.6 million and $6.5 million was established on deferred tax assets totaling $34.2 million and $33.2 million, respectively. Our income tax for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 was an expense of $8.8 million, $18.3 million and $15.8 million, respectively. As of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, our total liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $1.0 million and $1.0 million, respectively.
Stock-based compensation — Under our 2020 Performance Incentive Plan, officers, employees, and outside directors have received or may receive grants of restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance stock units, options to purchase common stock or other stock or stock-based awards. Under our ESPP, eligible officers and employees may purchase our common stock at a discount in accordance with the terms of the plan. During fiscal 2024, the Company issued performance stock unit awards under the 2020 Performance Incentive Plan that will vest upon the achievement of certain company-wide performance targets at the end of the defined three-year performance period. Vesting periods for restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and stock option awards range from three to four years.
We estimate the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the date of grant as described below. We determine the estimated value of restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit and performance stock unit awards using the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant. We have elected to use the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for our stock options and stock purchased under our ESPP which takes into account assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include the expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors. Additional variables to be considered are the expected term, expected dividends and the risk-free interest rate over the expected term of our employee stock options.
We use our historical volatility over the expected life of the stock option award and ESPP award to estimate the expected volatility of the price of our common stock. The risk-free interest rate assumption is based upon observed interest rates appropriate for the term of our employee stock options. The impact of expected dividends ($0.14 per share for each quarter during fiscal 2024, 2023, and 2022) is also incorporated in determining the estimated value per share of employee
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stock option grants and purchases under our ESPP. Such dividends are subject to quarterly Board of Directors’ approval. Our expected life of stock option grants is 5.6 years for non-officers and 8.1 years for officers, and the expected life of grants under our ESPP is 6 months.
In addition, because stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, it is reduced for estimated forfeitures. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates, and in the case of performance stock units, based on the actual performance. The number of performance stock units earned at the end of the performance period may equal, exceed or be less than the targeted number of shares depending on whether the performance criteria are met, surpassed or not met. During each reporting period, the Company uses the latest forecasted results to estimate the number of shares to be issued at the end of the performance period. Any resulting changes to stock compensation expense are adjusted in the period in which the change in estimates occur. Forfeitures are estimated based on historical experience.
We review the underlying assumptions related to stock-based compensation at least annually or more frequently if we believe triggering events exist. If facts and circumstances change and we employ different assumptions in future periods, the compensation expense recorded may differ materially from the amount recorded in the current period. Stock-based compensation expense for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 was $5.7 million, $9.5 million and $8.2 million, respectively.
Valuation of long-lived assets — For long-lived tangible and intangible assets other than goodwill, including property and equipment, right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, and definite-lived intangible assets, we assess the potential impairment periodically or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable from the estimated undiscounted expected future cash flows expected to result from their use and eventual disposition. In cases where the estimated undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the net book value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which the net book value exceeds the estimated fair value of assets. We performed our assessment of potential qualitative impairment indicators of long-lived assets, including property and equipment, ROU assets outside of exited under the real estate exit initiatives taken, and definite-lived intangible assets. We determined that for such long-lived assets, no impairment indicators were present as of May 25, 2024, and no impairment charge was recorded during fiscal 2024.
Estimating future cash flows requires significant judgment, and our projections may vary from the cash flows eventually realized. Future events and unanticipated changes to assumptions could result in an impairment in the future. Although any impairment is a non-cash expense, it could materially affect our future financial results and financial condition.
Goodwill — Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in each business combination. We evaluate goodwill for impairment annually, and whenever events indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit could be less than its carrying amount. In assessing the recoverability of goodwill, we make a series of assumptions including forecasted revenue and costs, estimates of future cash flows, discount rates and other factors, which require significant judgment. A potential impairment in the future, although a non-cash expense, could materially affect our financial results and financial condition.
In testing the goodwill of our reporting units for impairment, we have the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of each of our reporting units is less than their respective carrying amounts. If it is deemed more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is greater than its carrying value, no further testing is needed and goodwill is not impaired. Otherwise, we perform a quantitative comparison of the fair value of the reporting unit to its carrying amount. We have the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit and proceed directly to performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test. If a reporting unit’s estimated fair value is equal to or greater than that reporting unit’s carrying value, no impairment of goodwill exists and the testing is complete. If the reporting unit’s carrying amount is greater than the estimated fair value, then a non-cash impairment charge is recorded for the amount of the difference, not exceeding the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.
Under the quantitative analysis, the estimated fair value of goodwill is determined by using a combination of a market approach and an income approach. The market approach estimates fair value by applying revenue and EBITDA multiples to each reporting unit’s operating performance. The multiples are derived from guideline public companies with similar operating and investment characteristics to our reporting units, and are evaluated and adjusted, if needed, based on specific characteristics of the reporting units relative to the selected guideline companies. The market approach requires us to make a series of assumptions that involve significant judgment, such as the selection of comparable companies and the evaluation of the multiples. The income approach estimates fair value based on our estimated future cash flows of each
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reporting unit, discounted by an estimated weighted-average cost of capital that reflects the relevant risks associated with each reporting unit and the time value of money. The income approach also requires us to make a series of assumptions that involve significant judgment, such as discount rates, revenue projections and Adjusted EBITDA margin projections. We estimate our discount rates on a blended rate of return considering both debt and equity for comparable guideline public companies. We forecast our revenue and Adjusted EBITDA margin based on historical experience and internal forecasts about future performance.
The following is a discussion of our goodwill impairment tests performed during fiscal 2024.
2024 Annual Goodwill Impairment Analysis
On the first day of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, we performed our annual goodwill impairment assessment on our RGP reporting unit. During the fourth quarter, we voluntarily changed the date of the annual impairment test from the last day of the fourth quarter to the first day of the fourth quarter. This voluntary change is preferable under the circumstances as it results in better alignment with our business operating process. This change was applied prospectively and was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as it did not delay, accelerate or avoid an impairment charge. We elected to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment analysis using widely accepted valuation techniques as described above to determine if the fair value of any of our reporting unit is less than its respective carrying amount. Based on our quantitative assessment performed, the fair value of our RGP reporting unit exceed their carrying values and we concluded that there was no goodwill impairment as of February 25, 2024. While we believe that the assumptions underlying our quantitative assessment are reasonable, these assumptions could have a significant impact on whether a non-cash impairment charge is recognized and the magnitude of such charge. The results of an impairment analysis are as of a point in time. There is no assurance that the actual future earnings or cash flows of our RGP reporting unit will be consistent with our projections. We will continue to monitor any changes to our assumptions and will evaluate goodwill as deemed warranted during future periods. Furthermore, there have been no changes in facts, circumstances or events, since the date of our goodwill impairment test through May 25, 2024 that would give rise to modifying this conclusion regarding our goodwill impairment assessment or require further testing.
Business combinations — We allocate the fair value of the purchase consideration of our acquisitions to the tangible assets, liabilities, and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. Purchase price allocations for business acquisitions require significant judgments, particularly with regard to the determination of the value of identifiable assets, liabilities, and goodwill. Often third-party specialists are used to assist in valuations requiring complex estimation. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred.
Purchase agreements related to certain business acquisitions may include provisions for the payment of additional cash consideration if certain future performance conditions are met. These contingent consideration arrangements are recognized at their acquisition date fair value and included as part of the purchase price at the acquisition date. These contingent consideration arrangements are classified as contingent consideration liabilities or other long-term liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets and are remeasured to fair value at each reporting period, with any change in fair value being recognized in the applicable period’s results of operations. Measuring the fair value of contingent consideration at the acquisition date, and for all subsequent remeasurement periods, requires a careful examination of the facts and circumstances to determine the probable resolution of the contingency(ies). We utilize the Monte Carlo simulation model and estimate fair value of the contingent consideration based on unobservable input variables related to meeting the applicable contingency conditions as per the applicable agreements. There are no contingent consideration liabilities as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023. The contingent consideration adjustment was a benefit of $4.4 million and zero, for the years ended May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively, and an expense of $0.2 million for the year ended May 28, 2022.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to assess our financial and operating performance that are not defined by or calculated in accordance with GAAP. A non-GAAP financial measure is defined as a numerical measure of a company’s financial performance that (i) excludes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of excluding amounts, that are included in the comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in the Consolidated Statements of Operations; or (ii) includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that have the effect of including amounts, that are excluded from the comparable GAAP measure so calculated and presented.
Our primary non-GAAP financial measures are listed below and reflect how we evaluate our operating results.
•Same-day constant currency revenue is adjusted for the following items:
◦Currency impact. In order to remove the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, we calculate same-day constant currency revenue, which represents the outcome that would have resulted had exchange rates in the current period been the same as those in effect in the comparable prior period.
◦Business days impact. In order to remove the fluctuations caused by comparable periods having a different number of business days, we calculate same-day revenue as current period revenue (adjusted for currency impact) divided by the number of business days in the current period, multiplied by the number of business days in the comparable prior period. The number of business days in each respective period is provided in the “Number of Business Days” section in the table below.
•EBITDA is calculated as net income before amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest and income taxes.
•Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus or minus stock-based compensation expense, technology transformation costs, goodwill impairment, acquisition costs, restructuring costs, and contingent consideration adjustments. Adjusted EBITDA at the segment level excludes certain shared corporate administrative costs that are not practical to allocate.
•Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated by dividing Adjusted EBITDA by revenue.
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Same-Day Constant Currency Revenue
Same-day constant currency revenue assists management in evaluating revenue trends on a more comparable and consistent basis. We believe this measure also provides more clarity to our investors in evaluating our core operating performance and facilitates a comparison of such performance from period to period.
The following table presents a reconciliation of same-day constant currency revenue, a non-GAAP financial measure, to revenue as reported in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, by geography (In thousands, except number of business days).
| Three Months Ended | For the Years Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue by Geography | May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited, except for GAAP amounts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| North America | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| As reported (GAAP) | $ | 126,554 | $ | 160,999 | $ | 543,926 | $ | 680,993 | |||||||||||||||
| Currency impact | (359) | (2,153) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Business days impact | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Same-day constant currency revenue | $ | 126,195 | $ | 541,773 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| As reported (GAAP) | $ | 8,518 | $ | 10,757 | $ | 38,383 | $ | 42,509 | |||||||||||||||
| Currency impact | (105) | (1,687) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Business days impact | (109) | (639) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Same-day constant currency revenue | $ | 8,304 | $ | 36,057 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Asia Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| As reported (GAAP) | $ | 13,126 | $ | 12,693 | $ | 50,492 | $ | 52,141 | |||||||||||||||
| Currency impact | 734 | 1,915 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Business days impact | (46) | (624) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Same-day constant currency revenue | $ | 13,814 | $ | 51,783 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| As reported (GAAP) | $ | 148,198 | $ | 184,449 | $ | 632,801 | $ | 775,643 | |||||||||||||||
| Currency impact | 270 | (1,925) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Business days impact | (155) | (1,263) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Same-day constant currency revenue | $ | 148,313 | $ | 629,613 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Business Days | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| North America (1) | 65 | 65 | 251 | 251 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Europe (2) | 62 | 61 | 253 | 248 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Asia Pacific (2) | 61 | 61 | 248 | 245 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1) This represents the number of business days in the United States.
(2) The business days in international regions represent the weighted average number of business days.
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EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin assist management in assessing our core operating performance. We also believe these measures provide investors with useful perspective on underlying business results and trends and facilitate a comparison of our performance from period to period. The following table presents EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin for the periods indicated and includes a reconciliation of such measures to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure (in thousands, except percentages).
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | % of Revenue | May 27, 2023 | % of Revenue | May 28, 2022 | % of Revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,034 | 3.3 | % | $ | 54,359 | 7.0 | % | $ | 67,175 | 8.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization expense | 5,378 | 0.9 | 5,018 | 0.6 | 4,908 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation expense | 3,050 | 0.5 | 3,539 | 0.4 | 3,575 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest (income) expense, net | (1,064) | (0.2) | 552 | 0.1 | 1,064 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 8,795 | 1.4 | 18,259 | 2.4 | 15,793 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | 37,193 | 5.9 | 81,727 | 10.5 | 92,515 | 11.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 5,732 | 0.9 | 9,521 | 1.2 | 8,168 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology transformation costs (1) | 6,901 | 1.1 | 6,355 | 0.8 | 1,449 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment (2) | - | - | 2,955 | 0.4 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition costs (3) | 1,970 | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring costs (4) | 4,087 | 0.6 | (364) | - | 833 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contingent consideration adjustment | (4,400) | (0.7) | - | - | 166 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 51,483 | 8.1 | % | $ | 100,194 | 12.9 | % | $ | 103,131 | 12.8 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Technology transformation costs represent costs included in net income related to the Company’s initiative to upgrade its technology platform globally, including a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system and talent acquisition and management systems. Such costs primarily include hosting and certain other software licensing costs, third-party consulting fees and costs associated with dedicated internal resources that are not capitalized.
(2) The effect of the goodwill impairment charge recognized during the year ended May 27, 2023 was related to the Sitrick operating segment.
(3) Acquisition costs primarily represent one-time costs included in net income related to the Company’s business acquisitions, which include fees paid to the Company’s other professional services firms. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report for further discussion.
(4) The Company initiated the cost reduction plan (the “U.S. Restructuring Plan”) in October 2023 and substantially completed the U.S. Restructuring Plan during fiscal 2024. In addition, the Company substantially completed its global restructuring and business transformation plans in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe in fiscal 2021 and the remaining accrued restructuring liability was released in fiscal 2023.
Our non-GAAP financial measures are not measurements of financial performance or liquidity under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or construed as substitutes for revenue, net income or other measures of financial performance or financial condition prepared in accordance with GAAP for purposes of analyzing our revenue, profitability or liquidity. Further, a limitation of our non-GAAP financial measures is they exclude items detailed above that have an impact on our GAAP-reported results. Other companies in our industry may calculate these non-GAAP financial measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of these limitations, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute but rather considered in addition to performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
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Results of Operations
The following tables set forth, for the periods indicated, our Consolidated Statements of Operations data. These historical results are not necessarily indicative of future results. Our operating results for the periods indicated are expressed as a percentage of revenue below. The fiscal years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 all consisted of 52 weeks (in thousands, except percentages).
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | % of Revenue | May 27, 2023 | % of Revenue | May 28, 2022 | % of Revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 632,801 | 100.0 | % | $ | 775,643 | 100.0 | % | $ | 805,018 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct cost of services | 386,733 | 61.1 | 462,501 | 59.6 | 488,376 | 60.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 246,068 | 38.9 | 313,142 | 40.4 | 316,642 | 39.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 208,864 | 33.0 | 228,842 | 29.5 | 224,721 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization expense | 5,378 | 0.9 | 5,018 | 0.6 | 4,908 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation expense | 3,050 | 0.5 | 3,539 | 0.4 | 3,575 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | - | - | 2,955 | 0.4 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | 28,776 | 4.5 | 72,788 | 9.5 | 83,438 | 10.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest (income) expense, net | (1,064) | (0.2) | 552 | 0.1 | 1,064 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other expense (income) | 11 | - | (382) | - | (594) | (0.1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income before income tax expense | 29,829 | 4.7 | 72,618 | 9.4 | 82,968 | 10.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 8,795 | 1.4 | 18,259 | 2.4 | 15,793 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,034 | 3.3 | % | $ | 54,359 | 7.0 | % | $ | 67,175 | 8.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Ended May 25, 2024 Compared to Year Ended May 27, 2023
Percentage change computations are based upon amounts in thousands. Fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023 consisted of 52 weeks.
