Bloomin' Brands, Inc. 10-K

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data INDEX TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION PAGE NO. Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting 57 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 238 ) 58 Consolidated Balance Sheets — December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023 61 Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive ( Loss) Income — For Fiscal Years 202 4 , 202 3 and 20 2 2 62 Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity — For Fiscal Years 202 4 , 202 3 and 20 2 2 63 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — For Fiscal Years 202 4 , 202 3 and 20 2 2 65 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 67 56 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements prepared for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2024 using the criteria described in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework) (“COSO”). Based upon our evaluation, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 29, 2024. The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2024 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein. 57 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income, of changes in stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2024, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 29, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO. Basis for Opinions The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions. Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting 58 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Critical Audit Matters The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates. Valuation of Insurance Reserves As described in Notes 2 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s consolidated discounted insurance reserves balance was $53.0 million as of December 29, 2024. The Company carries insurance programs with specific retention levels or high per-claim deductibles for a significant portion of expected losses under its workers’ compensation, general or liquor liability, health, property and management liability insurance programs. The Company records a liability for all unresolved claims and for an estimate of incurred but not reported claims at the anticipated cost that falls below its specified retention levels or per-claim deductible amounts. In establishing reserves, management considers certain actuarial assumptions and judgments regarding economic conditions and the frequency and severity of claims. Reserves recorded for workers’ compensation and general liability claims are discounted using the average of the one-year and five-year risk-free rate of monetary assets that have comparable maturities. The principal considerations for our determination that performing procedures relating to the valuation of insurance reserves is a critical audit matter are (i) the significant judgment by management when developing the estimated reserves, which in turn led to (ii) a high degree of auditor judgment, subjectivity, and effort in performing procedures and evaluating the actuarial assumptions related to economic conditions and the frequency and severity of claims, and (iii) the audit effort included the involvement of professionals with specialized skill and knowledge. Addressing the matter involved performing procedures and evaluating audit evidence in connection with forming our overall opinion on the consolidated financial statements. These procedures included testing the effectiveness of controls relating to the valuation of insurance reserves. These procedures also included, among others, (i) evaluating management’s process for developing the insurance reserves, (ii) evaluating the appropriateness of management’s actuarial methods used, (iii) evaluating the reasonableness of the actuarial assumptions related to economic conditions and the frequency and severity of claims, and (iv) testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying data used in the valuation. Evaluating the actuarial assumptions related to economic conditions and the frequency and severity of claims involved evaluating whether the assumptions were reasonable considering inflation and the environment, and whether these assumptions were consistent with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit. Professionals with specialized skill and knowledge were used to assist in evaluating the appropriateness of 59 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. management’s actuarial methods used in determining the insurance reserves and evaluating the reasonableness of assumptions related to economic c onditions. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Tampa, Florida February 26, 2025 We have served as the Company’s audit or since 1998. 60 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 70,056 $ 111,519 Restricted cash and cash equivalents — 2,854 Inventories 68,699 62,948 Other current assets, net 158,775 137,898 Current assets of discontinued operations held for sale 22,989 28,095 Total current assets 320,519 343,314 Property, fixtures and equipment, net 948,521 928,165 Operating lease right-of-use assets 1,012,857 1,031,271 Goodwill 213,323 213,323 Intangible assets, net 429,091 432,916 Deferred income tax assets, net 185,522 155,172 Other assets, net 74,471 60,090 Non-current assets of discontinued operations held for sale 200,501 259,830 Total assets $ 3,384,805 $ 3,424,081 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities Accounts payable $ 153,161 $ 155,874 Current operating lease liabilities 158,806 163,724 Accrued and other current liabilities 178,314 197,681 Unearned revenue 374,099 380,154 Current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale 87,956 104,902 Total current liabilities 952,336 1,002,335 Non-current operating lease liabilities 1,088,518 1,087,353 Deferred income tax liabilities, net 33,822 — Long-term debt, net 1,027,398 780,719 Other long-term liabilities, net 93,420 83,026 Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale 49,865 58,645 Total liabilities 3,245,359 3,012,078 Commitments and contingencies (Note 18) Stockholders’ equity Bloomin’ Brands stockholders’ equity Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023 — — Common stock, $ 0.01 par value, 475,000,000 shares authorized; 84,854,768 and 86,968,536 shares issued and outstanding as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively 849 870 Additional paid-in capital 1,273,288 1,115,387 Accumulated deficit ( 925,834 ) ( 528,831 ) Accumulated other comprehensive loss ( 212,793 ) ( 178,304 ) Total Bloomin’ Brands stockholders’ equity 135,510 409,122 Noncontrolling interests 3,936 2,881 Total stockholders’ equity 139,446 412,003 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 3,384,805 $ 3,424,081 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. 61 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 2022 Revenues Restaurant sales $ 3,866,344 $ 4,077,789 $ 3,923,894 Franchise and other revenues 84,131 90,371 85,356 Total revenues 3,950,475 4,168,160 4,009,250 Costs and expenses Food and beverage 1,147,859 1,240,485 1,237,418 Labor and other related 1,202,520 1,219,839 1,141,626 Other restaurant operating 1,001,034 988,668 955,328 Depreciation and amortization 175,580 169,266 149,900 General and administrative 219,383 233,559 212,932 Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings 64,291 33,574 5,964 Total costs and expenses 3,810,667 3,885,391 3,703,168 Income from operations 139,808 282,769 306,082 Loss on extinguishment of debt ( 136,022 ) — ( 107,630 ) Loss on fair value adjustment of derivatives, net — — ( 17,685 ) Interest expense, net ( 62,593 ) ( 51,582 ) ( 53,364 ) (Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes ( 58,807 ) 231,187 127,403 (Benefit) provision for income taxes ( 12,134 ) 18,402 34,253 Net (loss) income from continuing operations ( 46,673 ) 212,785 93,150 Net (loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax ( 75,982 ) 41,629 16,053 Net (loss) income ( 122,655 ) 254,414 109,203 Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests 5,363 7,028 7,296 Net (loss) income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands $ ( 128,018 ) $ 247,386 $ 101,907 Net (loss) income $ ( 122,655 ) $ 254,414 $ 109,203 Other comprehensive (loss) income: Foreign currency translation, net of reclassification adjustments ( 34,483 ) 7,622 10,169 Net (loss) gain on derivatives, net of tax ( 6 ) ( 615 ) 10,509 Comprehensive (loss) income ( 157,144 ) 261,421 129,881 Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests 5,363 7,028 7,296 Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands $ ( 162,507 ) $ 254,393 $ 122,585 Basic (loss) earnings per share: Continuing operations $ ( 0.61 ) $ 2.36 $ 0.97 Discontinued operations ( 0.88 ) 0.48 0.18 Net basic (loss) earnings per share $ ( 1.49 ) $ 2.84 $ 1.15 Diluted (loss) earnings per share: Continuing operations $ ( 0.61 ) $ 2.13 $ 0.87 Discontinued operations ( 0.88 ) 0.43 0.16 Net diluted (loss) earnings per share $ ( 1.49 ) $ 2.56 $ 1.03 Weighted average common shares outstanding: Basic 85,905 87,230 88,846 Diluted 85,905 96,453 98,512 Cash dividends declared per common share $ 0.96 $ 0.96 $ 0.56 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. 62 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. COMMON STOCK ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL ACCUM- ULATED DEFICIT ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS TOTAL SHARES AMOUNT Balance, December 26, 2021 89,253 $ 893 $ 1,119,728 $ ( 698,171 ) $ ( 205,989 ) $ 6,389 $ 222,850 Net income — — — 101,907 — 7,296 109,203 Other comprehensive income, net of tax — — — 100 20,678 — 20,778 Cash dividends declared, $ 0.56 per common share — — ( 49,736 ) — — — ( 49,736 ) Repurchase and retirement of common stock ( 5,429 ) ( 54 ) — ( 109,945 ) — — ( 109,999 ) Stock-based compensation — — 16,514 — — — 16,514 Common stock issued under stock plans (1) 1,559 15 12,940 — — — 12,955 Purchase of noncontrolling interests, net of tax of $ 489 — — ( 1,415 ) — — ( 3,400 ) ( 4,815 ) Distributions to noncontrolling interests — — — — — ( 9,127 ) ( 9,127 ) Contributions from noncontrolling interests — — — — — 1,382 1,382 Issuance of common stock from repurchase of convertible senior notes 2,313 23 48,542 — — — 48,565 Retirement of convertible senior note hedges — — 112,956 — — — 112,956 Retirement of warrants — — ( 97,617 ) — — — ( 97,617 ) Balance, December 25, 2022 87,696 $ 877 $ 1,161,912 $ ( 706,109 ) $ ( 185,311 ) $ 2,540 $ 273,909 Net income — — — 247,386 — 7,028 254,414 Other comprehensive income, net of tax — — — — 7,007 — 7,007 Cash dividends declared, $ 0.96 per common share — — ( 83,742 ) — — — ( 83,742 ) Repurchase and retirement of common stock, including excise tax of $ 136 ( 2,807 ) ( 28 ) — ( 70,108 ) — — ( 70,136 ) Stock-based compensation — — 11,911 — — — 11,911 Common stock issued under stock plans (1) 2,080 21 25,306 — — — 25,327 Distributions to noncontrolling interests — — — — — ( 8,684 ) ( 8,684 ) Contributions from noncontrolling interests — — — — — 1,997 1,997 Balance, December 31, 2023 86,969 $ 870 $ 1,115,387 $ ( 528,831 ) $ ( 178,304 ) $ 2,881 $ 412,003 (CONTINUED...) 63 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. COMMON STOCK ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL ACCUM- ULATED DEFICIT ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS TOTAL SHARES AMOUNT Balance, December 31, 2023 86,969 $ 870 $ 1,115,387 $ ( 528,831 ) $ ( 178,304 ) $ 2,881 $ 412,003 Net (loss) income — — — ( 128,018 ) — 5,363 ( 122,655 ) Other comprehensive loss, net of tax — — — — ( 34,489 ) — ( 34,489 ) Cash dividends declared, $ 0.96 per common share — — ( 82,574 ) — — — ( 82,574 ) Repurchase and retirement of common stock, including excise tax of $ 325 ( 10,073 ) ( 100 ) ( 5,681 ) ( 260,642 ) — — ( 266,423 ) Stock-based compensation — — 7,484 — — — 7,484 Common stock issued under stock plans (1) 759 8 ( 1,736 ) — — — ( 1,728 ) Distributions to noncontrolling interests — — — — — ( 7,113 ) ( 7,113 ) Contributions from noncontrolling interests — — — — — 2,805 2,805 Issuance of common stock from repurchase of convertible senior notes 7,489 74 216,078 — — — 216,152 Retirement of convertible senior note hedges ( 289 ) ( 3 ) 126,543 ( 8,343 ) — — 118,197 Retirement of warrants — — ( 102,213 ) — — — ( 102,213 ) Balance, December 29, 2024 84,855 $ 849 $ 1,273,288 $ ( 925,834 ) $ ( 212,793 ) $ 3,936 $ 139,446 ________________ (1) Net of shares withheld for employee taxes. The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. 64 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 2022 Cash flows provided by operating activities: Net (loss) income $ ( 122,655 ) $ 254,414 $ 109,203 Net (loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax ( 75,982 ) 41,629 16,053 Net (loss) income from continuing operations ( 46,673 ) 212,785 93,150 Adjustments to reconcile Net (loss) income from continuing operations to cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations: Depreciation and amortization 175,580 169,266 149,900 Amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs 2,769 3,115 3,538 Amortization of deferred gift card sales commissions 22,559 23,695 24,091 Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings 64,291 33,574 5,964 Non-cash interest expense from terminated interest rate swaps — — 12,215 Benefit for expected credit losses and contingent lease liabilities ( 549 ) ( 864 ) ( 1,054 ) Stock-based compensation expense 7,484 11,690 16,282 Deferred income tax (benefit) expense ( 30,337 ) ( 8,411 ) 11,457 Loss on extinguishment of debt 136,022 — 107,630 Loss on fair value adjustment of derivatives, net — — 17,685 Gain on foreign currency forward contracts ( 15,728 ) — — Other, net ( 2,943 ) ( 3,115 ) 3,209 Change in assets and liabilities: (Increase) decrease in inventories ( 7,484 ) 2,797 1,823 (Increase) decrease in other current assets ( 43,170 ) 10,511 ( 44,460 ) (Increase) decrease in other assets ( 3,954 ) 3,523 ( 2,300 ) (Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued and other current liabilities ( 30,930 ) 13,738 ( 42,277 ) Decrease in unearned revenue ( 6,059 ) ( 13,009 ) ( 5,025 ) (Decrease) increase in operating lease liabilities ( 11,096 ) ( 9,525 ) 782 Increase (decrease) in other long-term liabilities 6,218 4,396 ( 4,278 ) Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations 216,000 454,166 348,332 Net cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations 12,132 78,255 42,590 Net cash provided by operating activities $ 228,132 $ 532,421 $ 390,922 Cash flows used in investing activities: Proceeds from disposal of property, fixtures and equipment $ 5,735 $ 2,515 $ 1,607 Proceeds received from company-owned life insurance — 3,460 16,092 Capital expenditures ( 220,737 ) ( 282,229 ) ( 192,791 ) Proceeds from foreign currency forward contracts 15,070 — — Other investments, net 650 1,174 827 Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations ( 199,282 ) ( 275,080 ) ( 174,265 ) Net cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations ( 39,744 ) ( 42,026 ) ( 26,873 ) Net cash used in investing activities $ ( 239,026 ) $ ( 317,106 ) $ ( 201,138 ) (CONTINUED...) 65 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 2022 Cash flows used in financing activities: Proceeds from borrowings on revolving credit facilities $ 2,265,000 $ 1,079,000 $ 1,239,500 Repayments of borrowings on revolving credit facilities ( 1,936,000 ) ( 1,128,000 ) ( 889,500 ) Financing fees ( 8,985 ) — ( 1,205 ) Repayments of long-term debt and finance lease obligations ( 1,777 ) ( 1,593 ) ( 196,296 ) Principal settlements and repurchase of convertible senior notes ( 2,335 ) ( 214 ) ( 196,919 ) Proceeds from retirement of convertible senior note hedges 118,197 — 131,869 Payments for retirement of warrants ( 102,213 ) — ( 114,825 ) (Payment of taxes) proceeds from share-based compensation, net ( 1,728 ) 25,327 12,955 Distributions to noncontrolling interests ( 7,113 ) ( 8,684 ) ( 9,127 ) Contributions from noncontrolling interests 2,805 1,997 1,382 Purchase of noncontrolling interests ( 100 ) ( 100 ) ( 5,004 ) Payments for partner equity plan — — ( 9,292 ) Repurchase of common stock ( 265,695 ) ( 70,847 ) ( 109,152 ) Cash dividends paid on common stock ( 82,574 ) ( 83,742 ) ( 49,736 ) Net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations ( 22,518 ) ( 186,856 ) ( 195,350 ) Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations ( 990 ) ( 269 ) ( 151 ) Net cash used in financing activities ( 23,508 ) ( 187,125 ) ( 195,501 ) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents ( 9,915 ) 1,448 1,395 Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ( 44,317 ) 29,638 ( 4,322 ) Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of the beginning of the period 114,373 84,735 89,057 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as of the end of the period $ 70,056 $ 114,373 $ 84,735 Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: Cash paid for interest $ 59,989 $ 50,931 $ 39,126 Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds $ 21,084 $ 27,750 $ 35,450 Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities: Leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities $ 91,305 $ 74,539 $ 54,271 Leased assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities $ 4,038 $ 6,480 $ 4,066 (Decrease) increase in liabilities from the acquisition of property, fixtures and equipment $ ( 8,367 ) $ 3,428 $ 12,762 Shares issued on settlement of convertible senior notes $ 216,152 $ — $ — Shares received and retired on exercise of call option under bond hedge upon settlement of convertible senior notes $ ( 8,346 ) $ — $ — The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated fina ncial statements. 