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UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM



Form 10-K



(Mark One)

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024

OR

For the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number: 001-37501

OLLIE’S BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDINGS, INC.


Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware
80-0848819
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S.IRS Employer Identification No.)
6295 Allentown Boulevard
Suite 1.
1
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
17112
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

(717) 657-2300
(Registrant'sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class
Each Class

Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value

OLLI
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes    Noo


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes    Noo

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K ☒


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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicated by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial  reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

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Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yeso   No


The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $884.0 million as of July 30, 2016, the28, 2023 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.quarter), based on the closing sale price per share as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC on such date, was approximately $4.4 billion. For purposes of this calculation only, the registrant has excluded all shares held in the treasury or that may be deemed to be beneficially owned by executive officers and directors of the registrant. By doing so, the registrant does not concede that such persons are affiliates for purposes of the federal securities laws.


The number of issued and outstanding shares of the registrant'sregistrant’s common stock, $.001$0.001 par value, as of March 27, 201722, 2024 was 60,882,015.

61,366,747.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE


Portions of the Registrant's Proxy Statementregistrant’s definitive proxy statement for the 20172024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”), to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the end of the 20162023 fiscal year, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.




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PART I
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Item 1C.
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PART II
PART II
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Item 6.
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Item 8.
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Item 9C.
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PART III
PART III
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PART IV
PART IV
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Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “could,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “seeks,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “continues,” “projects” and similar references to future periods, or by the inclusion of forecasts or projections, the outlook for the Company’s future business, prospects, financial performance and industry outlook, 2017 business outlook and financial guidance.outlook.  Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding the outlook for our future business and financial performance, such as those contained in “Item 7,7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions regarding our business, capital market conditions, the economy, and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, by their nature, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. As a result, our actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include regional, national or global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory conditions, including, but not limited to, supply chain developments, legislation, national trade policy, and the following:

our failure to adequately procure and manage our inventory, or anticipate consumer demand;
demand, or achieve favorable product margins;
changes in consumer confidence and spending;
risks associated with our status as a “brick and mortar only” retailer;
risks associated with intense competition;
our failure to open new profitable stores, or successfully enter new markets, on a timely basis or at all;
our ability to manage our inventory balances;
our failure to hire and retain key personnel and other qualified personnel;
our inability to obtain favorable lease terms for our properties;
the loss of, or disruption in the operations of, our centralized distribution centers;
fluctuations in comparable store sales and results of operations, including on a quarterly basis;
factors such as inflation, cost increases and energy prices;
the risks associated with doing business with international manufacturers and suppliers including, but not limited to, potential increases in tariffs on imported goods;
our inability to operate our stores due to civil unrest and related protests or disturbances;
our failure to properly hire and to retain key personnel and other qualified personnel;
changes in market levels of wages;
risks associated with cybersecurity events, and the timely and effective deployment, protection, and defense of computer networks and other electronic systems, including e-mail;
our inability to obtain favorable lease terms for our properties;
the failure to timely acquire, develop, open and operate, or the loss of, disruption or interruption in the operations of, any of our centralized distribution centers;
risks associated with our lack of operations in the growing online retail marketplace;
risks associated with litigation, the expense of defense, and potential for adverse outcomes;
our inability to successfully develop or implement our marketing, advertising and promotional efforts;
the seasonal nature of our business;
the risks associated with doing business with international manufacturers;natural disasters, whether or not caused by climate change;
outbreak of viruses, global health epidemics, pandemics, or widespread illness;
changes in government regulations, procedures and requirements; and
our ability to service our indebtedness and to comply with our financial covenants.

See “Item 1A,1A. Risk Factors” for a further description of these and other factors. For the reasons described above, we caution you against relying on any forward-looking statements, which should also be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this annual report speaks only as of the date on which we make it. Factors or events that could cause our actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our public announcements and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings.

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. operates on a fiscal year, consisting of the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday nearer January 31 of the following calendar year.  References to “2023,” “2022” and “2021” represent the 2023 fiscal year ended February 3, 2024, the 2022 fiscal year ended January 28, 2023, and the 2021 fiscal year ended January 29, 2022, respectively.  2023 consisted of 53-weeks and each of 2022 and 2021 consisted of 52-weeks. References to “2024” refer to the 52-week fiscal year ending February 1, 2025.

In this report, the terms “Ollie’s,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.

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Item 1.Business.

Our company

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. is a highly differentiated and fast-growing, extreme valueAmerica’s largest retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory. Our stores sell name brand name merchandisehousehold related items that consumers use in their everyday lives at drastically reduced prices. In this report, the terms “Ollie’s,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” mean Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.prices that are typically 20% to 70% below traditional retailers.  Known for our assortment of products offered as “Good Stuff Cheap,” we offer customers a broad selection of brand name products, including housewares, bed and bath, food, housewares,floor coverings, health and beauty aids, books and stationery, bedtoys and bath, floor coverings, electronics and toys.electronics. Our differentiated go-to market strategy is characterized by a unique, fun and engaging treasure hunt shopping experience, compelling customer value proposition and witty, humorous in-store signage, and advertising campaigns. These attributes have driven our rapid growth and strong and consistent store performance.

Mark Butler, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, co-founded

Ollie’s in 1982,was founded based on the idea that “everyone in America loves a bargain.” Since opening our first store in Mechanicsburg, PA we have expanded throughoutin 1982, Ollie’s has been offering customers high quality brand name products at drastically reduced prices through the Eastern halfbuying and selling of the United States. From the time Mr. Butler assumed his current position as Presidentcloseout merchandise and Chief Executive Officerexcess inventory. Our store base has grown organically by backfilling existing markets and leveraging our brand awareness, marketing, and infrastructure to expand into new markets in 2003, wecontiguous states. We have grown from operating 28to 512 stores in three states to 234 stores in 1930 states as of January 28, 2017.February 3, 2024. Our no-frills, “semi-lovely” warehouse style stores average approximately 33,000 square feet and generate consistently strong financial returns across all vintages, geographic regions, population densities, demographic groups, real estate formats and regardless of any co-tenant. Our business model has resulted in positive financial performance during strong and weak economic cycles. We believe there is opportunity for more than 950 Ollie’s locationsrecently completed our latest Real Estate feasibility study, which utilizes population and demographic data to look at store count and density across thea changing United States based on internal estimateslandscape. The migration trend out of larger metropolitan areas and third party research conductedinto rural suburban areas is a positive trend for Ollie’s and our latest analysis concludes that we could operate as many as 1,300 stores nationwide, up from a previous target of 1,050.
The closeout industry is large, highly fragmented, and growing. Fueling the growth is the consolidation of retailers and manufacturers around the globe. Larger retailers are being supplied by Jeff Green Partners, alarger manufacturers and this is leading to larger order and product flows. In addition, manufacturers are constantly developing and introducing new products, new packaging, and working around endless changes and disruptions in the marketplace and supply chain. This is driving growth in the number of products being offered for sale by manufacturers at closeout type of prices. At the same time, the retail real estate feasibility consultant that provides market analysisside of the closeout industry is highly fragmented, with many independent operators and strategic planning and consulting services.

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Our constantly changing merchandise assortment is procured by a highly experienced merchant team, who leverage deep, long-standing relationships with hundreds of major manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers, and retailers. These relationships enable our merchant team to find and select only the best buys from a broad range of brand name and closeout product offerings and to pass drastically reduced prices along to our customers. As we grow, we believe our increased scale has provided and will continue to provide us with even greater access to brand name products because many largeas larger manufacturers favor largeseek larger buyers capable of acquiring an entire deal. Our merchant team augments these deals with directly sourced products, including Ollie’s own private label brands and other products exclusive to Ollie’s.

Our business model has produced consistently strong growth and financial performance. From fiscal year 2012 to the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017 (“fiscal year 2016”) (except as noted):

2019 through 2023:
Our store base expanded from 131345 stores to 234512 stores, a compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 15.7%10.4% and we entered sevenfive new states.states;
Comparable store sales grew at an average rate of 3.5%1.0% per year.year; and
Net sales increased from $476.5 million$1.408 billion to $890.3 million,$2.103 billion, a CAGR of 17.0%10.5%.
Net income increased from $13.0 million to $59.8 million.graphic


*Represents successor period 2012 and predecessor period 2012, as adjusted to eliminate the impact of the four-week period ended January 28, 2012 and to reflect a 53-week period. See “Item 6 - Selected Consolidated Financial Data.”

(1) 2023 consisted of 53 weeks compared with 52 weeks in the prior-year periods.

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Our competitive strengths

We believe the following strengths differentiate us from our competitors and serve as the foundation for our current and future growth:

Good Stuff Cheap”—Ever changing product assortment at drastically reduced prices.prices.    Our stores offer something for everyone across a diverse range of merchandise categories at prices uptypically 20 to 70% below department and fancy stores and up to 20-50% below mass marketoff traditional retailers. Our product assortment frequently changes based on the wide variety of deals available from the hundreds of brand name suppliers we have relationships with. We augment these opportunistic deals on brand name merchandise with directly sourceddirectly-sourced unbranded products or those under our own private label brands such as Sarasota Breeze, Steelton Tools and American Way and exclusively licensed recognizable brands and celebrity names such as Magnavox, Marcus Samuelsson Signature Cookware and Kasey Kahne Car Care.names. Brand name and closeout merchandise represented approximately 70%65% and non-closeout goods and private label products collectively represented approximately 30%35% of the retail value of our fiscal year 20162023 merchandise purchases.  Our treasure hunt shopping environment and slogan “when it’s gone, it’s gone” help to instill a “shop now” sense of urgency that encourages frequent customer visits.

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Our growing scale and highly experienced and disciplined merchant team.team.    Since our founding in 1982, Ollie’s has been offering customers high quality brand name products at drastically reduced prices through the buying and selling of closeout merchandise and excess inventory. As we grow, we believe our increased scale provides us with even greater access to brand name closeout products as larger manufacturers seek larger buyers. Our 16-member merchant team maintains strong, long-standing relationships with a diverse group of suppliers, allowing us to procure branded merchandise at compelling values for our customers. This team is led by five senior merchants, including Mark Butler, and has over 112 years of combined industry experience and 95 combined years of experience at Ollie’s. We have been doing business with our top 15 suppliers for an average of 13 years, and no supplier accounted for more than 6.0% of our purchases during fiscal year 2016.over 15 years.  Our well-established relationships with our suppliers, together with our scale, buying power, financial credibility and responsiveness, often makesmake Ollie’s the first call for available deals. Our direct relationships with our suppliers have increased as we have grown and we continuously strive to broaden our supplier network. These factors provide us with increased access to goods, which enablesenable us to be more selective in our deal-making and, which we believe, helpshelp us provide compelling value and assortment of goods to our customers and fuelsfuel our continued profitable growth.

Distinctive brand and engaging shopping experience.experience.    Our distinctive and often self-deprecating humor and highly recognizable caricatures are used in our stores, flyers, mailers, website and email campaigns. We attempt to make our customers laugh as we poke fun at ourselves and current events. We believe this approach creates a strong connection to our brand and sets us apart from other, more traditional retailers. Our “semi-lovely” stores feature these same brand attributes together with witty signage in a warehouse format that createcreates a fun, relaxed and engaging shopping environment. We believe that by disarming our customers by getting them to giggle a bit, they are more likely to look at and trust our products for what they are—extremely great bargains. We offer a “30-day no hard time guarantee” as a means to overcome any skepticism associated with our cheap prices and to build trust and loyalty, because if our customers are not happy, we are not happy. We welcome customers to bring back their merchandise within that timeframe for a “no hard time” full refund. We also make it easy for our customers to browse our stores by displaying our products on easily accessible fixtures and by keeping the stores clean and well-lit. We believe our humorous brand image, compelling values and welcoming stores resonate with our customers and define Ollie’s as a unique and comfortable destination shopping location.