Revenue. Revenue decreased $142.8 million, or 18.4%, to $632.8 million for the year ended May 25, 2024 from $775.6 million for the year ended May 27, 2023. On a same-day constant currency basis, revenue during fiscal 2024 decreased $146.0 million, or 18.8%, compared to fiscal 2023. Billable hours decreased 13.8% and the average bill rate declined 4.7% (5.5% on a constant currency basis) during fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023. The decrease in billable hours is due to reduced client spending, in part due to uncertainty in the global macroeconomic environment and the lower average bill rate during fiscal 2024 was due to an increasingly competitive pricing environment as well as the ongoing shift in revenue mix to the Asia Pacific region which carries a lower average bill rate.
The following table represents our GAAP consolidated revenues by geography (in thousands, except percentages):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | % of Revenue | May 27, 2023 | % of Revenue | ||||||||||||||||||||
| North America | $ | 543,926 | 86.0 | % | $ | 680,993 | 87.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Europe | 38,383 | 6.0 | 42,509 | 5.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Asia Pacific | 50,492 | 8.0 | 52,141 | 6.7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 632,801 | 100.0 | % | $ | 775,643 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
Revenue declined in all geographic regions during fiscal 2024 compared to the same period in fiscal 2023 reflecting reduced client spending across a majority of our markets, client segments and solution offerings as a result of the continued uncertainty in the global macroeconomic environment. Gross pipeline has soften slightly compared to a year ago; however, the time to close opportunities in the pipeline continued to be protracted, which is typical in a tougher macro environment when clients are more hesitant and slow down the pace of spend on professional services. North America was most impacted by these conditions and experienced a revenue decline of 20.1%, or 20.4% on a same-day constant currency basis, from fiscal
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2023. Europe revenue decreased 9.7%, or 15.2% on a same-day constant currency basis, as compared to fiscal 2023. Asia Pacific revenue declined 3.2%, or 0.7% on a same-day constant currency basis, compared to fiscal 2023. Large multinational clients continue to shift work to lower cost markets such as India and the Philippines, creating demand in India and the Philippines, which partially mitigated the impact of softer markets in the rest of Asia Pacific. In addition, CloudGo, our recent acquisition completed in the second fiscal quarter of 2024, contributed $4.2 million of revenue to the Asia Pacific region. We continued to focus on improving pricing during fiscal 2024. Despite the competitive pricing environment, the U.S. and Europe average bill rates increased by 1.4% and 2.7% on a constant currency basis, respectively, compared to the prior year. Average bill rate in the Asia Pacific region declined by 4.3% on a constant currency basis during fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 due to a shift in revenue mix to India and the Philippines which have lower average bill rates.
Direct Cost of Services. Direct cost of services decreased $75.8 million, or 16.4%, to $386.7 million during fiscal 2024 from $462.5 million for fiscal 2023. The decrease in direct cost of services year over year was primarily attributable to a 13.8% decrease in billable hours as a result of reduced client spending as noted above, and a 4.9% decrease in average pay rate during fiscal 2024 compared to the same period in fiscal 2023. Average pay rates decreased as a result of the shift in business mix towards Asia Pacific where pay rates are typically lower.
Direct cost of services as a percentage of revenue was 61.1% for fiscal 2024 compared to 59.6% for fiscal 2023. The slight increased percentage compared to the prior year was partially attributable to a nearly 60 basis point increase in employee health benefit expenses as a percentage of revenue and a 20 basis point increase in the pay/bill ratio.
The number of consultants on assignment at the end of fiscal 2024 was 2,585 compared to 3,145 at the end of fiscal 2023.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) was $208.9 million, or 33.0% of revenue, for the year ended May 25, 2024 compared to $228.8 million, or 29.5% of revenue, for the year ended May 27, 2023. The $20.0 million decrease in SG&A year-over-year was primarily attributed to a reduction in bonuses and commissions by $17.1 million, primarily related to lower revenue and profitability achievement compared to incentive compensation targets, a $4.4 million favorable non-cash adjustment on contingent consideration related to the CloudGo acquisition, a decrease of $3.8 million in stock-based compensation expense as a result of forfeitures and remeasurement of achievement associated with performance based equity awards, and lower management compensation expense of $3.5 million partially attributable to the U.S. Restructuring Plan initiated in October 2023. These reductions were partially offset by $4.5 million related to employee termination benefits in connection with the actions taken under the U.S. Restructuring Plan during fiscal 2024, a $2.2 million increase in computer software and certain professional services fees, and $2.0 million of acquisition related costs in connection with the acquisitions of CloudGo and Reference Point.
Management and administrative headcount was 791 at the end of fiscal 2024 and 917 at the end of fiscal 2023. Management and administrative headcount includes full-time equivalent headcount for our seller-doer group, which is determined by utilization levels achieved by the seller-doers. Any unutilized time is converted to full-time equivalent headcount.
Contingent Consideration Adjustment. In connection with our acquisitions, we may be required to pay future consideration that is contingent upon the achievement of specified performance targets, such as revenue and operating profit. As of the acquisition date, we record a contingent liability representing the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration we expect to pay. Increases in projected revenues and probabilities of payment may result in significantly higher fair value measurements; decreases in these items may have the opposite effect. Increases in discount rates in the periods prior to payment may result in significantly lower fair value measurements; decreases may have the opposite effect.
We remeasure our contingent consideration liabilities each reporting period and recognize the change in the liabilities' fair value within the selling, general and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the year ended May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, we recorded $(4.4) million and zero of contingent consideration adjustments, respectively. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report for further discussion information.
Income Taxes. Income tax expense was $8.8 million (effective tax rate of 29.5%) for the year ended May 25, 2024 compared to $18.3 million (effective tax rate of 25.1%) for the year ended May 27, 2023.
The higher effective tax rate during fiscal 2024 was attributed primarily to a non-recurring increase in forfeiture of stock options in connection with an employee termination during the fiscal year. The higher effective tax rate was partially
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offset by rate benefits from the nontaxable income on the reversal of CloudGo's contingent liability, a foreign exchange loss as a result of the repatriation of funds from our Japan subsidiary and a partial release of valuation allowance on domestic capital loss carryforwards in relation to the pending sale of the Company's Irvine building. Additionally, the lower effective tax rate during fiscal 2023 resulted from a number of one-time tax benefits recognized, including the release of valuation allowance in a couple of our foreign subsidiaries.
We recognized a tax benefit of approximately $1.3 million and $2.1 million for the years ended May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively, associated with the exercise of nonqualified stock options, vesting of restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and disqualifying dispositions by employees of shares acquired under the ESPP.
We reviewed the components of both book and taxable income to prepare the tax provision. There can be no assurance that our effective tax rate will remain constant in the future because of the lower benefit from the U.S. statutory rate for losses in certain foreign jurisdictions, the limitation on the benefit for losses in jurisdictions in which a valuation allowance for operating loss carryforwards has previously been established, and the unpredictability of timing and the amount of disqualifying dispositions of certain stock options. Based upon current economic circumstances and our business performance, management will continue to monitor the need to record additional or release existing valuation allowances in the future, primarily related to deferred tax assets in certain foreign jurisdictions and on domestic capital loss carryforwards. Realization of the currently reserved deferred tax assets is dependent upon generating sufficient future taxable income of the appropriate character in the domestic and foreign territories.
We have maintained a position of being indefinitely reinvested in our foreign subsidiaries’ earnings by not expecting to remit foreign earnings in the foreseeable future. Being indefinitely reinvested does not require a deferred tax liability to be recognized on the foreign earnings. Management’s indefinite reinvestment position is supported by:
•RGP in the U.S. has generated more than enough cash to fund operations and expansion, including acquisitions. RGP uses its excess cash to, at its discretion, return cash to stockholders through dividend payments and stock repurchases.
•RGP has sufficient cash flow from operations in the U.S. to service its debt and other current or known obligations without requiring cash to be remitted from foreign subsidiaries.
•Management’s growth objectives include allowing cash to accumulate in RGP’s profitable foreign subsidiaries with the expectation of finding strategic expansion plans to further penetrate RGP’s most successful locations.
•The consequences of distributing foreign earnings have historically been deemed to be tax-inefficient for RGP or not materially beneficial.
We repatriated $10.2 million from our Japan subsidiary during fiscal 2024. Remaining unremitted earnings as of May 25, 2024 in our Japan subsidiary are intended to be indefinitely reinvested in our Japan subsidiary's operations and growth, and no deferred tax liability has been established on the remaining unremitted earnings. Going forward, the indefinite reversal criteria will apply only to the portion of our Japan subsidiary’s unremitted earnings that are needed for its ongoing operations and growth.
Operating Results of Segments
Effective May 31, 2022, the Company’s operating segments consist of the following:
•RGP – a global consulting firm focused on project execution services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing on-demand, experienced and diverse talent; and
•Sitrick – a crisis communications and public relations firm which operates under the Sitrick brand, providing corporate, financial, transactional and crisis communication and management services.
RGP is the Company’s only operating segment that meets the quantitative threshold of a reportable segment. Sitrick does not individually meet the quantitative thresholds to qualify as a reportable segment. Therefore, Sitrick is the only entity disclosed in Other Segments for fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023.
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On November 15, 2023, the Company acquired CloudGo. CloudGo is reported as part of the RGP operating segment. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2025, the Chief Executive Officer, who is the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker, announced a decision to reorganize the Company’s business by forming multiple discrete operational business units. To align the new operating model and business structure, the Company is making management organizational changes and implementing new reporting modules and processes to provide discrete information to manage the business. Management expects to finalize its assessment of its operating segments when the implementations and transitions are completed, which is expected to be in the first quarter of fiscal 2025.
The following table presents our current operating results by segment (in thousands, except percentages):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue: | May 25, 2024 | % of Revenue | May 27, 2023 | % of Revenue | |||||||||||||||||||
| RGP | $ | 622,895 | 98.4 | % | $ | 764,511 | 98.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Other Segments | 9,906 | 1.6 | 11,132 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 632,801 | 100.0 | % | $ | 775,643 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA: | May 25, 2024 | % of Adj EBITDA | May 27, 2023 | % of Adj EBITDA | |||||||||||||||||||
| RGP | $ | 84,677 | 164.5 | % | $ | 132,377 | 132.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Other Segments | (676) | (1.3) | 1,179 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reconciling Items (1) | (32,518) | (63.2) | (33,362) | (33.3) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Adjusted EBITDA (2) | $ | 51,483 | 100.0 | % | $ | 100,194 | 100.0 | % | |||||||||||||||
(1)Reconciling items are generally comprised of unallocated corporate administrative costs, including management and board compensation, corporate support function costs and other general corporate costs that are not allocated to segments.
(2)A reconciliation of the Company’s net income to Adjusted EBITDA on a consolidated basis is presented above under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”
Revenue by Segment
RGP – RGP revenue decreased $141.6 million, or 18.5% to $622.9 million in fiscal 2024 compared to $764.5 million in fiscal 2023, primarily as a result of a 13.8% decrease in billable hours and a 5.5% decrease in average bill rate year over year, as discussed in the consolidated operating results discussion above. Revenue from RGP represents more than 95% of total consolidated revenue and generally reflects the overall consolidated revenue trend.
The number of consultants on assignment under the RGP segment as of May 25, 2024 was 2,572 compared to 3,131 as of May 27, 2023.
Other Segments – Other Segments’ revenue decreased $1.2 million, or 11.0%, to $9.9 million in fiscal 2024 compared to $11.1 million in fiscal 2023, primarily as a result of a $1.0 million decline in Sitrick revenue. Sitrick continued to be affected by delays in court proceedings and more settlements, hindering leads for revenue generation in the business.
The number of consultants on assignment under Other Segments as of May 25, 2024 was 13 compared to 14 as of May 27, 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA by Segment
RGP – RGP Adjusted EBITDA decreased $47.7 million, or 36.0%, to $84.7 million in fiscal 2024 compared to $132.4 million in fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to the $141.6 million decrease in revenue during fiscal
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2024, which was partially offset by the decrease in the cost of services of $75.5 million and the increase in other income of $0.4 million. Additionally, SG&A costs attributed to RGP decreased $18.8 million during fiscal 2024 as compared to fiscal 2023 primarily due to the decrease in bonuses and commissions of $12.5 million as a result of lower revenue and profitability achievement compared to incentive compensation targets, decreases in management compensation expense of $3.9 million partially due to the U.S. Restructuring Plan, net of decrease in seller/doer utilization, a $1.8 million decrease in bad debt expense, and a $0.9 million reduction in recruiting expenses. These reductions were offset by a $0.3 million increase in all other general and administration expenses to support the business. During fiscal 2024, the material costs and expenses attributable to the RGP segment that are not included in computing the segment measure of Adjusted EBITDA included depreciation and amortization expenses of $8.3 million and stock-based compensation expense of $4.5 million.
The trend in revenue, cost of services, and other costs and expenses at RGP year over year are generally consistent with those at the consolidated level, as discussed above, with the exception that the SG&A used to derive segment Adjusted EBITDA does not include certain unallocated corporate administrative costs.
Other Segments – Other Segments’ Adjusted EBITDA declined $1.9 million to $(0.7) million in fiscal 2024 compared to $1.2 million in fiscal 2023 due to lower revenue performance. For fiscal 2024, the material costs and expenses attributable to the Other Segments that are not included in computing the segment measure of Adjusted EBITDA included depreciation and amortization expenses of $0.1 million and stock-based compensation expense of $1.3 million.
Year Ended May 27, 2023 Compared to Year Ended May 28, 2022
For a comparison of our results of operations at the consolidated and segment level for the fiscal years ended May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, see Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 27, 2023, filed with the SEC on July 25, 2023 (File No. 0-32113).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash provided by operating activities, our $175.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (as discussed further below) and historically, to a lesser extent, stock option exercises and ESPP purchases. During fiscal 2024, we generated positive cash flow from operations and have generated positive cash flows from operations on an annual basis since inception. Our ability to generate positive cash flows from operations in the future will depend, at least in part, on global economic conditions and our ability to remain resilient during periods of deteriorating macroeconomic conditions and any economic downturns. As of May 25, 2024, we had $108.9 million of cash and cash equivalents, including $44.4 million held in international operations.
On November 12, 2021, the Company and Resources Connection LLC, as borrowers, and all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, as guarantors, entered into a credit agreement with the lenders that are party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent for the lenders (the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement provides for a $175.0 million senior secured revolving loan (the “Credit Facility”), which includes a $10.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a swingline sublimit of $20.0 million. The Credit Facility also includes an option to increase the amount of the revolving loan up to an additional $75.0 million, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Credit Facility matures on November 12, 2026. The obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by substantially all assets of the Company, Resources Connection LLC and all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries.