66 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. Description of the Business Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (“Bloomin’ Brands” or the “Company”), a holding company that conducts its operations through its subsidiaries, is one of the largest casual dining restaurant companies in the world, with a portfolio of leading, differentiated restaurant concepts. OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC (“OSI”) is the Company’s primary operating entity. The Company owns and operates casual, polished casual and fine dining restaurants. The Company’s restaurant portfolio includes Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar. Additional Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Bonefish Grill restaurants in which the Company has no direct investment are operated under franchise agreements. 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation - The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of Bloomin’ Brands and its subsidiaries. Principles of Consolidation - All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company consolidates variable interest entities where it has been determined that the Company is the primary beneficiary of those entities’ operations. As of December 29, 2024, the Company franchised 291 restaurants but did not possess any ownership interests in its franchisees and did not provide material direct financial support to its franchisees. These franchise relationships are not deemed variable interest entities and are not consolidated. Investments in entities the Company does not control, but where the Company’s interest is between 20 % and 50 % and the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence over the entity, are accounted for under the equity method and are not consolidated into the Company’s financial statements. See Equity Method Investments below for the Company’s equity method investment accounting policies. To ensure timely reporting, the Company consolidates the results of its Brazil operations on a one-month calendar lag. On December 30, 2024, the Company completed the sale of 67 % of its Brazil operations, with the Company retaining a 33 % interest accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The balance sheets, results of operations and cash flows of the Company’s Brazil operations are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented and accounted for under the equity method of accounting following the sale. Unless otherwise noted, disclosures within these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements relate solely to the Company’s continuing operations. For additional information regarding the Brazil sale and discontinued operations, see Note 3 - Discontinued Operations. Fiscal Year - The Company utilizes a 52-53-week year ending on the last Sunday in December. In a 52-week fiscal year, each quarterly period is comprised of 13 weeks. The additional week in a 53-week fiscal year is added to the fourth quarter. Fiscal year 2023 consisted of 53 weeks and fiscal years 2024 and 2022 consisted of 52 weeks. The additional operating week of 2023 resulted in increases of $ 83.5 million of Total revenues and $ 0.15 of GAAP diluted earnings per share in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Use of Estimates - The preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimated. 67 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash equivalents consist of investments that are readily convertible to cash with an original maturity date of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents include $ 49.1 million and $ 56.2 million, as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, for amounts in transit from credit card companies since settlement is reasonably assured. Restricted Cash - From time to time, the Company may have short-term restricted cash balances consisting of amounts pledged for settlement of deferred compensation plan obligations. Concentrations of Credit and Counterparty Risk - Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk and credit losses are through credit card and trade receivables consisting primarily of amounts due for gift card, vendor, franchise and other receivables. Gift card, vendor and other receivables consist primarily of amounts due from gift card resellers and vendor rebates. The Company considers the concentration of credit risk for gift card, vendor and other receivables to be minimal due to the payment histories and general financial condition of its gift card resellers and vendors. Amounts due from franchisees consist of initial franchise fees, royalty income and advertising fees. See Note 8 - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information - Other current assets, net for disclosure of trade receivables by category as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of counterparty risk are cash and cash equivalents and derivatives. The Company attempts to limit its counterparty risk by investing in certificates of deposit, money market funds, noninterest-bearing accounts and other highly rated investments. Whenever possible, the Company selects investment grade counterparties and rated money market funds in order to mitigate its counterparty risk. At times, cash balances may be in excess of FDIC insurance limits. See Note 13 - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities for a discussion of the Company’s use of derivative instruments and management of credit risk inherent in derivative instruments. Allowance for Expected Credit Losses - The Company evaluates the collectability of credit card and trade receivables based on historical loss experience by risk pool and records periodic adjustments for factors such as deterioration of economic conditions, specific customer circumstances and changes in the aging of accounts receivable balances. In instances where there is no established loss history, S&P speculative-grade default rates are utilized as an estimated expected credit loss rate. Losses are charged off in the period in which they are determined to be uncollectible. See Note 16 - Allowance for Expected Credit Losses for a discussion of the Company’s allowance for expected credit losses. The Company assigns its interest, and is contingently liable, under certain real estate leases, primarily related to divested restaurant properties. Contingent lease liabilities related to these guarantees are calculated based on management’s estimate of exposure to losses which includes historical analysis of credit losses, including known instances of default, and existing economic conditions. See Note 18 - Commitments and Contingencies for a discussion of the Company’s contingent lease liabilities. Fair Value - Fair value is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability, or the exit price, in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Fair value is categorized into one of the following three levels based on the lowest level of significant input: Level 1 Unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities Level 2 Observable inputs available at measurement date other than quoted prices included in Level 1 Level 3 Unobservable inputs that cannot be corroborated by observable market data Inventories - Inventories consist of food and beverages and are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or net realizable value. 68 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Cloud-Based Computing Arrangements - The Company defers costs incurred under the application development stage for cloud-based computing arrangements and amortizes those costs over the related service agreement. Capitalized cloud computing implementation costs were $ 4.6 million, net of accumulated amortization, as of December 29, 2024, primarily related to human resource management systems, and are included in Other current assets, net and Other assets, net on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Capitalized cloud computing implementation costs were immaterial as of December 31, 2023. Related amortization expense is included in General and administrative expenses in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income and was immaterial for all periods presented. Property, Fixtures and Equipment - Property, fixtures and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed on the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the assets. Estimated useful lives by major asset category are generally as follows: Buildings (1) 5 to 30 years Furniture and fixtures 5 to 7 years Equipment 2 to 7 years Computer equipment and software 2 to 7 years ____________________ (1) Includes improvements to leased properties which are depreciated over the shorter of their useful life or reasonably certain lease term, including reasonably certain renewal periods. Repair and maintenance costs that maintain the appearance and functionality of the restaurant, but do not extend the useful life of any restaurant asset, are expensed as incurred. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold or disposed of are removed from the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, and any resulting gain or loss is generally recognized in Other restaurant operating expense in its Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Depreciation and repair and maintenance expense are as follows for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Depreciation expense $ 171,755 $ 165,190 $ 145,961 Repair and maintenance expense $ 113,245 $ 114,768 $ 107,369 The Company capitalizes direct and indirect internal costs associated with the acquisition, development, design and construction of Company-owned restaurant locations as these costs have a future benefit to the Company. Upon restaurant opening, these costs are charged to Depreciation and amortization expense over the reasonably certain lease term. Internal costs of $ 5.3 million and $ 4.9 million were capitalized during 2024 and 2023, respectively. For 2024 and 2023, computer equipment and software costs of $ 8.1 million and $ 10.8 million, respectively, were capitalized. As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was $ 11.4 million and $ 12.5 million, respectively, of unamortized computer equipment and software included in Property, fixtures and equipment, net on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Equity Method Investments - Revenue and expenses of equity method investees are not consolidated into the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s proportionate share of earnings or losses is recorded in Income from operations of unconsolidated affiliates in its Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income and as an adjustment to the carrying value in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Equity method investments are evaluated for impairment when facts and circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. 69 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired in business combinations and is assigned to the reporting unit in which the acquired business will operate. The Company’s indefinite-lived intangible assets consist of trade names recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition. Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually, as of the first day of the second fiscal quarter, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The Company may elect to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit is impaired. If the qualitative assessment is not performed or if the Company determines that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value, the fair value of the reporting unit is calculated. The carrying value of the reporting unit is compared to its calculated fair value, with any excess of carrying value over fair value deemed to be an impairment. Definite-lived intangible assets, which consist of trademarks, are recorded at fair value as of the date of acquisition, amortized over their estimated useful lives and tested for impairment, using the relief from royalty method, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. See Note 9 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net for goodwill, indefinite-lived intangibles and definite-lived intangibles balances by reporting unit. Derivatives - The Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. If the derivative qualifies for hedge accounting treatment, any gain or loss on the derivative instrument is recognized in equity as a change to Accumulated other comprehensive loss and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Unrealized gains or losses on the Company’s interest rate swaps are reclassified to Interest expense, net as interest payments are made on the hedged portion of the Company’s revolving credit facility. The Company has elected to record cash flows from interest rate swaps within operating activities, the same category as the items being hedged, in its Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The Company has elected not to offset derivative positions in the balance sheet with the same counterparty under the same agreement. The Company may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risks, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and are used to manage the Company’s exposure to interest rate movements, foreign currency exchange rate movements, changes in energy prices and other identified risks. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly in earnings. During 2024, the Company entered into foreign currency forward contracts not designated as hedges to mitigate a portion of the exchange rate risk associated with purchase price installment payments in connection with the sale of the majority ownership of its Brazil operations. The change in fair value of the foreign currency forward contracts is recorded in General and administrative expense, consistent with the related underlying exposure. See Note 13 - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities for additional details regarding the foreign currency forward contracts. 70 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Deferred Debt Issuance Costs - For its revolving credit facility, the Company records deferred debt issuance costs related to the issuance of debt obligations in Other assets, net on its Consolidated Balance Sheets. For fees associated with all other debt obligations, the Company records deferred debt issuance costs as a reduction of Long-term debt, net. The Company amortizes deferred debt issuance costs to interest expense over the term of the respective financing arrangement, primarily using the effective interest method. The Company amortized deferred debt issuance costs of $ 2.8 million, $ 3.1 million and $ 3.5 million to Interest expense, net for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Liquor Licenses - The fees from obtaining non-transferable liquor licenses directly issued by local government agencies for nominal fees are expensed as incurred. The costs of purchasing transferable liquor licenses through open markets in jurisdictions with a limited number of authorized liquor licenses are capitalized as indefinite-lived intangible assets and included in Other assets, net on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Liquor licenses are reviewed for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Insurance Reserves - The Company carries insurance programs with specific retention levels or high per-claim deductibles for a significant portion of expected losses under its workers’ compensation, general or liquor liability, health, property and management liability insurance programs. The Company records a liability for all unresolved claims and for an estimate of incurred but not reported claims at the anticipated cost that falls below its specified retention levels or per-claim deductible amounts. In establishing reserves, the Company considers actuarial assumptions and judgments regarding economic conditions, and the frequency and severity of claims. Reserves recorded for workers’ compensation and general liability claims are discounted using the average of the one-year and five-year risk-free rate of monetary assets that have comparable maturities. Share Repurchase - The par value of the repurchased shares is deducted from common stock and the excess of the purchase price over the par value of the shares, including broker commissions, certain transaction related costs and excises taxes, are recorded to Accumulated deficit. All shares of common stock acquired through share repurchase programs are retired and restored to authorized but unissued shares of common stock. The Company has elected to record excise taxes in connection with share repurchases within operating activities in its Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Revenue Recognition - The Company records food and beverage revenues, net of discounts and taxes, upon delivery to the customer. Franchise-related revenues are included in Franchise and other revenues in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Royalties, which are generally a percentage of net sales of the franchisee, are recognized as revenue in the period in which they occurred provided collectability is reasonably assured. Proceeds from the sale of gift cards, which do not have expiration dates, are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized as revenue upon redemption by the customer. The Company applies the portfolio approach practical expedient to account for gift card contracts and performance obligations. Gift card breakage, the amount of gift cards which will not be redeemed, is recognized using estimates based on historical redemption patterns. If actual redemptions vary from assumptions used to estimate breakage, gift card breakage income may differ from the amount recorded. The Company periodically updates its estimates used for breakage. Breakage revenue is recorded as a component of Restaurant sales in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Approximately 84 % of deferred gift card revenue is expected to be recognized within 12 months of inception. Gift card sales commissions paid to third-party providers are capitalized and subsequently amortized to Other restaurant operating expense based on historical gift card redemption patterns. See Note 4 - Revenue Recognition for rollforwards of deferred gift card sales commissions and unearned gift card revenue. 