Kodak Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Financial Results

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: KODK) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023.

Fourth-quarter 2023 highlights include:

• Consolidated revenues of $275 million, compared with $305 million for Q4 2022, a decrease of $30 million or 10 percent (decreased by $35 million on a constant currency basis, or 11 percent)
• Gross profit of $47 million, compared with $43 million for Q4 2022, an increase of $4 million or 9 percent
• Gross profit percentage of 17 percent, compared with 14 percent for Q4 2022 an increase of 3 percentage points
• GAAP net income of $5 million, compared with net income of $7 million for Q4 2022, a decrease of $2 million or 29 percent
• Operational EBITDA of $2 million, compared with $7 million for Q4 2022, a decrease of $5 million or 71 percent
• A year-end cash balance of $255 million, compared with $246 million at the end of the third quarter of 2023, an increase of $9 million; cash flow from operations improved by $3 million from the prior period

Full-year 2023 highlights include:

• Consolidated revenues of $1.117 billion, compared with $1.205 billion for the full year 2022, a decrease of $88 million or 7 percent (decreased by $89 million on a constant currency basis, or 7 percent)
• Gross profit of $210 million, compared with $170 million for full year 2022, an increase of $40 million or 24 percent
• Gross profit percentage of 19 percent, compared to 14 percent in the prior year, an increase of 5 percentage points
• GAAP net income of $75 million, compared with $26 million for 2022, an increase of $49 million or 188 percent
• Operational EBITDA of $45 million, compared with $18 million for 2022, an increase of $27 million or 150 percent
• A year-end cash balance of $255 million, compared with $217 million on December 31, 2022, an increase of $38 million; cash flow from operations improved by $154 million from the prior period

"After almost five years of executing our plan, we saw our efforts start to come to fruition in 2023, delivering year-over-year improvements in gross profit and Operational EBITDA and building a strong foundation for growth," said Jim Continenza, Kodak’s Executive Chairman and CEO. "Our recent progress has been the result of our ability to adapt to difficult business conditions and our commitment to executing our long-term plan: investing in innovation, improving efficiency and helping our customers stay productive and profitable. We continue to innovate across our traditional and digital print portfolio, and we will introduce a wide range of products at the upcoming drupa tradeshow. We continue to invest in growth initiatives in our Advanced Materials & Chemicals group and have seen increasing revenue contributions from those businesses. We continue to improve our infrastructure and streamline processes to increase capacity in our film business and gain efficiencies across our enterprise. And most importantly, we have continued to deliver for our customers — and they have shown their appreciation by staying with us through this challenging period. I’d like to thank our customers for their loyalty and our employees for their hard work and winning attitude as we continue the Kodak transformation."

For the full year ended December 31, 2023, revenues were $1.117 billion, a decrease of $88 million or 7 percent compared to the same period in 2022. Adjusting for the favorable impact of foreign exchange of $1 million, revenues decreased by $89 million, or 7 percent compared to the prior year.

GAAP net income was $75 million for the full year, compared to $26 million in 2022, an increase of $49 million or 188 percent. Operational EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $45 million, compared to $18 million in 2022, an increase of $27 million or 150 percent. The increase was primarily driven by profitability relating to pricing rationalization and improved operational efficiency executing on cost controls, partially offset by higher continued ongoing global cost increases.

Kodak ended the year with a cash balance of $255 million, an increase of $38 million from December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily driven by the net proceeds of $31 million received from July 2023 refinancing transactions.

"Kodak delivered strong cash performance in 2023, generating cash in the fourth quarter and increasing full year cash flow from operations by $154 million compared to 2022," said David Bullwinkle, Kodak’s CFO. “Throughout the year, our team improved profitability and performance in working capital to enhance the Company’s ability to generate cash which we delivered in three of the last four quarters. The Company also delivered year-over-year improvement in gross profit percentage, reflecting our strategic focus on improving operational efficiency and driving smart revenue. For the year ahead, we plan to build on our momentum by continuing to execute our long-term plan."