Future borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum of either, at the Company’s election, (i) Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus a margin ranging from 1.25% to 2.00% or (ii) the Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), plus a margin of 0.25% to 1.00% with the applicable margin depending on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. In addition, the Company pays an unused commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the Credit Facility, which ranges from 0.20% to 0.30% depending upon the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. As of May 25, 2024, we had no debt outstanding and $1.4 million of outstanding letters of credit issued under the Credit Facility. As of May 25, 2024, there was $173.6 million remaining capacity under the Credit Facility.
The Credit Facility is available for working capital and general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions, dividend distribution and stock repurchases. Additional information regarding the Credit Facility is included in Note 8 – Long-Term Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report.
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On November 2, 2022, Resources Global Enterprise Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd, (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), as borrower, and the Company, as guarantor, entered into a RMB 13.4 million ($1.8 million based on the prevailing exchange rate on November 2, 2022) revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. (Beijing) as the lender (the “Beijing Revolver”). The Beijing Revolver bears interest at a loan prime rate plus 0.80%. Interest incurred on borrowings will be payable monthly in arrears. As of May 25, 2024, the Company had no debt outstanding under the Beijing Revolver.
In addition to cash needs for ongoing business operations, from time to time, we have strategic initiatives that could generate significant additional cash requirements. Our initiative to upgrade our technology platform, as described in “Fiscal 2024 Strategic Focus Areas” above, requires significant investments over multiple years. Such costs primarily include software licensing fees, third-party implementation and consulting fees, incremental costs associated with additional internal resources needed on the project and other costs in areas including change management and training. The actual amount of investment and the timing will depend on a number of variables, including progress made on the implementation. As of May 25, 2024, we capitalized $16.1 million related to the technology platform initiative; in addition, we recorded $6.9 million of expenses relating to these investments during fiscal 2024. As of May 25, 2024, the remaining investments required for this multi-year initiative is estimated to be in the range of $10.0 million to $20.0 million. We expect a large portion of the remaining investment will take place in fiscal 2025. In addition to our technology transformation initiative, we expect to continue to invest in digital pathways to enhance the experience and touchpoints with our end users, including current and prospective employees (consultants and management employees) and clients. Such efforts will require additional cash outlay and could further elevate our capital expenditures in the near term. We believe our current cash, ongoing cash flows from our operations and funding available under our Credit Facility will provide sufficient funds for these initiatives. As of May 25, 2024, we have non-cancellable purchase obligations totaling $11.4 million, which primarily consist of payments pursuant to the licensing arrangements that we have entered into in connection with this initiative: $4.9 million due during fiscal 2025; $3.4 million due during fiscal 2026; $2.1 million due during fiscal 2027; and $1.0 million due thereafter.
In addition, we pay a regular quarterly dividend to our stockholders, subject to approval each quarter by our Board of Directors. Most recently, on June 13, 2024 we paid a dividend of $0.14 per share of our common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 16, 2024. Continuation of the quarterly dividend is at the discretion of the Board of Directors and depends upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business condition, contractual restrictions contained in the Credit Facility and other agreements, and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.
On November 15, 2023, the Company acquired CloudGo pursuant to the terms of a Share Purchase Agreement entered into by and between the Company, CloudGo, and the shareholders of CloudGo (the “CloudGo SPA”). The Company paid initial cash consideration of $7.4 million (net of $0.3 million cash acquired). The CloudGo SPA also provides for contingent consideration of up to $12 million to be paid based on CloudGo’s revenue and operating profit margin performance during two one-year performance periods that begin after the acquisition date. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form for further discussion.
The Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2024, and as amended and restated as of June 30, 2024 (the “Reference Point MIPA”) with Reference Point LLC (“Reference Point”) and the sole member of Reference Point, pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire 100% of the membership interests of Reference Point. See Note 19 – Subsequent Event in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report for further discussion.
Uncertain macroeconomic conditions and increases in interest rates have created significant uncertainty in the global economy, volatility in the capital markets and recessionary pressures, which have adversely impacted, and may continue to adversely impact, our financial results, operating cash flows and liquidity needs. If we are required to raise additional capital or incur additional indebtedness for our operations or to invest in our business, we can provide no assurances that we would be able to do so on acceptable terms or at all. Our ongoing operations and growth strategy may require us to continue to make investments in critical markets and further expand our internal technology and digital capabilities. In addition, we may consider making additional strategic acquisitions or initiating additional restructuring initiatives, which could require significant liquidity and adversely impact our financial results due to higher cost of borrowings. We believe that our current cash, ongoing cash flows from our operations and funding available under our Credit Facility will be adequate to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for at least the next 12 months.
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Beyond the next 12 months, if we require additional capital resources to grow our business, either organically or through acquisitions, we may seek to sell additional equity securities, increase the use of our Credit Facility, expand the size of our Credit Facility or raise additional debt. In addition, if we decide to make additional share repurchases, we may fund these through existing cash balances or the use of our Credit Facility. The sale of additional equity securities or certain forms of debt financing could result in additional dilution to our stockholders. Our ability to secure additional financing in the future, if needed, will depend on several factors. These include our future profitability and the overall condition of the credit markets. Notwithstanding these considerations, we expect to meet our long-term liquidity needs with cash flows from operations and financing arrangements.
Operating Activities, Fiscal 2024 and 2023
Operating activities provided cash of $21.9 million in fiscal 2024 compared to $81.6 million in fiscal 2023. During fiscal 2024, cash provided from operations resulted from net income of $21.0 million and non-cash adjustments of $11.2 million. Additionally, during fiscal 2024, net unfavorable changes in operating assets and liabilities totaled $10.4 million, primarily consisting of a $24.5 million decrease in accrued salaries and related obligations, mainly due to the timing of our pay cycle and the payout of the annual incentive compensation during fiscal 2024, a $9.9 million increase in other assets largely related to the investments in our technology implementation, a $3.3 million increase in prepaid income taxes, a $1.9 million decrease in other liabilities, and a $0.8 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets. These unfavorable changes are partially offset by a $29.6 million decrease in trade accounts receivable.
In fiscal 2023, cash provided by operations resulted from net income of $54.4 million and non-cash adjustments of $12.8 million. Additionally, net favorable changes in operating assets and liabilities totaled $14.5 million, primarily consisting of a $30.0 million decrease in income taxes (which included $35.5 million in U.S. federal income tax refunds including interest income), a $13.6 million decrease in trade accounts receivable and a $1.6 million increase in accounts payable and other accrued expenses. These favorable changes are partially offset by a $21.5 million decrease in accrued salaries and related obligations, mainly due to the timing of our pay cycle and the payout of the annual incentive compensation during fiscal 2023, a $5.3 million decrease in other liabilities and a $4.1 million increase in other assets attributed primarily to the capitalized cost of implementing our technology transformation.
Investing Activities, Fiscal 2024 and 2023
Net cash used in investing activities was $8.6 million in fiscal 2024 compared to net cash provided of $3.9 million in fiscal 2023. Net cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2024 was primarily related to the acquisition of CloudGo and costs incurred for the development of internal-use software and acquisition of property and equipment. Net cash provided by investing activities during fiscal 2023 was primarily related to the cash proceeds from the divestiture of taskforce partially offset by the costs incurred for the development of internal-use software and acquisition of property and equipment.
Financing Activities, Fiscal 2024 and 2023
The primary sources of cash in financing activities are borrowings under our Credit Facility, cash proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options and proceeds from the issuance of shares purchased under our ESPP. The primary uses of cash in financing activities are repayments under the Credit Facility, payment of contingent consideration, repurchases of our common stock and cash dividend payments to our stockholders.
Net cash used in financing activities totaled $20.7 million fiscal 2024 compared to $71.9 million during fiscal 2023. Net cash used in financing activities during fiscal 2024 consisted of cash dividend payments of $18.8 million and $8.0 million to purchase 606,254 shares of common stock on the open market; these uses were partially offset by $6.1 million in proceeds received from ESPP share purchases and employee stock option exercises.
Net cash used in financing activities during fiscal 2023 consisted of net repayments on the Credit Facility of $54.0 million (consisting of $69.0 million of repayments and $15.0 million of proceeds from borrowing), cash dividend payments of $18.8 million, and $15.2 million to purchase 914,809 shares of common stock on the open market. These uses were partially offset by $16.1 million in proceeds received from ESPP share purchases and employee stock option exercises.
For a comparison of our cash flow activities for the fiscal years ended May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, see Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 27, 2023, filed with the SEC on July 25, 2023 (File No. 0-32113).
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Information regarding recent accounting pronouncements is contained in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
Interest Rate Risk. We are primarily exposed to market risks from fluctuations in interest rates and the effects of those fluctuations on the market values of our cash and cash equivalents and our borrowings under the Credit Facility that bear interest at a variable market rate.
As of May 25, 2024, we had approximately $108.9 million of cash and cash equivalents and no borrowings under our Credit Facility. The earnings on cash and cash equivalents are subject to changes in interest rates; however, assuming a constant balance available for investment, a 10% decline in interest rates would reduce our interest income but would not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
We may become exposed to interest rate risk related to fluctuations in the term SOFR rate used under our Credit Facility. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources” above and Note 8 – Long-Term Debt in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report for further discussion about the interest rate on our Credit Facility. As of May 25, 2024, we had no borrowings outstanding under our Credit Facility.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk. For the year ended May 25, 2024, approximately 17.8% of our revenues were generated outside of the U.S. compared to approximately 14.3% of our revenues for the year ended May 27, 2023. As a result, our operating results are subject to fluctuations in the exchange rates of foreign currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar. Revenues and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the monthly average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Thus, as the value of the U.S. dollar fluctuates relative to the currencies in our non-U.S.-based operations, our reported results may vary.
Assets and liabilities of our non-U.S.-based operations are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate effective at the end of each monthly reporting period. Approximately 59.2% of our cash and cash equivalents balances as of May 25, 2024 were denominated in U.S. dollars. The remaining amount of approximately 40.8% was comprised primarily of cash balances translated from Euros, Japanese Yen, Mexican Pesos, Chinese Yuan, Canadian Dollar, Indian Rupee and British Pound Sterling. This compares to approximately 56.9% of our cash and cash equivalents balances as of May 27, 2023 that were denominated in U.S. dollars and approximately 43.1% that were comprised primarily of cash balances translated from Euros, Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan and Canadian Dollars. The difference resulting from the translation in each period of assets and liabilities of our non-U.S.-based operations is recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity in accumulated other comprehensive income or loss.
Although we monitor our exposure to foreign currency fluctuations, we do not currently use financial hedges to mitigate risks associated with foreign currency fluctuations including in a limited number of circumstances when we may be asked to transact with our client in one currency but are obligated to pay our consultants in another currency. Our foreign entities typically transact with clients and consultants in their local currencies and generate enough operating cash flows to fund their own operations. We believe our economic exposure to exchange rate fluctuations has not been material. However, we cannot provide assurance that exchange rate fluctuations will not adversely affect our financial results in the future.
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Resources Connection, Inc.
Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Resources Connection, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended May 25, 2024, and the related notes (collectively the “financial statements”). We also have audited the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of May 25, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended May 25, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of May 25, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013.
Basis for Opinions
The Company's management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements and an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audits of the financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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Critical Audit Matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee of the board of directors and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Valuation of RGP Reporting Unit for Goodwill Impairment Testing
As described in Notes 2 and 5 to the financial statements, the Company’s goodwill balance assigned to the RGP reporting unit was $216.6 million. The Company tests for impairment of goodwill at the reporting unit level at least annually and whenever events occur or circumstances indicate that a carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. The Company determined the fair value of the RGP reporting unit using a discounted cash flow methodology. When determining the fair value of the RGP reporting unit management makes significant estimates and assumptions, including revenue growth rates, projected operating costs, and discount rates.
We identified the valuation of the RGP reporting unit for goodwill impairment testing as a critical audit matter given the significant estimates and assumptions management makes to determine the fair value of the RGP reporting unit including revenue growth rates, projected operating costs, and discount rates utilized. Auditing the reasonableness of management’s estimates and assumptions required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased audit effort, including the involvement of our valuation specialists.
Our audit procedures related to the valuation of the Company’s RGP reporting unit included the following, among others:
•We obtained an understanding of the relevant controls related to the valuation of the Company’s RGP reporting unit and tested such controls for design and operating effectiveness, including management review controls.
•We evaluated the reasonableness of management’s forecasts of revenue growth rates by comparing the forecasts to (1) historical results, and (2) external market and industry data.
•We tested the reasonableness of management’s revenue projections by comparing management’s prior forecasts of future revenues to historical results for the Company.
•We evaluated the reasonableness of management’s forecasts of operating costs as a percentage of revenue by comparing the forecasts to the historical results, and comparison to guideline public companies.
•With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we evaluated the reasonableness of the Company’s valuation methodology and significant assumptions by:
◦Evaluating the reasonableness of the discount rate by comparing the underlying source information to publicly available market data and verifying the accuracy of the calculations.
◦Evaluating the appropriateness of the valuation method used by management and testing their mathematical accuracy.
Valuation of CloudGo Pte Ltd. acquisition-date contingent consideration
As described in Note 3 to the financial statements, the Company acquired CloudGo Pte Ltd. (“CloudGo”) in November 2023. The total consideration on the acquisition date for CloudGo amounted to approximately $12.2 million, which included an estimated acquisition-date fair value contingent consideration of approximately $4.4 million. The contingent consideration may be paid based on the achievement of certain revenue and operating profit margin performance during two one-year performance periods that begin after the acquisition date. The acquisition-date fair value of the contingent consideration was estimated using a Monte Carlo simulation model.
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In estimating the acquisition-date fair value of the contingent consideration, management was required to make significant judgments in formulating the significant estimates and assumptions about future revenue and operating expenses when utilizing the aforementioned valuation method.
We identified the Company’s valuation of the contingent consideration related to the acquisition of CloudGo as a critical audit matter due to the high degree of auditor judgment, including the use of our valuation specialists, involved in performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence related to significant estimates and assumptions utilized by management, including revenue and operating expenses, when calculating the fair value of the contingent consideration.
Our audit procedures related to the Company’s valuation of the contingent consideration in connection with the aforementioned acquisition included the following, among others:
•We obtained an understanding of the relevant controls related to the valuation of the contingent consideration and tested such controls for design and operating effectiveness, including management review controls.
•We evaluated the reasonableness of management’s forecasts of revenue and operating expenses by comparing the forecasts to (1) the historical results, and (2) external market and industry data.
•With the assistance of our valuation specialists, we evaluated the reasonableness of the Company’s valuation model that reflects the use of multiple probabilities.
/s/ RSM US LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2012.