71 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Advertising fees charged to franchisees are recognized in Franchise and other revenues in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income provided collectability is reasonably assured. Initial franchise and renewal fees are recognized over the term of the franchise agreement and renewal period, respectively. The weighted average remaining term of franchise agreements and renewal periods was approximately 11 years as of December 29, 2024. On December 30, 2024, in connection with the sale of a majority ownership of the Company’s Brazil operations, the Company entered into 20-year franchise agreements for its existing restaurants in that market. The Company maintains a customer loyalty program, Dine Rewards, in the U.S., where customers earn a reward after attaining qualified spend amounts. The Company’s estimate of the fair value of the reward is recorded as deferred revenue. Each reward must be redeemed within specified time limits of earning such reward. Revenue is recorded upon redemption and breakage for unredeemed rewards is recorded proportional to historical redemption patterns. The Company applies the practical expedient to exclude disclosures regarding loyalty program remaining performance obligations, which have original expected durations of less than one year. The Company collects and remits sales, food and beverage, alcoholic beverage and hospitality taxes on transactions with customers and reports revenue net of taxes in its Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Leases - The Company’s determination of whether an arrangement contains a lease is based on an evaluation of whether the arrangement conveys the right to use and control specific property or equipment. The Company leases restaurant and office facilities and certain equipment under operating leases primarily having initial terms between one and 20 years. Restaurant facility leases generally have renewal periods totaling five to 30 years, exercisable at the option of the Company. Contingent rentals represent payment of variable lease obligations based on a percentage of gross revenues, as defined by the terms of the applicable lease agreement for certain restaurant facility leases. The Company also has certain leases which reset periodically based on a specified index. Such leases are recorded using the index that existed at lease commencement. Subsequent changes in the index are recorded as variable rental payments. Variable rental payments are expensed as incurred in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income and future variable rent obligations are not included within the lease liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The depreciable life of lease assets and leasehold improvements are limited by the expected lease term. None of the Company’s leases contain any material residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants. Upon the 2019 adoption of ASC Topic 842 - Leases (“ASC 842”), the Company elected the practical expedient to not separate U.S. lease and non-lease components for real estate leases entered into after adoption. Additionally, for certain equipment leases, the Company applies a portfolio approach to account for lease assets and liabilities. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on its Consolidated Balance Sheets and are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term within Other restaurant operating expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Rent expense for the Company’s operating leases, which generally have escalating rentals over the term of the lease and may include rent holidays, is recorded on a straight-line basis over the initial lease term and those renewal periods that are reasonably certain. Operating lease rent expense for open Company-owned restaurants is recorded in Other restaurant operating expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Payments received from landlords as incentives for leasehold improvements are recorded as a reduction of the right-of-use asset and amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease as a reduction of rent expense. Pre-Opening Expenses - Non-capital expenditures associated with opening new restaurants are expensed as incurred and are included in Other restaurant operating expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. 72 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Consideration Received from Vendors - The Company receives consideration for a variety of vendor-sponsored programs, such as volume rebates, promotions and advertising allowances. Advertising allowances are intended to offset the Company’s costs of promoting and selling menu items in its restaurants. Vendor consideration is recorded as a reduction of Food and beverage cost or Other restaurant operating expense when recognized in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Costs Associated with Exit Activities - Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The evaluation is performed at the lowest level of identifiable cash flows independent of other assets. For long-lived assets deployed at its restaurants, the Company reviews for impairment at the individual restaurant level. When evaluating for impairment, the total future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are compared to the carrying amount. If the total future undiscounted cash flows of the asset are less than its carrying amount, recoverability is measured by comparing the fair value of the assets to the carrying amount. An impairment loss is recognized in earnings when the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is generally estimated using a discounted cash flow model. Restaurant closure costs, including lease termination fees, are expensed as incurred. For U.S. restaurant facility leases executed subsequent to the adoption of ASC 842, the Company accounts for fixed lease and non-lease components as a single lease component included within the lease liability at least commencement. For all leases executed prior to such date, when the Company ceases using the property rights under a non-cancelable operating lease, it records a liability for the net present value of any remaining non-rent lease-related obligations, less the estimated subtenant cost recovery that can reasonably be obtained for the property. Any subsequent adjustment to that liability as a result of lease termination or changes in estimates of cost recovery is recorded in the period incurred. The associated expense is recorded in Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations - Restaurant sites and certain other assets to be sold are included in assets held for sale when certain criteria are met, including the requirement that the likelihood of selling the assets within one year is probable. Assets and liabilities classified as held for sale are presented separately within the Consolidated Balance Sheets at the lower of its carrying value or fair value less costs to sell. Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and amortization of intangible and right-of-use assets are not recorded while these assets are classified as held for sale. The Company reports the results of operations of a business as discontinued operations if a disposal represents a strategic shift that will have a major effect on its operations and financial results. The results of discontinued operations are reported as Net (loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the current and prior periods beginning in the period in which the held for sale criteria are met. Advertising Costs - Advertising production costs are expensed in the period when the advertising first occurs. All other advertising costs are expensed in the period in which the costs are incurred. Advertising expense of $ 111.3 million, $ 96.2 million and $ 80.1 million for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, was recorded in Other restaurant operating expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Legal Costs - Settlement costs for employment litigation are recorded to Other restaurant operating expense when they are deemed probable and reasonably estimable. Legal fees are recognized as incurred and are reported in General and administrative expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. 73 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Research and Development Expenses (“R&D”) - R&D is expensed as incurred in General and administrative expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. R&D primarily consists of payroll and benefit costs. R&D was $ 3.5 million, $ 3.1 million and $ 2.5 million for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Partner Compensation - In addition to base salary, field-level operators and multi-unit supervisors receive performance-based bonuses for providing management and supervisory services to their restaurants, certain of which may be based on their restaurants’ monthly operating results or cash flows. The Company accrues for these obligations using current and historical restaurant performance information. Most field-level compensation is recorded in Labor and other related expense, with compensation for multi-unit supervisors recorded in General and administrative expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Stock-based Compensation - Stock-based compensation awards are measured at fair value at the date of grant and expensed over their vesting or service periods. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized only for those awards expected to vest. The expense is recognized using the straight-line method and recorded in General and administrative expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Forfeitures of share-based compensation awards are recognized as they occur. Performance-based share units (“PSUs”) issued by the Company may include a relative total shareholder return (“Relative TSR”) modifier to the final payout outcome, which can adjust the payout percentage based on the achieved performance metric. The Relative TSR is measured by comparing the Company’s Relative TSR to that of the constituents of the S&P 1500 Restaurants index. Basic and Diluted (Loss) Earnings per Share - The Company computes basic (loss) earnings per share based on the weighted average number of common shares that were outstanding during the period. Except where the result would be antidilutive, diluted (loss) earnings per share includes the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents, consisting of stock options, restricted stock units, PSUs and warrants, measured using the treasury stock method, and the Company’s convertible senior notes, measured using the if-converted method. PSUs are considered dilutive when the related performance criterion has been met. The Company has provided the trustee of the Company’s convertible senior notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 Notes”) notice of its irrevocable election under the 2025 Notes indenture to settle the principal portion of the 2025 Notes upon conversion in cash and any excess in shares. As a result, only the amounts in excess of the principal amount, if applicable, are considered in diluted earnings per share. Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions - For non-U.S. operations, the functional currency is the local currency. Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date with the translation adjustments recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity. Results of operations are translated using the average exchange rates for the reporting period. Foreign currency exchange transaction losses are recorded in General and administrative expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. Income Taxes - Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred income tax assets and liabilities of a change in the tax rate is recognized within income in the period that includes the enactment date of the rate change. A valuation allowance may reduce deferred income tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. 74 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The Company records a tax benefit for an uncertain tax position using the highest cumulative tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized. The Company adjusts its liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the period in which it determines the issue is effectively settled, the statute of limitations expires or when more information becomes available. Liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits are recorded as a reduction of Deferred income tax assets, net and within Other long-term liabilities, net, with related interest and penalties recorded in Other long-term liabilities, net, on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Interest and penalties recognized on liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits are included in (Benefit) provision for income taxes. Recently Adopted Financial Accounting Standards - On December 29, 2024, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” (“ASU No. 2023-07”) which requires disclosure of significant segment expenses regularly provided to the Company’s chief operating decision-maker (“CODM”). ASU No. 2023-07 also allows for multiple measures of segment profit (loss) if the CODM utilizes such measures to allocate resources or assess performance. The adoption of ASU No. 2023-07 did not impact the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition. See Note 19 - Segment Reporting for the Company’s segment disclosures. Recently Issued Financial Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted - In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” (“ASU No. 2023-09”) which expands existing income tax disclosures, including disaggregation of the Company’s effective income tax rate reconciliation table and income taxes paid disclosures. ASU No. 2023-09 is effective for the Company beginning with the 2025 Form 10-K, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact ASU No. 2023-09 will have on its disclosures. In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses,” (“ASU No. 2024-03”) which requires detailed disclosures in the notes to financial statements of expense categories within relevant income statement captions including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation and intangible asset amortization. ASU No. 2024-03 is effective for the Company beginning with the 2027 Form 10-K, with early adoption permitted, and may be applied either prospectively for reporting periods after the effective date or retrospectively to prior periods presented. The Company is currently evaluating the impact ASU No. 2024-03 will have on its disclosures. Recent accounting guidance not discussed herein is not applicable, did not have or is not expected to have a material impact to the Company. Reclassifications - The Company reclassified certain items in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for prior periods to be comparable with the classification for the current period, including presentation of certain items within consolidated statements of cash flows and the notes to the consolidated financial statements. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reporte d net income. 