Extremely loyal “Ollie’s Army” customer base.    Our best customers are members of our Ollie’s Army customer loyalty program, which stands at 7.314.0 million members as of January 28, 2017.February 3, 2024.  For fiscal year 2016,2023, over 65%80% of our sales were from Ollie’s Army members, and we have growngrew our base of loyal members by 31.2%5.9% in fiscal year 2016.2023. Ollie’s Army members spend approximately 40% more per shopping trip at Ollie’s and typically shop more frequently than non-members.  We identify our target customer as “anyone between the ages of 25-70age 25 or older with a wallet or a purse” seeking a great bargain.

Strong and consistent store model built for growth.    We employ a proven new store model that generates strong cash flow, consistent financial results and attractive returns on investment regardless of the economic environment.investment. Our highly flexible real estate approach has proven successful across all vintages, geographic regions, population densities, demographic groups, real estate formats and regardless of any co-tenant. New stores have consistently opened from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015 have generated an average of $4.0 million instrong, with higher net sales in their first 12 months of operations, than average existing stores due to the brand excitement surrounding grand openings and produced an average payback period of approximately two years. We believe that our consistent store performance, strategically-located distribution centers, and disciplined approach to site selection support the portability and predictability of our new unit growth strategy.

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Highly experienced and passionate founder-led management team.team.    Our leadership team directed by our co-founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Butler, has guided our organization through its expansion and positioned us for continued growth. Mark Butler hasWe have assembled a talented and dedicated team of executives with an average of 24 years of retail experience, including an average 12 years of experience at Ollie’s.executives. Our senior executives possess extensive experience across a broad range of disciplines, including merchandising, marketing, real estate, finance, store operations, supply chain management, and information technology. We believe by encouraging equity ownership and fostering a strong team culture, we have aligned the interests of our employeesexecutives with those of our stockholders. We believe these factors result in a cohesive team focused on sustainable long-term growth.

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Our growth strategy

We plan to continue to drive growth in sales and profitability by executing on the following strategies:

Grow our store base.  We believe our compelling value proposition and the success of our stores across a broad range of geographic regions, population densities, and demographic groups createscreate a significant opportunity to profitably increase our store count. Our internal estimates and third partythird-party research conducted by Jeff Green PartnersHoffman Strategy Group indicate the potential for more than 9501,300 national locations. Our new store real estate model is flexible and focuses predominately on second generation sites ranging in size from 25,000 to 35,000 square feet. We believe there is an ample supply of suitable low-cost, second generation real estate to allow us to infill within our existing markets as well as to expand into new, contiguous geographies. This approach leverages our distribution infrastructure, field management team, store management, marketing investments and brand awareness. We expect our new store openings to be the primary driver of our continued, consistent growth in sales and profitability.

Increase our offerings of great bargains.We will continue to enhance our supplier relationships and develop additional sources to acquire brand name and closeout products for our customers. Our strong sourcingdirect buying relationships with leadingmany major manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers, and our purchasing scaleretailers provide us with significant opportunities to expand our ever changingever-changing assortment of brand name and closeout merchandise at extreme values.  As we continue to grow, we believe our increased scale will provide us with even greater access to brand name closeout products as major manufacturers seek a single buyer to acquire an entire deal. We plan to further invest in our merchandising team in order to expand and enhance our sourcing relationships and product categories, which we expect will drive shopping frequency and increase customer spending.

Leverage and expand Ollie’s Army.    We intend to recruit new Ollie’s Army members and increase their frequency of store visits and spending by enhancing our distinctive, fun and recognizable marketing programs, building brand awareness, further rewarding member loyalty and utilizing more sophisticated data drivendata-driven targeted marketing. We believe these strategies, coupled with a larger store base, will enable us to increase the amount of sales driven by loyal Ollie’s Army customers seeking the next great deal.

Segments

We operate in one reporting segment.  See Note 12, “Segment Reporting.Reporting and Entity-Wide Information,

to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our merchandise

Strategy

We offer a highly differentiated, constantly evolving assortment of brand name merchandise across a broad range of categories at drastically reduced prices. Our ever changingever-changing assortment of “Good Stuff Cheap” includes brand name and closeout merchandise from leading manufacturers. We augment our brand name merchandise with opportunistic purchases of unbranded goods and our own domestic and direct-import private label brands in underpenetrated categories to further enhance the assortment of products that we offer. Brand name and closeout merchandise represented approximately 70%65% and non-closeout goods and private label products collectively represented approximately 30%35% of the retail value of our fiscal year 20162023 merchandise purchases.  We believe our compelling value proposition and the unique nature of our merchandise offerings have fostered our customer appeal across a variety of demographics and socioeconomic profiles.

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Our warehouse format stores feature a broad number of categories including housewares, bed and bath, food, housewares,floor coverings, health and beauty aids, books and stationery, bedtoys, and bath, floor coverings, electronics and toys as well as other products including hardware, personal health care, candy, clothing, sporting goods, pet and lawn and garden products. We focus on buying cheap to sell cheap and source products as unique buying opportunities present themselves. Our merchandise mix is designed to combine unique and

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brand name bargains at extremely attractive price points. This approach results in frequently changing product assortments and localized offerings which encourage shopper frequency and a “shop now” sense of urgency as customers hunt to discover the next deal.

The common element of our dynamic merchandise selection is the consistent delivery of great deals to our customers, with products offered at prices uptypically 20 to 70% below department stores and fancy stores and up to 20-50% below mass marketoff traditional retailers. Our product price tags allow customers to compare our competitor’s price against Ollie’s price to further highlight the savings they can realize by shopping at our stores.

Product mix

Examples of our product offerings include:


Housewares:cooking utensils, dishes, appliances, plastic containers, cutlery, storage and garbage bags, detergents and cleaning supplies, cookware and glassware, fans and space heaters, candles, hardware, frames, and giftware;

Bed and bath: household goods including bedding, towels, curtains, and associated hardware;

Food:packaged food including coffee, bottled non-carbonated beverages, salty snacks, candy, condiments, sauces, spices, dry pasta, canned goods, cereal, and cookies;

Books and stationery:   novels, children’s, how-to, business, cooking, inspirational and coffee table books along with DVDs, greeting cards and various office supplies and party goods;
Bed and bath:   household goods including bedding, towels, curtains and associated hardware;
Floor coverings:laminate flooring, commercial and residential carpeting, area rugs, and floor mats;

Books and stationery: novels, children’s, how-to, business, cooking, inspirational and coffee table books, greeting cards and various office supplies, and party goods;

Electronics:   air conditioners, home electronics, cellular accessories, and as seen on TV;television;

Toys:dolls, action figures, puzzles, educational toys, board games, and other related items; and

Other:   hardware,
Health and beauty aids:personal care, hair care, oral care, health and wellness, over-the-counter medicine, first aid, sun care, candy, and personal grooming;

Seasonal: summer furniture, air conditioners, fans and space heaters, and lawn & garden; and

Other: clothing, sporting goods, pet products, luggage, automotive, seasonal, furniture, summer furniture and lawn & garden.automotive.

The following charttable shows the breakdown of our fiscal year 2016product offerings as a percentage of net sales by merchandise category:

for each of the last three fiscal years:

  Percentage of Net Sales 
  2023  2022  2021 
Consumables  23.8%  21.6%  19.8%
Home  35.7%  38.3%  39.8%
Seasonal  18.7%  17.8%  18.1%
Other  21.8%  22.3%  22.3%
Total  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%

Consumables includes items such as health and beauty aids, food, candy, and pet food. Home includes items such as housewares, domestics, floor coverings, and hardware. Seasonal includes items such as summer furniture, air conditioners, fans and space heaters, toys, and lawn & garden. Other includes items such as books and stationery, electronics, clothing, sporting goods, pet products, luggage, and automotive.
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Product categories


We maintain consistent average margins across our primary product categories described below.

Brand name andcloseout merchandise
Brand name closeout merchandise (approximately 70%represented approximately 65% of the retail value of our 2023 merchandise purchases in fiscal year 2016)

purchases.  Our focus is to provide huge savings to our customers primarily through brand name products across a broad range of merchandise. Our experienced merchant team purchases deeply discounted, branded or closeout merchandise primarily from manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and brokers. This merchandise includes overstocks, discontinued merchandise, package changes, cancelled orders, excess inventory and buybacks from retailers, and major manufacturers.

Non-closeout goods/private label (approximately 30%
Non-closeout and private label products collectively represented approximately 35% of the retail value of our 2023 merchandise purchases in fiscal year 2016)

purchases.  We augment the breadth of our brand name merchandise with non-closeout and private label merchandise. In categories where the consumer is not as brand conscious, such as food, home textiles, and furniture, or when we may not be offering a current brand name merchandise deal, we will buy deeply discounted unbranded merchandise. These extreme value offerings are mixed in the stores with our brand name merchandise. We also have a variety of domestic and direct-import private label merchandise and exclusive products sold under brands such as Sarasota Breeze, Steelton Tools and American Way.numerous brands. These high qualityhigh-quality products are developed in key categories such as housewares and are designed to create brand-like excitement and complement our brand name merchandise. We also have licenses for private label products that use recognizable celebrity names like Marcus Samuelsson, Josh Capon and Kasey Kahne, or brand names like Country Living, Magnavox, Popular Mechanics and Wells Lamont.names. We routinely evaluate the quality and condition of these private label goods to ensure that we are delivering our customer a high qualityhigh-quality product at a great price.

Merchandise procurement and distribution

Our disciplined buying strategy and strict adherence to purchasing margins support our merchandising strategy of buying cheap to sell cheap.

Merchandising team

Our 16-member merchant team maintains strong, long-standing relationships with a diverse group of suppliers, allowing us to procure branded merchandise at compelling values for our customers. This team is led by five senior merchants, including Mark Butler, and has over 112 years of combined industry experience and 95 combined years of experience at Ollie’s.  Our merchants specialize by department in order to build category expertise, in-depth knowledge and sourcing relationships. We believe our buying approach, coupled with long-standing and newly formed relationships, enable us to find the best deals from major manufacturers and pass drastically reduced prices along to our customers. We plan to further invest in and grow our merchandising team in order to expand and enhance our sourcing relationships and product categories, which we expect will drive shopping frequency and increase customer spending.

Merchandise procurement

We believe that our strong sourcing capabilities are the result of our tenured merchant team’s ability to leverage deep, long-standing relationships with hundreds of manufacturers, wholesalers, brokers, retailers, and other suppliers. Our merchants maintain direct relationships with brand manufacturers, regularly attend major tradeshows and travel the world to source extreme value offerings across a broad assortment of product categories. We are an ideal partner to major manufacturers because our merchants are experienced and empowered to make quick decisions. Each opportunity is unique, and our merchants negotiate directly with the supplier to lock in a particular deal. Our ability to select the most attractive opportunistic purchases from a growing number of available deals enables us to provide a wide assortment of goods to our customers at great deals.

bargain prices.

We source from over 1,000 suppliers, and no supplier accounted for more than 6% of our purchases during fiscal year 2016.1,100 suppliers. Our dedication to building strong relationships with suppliers is evidenced by a 13-yearan average relationship of over 15-years with our top 15 suppliers. As we continue to grow, we believe our increased scale will provide us with even greater access to brand name products since many major manufacturers seek a single buyer to acquire the entire deal.

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Distribution and logistics

We have made significant investments in our distribution network and personnel to support our store growth plan. In April 2014, we opened our second distribution center, located in Commerce, GA, to support our store operations and expansion plans in the Southeast. We distribute over 90% of our merchandise from our two distribution centers. Our York, PA distribution center is 603,000 square feet and our Commerce, GA distribution center is currently 699,840 square feet and will increase to 962,280 square feet by November 2017. In order to minimize the amount of time our retail stores devote to inventory management, all of our merchandise is seeded with price tickets and labeled with a bar code for shipping.

