Interface Announces $100 Million Share Repurchase Authorization and Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

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Interface, Inc. (Nasdaq: TILE) announced a $100 million share repurchase program, reinforcing its commitment to returning capital to shareholders. The plan allows for flexible purchases based on market conditions. Additionally, the Board declared a $0.01 quarterly cash dividend, payable on June 17, 2022. CEO Laurel Hurd expressed confidence in the company’s financial strength, emphasizing ongoing capital allocation for shareholder returns while maintaining a focus on long-term growth. These initiatives support Interface's strategy of balancing investment in the business with shareholder value enhancement.

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• Authorization of a $100 million share repurchase program indicates strong confidence in long-term value.
• Regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share enhances shareholder returns.

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ATLANTA, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Interface, Inc. (Nasdaq: TILE), a worldwide commercial flooring company and global leader in sustainability, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase program for up to $100 million of the Company's common stock. In addition, the Company also announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share, payable June 17, 2022, to shareholders of record as of June 3, 2022.

Laurel Hurd, Chief Executive Officer, commented, "The Board's authorization of the new share repurchase program underscores their confidence in the long-term value creation opportunities for Interface. Given our strong financial position, including our ability to consistently generate robust free cash flow, we remain committed to returning capital to shareholders via regular quarterly dividends and now share repurchases. We will continue balancing our capital allocation strategy across investment in the business, managing our leverage ratio, and opportunistically returning capital to shareholders."

Interface may purchase shares on a discretionary basis from time to time, without prior notice, subject to prevailing market conditions and other considerations. Purchases made pursuant to the program will be made in either the open market or in privately negotiated transactions from time to time as permitted by federal securities laws and other legal requirements, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases will be determined by the Company in its discretion and will be subject to economic and market conditions, stock price, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The program does not require the Company to repurchase a specific number of shares or amount of shares and may be amended, suspended, or discontinued at any time in the Company's discretion and without notice.

About Interface

Interface, Inc. is a global flooring company specializing in carbon neutral carpet tile and resilient flooring, including luxury vinyl tile (LVT) and nora® rubber flooring. We help our customers create high-performance interior spaces that support well-being, productivity, and creativity, as well as the sustainability of the planet. Our mission, Climate Take Back™, invites you to join us as we commit to operating in a way that is restorative to the planet and creates a climate fit for life. 

Learn more about Interface at interface.com and blog.interface.com, our nora brand at nora.com, our FLOR® brand at FLOR.com, and our Carbon Neutral Floors™ program at interface.com/carbonneutral.  Learn more about our carbon negative products at interface.com/carbonnegative. 

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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. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "may," "expect," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "could," "should," "goal," "aim," "objective," "seek," "project," "estimate," "target," "will" and similar expressions. 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 but not limited to the risks under the following subheadings in "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022 and our subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 3, 2022: "The COVID-19 pandemic could have a material adverse effect on our ability to operate, our ability to keep employees safe from the pandemic, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, capital investments, our near term and long term ability to stay in compliance with debt covenants under our Syndicated Credit Facility and Senior Notes, our ability to refinance our existing indebtedness, and our ability to obtain financing in capital markets"; "Sales of our principal products have been and may continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse economic cycles, and effects in the new construction market and renovation market"; "Our earnings could be adversely affected by non-cash adjustments to goodwill, when a test of goodwill assets indicates a material impairment of those assets"; "Our substantial international operations are subject to various political, economic and other uncertainties that could adversely affect our business results, including foreign currency fluctuations, restrictive taxation, custom duties, border closing or other adverse government regulations"; "The uncertainty surrounding the ongoing implementation and effect of the U.K.'s exit from the European Union, and related negative developments in the European Union could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition"; "We have a substantial amount of debt, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and our ability to meet our payment obligations under our debt"; "Servicing our debt requires a significant amount of cash, and we may not have sufficient cash flow from our operations to pay our indebtedness"; "We may incur substantial additional indebtedness, which could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial indebtedness"; "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. We may face challenges competing on price, making investments in our business, or competing on product design"; "Our success depends significantly upon the efforts, abilities and continued service of our senior management executives, our principal design consultant and other key personnel (including experienced sales and manufacturing personnel), and our loss of any of them could affect us adversely"; "Large increases in the cost of our raw materials, shipping costs, duties or tariffs 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 or our primary third-party supplier for luxury vinyl tile ("LVT") or other key raw materials could have a material adverse effect on us"; "The market price of our common stock has been volatile and the value of your investment may decline"; "Changes to our facilities, manufacturing processes, product construction, and product composition could disrupt our operations, increase our manufacturing costs, increase customer complaints, increase warranty claims, negatively affect our reputation, and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations"; "Our business operations could suffer significant losses from natural disasters, acts of war, terrorism, catastrophes, fire, adverse weather conditions, pandemics, endemics or other unexpected events"; "Disruptions to or failures of our information technology systems could adversely affect our business"; and "We face risks associated with litigation and claims"; and "The conflict between Russia and Ukraine could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial position". You should consider any additional or updated information we include under the heading "Risk Factors" in our subsequent and annual reports.

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.

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FAQ

What is the purpose of the $100 million share repurchase program by Interface (TILE)?

The $100 million share repurchase program is intended to return capital to shareholders and reflects the company's confidence in its long-term value creation potential.

When is the dividend payment for Interface (TILE) scheduled?

The quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share will be paid on June 17, 2022, to shareholders of record as of June 3, 2022.

How does the share repurchase affect Interface's stock price?

The share repurchase program may positively influence Interface's stock price by reducing the number of shares outstanding, potentially increasing earnings per share and enhancing shareholder value.

Is the share repurchase program mandatory for Interface (TILE)?

No, the share repurchase program is discretionary and does not obligate the company to repurchase a specific number of shares.