3. Discontinued Operations On November 6, 2024, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Seller”) entered into a Quota Purchase Agreement and Other Covenants (the “Purchase Agreement”) with a fund managed by an affiliate of Vinci Partners Investments Ltd. (the “Buyer”) for the sale of 67 % of its business in Brazil (the “Disposal Group”). The sale (the “Brazil Sale Transaction”) closed on December 30, 2024 (the “Closing Date”). The aggregate consideration paid to the Seller consists of 67 % of the enterprise valuation of the Disposal Group in the amount of R$ 2.06 billion Brazilian Reais, which equals R$ 1.4 billion Brazilian Reais (approximately $ 225.3 million in U.S. Dollars based on the exchange rate on the Closing Date), subject to customary adjustments, and withholding for Brazilian taxes (the “Purchase Price”). On December 30, 2024 the Company received cash proceeds, net of withheld income taxes, of $ 103.9 million, in U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate on the Closing Date, representing 52 % of the Purchase Price. The proceeds were applied to the Company’s revolving credit facility 75 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued during the thirteen weeks ended March 30, 2025. The second installment payment, representing 48 % of the Purchase Price is due on the first anniversary of the Closing Date (based on the exchange rate on the date of payment) and will generate interest income based on the interbank deposit rate in Brazil until paid. Following the closing, the Brazil restaurants began operating as unconsolidated franchisees. The sale represents a strategic shift to a primarily franchised model for the Company’s international operations. The assets and liabilities of the Disposal Group are classified as held for sale on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023. For fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022, all sales, direct costs and expenses and income taxes attributable to restaurants classified as discontinued operations have been aggregated to a single caption titled (Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for all periods presented. The Company entered into foreign exchange forward contracts to mitigate most of the exchange rate risk associated with the Purchase Price installment payments. See Note 13 - Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities for details regarding the foreign exchange forward contracts. On the Closing Date, the Seller and the Buyer entered into a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”), pursuant to which Buyer and Seller will have representation on a board of directors and in executive management based on their respective equity interests. During the thirteen weeks ended December 29, 2024, the Company recorded $ 68.3 million of impairment in connection with the Brazil Sale Transaction within (Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax in its Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. The impairment represents the difference between the estimated fair value of the Disposal Group and its carrying value, which included $ 212.2 million of cumulative currency translation adjustment losses and the impact of measurement of the Company’s 33 % retained interest. As of the Closing Date, the fair value of the Company’s retained interest was $ 59.9 million based on the proportional enterprise valuation of the Disposal Group negotiated as a part of the Purchase Agreement, adjusted for debt used by the Buyer to fund a portion of the Purchase Price and to be pushed down to the operating entity subsequent to the Closing Date. Under the Shareholders Agreement, the Buyer may cause the Seller to sell or the Seller may cause the Buyer to purchase the totality of the remaining interest in the Disposal Group for a period between October 1, 2028 and December 31, 2028 at a defined multiple of earnings less net indebtedness. 76 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following table presents the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and liabilities of the Disposal Group classified as held for sale on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Assets: Current assets Inventories $ 7,872 $ 12,991 Other current assets, net 15,117 15,104 Total current assets of disposal group classified as held for sale $ 22,989 $ 28,095 Non-current assets Property, fixtures and equipment, net $ 99,532 $ 103,757 Operating lease right-of-use assets 43,884 53,679 Goodwill 51,906 62,995 Intangible assets, net 6,841 10,069 Deferred income tax assets, net 2,056 4,233 Other assets, net 64,553 25,097 Total non-current assets 268,772 259,830 Impairment of disposal group assets ( 68,271 ) — Net non-current assets of disposal group classified as held for sale $ 200,501 $ 259,830 Liabilities: Current liabilities Accounts Payable $ 24,168 $ 33,328 Current operating lease liabilities 10,109 11,718 Accrued and other current liabilities 52,442 58,133 Unearned revenue 1,237 1,723 Total current liabilities of disposal group classified as held for sale $ 87,956 $ 104,902 Non-current liabilities Non-current operating lease liabilities $ 36,297 $ 44,286 Other long-term liabilities, net 13,568 14,359 Total non-current liabilities of disposal group classified as held for sale $ 49,865 $ 58,645 Included in discontinued operations are benefits from a law in Brazil that provided a 100 % exemption from income tax (IRPJ and CSLL) and federal value added taxes (PIS and COFINS). These exemptions impacted GAAP diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations by approximately $ 0.25 for 2023. After receipt of an unfavorable court ruling in January 2024, a cash judicial deposit of $ 42.9 million, inclusive of principal, interest and potential penalties, was made during 2024 to appeal the unfavorable court ruling. During 2024, new tax legislation granted certain industries additional exemptions from income and federal value added taxes for varying timeframes resulting in a benefit of $ 0.15 GAAP diluted earnings per share from discontinued operations during 2024. Following closing of the Brazil Sale Transaction, the Company retained certain rights to favorable resolution of the ongoing litigation and recorded a contingent consideration asset at fair value on the Closing Date. See Contingent Consideration Assets and Indemnification Liabilities section below for details. 77 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued (Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income includes the following for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Revenues Restaurant sales $ 525,216 $ 529,619 $ 428,801 Other revenue 52 52 39 Total revenues 525,268 529,671 428,840 Costs and expenses Food and beverage 167,741 169,164 146,214 Labor and other related 109,853 105,500 84,834 Other restaurant operating (1) 165,492 163,816 131,916 Depreciation and amortization 22,191 21,905 19,717 General and administrative 28,744 26,911 21,820 Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings 1,577 — — Impairment of assets held for sale 68,271 — — Total costs and expenses 563,869 487,296 404,501 (Loss) income from operations ( 38,601 ) 42,375 24,339 Interest income (expense), net 1,545 ( 587 ) 165 (Loss) income before provision for income taxes ( 37,056 ) 41,788 24,504 Provision for income taxes 38,926 159 8,451 (Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax $ ( 75,982 ) $ 41,629 $ 16,053 ____________________ (1) Includes royalty expense of $ 25.9 million, $ 26.4 million and $ 21.6 million for fiscal years 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, eliminated in consolidation prior to the Brazil Sale Transaction, with the corresponding royalty revenues recorded within Franchise and other revenues from continuing operations in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income. On December 30, 2024, the Company entered into franchise agreements that include royalty rates that are lower than its historical intercompany rates and on the low end of its international franchisee royalty percentage range. Contingent Consideration Assets and Indemnification Liabilities - Subsequent to December 29, 2024 , the Company recognized contingent consideration assets of $ 29.3 million and indemnifications liabilities of $ 6.9 million within Other assets, net and Other long-term liabilities, net, respectively, on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet in connection with the Brazil Sale Transaction. Contingent consideration assets relate to supervening rights to certain tax benefits, including from judicial deposits paid prior to the sale. Collection of amounts in connection with these assets will be net of applicable taxes and related costs incurred. Indemnification liabilities primarily relate to known labor and tax exposures. Contingent consideration assets and indemnification liabilities were valued utilizing a probability-adjusted discounted cash flow model using inputs not observable in the market. The key internally developed assumptions used in these models are: (i) the probabilities of outcomes, (ii) interest rates for contingencies entitled to interest, (iii) discount rates and (iv) the anticipated timing of recognition. The Company utilized discount rates of approximately 13 %, in its calculations of the estimated fair values of its contingent assets and liabilities as of the Closing Date . Subsequent measurement of contingent consideration assets is based on ASC 450 gain contingency guidance and indemnification liabilities under ASC 460 guarantees guidance. Any subsequent recognition and measurement of contingent consideration and indemnification liabilities will be presented within discontinued operations. 78 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued 4. Revenue Recognition The following table includes the disaggregation of Restaurant sales and franchise revenues by restaurant concept and segment for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 2022 (dollars in thousands) RESTAURANT SALES FRANCHISE REVENUES RESTAURANT SALES FRANCHISE REVENUES RESTAURANT SALES FRANCHISE REVENUES U.S. Outback Steakhouse $ 2,219,812 $ 31,253 $ 2,316,449 $ 32,289 $ 2,240,432 $ 31,418 Carrabba’s Italian Grill 693,421 2,771 721,946 3,036 676,467 2,938 Bonefish Grill 523,634 479 570,578 505 559,583 662 Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 368,663 — 382,729 — 374,388 — Other 7,074 120 13,351 78 12,146 49 U.S. total 3,812,604 34,623 4,005,053 35,908 3,863,016 35,067 International Franchise (1) — 39,490 — 41,524 — 36,202 Other (2) 53,740 — 72,736 — 60,878 — Total $ 3,866,344 $ 74,113 $ 4,077,789 $ 77,432 $ 3,923,894 $ 71,269 ____________________ (1) Includes revenues from franchised restaurants and intercompany royalties from Brazil. (2) Includes Restaurant sales for Company-owned restaurants in Hong Kong and China. The following table includes a detail of assets and liabilities from contracts with customers included on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Other current assets, net Deferred gift card sales commissions $ 16,935 $ 18,081 Unearned revenue Deferred gift card revenue $ 366,059 $ 372,551 Deferred loyalty revenue 6,073 5,664 Deferred franchise fees - current 490 473 Other 1,477 1,466 Total Unearned revenue $ 374,099 $ 380,154 Other long-term liabilities, net Deferred franchise fees - non-current $ 3,901 $ 4,036 The following table is a rollforward of deferred gift card sales commissions for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Balance, beginning of the period $ 18,081 $ 17,755 $ 17,793 Deferred gift card sales commissions amortization ( 22,559 ) ( 23,695 ) ( 24,091 ) Deferred gift card sales commissions capitalization 24,052 26,706 26,743 Other ( 2,639 ) ( 2,685 ) ( 2,690 ) Balance, end of the period $ 16,935 $ 18,081 $ 17,755 79 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following table is a rollforward of unearned gift card revenue for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Balance, beginning of the period $ 372,551 $ 385,444 $ 387,339 Gift card sales 290,481 322,291 322,288 Gift card redemptions ( 279,810 ) ( 316,139 ) ( 306,427 ) Gift card breakage ( 17,163 ) ( 19,045 ) ( 17,756 ) Balance, end of the period $ 366,059 $ 372,551 $ 385,444 Franchisee Deferred Payment Agreement - Effective December 31, 2023, the Company entered into an Amended & Restated Holistic Resolution Agreement (the “2023 Resolution Agreement”) with Cerca Trova Southwest Restaurant Group, LLC (d/b/a Out West Restaurant Group) and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “Out West”), who currently operate 75 franchised Outback Steakhouse restaurants in the western United States, primarily in California. The 2023 Resolution Agreement ends on December 27, 2026 or upon the earlier occurrence of certain specified events, including the sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity of Out West, bankruptcy or a liquidation event. The 2023 Resolution Agreement includes agreements between Out West and its lenders prioritizing rents, royalties, national advertising fees and local marketing expenditures, and provides a mechanism to settle its obligations with its lenders and provide for capital expenditures, within certain limitations. 5. Impairments and Exit Costs The components of Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings are as follows for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Impairment losses U.S. (1) $ 33,947 $ 39,812 $ 3,942 Corporate — — 7 Other (2) 12,488 600 1,537 Total impairment losses 46,435 40,412 5,486 Restaurant closure charges (benefit) U.S. (1) 14,045 ( 7,143 ) 478 Other (2) 3,811 305 — Total restaurant closure charges (benefit) 17,856 ( 6,838 ) 478 Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings $ 64,291 $ 33,574 $ 5,964 ________________ (1) Primarily includes charges related to the 2023 Restaurant Closures and the Q4 2024 Restaurant Impairment, as discussed below. (2) Primarily includes charges related to the 2024 closure of nine restaurants in Hong Kong. 2023 Restaurant Closures - During 2023, the Company closed three U.S. and two Hong Kong Aussie Grill restaurants and made the decision to close 36 predominantly older, underperforming U.S. restaurants (the “2023 Restaurant Closures”). Following is a summary of 2023 Restaurant Closures expenses recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the periods indicated (dollars in thousands): DESCRIPTION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME CLASSIFICATION FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 Asset impairments and closure charges Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings $ 12,034 $ 34,200 Severance and other expenses General and administrative 3,798 622 Closure-related labor costs Labor and other related 434 — Lease remeasurement gains Other restaurant operating — ( 2,450 ) Total $ 16,266 $ 32,372 80 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued During 2023, the Company recognized a lease termination gain of $ 6.7 million, net of related asset impairments, in connection with the closure of one U.S. restaurant. Q4 2024 Restaurant Impairment - During the thirteen weeks ended December 29, 2024, the Company recorded asset impairment charges of $ 25.5 million primarily related to 41 older, underperforming U.S. restaurants based on an assessment of each restaurant’s historical operating performance and trends, combined with updated expected cash flow projections over the respective remaining lease term (the “Q4 2024 Restaurant Impairment”). The projections considered, among other factors, continued challenging operating and macroeconomic conditions since these restaurants tend to underperform Company-wide averages for sales and operating income. The remaining impairment and closure charges during the periods presented resulted primarily from locations identified for closure, including the closure of all Company-owned U.S. Aussie Grill rest aurants. 6. (Loss) Earnings Per Share In connection with the offering of the 2025 Notes, the Company entered into the Convertible Note Hedge Transactions and Warrant Transactions described in Note 11 - Convertible Senior Notes. However, the Convertible Note Hedge Transactions are not considered when calculating dilutive shares given their antidilutive impact as an offset to dilution of shares underlying the 2025 Notes. The Warrant Transactions have a dilutive effect on the Company’s common stock to the extent the price of its common stock exceeds the strike price of the Warrant Transactions. See Note 11 - Convertible Senior Notes for additional information regarding the 2025 Notes, Convertible Note Hedge Transactions and Warrant Transactions. The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (in thousands, except per share data) 2024 2023 2022 Net (loss) income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands $ ( 128,018 ) $ 247,386 $ 101,907 Net (loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax ( 75,982 ) 41,629 16,053 Net (loss) income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands from continuing operations $ ( 52,036 ) $ 205,757 $ 85,854 Basic weighted average common shares outstanding 85,905 87,230 88,846 Effect of dilutive securities: Stock-based compensation awards — 767 623 Convertible senior notes (1) — 5,067 6,089 Warrants (1) — 3,389 2,954 Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding 85,905 96,453 98,512 Basic (loss) earnings per share: Continuing operations $ ( 0.61 ) $ 2.36 $ 0.97 Discontinued operations ( 0.88 ) 0.48 0.18 Net basic (loss) earnings per share $ ( 1.49 ) $ 2.84 $ 1.15 Diluted (loss) earnings per share: Continuing operations $ ( 0.61 ) $ 2.13 $ 0.87 Discontinued operations ( 0.88 ) 0.43 0.16 Net diluted (loss) earnings per share $ ( 1.49 ) $ 2.56 $ 1.03 Antidilutive stock-based compensation awards 1,706 924 2,502 ________________ (1) During 2024, the Company repurchased $ 83.6 million of the 2025 Notes and settled the corresponding portion of the related warrants. See Note 11 - Convertible Senior Notes for additional details. 