Our stores generally receive shipments from our distribution centers twoone to threetwo times a week, depending on the season and specific store size and sales volume. We utilize independent third party freight carrierscarriers.

 Currently, we distribute approximately 95% of our merchandise from our distribution centers in York, PA, which completed a 201,000 square feet expansion in the beginning of fiscal 2023 (804,000 square feet), Commerce, GA (962,000 square feet), and Lancaster, TX (615,000 square feet).
During the first quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company purchased a parcel of land in Princeton, Illinois for its fourth distribution center and broke ground on average, loadconstruction of the 615,000 square feet facility in April 2023, the distribution center is expected to be operational in the second half of fiscal 2024.
With the expansion of our York, PA distribution center and ship between 50 and 60 trucks per day. Wethe addition of our fourth distribution center, we believe our existing distribution capabilities will support our anticipated store growth of between 375up to 400 stores over the next several years.

750 stores.

Our stores

As of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, we operated 234512 stores, averaging approximately 33,000 square feet, across 1930 contiguous states in the Easterneastern half of the United States. Our highly flexible real estate approach has proven successful across all vintages, geographic regions, population densities, demographic groups, real estate formats and regardless of any co-tenant. Our business model has resulted in positive financial performance during strong and weak economic cycles. We have successfully opened stores in sixfive new states since fiscal year 2012,2019, highlighting the portability of our new store model.
In fiscal 2022, the Company implemented an ongoing store improvement initiative to provide our customers with an updated shopping experience, which showcases our tremendous value and the amazing deals we offer in an organized and easy to navigate store format. We have remodeled 56 stores to date and 35 stores in fiscal 2023 and continue to see a sales uplift in newly remodeled locations.  With a relatively low upfront investment, our remodels have produced on average a payback period of approximately two years.
The following map shows the number of stores in each of the states in which we operated as of January 28, 2017:

February 3, 2024:

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Store design and layout

All of our warehouse format stores incorporate the same philosophy: no-frills, bright, “semi-lovely” stores and a fun, treasure hunt shopping experience. We present our stores as “semi-lovely” to differentiate our stores from other traditional retailers, and to minimize operating and build-out costs. Our stores also welcome our customers with vibrant and colorful caricatures together with witty signage. We attempt to make our customers laugh as we poke fun at ourselves and current events. We believe that by disarming our customers by getting them to giggle a bit, they are able to look at and trust our products for what they are—extremely great bargains.

We believe the store layout and merchandising strategy helpshelp to instillencourage a “shop now” sense of urgency and increase frequency of customer visits as customers never know what they might come across in our stores. We make it easy for our customers to browse our stores by displaying our frequently changing assortment of products on rolling tables, pallets and other display fixtures. Our store team leaders are responsible for maintaining our treasure hunt shopping

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experience, keeping the stores clean and well-lit and ensuring our customers are engaged.  We believe our humorous brand image, compelling values and welcoming stores resonate with our customers and define Ollie’s as a unique and comfortable destination shopping location.

Expansion opportunities and site selection

We believe we can profitably expand our store count on a national scale to more than 9501,300 locations based on internal estimates and third party research conducted by Jeff Green Partners. We plan to continue to expand into attractive markets in the Southeastern United States.Hoffman Strategy Group. Our disciplined real estate strategy focuses on infilling existing geographies as well as expanding into contiguous markets in order to leverage our distribution infrastructure, field management team, store management, marketing investments and brand awareness.

We maintain a pipeline of real estate sites that have been approved by our real estate committee. Our recent store growth is summarized in the following table:

 
Fiscal year
 
2016
2015
2014
Stores open at beginning of period
 
203
 
 
176
 
 
154
 
Stores opened
 
31
 
 
28
 
 
22
 
Stores closed
 
 
 
(1
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Stores open at end of period
 
234
 
 
203
 
 
176
 

  2023  2022  2021 
Stores open at beginning of year  468   431   388 
Stores opened  45   40   46 
Stores closed  (1)  (3)  (3)
Stores open at end of year  512   468   431 

We utilize a rigorous site selection and real estate approval process in order to leverage our infrastructure, marketing investments and brand awareness. Members of our real estate team spend considerable time evaluating prospective sites before bringing a new lease proposal to our real estate committee, which is composedcomprised of senior management and executive officers. Our flexible store layout allows us to quickly take over a variety of low-cost, second generationsecond-generation sites, including former big box retail and grocery stores.

We believe there is an ample supply of suitable low-cost, second generationsecond-generation real estate allowing us to infill within our existing markets as well as to expand into new, contiguous geographies. By focusing on key characteristics such as proximity to the nearest Ollie’s store, ability to leverage distribution infrastructure, visibility, traffic counts, population densities of at least 50,00040,000 people within ten miles and low rent per square foot, we have developed a new store real estate model that has consistently delivered attractive returns on invested capital.

Our strong unit growth is supported by our predictable and compelling new store model. We target a store size between 25,000 to 35,000 square feet and an average initial cash investment of approximately $1.0 million,which includes store fixtures and equipment, store-level and distribution center inventory (net of payables) and pre-opening expenses. With our relatively low investment costs and strong new store opening performance, we target first-year annual new store sales of $3.7approximately $4.0 million.  New stores have consistently opened from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015 have generated an average of $4.0 million instrong, with higher net sales in their first full year12 months of operations, than average existing stores due to brand excitement surrounding grand openings and produced an average payback period of approximately two years. We believe that our consistent store performance, corporate infrastructure, including our recently opened second distribution center,centers, and disciplined approach to site selection support the portability and predictability of our new unit growth strategy.

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Store-level management and training

Our Senior Vice President of Store Operations oversees all store activities. Our stores are grouped into threefive regions, divided generally along geographic lines. We employ three regional directors, who have responsibility for the day to dayday-to-day operations of the stores in their region. Reporting to the regional directors are 23 district team leaders and market team leaders who each manage a group of stores in their markets. At the store level, the leadership team consists of a store team leader (manager),and potentially a co-team leader (first level assistant manager) andand/or an assistant team leader, (second level assistant manager). Supervisors oversee specific areaswho supervise the full and part-time associated within eachthe store.

Each store team leader is responsible for the daily operations of the store, including the processing of merchandise to the sales floor and the presentation of goods throughout the store. Store team leaders are trained to maintain a clean and appealing store environment for our customers. Store team leaders and co-team leaders are also responsible for the hiring, training, and development of associates. While each store’s sales volume is reviewed to determine the optimal store-level staffing requirements, our typical store employs 16 to 30 associates. Part-time associates generally comprise approximately 60% of the associates in a typical store, with approximately 40% being full-time associates.

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We work tirelessly to hire talented people, to improve our ability to assess talent during the interview process and to regularly train those individuals at Ollie’s who are responsible for interviewing candidates. We also devote substantial resources to training our new managers through our Team Leader Training Program. This program operates at designated training stores located across our footprint. It provides an in-depth review of our operations, including merchandising, policies and procedures, asset protection and safety, and human resources. Part-time associates receive structured training as part of their onboarding throughout their first five scheduled shifts.

Our Ollie’s Leadership Institute (“OLI”) is a program that is used to equip associates with the ability to advance their career. Each OLI participant receives an individual development plan, designed to prepare him or her for his or her next level position. Our strong growth provides opportunities for advancement and OLI is focusedonboarding.

For additional information on preparing eligible candidates for these positions. OLI is our preferred source for new supervisors and team leaders as “home grown” talent has proven to be successful. Since the program was implemented in 2009, our internal promotion rate has increased from approximately 18% to approximately 50% in fiscal year 2016. We believe ourstore-level management training and development programs help create a positive work environment and result in stores that operate at a high level.

initiatives by the Company, see the discussion of Human Capital below.

Marketing and advertising

Our marketing and advertising campaigns feature colorful caricatures and witty sayings in order to make our customers laugh. We believe that by disarming our customers by getting them to giggle a bit, they are able to look at and trust our products for what they are—extremely great bargains. Our distinctive and often self-deprecating humor and highly recognizable caricatures are used in all of our stores, flyers and advertising campaigns.

We tailor our marketing mix and strategy for each market, deal or promotion. We primarily use the following forms of marketing and advertising:


Print and direct mail: During fiscal year 2016,2023, we distributed approximately 460over 650 million highly recognizable flyers. Our flyers are typically distributed semi-monthly, for a total of 22 times per year, with increased frequency in peak shopping periods, and serve as the foundation of our marketing strategy andto remain top of mind with our shoppers. They highlight current deals to create shopping urgency and drive traffic and increase frequency of store visits.visits;

Radio
Television and televisionradio: We selectively utilize creative radiotelevision/over the top television (“OTT”) and televisionradio advertising campaigns in targeted markets at certain times ofthroughout the year, particularly during the holiday sales season to create brand awareness and support new store openings.openings;

Sports marketing, charity
Charity and community events: We sponsor professional and amateur athletics including Major League Baseball, NASCAR, National Hockey League, NCAA basketball and football, as well as various local athletic programs. Additionally, we are dedicated to maintaining a visible presence in the communities in which our stores are located through the sponsorship of charitable organizations such as theFeeding America, Toys for Tots, Children’s Miracle Network, and the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation and the Kevin Harvick Foundation. We believe supporting these sponsorships promoteorganizations promotes our brand, underscoreunderscores our values and buildbuilds a sense of community.community; and

Digital marketing and social media: We maintain an active webonline presence and promote our brand through our website, our mobile app, and digital and social media outlets.platforms, including influencers across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. We also utilize targeted email marketing to highlight our latest brand name offerings and drive traffic to our stores.

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Ollie’s Army

Our customer loyalty program, Ollie’s Army, stands at 7.314.0 million members as of January 28, 2017 and has increased 31.2%February 3, 2024, an increase of 5.9% from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2016.2022. In fiscal year 2016,2023, Ollie’s Army members accounted for over 65%82% of net sales and spent approximately 40% more per shopping trip, on average, than non-members.  Consistent with our marketing strategy, we engage new and existing Ollie’s Army members through the use of witty phrases and signage; examples include “Enlist in Ollie’s Army today,” “become one of the few, the cheap, the proud” and “Ollie’s Army Boot Camp…all enlistees will receive 15% off their next purchase.” Throughout the year, for every $250 Ollie’s Army members spend, they receive a coupon for 10% off their next entire purchase.  Ollie’s Army ‘ranks’ are another savings opportunity for members.  For the first $250 and $500 members spend in a calendar year, they receive a coupon for 20% and 30% off of one item, respectively.  Historically, Ollie’s Army members have demonstrated double digithigh redemption rates for promotional activities exclusive to Ollie’s Army members, such as our Valentine’s, Boot Camp, and Buzzard 15% off mailers, as well asholiday mailers. In addition, Ollie’s Army members have historically enthusiastically responded to Ollie’s Army Night, a specialan annual one-day after-hours sale in December exclusively for Ollie’s Army members.  We expect to continue leveraging the data gathered from our proprietary database of Ollie’s Army members to better segment and target our marketing initiatives and increase shopping frequency.

Competition

We compete with a diverse group of retailers, including discount, closeout, mass merchant, department, grocery, drug, convenience, hardware, variety, online, and other specialty stores.

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The principal basis on which we compete against other retailers is by offering an ever changingever-changing selection of brand name products at compelling price points in an exciting shopping environment. Accordingly, we compete against a fragmented group of retailers, wholesalers, and jobbers to acquire merchandise for sale in our stores.

Our established relationships with our suppliers, coupled with our scale, associated buying power, financial credibility and responsiveness, often makes Ollie’s the first call for available deals. Our direct relationships with suppliers have increased as we have grown, and we continuously strive to broaden our supplier network.

