Interface Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results

Organic order growth, which adjusts for the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and exiting the FLOR specialty retail stores, was up 6.5% year over year. Both the core carpet tile business and the new LVT modular resilient flooring business contributed relatively evenly to organic order growth.

Operating Income: Third quarter operating income was $30.9 million, or 12.0% of sales, compared with operating income of $25.7 million, or 10.4% of sales, in the prior year period.

Gross margin was 38.3% for the third quarter, an increase of 90 basis points over the prior year period. This increase is a result of productivity enhancements delivering margin expansion greater than the negative margin impact of exiting the FLOR specialty retail stores.

The Company continues to effectively manage expenses with third quarter SG&A of $67.6 million, or 26.3% of sales, compared to $67.2 million, or 27.0% of sales, in the third quarter of 2016. This improvement as a percent of sales is due to enhanced spending discipline, as well as repurposing SG&A from the exited FLOR specialty retail stores to the core carpet tile business and recently launched LVT business. 

Net Income: Net income during the third quarter of 2017 was $19.4 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, an increase over the prior year period net income of $15.9 million, or $0.25 per diluted share. 

Year to Date 2017 Financial Results

Sales:  On a GAAP basis, for the first nine months of 2017, net sales were $730.2 million, up 1.5% compared with $719.1 million during the same period last year. Organic sales, which adjusts for the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and exiting the FLOR specialty retail stores, grew 3.0% over the same period. 

Operating Income:  On a GAAP basis, the Company reported year to date 2017 operating income of $79.3 million, or 10.9% of sales, which included previously announced restructuring and asset impairment charges. Excluding these charges, year to date 2017 operating income was $86.6 million, or 11.9% of sales, versus $78.6 million, or 10.9% of sales in the same period of 2016.

Net Income:  On a GAAP basis, the Company reported net income of $48.9 million, or $0.78 per share, for the first nine months of 2017, which included previously announced restructuring and asset impairment charges. Excluding these charges, the Company reported net income of $53.6 million, or $0.86 per share, for the first nine months of 2017 versus $49.5 million, or $0.76 per share, for the first nine months of 2016.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call tomorrow morning, October 26, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, to discuss its third quarter 2017 results. The conference call will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet.

Listeners may access the conference call live over the Internet at the following address: https://edge.media-server.com/m6/p/grv67m89 or through the Company's website at: 
http://www.interfaceglobal.com/Investor-Relations.aspx. The archived version of the webcast will be available at these sites for one year beginning approximately one hour after the call ends.

About Interface
Interface, Inc. is the world's largest manufacturer of modular carpet, and recently expanded into modular resilient flooring with a new luxury vinyl tile line. Our hard and soft tiles are designed to work together in an integrated flooring system. We are committed to sustainability and minimizing our impact on the environment while enhancing shareholder value. Our mission, Climate Take Back™, focuses on driving positive impacts in the world to create a climate fit for life. For additional information: interface.com and blog.interface.com. Follow Interface on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Vimeo.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

Except for historical information contained herein, the other matters set forth in this news release are forward‑looking statements. The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including risks and uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the commercial interiors industry as well as the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" included in Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2017, which discussion is incorporated herein by this reference, including, but not limited to, the discussion of specific risks and uncertainties under the headings "Sales of our principal products have been and may continue to be affected by adverse economic cycles in the renovation and construction of commercial and institutional buildings," "We compete with a large number of manufacturers in the highly competitive floorcovering products market, and some of these competitors have greater financial resources than we do," "Our success depends significantly upon the efforts, abilities and continued service of our senior management executives and our principal design consultant, and our loss of any of them could affect us adversely," "Our substantial international operations are subject to various political, economic and other uncertainties that could adversely affect our business results, including by restrictive taxation or other government regulation and by foreign currency fluctuations," "Concerns regarding the European sovereign debt crisis and market perceptions about the instability of the euro, the potential re-introduction of individual currencies within the Eurozone, the potential dissolution of the euro entirely, or the U.K. exiting the European Union, could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition," "Large increases in the cost of petroleum-based raw materials could adversely affect us if we are unable to pass these cost increases through to our customers," "Unanticipated termination or interruption of any of our arrangements with our primary third party suppliers of synthetic fiber could have a material adverse effect on us," "We have a significant amount of indebtedness, which could have important negative consequences to us," "The market price of our common stock has been volatile and the value of your investment may decline," "Our earnings in a future period could be adversely affected by non-cash adjustments to goodwill, if a future test of goodwill assets indicates a material impairment of those assets," "Our business operations could suffer significant losses from natural disasters, catastrophes, fire or other unexpected events," and "Our Rights Agreement could discourage tender offers or other transactions for our stock that could result in shareholders receiving a premium over the market price for our stock." Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made.  The Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking statements made in this press release and cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.

- TABLES FOLLOW -

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)	10/1/17	10/2/16	10/1/17	10/2/16
Net Sales	$ 257,431	$ 248,349	$ 730,233	$ 719,110
Cost of Sales	158,887	155,431	445,990	440,434
Gross Profit	98,544	92,918	284,243	278,676
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses	67,633	67,175	197,660	200,108
Restructuring and Asset Impairment Charges	--	--	7,299	--
Operating Income	30,911	25,743	79,284	78,568
Interest Expense	1,851	1,654	5,150	4,763
Other Expense (Income), Net	651	739	1,816	1,072
Income Before Taxes	28,409	23,350	72,318	72,733
Income Tax Expense	8,970	7,446	23,394	23,278
Net Income	$      19,439	$      15,904	$   48,924	$   49,455
Earnings Per Share – Basic	$ 0.32	$ 0.25	$  0.78	$  0.76
Earnings Per Share – Diluted	$ 0.32	$ 0.25	$  0.78	$  0.76
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