81 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued 7. Stock-based and Deferred Compensation Plans Stock-based Compensation Plans The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense as follows for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Stock-based compensation expense, net of capitalized expense (1) $ 7,415 $ 11,613 $ 16,134 ________________ (1) For 2024, 2023 and 2022, includes a cumulative life-to-date adjustment to decrease expense for PSUs granted in fiscal years 2024 and 2023, 2022 and 2020, respectively, based on updated assumptions regarding the criteria set forth in the award agreements. PSUs and Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) - The number of PSUs that vest is determined for each year based on the achievement of certain performance criteria as set forth in the award agreement and may range from zero to 200 % of the annual target grant. The PSUs are settled in shares of common stock, with holders receiving one share of common stock for each performance-based share unit that vests. Compensation expense for PSUs is recognized over the vesting period when it is probable the performance criteria will be achieved. RSUs generally vest over a period of three years in an equal number of shares each year. The following table presents a summary of the Company’s PSU and RSU activity: WEIGHTED AVERAGE GRANT DATE FAIR VALUE PER UNIT AGGREGATE INTRINSIC VALUE (1) (in thousands, except per unit data) PSUs RSUs PSUs RSUs PSUs RSUs Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 818 631 $ 26.92 $ 23.58 $ 23,026 $ 17,757 Granted 290 807 $ 27.26 $ 18.76 Performance adjustment (2) 237 — $ 25.40 $ — Vested ( 473 ) ( 321 ) $ 25.40 $ 23.73 Forfeited ( 150 ) ( 73 ) $ 27.55 $ 23.93 Outstanding as of December 29, 2024 722 1,044 $ 27.42 $ 19.80 $ 8,860 $ 12,814 Expected to vest as of December 29, 2024 (3) 132 1,044 $ 1,618 $ 12,814 ________________ (1) Based on the $ 28.15 and $ 12.27 share price of the Company’s common stock on December 29, 2023 and December 27, 2024, the last trading day of the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 29, 2024, respectively. (2) Represents adjustment to 200 % payout for PSUs granted during 2021. (3) For PSUs, estimated number of units to be issued upon the vesting of outstanding PSUs based on Company performance projections of performance criteria set forth in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 PSU award agreements. The Company granted PSUs subject to final payout modification by a Relative TSR modifier for all periods presented. This Relative TSR modifier can adjust the final payout outcome by 75 %, 100 % or 125 % of the achieved performance metric, with the overall payout capped at 200 % of the annual target grant. These PSUs have a three-year cliff vesting period and their fair value was estimated using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The Monte Carlo simulation model utilizes multiple input variables to estimate the probability that the market conditions will be achieved and is applied to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant. 82 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation model and the grant date fair value of PSUs granted were as follows for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 2022 Assumptions: Risk-free interest rate (1) 4.37 % 4.26 % 1.64 % Dividend yield (2) 3.49 % 3.47 % 2.31 % Volatility (3) 51.41 % 51.02 % 49.11 % ________________ (1) Risk-free interest rate is the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect as of the grant date for the performance period of the unit. (2) Dividend yield is the level of dividends expected to be paid on the Company’s common stock over the expected term. (3) Based on the historical volatility of the Company’s stock over the last seven years. The following represents PSU and RSU compensation information for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 2022 (dollars in thousands, except per unit data) PSUs RSUs PSUs RSUs PSUs RSUs Grant date fair value per unit (1) $ 27.26 $ 18.76 $ 29.01 $ 24.18 $ 26.10 $ 21.59 Intrinsic value for vested units $ 12,593 $ 8,072 $ 12,908 $ 10,275 $ 7,626 $ 9,070 Grant date fair value of vested units $ 12,025 $ 7,603 $ 9,332 $ 8,257 $ 6,646 $ 8,025 Tax benefits for compensation expense $ 622 $ 1,152 $ 745 $ 1,528 $ 348 $ 1,113 Unrecognized expense $ 2,595 $ 14,309 Remaining weighted average vesting period 2.2 years 2.0 years ________________ (1) For PSUs, represents a (discount) premium above the grant date per share value of the Company’s common stock for the Relative TSR modifier of ( 1.6 )%, 2.7 % and 7.9 % for grants during 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. For RSUs, the weighted average dividend yield was 4.83 %, 3.63 % and 2.43 % for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Stock Options - Stock options generally vest and become exercisable over a period of four years in an equal number of shares each year. Stock options have an exercisable life of no more than ten years from the date of grant. The Company settles stock option exercises with authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s common stock. The following table presents a summary of the Company’s stock option activity: (in thousands, except exercise price and contractual life data) OPTIONS WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXERCISE PRICE WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING CONTRACTUAL LIFE (YEARS) AGGREGATE INTRINSIC VALUE Outstanding as of December 31, 2023 1,725 $ 21.04 3.2 $ 12,263 Exercised ( 298 ) $ 23.74 Forfeited or expired ( 227 ) $ 22.58 Outstanding and exercisable as of December 29, 2024 (1) 1,200 $ 20.08 2.1 $ — ________________ (1) No stock options were granted during 2024. 83 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following represents stock option compensation information for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Intrinsic value of options exercised $ 718 $ 6,200 $ 6,367 Cash received from option exercises, net of tax withholding $ 4,354 $ 31,778 $ 17,888 Grant date fair value of stock options vested $ — $ 1,037 $ 7,645 Tax benefits for stock option compensation expense $ 111 $ 757 $ 1,495 As of December 29, 2024, the maximum number of shares of common stock available for issuance for equity instruments pursuant to the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan was 5,305,102 . Deferred Compensation Plans 401(k) Plan - The Company has a qualified defined contribution plan that qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Company incurred contribution costs of $ 5.7 million, $ 5.6 million and $ 5.6 million for the 401(k) Plan for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Highly Compensated Employee Plan - The Company provides a deferred compensation plan for its highly compensated employees who are not eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. The deferred compensation plan allows these employees to contribute a percentage of their base salary and cash bonus on a pre-tax basis. The deferred compensation plan is unsecured and funded through the Company’s voluntary contributions. 8. Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Other current assets, net, consisted of the following as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Prepaid expenses $ 23,102 $ 21,902 Accounts receivable - gift cards, net (1) 73,113 67,424 Accounts receivable - vendors, net (1) 29,233 13,648 Accounts receivable - franchisees, net (1) 2,975 3,671 Accounts receivable - other, net (1) 9,280 9,099 Deferred gift card sales commissions 16,935 18,081 Other current assets, net 4,137 4,073 $ 158,775 $ 137,898 ________________ (1) See Note 16 - Allowance for Expected Credit Losses for a rollforward of the related allowance for expected credit losses. Property, fixtures and equipment, net , consisted of the following as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Land $ 29,458 $ 34,650 Buildings 1,201,949 1,180,004 Furniture and fixtures 511,291 493,037 Equipment 760,058 717,939 Construction in progress 65,068 75,894 Less: accumulated depreciation ( 1,619,303 ) ( 1,573,359 ) $ 948,521 $ 928,165 84 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Other assets, net , consisted of the following as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Company-owned life insurance $ 31,971 $ 28,018 Deferred debt issuance costs - revolving credit facility (1) 10,743 3,813 Liquor licenses 22,422 23,125 Other assets 9,335 5,134 $ 74,471 $ 60,090 ________________ (1) Net of accumulated amortization of $ 0.6 million and $ 11.7 million as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. During 2024, the Company recorded $ 9.0 million of deferred debt issuance costs in connection with the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as defined and discussed in more detail within Note 10 - Long-term Debt, Net below. Accrued and other current liabilities consisted of the following as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Accrued payroll and other compensation $ 64,522 $ 71,848 Accrued insurance 19,527 19,310 Other current liabilities 94,265 106,523 $ 178,314 $ 197,681 Other long-term liabilities, net , consisted of the following as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Accrued insurance $ 33,519 $ 26,616 Deferred compensation obligations 32,597 27,283 Other long-term liabilities 27,304 29,127 $ 93,420 $ 83,026 9. Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Net Goodwill - The following table is a rollforward of goodwill and the related accumulated impairment losses for the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) U.S. INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE (1) CONSOLIDATED Balance as of December 31, 2023 Goodwill, gross $ 838,827 $ 162,549 $ 1,001,376 Accumulated impairment losses ( 668,170 ) ( 119,883 ) ( 788,053 ) Goodwill, net 170,657 42,666 213,323 Changes in goodwill — — — Balance as of December 29, 2024 Goodwill, gross 838,827 162,549 1,001,376 Accumulated impairment losses ( 668,170 ) ( 119,883 ) ( 788,053 ) Goodwill, net $ 170,657 $ 42,666 $ 213,323 ________________ (1) Excludes $ 51.9 million and $ 63.0 million of Goodwill, net as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, classified as held for sale. 85 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The Company performs its annual assessment for impairment of goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets during its second fiscal quarter. The Company’s 2024 and 2022 assessments were qualitative and its 2023 assessment was quantitative. In connection with these assessments, the Company did no t record any goodwill asset impairment charges during the periods presented. Intangible Assets, net - Intangible assets, net, consisted of the following as of the periods indicated: WEIGHTED AVERAGE REMAINING AMORTIZATION PERIOD (in years) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands) GROSS CARRYING VALUE ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION NET CARRYING VALUE GROSS CARRYING VALUE ACCUMULATED AMORTIZATION NET CARRYING VALUE Trade names Indefinite $ 414,716 $ 414,716 $ 414,716 $ 414,716 Trademarks 4 81,952 $ ( 67,577 ) 14,375 81,952 $ ( 63,752 ) 18,200 Total intangible assets $ 496,668 $ ( 67,577 ) $ 429,091 $ 496,668 $ ( 63,752 ) $ 432,916 The Company did no t record any intangible asset impairment charges during the periods presented. The following table presents goodwill, trade names and trademarks balances by reporting unit as of the periods indicated: DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands) GOODWILL TRADE NAMES TRADEMARKS GOODWILL TRADE NAMES TRADEMARKS Outback Steakhouse $ 123,188 $ 287,000 $ — $ 123,188 $ 287,000 $ — Carrabba’s Italian Grill 18,826 69,000 — 18,826 69,000 — Bonefish Grill 28,188 — 6,957 28,188 — 9,788 Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar 455 — 7,418 455 — 8,412 U.S. total 170,657 356,000 14,375 170,657 356,000 18,200 International Franchise 42,666 58,716 — 42,666 58,716 — Total $ 213,323 $ 414,716 $ 14,375 $ 213,323 $ 414,716 $ 18,200 Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis. The following table presents the aggregate expense related to the amortization of the Company’s trademarks for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Amortization expense $ 3,825 $ 4,076 $ 3,939 The following table presents expected annual amortization of intangible assets as of December 29, 2024: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 Amortization of intangible assets $ 3,825 $ 3,825 $ 2,292 $ 995 $ 995 86 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued 10. Long-term Debt, Net Following is a summary of outstanding long-term debt, net, as of the periods indicated: DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands) OUTSTANDING BALANCE INTEREST RATE OUTSTANDING BALANCE INTEREST RATE Senior secured credit facility - revolving credit facility (1)(2) $ 710,000 6.52 % $ — Former credit facility - revolving credit facility (2) — 381,000 6.96 % 2025 Notes (3)(4) 20,724 5.00 % 104,786 5.00 % 2029 Notes 300,000 5.13 % 300,000 5.13 % Long-term debt 1,030,724 785,786 Less: unamortized debt discount and issuance costs (3) ( 3,326 ) ( 5,067 ) Long-term debt, net $ 1,027,398 $ 780,719 ________________ (1) Subsequent to December 29, 2024, the Company repaid $ 140.0 million on its revolving credit facility, primarily with proceeds from the Brazil Sale Transaction. (2) Interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate as of the respective periods. (3) During 2024, the Company repurchased $ 83.6 million of the 2025 Notes and as a result, wrote off $ 0.8 million of debt issuance costs. See Note 11 - Convertible Senior Notes for additional details. (4) Obligations under the 2025 Notes, which mature on May 1, 2025, have been classified as long-term, reflecting the Company’s intent and ability to refinance these notes through borrowings on its existing revolving credit facility. Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. is a holding company and conducts its operations through its subsidiaries, certain of which have incurred indebtedness as described below. Credit Agreement – On September 19, 2024, the Company and OSI, as co-borrowers, entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), which provides for senior secured financing of up to $ 1.2 billion consisting of a revolving credit facility (the “Senior Secured Credit Facility”). The Senior Secured Credit Facility matures on September 19, 2029 and replaced the Company’s prior senior secured financing of up to $ 1.0 billion (the “Former Credit Facility”). The total indebtedness of the Company and interest rate applied to the Company’s borrowings remained unchanged as a result of the Credit Agreement. The commitments under the Credit Agreement may be increased in an aggregate principal amount of up to; (i) $ 550.0 million or (ii) at the Company’s option, up to an unlimited amount of incremental facilities, so long as the Consolidated Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement, is no more than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended, after giving effect to any such incurrence on a pro forma basis. Under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company may elect an interest rate at each reset period based on the Base Rate or Term SOFR, plus an applicable spread. The Term SOFR rate is the forward-looking term rate based on the secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) that is published by CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (“Term SOFR”). The Base Rate option is the highest of: (i) the prime rate of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 of 1.0% or (iii) the one-month Term SOFR plus a 0.10 % Term SOFR Adjustment, plus 1.0 % (the “Base Rate”). The Adjusted Term SOFR option is the Term SOFR rate plus a 0.10 % Term SOFR Adjustment, subject to a 0 % floor. The interest rate spreads are as follows: BASE RATE ELECTION ADJUSTED TERM SOFR ELECTION Revolving credit facility 50 to 150 basis points over the Base Rate 150 to 250 basis points over the Adjusted Term SOFR 87 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement requires a Total Net Leverage Ratio (“TNLR”) not to exceed 4.50 to 1.00 (with a limited ability to temporarily increase TNLR to 5.00 to 1.00 in connection with material acquisitions). TNLR is the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt (Current portion of long-term debt and Long-term debt, net of cash, excluding the 2025 Notes) to Consolidated EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and certain other adjustments as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement). As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company was in compliance with its debt covenants. 2029 Notes - On April 16, 2021, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary OSI, as co-issuers, issued $ 300.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”). The 2029 Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated April 16, 2021 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the guarantors named therein, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. The 2029 Notes are guaranteed by each of the Company’s existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries (other than OSI) that are guarantors or borrowers under its Senior Secured Credit Facility or certain other indebtedness. The 2029 Notes mature on April 15, 2029 , unless earlier redeemed or purchased by the Company. The 2029 Notes bear cash interest at an annual rate of 5.125 % payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Company may redeem some or all of the 2029 Notes at the redemption prices set forth in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Indenture contains restrictive covenants that limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred stock; pay dividends above certain thresholds, redeem stock or make other distributions; make certain investments; create restrictions on the ability of the Company’s restricted subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other payments to the Company; create certain liens; transfer or sell certain assets; merge or consolidate; enter into certain transactions with the Company’s affiliates; and designate subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries. These covenants are subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications as set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture contains customary events of default, including, without limitation, failure to make required payments, failure to comply with certain agreements or covenants, cross-acceleration to certain other indebtedness in excess of specified amounts, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, and failure to pay certain judgments. Maturities - Following is a summary of principal payments of the Company’s total consolidated debt outstanding as of December 29, 2024: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 THEREAFTER TOTAL Debt repayments $ 20,724 $ — $ — $ — $ 1,010,000 $ — $ 1,030,724 11. Convertible Senior Notes 2025 Notes - In May 2020, the Company completed a $ 230.0 million principal amount private offering of 5.00 % convertible senior unsecured notes due in 2025 (the “2025 Notes”). The 2025 Notes are governed by the terms of an indenture between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Trustee. The 2025 Notes mature on May 1, 2025 , unless earlier converted, redeemed or purchased by the Company. The 2025 Notes bear cash interest at an annual rate of 5.00 %, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The initial conversion rate applicable to the 2025 Notes was 84.122 shares of common stock per $ 1,000 principal amount of 2025 Notes, or a total of approximately 19.348 million shares for the total $ 230.0 million principal amount. This initial conversion rate was equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $ 11.89 per share. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events. 88 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Holders may convert all or a portion of their 2025 Notes at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. The 2025 Notes are redeemable by the Company, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or before the 40 th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, at a cash redemption price equal to the principal amount of the 2025 Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, but only if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130 % of the conversion price on: (i) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice; and (ii) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. In addition, calling any of the 2025 Notes for redemption will constitute a make-whole fundamental change with respect to that note, in which case the conversion rate applicable to the conversion of the 2025 Notes will be increased in certain circumstances if it is converted after it is called for redemption. If a fundamental change occurs prior to the maturity date, holders may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of their 2025 Notes for cash at a price equal to 100 % of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Holders of 2025 Notes who convert their 2025 Notes in connection with a notice of redemption or a make-whole fundamental change may be entitled to a premium in the form of an increase in the conversion rate of the 2025 Notes. The Company has provided the trustee of the 2025 Notes notice of its irrevocable election under the 2025 Notes indenture to settle the principal portion of the 2025 Notes upon conversion in cash and any excess in shares. On May 25, 2022, the Company entered into exchange agreements (the “2022 Exchange Agreements”) with certain holders of the 2025 Notes. These holders agreed to exchange $ 125.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 2025 Notes for $ 196.9 million in cash, plus accrued interest, and approximately 2.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock (the “First 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase”). Under the 2022 Exchange Agreements, the total amount of cash paid and number of shares of common stock issued by the Company were based upon the volume-weighted average price per share of the Company’s common stock during a ten-trading day averaging period ending on June 14, 2022. Upon entering into the 2022 Exchange Agreements, the conversion feature related to the 2025 Notes repurchased, as well as the settlements of the related convertible senior note hedges and warrants, were subject to derivative accounting. In connection with the First 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $ 104.7 million and a loss on fair value adjustment of derivatives, net of $ 17.7 million, and recorded a $ 48.5 million increase to Additional paid-in capital during 2022. On February 29, 2024, the Company entered into exchange agreements (the “2024 Exchange Agreements”) with certain holders of the 2025 Notes. The 2024 Exchange Agreements provided for the Company to deliver and pay at the closing of the transactions on March 5, 2024, an aggregate of approximately 7.5 million shares of its common stock and $ 3.3 million in cash, including accrued interest, in exchange for $ 83.6 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 2025 Notes (the “Second 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase”). In connection with the Second 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, the Company recognized a loss on extinguishment of debt of $ 135.8 million and recorded a $ 216.1 million increase to Additional paid-in capital during 2024. In connection with dividends paid during 2024, the conversion rate for the Company’s remaining 2025 Notes decreased to approximately $ 10.60 per share, which represents 94.360 shares of common stock per $ 1,000 principal amount of the 2025 Notes, or a total of approximately 1.956 million shares. 89 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following table includes the outstanding principal amount and carrying value of the 2025 Notes as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Principal $ 20,724 $ 104,786 Less: unamortized debt issuance costs (1) ( 56 ) ( 1,138 ) Net carrying amount $ 20,668 $ 103,648 ________________ (1) During 2024, the Company wrote off $ 0.8 million of debt issuance costs as a result of the Second 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase. Following is a summary of interest expense for the 2025 Notes by component for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Coupon interest $ 1,783 $ 5,242 $ 8,080 Debt issuance cost amortization 280 798 1,156 Total interest expense (1) $ 2,063 $ 6,040 $ 9,236 ________________ (1) The effective rate of the 2025 Notes over their expected life is 5.85 %. Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions - In connection with the offering of the 2025 Notes, the Company entered into convertible note hedge transactions (the “Convertible Note Hedge Transactions”) with certain of the initial purchasers of the 2025 Notes and/or their respective affiliates and other financial institutions (in this capacity, the “Hedge Counterparties”). Concurrently with the Company’s entry into the Convertible Note Hedge Transactions, the Company also entered into separate, warrant transactions with the Hedge Counterparties collectively relating to the same number of shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, and for which the Company received proceeds that partially offset the cost of entering into the Convertible Note Hedge Transactions (the “Warrant Transactions”). The Convertible Note Hedge Transactions cover, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that initially underlie the 2025 Notes, and are expected generally to reduce the potential equity dilution in excess of the principal amount due upon conversion of the 2025 Notes. The Warrant Transactions have a dilutive effect on the Company’s common stock to the extent that the price of its common stock exceeds the strike price of the Warrant Transactions. The strike price was initially $ 16.64 per share and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Warrant Transactions. The Convertible Note Hedge Transactions are exercisable upon conversion of the 2025 Notes and expire upon maturity of the 2025 Notes. The Warrant Transactions are exercisable on the expiration dates included in the related forms of confirmation. In connection with the First 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, the Company entered into partial unwind agreements with certain financial institutions relating to a portion of the convertible note hedge transactions (the “2022 Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements”) and a portion of the Warrant Transactions (the “2022 Warrant Early Termination Agreements”). Upon settlement, the Company received $ 131.9 million for the 2022 Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements and paid $ 114.8 million for the 2022 Warrant Early Termination Agreements. In connection with the 2022 Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements and the 2022 Warrant Early Termination Agreements the Company recorded a $ 113.0 million increase and a $ 97.6 million decrease, respectively, to Additional paid-in capital during 2022. In connection with the Second 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, the Company entered into partial unwind agreements with certain financial institutions relating to a portion of the convertible note hedge transactions (the “2024 Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements”) and a portion of the warrant transactions (the “2024 Warrant Early Termination Agreements”, together the “2024 Early Termination Agreements”), that were previously entered into 90 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued by the Company in connection with the issuance of the 2025 Notes. Pursuant to the 2024 Early Termination Agreements, the Company received a termination payment which consisted of approximately $ 118.2 million in cash and 0.3 million shares of common stock, and the Company made a termination payment in an aggregate amount of approximately $ 102.2 million in cash. In connection with the 2024 Early Termination Agreements, the Company recorded a $ 126.5 million increase and a $ 102.2 million decrease, respectively, to Additional paid-in capital during 2024. The Company also recorded an $ 8.3 million increase to Accumulated deficit in connection with the 2024 Note Hedge Early Termination Agreements. The remaining Warrant Transactions have a dilutive effect on the Company’s common stock to the extent that the price of its common stock exceeds the strike price of the Warrant Transactions. In connection with dividends paid during 2024, the strike price for the remaining Warrant Transactions decreased to $ 14.84 . 12. Stockholders’ Equity Share Repurchases - In February 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) canceled the remaining $ 57.5 million under the Company’s former share repurchase authorization and approved a new $ 350.0 million share repurchase authorization (the “2024 Share Repurchase Program”). The 2024 Share Repurchase Program includes capacity above the Company’s normal repurchase activity to provide flexibility in retiring the 2025 Notes at or prior to their maturity. The 2024 Share Repurchase Program will expire on August 13, 2025 . On March 1, 2024, the Company entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the “ASR Agreement”), in connection with the 2024 Share Repurchase Program, with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) to repurchase $ 220.0 million of the Company’s common stock. Under the ASR Agreement, the Company repurchased 7.9 million shares of common stock through April 23, 2024 based generally on the average of the daily volume-weighted average price per share of common stock during the repurchase period, subject to discounts and certain adjustments. The repurchase resulted in a $ 214.3 million increase in Accumulated deficit. The Company funded the payment under the ASR Agreement, together with the cash portion of the amounts payable under the 2024 Exchange Agreements, primarily with borrowings under the revolving credit facility and net proceeds from the 2024 Early Termination Agreements. Following is a summary of the shares repurchased during fiscal year 2024: (in thousands, except per share data) NUMBER OF SHARES AVERAGE REPURCHASE PRICE PER SHARE AMOUNT First fiscal quarter 6,948 $ 27.13 $ 188,500 Second fiscal quarter 2,156 $ 27.36 59,000 Third fiscal quarter 969 $ 18.78 18,195 Total common stock repurchases 10,073 $ 26.38 265,695 Share repurchase-related ASR Agreement fees and excise taxes 728 Total 10,073 $ 266,423 Dividends - The Company declared and paid dividends per share during the periods presented as follows: DIVIDENDS PER SHARE AMOUNT FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands, except per share data) 2024 2023 2024 2023 First fiscal quarter $ 0.24 $ 0.24 $ 21,075 $ 21,014 Second fiscal quarter 0.24 0.24 20,762 20,990 Third fiscal quarter 0.24 0.24 20,375 20,901 Fourth fiscal quarter 0.24 0.24 20,362 20,837 Total cash dividends declared and paid $ 0.96 $ 0.96 $ 82,574 $ 83,742 91 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued In February 2025, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $ 0.15 per share, payable on March 26, 2025 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 11, 2025 . Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (“AOCL”) - The following table is a rollforward of the components of AOCL for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Foreign currency translation: Balance, beginning of the period $ ( 177,689 ) $ ( 185,311 ) $ ( 195,480 ) Foreign currency translation adjustment ( 35,178 ) 7,622 10,169 Reclassification of foreign currency translation adjustments related to the liquidation of foreign entities 695 — — Balance, end of the period $ ( 212,172 ) $ ( 177,689 ) $ ( 185,311 ) (Loss) gain on derivatives, net of tax: Balance, beginning of the period $ ( 615 ) $ — $ ( 10,509 ) Change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax 1,527 ( 606 ) 573 Reclassification realized in Net (loss) income, net of tax ( 1,533 ) ( 9 ) 954 Impact of terminated interest rate swaps included in Net income, net of tax — — 8,982 Balance, end of the period $ ( 621 ) $ ( 615 ) $ — Accumulated other comprehensive loss: Balance beginning of the period $ ( 178,304 ) $ ( 185,311 ) $ ( 205,989 ) Other comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Bloomin' Brands ( 34,489 ) 7,007 20,678 Balance, end of the period $ ( 212,793 ) $ ( 178,304 ) $ ( 185,311 ) 13. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Interest Rate Risk - The Company manages economic risks, including interest rate variability, primarily by managing the amount, sources and duration of its debt funding and through the use of derivative financial instruments. The Company’s objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to manage its exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, the Company uses interest rate swaps. Currency Exchange Rate Risk - The Company is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate risk arising from transactions and balances denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Company may use foreign currency forward contracts to manage certain foreign currency exposures. Designated Hedges Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk - In March 2024 and December 2023, OSI entered into 11 interest rate swap agreements with ten counterparties (the “Swap Transactions”) to manage its exposure to fluctuations in variable interest rates. The Swap Transactions have an aggregate notional amount of $ 375.0 million and include one and two-year tenors with the following terms: NOTIONAL AMOUNT WEIGHTED AVERAGE FIXED INTEREST RATE (1) EFFECTIVE DATE TERMINATION DATE $ 100,000,000 4.92 % December 29, 2023 December 31, 2024 100,000,000 4.34 % December 29, 2023 December 31, 2025 175,000,000 4.40 % March 29, 2024 March 31, 2026 $ 375,000,000 4.52 % ____________________ (1) The weighted average fixed interest rate excludes the term SOFR adjustment and interest rate spread described below. 92 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued In connection with the Swap Transactions, the Company converted $ 375.0 million of its outstanding indebtedness from SOFR, plus a term SOFR adjustment of 0.10 % and a spread of 150 to 250 basis points to the weighted average fixed interest rates within the table above, plus a term SOFR adjustment of 0.10 % and a spread of 150 to 250 basis points. The Swap Transactions have an embedded floor of minus 0.10 %. The Swap Transactions have been designated and qualify as cash flow hedges, are recognized on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value as of December 29, 2024 and are classified based on the instruments’ maturity dates. The Company estimates $ 0.7 million of interest expense will be reclassified from AOCL to Interest expense, net over the next 12 months related to the Swap Transactions. The following table presents the fair value and classification of the Company’s swap agreements as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET CLASSIFICATION DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Interest rate swaps - asset (1) Other current assets, net $ — $ 320 Interest rate swaps - liability Accrued and other current liabilities $ 579 $ 253 Interest rate swaps - liability Other long-term liabilities, net 255 893 Total fair value of derivative instruments - liabilities (1) $ 834 $ 1,146 ____________________ (1) See Note 15 - Fair Value Measurements for fair value discussion of the interest rate swaps. By utilizing the interest rate swaps, the Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event that the counterparty fails to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. To mitigate this risk, the Company enters into derivative contracts with major financial institutions based upon credit ratings and other factors. The Company continually assesses the creditworthiness of its counterparties. As of December 29, 2024, all counterparties to the Swap Transactions performed in accordance with their contractual obligations. As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the fair value of the Company’s Swap Transactions was in a net liability position, including accrued interest but excluding any adjustment for nonperformance risk, of $ 0.8 million. As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company has not posted any collateral related to the Swap Transactions. The Swap Transactions contain provisions whereby the Company could be declared in default on its derivative obligations if the repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to the Company’s default on indebtedness. If the Company had breached any of these provisions as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, it could have been required to settle its obligations under the Swap Transactions at their termination value of $ 0.8 million. Non-Designated Hedges During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company entered into foreign currency forward contracts to partially offset the foreign currency exchange gains and losses generated by the Brazilian Reais rate risk associated with the purchase price installment payments from the Brazil Sale Transaction. As of December 29, 2024, the Company had $ 184.6 million of outstanding notional amounts related to its foreign currency forward contracts. Subsequent to December 29, 2024, the outstanding notional amounts related to the Company’s foreign currency forward contracts decreased to $ 107.7 million following the collection of the first installment payment from the Brazil Sale Transaction. As of December 29, 2024, the Company has not posted any collateral related to the foreign currency forward contracts. 