Trademarks and other intellectual property

We own severalmultiple state and federally owned registered trademarks related to our brand, including “Ollie’s,” “Ollie’s Bargain Outlet,” “Good Stuff Cheap,” “Ollie’s Army”Army,” “Real Brands Real Cheap!,” and “Real Brands! Real Bargains!, among others. In addition, we maintain a federal trademark for the image of Ollie, the face of our company. We also own registered trademarks for many of our private labels such as “American Way,“Sarasota Breeze,” “Steelton Tools,” “Sarasota Breeze”“American Way,” and “Commonwealth Classics”“Middleton Home,” among others.  We are also in the process of prosecuting several otherroutinely prosecute trademarks where appropriate, both for private label goods and to further identify our goods and services. We enter into trademark license agreements whereas necessary, which may include our private label offerings, such as the Magnavox products and Marcus Samuelsson Cookware available in our stores. Our trademark registrations have various expiration dates; however, assuming that the trademark registrations are properly renewed, they have a perpetual duration. We also own several domain names, including www.ollies.us, www.ollies.com, www.olliesbargainoutlet.com, www.olliesarmy.com, www.ollies.cheap, www.sarasotabreeze.com and www.olliesmail.com, and unregistered copyrights in our website content. We attempt to obtain registration of our trademarks and other intellectual property as practical and pursue infringement of those marks when appropriate.

Technology

Our management information systems provide a full range of business process assistance and timely information to support our merchandising team and strategy, management of multiple distribution centers, stores and operations, and financial reporting. We believe our current systems provide us with operational efficiencies, scalability, management control, and timely reporting that allow us to identify and respond to merchandising and operating trends in our business. We use a combination of internal and external resources to support store point-of-sale, merchandise acquisition and distribution, inventory management, financial reporting, real estate, and administrative functions. We continuously assess ways to maximize productivity and efficiency, as well as evaluate opportunities to further enhance our existing systems. Our existing systems are scalable to support future growth.

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Government regulation

We are subject to state and federal laws including labor and employment laws, including minimum wage requirements and wage and hour laws, laws governing advertising, privacy laws, safety regulations, environmental laws and regulations, and other laws, including consumer protection regulations that regulate retailers and/or govern product standards, the promotion and sale of merchandise and the operation of stores and warehouse facilities. We monitor changes in these laws and believe that we are in material compliance with all applicable laws.

We source a portion of our products from outside the United States. The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other similar anti-bribery and anti-kickback laws and regulations generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to non-U.S. officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Our policies and our vendor compliance agreementscode of conduct mandate compliance with applicable law, including these laws and regulations.

Insurance

Human Capital
Attracting, developing, and retaining quality talent is key to our growth, and our success depends on cultivating an engaged and motivated workforce.  We maintain third-party insurancework hard to create an environment where Ollie’s team members can build fulfilling careers and we take pride in providing opportunities for growth and development.
We seek to build a number of risk management activities, including workers’ compensation, general liability, commercial property, ocean marine, cyber, directordiverse and officer and employee benefit related insurance policies. We evaluateinclusive workplace where we can leverage our insurance requirements on an ongoing basiscollective talents, striving to ensure that all associates are treated with dignity and respect.  We believe that a workforce with a diversity of viewpoints, background, experience and industry knowledge, as well as more traditional characteristics of diversity, such as race and gender, are key to our culture and long-term success.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and advancement consideration to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform the job as well as maintaining an environment that is free of intimidation or harassment.  We value the talents and contributions of our associates and by focusing on our team members we maintain adequateknow that the entire Ollie’s community will be well served.

Oversight and Management
Our Human Resources department manages all associate matters, including recruiting, hiring, compensation and benefits, performance management, and associate training. In addition, our management team works closely with the Human Resources department to evaluate associate management issues such as retention and workplace safety. As we strive to retain and engage talent at all levels of coverage.

Employees

our business, our Human Resources department also reviews our retention and turnover rates and administers our talent and training programs and review process to support the development of our talent pipeline.

Associates
As of the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, we employed more than 5,500over 11,500 associates, approximately 2,5005,500 of whom were full-time and approximately 3,0006,000 of whom were part-time. Of our total associate base, 124approximately 1,100 were based at our store support center in Harrisburg, PA. Ourand distribution centers, employ approximately 370 associates, 230 of whom

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were in York, PA and 140 of whom were in Commerce, GA. Thethe remaining were store and field associates. The number of associates in a fiscal year fluctuates depending on the business needs at different times of the year. In fiscal year 2016, we employedAs of February 3, 2024, approximately 1,800 additional seasonal associates during60% of our peak holiday sales season. We haveworkforce is self-identified female and approximately 40% is self-identified male. Over 40% of our workforce has self-identified as having a long history of maintaining a culture that embraces our associates. We take pride in providing a great work environment and strong growth opportunities for our associates. racial or ethnic minority background.  None of our associates belong to a union or are party to any collective bargaining or similar agreement.

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Associate Training and Development Programs
We offer a compelling work environment with meaningful growth and career-development opportunities. This starts with the opportunity to do challenging work and learn on the job and is supplemented by programs and continuous learning that help our team build skills to advance.  We encourage a “promote-from-within” environment when internal resources permit.  We also provide internal leadership development programs designed to prepare our high-potential team members for greater responsibility. We believe internal promotions, coupled with the hiring of individuals with previous retail experience, will provide the management structure necessary to support our long-term strategic growth initiatives.

Our Ollie’s Leadership Institute (“OLI”) is a program that is used to equip field associates with the ability to advance their career. Each OLI participant receives an individual development plan, designed to prepare them for their next level position. Reflecting our belief in our “home grown” talent, OLI is our preferred source for new supervisors and team leaders.  In 2023, over 45% of our current district team leaders were internally promoted to their position.  Company-wide, over 60% of our field positions were filled by internal promotions. We believe our training and development programs help create a positive work environment and result in stores that operate at a high level.
Compensation and Benefits
We are committed to providing market-competitive compensation for all positions. Eligible team members participate in one of our various bonus incentive programs, which provide the opportunity to receive additional compensation based upon store and/or Company performance. In addition, we provide our eligible team members the opportunity to participate in a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a Company-sponsored match. We also share in the cost of health insurance provided to eligible team members, and team members receive a discount on merchandise purchased from the Company. We additionally provide our team members with paid time off.
Workplace Health and Safety
Maintaining a safe and secure work environment is very important to us and we conduct our business in an environmentally sound manner based on customer needs and local requirements.   To further promote a safe work environment, we have established safety training programs. This includes administering an occupational injury- and illness-prevention program, together with an employee assistance program for team members.
Seasonality

Our business is seasonal in nature and demand is generally the highest in our fourth fiscal quarter due to the holiday sales season.  To prepare for the holiday sales season, we must order and keep in stock more merchandise than we carry during other times of the year and generally engage in additional marketing efforts.  We expect inventory levels, along with accounts payable and accrued expenses, to reach their highest levels in our third and fourth fiscal quarters in anticipation of increased net sales during the holiday sales season.  As a result of this seasonality, and generally because of variation in consumer spending habits, we experience fluctuations in net sales and working capital requirements during the year.  Because we offer a broad selection of merchandise at extreme values, we believe we are generally less impacted than other retailers by economic cycles, which correspond with declines in general consumer spending habits and we believe we still benefit from periods of increased consumer spending.

Available Information

Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act are available free of charge on our website, www.ollies.us, as soon as reasonably practicable after the electronic filing of such reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  The SEC maintains a website (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy, and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.

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ITEM 1A.Item 1A.Risk FactorsRISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors, as well as other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, before deciding whether to invest in the shares of our common stock. The occurrence of any of the events described below could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations. In the case of such an event, the trading price of our common stock may decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

RISK FACTOR SUMMARY
We are providing the following summary of the risk factors contained in our Form 10-K to enhance the readability and accessibility of our risk factor disclosures.  We encourage our stockholders to carefully review the full risk factors contained in this Form 10-K in their entirety for additional information regarding the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to vary materially from recent results or from our anticipated future results.
Risks Related to our Business and Industry

Operations

We may not be able to execute our opportunistic buying strategy;

Fluctuations in comparable store sales and results of operations, including fluctuations on a quarterly basis, could cause our business performance to decline substantially, as comparable store sales and results of operations have fluctuated in the past and may do so again in the future;
Consumer confidence and spending may be reduced in light of factors beyond our control and our results of operations and financial results may suffer;
Competition may increase in our segment of the retail market, which could put negative pressure on our results of operations and financial condition;
Identification of potential store locations and lease negotiations may not keep pace with our growth strategy;
We are a “brick and mortar only” retailer.  Our lack of an online shopping option and an omnichannel customer experience may mean that we could face challenges to grow and retain customers.  Our customers, including our Ollie’s Army loyalty program members, may determine to shop at other stores or through web- and mobile-enabled services and therefore may not be as likely to shop at our stores;
We may not be able to develop and operate our distribution centers in an efficient or effective manner and that may result in not having sufficient inventory in our stores.

The loss or disruption of one or more of our distribution centers or disruption of our supply chain or third-party shipping carriers could also make it difficult for us to timely receive or distribute merchandise to our stores;
External economic pressures over which we have no or limited control, including among other items inflation, a significant decline in economic activity across the economy, occupancy costs, and transportation costs may reduce our profitability;
Shrinkage or the loss or theft of inventory and/or inventory management may result in material negative impacts on our results of operations;
We may not be able to hire and retain the right people to run our stores and our distribution centers.  We also may not be able to hire and retain managerial personnel, the appropriate merchant team for our retail segment, and the senior management team and executive officers sufficient to meet our goals.  As a consequence, our results of operations and financial results may suffer; and

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Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Issues
We are subject to governmental laws, regulations, procedures, and requirements that can lead to substantial penalties if we fail to achieve and/or maintain compliance;
We are subject to risks associated with laws and regulations generally applicable to retailers and the risks associated with failing to comply with these laws and regulations;
From time to time, we are involved in legal proceedings from customers, suppliers, other vendors, employees, governments and governmental agencies, or competitors;
From time to time, we are involved in legal proceedings from stockholders; and
Legislative, regulatory and other actions resulting from the November 2024 elections for the U.S. President and the U.S. Congress are unpredictable and could have unforeseen consequences that could materially, adversely affect our business, financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing statement, certain proposals regarding federal corporate tax reform and border-adjusted taxes, taxes levied on imported goods, may result in a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
Risks Related to Technology and Cybersecurity
We may fail to maintain the security of information we hold relating to personal information or payment card data of our customers, employees, and suppliers;
We may not adequately prepare for, or respond to, existing and future privacy legislation; and
We may not be able to timely or adequately maintain or upgrade our technology systems needed for operations.
Risks Related to Accounting and Financial Matters
If our estimates or judgments relating to significant accounting policies prove to be incorrect, we could suffer negative financial results; and
Changes to the accounting rules or regulations could have material adverse effects on our results of operations.
Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock and Corporate Governance
There is risk associated with our fluctuating quarterly operating results and we may fall short of prior periods, our projections, or the expectations of securities analysts or investors;
We may not declare dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future; and
There are provisions in our organizational documents that could delay or prevent a change of control.
Risks Related to Our Indebtedness and Capitalization
Our credit facility can limit our ability to find other sources of financing;
There are covenants contained in our credit facility that we must meet in order to be able to use it;
If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to meet debt service, it could negatively impact our liquidity; and
We cannot guarantee that our share repurchase program will be fully consummated or that it will enhance long-term stockholder value.
For a more complete discussion of the material risks facing our business, see below.
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BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS
We may not be able to execute our opportunistic buying strategy, adequately manage our supply of inventory, or anticipate customer demand, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our business is dependent on our ability to strategically source a sufficient volume and variety of brand name merchandise at opportunistic pricing.  We do not have significant control over the supply, design, function, cost, or availability of manymuch of the productsmerchandise that we offer for sale in our stores.  Additionally, because we source a substantial amount of our store products are sourced by usmerchandise from suppliers on a closeout basis, or with significantly reduced prices for specificvarious reasons, we are not always able to purchase specific merchandise on a recurring basis.  We do not have long-term contracts with our suppliers and, therefore, we have no contractual assurances of pricing or access to products,merchandise, and any supplier could discontinue sales to us at any time or offer us less favorable terms on future transactions.  WeOur merchant team generally makemakes individual purchase decisions for productsmerchandise that becomebecomes available, and these purchases may be for large quantities that we may not be able to sell on a timely or cost-effective basis.  Due to economic uncertainties, some of our suppliers may cease operations or may otherwise become unable to continue supplying discounted or closeout merchandise on terms or in quantities acceptable to us.

