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Eastman Kodak Company (KODK)

Q1 2024 Earnings Call· Thu, May 9, 2024

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Operator

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Eastman Kodak Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Anthony Redding. Please go ahead.

Anthony Redding

Analyst

Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. I am Anthony Redding, Eastman Kodak Company's Chief Compliance Officer. Welcome to Kodak's First Quarter 2024 Earnings Call. At 4:15 p.m. this afternoon, Kodak filed its Form 10-Q and issued its release on financial results for the first quarter of 2024. You may access the presentation and webcast for today's call on our investor center at investor.kodak.com. During today's call, we will be making certain forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are based upon Kodak's expectations and various assumptions. Future events or results may differ from those anticipated or those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks, uncertainties and other factors described in more detail in Kodak's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. There may be other factors that may cause Kodak's actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to Kodak or persons acting on its behalf only apply as of the date of this presentation and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included or referenced in this presentation. Kodak undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. In addition, the release just issued and the presentation provided contains certain measures that is deemed non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures have been provided with the release and within the presentation on our website in our investor center at investor.kodak.com. Speakers on today's call are Jim Continenza, Kodak's Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and David Bullwinkle, Kodak's Chief Financial Officer. We will not be holding a formal Q&A during today's call. As always, the Investor Relations team is available for follow-up. I will now turn the call over to Jim. Thank you.

James Continenza

Analyst

Welcome, everyone, and thank you for joining the First Quarter 2024 Investor Call for Eastman Kodak. I am very pleased with the company's performance for the first quarter of 2024 following our strong performance in 2023. We have been committed to executing our long-term plan for 5 years now. We have strengthened our balance sheet, refinanced our long-term debt. We're now generating cash, which will allow us to keep investing in our businesses, investing in innovation and print, advanced materials and chemicals. I am pleased to announce that we have won our fourth Stevie Award, our third goal for our strategy and digital print technology, improving operational efficiency and reducing cost of sales, we promised our customers, we would become more efficient and we have. We've delivered on the expectation that we set. We have achieved this by investing in new technologies, such as IT systems, manufacturing equipment and business controls. Helping our print customers with the right solution from our unmatched portfolio, we continue to invest in a broad spectrum of solutions for print. Our focus is in meeting our customers' needs, we win only when our customers win. Now we are preparing for the next stage. Investing in long-term opportunities that leverage our unique strengths in chemicals, layering and coating, developed over 130 years of history that has set a foundation for our future as a growth company. Everyone, and I mean everyone at Kodak is contributing to our success and excited about our future. I'd like to thank our employees for their competitive spirit and their winning attitude. Turning to Slide 5. I am pleased with our continued progress in the company's results for the first quarter of 2024. Here are some highlights for the quarter. In our print business, we continued to invest in innovation across…

David Bullwinkle

Analyst

Thanks, Jim, and good afternoon. This afternoon, the company filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2024, with the SEC. As always, I recommend you read this filing in its entirety. I will share details on the full company results, operational EBITDA and cash flow for the first quarter of 2024. In the face of an extremely difficult global environment, Kodak continued to build on its strong foundation during the first quarter of 2024, driving smart revenue, pricing rationalization and cost reductions delivering a gross profit percentage of 20% and generating cash while continuing to invest in long-term growth initiatives. The company's results reflect the continued focus on these priorities and the execution against our long-term strategy. On Slide 7, we reported revenues of $249 million for the first quarter compared to $278 million in the prior year quarter for a decline of $29 million or 10%. Gross profit decreased by $1 million or 2%, when compared to the prior year quarter. Our gross profit percentage was 20% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to 18% in the prior year quarter, which is a result of the actions our team has taken to mitigate the effects of the global economy to make our operations more efficient and to realize the value of our product offerings. These actions have established positive momentum as we continue to drive profitable growth going forward. Foreign currency had no impact on revenues or gross profit for the first quarter of 2024 versus the prior year period. On a U.S. GAAP basis, we reported net income of $32 million for the first quarter of 2024 compared to $33 million in the prior year quarter, a decrease of $1 million. The 2024 and 2023 first quarter results include income of $1 million and…

James Continenza

Analyst

Thank you, Dave. In summary, Kodak continued to deliver strong profit and improved cash performance despite a challenging business environment. We continue to invest in our unmatched portfolio of solutions for both offset and digital print. We will showcase a wide range of new products at Drupa this month, and I'm excited for the world to see what we've been working on. We are investing in the next generation of business in AMC that will set the stage for Kodak as a growth company. Our success is due in large part to the competitive spirit of our employees and their winning attitudes as I stated before. We will continue to put our customers first, offering them a complete range of solutions, a reliable supply and ongoing innovation in both offset and digital print and Advanced Materials & Chemicals. I want to thank everyone for attending this call and your continued interest in Eastman Kodak. Thank you, and have a good evening.

Operator

Operator

This concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.