93 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following table presents the fair value and classification of the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts as of the period indicated: (dollars in thousands) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET CLASSIFICATION DECEMBER 29, 2024 Foreign currency forward contracts - asset (1) Other current assets, net $ 304 ____________________ (1) See Note 15 - Fair Value Measurements for fair value discussion of the interest rate swaps. The following table summarizes the effects of the Company’s foreign exchange forward contracts on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the period indicated: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME CLASSIFICATION FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 Gains on foreign currency forward contracts General and administrative $ 15,728 The Company’s interest rate swaps and foreign currency forward contracts are subject to master netting arrangements. As of December 29, 2024, the Company elected not to offset derivative positions in the balance sheet with the same counterparty under the sam e agree ment. 14. Leases The following table includes a detail of lease assets and liabilities included on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET CLASSIFICATION DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Operating lease right-of-use assets Operating lease right-of-use assets $ 1,012,857 $ 1,031,271 Finance lease right-of-use assets (1) Property, fixtures and equipment, net 10,058 8,858 Total lease assets, net $ 1,022,915 $ 1,040,129 Current operating lease liabilities Current operating lease liabilities $ 158,806 $ 163,724 Current finance lease liabilities Accrued and other current liabilities 2,618 2,171 Non-current operating lease liabilities Non-current operating lease liabilities 1,088,518 1,087,353 Non-current finance lease liabilities Other long-term liabilities, net 8,359 7,347 Total lease liabilities $ 1,258,301 $ 1,260,595 ________________ (1) Net of accumulated amortization of $ 4.0 million and $ 3.5 million as December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. Following is a summary of expenses and income related to leases recognized in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the periods indicated: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME CLASSIFICATION FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Operating lease cost (1) Other restaurant operating $ 169,661 $ 171,248 $ 172,874 Variable lease cost Other restaurant operating 3,878 2,930 53 Finance lease costs: Amortization of leased assets Depreciation and amortization 2,032 1,975 1,279 Interest on lease liabilities Interest expense, net 710 667 156 Sublease revenue Franchise and other revenues ( 7,060 ) ( 7,614 ) ( 8,978 ) Lease costs, net $ 169,221 $ 169,206 $ 165,384 ________________ (1) Excludes rent expense for office facilities and Company-owned closed or subleased properties of $ 14.3 million, $ 12.1 million and $ 11.9 million for 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which is included in General and administrative expense. 94 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued As of December 29, 2024, future minimum lease payments and sublease revenues under non-cancelable leases are as follows: (dollars in thousands) OPERATING LEASES FINANCE LEASES SUBLEASE REVENUES 2025 (1) $ 165,372 $ 2,699 $ ( 5,559 ) 2026 182,009 2,281 ( 5,511 ) 2027 173,983 1,970 ( 5,638 ) 2028 165,855 1,181 ( 5,557 ) 2029 161,723 1,125 ( 5,363 ) Thereafter 1,327,887 6,712 ( 28,065 ) Total minimum lease payments (receipts) (2) 2,176,829 15,968 $ ( 55,693 ) Less: Interest ( 929,505 ) ( 4,991 ) Present value of future lease payments $ 1,247,324 $ 10,977 ____________________ (1) Net of operating lease prepaid rent of $ 15.3 million. (2) Includes $ 988.4 million related to operating lease renewal options that are reasonably certain of exercise and excludes $ 172.4 million of signed operating leases that have not yet commenced. The following table is a summary of the weighted average remaining lease terms and weighted average discount rates of the Company’s leases as of the periods indicated: FINANCE LEASES OPERATING LEASES DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Weighted average remaining lease term (1): 9.1 years 10.5 years 13.4 years 13.3 years Weighted average discount rate (2): 7.70 % 7.80 % 8.22 % 8.33 % ____________________ (1) Includes lease renewal options that are reasonably certain of exercise. (2) Based on the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at lease commencement or lease remeasurement. The following table is a summary of cash flow impacts from the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements related to its leases for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Cash flows from operating activities: Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities $ 184,969 $ 185,861 $ 183,817 15. Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis - The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value by hierarchy level on a recurring basis as of the periods indicated: CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET CLASSIFICATION MEASUREMENT LEVEL FAIR VALUE (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Assets: Short-term investments Cash and cash equivalents Level 1 $ 11,868 $ 23,920 Short-term investments Restricted cash and cash equivalents Level 1 $ — $ 2,854 Interest rate swaps Other current assets, net Level 2 $ — $ 320 Foreign currency forward contracts Other current assets, net Level 2 $ 304 $ — Liabilities: Interest rate swaps Accrued and other current liabilities Level 2 $ 579 $ 253 Interest rate swaps Other long-term liabilities Level 2 $ 255 $ 893 95 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Fair value of each class of financial instruments is determined based on the following: FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT METHODS AND ASSUMPTIONS Short-term investments Carrying value approximates fair value because maturities are less than three months. Derivative instruments The Company’s derivative instruments include interest rate swaps and foreign currency forward contracts. Fair value measurements are based on the contractual terms of the derivatives and observable market-based inputs. Interest rate swaps are valued using a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative using observable inputs including interest rate curves and credit spreads. Foreign currency forwards are valued by comparing the contracted forward exchange rate to the current market forward exchange rate. Key inputs for the valuation of the foreign currency forwards are spot rates, foreign currency forward rates, and the interest rate curve of the domestic currency. The Company also considers its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company determined that the credit valuation adjustments were not significant to the overall valuation of its derivatives. Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis - Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis relate primarily to property, fixtures and equipment, operating lease right-of-use assets, goodwill and other intangible assets, which are remeasured when carrying value exceeds fair value. Carrying value after impairment approximates fair value. The following table summarizes the Company’s assets measured at fair value by hierarchy level on a nonrecurring basis for the periods indicated: 2024 2023 2022 (dollars in thousands) REMAINING CARRYING VALUE TOTAL IMPAIRMENT REMAINING CARRYING VALUE TOTAL IMPAIRMENT REMAINING CARRYING VALUE TOTAL IMPAIRMENT Operating lease right-of-use assets (1) $ 14,053 $ 23,895 $ 4,057 $ 10,210 $ 2,219 $ 1,233 Property, fixtures and equipment (2) 17,096 22,540 4,623 30,202 2,807 4,253 $ 31,149 $ 46,435 $ 8,680 $ 40,412 $ 5,026 $ 5,486 ________________ (1) Carrying values measured using discounted cash flow models (Level 3). (2) Carrying values measured using Level 2 inputs to estimate fair value totaled $ 1.2 million for 2024 and 2023. All other assets were valued using Level 3 inputs. Third-party market appraisals and executed sales contracts (Level 2) and discounted cash flow models (Level 3) were used to estimate the fair value. See Note 5 - Impairments and Exit Costs for information regarding impairment charges during 2024 and 2023. Projected future cash flows, including discount rate and growth rate assumptions, are derived from current economic conditions, expectations of management and projected trends of current operating results. As a result, the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its long-lived assets held and used are unobservable inputs that fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. In the assessment of impairment for operating locations, the Company determines the fair values of individual operating locations using an income approach, which requires discounting projected future cash flows. When determining the stream of projected future cash flows associated with an individual operating location, management makes assumptions, including highest and best use and inputs from restaurant operations, where necessary, and about key variables including the following unobservable inputs: revenue growth rates, controllable and uncontrollable expenses, and asset residual values. In order to calculate the present value of those future cash flows, the Company discounts its cash flow estimates at its weighted-average cost of capital applicable to the country in which the measured assets reside. Unobservable inputs, including weighted average cost of capital of 12 %, were used in the Company’s Level 3 fair value measurements of Operating lease right-of-use assets and Property, fixtures and equipment for the impairment losses incurred during 2024. Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The Company’s non-derivative financial instruments consist of cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and long-term debt. The fair values of cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their carrying amounts reported on its Consolidated Balance Sheets due to their short duration. 96 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Debt is carried at amortized cost; however, the Company estimates the fair value of debt for disclosure purposes. The following table includes the carrying value and fair value of the Company’s debt by hierarchy level as of the periods indicated: DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 CARRYING VALUE FAIR VALUE LEVEL 2 CARRYING VALUE FAIR VALUE LEVEL 2 (dollars in thousands) Senior secured credit facility - revolving credit facility $ 710,000 $ 710,000 $ 381,000 $ 381,000 2025 Notes $ 20,724 $ 24,145 $ 104,786 $ 265,896 2029 Notes $ 300,000 $ 270,132 $ 300,000 $ 277,809 16. Allowance for Expected Credit Losses The following table is a rollforward of the Company’s trade receivables allowance for expected credit losses for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Allowance for expected credit losses, beginning of the period $ 5,217 $ 5,369 $ 4,020 Provision for expected credit losses — — 1,498 Charge-off of accounts ( 1 ) ( 152 ) ( 149 ) Allowance for expected credit losses, end of the period $ 5,216 $ 5,217 $ 5,369 The Company is also exposed to credit losses from off-balance sheet lease guarantees primarily related to the divestiture of certain formerly Company-owned restaurant sites. See Note 18 - Commitments and Contingencies for details regarding these lease guarantees. 17. Income Taxes The following table presents the domestic and foreign components of (Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Domestic $ ( 53,921 ) $ 235,357 $ 134,465 Foreign ( 4,886 ) ( 4,170 ) ( 7,062 ) (Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes $ ( 58,807 ) $ 231,187 $ 127,403 (Benefit) provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Current provision (benefit): Federal $ 12,192 $ 16,260 $ 12,368 State 6,011 10,593 10,428 Foreign — ( 40 ) — 18,203 26,813 22,796 Deferred (benefit) provision: Federal ( 31,185 ) ( 6,506 ) 3,227 State ( 348 ) 726 3,327 Foreign 1,196 ( 2,631 ) 4,903 ( 30,337 ) ( 8,411 ) 11,457 (Benefit) provision for income taxes $ ( 12,134 ) $ 18,402 $ 34,253 97 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Effective Income Tax Rate - The reconciliation of income taxes calculated at the United States federal tax statutory rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows for the periods indicated. Due to the pre-tax book loss for 2024, a positive percentage change for such year in the effective tax rate table reflects a favorable income tax benefit, whereas a negative percentage change in the effective tax rate table reflects an unfavorable income tax expense: FISCAL YEAR 2024 2023 2022 Income taxes at federal statutory rate 21.0 % 21.0 % 21.0 % State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit ( 7.8 ) 3.8 8.5 Non-deductible loss on 2025 Notes Partial Repurchases ( 49.5 ) — 21.4 Net changes in deferred tax valuation allowances ( 5.3 ) ( 0.9 ) ( 2.0 ) Foreign tax rate differential ( 2.7 ) 0.1 0.2 Non-deductible compensation ( 2.2 ) 1.0 1.1 Other non-deductible expenses ( 2.2 ) 0.3 ( 0.1 ) Change in foreign tax law ( 2.0 ) ( 1.1 ) 3.8 Statute expiration on foreign net operating losses ( 0.3 ) 1.1 0.9 Tax settlements and related adjustments ( 0.1 ) 0.1 0.2 Employment-related credits, net 58.9 ( 15.9 ) ( 26.7 ) Non-taxable gains on foreign currency forward contracts 6.9 — — Non-controlling interests 1.9 ( 0.6 ) ( 1.2 ) Net life insurance expense 1.4 ( 0.3 ) 0.7 U.S. tax impact on foreign income 1.2 ( 0.9 ) ( 0.9 ) Other, net 1.4 0.3 — Total 20.6 % 8.0 % 26.9 % In the U.S., a restaurant company employer may claim a credit against its federal income taxes for FICA taxes paid on certain tipped wages (the “FICA tax credit”). The level of FICA tax credits is primarily driven by U.S. Restaurant sales and is not impacted by costs incurred that may reduce (Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes. The net increase in the effective income tax rate in 2024 as compared to 2023 was primarily a result of the benefit of FICA tax credits on certain tipped wages, partially offset by the 2024 non-deductible losses associated with the Second 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, relative to the 2024 pre-tax book loss. The net decrease in the effective income tax rate in 2023 as compared to 2022 was primarily a result of the non-deductible losses recorded during 2022 associated with the First 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase. The Company has a blended federal and state statutory rate of approximately 26 %. The effective income tax rate for 2024 was lower than the blended federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the federal and state impact of nondeductible losses associated with the Second 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase, partially offset by the FICA tax credits on certain tipped wages, relative to the 2024 pre-tax book loss. 98 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities - The income tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as follows as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Deferred income tax assets: Operating lease liabilities $ 320,169 $ 319,039 Insurance reserves 13,874 14,184 Unearned revenue 57,567 55,746 Deferred compensation 11,392 12,210 Net operating loss carryforwards 9,002 7,046 Federal tax credit carryforwards 202,319 177,775 Other, net (1) 6,905 5,667 Gross deferred income tax assets 621,228 591,667 Less: valuation allowance ( 13,707 ) ( 10,483 ) Deferred income tax assets, net of valuation allowance 607,521 581,184 Deferred income tax liabilities: Less: operating lease right-of-use asset basis differences ( 252,958 ) ( 257,422 ) Less: property, fixtures and equipment basis differences ( 68,814 ) ( 70,934 ) Less: intangible asset basis differences ( 100,227 ) ( 97,656 ) Less: foreign outside basis differences ( 33,822 ) — Deferred income tax assets, net $ 151,700 $ 155,172 ________________ (1) As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company maintained deferred tax liabilities for state income taxes on historical foreign earnings o f $ 0.3 million and $ 0.5 million, respectively. As of December 29, 2024, valuation allowances against deferred tax assets in the U.S. and in certain foreign jurisdictions totaled $ 0.9 million and $ 12.8 million, respectively. The Company will maintain the valuation allowances in each applicable tax jurisdiction until it determines it is more likely than not the deferred tax assets will be realized. The net change in the deferred tax valuation allowance in 2024 is primarily attributable to additional net operating loss carryforwards in certain foreign jurisdictions with full valuation allowances recorded that are available to the Company. In connection with the Brazil Sale Transaction, the Company no longer asserts that is it is indefinitely reinvested in its Brazil operations and has recorded a deferred tax liability of $ 33.8 million. The deferred tax liability