$BNED
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2023 Q1 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000163411723000010 Filed on March 09, 2023

Income Statement

Concept	2023 Q1	2022 Q1
Revenue	$447.1M	$402.8M
YoY Change	10.99%	-2.14%
Cost Of Revenue	$342.9M	$315.8M
YoY Change	8.55%	-7.38%
Gross Profit	$104.2M	$86.96M
YoY Change	19.84%	23.15%
Gross Profit Margin	23.31%	21.59%
Selling, General & Admin	$99.47M	$101.5M
YoY Change	-1.96%	9.44%
% of Gross Profit	95.45%	116.67%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$12.31M	$13.58M
YoY Change	-9.37%	-7.64%
% of Gross Profit	11.81%	15.61%
Operating Expenses	$99.47M	$101.5M
YoY Change	-1.96%	9.44%
Operating Profit	-$17.86M	-$33.14M
YoY Change	-46.09%	-48.79%
Interest Expense	-$6.918M	-$3.051M
YoY Change	126.75%	32.65%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	-$24.78M	-$36.19M
YoY Change	-31.51%	-46.0%
Income Tax	$267.0K	$615.0K
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	-$25.05M	-$36.80M
YoY Change	-31.93%	-23.79%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-5.6%	-9.14%
Basic Earnings Per Share	-$0.48	-$0.71
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$0.48	-$0.71
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	52.60M shares	52.05M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	52.60M shares	52.00M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2023 Q1	2022 Q1
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$11.14M	$9.967M
YoY Change	11.74%	0.68%
Cash & Equivalents	$11.14M	$9.967M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$57.04M	$60.62M
YoY Change	-5.9%	139.58%
Inventory	$408.9M	$403.6M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$277.5M	$250.2M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$790.1M	$765.4M
YoY Change	3.23%	1.28%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$92.23M	$93.75M
YoY Change	-1.63%	7.26%
Goodwill	$4.700M	$4.700M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%
Intangibles	$114.9M	$134.0M
YoY Change	-14.2%	-13.86%
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets	$19.69M	$24.04M
YoY Change	-18.11%	-11.6%
Total Long-Term Assets	$491.0M	$501.3M
YoY Change	-2.06%	-5.9%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$790.1M	$765.4M
Total Long-Term Assets	$491.0M	$501.3M
Total Assets	$1.281B	$1.267B
YoY Change	1.13%	-1.69%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$355.3M	$359.7M
YoY Change	-1.22%	12.84%
Accrued Expenses	$138.2M	$150.8M
YoY Change	-8.34%	19.82%
Deferred Revenue		$211.0K
YoY Change		20.57%
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$609.6M	$611.3M
YoY Change	-0.28%	11.09%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$285.6M	$200.4M
YoY Change	42.51%	32.89%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$19.38M	$48.68M
YoY Change	-60.2%	-7.84%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$19.38M	$48.68M
YoY Change	-60.2%	-7.84%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$609.6M	$611.3M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$19.38M	$48.68M
Total Liabilities	$1.105B	$1.029B
YoY Change	7.32%	9.0%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$547.1M	-$480.5M
YoY Change	13.85%	29.79%
Common Stock	$745.4M	$739.0M
YoY Change	0.87%	0.74%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$22.38M	$21.51M
YoY Change	4.02%	12.38%
Treasury Stock Shares		2.188M shares
Shareholders Equity	$176.5M	$237.5M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.281B	$1.267B
YoY Change	1.13%	-1.69%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2023 Q1	2022 Q1
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$25.05M	-$36.80M
YoY Change	-31.93%	-23.79%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$12.31M	$13.58M
YoY Change	-9.37%	-7.64%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$31.96M	-$16.24M
YoY Change	96.77%	-65.07%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	$6.326M	-$12.13M
YoY Change	-152.16%	25.04%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$317.0K	$274.0K
YoY Change	15.69%	-108.3%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$6.009M	-$11.86M
YoY Change	-49.31%	-8.81%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	32.69M	17.31M
YoY Change	88.9%	-72.17%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-31.96M	-16.24M
Cash From Investing Activities	-6.009M	-11.86M
Cash From Financing Activities	32.69M	17.31M
Net Change In Cash	-5.272M	-10.79M
YoY Change	-51.13%	-499.56%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$31.96M	-$16.24M
Capital Expenditures	$6.326M	-$12.13M
Free Cash Flow	-$38.28M	-$4.112M
YoY Change	831.03%	-88.83%

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	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<div style="margin-top:12pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Note 1. </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Organization</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Description of Business</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. (“BNED”) is one of the largest contract operators of physical and virtual bookstores for college and university campuses and K-12 institutions across the United States. We are also one of the largest textbook wholesalers, inventory management hardware and software providers, and a leading provider of digital education solutions. We operate 1,388 physical, virtual, and custom bookstores and serve more than 6 million students, delivering essential educational content, tools and general merchandise within a dynamic omnichannel retail environment. Additionally, we offer direct-to-student products and services to help students study more effectively and improve academic performance. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The strengths of our business include our ability to compete by developing new products and solutions to meet market needs, our large operating footprint with direct access to students and faculty, our well-established, deep relationships with academic partners and stable, long-term contracts and our well-recognized brands. We expect to continue to introduce scalable and advanced digital solutions focused largely on the student, expand our e-commerce capabilities and accelerate such capabilities through our merchandising partnership with Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment, LLC, Inc. (“Fanatics”) and Fanatics Lids College, Inc. D/B/A "Lids" (“Lids”) (collectively referred to herein as the “F/L Partnership”), increase market share with new accounts, and expand our strategic opportunities through acquisitions and partnerships. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We expect gross general merchandise sales to increase over the long term, as our product assortments continue to emphasize and reflect changing consumer trends, and we evolve our presentation concepts and merchandising of products in stores and online, which we expect to be further enhanced and accelerated through the F/L Partnership. Through this partnership, we receive unparalleled product assortment, e-commerce capabilities and powerful digital marketing tools to drive increased value for customers and accelerate growth of our logo general merchandise business.</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Barnes & Noble</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> brand (licensed from our former parent) along with our subsidiary brands, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">BNC </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">MBS,</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> are synonymous with innovation in bookselling and campus retailing, and are widely recognized and respected brands in the United States. Our large college footprint, reputation, and credibility in the marketplace not only support our marketing efforts to universities, students, and faculty, but are also important to our relationship with leading publishers who rely on us as one of their primary distribution channels, and for being a trusted source for students in our direct-to-student digital solutions business. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We have three reportable segments: Retail, Wholesale and DSS. For additional information related to our strategies, operations and segments, see</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Part I - Item 1. Business </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">First Day Inclusive and Equitable Access Programs</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We provide product and service offerings designed to address the most pressing issues in higher education, including equitable access, enhanced convenience and improved affordability through innovative course material delivery models designed to drive improved student experiences and outcomes. We offer our </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">BNC First Day</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;position:relative;top:-3.5pt;vertical-align:baseline">® </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">inclusive and equitable access programs, consisting of </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, in which course materials, including both physical and digital content, are offered at a reduced price through a course fee or included in tuition, and delivered to students on or before the first day of class. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.5pt">First Day Complete</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> is adopted by an institution and includes all classes, providing students both physical and digital materials. The </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> model drives substantially greater unit sales and sell-through for the bookstore. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-9pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">•</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.5pt">Through </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, digital course materials are adopted by a faculty member for a single course, and students receive their materials through their school's learning management system. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Offering courseware sales through our inclusive and equitable access </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">and </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> models is a key, and increasingly important strategic initiative of ours to meet the market demands of substantially reduced pricing to students, as well as the opportunity to improve student outcomes, while, at the same time, increasing our market share, revenue and relative gross profits of courseware sales given the higher volumes of units sold in such models as compared to historical sales models that rely on individual student marketing and sales. We expect these programs to allow us to ultimately reverse historical long-term trends in courseware revenue declines, which has occurred at those schools where such programs have been adopted. We are moving quickly and decisively to accelerate our </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> strategy. We plan to move many institutions to </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> for the Fall of 2023 and the majority of schools by Fall 2024. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As of January 28, 2023, 116 campus stores adopted our </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> course materials delivery program for the 2023 Spring Term, representing approximately 580,000 in total undergraduate student enrollment (as reported by National Center for Education Statistics), compared to 76 campus stores representing approximately 380,000 in total undergraduate student enrollment for the 2022 Spring Term. During the 13 weeks ended January 28, 2023, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> sales increased by $28,912 to $66,901, or 76%, as compared to $37,989 in the prior year period. During the 39 weeks ended January 28, 2023, </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">First Day Complete</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> sales increased by $83,752 to $173,380, or 94%, as compared to $89,628 in the prior year period. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Partnership with Fanatics and Lids </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">In December 2020, we entered into the F/L Partnership. Through this partnership, we receive unparalleled product assortment, e-commerce capabilities and powerful digital marketing tools to drive increased value for customers and accelerate growth of our general merchandise business. Fanatics’ cutting-edge e-commerce and technology expertise offers our campus stores expanded product selection, a world-class online and mobile experience, and a progressive direct-to-consumer platform. Coupled with Lids, the leading standalone brick and mortar retailer focused exclusively on licensed fan and alumni products, our campus stores have improved access to trend and sales performance data on licensees, product styles, and design treatments. </span></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We maintain our relationships with campus partners and remain responsible for staffing and managing the day-to-day operations of our campus bookstores. We also work closely with our campus partners to ensure that each campus store maintains unique aspects of in-store merchandising, including localized product assortments and specific styles and designs that reflect each campus’s brand. We leverage Fanatics’ e-commerce technology and expertise for the operational management of the emblematic merchandise and gift sections of our campus store websites. Lids manages in-store assortment planning and merchandising of emblematic apparel, headwear, and gift products for our partner campus stores, and Lids owns the inventory it manages, relieving us of the obligation to finance inventory purchases from working capital. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">COVID-19 Business Impact</span></div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our business has been significantly negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as many schools adjusted their learning models and on-campus activities. However, on campus traffic continues to grow from increased campus events and activities, as compared to the last two years. Our third quarter 2022 results were negatively impacted by a Covid variant experienced on campuses across the country during the 2022 Spring Term which did not recur during the 2023 Spring Term. While the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is lessening, we cannot accurately predict the duration or extent of the impact of the COVID-19 virus, including variants, on enrollments, campus activities, university budgets, athletics and other areas that directly affect our business operations</span><span style="color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</span> Although most four year schools returned to a traditional on-campus environment, there is still uncertainty about the duration and extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including on enrollments at community colleges and by international students, the continuation of remote and hybrid class offerings, and its effect on our ability to source products, including textbooks and general merchandise offerings.
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	us-gaap	Basis Of Accounting BasisOfAccounting	<div style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Basis of Presentation and Consolidation</span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our condensed consolidated financial statements reflect our condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). In the opinion of the Company’s management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly its consolidated financial position and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods reported. These condensed consolidated financial statements are </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">condensed and therefore do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. </span></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our business is highly seasonal. Our quarterly results also may fluctuate depending on the timing of the start of the various schools' semesters, as well as shifts in our fiscal calendar dates. These shifts in timing may affect the comparability of our results across periods. For certain of our retail operations, sales are generally highest in the second and third fiscal quarters, when students purchase and rent textbooks and other course materials for the typical academic year, and lowest in the first and fourth fiscal quarters. Sales attributable to our wholesale business are generally highest in our first, second and third quarters, as MBS sells textbooks and other course materials for retail distribution. Our DSS segment sales and operating profit are realized relatively consistently throughout the year.</span></div>Our fiscal year is comprised of 52 or 53 weeks, ending on the Saturday closest to the last day of April. Due to the seasonal nature of the business, the results of operations for the 13 and 39 weeks ended January 28, 2023 are not indicative of the results expected for the 52 weeks ending April 29, 2023 (Fiscal 2023).