Irvine, California
July 22, 2024
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RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except par value per share)
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||||
| Current assets: | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 108,892 | $ | 116,784 | |||||||
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowances of $2,755 and $3,283 as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively | 108,515 | 137,356 | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 6,888 | 5,187 | |||||||||
| Assets held for sale | 8,909 | - | |||||||||
| Income taxes receivable | 7,551 | 4,739 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | 240,755 | 264,066 | |||||||||
| Goodwill | 216,579 | 206,722 | |||||||||
| Intangible assets, net | 9,573 | 11,521 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 3,763 | 15,380 | |||||||||
| Operating right-of-use assets | 11,899 | 15,856 | |||||||||
| Deferred tax assets | 11,312 | 10,701 | |||||||||
| Other non-current assets | 17,033 | 7,753 | |||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 510,914 | $ | 531,999 | |||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Accounts payable and other accrued expenses | $ | 15,223 | $ | 14,464 | |||||||
| Accrued salaries and related obligations | 41,999 | 64,776 | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 4,735 | 7,460 | |||||||||
| Other liabilities | 10,476 | 10,384 | |||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 72,433 | 97,084 | |||||||||
| Long-term debt | - | - | |||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 8,586 | 10,274 | |||||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 8,680 | 7,136 | |||||||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 2,452 | 2,985 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities | 92,151 | 117,479 | |||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 17) | |||||||||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | |||||||||||
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,000 shares authorized; zero shares issued and outstanding | - | - | |||||||||
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 70,000 shares authorized; 36,194 and 35,545 shares issued, and 33,556 and 33,475 shares outstanding as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively | 363 | 355 | |||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 389,720 | 378,657 | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (17,713) | (17,290) | |||||||||
| Retained earnings | 88,595 | 87,648 | |||||||||
Treasury stock at cost, 2,638 and 2,070 shares as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively | (42,202) | (34,850) | |||||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 418,763 | 414,520 | |||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 510,914 | $ | 531,999 | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Revenue | $ | 632,801 | $ | 775,643 | $ | 805,018 | |||||||||||
| Direct cost of services | 386,733 | 462,501 | 488,376 | ||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 246,068 | 313,142 | 316,642 | ||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | 208,864 | 228,842 | 224,721 | ||||||||||||||
| Amortization expense | 5,378 | 5,018 | 4,908 | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation expense | 3,050 | 3,539 | 3,575 | ||||||||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | - | 2,955 | - | ||||||||||||||
| Income from operations | 28,776 | 72,788 | 83,438 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest (income) expense, net | (1,064) | 552 | 1,064 | ||||||||||||||
| Other expense (income) | 11 | (382) | (594) | ||||||||||||||
| Income before income tax expense | 29,829 | 72,618 | 82,968 | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 8,795 | 18,259 | 15,793 | ||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,034 | $ | 54,359 | $ | 67,175 | |||||||||||
| Net income per common share: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.63 | $ | 1.63 | $ | 2.04 | |||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | 0.62 | $ | 1.59 | $ | 2.00 | |||||||||||
| Weighted-average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic | 33,445 | 33,407 | 32,953 | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted | 33,895 | 34,185 | 33,556 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash dividends declared per common share | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.56 | $ | 0.56 | |||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,034 | $ | 54,359 | $ | 67,175 | |||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax | (423) | (806) | (9,091) | ||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income | $ | 20,611 | $ | 53,553 | $ | 58,084 | |||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Treasury Stock | Other Comprehensive Loss | Retained Earnings | Total Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances as of May 29, 2021 | 64,626 | $ | 646 | $ | 489,864 | 31,741 | $ | (520,800) | $ | (7,393) | $ | 367,229 | $ | 329,546 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | 834 | 8 | 11,949 | - | - | - | - | 11,957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | - | - | 7,027 | - | - | - | - | 7,027 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 462 | 5 | 5,174 | - | - | - | - | 5,179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of restricted stock | 97 | 1 | (1) | (2) | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units, net shares withheld to cover taxes | 72 | 1 | (1,096) | - | - | - | - | (1,095) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization of restricted stock issued out of treasury stock to board of director members | - | - | (24) | - | 114 | - | (50) | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends declared ($0.56 per share) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (18,638) | (18,638) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retirement of treasury stock | (31,739) | (317) | (157,646) | (31,739) | 520,686 | - | (362,723) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase of common stock | - | - | - | 1,155 | (19,651) | - | - | (19,651) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividend equivalents on equity awards | - | - | 255 | - | - | - | (255) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | - | (9,091) | - | (9,091) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the year ended May 28, 2022 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67,175 | 67,175 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances as of May 28, 2022 | 34,352 | $ | 344 | $ | 355,502 | 1,155 | $ | (19,651) | $ | (16,484) | $ | 52,738 | $ | 372,449 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | 624 | 5 | 9,026 | - | - | - | - | 9,031 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | - | - | 9,270 | - | - | - | - | 9,270 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 393 | 4 | 5,995 | - | - | - | - | 5,999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of restricted stock | 97 | 1 | (1) | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units, net shares withheld to cover taxes | 79 | 1 | (1,763) | - | - | - | (5) | (1,767) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends declared ($0.56 per share) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (18,816) | (18,816) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase of common stock | - | - | - | 915 | (15,199) | - | - | (15,199) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividend equivalents on equity awards | - | - | 628 | - | - | - | (628) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | - | (806) | - | (806) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the year ended May 27, 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54,359 | 54,359 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances as of May 27, 2023 | 35,545 | $ | 355 | $ | 378,657 | 2,070 | $ | (34,850) | $ | (17,290) | $ | 87,648 | $ | 414,520 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exercise of stock options | 32 | 1 | 451 | - | - | - | - | 452 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | - | - | 5,703 | - | - | - | - | 5,703 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock purchased under Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 456 | 5 | 5,646 | - | - | - | - | 5,651 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of restricted stock | 75 | 1 | (1) | (38) | 648 | - | (648) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock upon vesting of restricted stock units, net shares withheld to cover taxes | 86 | 1 | (1,336) | - | - | - | - | (1,335) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends declared ($0.56 per share) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (18,839) | (18,839) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase of common stock | - | - | - | 606 | (8,000) | - | - | (8,000) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dividend equivalents on equity awards | - | - | 600 | - | - | - | (600) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustment | - | - | - | - | - | (423) | - | (423) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income for the year ended May 25, 2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21,034 | 21,034 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balances as of May 25, 2024 | 36,194 | $ | 363 | $ | 389,720 | 2,638 | $ | (42,202) | $ | (17,713) | $ | 88,595 | $ | 418,763 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,034 | $ | 54,359 | $ | 67,175 | |||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization expense | 8,428 | 8,557 | 8,483 | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 5,732 | 9,521 | 8,168 | ||||||||||||||
| Contingent consideration adjustment | (4,400) | - | 166 | ||||||||||||||
| Loss or (gain) on dissolution of subsidiaries | - | 220 | (884) | ||||||||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | - | 2,955 | - | ||||||||||||||
| Adjustment to allowances | 137 | 1,440 | 557 | ||||||||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 440 | (9,701) | (11,053) | ||||||||||||||
| Other, net | 910 | (230) | 1,488 | ||||||||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of dispositions: | |||||||||||||||||
| Trade accounts receivable | 29,631 | 13,552 | (44,756) | ||||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (766) | 294 | 916 | ||||||||||||||
| Income taxes | (3,252) | 30,027 | 2,057 | ||||||||||||||
| Other assets | (9,862) | (4,067) | (393) | ||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and other accrued expenses | 305 | 1,551 | 1,022 | ||||||||||||||
| Accrued salaries and related obligations | (24,531) | (21,535) | 21,996 | ||||||||||||||
| Other liabilities | (1,887) | (5,307) | (5,498) | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 21,919 | 81,636 | 49,444 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of taskforce | - | 5,953 | - | ||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of assets | - | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of CloudGo, net of cash acquired | (7,411) | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| Investments in property and equipment and internal-use software | (1,143) | (2,012) | (2,961) | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | (8,554) | 3,943 | (2,961) | ||||||||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 465 | 10,070 | 13,105 | ||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock under Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 5,651 | 5,999 | 5,179 | ||||||||||||||
| Repurchase of common stock | (8,000) | (15,199) | (19,651) | ||||||||||||||
| Payment of contingent consideration liabilities | - | - | (3,575) | ||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from Revolving Credit Facility | - | 15,000 | 73,393 | ||||||||||||||
| Repayments on Revolving Credit Facility | - | (69,000) | (63,000) | ||||||||||||||
| Payment of debt issuance costs | - | - | (222) | ||||||||||||||
| Payment of cash dividends | (18,825) | (18,784) | (18,600) | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (20,709) | (71,914) | (13,371) | ||||||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | (548) | (1,105) | (3,034) | ||||||||||||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash | (7,892) | 12,560 | 30,078 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 116,784 | 104,224 | 74,391 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | 108,892 | 116,784 | 104,469 | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Restricted cash at end of period | - | - | (245) | ||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 108,892 | $ | 116,784 | $ | 104,224 | |||||||||||
| Supplemental cash flow disclosures | |||||||||||||||||
| Income taxes paid (refund), net | $ | 11,161 | $ | (2,913) | $ | 24,619 | |||||||||||
| Interest paid | $ | 352 | $ | 962 | $ | 1,047 | |||||||||||
| Non-cash investing and financing activities | |||||||||||||||||
| Capitalized leasehold improvements paid directly by landlord | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 7 | |||||||||||
| Dividends declared, not paid | $ | 4,695 | $ | 4,681 | $ | 4,647 | |||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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RESOURCES CONNECTION, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Description of the Company and its Business
Resources Connection, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, was incorporated on November 16, 1998. The Company’s operating entities provide services primarily under the name Resources Global Professionals (“RGP”). RGP is a global consulting firm focused on project execution services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing on-demand experienced and diverse talent. As a next-generation human capital partner for its clients, the Company specializes in co-delivery of enterprise initiatives typically precipitated by business transformation, strategic transactions, or regulatory change. The Company’s principal markets of operations are North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
The Company’s fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 weeks, ending on the Saturday in May closest to May 31. Fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022 consisted of four 13-week quarters and included a total of 52 weeks of activity in each fiscal year.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation
The Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company (“financial statements”) have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Reporting Segments
Effective May 31, 2022, the Company’s operating segments consist of the following:
•RGP – a global consulting firm focused on project execution services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing on-demand, experienced and diverse talent; and
•Sitrick – a crisis communications and public relations firm which operates under the Sitrick brand, providing corporate, financial, transactional and crisis communication and management services.
Each of these segments reports through a separate management team to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, who is designated as the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for segment reporting purposes. RGP is the Company’s only reportable segment. Sitrick does not individually meet the quantitative threshold to qualify as a reportable segment. Therefore, Sitrick is the only entity disclosed in Other Segments in fiscal 2024 and 2023. Each of these segments represents a reporting unit for the purposes of assessing goodwill for impairment.
On November 15, 2023, the Company acquired CloudGo Pte Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “CloudGo”). CloudGo is reported as part of the RGP operating segment. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions for further information.
On May 31, 2022, the Company divested taskforce – Management on Demand GmbH, and its wholly-owned subsidiary skillforce – Executive Search GmbH, a German professional services firm operating under the taskforce brand (“taskforce”); see Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions for further information. Since the second quarter of fiscal 2021 and prior to the divestment, the business operated by taskforce, along with its parent company, Resources Global Professionals (Germany) GmbH (“RGP Germany”), an affiliate of the Company, represented an operating segment of the Company and was reported as a part of Other Segments in fiscal 2022.
Prior-period comparative segment information was not restated as a result of the divestiture of taskforce as the Company did not have a change in internal organization or the financial information that the CODM uses to assess performance and allocate resources. See Note 18 – Segment Information and Enterprise Reporting for further information.
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Reclassifications
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported totals for assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, cash flows or net income.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although management believes these estimates and assumptions are adequate, actual results could differ from the estimates and assumptions used.
Revenue Recognition
The Company generates substantially all of its revenues from providing professional consulting services to its clients. Revenues are recognized when control of the promised service is transferred to the Company’s clients, in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for the services rendered. Revenue is recorded net of sales or other transaction taxes collected from clients and remitted to taxing authorities. Revenues for the vast majority of our contracts are recognized over time, based on hours worked by the Company’s professionals. The performance of the agreed-to service over time is the single performance obligation for revenues. Certain clients may receive discounts (for example, volume discounts or rebates) to the amounts billed. These discounts or rebates are considered variable consideration. Management evaluates the facts and circumstances of each contract and client relationship to estimate the variable consideration assessing the most likely amount to recognize and considering management’s expectation of the volume of services to be provided over the applicable period. Rebates are the largest component of variable consideration and are estimated using the most-likely-amount method, contracts terms and estimates of revenue. Revenues are recognized net of variable consideration to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of revenues will not occur in subsequent periods.
On a limited basis, the Company may have fixed-price contracts, for which revenues are recognized over time using the input method based on time incurred as a proportion of estimated total time. Time incurred represents work performed, which corresponds with, and therefore best depicts, the transfer of control to the client. Management uses significant judgments when estimating the total hours expected to complete the contract performance obligation. It is possible that updated estimates for consulting engagements may vary from initial estimates with such updates being recognized in the period of determination. Depending on the timing of billings and services rendered, the Company accrues or defers revenue as appropriate.
The Company recognizes revenues primarily on a gross basis as it acts as a principal for primarily all of its revenue transactions. The Company has concluded that gross reporting is appropriate because it controls the services before they are transferred to the customers. The Company a) has the risk of identifying and hiring qualified consultants; b) has the discretion to select the consultants and establish the price and responsibilities for services to be provided; c) is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the service to the customer; and d) bears the risk for services provided that are not fully paid for by clients. The Company recognizes all reimbursements received from clients for “out-of-pocket” expenses as revenue and all such expenses as direct cost of services. Reimbursements received from clients were $4.3 million, $4.7 million and $4.1 million for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023, and May 28, 2022, respectively.
Commissions earned by the Company’s sales professionals are considered incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. The Company elected to apply the practical expedient to expense sales commissions as incurred as the expected amortization period is one year or less. Sales commissions are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, sales commission expense was $2.8 million, $3.3 million, and $6.8 million, respectively.
The Company’s clients are contractually obligated to pay the Company for all hours billed. The Company invoices most of its clients on a weekly basis or, in certain circumstances, on a bi-weekly or monthly basis, and its typical arrangement of payment is due within 30 days. To a much lesser extent, in certain circumstances, the Company also earns revenue if one of its consultants is hired by, or if the Company places an outside candidate with, its client. Conversion fees or permanent placement fees are recognized when one of the Company’s professionals, or a candidate identified by the Company, accepts an offer of permanent employment from a client and all requisite terms of the agreement have been met. Such conversion fees
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or permanent placement fees are recognized when the performance obligation is considered complete, which the Company considers a) when the consultant or candidate accepts the position; b) the consultant or candidate has notified either RGP or their current employer of their decision; and c) the start date is within the Company’s current quarter. Conversion fees were 0.3%, of revenue for each of the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022. Permanent placement fees were 0.2%, 0.3% and 0.6% of revenue for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively.
The Company’s contracts generally have termination-for-convenience provisions and do not have termination penalties. While clients are contractually obligated to pay the Company for all hours billed, the Company does not have long-term agreements with its clients for the provision of services and the Company’s clients may terminate engagements at any time. All costs of compensating the Company’s professionals for services provided are the responsibility of the Company and are included in direct cost of services.
