• Increases full year adjusted EPS guidance to $1.90 to $2.00^*
• Reconfirms expectation of double digit adjusted EPS growth in 2021

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2020-- Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE-OMI) today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2020, as summarized in the table below.

“I am delighted to report another strong quarter, driven by our exceptional operating performance supported by our dedicated teammates. It is our ability to support the complete value chain with our Americas owned and operated manufacturing facilities combined with our broad external supplier base and integrated with our robust distribution network, which allows us to operate at the highest levels of performance to best serve our customers. I am immensely proud of our accomplishments over the past several quarters, but we recognize that we’re not done yet.” said Edward A. Pesicka, President & Chief Executive Officer of Owens & Minor.

“Our financial profile is as strong as it’s been in quite some time, and our focused execution has allowed us to invest in technology and infrastructure while deleveraging the balance sheet. Moreover, the success of our efforts gives us confidence to make additional investments to enhance our customers’ experience and drive further EPS growth. Our strategic capabilities and execution excellence boost our confidence in continued strong performance in 2020, and on-going momentum entering 2021.”

3^rd Quarter 2020 Company Highlights

• 250%+ increase in adjusted net income per share compared to the third quarter of 2019
• 6^th consecutive quarter of year-over-year gross margin expansion
• 240 basis point adjusted operating margin expansion versus prior year
• $118 million of operating cash flow generated in the quarter from increased earnings and working capital improvements
• Reduced total debt by:
  • $70 million in the quarter
  • $231 million year-to-date
  • $402 million in the last 6 quarters
• Global Solutions segment grew revenue $317 million sequentially and returned to profitability
• Launched an upsized $200 million equity offering for additional 9.7 million shares
• Reached a milestone in the COVID-19 fight with nearly 11 billion units of PPE delivered of which approximately 4 billion units were produced with materials manufactured in our American factories or Owens & Minor owned facilities, since January 2020
• Continued to invest in infrastructure, services, and technology
• Strong performance in Q3 has provided a line of sight to allow Owens & Minor to update financial outlook as described below

Financial Outlook

Subject to the key assumptions below, the Company expects adjusted net income for 2020 to be in a range of $1.90 to $2.00^* per share inclusive of the October 2020 equity offering share count. The Company also continues to believe that it remains positioned to deliver double-digit earnings growth in 2021.

Key assumptions supporting the Company’s 2020 adjusted net income per share guidance:

• Impact of dilution on existing shares to the extent of $0.05 per share
• Increase in PPE production capacity remains on schedule for the balance of 2020
• Elective procedures in Q4 remain flat to Q3 levels
• Foreign exchange expected to contribute $0.06 of benefit for the full year

Although the Company does provide guidance for adjusted net income per share (which is a non-GAAP financial measure), it is not able to forecast the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP without unreasonable effort. Certain elements of the composition of the GAAP amount are not predictable, making it impracticable for the Company to forecast. Such elements include, but are not limited to restructuring and acquisition charges. As a result, no GAAP guidance or reconciliation of the Company’s adjusted net income per share guidance is provided. For the same reasons, the Company is unable to assess the probable significance of the unavailable information, which could have a potentially significant impact on its future GAAP financial results. The outlook is based on certain assumptions that are subject to the risk factors discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Dividend Information

The Board of Directors approved a fourth quarter 2020 dividend payment of $0.0025 per share, payable on December 31, 2020, to shareholders of record as of December 15, 2020.

Investor Conference Call for 3rd Quarter Financial Results

Owens & Minor executives will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET today, November 2, 2020, to discuss the results. Participants may access the call at 866-393-1604. The international dial-in number is 224-357-2191. A replay of the call will be available for one week by dialing 855-859-2056. The access code for the conference call, international dial-in and replay is 1948326. A webcast of the event will be available at www.owens-minor.com under the Investor Relations section.

Safe Harbor

This release is intended to be disclosure through methods reasonably designed to provide broad, non-exclusionary distribution to the public in compliance with the SEC's Fair Disclosure Regulation. This release contains certain ''forward-looking'' statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, the statements in this release regarding our expectations with respect to our 2020 financial performance, earnings growth beyond 2020, the impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s results and operations, as well as other statements related to the Company’s expectations regarding the performance of its business and improvement of operational performance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results in future periods to differ materially from those projected or contemplated in the forward-looking statements. Investors should refer to Owens & Minor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC including the sections captioned “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and subsequent annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC, for a discussion of certain known risk factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from its current estimates. These filings are available at www.owens-minor.com. Given these risks and uncertainties, Owens & Minor can give no assurance that any forward-looking statements will, in fact, transpire and, therefore, cautions investors not to place undue reliance on them. Owens & Minor specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

About Owens & Minor

Owens & Minor, Inc. (NYSE: OMI) is a global healthcare solutions company with integrated technologies, products, and services aligned to deliver significant and sustained value for healthcare providers and manufacturers across the continuum of care. With over 15,000 dedicated teammates serving healthcare industry customers in 70 countries, Owens & Minor helps to reduce total costs across the supply chain by optimizing episode and point-of-care performance, freeing up capital and clinical resources, and managing contracts to optimize financial performance. A FORTUNE 500 company, Owens & Minor was founded in 1882 in Richmond, Virginia, where it remains headquartered today. The Company has distribution, production, customer service and sales facilities located across the Asia Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, and North America. For more information about Owens & Minor, visit owens-minor.com, follow @Owens_Minor on Twitter, and connect on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/owens-&-minor.

