Pitney Bowes Announces Early Paydown of Remaining 2028 Oaktree Notes
24 January 2025 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Expects to Report FY2024 Revenue Within
Guidance Range and Adjusted EBIT Above Guidance Range
Continued Progress Stems from Management’s
Focus on Efficiency, Execution and Financial Strength
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) (“Pitney Bowes” or the “Company”),
a technology-driven company that provides SaaS shipping solutions,
mailing innovation, and financial services to clients around the
world, announced that today it is paying off the remaining balance
of approximately $97 million in senior secured notes (“2028 Notes”)
issued to Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (collectively with its
affiliates, “Oaktree”) in July 2023. The repayment, which is being
funded by cash on hand, is part of the Company’s previously
announced strategic initiative to deleverage its balance sheet.
Retiring the 2028 Notes positions Pitney Bowes to benefit from
increased capital allocation flexibility as it continues to
evaluate value-enhancing actions.
Pitney Bowes also announced that it expects to report full year
2024 results within its previously announced revenue guidance range
and beat Adjusted EBIT guidance as outlined in its third quarter
2024 financial results reported in November. The anticipated
outperformance relative to prior Adjusted EBIT guidance is driven
by better-than-expected business performance and non-essential cost
cuts that had been conservatively forecasted to materialize in
fiscal year 2025.
Lance Rosenzweig, Pitney Bowes’ Chief Executive Officer,
commented:
“Our Board of Directors and management team are fully focused on
efficiency, execution and financial strength as we enter the next
phase of Pitney Bowes’ transformation into a stronger, more
streamlined enterprise. Our strengthened balance sheet, driven by
our swift execution of cost out and cash optimization work streams,
and our conviction in the Company’s opportunities going forward
give us confidence to repay the 2028 Notes early. Our anticipated
beat on Adjusted EBIT for 2024 is the result of outperformance in
our business as well as faster-than-expected realization of cost
cuts and efficiency measures – some of which were one-time in
nature – during the final months of the year. As I begin my first
full fiscal year as CEO, I am looking forward to discussing our
results and thoughtfully prepared outlook on next month’s earnings
call.”
The Company will release fourth quarter and full-year 2024
earnings results after market close on Tuesday, February 11, 2025.
The Company will host an investor conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET
on the same day to review its results. For those unable to
participate during the live call, a recording will be made
available on the Company’s website.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) is a technology-driven company that
provides SaaS shipping solutions, mailing innovation, and financial
services to clients around the world – including more than 90
percent of the Fortune 500. Small businesses to large enterprises,
and government entities rely on Pitney Bowes to reduce the
complexity of sending mail and parcels. For the latest news,
corporate announcements, and financial results, visit
www.pitneybowes.com/us/newsroom. For additional information, visit
Pitney Bowes at www.pitneybowes.com.
Information Regarding Preliminary Results
The preliminary estimated financial information contained in
this release is unaudited and reflects management’s estimates based
solely upon information available to it as of the date of this
release and is not a comprehensive statement of the Company’s
financial results for the three and twelve months ended December
31, 2024. The preliminary estimated financial information presented
herein is subject to change, and the Company’s actual financial
results may differ from such preliminary estimates and such
differences could be material.
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains “forward-looking statements” about the
Company’s expected or potential future business and financial
performance. Forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, statements about the Company’s expectations related to
future revenue and earnings guidance, future events or conditions,
and expected cost savings, elimination of future losses, and
anticipated deleveraging in connection with Pitney Bowes’ announced
strategic initiatives. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those projected. Factors which could cause future financial
performance to differ materially from expectations include, without
limitation, declining physical mail volumes; changes in postal
regulations or the operations and financial health of posts in the
U.S. or other major markets or changes to the broader postal or
shipping markets; the potential adverse effects and risks and
uncertainties associated with the GEC exit and wind-down on the
Company’s operations, management and employees, and the ability to
successfully implement the Company’s 2024 worldwide cost reduction
and optimization initiatives and realize the expected benefits
therefrom, the loss of some of Pitney Bowes’ larger clients in the
Presort Services segments; the loss of, or significant changes to,
United States Postal Service (USPS) commercial programs, or the
Company’s contractual relationships with the USPS or their
performance under those contracts; and other factors as more fully
outlined in the Company's 2023 Form 10-K Annual Report and other
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pitney
Bowes assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this document as a result of new
information, events or developments.
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