Foreign Currency Translation
The financial statements of subsidiaries outside the United States (“U.S.”) are measured using the local currency as the functional currency. Assets and liabilities of these subsidiaries are translated at current exchange rates, income and expense items are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the period and the related translation adjustments are recorded as a component of comprehensive income or loss within stockholders’ equity. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Per Share Information
The Company presents both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”). Basic EPS is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Performance stock units are excluded from the basic EPS calculation, since the number of shares subject to the award that will vest will not be determined until after the end of the applicable performance period. Diluted EPS is based upon the weighted-average number of common shares and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period, calculated using the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, exercise proceeds include the amount the employee must pay for exercising stock options, the amount of compensation cost related to stock awards for future services that the Company has not yet recognized and the amount of tax benefits that would be recorded when the award becomes deductible. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the computation in periods in which they have an anti-dilutive effect. Stock options for which the exercise price exceeds the average market price over the period are anti-dilutive and are excluded from the calculation.
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The following table summarizes the calculation of net income per share for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,034 | $ | 54,359 | $ | 67,175 | |||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic weighted-average shares | 33,445 | 33,407 | 32,953 | ||||||||||||||
| Effect of dilutive shares: | |||||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares — Basic | 33,445 | 33,407 | 32,953 | ||||||||||||||
| Potentially dilutive stock options | 48 | 359 | 369 | ||||||||||||||
| Potentially dilutive employee stock purchase plan | 14 | 8 | - | ||||||||||||||
| Potentially dilutive restricted stock awards | 56 | 64 | 44 | ||||||||||||||
| Potentially dilutive restricted stock units | 179 | 233 | 185 | ||||||||||||||
| Potentially dilutive performance stock units | 153 | 114 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 33,895 | 34,185 | 33,556 | ||||||||||||||
| Net income per common share: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | 0.63 | $ | 1.63 | $ | 2.04 | |||||||||||
| Dilutive | $ | 0.62 | $ | 1.59 | $ | 2.00 | |||||||||||
| Anti-dilutive shares not included above | 2,152 | 704 | 1,759 | ||||||||||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers cash on hand, deposits in banks, and short-term investments purchased with an original maturity date of three months or less to be cash and cash equivalents. The carrying amounts reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for cash and cash equivalents approximate the fair values due to the short maturities of these instruments.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash consists of cash and claims to cash that are restricted as to withdrawal or usage. This includes cash designated for specific use in an acquisition or dissolution.
Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s financial instruments reflects the amounts that the Company estimates it will receive in connection with the sale of an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the use of inputs used in valuation techniques into the following three levels:
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs.
Contingent consideration liability is for estimated future contingent consideration payments related to the Company’s acquisitions. Total contingent consideration liabilities related to the acquisition of CloudGo were preliminarily valued at $4.4 million as of November 25, 2023 and zero as of May 25, 2024. The fair value measurement of the liability was based on significant inputs not observed in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the contingent consideration liability were the Company’s measures of the estimated payouts based on internally generated financial projections and discount rates. The fair value of contingent consideration liability will be remeasured on a quarterly basis until settlement by the Company using additional
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information as it becomes available, and any change in the fair value estimates will be recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Future revisions to these assumptions could materially change the estimate of the fair value of contingent consideration and therefore could materially affect the Company’s future operating results.
The Company’s remaining financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and other accrued expenses, and long-term debt, are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments or because their stated interest rates are indicative of market interest rates.
Allowance for Credit Losses
The Company maintains an allowance for credit losses for estimated losses resulting from its clients’ failure to make required payments for services rendered. Management estimates this allowance based upon knowledge of the financial condition of the Company’s clients (which may not include knowledge of all significant events), review of historical receivable and reserve trends and other pertinent information. If the financial condition of the Company’s clients deteriorates or there is an unfavorable trend in aggregate receivable collections, additional allowances may be required.
The following table summarizes the activity in the allowance for credit losses (in thousands):
| Beginning Balance | Charged to Operations | Currency Rate Changes | Other | (Write-offs)/ Recoveries | Ending Balance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years Ended: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 28, 2022 | $ | 2,032 | $ | 557 | $ | (14) | $ | (39) | $ | (415) | $ | 2,121 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 27, 2023 | $ | 2,121 | $ | 1,440 | $ | 1 | $ | - | $ | (279) | $ | 3,283 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | $ | 3,283 | $ | 137 | $ | 5 | $ | 2 | $ | (672) | $ | 2,755 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale
Assets and liabilities held for sale primarily represent property and equipment, and other assets and liabilities that have met the criteria of “held for sale” accounting, as specified by ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment. The effect of suspending amortization on noncurrent assets held for sale is immaterial to the results of operations.
The Company records assets and liabilities held for sale at the lower of carrying value or fair value less cost to sell. Any loss resulting from this measurement is recognized in the period in which the held for sale criteria are met. Conversely, gains are not recognized on the sale of a long-lived asset or disposal group until the date of sale.
On February 24, 2024, the Company determined the asset groups associated with the corporate office in Irvine, California met the criteria of held for sale, since the Company intends to complete the sale of these assets within the twelve months following the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2024. The Company concluded that the offering price of the disposal assets was an approximate fair value. See Note 4 – Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale for further information.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:
| Building | 30 years | ||||
| Furniture and fixtures | 5 to 10 years | ||||
| Leasehold improvements | Lesser of useful life of asset or term of lease | ||||
| Computer, equipment and software | 3 to 5 years | ||||
Costs for normal repairs and maintenance are expensed to operations as incurred, while renewals and major refurbishments are capitalized.
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Long-lived Assets
The Company evaluates the recoverability of long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The impairment test is comprised of two steps. The first step compares the carrying amount of the asset to the sum of expected undiscounted future cash flows. If the sum of expected undiscounted future cash flows exceeds the carrying amount of the asset, no impairment is taken. If the sum of expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset, a second step is warranted and an impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value calculated using the present value of estimated net future cash flows. The Company recorded an impairment against its right of use ("ROU") assets and leasehold improvements of $0.2 million, zero and $0.8 million for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively, primarily associated with exiting certain real estate leases as part of its restructuring initiatives. The impairment charges are included in selling, general and administrative expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill is recorded at the time of an acquisition and is calculated as the difference between the aggregate consideration paid for an acquisition and the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired. Goodwill is not subject to amortization but the carrying value is tested for impairment on an annual basis in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, or more frequently if the Company believes indicators of impairment exist. Impairment evaluations involve management’s assessment of qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that goodwill is impaired. If management concludes from its assessment of qualitative factors that it is more likely than not that impairment exists, then a quantitative impairment test will be performed. Significant management judgment is required in the forecasts of future operating results that are used in these evaluations.
Impairment testing is conducted at the reporting unit level. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires judgments, including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for the Company’s business, and determination of the Company’s weighted average cost of capital. Under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, the qualitative assessment requires the consideration of factors such as recent market transactions, macroeconomic conditions, and changes in projected future cash flows or planned revenue or earnings of the reporting unit as potential indicators when determining the need for a quantitative assessment of impairment. During the fourth quarter, we voluntarily changed the date of the annual impairment test from the last day of the fourth quarter to the first day of the fourth quarter. This voluntary change is preferable under the circumstances as it results in better alignment with our business operating process. This change was applied prospectively and was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as it did not delay, accelerate or avoid an impairment charge. On the first day of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, the Company performed an annual goodwill impairment on its RGP reporting unit and elected to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment analysis. As a result of the quantitative impairment test performed on February 25, 2024, the Company concluded that there was no goodwill impairment. Furthermore, there have been no changes in facts, circumstances or events, since the date of the Company's goodwill impairment test through May 25, 2024 that would give rise to modifying this conclusion regarding our goodwill impairment assessment or require further testing. However, the Company concluded in fiscal 2023 that the carrying amount of the Sitrick reporting unit exceeded its fair value, which resulted in an impairment charge of $3.0 million on the goodwill associated with the Other Segments on the Consolidated Statements of Operations as of May 27, 2023. There was no goodwill impairment during the year-ended May 28, 2022.
The Company’s identifiable intangible assets include customer contracts and relationships, and computer software, including internally-developed software. These assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over lives ranging from two to thirteen years. For intangible assets subject to amortization, if the estimated undiscounted expected future cash flows are less than the net book value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the amount by which the net book value exceeds the estimated fair value of assets. The Company reviewed its intangible assets and did not identify any impairment as of May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022.
See Note 5 —Goodwill and Intangible Assets for a further description of the Company’s goodwill and intangible assets, including information about the Company’s goodwill impairment assessment.
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Leases
The Company currently leases office space, vehicles and certain equipment under operating leases expiring through 2030. At May 25, 2024, the Company had no finance leases. The Company’s operating leases are primarily for real estate, which include fixed payments plus, in some cases, scheduled base rent increases over the term of the lease. Certain leases require variable payments of common area maintenance, operating expenses and real estate taxes applicable to the property. Variable payments are excluded from the measurements of lease liabilities and are expensed as incurred. Any tenant improvement allowances received from the lessor are recorded as a reduction to rent expense over the term of the lease. None of the Company’s lease agreements contained residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. The Company has not entered into any real estate lease arrangements where it occupies the entire building. As such, the Company does not have any separate land lease components embedded within any of its real estate leases.
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at the inception of the contract. Specifically, the Company considers whether it can control the underlying asset and have the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits or outputs from the assets. The ROU assets represent the right to use the underlying assets for the lease term and the lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the leases. The Company’s lease liability is recognized as of the lease commencement date at the present value of the lease payments over the lease term. The Company’s ROU asset is recognized as of the lease commencement date at the amount of the corresponding lease liability, adjusted for prepaid lease payments, lease incentives received, and initial direct costs incurred. The Company evaluates its ROU assets for impairment consistent with its policy for evaluating long-lived assets for impairment. See “Long-lived Assets” above. ROU assets are presented as operating ROU assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Operating lease liabilities are presented as operating lease liabilities, current or operating lease liabilities, noncurrent in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets based on their contractual due dates. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term, and is recognized in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate that can be readily determined. Therefore, the Company uses a discount rate based on its incremental borrowing rate and the information available at the commencement date. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow on a fully collateralized basis over a similar term in an amount equal to the total lease payments in a similar economic environment. The Company has a centrally managed treasury function; therefore, the portfolio approach is applied in determining the incremental borrowing rate. Application at the portfolio level is not materially different from applying guidance at the individual lease level.
Certain of the Company’s leases include one or more options to renew or terminate the lease at the Company’s discretion. Generally, the renewal and termination options are not included in the ROU assets and lease liabilities as they are not reasonably certain of exercise. The Company regularly evaluates lease renewal and termination options and, when they are reasonably certain of exercise, includes the renewal or termination option in the lease term.
In some instances, the Company subleases excess office space to third-party tenants. The Company, as sublessor, continues to account for the head lease. If the lease cost for the term of the sublease exceeds the Company’s anticipated sublease income for the same period, this indicates that the ROU asset associated with the head lease should be assessed for impairment under the long-lived asset impairment provisions. Sublease income is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The Company has elected the practical expedient that allows lessees to choose to not separate lease and non-lease components by class of underlying asset and is applying this expedient to all real estate asset classes. Additionally, the Company has also made an accounting policy election to recognize the lease payments under short-term leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term without recognizing the lease liability and the ROU asset.
See Note 7 — Leases for further information on the Company’s leases.
Capitalized Hosting Arrangements
The capitalized hosting arrangements costs are primarily related to the Company’s implementation of a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system and talent acquisition and management system. Such costs include third party implementation costs and costs associated with internal resources directly involved in the implementation. Capitalized hosting arrangements are stated at historical cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated useful life of the
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expected term of the hosting arrangement, taking into consideration several other factors such as, but not limited to, options to extend the hosting arrangement or options to terminate the hosting arrangement. The amortization of capitalized implementation costs for hosting arrangements will commence when the systems are ready for their intended use and will be presented as operating expenses on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations consistent with the presentation for expensing the fees for the associated hosting arrangement.
As of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, the capitalized costs related to hosting arrangements incurred during the application development stage were $16.1 million and $6.0 million, respectively. These capitalized hosting arrangements are included in other non-current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the year ended May 25, 2024, there was less than $0.2 million of amortization. No costs were amortized during the year ended May 27, 2023.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors, including restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, employee stock options, performance stock units awarded under the Company’s 2020 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”) and the Company’s 2014 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), stock units credited under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan and employee stock purchases made via the Company’s 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “ESPP”), based on estimated fair value at the date of grant.
The Company estimates the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes valuation model for stock options, including options under the ESPP, and the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant for restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and performance stock units. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized on a straight-line basis as an expense over the requisite service periods. If the actual number of forfeitures, and in the case of performance stock units, the actual performance, differs from that estimated by management, additional adjustments to compensation expense may be required in future periods. Excess income tax benefits and deficiencies from stock-based compensation are recognized as a discrete item within the provision for income taxes on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. Stock options and restricted stock units typically vest over three to four years and restricted stock award vesting is determined on an individual grant basis under the 2014 Plan or the 2020 Plan. Performance stock units vest on the last day of the three-year performance period, based on the actual performance for the performance period.
See Note 15 — Stock-Based Compensation Plans for further information on the 2020 Plan and stock-based compensation.
Income Taxes
The Company recognizes deferred income taxes for the estimated tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each year-end based on enacted tax laws and statutory rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized when, in management’s opinion, it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The provision for income taxes represents current taxes payable net of the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities. The Company also evaluates its uncertain tax positions and only recognizes the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon settlement. The Company records a liability for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Any change in judgment related to the expected ultimate resolution of uncertain tax positions is recognized in earnings in the period in which such change occurs. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to income tax matters, if applicable, in income tax expense.
Share Repurchases and Retirement of Treasury Shares
The Company’s stock repurchase program authorizes the Company to repurchase shares at the discretion of the Company’s senior executives based on numerous factors, including, without limitation, share price and other market conditions, the Company’s ongoing capital allocation planning, the levels of cash and debt balances, and other demands for
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cash. The Company records the shares repurchased as treasury stock based on the amount paid to repurchase its shares. Direct costs incurred to acquire treasury stock are treated like stock issue costs and added to the cost of the treasury stock.
The Company accounts for the retirement of treasury shares using the par-value method under which the cost of repurchased and retired treasury shares in excess of the par value is allocated between additional paid-in capital and retained earnings. When the repurchase price is greater than the original issue proceeds, the excess is charged to retained earnings. The Company uses the weighted-average cost flow assumption to identify and assign the original issue proceeds to the cost of the repurchased and retired treasury shares. The Company believes that this allocation method is preferable because it more accurately reflects its paid-in capital balances by allocating the cost of the repurchased and retired treasury shares to paid-in capital in proportion to paid-in capital associated with the original issuance of those shares.
See Note 12 — Stockholders’ Equity for further information on the repurchase of shares.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Issued Accounting Guidance
On December 14, 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The guidance is intended to expand the disclosure requirements for income taxes, specifically related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on its financial statement disclosures.
On November 27, 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The guidance is intended to improve reportable segment disclosure requirements for public entities primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the CODM and included within each reported measure of segment profit. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is evaluating the potential impact of this guidance on its financial statement disclosures.
Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
On October 9, 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements. The effective date for the ASU is immediately after the new Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 260, Earnings Per Share is updated. The Company adopted the guidance effective with the quarter ending November 25, 2023 and prior periods to the date of adoption are presented in accordance with ASC 260 – Earnings Per Share.
