Revenue and Adjusted Net Income Per Share Growth of Nearly 40 Percent

TACOMA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 22, 2015-- TrueBlue, Inc. (NYSE:TBI) announced today that revenue for the second quarter of 2015 was $628 million, an increase of 38 percent, compared to revenue of $453 million for the second quarter of 2014. Adjusted net income per share* for the second quarter of 2015 was $0.45, up from $0.32 a year ago, an increase of 39 percent. Adjusted EBITDA* for the second quarter of 2015 was $36.7 million, compared to $25.2 million a year ago, an increase of 46 percent.

“During the quarter, we saw solid demand for both our legacy staffing and acquired brands,” said TrueBlue CEO Steve Cooper. “The addition of Staff Management | SMX, PeopleScout and HRX has grown TrueBlue’s client list by providing customers with workforce management and recruiting process outsourcing (RPO) solutions with worldwide capabilities.”

Cooper expressed confidence that the company’s staffing, workforce management and RPO businesses, combined with its acquisition strategy, have placed TrueBlue in position to drive strong revenue growth.

“We are seeing the benefits of our strategic acquisitions, which are complementing the demand for our core business,” Cooper said. “The end of the second quarter marked the one-year anniversary of the acquisition of Seaton, and as we look back at it a year later, we are extremely pleased with every aspect of the acquisition. PeopleScout, Staff Management | SMX and HRX met all performance expectations while adding top talent and expanding our technological capabilities.”

For the third quarter of 2015, the company estimates revenue in the range of $658 million to $673 million and adjusted net income per share of $0.52 to $0.58.

Management will discuss second quarter 2015 results on a conference call at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET), today, Wednesday, July 22. The conference call can be accessed on TrueBlue’s web site: www.trueblue.com.

*See the financial statements accompanying the release for more information on non-GAAP terms.

About TrueBlue

TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) is a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions, helping clients improve growth and performance by providing staffing, workforce management, and recruitment process outsourcing solutions. The company’s specialized workforce solutions meet clients’ needs for a reliable, efficient workforce in a wide variety of industries. TrueBlue connects as many as 750,000 people to work each year. Learn more at www.trueblue.com.

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(1) Seaton was acquired effective June 30, 2014. Therefore, the comparative prior year amounts are not presented.

(2) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. Adjusted EBITDA excludes from net income, interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and non-recurring costs related to the purchase, integration, reorganization, and shutdown activities related to acquisitions. See reconciliation of GAAP Net income to Adjusted EBITDA below.

(3) Commencing with the third quarter of 2015 we will anniversary the Seaton acquisition and accordingly, will discontinue presenting selected financial data for legacy TrueBlue and Seaton and commence presenting comparative selected segment financial data.

(1) EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA excludes interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization from net income. Adjusted EBITDA further excludes from EBITDA non-recurring costs related to the purchase, integration, reorganization and shutdown activities related to acquisitions. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are key measures used by management in evaluating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered measures of financial performance in isolation or as an alternative to Income from operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in accordance with GAAP, and, as presented, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

(2) Non-recurring acquisition and integration costs for the current quarter include the acquisition and integration of Seaton, which was completed on June 30, 2014, the first business day of our third quarter of fiscal 2014.

(1) Non-recurring acquisition and integration costs include the acquisition and integration of Seaton, which was completed on June 30, 2014, the first business day of our third quarter of fiscal 2014.

(2) Amortization of intangible assets of acquired businesses.

(3) Adjust income taxes to a marginal rate of 40%.

(4) EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. EBITDA excludes interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization from net income. Adjusted EBITDA further excludes from EBITDA non-recurring costs related to the purchase, integration, reorganization and shutdown activities related to acquisitions. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are key measures used by management in evaluating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered measures of financial performance in isolation or as an alternative to Income from operations in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in accordance with GAAP, and, as presented, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

(5) Adjusted net income per diluted share is a non-GAAP financial measure which excludes from net income on a per diluted share basis non-recurring costs related to the purchase, integration, reorganization and shutdown activities related to acquisitions, net of tax, amortization of intangibles of acquired businesses, net of tax and adjusts income taxes to a marginal rate of 40%, which is used by management in evaluating performance and communicating comparable results. Adjusted net income per diluted share should not be considered a measure of financial performance in isolation or as an alternative to Net income per diluted share in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in accordance with GAAP, and, as presented, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

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TrueBlue, Inc.
Derrek Gafford, 253-680-8214
EVP & CFO