We also compete with other retailers, wholesalers and jobbers for discounted or closeout merchandise to sell in our stores. Although we work with a range of suppliers, toTo the extent that certain of our suppliers are better able to manage their inventory levels and reduce the amount of their excess inventory, the amount of discount or closeout merchandise available to us could also be materially reduced, potentially compromising our profit margin goals for procured merchandise.

  Due to economic uncertainties, governmental orders, or other challenges, one or more of our suppliers could become unable to continue supplying discounted or closeout merchandise on terms or in quantities acceptable or desirable to us.  We also compete with other retailers, wholesalers, and jobbers for discounted and closeout merchandise to sell in our stores.  Those businesses may be better able to anticipate customer demand or procure desirable merchandise.  Shortages or disruptions in the availability of brand name or unbranded productsmerchandise of a quality acceptable to our customers and to us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations

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and also may result in customer dissatisfaction.  In addition, we may significantly overstock productsmerchandise that proveproves to be undesirable and be forced to take significant markdowns.  We cannot assureensure that our merchant team will continue to identify the appropriate customer demand and take advantage of appropriate buying opportunities, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks associated with or faced by our suppliers could adversely affect our results of operations and financial performance.
We source our merchandise from a variety of suppliers, and we depend on them to supply merchandise in a timely and efficient manner.  If one or more of our current suppliers became unable to supply merchandise, seeking alternative sources could increase our merchandise costs and supply chain lead time, potentially resulting in temporary reductions in store inventory levels, and could reduce the selection and quality of our merchandise.  An inability to obtain alternative sources could materially decrease our sales.  Additionally, if a supplier fails to deliver on its commitments, we could experience merchandise out-of-stocks that could lead to lost sales and reputational harm.  Further, failure of suppliers to meet our compliance protocols could prolong our procurement lead time, resulting in lost sales and adverse margin impact.  Changes to the prices and flow of certain merchandise is, at times, beyond our control for reasons that include, among others: political or civil unrest, acts of war, currency fluctuations, disruptions in maritime lanes, port labor disputes, economic conditions and instability in countries in which foreign suppliers are located, the financial instability of suppliers, failure to meet our terms and conditions or our standards, issues with our suppliers’ labor practices or labor disruptions they may experience (such as strikes, stoppages or slowdowns, which could also increase labor costs during and following the disruption), the availability and cost of raw materials, pandemic outbreaks, merchandise quality or safety issues, transport availability and cost, increases in wage rates and taxes, transport security, inflation, and other factors relating to suppliers.  Any such circumstances could adversely affect our results of operations and profitability.
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Fluctuations in comparable store sales and results of operations, including fluctuations on a quarterly basis, could cause our business performance to decline substantially.
Our results of operations have fluctuated in the past, including on a quarterly basis, and can be expected to continue to fluctuate in the future.
Our comparable store sales and results of operations are affected by a variety of factors, including without limitation:
national and regional economic trends in the United States;
changes in gasoline prices;
changes in shipping and transportation costs;
changes in our merchandise mix;
the weather;
changes in pricing;
changes in the timing of promotional and advertising efforts; and
holidays or seasonal periods.
If our future comparable store sales fail to meet expectations, then our cash flow and profitability may decline substantially, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We rely on third parties to move merchandise through ports and transport them from ports to our centralized distribution centers.
Our ability to timely and effectively deliver merchandise to our stores relies in part on shipping and transportation partners to timely and safely move our merchandise from manufacturing facilities to ports and then onto oceangoing carriers.  The demand for space onboard oceangoing vessels can vary and costs to secure space can vary greatly.  We may be subject to higher transportation costs or be unable to secure space for containers on economically reasonable terms.  In addition, there may be labor or other disputes at either ports of departure or at ports of entry that may delay or otherwise hinder the flow of merchandise.  Additional factors, such as customs or border control policies and unanticipated tariffs, such as additional or new import tariffs, may further delay or hinder transportation of merchandise or the costs to obtain them.  There are multiple factors in the transportation of merchandise that are both outside of our control and which may negatively impact the cost of the merchandise or the timeframes in which we receive the same.
Factors such as inflation, cost increases, and energy prices could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Future increases in costs, such as the cost of labor, merchandise, shipping rates, freight and other transportation costs (including import costs), and store occupancy costs, may reduce our profitability, given our pricing model.  These cost increases may be the result of inflationary pressures, geopolitical factors, or public policies, which could further reduce our sales or profitability.  Increases in other operating costs, including changes in energy prices, wage rates, and lease and utility costs, may increase our cost of merchandise sold or selling, general, and administrative expenses.  Our low-price model and competitive pressures in our industry may inhibit our ability to reflect these increased costs in the prices of our merchandise and, therefore, reduce our profitability and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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Our ability to generate revenuesrevenue is dependent on consumer confidence and spending, which may be subject to factors beyond our control, including changes in economic and political conditions.

conditions, as well as health concerns.

The success of our business depends, to a significant extent, uponon the level of consumer confidence and spending.  A number of factors beyond our control affect the level of customer confidence and spending on the merchandise that we offer,sell, including, among other things:

items:
energy and gasoline prices;
shipping and transportation costs;
disposable income of our customers;customers, which is impacted by unemployment levels, personal debt levels, and wages;
interest rates and inflation;
discounts, promotions, and merchandise offered by our competitors;
personal debt levels of our customers;
negative reports and publicity about the discount retail industry;
unemployment levels;
outbreak of viruses or widespread illness, and behavioral changes from a fear of contracting such viruses or illness;
minimum wages;
general economic and industry conditions;
food prices;
interest rates;
the state of the housing market;
customer confidence in future economic conditions;
fluctuations in the financial markets;
government sponsored relief packages and governmental benefits, such as social security benefits, as affected by current cost of living adjustments, as well as any government stimulus payments and enhanced unemployment benefits;
tax rates and policies; and
outbreak of viruses or widespread illness; and
natural disasters, war, terrorism, and other hostilities.

Reduced customer confidence and spending cut backs may result in reduced demand for our merchandise, including discretionary items, and may force us to take inventory markdowns.  Reduced demand also may require increased selling and promotional expenses.  Adverse economic conditions and any related decrease in customer demand for our merchandise could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Many of the factors identified above also affect commodity rates, transportation costs, costs of labor, insurance, and healthcare, the strength of the U.S. dollar, lease costs, measures that create barriers to or increase the costs associated with international trade, changes in other laws and regulations, and other economic factors, all of which may impact our cost of goodsmerchandise sold and our selling, general, and administrative expenses, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We do not compete in the growing online and omnichannel retail marketplace, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our long-term business strategy does not presently include the development of online retailing capabilities or offering of an omnichannel shopping experience.  To the extent that we implement online operations, we would incur substantial expenses related to such activities and would be exposed to additional risks, including additional cybersecurity risk.  Furthermore, the development of an online retail marketplace is a complex undertaking, and there is no guarantee that the resources we apply to this effort will result in any material increased revenues or better overall operating performance.  However, with the growing acceptance of online and omnichannel shopping, which may have accelerated as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, both among consumers who previously shopped online and consumers who did not previously do so, or did not do so as frequently, we may continue to face challenges related to customers shopping in brick-and-mortar stores.  In addition, the increased proliferation of mobile devices and enhanced and robust connections to mobile networks, competition from other retailers in the online and omnichannel retail marketplace is expected to continue to increase and may negatively impact our results of operations.  Certain of our competitors and a number of traditional online retailers have established robust online and omnichannel operations.  Increased competition from online or omnichannel retailers and our lack of an online or omnichannel retail presence may reduce our customers’ desire to purchase merchandise from us and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.  If consumers determine to shop more online due to cultural or health concerns, those consumers may be less likely to return to brick-and-mortar retailers in the future.
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Labor shortages and increased turnover or increases in employee and employee-related costs could have adverse effects on our profitability.
We have experienced in the past, and expect to continue to experience, increased labor shortages at some of our stores and distribution centers.  While we have historically experienced some level of ordinary course turnover of employees, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting actions and impacts have exacerbated labor shortages and increased turnover.  A number of factors have had and may continue to have adverse effects on the labor force available to us, including reduced employment pools, federal unemployment subsidies, and other government regulations, which include laws and regulations related to workers’ health and safety, wage and hour practices, and immigration.  Labor shortages and increased turnover rates involving our team members have led to, and could in the future lead to, increased costs, such as increased overtime to meet demand and increased wage rates to attract and retain employees and could negatively affect our ability to efficiently operate our facilities or otherwise operate at full capacity.  An overall or prolonged labor shortage, lack of skilled labor, increased turnover, or labor inflation could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We face intense competition, which could limit our growth opportunities and adversely impact our financial performance.

We compete with a highly fragmented group of competitors, including discount, closeout, mass merchant, department, grocery, drug, convenience, hardware, variety, online, and other specialty stores.  We compete with these retailers with respect to product cost and price, store location, supply and quality of merchandise, assortment and presentation, and customer service.service among other items.  This competitive environment subjects us to the risk of an adverse impact to our financial performance because of the lower prices, and thus the lower margins, that are required to maintain our competitive position.  A number of different competitive factors outside of our control could impact our ability to compete effectively, including:

including without limitation:
entry of new competitors in our markets;
vertical integration of competitors;
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online and omnichannel retail capabilities byof our competitors;
competitive pricing strategies, including deep discount pricing by a broad range of retailers during periods of poor customer confidence, low discretionary income, or economic uncertainty;
continued and prolonged promotional activity by our competitors;
liquidation sales by our competitors that have filed or may file in the future for bankruptcy;
geographic expansion by competitors into markets in which we currently operate; and
adoption by existing competitors of innovative store formats or retail sales methods.methods, including online and omnichannel.

A number of our competitors also have greater financial, operational, and operationalother resources, greater brand recognition, longer operating histories, and a broader geographic presencespresence than us.  We remainmay be vulnerable to the marketing power and high level of customer recognition of these larger competitors and to the risk that these competitors or othersother competitors could attract our customer base, including members of Ollie’s Army.

In addition, if any of our competitors were to consolidate their operations, such consolidation may result in competitors with greatly improved financial resources, improved access to merchandise, greater market penetration, and other improvements in their competitive positions, as well as result in the provision of a wider variety of products and servicesmerchandise at competitive prices by these consolidated companies, which could adversely affecthave a material adverse effect our business, financial performance.

condition, and results of operations.