Other recent changes in authoritative accounting pronouncements did not, or are not expected to, have a materially significant effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
3. Acquisitions and Dispositions
Acquisition of CloudGo
On November 15, 2023, the Company acquired 100% of the equity interests in CloudGo pursuant to the terms of a Share Purchase Agreement entered into by and between the Company, CloudGo, and the shareholders of CloudGo (the “CloudGo SPA”). Headquartered in Singapore, CloudGo is a digital transformation firm primarily focused on technology implementation through the ServiceNow platform. The Company paid cash consideration of $7.4 million (net of $0.3 million of cash acquired).
In addition, the CloudGo SPA provides for contingent consideration of up to $12.0 million to be paid based on CloudGo’s revenue and operating profit margin performance during two one-year performance periods that began after the acquisition date. The Company determined the fair value of the contingent consideration as of the acquisition date using the Monte Carlo simulation model and the application of an appropriate discount rate (Level 3 fair value). The preliminary fair value of the contractual obligation to pay the contingent consideration amounted to $4.4 million. Due to a revision in the Company's estimate in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, the Company decreased the fair value of the CloudGo contingent consideration liability to zero as of May 25, 2024. The estimate of fair value of contingent consideration liability requires assumptions to be made of various levels of potential revenue and operating profit performance as well as discount rates.
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Future revisions to these assumptions could materially change the estimate of the fair value of contingent consideration and therefore could materially affect the Company’s future operating results.
Results of operations of CloudGo are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations from the date of acquisition. CloudGo contributed $4.2 million of revenue to the consolidated results of operations during the year ended May 25, 2024 post close of the transaction. During the year ended May 25, 2024, the Company incurred $2.0 million of acquisition related costs in connection with the acquisition of CloudGo and Reference Point. Such costs were recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
In accordance with ASC 805, the Company made an initial provisional allocation of the purchase price for CloudGo based on the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the residual amount recorded as goodwill. The Company’s provisional purchase price allocation considered a number of factors, including the valuation of identifiable intangible assets. In connection with this acquisition, the Company provisionally recorded total intangible assets consisting of $3.1 million for customer relationships (to be amortized over 9 to 12 years). The Company also provisionally recorded $9.6 million of goodwill. The goodwill is attributable primarily to expected synergies and the assembled workforce of CloudGo.
The following table summarizes the consideration for the acquisition of CloudGo and the provisional amounts of the identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date:
Fair value of consideration transferred (in thousands):
| Cash | $ | 7,753 | |||
| Contingent consideration | 4,400 | ||||
| Total | $ | 12,153 | |||
Recognized provisional amounts of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed (in thousands):
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 342 | |||
| Trade accounts receivable (1) | 778 | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 78 | ||||
| Income taxes receivable | 2 | ||||
| Intangible assets | 3,100 | ||||
| Property and equipment | 36 | ||||
| Other non-current assets | 13 | ||||
| Total identifiable assets | 4,349 | ||||
| Accounts payable and other accrued expenses | 411 | ||||
| Accrued salaries and related obligations | 366 | ||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 490 | ||||
| Other liabilities | 566 | ||||
| Total liabilities assumed | 1,833 | ||||
| Net identifiable assets acquired | 2,516 | ||||
| Goodwill | 9,637 | ||||
| Net assets acquired | $ | 12,153 | |||
(1) As of the acquisition date, the gross contractual amount of accounts receivable of $0.8 million was expected to be fully collected, and was subsequently collected.
The purchase price allocation described above is preliminary with respect to the valuation of intangible assets acquired, goodwill, tax related matters, and the amount of contingent consideration. A final determination of fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed relating to the acquisition could differ from the preliminary purchase price allocation. The Company expects to finalize the valuation and complete the purchase price allocation as soon as practicable, but no later than one year from the acquisition date.
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The weighted-average useful life of CloudGo’s customer relationships and intangible assets is approximately 10.94 years.
Sale of taskforce
On April 21, 2022, RGP Germany entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “taskforce SPA”) to sell its business in taskforce to MoveVision – Management-, Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH and Blue Elephant – Management-, Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH (collectively, the “Purchasers”), which are owned by the original founder and a member of the senior leadership team of taskforce, respectively. The taskforce SPA provided for the sale of all of the shares of taskforce from RGP Germany to the Purchasers for a purchase price of approximately EUR 5.5 million, subject to final working capital adjustments, with 50% of the consideration to be paid in cash in connection with the closing and the remaining 50% payable on July 1, 2024 and bearing interest based on the Company’s average borrowing interest rate plus 285 basis points, compounded annually.
On May 31, 2022, the Company completed the sale of taskforce. Upon conclusion of the Final Completion Accounts and Calculation (as defined in the taskforce SPA), the final purchase price was determined to be EUR 5.5 million (approximately $6.0 million), of which EUR 2.8 million (approximately $3.0 million) was received in cash and EUR 2.7 million (approximately $3.0 million) should become due in July 2024 in accordance with the taskforce SPA. During fiscal year 2023, the Company received full payment from the purchasers of taskforce on the note receivable in the amount of EUR 2.7 million (approximately $3.0 million), which included an interest payment. The Company recognized a $0.2 million gain on the sale during the year ended May 27, 2023, which was recorded in other income in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
During fiscal 2023, the Company completed the dissolution of the following three foreign subsidiaries: Compliance.co.uk Ltd, Resources Compliance (UK) Ltd and RGP Poland spolka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia. The Company recognized a total net loss on dissolutions of $0.5 million during fiscal 2023. As part of its restructuring effort in Europe which began in fiscal 2021, the Company initiated the wind-down and dissolution of certain entities. During fiscal 2022, the Company completed the dissolution of the following three foreign subsidiaries: RGP France SAS, RGP Denmark A/S, and RGP Italy SRL, as it continued to complete its exit from certain non-core markets in Europe. The Company recognized a total gain on dissolutions of $0.9 million during fiscal 2022. The net gain or loss on the dissolutions of these subsidiaries in both fiscal years was primarily related to the recognition of the accumulated translation adjustment associated with the foreign subsidiaries, which was reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet and included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively. See Note 14 – Restructuring Activities for further information on the Company’s restructuring initiatives.
None of the markets sold or exited in fiscal 2023 and 2022 were considered strategic components of the Company’s operations.
4. Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale
As of February 24, 2024, the Company determined the asset groups associated with its corporate office in Irvine, California met the criteria of held for sale, since the Company intends to complete the sale of these assets within the twelve months following the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2024. Accordingly, the related assets classified as held for sale are separately presented in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of May 25, 2024. In addition, such assets are presented at the lower of carrying value or fair value less any costs to sell. The Company concluded that the offering price of the disposal assets was an approximate fair value, which exceeded the carrying value of the related assets as of May 25, 2024. As such, the assets held for sale are reported at their carrying value.
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The following table presents information related to the major classes of assets that were classified as held for sale in our Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands):
| Assets Held for Sale | As of | ||||
| Irvine Office Building | May 25, 2024 | ||||
| Building and land | $ | 14,309 | |||
| Leasehold improvements | 321 | ||||
| Furniture and fixtures | 1,565 | ||||
| Total assets held for sale, gross | 16,195 | ||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization | (7,286) | ||||
| Total assets held for sale, net | $ | 8,909 | |||
The Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated May 15, 2024, and as amended and restated as of May 20, 2024, with a third-party buyer for the sale of its Irvine Building for a total purchase price of $13.0 million. The anticipated closing date for the sale of the property is August 15, 2024.
5. Goodwill and Intangible Assets
There were no impairments during the fiscal years ended May 25, 2024 and May 28, 2022.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company completed an interim goodwill impairment analysis for Sitrick, a strategic and crisis communications business acquired in 2009. Many of Sitrick’s target clients were impacted by the initial closures of U.S. courts during the COVID-19 pandemic (the “Pandemic”) and the continued lingering impact on the court system despite the reopening, resulting in less opportunities and a slower revenue conversion typically provided by Sitrick. The Company determined that the carrying value of Sitrick, also a reporting unit, was in excess of its fair value and recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $3.0 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2023. This impairment reduced the goodwill within the Other Segments to zero as of May 27, 2023. See Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for further information.
The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s goodwill balance (in thousands):
| RGP | Other Segments | Total Company | |||||||||||||||
| Balance as of May 28, 2022 | $ | 206,830 | $ | 2,955 | $ | 209,785 | |||||||||||
| Goodwill impairment | - | (2,955) | (2,955) | ||||||||||||||
| Impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes | (108) | - | (108) | ||||||||||||||
| Balance as of May 27, 2023 | $ | 206,722 | $ | - | $ | 206,722 | |||||||||||
| Acquisition (See Note 3) | 9,637 | - | 9,637 | ||||||||||||||
| Impact of foreign currency exchange rate changes | 220 | - | 220 | ||||||||||||||
| Balance as of May 25, 2024 | $ | 216,579 | $ | - | $ | 216,579 | |||||||||||
The following table presents details of the Company’s intangible assets, estimated lives and related accumulated amortization (in thousands, except for estimated useful life):
| As of May 25, 2024 | As of May 27, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Estimated Useful Life | Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net Carrying Amount | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Customer contracts and relationships | 7 - 12 years | $ | 25,100 | $ | (16,858) | $ | 8,242 | $ | 22,000 | $ | (13,802) | $ | 8,198 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Computer software | 1 - 3.5 years | 7,870 | (6,539) | 1,331 | 7,541 | (4,218) | 3,323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 32,970 | $ | (23,397) | $ | 9,573 | $ | 29,541 | $ | (18,020) | $ | 11,521 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The weighted-average useful lives of the customer contracts and relationships, and computer software are approximately 5.0 years, and 2.5 years, respectively. The weighted-average useful life of all of the Company’s intangible assets is 4.6 years.
The Company recorded amortization expense of $5.4 million, $5.0 million, and $4.9 million for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively. The following table presents future estimated amortization expense based on existing intangible assets held for use (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years: | |||||
| 2025 | $ | 4,102 | |||
| 2026 | 2,792 | ||||
| 2027 | 592 | ||||
| 2028 | 2,087 | ||||
| Total | $ | 9,573 | |||
Actual future estimated amortization expense could differ from these estimated amounts as a result of future acquisitions, dispositions, impairments, and other factors or changes.
6. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
| As of May 25, 2024 | As of May 27, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Building and land | $ | — | $ | 14,309 | |||||||
| Computers, equipment and software | 8,303 | 15,444 | |||||||||
| Leasehold improvements | 10,719 | 12,900 | |||||||||
| Furniture | 4,417 | 7,579 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, gross | $ | 23,439 | $ | 50,232 | |||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization | (19,676) | (34,852) | |||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | $ | 3,763 | $ | 15,380 | |||||||
On February 24, 2024, the Company determined the asset groups associated with the corporate office in Irvine, California met the criteria of held for sale. As a result, the Company transferred such asset groups previously used in operations to assets held for sale in its Consolidated Balance Sheet as of May 25, 2024. See Note 4 - Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale for more information.
7. Leases
Lease cost components included within selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Operating lease cost | $ | 7,280 | $ | 7,242 | $ | 8,766 | |||||||||||
| Short-term lease cost | 192 | 118 | 89 | ||||||||||||||
| Variable lease cost | 1,586 | 1,279 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| Sublease income (1) | (740) | (516) | (994) | ||||||||||||||
| Total lease cost | $ | 8,318 | $ | 8,123 | $ | 7,883 | |||||||||||
(1)Sublease income does not include rental income received from owned property.
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The weighted-average lease terms and discount rates for operating leases are presented in the following table:
| As of May 25, 2024 | As of May 27, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term | 3.5 years | 3.4 years | |||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate | 4.37% | 3.97% | |||||||||
Cash flow and other information related to operating leases is included in the following table (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities | $ | 8,406 | $ | 9,258 | $ | 11,187 | |||||||||||
| Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease obligations | $ | 3,707 | $ | 4,688 | $ | 1,748 | |||||||||||
Future maturities of operating lease liabilities at May 25, 2024 are presented in the following table (in thousands):
| Fiscal Years | Operating Lease Maturity | ||||
| 2025 | $ | 5,482 | |||
| 2026 | 3,589 | ||||
| 2027 | 2,329 | ||||
| 2028 | 1,938 | ||||
| 2029 | 1,113 | ||||
| Thereafter | 305 | ||||
| Total future lease payments | 14,756 | ||||
| Less: interest | (1,435) | ||||
| Present value of operating lease liabilities | $ | 13,321 | |||
The Company, as a lessor, leases approximately 13,000 square feet of the approximately 57,000 square feet of a company-owned building located in Irvine, California to independent third parties and has operating lease agreements for sublet space with independent third parties expiring in fiscal 2025. Rental income received for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 totaled $142,000, $195,000 and $199,000, respectively. Under the terms of these operating lease agreements, rental income from such third-party leases is expected to be $8,344 in fiscal 2025.
8. Long-Term Debt
On November 12, 2021, the Company and Resources Connection LLC, as borrowers, and all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, as guarantors entered into a credit agreement with the lenders that are party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent for the lenders (the “Credit Agreement”), and concurrently terminated the then existing credit facility, which provided a $120.0 million revolving loan. The Credit Agreement provides for a $175.0 million senior secured revolving loan (the “Credit Facility”), which includes a $10.0 million sublimit for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a swingline sublimit of $20.0 million. The Credit Facility also includes an option to increase the amount of the revolving loan up to an additional $75.0 million, subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Credit Facility matures on November 12, 2026. The obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by substantially all assets of the Company, Resources Connection LLC and all of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries.
Future borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate per annum of either, at the Company’s election, (i) Term SOFR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus a margin ranging from 1.25% to 2.00% or (ii) the Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), plus a margin of 0.25% to 1.00% with the applicable margin depending on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. In addition, the Company pays an unused commitment fee on the average daily unused portion of the Credit Facility, which ranges from 0.20% to 0.30% depending upon the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio.
The Credit Agreement contains both affirmative and negative covenants. Covenants include, but are not limited to, limitations on the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur liens, incur additional indebtedness, make certain restricted
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payments, merge or consolidate and make dispositions of assets. In addition, the Credit Agreement requires the Company to comply with financial covenants including limitations on the Company’s total funded debt, minimum interest coverage ratio and maximum leverage ratio. The Company was compliant with all financial covenants under the Credit Agreement as of May 25, 2024.
As of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, the Company had no debt outstanding under the Credit Facility. In addition, the Company had $1.4 million and $0.8 million of outstanding letters of credit issued under the Credit Facility as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively. As of May 25, 2024, there was $173.6 million of remaining capacity under the Credit Facility.
On November 2, 2022, Resources Global Enterprise Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), as borrower, and the Company, as guarantor, entered into a RMB 13.4 million (USD $1.8 million based on the prevailing exchange rate on November 2, 2022) revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A. (Beijing) as the lender (the “Beijing Revolver”). The Beijing Revolver bears interest at loan prime rate plus 0.80%. Interest incurred on borrowings will be payable monthly in arrears. As of May 25, 2024, the Company had no debt outstanding under the Beijing Revolver and RMB 13.4 million ($1.9 million based on the prevailing exchange rate on May 25, 2024) in available credit. The availability of proceeds under the Beijing Revolver is at the lender's absolute discretion and may be terminated at any time by the lender, with or without prior notice to the borrower.
