SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

                                   

FORM 8-K
                                   

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  March 1, 2019

                                   


                        INTERFACE, INC.                         
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Georgia
 
001-33994
 
58-1451243
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
 
(Commission File
Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


1280 West Peachtree St. NW
Atlanta, GA 
 
 
30309
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (770) 437-6800


Not Applicable 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 2.02
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 1, 2019, Interface, Inc. (the “Company”) updated its investor presentation, which may be used in whole or in part in meetings with investors or potential investors.  A copy of the updated slide presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the Slide Presentation
The slide presentation includes, as additional information for investors, the Company’s adjusted earnings per share, adjusted net income, adjusted operating income, adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”), adjusted gross profit, adjusted earnings before interest taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), organic sales, and net debt, as well as comparative information between periods for each.  The slide presentation also includes pro forma information regarding the Company and the nora business it acquired in 2018.  These measures are not in accordance with financial measures calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.  Non-GAAP financial measures should not be used as a substitute for, or considered superior to, GAAP financial measures.
Adjusted earnings, income and gross profit measures exclude: (1) restructuring and asset impairment charges; and (2) effects from the enactment of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017 (the “Tax Act”); (3) the effects of purchase price accounting and transaction related expenses in connection with the Company’s acquisition of nora systems; and (4) for the years 2012-2014, certain other unique or one-time events.  Adjusted gross profit margin excludes purchase price accounting amortization and transaction related expenses in connection with the Company’s acquisition of nora systems.  Adjusted SG&A excludes transaction costs related to the nora acquisition. Adjusted EBITDA is GAAP net income excluding interest expense, taxes on income, depreciation and amortization, debt retirement expenses, restructuring and asset impairment charges, stock compensation amortization, and nora transaction related expenses such as purchase price accounting amortization, transaction, and transaction-related other expenses.
Organic sales and organic sales growth exclude: (1) foreign currency fluctuations; (2) sales of the acquired nora business; and (3) sales from the Company’s exited FLOR specialty retail stores;
The Company excludes the FLOR specialty retail stores and the Tax Act from adjusted income measures because it believes these events are unique and/or one-time events and do not arise from or constitute normal ongoing operations.  Similarly, since the Company engages in acquisitions only episodically, and not as an everyday matter, the Company believes presenting certain measures excluding the effects of acquisitions facilitates focus on normal ongoing operations.
In addition, since FLOR specialty retail sales will not be a material part of sales, the Company believes presenting organic sale information without historical FLOR specialty retail sales presents meaningful additional information on core ongoing operations.  Finally, the Company believes presenting sales information absent the effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and the nora acquisition facilitates comparison of the Company’s operational performance between periods.

Since the Company engages in acquisitions only episodically, and not as an everyday matter, the Company believes presenting certain measures excluding the effects of acquisitions facilitates focus on normal ongoing operations.  The Company generally believes reporting its adjusted results helps investors’ understanding of historical operating trends, because it facilitates comparison to prior periods during which unique events affecting more recent results may not have occurred.  The Company also believes that adjusted results provide supplemental information for comparisons to other companies which may not have experienced the same events underlying the adjustments.  Furthermore, the Company uses adjusted results internally as supplemental information to evaluate its own performance, for planning purposes and in connection with its compensation programs.

The proforma nora adjusted EBITDA information for the period 1/1/2018 – 8/7/2018 is intended to give the reader an understanding of the performance of nora for 2018 when it was not owned by Interface, so as to estimate the adjusted proforma EBITDA for the combined organization for the entire year of 2018.  The pro forma combined financial information does not necessarily reflect what the combined company’s adjusted EBITDA would have been had Interface owned nora as of the first day of 2018.  This information may not be useful in predicting the future adjusted EBITDA of the combined company.  The actual adjusted EBITDA may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected therein.


Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

None.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

None.

(c) Shell Company Transactions.

None.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Interface, Inc. Slide Presentation


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
INTERFACE, INC.
   
   
By:     
  /s/ David B. Foshee               
 
David B. Foshee
 
Vice President
Date:  March 1, 2019
 








EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
Description
Interface, Inc. Slide Presentation