We cannot guarantee that we will continue to be able to successfully compete against either existing or future competitors.  Our inability to respond effectively to competitive pressures, improved performance by our competitors, and changes in the retail markets could result in lost market share and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


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If we fail to open new profitable stores on a timely basis, successfully enter new markets, or implement other elements of our long-term growth strategy, our financial performance could be materially adversely affected.
Our primary growth strategy is to open new profitable stores and expand our operations into new geographic regions.  We have opened 131 new stores over the past three years, as we continue to backfill in existing markets and expand into additional geographies.  Our ability to timely open new stores depends in part on several factors, many of which are beyond our control, including the availability of attractive rents and store locations; the absence of occupancy delays; the ability to negotiate and enter into leases with acceptable terms; our ability to obtain and retain permits and licenses; our ability to hire, train, and retain new personnel, especially store managers, in a cost effective manner; our ability to adapt and grow our distribution and other operational and management systems to an increasing and ever evolving network of stores; the availability of capital funding for expansion; our ability to respond to the demographic shifts and general economic conditions in the many different geographic markets where our stores and distribution centers are located.
We may not anticipate all of the challenges imposed by the expansion of our business operations into new geographic markets.  Some new stores may be located in areas with different competitive and market conditions, customer tastes, and discretionary spending patterns than our existing markets.  We may face a higher cost of entry, difficulties attracting labor, alternative customer demands, reduced brand recognition, and minimal operating experience in these geographic markets.  Although we are extremely sensitive to cannibalizing existing stores, opening new stores in our established markets may also result in inadvertent oversaturation, sales volume transfer from existing stores to new stores, and reduced comparable store sales, thus adversely affecting our overall results of operations and financial performance.  We may not manage our expansion effectively, and our failure to achieve or properly execute our expansion plans could limit our growth or have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We may not be able to retain the loyalty of our customers, particularly our Ollie’s Army members, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We depend on our loyal customer base, particularly our members of Ollie’s Army, for our consistent sales and sales growth.  Competition for customers has intensified as competitors have moved into, or increased their presence in, our geographic markets and from the use of mobile and web-based technology that facilitates online and omnichannel shopping and real-time product and price comparisons.  We expect this competition to continue to increase.  Our competitors may be able to offer consumers promotions or loyalty program incentives that could attract our customers, including members of Ollie’s Army, members or divide their loyalty among several retailers.  If we are unable to retain the loyalty of our customers, our net sales could decrease, and we may not be able to grow our store base as planned, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

If we fail to open new profitable stores on a timely basis or successfully enter new markets, our financial performance could be materially adversely affected.

Our primary growth strategy is to open new profitable stores and expand our operations into new geographic regions. We opened 31 and 27 net new stores in fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively, as we continue to backfill in existing markets and expand into contiguous geographies. Our ability

The failure to timely acquire, develop, open, new stores dependsand operate, or the loss of, disruption, or interruption in part on several factors, including the availability of attractive rents and store locations; the absence of occupancy delays; the ability to negotiate acceptable lease terms; our ability to obtain permits and licenses; our ability to hire and train new personnel, especially store managers, in a cost effective manner; our ability to adapt our distribution and other operational and management systems to a changing network of stores; the availability of capital funding for expansion; our ability to respond to demographic shifts in areas where our stores are located and general economic conditions.

We may not anticipate all of the challenges imposed by the expansionoperations of, our operations into new geographic markets. Some new stores may be located in areas with different competitive and market conditions, customer tastes and discretionary spending patterns than our existing markets. We may face a higher cost of entry, alternative customer demands, reduced brand recognition and minimal operating experience in these areas. Although we are extremely sensitive to cannibalizing existing stores, opening new stores in our established markets may also result in inadvertent

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oversaturation, sales volume transfer from existing stores to new stores and reduced comparable store sales, thus adversely affecting our overall financial performance. We may not manage our expansion effectively, and our failure to achieve or properly execute our expansion plans could limit our growth or have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our success depends on our executive officers, our merchant team and other key personnel. If we lose key personnel or are unable to hire additional qualified personnel, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our future success depends to a significant degree on the skills, experience and efforts of our executive officers, our merchant team and other key personnel. The loss of services of any of our executive officers, particularly Mark Butler, our co-founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer,centralized distribution centers could materially adversely affect our business and operations. Competition for skilled

With limited exceptions, inventory is shipped directly from suppliers to our distribution centers in York, PA, Commerce, GA, and experiencedLancaster, TX, where the inventory is processed, sorted, and shipped to our stores.  We depend in large part on the orderly operation of this receiving and distribution process, which depends, in turn, on adherence to shipping schedules and effective management of our distribution centers.  Increases in transportation costs (including increases in fuel and other variable costs), supplier-side delays, reductions in the retailcapacity of carriers, changes in shipping companies, the impact of COVID-19 or another pandemic on our workforce, labor strikes, or shortages in the transportation industry, is intense, and unexpected delivery interruptions also have the potential to derail our future success willorderly distribution process.  We also dependmay not anticipate changing demands on our distribution system or timely develop and open any necessary additional facilities.  In addition, events beyond our control, such as disruptions in operations due to fire or other catastrophic events or labor disagreements, may result in delays in the delivery of merchandise to our stores.  While we maintain business interruption insurance, in the event one or more our distribution centers are disrupted or shut down for any reason, such insurance may not be sufficient, and any related insurance proceeds may not be timely paid to us.  In addition, our new stores receiving shipments may be further away from our distribution centers, which may increase transportation costs and may create transportation scheduling strains.  Any repeated, intermittent, or long-term disruption in the operations of our distribution centers would hinder our ability to attractprovide merchandise to our stores and retain qualified personnel, including our merchant team which is responsible for purchasing and negotiating the terms of our merchandise. Failure to attract and retain new qualified personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Factors such as inflation, cost increases and energy prices could have a material adverse effect

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Our new store growth is dependent on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Future increases in costs, such as the cost of merchandise, shipping rates, freight costs and store occupancy costs, may reduce our profitability, given our pricing model. These cost increases may be the result of inflationary pressures which could further reduce our sales or profitability. Increases in other operating costs, including changes in energy prices, wage rates and lease and utility costs, may increase our cost of goods sold or selling, general and administrative expenses. Our low price model and competitive pressures in our industry may have the effect of inhibiting our ability to reflectsuccessfully expand our distribution network capacity, and failure to achieve or sustain these increased costsplans could adversely affect our performance.

We maintain distribution centers in York, PA, Commerce, GA, and Lancaster, TX, and are completing the construction of our fourth distribution center in Princeton, IL, to support our existing and new stores as well as our store growth objectives. We anticipate the fourth distribution center to be operational in the pricessecond half of fiscal 2024. We continuously assess ways to maximize the productivity and efficiency of our productsexisting distribution centers and thereforeevaluate opportunities for additional distribution centers.  Processing delays or difficulties in operations at our existing distribution centers or delays in opening, processing delays, or difficulties in operations at our new distribution centers, including our Princeton, IL distribution center, could adversely affect our current operations by causing existing stores to have insufficient inventory, and could adversely affect future operations by slowing store growth, which could, in turn, reduce sales growth.  In addition, any distribution-related construction or expansion projects entail risks which could cause delays and cost overruns, such as shortages of materials, shortages of skilled labor, work stoppages, unforeseen construction issues, scheduling, engineering, environmental or geological problems, or other pandemics or types of contagion, weather interference, fires or other casualty losses, and unanticipated cost increases.  The completion date and ultimate cost of future projects, including our profitability and have a material adverse effectPrinceton, IL distribution center, could differ significantly from initial expectations due to construction-related or other reasons.  We cannot guarantee that any project will be completed on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

time or within established budgets.

If we are not successful in managing our inventory balances, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our inventory balance represented 58.1% of our total assets exclusive of goodwill, trade name and other intangible assets, net, as of January 28, 2017.

Efficient inventory management is a key component of our profitability and ability to generate revenue.  To be successful, we must maintain sufficient inventory levels and an appropriate product mix to meet our customers’ demands without allowing those levels to increase to such an extent that the costs to store and hold the goodsmerchandise adversely impact our results of operations.  If our buying decisions do not accurately correspond to customer preferences, if we inappropriately price productsmerchandise, or if our expectations about customer confidence or spending levels are inaccurate, we may have to take unanticipated markdowns to dispose of any excess inventory, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.  We continue to focus on ways to reduce these risks, but we cannot ensure that we will be successful in our inventory management. If
Inventory shrinkage could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to the risk of inventory loss and theft.  We cannot ensure that actual rates of inventory loss and theft in the future will be within our estimates or that the measures we are not successful in managing ourtaking will effectively reduce the problem of inventory balances,shrinkage.  Although some level of inventory shrinkage is an unavoidable cost of doing business, if we were to experience higher rates of inventory shrinkage or incur increased security costs and other costs to combat inventory theft, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We may not be successful in the implementation of our long-term business strategy, which could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our success depends to a significant degree, on our abilityexecutive officers, our merchant team, and other key personnel.  If we lose key personnel or are unable to successfully implement our long-term business strategy. Our ability to successfully implement our business strategies depends upon a significant number of factors, including but not limited to our ability to:

expand our store base and increase our customers;
access an adequate supply of quality brand name and closeout merchandise from suppliers at competitive prices;
achieve profitable sales and to make adjustments as market conditions change;
customer acceptance of our marketing and merchandise strategies;
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attract and retain store-level and management-level associates;
the extent to which our management team can properly respond to the dynamics and demands of our market;
maintain our relationships with our suppliers and customers;
achieve positive cash flow, particularly during our peak inventory build-ups in advance of the holiday sales season; and
adapt to any revised or new strategic initiatives and organizational structure.

Any failure to achieve any or all of our business strategieshire additional qualified personnel, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our success depends to a significant degree on the skills, experience and efforts of our executive officers, our merchant team, support center and field management, and other key personnel.  The unexpected loss of services of any of our executive officers, senior members of our merchant team, or senior management could materially adversely affect our business and operations.  Competition for skilled and experienced management in the retail industry is intense, and our future success will depend on our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, including our merchant team, which is responsible for purchasing, and negotiating the terms of, our merchandise.  Failure to attract new and retain existing qualified personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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If we are unable to attract, train, and retain highly qualified managerial personnel and sales associates in our stores and our distribution centers, our sales, financial performance, and business operations may be materially adversely affected.

We focus on providing our customers with a memorable and engaging shopping experience.  To grow our operations and meet the needs and expectations of our customers, we must attract, train, and retain a large number of highly qualified store management personnel and sales associates, while controlling labor costs.  Our ability to control labor costs is subject to numerous external factors and compliance with laws and regulatory structures, including competition for, and availability of, qualified personnel in a given market, unemployment levels within those markets, governmental regulatory bodies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), prevailing wage rates and wage and hour laws, minimum wage laws, the impact of legislation governing labor and employee relations or benefits, such as the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), health insurance costs, healthcare costs (including those related to potential pandemics or disease outbreaks and related testing and vaccination costs), and our ability to maintain good relations with our associates.  We compete with many other retail businesses for many of our store management personnel, and sales associates in hourly and part-time positions.  These positions have had historically had high turnover rates, which can lead to increased training and retention costs.  We also rely on associates in our distribution centers to ensure the efficient processing and delivery of productsmerchandise from our suppliers to our stores.  If we are unable to attract and retain quality sales associates and management personnel, fail to comply with the regulations and laws impacting personnel, or have difficulty accurately predicting employee-related costs (including healthcare costs), and establishing accurate budgetary reserves for such costs, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our success depends on our marketing, advertising, and promotional efforts.  If we are unable to implement those efforts successfully, or if our competitors engage in more effective marketing, advertising, and promotional efforts than we are, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We use marketing and promotional programs to attract customers to our stores and to encourage purchases by our customers.  Although we use various media for our promotional efforts, including regular and Ollie’s Army mailers, email campaigns, radio and television advertisements, and sports marketing, we primarily advertise our in-store offerings through printed flyers.  In 2023, over 50% of our advertising spend was for the printing and distribution of flyers.  If the efficacy of printed flyers as an advertising medium declines, or if we fail to successfully develop and implement new marketing, advertising and promotional strategies, such as an effective social media strategy, our competitors may be able to attract the interest of our customers, which could reduce customer traffic in our stores.  Changes in the amount and degree of promotional intensity or merchandising strategy by our competitors could cause us to have difficulties in retaining existing customers and attracting new customers.
If the efficacy of our marketing or promotional activities declines, if such activities of our competitors are more effective than ours, or if for any other reason we lose the loyalty of our customers, including our Ollie’s Army members, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Because our business is seasonal, with the highest volume of net sales during the holiday season, adverse events during our fourth fiscal quarter could materially adversely affect our business, operations, cash flows, and financial condition.
We generally recognize our highest volume of net sales in connection with the holiday sales season, which occurs in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year.  In anticipation of the holiday sales season, we purchase substantial amounts of seasonal inventory and hire many part-time associates.  Because a significant percentage of our net sales and operating income are generated in our fourth fiscal quarter, we have limited ability to compensate for shortfalls in our fourth fiscal quarter sales or earnings by changing our operations or strategies in other fiscal quarters.  Adverse events, such as deteriorating economic conditions, higher unemployment, higher gas prices, public transportation disruptions, errors in anticipating consumer demand for our merchandise, or unanticipated adverse or unseasonable weather conditions could result in lower than planned sales during the holiday sales season.  If our fourth fiscal quarter sales results were substantially below expectations, we would realize less cash flows from operations, and may be forced to mark down our merchandise, especially our seasonal merchandise, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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Our business requires that we lease substantial amounts of space and there can be no assurance that we will be able to continue to lease space on terms as favorable as the leases negotiated in the past.