9. Income Taxes
The following table represents the current and deferred income tax expense (benefit) for federal, state and foreign income taxes attributable to operations (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Current: | |||||||||||||||||
| Federal | $ | 3,245 | $ | 19,317 | $ | 20,210 | |||||||||||
| State | 1,422 | 6,323 | 4,131 | ||||||||||||||
| Foreign | 3,596 | 2,945 | 2,464 | ||||||||||||||
| 8,263 | 28,585 | 26,805 | |||||||||||||||
| Deferred: | |||||||||||||||||
| Federal | 935 | (6,613) | (5,838) | ||||||||||||||
| State | 273 | (1,357) | 1,884 | ||||||||||||||
| Foreign | (676) | (2,356) | (7,058) | ||||||||||||||
| 532 | (10,326) | (11,012) | |||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | $ | 8,795 | $ | 18,259 | $ | 15,793 | |||||||||||
Income before income tax expense is as follows (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Domestic | $ | 23,084 | $ | 60,835 | $ | 68,416 | |||||||||||
| Foreign | 6,745 | 11,783 | 14,552 | ||||||||||||||
| Income before income tax expense | $ | 29,829 | $ | 72,618 | $ | 82,968 | |||||||||||
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The income tax expense (benefit) differs from the amount that would result from applying the federal statutory rate as follows:
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate | 21.0 | % | 21.0 | % | 21.0 | % | |||||||||||
| State taxes, net of federal benefit | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Non-U.S. rate adjustments | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 2.2 | (0.1) | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Valuation allowance | 5.8 | (1.7) | (6.5) | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. international tax impact, net of credits | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||
| Worthless stock deduction | - | - | (3.2) | ||||||||||||||
| FIN48 | 0.2 | 0.1 | - | ||||||||||||||
Contingent consideration (1) | (3.1) | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Section 986(c) foreign exchange loss (1) | (1.3) | - | - | ||||||||||||||
Capital loss carryforward (1) | (6.2) | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| Permanent items | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tax impact of foreign rate changes | 0.2 | (0.4) | (0.2) | ||||||||||||||
| Return-to-provision & other adjustments | (0.5) | (1.6) | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Other, net | 0.4 | 0.1 | (0.2) | ||||||||||||||
| Effective tax rate | 29.5 | % | 25.1 | % | 19.0 | % | |||||||||||
(1) Our current year rate primarily benefited from the nontaxable income on the reversal of CloudGo's contingent liability, a foreign exchange loss as a result of the repatriation of funds from our Japan subsidiary and the benefit of the capital loss carryforward, partially offset with a valuation allowance as a result of the pending sale of the Company’s Irvine building.
The impact of state taxes, net of federal benefit, and foreign income taxed at other than U.S. rates fluctuates year over year due to the changes in the mix of operating income and losses amongst the various states and foreign jurisdictions in which we operate. Our accounting policy is to recognize the U.S. tax effects of global intangible low-taxed income as a component of income tax expense in the period it arises.
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The components of the net deferred tax asset (liability) consist of the following (in thousands):
| As of May 25, 2024 | As of May 27, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Deferred tax assets: | |||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses | $ | 482 | $ | 642 | |||||||
| Accrued compensation | 4,089 | 5,477 | |||||||||
| Accrued expenses | 970 | 487 | |||||||||
| Lease liability | 3,345 | 4,532 | |||||||||
| Stock options and restricted stock | 3,870 | 4,599 | |||||||||
| Foreign tax credit | 477 | 431 | |||||||||
| Net operating losses | 17,714 | 16,623 | |||||||||
| Capital loss carryforwards | 2,343 | - | |||||||||
| State taxes | 113 | 354 | |||||||||
| Property and equipment | 782 | 80 | |||||||||
| Gross deferred tax asset | 34,185 | 33,225 | |||||||||
| Valuation allowance | (8,550) | (6,514) | |||||||||
| Gross deferred tax asset, net of valuation allowance | 25,635 | 26,711 | |||||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | |||||||||||
| ROU asset | (2,911) | (3,998) | |||||||||
| Outside basis difference - Sweden investment | (262) | (262) | |||||||||
| Goodwill and intangibles | (19,830) | (18,886) | |||||||||
| Net deferred tax asset | $ | 2,632 | $ | 3,565 | |||||||
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has released an Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting including Pillar Two Model Rules to reform international corporate taxation and introduce a new 15% global minimum tax applicable to large multinational corporations. Certain jurisdictions have enacted or substantively enacted the Pillar Two legislations. We have considered the applicability of such global implementations and determined that it does not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements in fiscal 2024. We will continue to monitor and evaluate global implementation of Pillar Two legislations.
Additionally, we are continuing to monitor new guidance with regard to the new corporate alternative minimum tax ("CAMT") and its applicability. We have considered the applicability of the CAMT and determined that it does not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements in fiscal 2024.
The Company recognized a tax benefit of approximately $1.3 million, $2.1 million and $2.0 million for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively, associated with the exercise of nonqualified stock options, vesting of restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, and disqualifying dispositions by employees of shares acquired under the ESPP.
The Company has tax-effected foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $17.3 million ($69.7 million on a gross basis), tax-effected state net operating loss carryforwards of $0.4 million, capital loss carryforwards of $2.3 million, and foreign tax credit carryforwards of $0.5 million. The state net operating loss carryforwards will expire beginning in fiscal 2033, the capital loss carryforwards will expire in fiscal 2028, and the foreign tax credits will expire beginning in fiscal 2025.
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The following table summarizes the foreign net operating losses expiration periods (in thousands):
| Expiration Periods | Amount of Net Operating Losses | ||||
| Fiscal Years Ending: | |||||
| 2026 | $ | 21 | |||
| 2027 and beyond | 1,111 | ||||
| Unlimited | 68,560 | ||||
| Total | $ | 69,692 | |||
The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s valuation allowance accounts (in thousands):
| Beginning Balance | Charged to Operations | Currency Rate Changes | Ending Balance | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years Ended: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 28, 2022 | $ | 13,263 | $ | (3,152) | $ | (1,862) | $ | 8,249 | |||||||||||||||
| May 27, 2023 | $ | 8,249 | $ | (1,343) | $ | (392) | $ | 6,514 | |||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | $ | 6,514 | $ | 1,964 | $ | 72 | $ | 8,550 | |||||||||||||||
Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon generating sufficient future taxable income of the appropriate character. Management believes that it is more likely than not that all remaining deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable earnings or alternative tax strategies.
We repatriated $10.2 million from our Japan subsidiary during the year ended May 25, 2024. Remaining unremitted earnings as of May 25, 2024 in our Japan subsidiary are intended to be indefinitely reinvested in our Japan subsidiary's operations and growth. Going forward, the indefinite reversal criteria will apply only to the portion of our Japan subsidiary’s unremitted earnings that are needed for its ongoing operations and growth. Deferred income taxes have not been provided on the undistributed earnings of approximately $31.6 million from the Company's foreign subsidiaries as of May 25, 2024 since these amounts are intended to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. If the earnings of the Company's foreign subsidiaries were to be distributed, management estimates that the income tax impact would be immaterial as a result of the transition tax and federal dividends received deduction for foreign source earnings provided under the US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
The following table summarizes the activity related to the gross unrecognized tax benefits (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of year | $ | 962 | $ | 908 | $ | 872 | |||||||||||
| Gross increases-tax positions in prior period | 71 | 54 | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| Unrecognized tax benefits, end of year | $ | 1,033 | $ | 962 | $ | 908 | |||||||||||
The Company’s total liability for unrecognized gross tax benefits was $1.0 million, $1.0 million and $0.9 million as of May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively, which, if ultimately recognized, any differences in assessment or non-assessment would impact the effective tax rate in future periods. The unrecognized tax benefits are included in long-term liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. None of the unrecognized tax benefits are short-term liabilities as management does not anticipate any cash payments within 12 months to settle the liability.
The Company’s major income tax jurisdiction is the U.S., with federal statutes of limitations remaining open for fiscal 2020 and thereafter. For states within the U.S. in which the Company does significant business, the Company remains subject to examination for fiscal 2020 and thereafter. Most major foreign jurisdictions remain open for fiscal years ended 2019 and thereafter.
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The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a part of its provision for income taxes. During the fiscal years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, the Company accrued interest of $71,000, $54,000 and $36,000, respectively, as a component of the liability for unrecognized tax benefits.
10. Accrued Salaries and Related Obligations
Accrued salaries and related obligations consist of the following (in thousands):
| As of May 25, 2024 | As of May 27, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Accrued salaries and related obligations | $ | 14,450 | $ | 15,765 | |||||||
| Accrued bonuses | 9,039 | 23,716 | |||||||||
| Accrued vacation | 18,510 | 25,295 | |||||||||
| $ | 41,999 | $ | 64,776 | ||||||||
11. Concentrations of Credit Risk
The Company currently maintains cash and cash equivalents in commercial paper or money market accounts.
Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist primarily of trade receivables. However, concentrations of credit risk are limited due to the large number of customers comprising the Company’s client base and their dispersion across different business and geographic areas. The Company monitors its exposure to credit losses and maintains an allowance for anticipated losses. A significant change in the liquidity or financial position of one or more of the Company’s clients could result in an increase in the allowance for anticipated losses. No single client accounted for more than 10% of revenue for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022. No single client accounted for more than 10% of trade accounts receivable as of May 25, 2024 and one single client accounted for more than 10% of trade accounts receivable as of May 27, 2023.
12. Stockholders’ Equity
Stock Repurchase Program
The Company’s Board of Directors has periodically approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase, at the discretion of the Company’s senior executives, of the Company’s common stock for a designated aggregate dollar limit. The current program was authorized in July 2015 (the “July 2015 Program”) and set an aggregate dollar limit not to exceed $150 million. Subject to the aggregate dollar limit, the currently authorized stock repurchase program does not have an expiration date. Repurchases under the program may take place in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions and may be made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. During the years ended May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively, the Company purchased 606,254 and 914,809 shares of its common stock on the open market at an average price of $13.20 and $16.62 per share, for an aggregate total purchase price of approximately $8.0 million and $15.2 million. As of May 25, 2024, approximately $42.2 million remained available for future repurchases of the Company’s common stock under the July 2015 Program.
Quarterly Dividend
Subject to approval each quarter by its Board of Directors, the Company pays a regular dividend. On April 18, 2024, the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share of the Company’s common stock. The dividend was paid on June 13, 2024 to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 16, 2024. As of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, approximately $4.7 million was accrued and recorded in other current liabilities in each of the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets for dividends declared but not yet paid. Continuation of the quarterly dividend is at the discretion of the Board of Directors and depends upon the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, general business condition, contractual restrictions contained in the Company’s current credit agreements and other agreements, and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors.
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13. Revenue Recognition
The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections affects the recognition of accounts receivable, contract assets and contract liabilities.
Contract assets represent the Company’s rights to consideration for completed performance under the contract (e.g., unbilled receivables), in which the Company has transferred control of the product or services before there is an unconditional right to payment. Contract assets were $29.3 million and $35.4 million as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively, which were included in trade accounts receivable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Contract liabilities represent deferred revenue when cash is received in advance of performance and are presented in other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Contract liabilities were $3.5 million and $3.1 million as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively. Revenues recognized during the year ended May 25, 2024 that were included in deferred revenues as of May 27, 2023 were $2.5 million. Revenues recognized during the year ended May 27, 2023 that were included in deferred revenues as of May 28, 2022 were $3.0 million.
14. Restructuring Activities
During fiscal 2024, the Company initiated a cost reduction plan, including a reduction in force (the “U.S. Restructuring Plan”) intended to reduce costs and streamline operations, which resulted in a reduction of approximately 12% of the Company’s U.S. management and administrative workforce. The Company incurred employee termination costs of $4.1 million associated with the U.S. Restructuring Plan within its RGP segment during the year ended May 25, 2024, and were recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in its Consolidated Statements of Operations. The U.S. Restructuring Plan was substantially completed during the year ended May 25, 2024. The Restructuring adjustments and costs were $(0.4) million and $0.8 million for the year ended May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively, related to restructuring efforts in previous fiscal years. Restructuring liability recorded in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the Consolidated Balance Sheet was $0.8 million and zero as of May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023, respectively.
15. Stock-Based Compensation Plans
General
The Company’s stockholders approved the 2020 Plan on October 22, 2020, which replaced and succeeded in its entirety the 2014 Plan. Executive officers and certain employees, as well as non-employee directors of the Company and certain consultants and advisors are eligible to participate in the 2020 Plan. The maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock that may be issued or transferred pursuant to awards under the 2020 Plan equals: (1) 1,797,440 (which represents the number of shares that were available for additional award grant purposes under the 2014 Plan immediately prior to the termination of the authority to grant new awards under the 2014 Plan as of October 22, 2020), plus (2) the number of any shares subject to stock options granted under the 2014 Plan or the Resources Connection, Inc. 2004 Performance Incentive Plan (together with the 2014 Plan, the “Prior Plans”) and outstanding as of October 22, 2020 which expire, or for any reason are cancelled or terminated, after that date without being exercised, plus (3) the number of any shares subject to restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards granted under the Prior Plans that are outstanding and unvested as of October 22, 2020 which are forfeited, terminated, cancelled, or otherwise reacquired after that date without having become vested.
Awards under the 2020 Plan may include, but are not limited to, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance stock, stock units, stock bonuses and other forms of awards granted or denominated in shares of common stock or units of common stock, as well as certain cash bonus awards. Historically, the Company has granted restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock option awards under the 2020 Plan that typically vest in equal annual installments, and performance stock unit awards under the 2020 Plan that vest upon the achievement of certain Company-wide performance targets at the end of the defined performance period. Stock option grants typically terminate ten years from the date of grant. Vesting periods for restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock option awards range from three years to four years. The performance period for the performance stock unit awards is three years. As of May 25, 2024, there were 1,194,913 shares available for further award grants under the 2020 Plan.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
Stock-based compensation expense included in selling, general and administrative expenses was $5.7 million, $9.5 million and $8.2 million for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively. These amounts
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consisted of stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock options, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards and performance stock unit awards under the 2020 Plan and Prior Plans, employee stock purchases made via the ESPP, and stock units credited under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. The Company recognized a tax benefit of approximately $1.1 million, $2.0 million, and $1.7 million, associated with such stock-based compensation expense for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023, and May 28, 2022, respectively.
The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense on time-vesting equity awards ratably over the applicable vesting period based on the grant date fair value, net of estimated forfeitures. Expense related to the liability-classified awards reflects the change in fair value during the reporting period. The number of performance stock units earned at the end of the performance period may equal, exceed or be less than the targeted number of shares depending on whether the performance criteria are met, surpassed or not met. During each reporting period, the Company uses the latest forecasted results to estimate the number of shares to be issued at the end of the performance period. Any resulting changes to stock compensation expense are adjusted in the period in which the change in estimates occur.