Revenue and Operational EBITDA by Reportable Segment Q4 2023 vs. Q4 2022

($ millions)
Q4 2023 Actuals	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$208 $2	$58 $(5)	$5 $5	$271 $2
Q4 2022 Actuals	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$234 $5	$61 $(2)	$6 $4	$301 $7
Q4 2023 vs. Q4 2022 Actuals B/(W)	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$(26) $(3)	$(3) $(3)	$(1) $1	$(30) $(5)
Q4 2023 Actuals on constant currency ** vs. Q4 2022 Actuals B/(W)	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$(31) $(5)	$(3) $(3)	$(1) $1	$(35) $(7)

Revenue and Operational EBITDA by Reportable Segment FY 2023 vs. FY 2022

($ millions)
FY 2023 Actuals	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$828 $20	$255 $10	$17 $15	$1,100 $45
FY 2022 Actuals	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$938 $5	$234 $(1)	$17 $14	$1,189 $18
FY 2023 vs. FY 2022 Actuals B/(W)	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$(110) $15	$21 $11	$- $1	$(89) $27
FY 2023 Actuals on constant currency ** vs. FY 2022 Actuals B/(W)	Print	Advanced Materials & Chemicals	Brand	Total
Revenue Operational EBITDA *	$(111) $13	$21 $11	$- $1	$(90) $25

* Total Operational EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. The reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP measures is provided in Appendix A of this press release.
** The impact of foreign exchange represents the foreign exchange impact using average foreign exchange rates for the three or twelve months ended December 31, 2022, rather than the actual average exchange rates in effect for the three or twelve months ended December 31, 2023.
Eastman Business Park segment is not a reportable segment and is excluded from the table above.

About Kodak

Kodak (NYSE: KODK) is a leading global manufacturer focused on commercial print and advanced materials & chemicals. With 79,000 worldwide patents earned over 130 years of R&D, we believe in the power of technology and science to enhance what the world sees and creates. Our innovative, award-winning products, combined with our customer-first approach, make us the partner of choice for commercial printers worldwide. Kodak is committed to environmental stewardship, including industry leadership in developing sustainable solutions for print. For additional information on Kodak, visit us at kodak.com, or follow us on Twitter @Kodak and LinkedIn.

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Important factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks and uncertainties described in more detail in Kodak’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 under the headings "Business," "Risk Factors," "Legal Proceedings," and/or "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations–Liquidity and Capital Resources" and in other filings Kodak makes with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, as well as the following: Kodak’s ability to improve and sustain its operating structure, cash flow, profitability and other financial results; Kodak’s ability to achieve strategic objectives, cash forecasts, financial projections, and projected growth; Kodak’s ability to achieve the financial and operational results contained in its business plans; Kodak’s ability to obtain additional or alternate financing if and as needed, Kodak’s continued ability to manage world-wide cash through inter-company loans, distributions and other mechanisms, and Kodak’s ability to provide or facilitate financing for its customers; Kodak’s ability to fund continued investments, capital needs, collateral requirements and restructuring payments and service its debt and Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock; Changes in foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, interest rates and tariff rates; the impact of the global economic environment, including inflationary pressures, geopolitical issues such as the war in Ukraine and the conflicts involving Israel, medical epidemics, and Kodak’s ability to effectively mitigate the associated increased costs of aluminum and other raw materials, energy, labor, shipping, delays in shipment and production times, and fluctuations in demand; Kodak’s ability to effectively compete with large, well-financed industry participants or with competitors whose cost structure is lower than Kodak’s; the performance by third parties of their obligations to supply products, components or services to Kodak and Kodak’s ability to address supply chain disruptions and continue to obtain raw materials and components available from single or limited sources of supply, which may be adversely affected by the war in Ukraine, the conflicts involving Israel, and residual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; Kodak’s ability to comply with the covenants in its various credit facilities; Kodak’s ability to effectively anticipate technology and industry trends and develop and market new products, solutions and technologies, including products based on its technology and expertise that relate to industries in which it does not currently conduct material business; Kodak’s ability to effect strategic transactions, such as investments, acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures and similar transactions, or to achieve the benefits sought to be achieved from such strategic transactions; Kodak’s ability to discontinue, sell or spin-off certain non-core businesses or operations, or otherwise monetize assets; the impact of the investigations, litigation and claims arising out of the circumstances surrounding the announcement on July 28, 2020, by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation of the signing of a non‐binding letter of interest to provide a subsidiary of Kodak with a potential loan to support the launch of an initiative for the manufacture of pharmaceutical ingredients for essential generic drugs; and the potential impact of force majeure events, cyber‐attacks or other data security incidents that could disrupt or otherwise harm Kodak’s operations.

Future events and other factors may cause Kodak’s actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to Kodak or persons acting on its behalf apply only as of the date of this press release and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included or referenced in this press release. Kodak undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.