Other than one store location, which is owned, we

We lease the majority of our store locations,stores, our corporate headquarters, and our distribution facilitiescenters in York, PA and Commerce, GA.  Our stores are leased from third parties, with typical initial lease terms of five toapproximately seven years with options to renew for three successive five-year periods.  We believe thatHistorically, we have been able to negotiate favorable rental rates over the last few years due in large part to the general state of the economy, the increased availability of vacant big box retail sites, and our careful identification of favorable lease opportunities.  While we will continuecontinually seek to seek outidentify the most advantageous lease opportunities, there is no guarantee that we will continue to be able to find low-cost second generation sites or obtain favorable lease terms.  Many of our lease agreements have defined escalating rent provisions over the initial term and any extensions.  Increases in our occupancy costs and difficulty in identifying economically suitable new store locations could have significant negative consequences which include:

to our business, including without limitation:
requiring that a greater portion of our available cash be applied to pay our rental obligations, thus reducing cash available for other purposes and reducing profitability;
increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions; and
limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to changes in, our business, or in the industry in which we compete.

We depend on cash flowflows from operations to pay our lease expenses and to fulfill our other cash needs.  If our business does not generate sufficient cash flowflows from operating activities to fund these expenses and needs and sufficient funds are not otherwise available to us, we may not be able to service our lease expenses, grow our business, respond to competitive challenges, or fund our other liquidity and capital needs, which could harm our business.  Additional sites that we lease may be subject to long-term non-cancelable leases if we are unable to negotiate our current standard lease terms.  If an existing or future store is not profitable, and we decide to close it, we may nonetheless be committed to perform our obligations under the applicable lease including, among other things, paying the base rent for the

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balance of the lease term.  Moreover, even if a lease has an early cancellation clause, we may not satisfy the contractual requirements for early cancellation under that lease.  In addition, if we are not able to enter into new leases or renew existing leases on terms acceptable to us, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The loss

Risks associated with the current geopolitical climate could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our business, financial condition, and results of operations may differ materially as we cannot predict the impact of the current geopolitical climate.  Risks associated with heightened geopolitical instability include, among others, reductions in consumer confidence, heightened inflation, production disruptions, cyber disruptions or disruptionattacks, higher natural gas costs, higher manufacturing costs, and higher supply chain costs.
Climate change may have a long-term impact on our business.
There are inherent climate-related risks wherever our business is conducted.  Changes in market dynamics, shareholder expectations, local, national and international climate change policies, and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events on critical infrastructure in the operations of, our centralized distribution centers could materially adversely affect our businessUnited States and operations.

With few exceptions, our entire inventory is shipped directly from suppliers to our two distribution centers in York, PA, and Commerce, GA, where the inventory is then processed, sorted and shipped to our stores. We depend in large part on the orderly operation of this receiving and distribution process, which depends, in turn, on adherence to shipping schedules and effective management of our distribution centers. Increases in transportation costs (including increases in fuel costs), supplier-side delays, reductions in the capacity of carriers, changes in shipping companies, labor strikes or shortages in the transportation industry and unexpected delivery interruptions alsoabroad, all have the potential to deraildisrupt our orderly distribution process. We alsobusiness and operations.  Global climate change is resulting, and may not anticipate changing demands on our distribution system, including the effect of expanding operationscontinue to result, in our distribution center in Commerce, GA. In addition, events beyond our control,certain natural disasters and adverse weather, such as disruptionsdrought, wildfires, storms, sea-level rise, and flooding, occurring more frequently or with greater intensity.  These events and their impacts could otherwise disrupt and adversely affect our business and could materially affect our financial condition and results of operations.

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Natural disasters, whether or not caused by climate change, epidemic or pandemic outbreaks, unusual weather conditions, terrorist acts, and political events could disrupt our business and result in operationslower sales and otherwise adversely affect our financial performance.
The occurrence of one or more natural disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, floods, and earthquakes, epidemic outbreaks, unusual weather conditions, terrorist attacks or disruptive political events in regions where our stores are located could adversely affect our business and result in lower sales.  Epidemic or pandemic outbreaks, could impact our management and sales associates, our inventory supply, delivery schedules, our ability to keep our stores open due to firemandatory governmental restrictions, or other catastrophic eventsmay cause our customers to avoid shopping at brick-and-mortar retailers or labor disagreements, may result in delays inreduce the deliverynumber of merchandisetrips they will make to our stores.  While we maintain business interruption insurance,Also, to the extent these events impact one or more of our key suppliers or result in the event our distribution centers are shut down for any reason, such insurance may not be sufficient, and any related insurance proceeds may not be timely paid to us. In addition, our new store locations receiving shipments may be further away from our distribution centers which may increase transportation costs and may create transportation scheduling strains. Any repeated, intermittent,closure of one or long-term disruption in the operationsmore of our distribution centers would hinderor our abilitycorporate headquarters, we may be unable to maintain delivery schedules or provide merchandiseother support functions to our stores.  In addition, severe weather, such as heavy snowfall or extreme temperatures, may discourage or restrict customers in a particular region from traveling to our stores, thereby reducing our sales and profitability.  If severe weather conditions occur during the second or fourth quarter of our fiscal year, the adverse impact to our sales and profitability could be even greater than at other times during the year because we generate a larger portion of our sales and profits during these periods.  Natural disasters, which may include tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes, may impact our stores or other operations.  In addition, climate change may have an impact on the frequency and/or severity of such natural disasters.  We have a growing number of stores in areas that may be impacted by weather events and natural disasters such as the types listed above.  To the extent that such weather events or natural disasters may damage our stores or other operations, we may be unable to operate stores or other facilitates and our consolidated financial results may be materially adversely affected.  This could have a sustained material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
LEGAL AND REGULATORY
We are subject to governmental regulations, requirements, and procedures.  A significant change in, or noncompliance with, these regulations, requirements, and procedures could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Our new store growth is dependent upon our ability to successfully expand our distribution network capacity, and failure to achieve or sustain these plans could affect our performance adversely.

We maintain distribution centers in York, PA and Commerce, GA to support our existing stores and our growth objectives. We continuously assess ways to maximize the productivity and efficiency of our existing distribution facilities and evaluate opportunities for additional distribution centers. Should we open additional distribution centers, delays in such openings could adversely affect our future operations by slowing store growth, which could, in turn, reduce sales growth. In addition, any distribution related construction or expansion projects entail risks which could cause delays and cost overruns, such as, shortages of materials, shortages of skilled labor or work stoppages, unforeseen construction, scheduling, engineering, environmental or geological problems, weather interference, fires or other casualty losses and unanticipated cost increases. The completion date and ultimate cost of future projects could differ significantly from initial expectations due to construction related or other reasons. We cannot guarantee that any project will be completed on time or within established budgets.

We do not compete in the growing online retail marketplace, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our long-term business strategy does not presently include the development of online retailing capabilities. To the extent that we implement online operations, we would incur substantial expenses related to such activities and be exposed to additional cybersecurity risks. Further, any development of an online retail marketplace is a complex undertaking, and there is no guarantee that any resources we apply to this effort will result in increased revenues or operating performance. With the growing acceptance of online shopping and the increased proliferation of mobile computing devices, however, competition from other retailers in the online retail marketplace is expected to increase. Certain of our competitors and a number of pure online retailers have established robust online operations. Increased competition from online retailers and our lack of online retail presence may reduce our customers’ desire to purchase goods from us and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our success depends upon our marketing, advertising and promotional efforts. If we are unable to implement them successfully, or if our competitors are more effective than we are, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We use marketing and promotional programs to attract customers to our stores and to encourage purchases by our customers. Although we use various media for our promotional efforts, including regular and Ollie’s Army mailers, email campaigns, radio and television advertisements and sports marketing, we primarily advertise our in-store

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offerings through printed flyers. In fiscal year 2016, approximately 70% of our advertising spend was for the printing and distribution of flyers. If the efficacy of printed flyers as an advertising medium declines, or if we fail to successfully develop and implement new marketing, advertising and promotional strategies, such as an effective social media strategy, our competitors may be able to attract the interest of our customers, which could reduce customer traffic in our stores. Changes in the amount and degree of promotional intensity or merchandising strategy by our competitors could cause us to have difficulties in retaining existing customers and attracting new customers. If the efficacy of our marketing or promotional activities declines or if such activities of our competitors are more effective than ours, or if for any other reason we lose the loyalty of our customers, including our Ollie’s Army members, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we fail to protect our brand names, competitors may adopt trade names that dilute the value of our brand name.

We may be unable or unwilling to strictly enforce our trademarks in each jurisdiction in which we do business. Also, we may not always be able to successfully enforce our trademarks against competitors or against challenges by others. Our failure to successfully protect our trademarks could diminish the value and efficacy of our brand recognition and could cause customer confusion, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Because our business is seasonal, with the highest volume of net sales during the holiday season, adverse events during our fourth quarter could materially adversely affect our business, operations, cash flow and financial condition.

We generally recognize our highest volume of net sales in connection with the holiday sales season, which occurs in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year. In anticipation of the holiday sales season, we purchase substantial amounts of seasonal inventory and hire many part-time associates. Because a significant percentage of our net sales and operating income are generated in our fourth fiscal quarter, we have limited ability to compensate for shortfalls in our fourth fiscal quarter sales or earnings by changing our operations or strategies in other fiscal quarters. Adverse events, such as deteriorating economic conditions, higher unemployment, higher gas prices, public transportation disruptions, or unanticipated adverse weather conditions could result in lower-than-planned sales during the holiday sales season. If our fourth fiscal quarter sales results were substantially below expectations, we would realize less cash from operations, and may be forced to mark down our merchandise, especially our seasonal merchandise, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Fluctuations in comparable store sales and results of operations, including fluctuations on a quarterly basis, could cause our business performance to decline substantially.

Our results of operations have fluctuated in the past, including on a quarterly basis, and can be expected to continue to fluctuate in the future.

Our comparable store sales and results of operations are affected by a variety of factors, including:

national and regional economic trends in the United States;
changes in gasoline prices;
changes in our merchandise mix;
changes in pricing;
changes in the timing of promotional and advertising efforts;
holidays or seasonal periods; and
weather.

If our future comparable store sales fail to meet expectations, then our cash flow and profitability could decline substantially, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on manufacturers in foreign countries for merchandise and a significant amount of our domestically-purchased merchandise is manufactured abroad. Our business may be materially adversely affected by risks associated with international trade.