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	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1270569000	usd
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	us-gaap	Depreciation And Amortization DepreciationAndAmortization	33910000	usd
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	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	1270569000	usd
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	us-gaap	Operating Income Loss OperatingIncomeLoss	-49281000	usd
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CY2023Q1	us-gaap	Other Nonrecurring Expense OtherNonrecurringExpense	6008000	usd
CY2022Q1	us-gaap	Other Nonrecurring Expense OtherNonrecurringExpense	6411000	usd
CY2023Q1	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	5975000	usd
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CY2022Q1	us-gaap	Restructuring Charges RestructuringCharges	46000	usd
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CY2023Q1	us-gaap	Other Postretirement Benefit Expense OtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	1151000	usd
CY2022Q1	us-gaap	Other Postretirement Benefit Expense OtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	1155000	usd
	us-gaap	Other Postretirement Benefit Expense OtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	3545000	usd
	us-gaap	Other Postretirement Benefit Expense OtherPostretirementBenefitExpense	2203000	usd
CY2023Q1	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	267000	usd
CY2023Q1	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	-0.011
CY2022Q1	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	615000	usd
CY2022Q1	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	-36186000	usd
CY2022Q1	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	-0.017
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	900000	usd
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CY2023Q1	us-gaap	Subsequent Event Description SubsequentEventDescription	Credit Agreement AmendmentOn March 8, 2023, subsequent to quarter end, we amended our existing Credit Agreement to (i) extend the maturity date of the Credit Agreement by six months to August 29, 2024, (ii) reduce the commitments under the Credit Agreement by $20,000 to $380,000, (iii) increase the applicable margin with respect to the interest rate under the Credit Agreement to 3.375% per annum, in the case of interest accruing based on a Secured Overnight Financing Rate, and 2.375%, in the case of interest accruing based on an alternative base rate, in each case, without regard to a pricing grid, (iv) reduce advance rates with respect to the borrowing base (x) by 500 basis points upon the achievement of certain liquidity events, which may include a sale of equity interests or of assets (a “Specified Event”), or, if such a Specified Event shall not have occurred, on May 31, 2023 and (y) by an additional 500 basis points on September 29, 2023, (v) amend certain negative covenants and add certain additional covenants, (vi) amend the financial maintenance covenant to require Availability (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to be at all times greater than the greater of 10% of the Aggregate Loan Cap (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and $32,500 and (vii) require repayment of the loans under the Credit Agreement upon a Specified Event. In addition, the amendment requires the achievement of a Special Event by no later than May 31, 2023 (as such date may be extended pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement). We paid a fee of 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of the commitments under the Credit Agreement on the amendment closing date and we will pay an additional fee of 1.00% of the outstanding principal amount of the commitments under the Credit Agreement on September 29, 2023.Term Loan Agreement AmendmentOn March 8, 2023, subsequent to quarter end, we amended the Term Loan Credit Agreement to (i) extend the maturity date of the Term Loan Credit Agreement by six months to December 7, 2024, (ii) permit the application of certain proceeds to the repayment of the loans under Credit Agreement and (iii) amend certain negative covenants and add certain additional covenants to conform to the Credit Agreement. In addition, the amendment requires the achievement of a Specified Event (as described above) by no later than May 31, 2023 (as such date may be extended under the Credit Agreement, but no later than August 31, 2023 without consent from lenders under the Term Loan Credit Agreement). We paid a fee of $50 on the amendment closing date to the lenders under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.For additional information related to the Credit Agreement amendment and the Term Loan Agreement amendment, see the Company’s Report on Form 8-K dated March 8, 2023 and filed with the SEC on March 9, 2023.

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