is related to the financial statement carrying amount over the respective tax basis of the Company’s investment in the Brazil operations. Except for the Brazil operations, the Company has no t recorded a deferred tax liability on the financial statement carrying amount over the tax basis of its investments in foreign subsidiaries because the Company continues to assert that it is indefinitely reinvested in its underlying investments in foreign subsidiaries. The determination of any unrecorded deferred tax liability on this amount is not practicable due to the uncertainty of how these investments would be recovered. As of December 29, 2024, the Company did no t have aggregate undistributed foreign earnings from its consolidated foreign subsidiaries. Tax Carryforwards - The amount and expiration dates of tax loss carryforwards and credit carryforwards as of December 29, 2024 are as follows: (dollars in thousands) EXPIRATION DATE AMOUNT Federal tax credit carryforwards 2026 - 2044 $ 214,846 Foreign loss carryforwards 2025 - Indefinite $ 50,187 Foreign credit carryforwards Indefinite $ 864 99 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued As of December 29, 2024, the Company had $ 213.7 million in general business tax credit carryforwards, which have a 20-year carryforward period and are utilized on a first-in, first-out basis. The Company currently expects to utilize these tax credit carryforwards within a 10 -year period. However, the Company’s ability to utilize these tax credits could be adversely impacted by, among other items, a future “ownership change” as defined under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code as well as the Company’s inability to generate sufficient future taxable income. Unrecognized Tax Benefits - As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $ 17.5 million and $ 17.1 million, respectively. Of the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest and penalties, $ 17.1 million and $ 16.6 million, respectively, if recognized, would impact the Company’s effective income tax rate. The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for the period indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 Balance, beginning of the period $ 17,121 Additions for tax positions taken during a prior period 19 Reductions for tax positions taken during a prior period ( 6 ) Additions for tax positions taken during the current period 941 Lapses in the applicable statutes of limitations ( 596 ) Balance, end of the period $ 17,479 The Company had approximately $ 0.7 million and $ 0.5 million accrued for the payment of interest and penalties as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company recognized immaterial interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in the (Benefit) provision for income taxes, for all periods presented. In many cases, the Company’s uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination by relevant taxable authorities. Based on the outcome of these examinations, or a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations for specific jurisdictions, it is reasonably possible that the related recorded unrecognized tax benefits for tax positions taken on previously filed tax returns will change by approximately $ 0.5 million to $ 1.0 million within the next 12 months. Open Tax Years - Following is a summary of the open audit years by jurisdiction as of December 29, 2024: OPEN AUDIT YEARS United States - federal 2007 - 2023 United States - state 2020 - 2023 Foreign 2015 - 2023 18. Commitments and Contingencies Lease Guarantees - The Company assigned its interest, and is contingently liable, under certain real estate leases, the latest of which expires in 2032. As of December 29, 2024, the undiscounted payments the Company could be required to make in the event of non-payment by the primary lessees was approximately $ 10.4 million. The present value of these potential payments discounted at the Company’s incremental borrowing rate as of December 29, 2024 was approximately $ 8.6 million. In the event of default, the indemnity clauses in the Company’s purchase and sale agreements govern its ability to pursue and recover damages incurred. As of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company’s recorded contingent lease liability was $ 1.6 million and $ 5.3 million, respectively. 100 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Purchase Obligations - Purchase obligations were $ 168.5 million and $ 165.1 million as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. These purchase obligations are primarily due within three years , however commitments with various vendors extend through December 2030. Outstanding commitments consist primarily of inventory, technology, store-level services and fixtures and equipment. In 2024, the Company purchased more than 90 % of its U.S. beef raw materials from four beef suppliers that represent a significant portion of the total beef marketplace in the U.S. Litigation and Other Matters - The Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims and liabilities, such as liquor liability, slip and fall cases, wage and hour and other employment-related litigation, which arise in the ordinary course of business. A reserve is recorded when it is both: (i) probable that a loss has occurred and (ii) the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company evaluates, on a quarterly basis, developments in legal proceedings that could cause an increase or decrease in the amount of the reserve that has been previously recorded, or a revision to the disclosed estimated range of possible losses, as applicable. The Company’s legal proceedings range from cases brought by a single plaintiff to threatened class actions with many putative class members. While some matters pending against the Company specify the damages claimed by the plaintiff or class, many seek unspecified amounts or are at very early stages of the legal process. Even when the amount of damages claimed against the Company are stated, the claimed amount may be exaggerated, unsupported or unrelated to possible outcomes, and as such, are not meaningful indicators of the Company’s potential liability or financial exposure. As a result, some matters have not yet progressed sufficiently through discovery or development of important factual information and legal issues to enable the Company to estimate an amount of loss or a range of possible loss. The Company intends to defend itself in legal matters. Some of these matters may be covered, at least in part, by insurance if they exceed specified retention or deductible amounts. However, it is possible that claims may be denied by the Company’s insurance carriers, the Company may be required by its insurance carriers to contribute to the payment of claims, or the Company’s insurance coverage may not continue to be available on acceptable terms or in sufficient amounts. The Company records receivables from third party insurers when recovery has been determined to be probable. The Company believes that the ultimate determination of liability in connection with legal claims pending against the Company, if any, in excess of amounts already provided for such matters in the consolidated financial statements, will not have a material adverse effect on its business, annual results of operations, liquidity or financial position. However, it is possible that the Company’s business, results of operations, liquidity or financial condition could be materially affected in a particular future reporting period by the unfavorable resolution of one or more matters or contingencies during such period. In recent years, certain subsidiaries of the Company were named in collective actions alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage and hour laws. For these and other matters, the Company recorded reserves of $ 2.3 million and $ 10.5 million as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, within Accrued and other current liabilities on its Consolidated Balance Sheets. While the Company believes that additional losses beyond these accruals are reasonably possible, it cannot estimate a possible loss contingency or range of reasonably possible loss contingencies beyond these accruals. During 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $( 0.9 ) million, $( 0.2 ) million and $ 9.4 million, respectively, in Other restaurant operating expense in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income for certain legal reserves and settlements. Insurance - As of December 29, 2024, the future undiscounted payments the Company expects for workers’ compensation, general liability and health insurance claims are as follows: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 THEREAFTER TOTAL Undiscounted payments $ 19,872 $ 13,113 $ 9,891 $ 5,735 $ 3,088 $ 7,708 $ 59,407 101 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following is a reconciliation of the expected aggregate undiscounted reserves to the discounted reserves for insurance claims recognized on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Undiscounted reserves $ 59,407 $ 52,494 Discount (1) ( 6,361 ) ( 6,568 ) Discounted reserves $ 53,046 $ 45,926 Discounted reserves recognized on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets: Accrued and other current liabilities $ 19,527 $ 19,310 Other long-term liabilities, net 33,519 26,616 $ 53,046 $ 45,926 ____________________ (1) Discount rates of 4.21 % and 5.13 % were used for December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. 19. Segment Reporting The Company considers each of its U.S. restaurant concepts and its international franchise business as operating segments, which reflects how the Company manages its business, reviews operating performance and allocates resources. All other operating segments, which include the Company’s operations in Hong Kong and China do not meet the quantitative thresholds for determining reportable operating segments. Resources are allocated and performance is assessed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, whom the Company has determined to be its CODM. The Company aggregates its U.S. operating segments into a U.S. reportable segment. The U.S. segment includes all restaurants operating in the U.S. while franchised restaurants operating outside the U.S. are included in the international franchise segment. The following is a summary of reportable segments: REPORTABLE SEGMENT CONCEPT GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION U.S. (1) Outback Steakhouse United States of America Carrabba’s Italian Grill Bonefish Grill Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar International Franchise Outback Steakhouse 12 Franchise Markets Carrabba’s Italian Grill (Abbraccio) _________________ (1) Includes franchise locations. Segment accounting policies are the same as those described in Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies . Revenues for all segments include only transactions with customers and exclude intersegment revenues. Excluded from Income from operations for U.S. are certain legal and corporate costs not directly related to the performance of the segment, most stock-based compensation expenses, a portion of insurance expenses and certain bonus expenses. Operating income is utilized by the Company’s CODM as the primary segment profit or loss measure. The Company’s CODM utilizes the segment profit or loss measures to manage the business, review operating performance and allocate resources. 102 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following table is a summary of revenues by segment for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Revenues U.S. $ 3,857,134 $ 4,053,599 $ 3,911,870 International Franchise 39,490 41,524 36,202 Total segment revenues 3,896,624 4,095,123 3,948,072 All other revenues (1) 53,851 73,037 61,178 Total revenues $ 3,950,475 $ 4,168,160 $ 4,009,250 ____________________ (1) Includes revenues related to the Company’s Hong Kong and China subsidiaries. The following table presents segment operating income and significant segment expense information for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 U.S. Total revenues $ 3,857,134 $ 4,053,599 $ 3,911,870 Less: Food and beverage 1,132,678 1,219,141 1,217,774 Labor and other related 1,183,227 1,203,170 1,131,844 Other restaurant operating 970,119 964,308 917,401 Other (1) 321,060 289,446 236,991 Total segment expenses $ 3,607,084 $ 3,676,065 $ 3,504,010 Income from operations $ 250,050 $ 377,534 $ 407,860 International Franchise Total revenues $ 39,490 $ 41,524 $ 36,202 Less: Total segment expenses (2) 1,529 2,317 1,986 Income from operations $ 37,961 $ 39,207 $ 34,216 Total segment Total revenues $ 3,896,624 $ 4,095,123 $ 3,948,072 Less: Total segment expenses 3,608,613 3,678,382 3,505,996 Total segment income from operations $ 288,011 $ 416,741 $ 442,076 _________________ (1) Includes depreciation and amortization, general and administrative and impairment expense. (2) Includes amortization and general and administrative expense. 103 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued The following table is a reconciliation of segment income from operations to (Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Total segment income from operations $ 288,011 $ 416,741 $ 442,076 Unallocated corporate operating expense ( 130,769 ) ( 134,057 ) ( 132,837 ) Other (loss) income from operations (1) ( 17,434 ) 85 ( 3,157 ) Total income from operations 139,808 282,769 306,082 Loss on extinguishment of debt ( 136,022 ) — ( 107,630 ) Loss on fair value adjustment of derivatives, net — — ( 17,685 ) Interest expense, net ( 62,593 ) ( 51,582 ) ( 53,364 ) (Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes $ ( 58,807 ) $ 231,187 $ 127,403 ____________________ (1) Includes net (loss) income from operations related to the Company’s Hong Kong and China subsidiaries. The following table is a summary of Depreciation and amortization expense by segment for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Depreciation and amortization U.S. $ 165,140 $ 157,878 $ 139,170 International Franchise — 252 114 Total segment depreciation and amortization 165,140 158,130 139,284 Corporate 8,568 7,611 6,936 Other 1,872 3,525 3,680 Total depreciation and amortization $ 175,580 $ 169,266 $ 149,900 The following table is a summary of capital expenditures by segment for the periods indicated: FISCAL YEAR (dollars in thousands) 2024 2023 2022 Capital expenditures U.S. $ 210,792 $ 276,660 $ 196,163 Corporate 7,303 11,961 11,709 Other 734 612 857 Discontinued operations 37,323 44,930 27,790 Total capital expenditures $ 256,152 $ 334,163 $ 236,519 The following table sets forth Total assets by segment as of the periods indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 Assets U.S. $ 2,735,251 $ 2,703,751 International Franchise 103,242 103,545 Total segment assets 2,838,493 2,807,296 Corporate 306,560 291,540 Other 16,262 37,320 Assets of discontinued operations held for sale 223,490 287,925 Total assets $ 3,384,805 $ 3,424,081 104 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - Continued Geographic areas — International assets are defined as assets residing in a country other than the U.S. The following table details long-lived assets, excluding goodwill, operating lease right-of-use assets, intangible assets and deferred tax assets, by major geographic area as of the period s indicated: (dollars in thousands) DECEMBER 29, 2024 DECEMBER 31, 2023 U.S. $ 1,018,309 $ 980,731 International 4,683 7,524 Total long-lived assets $ 1,022,992 $ 988,255 20. Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) 2024 FISCAL QUARTERS FISCAL YEAR 2024 (dollars in thousands, except per share data) FIRST (1) SECOND (1) THIRD (1) FOURTH (1) Total revenues $ 1,069,073 $ 999,369 $ 910,013 $ 972,020 $ 3,950,475 Income from operations 70,917 44,052 8,642 16,197 139,808 Net (loss) income from continuing operations ( 85,198 ) 25,976 ( 36 ) 12,585 ( 46,673 ) Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Bloomin’ Brands ( 86,780 ) 24,748 ( 665 ) 10,661 ( 52,036 ) (Loss) earnings per share from continuing operations: Basic $ ( 1.00 ) $ 0.29 $ ( 0.01 ) $ 0.13 $ ( 0.61 ) Diluted $ ( 1.00 ) $ 0.28 $ ( 0.01 ) $ 0.12 $ ( 0.61 ) 2023 FISCAL QUARTERS FISCAL YEAR 2023 (dollars in thousands, except per share data) FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH (2) Total revenues $ 1,122,066 $ 1,032,755 $ 941,625 $ 1,071,714 $ 4,168,160 Income from operations 107,132 78,741 47,296 49,600 282,769 Net income from continuing operations 81,989 60,270 32,502 38,024 212,785 Net income from continuing attributable to Bloomin’ Brands 79,872 58,545 31,599 35,741 205,757 Earnings per share from continuing operations: Basic $ 0.90 $ 0.66 $ 0.36 $ 0.41 $ 2.36 Diluted $ 0.81 $ 0.60 $ 0.32 $ 0.37 $ 2.13 ____________________ (1) Income from operations in the first, second, third and fourth quarters include expense of $ 13.0 million, $ 16.2 million, $ 5.1 million and $ 30.6 million, respectively, primarily related to asset impairment, closure costs and severance in connection with the 2023 Restaurant Closures, the closure of nine Hong Kong restaurants and the Q4 2024 Restaurant Impairment. Net loss in the first quarter includes losses in connection with the Second 2025 Notes Partial Repurchase. (2) Total revenues includes $ 83.5 million for the 53rd week. Income from operations includes expense of $ 32.4 million, primarily related to asset impairments, closure costs and severance partially offset by lease remeasurement gains in connection with the 2023 Restaurant Closures. Includes $ 0.15 of additional diluted earnings per share from a 53 rd opera ting week. 105 Table of Contents BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC. Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure None.