⁽¹⁾ Restricted cash as of September 30, 2020 represents $133.9 million held in a designated account as required by the Fifth Amendment to the Credit Agreement, which stipulates that the cash held within this account is to be used to repay the 2021 Notes or the Term Loans; and $16.3 million held in an escrow account as required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in conjunction with the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced Program.

⁽¹⁾ 2019 included interest cost and net actuarial losses related to the U.S. Retirement Plan as well as Software as a Service (SaaS) implementation costs associated with the upgrading of our global IT platforms in connection with the redesign of our global information system strategy.

⁽¹⁾ 2019 included interest cost and net actuarial losses related to the U.S. Retirement Plan as well as Software as a Service (SaaS) implementation costs associated with the upgrading of our global IT platforms in connection with the redesign of our global information system strategy.

Owens & Minor, Inc.
GAAP/Non-GAAP Reconciliations (unaudited)

The following table provides a reconciliation of reported operating income and income (loss) from continuing operations to non-GAAP measures used by management.

Owens & Minor, Inc.
GAAP/Non-GAAP Reconciliations (unaudited), continued

The following items have been excluded in our non-GAAP financial measures:

⁽¹⁾ Intangible amortization includes amortization of intangible assets established during purchase accounting for business combinations. These amounts are highly dependent on the size and frequency of acquisitions and are being excluded to allow for a more consistent comparison with forecasted, current and historical results and the results of our peers.

⁽²⁾ Acquisition-related charges were $0.8 million and $8.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $3.5 million and $11.4 million for the same periods of 2019. Acquisition-related charges in 2020 and 2019 consist primarily of transition costs for the Halyard acquisition. Exit and realignment charges were $5.6 million and $9.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to $1.0 million and $3.4 million for the same periods of 2019. Exit and realignment charges in 2020 were associated with severance from reduction in force, restructuring charges related to our client engagement center, and other costs related to the reorganization of the U.S. commercial, operations and executive teams. Exit and realignment charges in 2019 were associated with severance costs, the establishment of our client engagement center, and IT restructuring charges.

⁽³⁾ Software as a Service (SaaS) implementation costs were associated with significant global IT platforms in connection with the redesign of our global information system strategy.

⁽⁴⁾ Other includes interest costs and net actuarial losses related to the U.S. Retirement Plan of $0.6 million and $1.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and gain from the surrender of company-owned life insurance policies of $(3.5) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

⁽⁵⁾ (Gain) loss on extinguishment and modification of debt includes third party fees of $0.3 million and $3.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and the write-off of deferred financing costs of $2.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, which was offset by a (gain) on extinguishment of debt related to the partial repurchase of our 2021 and 2024 Notes of $(3.1) million for nine months ended September 30, 2020. (Gain) loss on extinguishment and modification of debt includes a (gain) on extinguishment of debt related to the partial repurchase of our 2021 Notes of $(0.2) million for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and includes the write-off of deferred financing costs associated with the revolving credit facility as a result of the Fourth Amendment to the Credit Agreement in February 2019 of $2.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

⁽⁶⁾ Includes a tax adjustment associated with the estimated benefits under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

⁽⁷⁾ These charges have been tax effected in the preceding table by determining the income tax rate depending on the amount of charges incurred in different tax jurisdictions and the deductibility of those charges for income tax purposes.

Use of Non-GAAP Measures

This earnings release contains financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). In general, the measures exclude items and charges that (i) management does not believe reflect Owens & Minor, Inc.'s (the "Company") core business and relate more to strategic, multi-year corporate activities; or (ii) relate to activities or actions that may have occurred over multiple or in prior periods without predictable trends. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures internally to evaluate the Company's performance, evaluate the balance sheet, engage in financial and operational planning and determine incentive compensation.

Management provides these non-GAAP financial measures to investors as supplemental metrics to assist readers in assessing the effects of items and events on its financial and operating results and in comparing the Company's performance to that of its competitors. However, the non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies.

The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered substitutes for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial statements set forth above should be carefully evaluated.

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Chandrika Nigam, Director, Investor Relations, Investor.Relations@owens-minor.com, 833-621-7812

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