Stock Options
The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the year ended May 25, 2024 (in thousands, except weighted average exercise price):
| Number of Shares Under Option | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards outstanding at May 27, 2023 | 2,648 | $ | 16.44 | 4.37 | $ | 1,298 | |||||||||||||||||
| Exercised | (32) | 14.29 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeited | (9) | 17.44 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Expired | (422) | 16.99 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards outstanding at May 25, 2024 | 2,185 | $ | 16.36 | 3.21 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Exercisable at May 25, 2024 | 2,185 | $ | 16.36 | 3.21 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
Vested and expected to vest as of May 25, 2024 (1) | 2,185 | $ | 16.36 | 3.20 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||
(1)The expected to vest options are the result of applying the pre-vesting forfeiture rate assumptions to options not yet vested. As of May 25, 2024, all outstanding options have met the vesting requirement.
The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value, based on the Company’s closing stock price of $11.16 as of May 24, 2024 (the last trading day of fiscal 2024), which would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options as of that date.
The total pre-tax intrinsic value related to stock options exercised during the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 was $0.5 million, $11.9 million and $15.1 million, respectively. The total estimated fair value of stock options that vested during the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 was $0.3 million, $1.2 million and $2.2 million, respectively.
As of May 25, 2024, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested and outstanding employee stock options.
Valuation and Expense Information for Stock Based Compensation Plans
There were no employee stock options granted during the years ended May 25, 2024 and May 27, 2023.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
On October 20, 2022, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the 2019 ESPP that increased the number of shares authorized for issuance under the ESPP by 1,500,000, resulting in a maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance under the ESPP of 3,325,000 shares.
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The Company’s ESPP allows qualified employees (as defined in the ESPP) to purchase designated shares of the Company’s common stock at a price equal to 85% of the lesser of the fair market value of common stock at the beginning or end of each semi-annual stock purchase period. The Company issued 455,678, 393,060 and 462,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the ESPP for the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, respectively. There were 1,323,246 shares of common stock available for issuance under the ESPP as of May 25, 2024.
Restricted Stock Awards
The following table summarizes the activities for the unvested restricted stock awards for the year ended May 25, 2024 (in thousands, except weighted average grant-date fair value):
| Shares | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value | ||||||||||
| Unvested at May 27, 2023 | 209 | $ | 17.19 | ||||||||
| Granted | 113 | $ | 13.79 | ||||||||
| Vested | (99) | $ | 16.33 | ||||||||
| Forfeited | - | $ | - | ||||||||
| Unvested as of May 25, 2024 | 223 | $ | 15.84 | ||||||||
| Expected to vest as of May 25, 2024 | 202 | $ | 15.89 | ||||||||
As of May 25, 2024, there was $2.4 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock awards. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.49 years. The weighted average estimated fair value per share of restricted stock awards granted during the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 was $13.79, $18.31 and $18.28, respectively.
Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)
In 2018, the Company adopted the amended and restated Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, which provides the non-employee members of the Company’s Board of Directors with the opportunity to defer certain cash compensation and equity awards earned or granted for their service in the form of stock units (“Stock Units”). The Stock Units are used solely as a device for determining the amount of cash eventually paid to the director. Each Stock Unit has the same value as one share of the Company’s common stock. Stock Units are not paid out until the director leaves the Board of Directors, at which time the cash value of the Stock Units is paid out in accordance with terms of the plan and the director’s election. Additional Stock Units are credited to reflect dividends paid on shares of the Company’s common stock. Stock Units credited to a director pursuant to an election to defer cash compensation (and any dividend equivalents credited thereon) are fully vested at all times. Stock Units credited to a director pursuant to an election to defer an equity award are subject to the vesting conditions applicable to the equity award, except that dividend equivalents credited to a director with respect to such Stock Units are vested at all times. These liability-classified awards are re-measured at each reporting date and on settlement using the closing price of the Company’s common stock on that date. Any change in fair value is recorded as stock-based compensation expense in the period. The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense on these Stock Units using the straight-line method over the requisite service period.
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The Company also grants RSUs to its employees under the 2020 Plan, which are classified as equity awards. The following table summarizes the activities for the unvested RSUs, including both equity- and liability-classified RSUs, for the year ended May 25, 2024 (in thousands, except weighted average grant-date fair value):
| Equity-Classified RSUs | Liability-Classified RSUs | Total RSUs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value | Shares | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value | Shares | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unvested at May 27, 2023 | 631 | $ | 15.78 | 60 | $ | 16.55 | 691 | $ | 15.85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Granted (1) | 329 | 13.50 | 28 | 14.07 | 357 | 13.54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vested | (184) | 14.91 | (40) | 15.97 | (224) | 15.10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forfeited | (161) | 15.55 | - | - | (161) | 15.55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unvested as of May 25, 2024 | 615 | $ | 14.91 | 48 | $ | 15.64 | 663 | $ | 14.96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expected to vest as of May 25, 2024 | 550 | $ | 14.93 | 48 | $ | 15.64 | 598 | $ | 14.99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1)The dividend equivalents are included in the granted shares.
As of May 25, 2024, there was $6.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSUs (which are the RSUs granted under the 2020 Plan that settle in shares of the Company’s common stock). The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.71 years.
As of May 25, 2024, there was $0.6 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested liability-classified RSUs (which are the stock units credited under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan that settle in cash). That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.79 years.
The weighted average estimated fair value per share of RSUs granted during the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022 was $13.54, $18.27 and $18.25, respectively.
Performance Stock Units (“PSUs”)
The Company issued PSUs to certain members of management and other select employees. The total number of shares that will vest under the PSUs will be determined at the end of a three-year performance period based on the Company’s achievement of certain revenue and Adjusted EBITDA percentage targets over the performance period. The total number of shares that may be earned for these awards based on performance over the performance period ranges from zero to 150% of the target number of shares.
The following table summarizes the activities for the unvested PSUs for the year ended May 25, 2024 (in thousands, except weighted average grant-date fair value):
| Shares (1) | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value | ||||||||||
| Unvested at May 27, 2023 | 434 | $ | 18.32 | ||||||||
| Granted (2) | 301 | 13.63 | |||||||||
| Forfeited | (114) | 18.07 | |||||||||
| Unvested as of May 25, 2024 | 621 | $ | 16.15 | ||||||||
| Expected to vest as of May 25, 2024 | 390 | $ | 15.65 | ||||||||
(1)Shares are presented at the stated target, which represents the base number of shares that would vest. Actual shares that vest may be 0-150% of the target based on the achievement of the specific company-wide performance targets.
(2)The dividend equivalents are included in the granted shares.
As of May 25, 2024, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested PSUs.
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16. Benefit Plan
The Company maintains the Resources Global Professionals 401(k) Savings Plan, a defined contribution plan (the “401(k) Plan”) which generally covers all employees in the U.S. who have completed three months of service. Participants may contribute up to 75% of their annual salary, up to the maximum amount allowed by applicable law. Pursuant to the terms of the 401(k) Plan, the Company may make discretionary matching contributions. The Company, at its sole discretion, determines the matching contribution made at each pay period. For the years ended May 25, 2024, May 27, 2023 and May 28, 2022, the Company contributed $7.9 million, $8.7 million and $8.1 million, respectively, to the 401(k) Plan as Company matching contributions.
17. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
The Company is involved in certain legal matters in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, all such matters, if disposed of unfavorably, would not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
18. Segment Information and Enterprise Reporting
As discussed in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, from May 29, 2022 to May 31, 2022, the Company had three operating segments – RGP, Sitrick and taskforce. Upon completing the sale of the taskforce operating segment, effective May 31, 2022, the Company’s operating segments consist of RGP and Sitrick. RGP is the Company’s only reportable segment. Sitrick does not individually meet the quantitative thresholds to qualify as a reportable segment. Therefore, Sitrick is disclosed as Other Segments. Prior-period comparative segment information was not restated. See Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for further discussion about the Company’s operating and reportable segments.
The tables below reflect the operating results of the Company’s segments consistent with the management and performance measurement system utilized by the Company. Performance measurement is based on segment Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest and income taxes plus or minus stock-based compensation expense, technology transformation costs, goodwill impairment, restructuring costs, and contingent consideration adjustments. Adjusted EBITDA at the segment level excludes certain shared corporate administrative costs that are not practical to allocate. The Company’s CODM does not evaluate segments using asset information.
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The following table discloses the Company’s revenue and Adjusted EBITDA by segment for all periods presented (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Revenue: | |||||||||||||||||
| RGP | $ | 622,895 | $ | 764,511 | $ | 764,350 | |||||||||||
| Other Segments (1) | 9,906 | 11,132 | 40,668 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 632,801 | $ | 775,643 | $ | 805,018 | |||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA: | |||||||||||||||||
| RGP | $ | 84,677 | $ | 132,377 | $ | 134,187 | |||||||||||
| Other Segments | (676) | 1,179 | 3,527 | ||||||||||||||
| Reconciling items (2) | (32,518) | (33,362) | (34,583) | ||||||||||||||
| Total Adjusted EBITDA (3) | $ | 51,483 | $ | 100,194 | $ | 103,131 | |||||||||||
(1)Amounts reported for the year ended May 27, 2023 include Sitrick and an immaterial amount from taskforce from May 29, 2022 through May 31, 2022, the completion date of the sale. Amounts previously reported for the year ended May 28, 2022 included the Sitrick and taskforce operating segments.
(2)Reconciling items are generally comprised of unallocated corporate administrative costs, including management and board compensation, corporate support function costs and other general corporate costs that are not allocated to segments.
(3)A reconciliation of the Company’s net income to Adjusted EBITDA on a consolidated basis is presented below.
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The table below represents a reconciliation of the Company’s net income to Adjusted EBITDA for all periods presented (in thousands):
| For the Years Ended | |||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 21,034 | $ | 54,359 | $ | 67,175 | |||||||||||
| Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||
| Amortization expense | 5,378 | 5,018 | 4,908 | ||||||||||||||
| Depreciation expense | 3,050 | 3,539 | 3,575 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net | (1,064) | 552 | 1,064 | ||||||||||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 8,795 | 18,259 | 15,793 | ||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | 37,193 | 81,727 | 92,515 | ||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 5,732 | 9,521 | 8,168 | ||||||||||||||
| Technology transformation costs (1) | 6,901 | 6,355 | 1,449 | ||||||||||||||
| Goodwill impairment (2) | - | 2,955 | - | ||||||||||||||
| Acquisition costs (3) | 1,970 | - | - | ||||||||||||||
| Restructuring costs (4) | 4,087 | (364) | 833 | ||||||||||||||
| Contingent consideration adjustment | (4,400) | - | 166 | ||||||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 51,483 | $ | 100,194 | $ | 103,131 | |||||||||||
(1)Technology transformation costs represent costs included in net income related to the Company’s initiative to upgrade its technology platform globally, including a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system and talent acquisition and management systems. Such costs primarily include hosting and certain other software licensing costs, third-party consulting fees and costs associated with dedicated internal resources that are not capitalized.
(2)The effect of the goodwill impairment charge recognized during the year ended May 27, 2023 was related to Sitrick's operating segment.
(3)Acquisition costs primarily represent one-time costs included in net income related to the Company’s acquisitions, which include fees paid to the Company’s brokers and other professional services firms. See Note 3 – Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report for further discussion.
(4)The Company initiated the cost reduction plan (the “U.S. Restructuring Plan”) in October 2023 and substantially completed the U.S. Restructuring Plan during fiscal 2024. In addition, the Company substantially completed its global restructuring and business transformation plans in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe in fiscal 2021 and the remaining accrued restructuring liability was released in fiscal 2023.
The table below represents the Company’s revenue and long-lived assets by geographic location (in thousands):
| Revenue for the Years Ended | Long-Lived Assets (1) as of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | May 28 2022 | May 25, 2024 | May 27, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 519,869 | $ | 664,515 | $ | 663,980 | $ | 13,343 | $ | 28,377 | |||||||||||||||||||
| International | 112,932 | 111,128 | 141,038 | 2,319 | 2,859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 632,801 | $ | 775,643 | $ | 805,018 | $ | 15,662 | $ | 31,236 | |||||||||||||||||||
(1)Long-lived assets are comprised of property and equipment and ROU assets.
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19. Subsequent Event
The Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2024, and as amended and restated as of June 30, 2024 (the “Reference Point MIPA”) with Reference Point LLC (“Reference Point”) and the sole member of Reference Point, to acquire 100% of the membership interests of Reference Point. The Company paid an initial cash consideration of $23.8 million on the acquisition date of July 1, 2024. The initial consideration is subject to final post-closing adjustments for the final working capital, cash, indebtedness and transaction expenses as described in the Reference Point MIPA. Reference Point is a strategy, management, and technology consulting firm serving the financial services sector and is headquartered in New York.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by SEC Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of May 25, 2024. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of May 25, 2024.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). We maintain internal control over financial reporting designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria established in the 2013 Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. This evaluation included an assessment of the design of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting. Based on this evaluation, management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of May 25, 2024.
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, RSM US LLP, which audited the financial statements included in this Annual Report, has audited the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 25, 2024, as stated in their report which is included in this Item 9A under the heading “Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended May 25, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Bangalore, India Mumbai, India Tokyo, Japan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mexico City, Mexico Amsterdam (Utrecht), Netherlands Beijing, People’s Republic of China Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China | Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China Shanghai, People’s Republic of China Manila, Philippines Seoul, South Korea Singapore Zurich, Switzerland Taipei, Taiwan London, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shareholder Information Corporate Publications Copies of Resources Connection Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 25, 2024 (excluding exhibits thereto), as well as historical Resources Connection, Inc. quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings (excluding exhibits thereto) are available without charge upon request to the Investor Relations Department, Resources Connection Inc., 17101 Armstrong Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614, or from the Company’s Investor Relations website at http://ir.rgp/com. Forward-Looking Statements Please refer to the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” included in this Annual Report. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfer Agent Equiniti Trust Company, LLC 800-937-5449 Address: 6201 15th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11219 | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm RSM US, LLP Irvine, CA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Resources Connection, Inc. Board of Directors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A. Robert Pisano Interim Chairman, Resources Connection, Inc. Business Consultant Former President and Chief Operating Officer, Motion Picture Association of America Roger Carlile Founder, Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Ankura Consulting Group, LLC Independent Director Anthony C. Cherbak Former Chief Executive Officer Resources Connection, Inc. Susan M. Collyns Chief Financial Officer, Fabletics Independent Director Neil F. Dimick Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Amerisource Bergen Corporation | Kate W. Duchene Chief Executive Officer, Resources Connection, Inc. Robert F. Kistinger Executive Advisor and former Chief Operating Officer, Bonita Banana Company Marco von Maltzan Independent Director Former Chief Executive Officer Profine Group Lisa M. Pierozzi Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Motion Picture Association of America Independent Director David P. White Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor, Ulu Ventures Deputy Chair, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kate W. Duchene President and Chief Executive Officer Bhadresh Patel Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Ryu Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Katy Conway Chief People Officer Lauren Elkerson Chief Legal Officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate Headquarters 714-430-6400 17101 Armstrong Avenue Irvine, CA 92614 | Investor Relations 714-430-6400 http://ir.rgp.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