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cost of our total merchandise purchases in fiscal year 2016. Additionally, a significant amount of our domestically-purchased merchandise is manufactured abroad. Our ability to identify qualified suppliers and to access products in a timely and efficient manner is a significant challenge, especially with respect to goods sourced outside of North America. Global sourcing and foreign trade involve numerous factors and uncertainties beyond our control, including possible changes to U.S. trade policy, increased shipping costs, increased import duties, more restrictive quotas, loss of most favored nation trading status, currency, work stoppages, transportation delays, port of entry issues, economic uncertainties such as inflation, foreign government regulations, political unrest, natural disasters, war, terrorism, trade restrictions, political instability, the financial stability of vendors, merchandise quality issues, and tariffs. Moreover, negative press or reports about internationally manufactured products may sway public opinion, and thus customer confidence, away from the products sold in our stores. These and other issues affecting our international vendors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to governmental regulations, procedures and requirements. A significant change in, or noncompliance with, these regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We routinely incur significant costs in complying with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.  The complexity of the regulatory environment in which we operate, and the related costcosts of compliance, are increasing due to expanding and additional legal and regulatory requirements and increased enforcement efforts.  New laws or regulations, including, but not limited to those dealing with healthcare and healthcare reform, product compliance and safety, consumer credit, privacy and information security, the environment, and labor and employment, among others, or changes in existing federal, state, and local laws and regulations, particularly those governing the sale of productsmerchandise and food safety and quality (including changes in labeling or disclosure requirements), federal or state wage requirements, employee rights, health care, social welfare or entitlement programs such as health insurance, paid leave programs, or other changes in workplace regulation, and compliance with laws regarding public access to our stores, may result in significant added expenses or may require extensive system and operating changes that may be difficult to implement and/or could materially increase our cost of doing business.  Untimely compliance or noncompliance with applicable laws or regulations or untimely or incomplete execution of a requiredmandated governmental action, such as a product recall, can result in the imposition of penalties, including loss of licenses or significant fines or monetary penalties, or class action litigation or other litigation, in addition to reputational damage.  Additionally, changes in tax laws, the interpretation of existing laws, or our failure to sustain our reporting positions on examination could materially adversely affect our effective tax rate and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

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If we fail to protect our intellectual property portfolio, including without limitation brand names and other trademarks, the value of these assets may be diluted.
We may be unable or unwilling to strictly enforce our intellectual propertyin each jurisdiction in which we do business.  For example, we may not always be able to successfully enforce our trademarks against competitors or against challenges by others, and our failure to successfully protect our trademarks could diminish the value and efficacy of our brand recognition and may cause customer confusion.  Any failure to adequately protect or manage our intellectual property portfolio could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We rely on manufacturers located in foreign countries for merchandise and a significant amount of our domestically-purchased merchandise is manufactured abroad.  Our business may be materially adversely affected by legal and regulatory risks associated with international trade.
We purchase merchandise directly from suppliers located outside of the United States.  In 2023, substantially all of our private label inventory purchases were direct imports.  Additionally, a significant amount of our domestically purchased merchandise is manufactured in foreign countries.  Our ability to identify qualified suppliers and to access merchandise in a timely and efficient manner is a significant challenge, especially with respect to merchandise sourced outside of North America.  Global sourcing and foreign trade involve numerous factors and uncertainties beyond our control, including possible changes to U.S. trade policy, increased shipping costs, the timing of shipments, increased import duties, more restrictive quotas, loss of most favored nation trading status, currency exchange rates, work stoppages, transportation delays, port of entry issues, economic uncertainties such as inflation, foreign government regulations, political unrest, natural disasters, war, terrorism, trade restrictions, political instability, the financial stability of vendors, merchandise quality issues, unexpected contagion, existing viruses or illnesses, and tariffs.  Moreover, negative press or reports about internationally manufactured merchandise may sway public opinion, and thus customer confidence, away from affected merchandise sold in our stores.  Although we have implemented and maintain policies and procedures to promote our suppliers’ compliance with laws and regulations relating to foreign markets and imports, and to monitor the compliance of our suppliers, this does not guarantee that suppliers and other third parties with whom we do business will not actually or allegedly violate such laws or regulations, or our policies.  These and other issues affecting our international vendors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
The cost of compliance with product safety regulations and risks related to product liability claims, lawsuits, and product recalls could damage our reputation, increase our cost of doing business, and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Federal and state legislation, including new product safety laws and regulations, may negatively impact our operations.  Future changes in product safety laws or regulations may lead to product recalls and the disposal or write-off of merchandise.  While we work to comply in all material respects with applicable laws and regulations, and to execute product recalls in a timely manner, if our merchandise does not meet applicable governmental safety standards or our customers’ expectations regarding quality or safety, we could experience lost sales and increased costs, be exposed to legal and reputational risk, and face fines or penalties which could materially adversely affect our financial results.  We also purchase a material portion of our merchandise on a closeout basis.  Some of this merchandise is obtained through brokers or intermediaries rather than directly from manufacturers.  The closeout nature of a portion of our business sometimes makes it more difficult for us to investigate all aspects of this merchandise.  Furthermore, customers have asserted claims, and may in the future assert claims, that they have sustained injuries from merchandise purchased from us, and we may be subject to lawsuits relating to these claims.  There is a risk that these claims may exceed, or fall outside the scope of, our insurance coverage.  Even with adequate insurance and indemnification from third-party suppliers, such claims, even if unsuccessful or not fully pursued, could significantly damage our reputation and customer confidence in our merchandise.  If this occurs, it may be difficult for us to regain lost sales, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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Our current insurance program may expose us to unexpected costs and negatively affect our financial performance.
Our insurance coverage reflects deductibles, self-insured retentions, limits of liability, and similar provisions that we believe are prudent based on the nature of our operations.  However, there are types of losses we may incur but against which we cannot be insured or which we believe are not economically reasonable to insure, such as losses due to acts of war, employee and certain other crimes, wage and hour claims, and certain other employment-related claims, public accommodation claims, class actions, shareholder claims, and some natural disasters.  If we incur these losses and they are material, our business could suffer.  Certain material events may result in sizable losses for the insurance industry and adversely impact the availability of adequate insurance coverage or result in excessive premium increases.  To offset negative insurance market trends, we may elect to self-insure, accept higher deductibles, or reduce the amount of coverage in response to these market changes.  In addition, we self-insure a significant portion of expected losses under our workers’ compensation, general liability, and group health insurance programs.  Unanticipated changes in any applicable actuarial assumptions and management estimates underlying our recorded liabilities for these losses, including expected increases in medical and indemnity costs, could result in materially different expenses than expected under these programs, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.  We maintain insurance for catastrophic events at our store support center, distribution centers, and stores.  In addition, because of ongoing changes in healthcare law, among other items, we may experience an increase in participation in our group health insurance programs, which may lead to a greater number of medical and related claims.  While we have coverage for some cyber-related incidents, the nature and scope of any potential attack or breach may result in substantial costs that could exceed the scope of coverage or limits of coverage.  If we experience a greater number of these losses than we anticipate, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We face litigation risks from customers, associates, suppliers, stockholders, and other third parties in the ordinary course of business.
Our business is subject to the risk of litigation by customers, current and former associates, suppliers, stockholders, intellectual property rights holders, government agencies, and others, through private actions, class actions, collective actions, administrative proceedings, regulatory actions, or other litigation.  From time to time, such lawsuits are filed against us and the outcome of any litigation, particularly class or collective action lawsuits and regulatory actions, is difficult to assess or quantify.  Plaintiffs in these types of lawsuits may seek recovery of very large or indeterminate amounts, and the magnitude of the potential losses relating to such lawsuits may remain unknown for substantial periods of time.  The cost to defend any such lawsuits may be significant and may negatively affect our operating results if changes to our business operations are required.  There may also be negative publicity associated with litigation that could decrease customer acceptance of merchandise offerings, regardless of whether the allegations are valid or whether we are ultimately found liable.  As a result, litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, liquidity, and results of operations.
TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY
Any disruptions to our information technology systems or breaches of our network security could disrupt or interrupt our operations, compromise our reputation, expose us to litigation, government enforcement actions, and costly response measures and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We rely on the integrity, security, and successful functioning of our information technology systems and network infrastructure across our operations, including point-of-sale processing at our stores.  In connection with sales, we transmit encrypted confidential credit and debit card information.
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We are compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (“PCI”) issued by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.  However, there can be no assurance that in the future we will be able to operate our facilities and our customer service and sales operations in accordance with PCI or other industry recommended or contractually required practices.  We expect to incur additional expenses, and the time and effort of our information technology staff, to maintain PCI compliance.  Even though we are compliant with such standards, we still may not be able to prevent or timely detect security breaches.
An increasingly significant portion of our sales depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and communications systems, including, but not limited to, our point-of-sale system and our credit card processing systems.  Our information technology, communications systems, and electronic data may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from computer viruses, ransomware attacks, loss of data, unauthorized data breaches, usage errors by our associates or our contractors or other attempts to harm our systems, including cyber-security attacks or other breaches of cardholder data, earthquakes, acts of war or terrorist attacks, floods, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, power loss and outages, computer, and telecommunications failures.  Some of our systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities.  The occurrence of intentional sabotage, unauthorized access, natural disaster, or other unanticipated problems could result in lengthy interruptions in our service.  Any errors or vulnerabilities in our systems, or damage to or failure of our systems, could result in interruptions in our services, non-compliance with certain regulations, substantial remediation costs, and liability for lost or stolen information, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Data protection requirements increase our operating costs, and a breach in information privacy or other related risks could negatively impact our operations.
We have access to, collect, or maintain private or confidential information regarding our customers, associates, and suppliers, as well as our business.  The protection of our customer, associate, supplier, and company data is critical to us.  In recent years, there has been increasing regulation, enforcement, and litigation activity in the area of privacy, data protection, and information security in the United States and in various other countries, with the frequent imposition of new and changing requirements across the many states in which we conduct our business.  State privacy laws and regulations, such as The Connecticut Data Privacy Act, the New York Privacy Act, and The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, and others, have imposed and likely will impose additional data protection obligations on companies considered to be doing business in such applicable states and provides for substantial fines for non-compliance and, in some cases, a private right of action to consumers who are victims of data breaches.  Complying with existing laws and similar emerging and changing privacy, data protection, and information security requirements may cause us to incur substantial costs or compliance risks due to, among other things, system changes and the development of new processes and business initiatives.  Our failure to comply with privacy, data protection, and information security laws could result in potentially significant regulatory and/or governmental investigations and/or actions, litigation, fines, sanctions, ongoing regulatory monitoring, and customer attrition.
In addition, our customers have a high expectation that we will adequately protect their personal information from cyber-attack or other security breaches.  We have procedures in place to evaluate the integrity of our systems, and to safeguard such data and information.  However, the landscape is evolving at a rapid pace, and we may be unable to effectively anticipate or respond to attacks to or breaches of our security systems or implement adequate preventative measures.  A breach of customer, employee, supplier, or company data could attract a substantial amount of negative media attention, damage our customer and supplier relationships and our reputation, and result in lost sales, costly fines, other expenses, and/or lawsuits, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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If we are unable to maintain or upgrade our information technology systems or if we are unable to convert to alternate systems in an efficient and timely manner, our operations may be disrupted or become less efficient.

We depend on a variety of information technology systems for the efficient functioning of our business.  We rely on certain hardware, telecommunications, and software vendors to maintain and periodically upgrade many of these systems so that we can continue to support our business.  Various components of our information technology systems, including hardware, networks, and software, are licensed to us by third party vendors.  We rely extensively on our information technology systems to process transactions, summarize results, and manage our business.  Additionally, because we accept debit and credit cards for payment, we are subject to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (the “PCI Standard”), issued by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The PCI Standard contains compliance guidelines with regard to our security surrounding the physical and electronic storage, processing and transmission of cardholder data. We are in compliance with the PCI, Standard as of the end of fiscal year 2016, and compliance with the PCI Standard and implementing related procedures, technology and information security measures requires significant resources and ongoing attention.  Costs and potential problems and interruptions associated with the implementation of new or upgraded systems and technology such as those necessary to achieve compliance with the PCI Standard or with maintenance or adequate support of existing systems could also disrupt or reduce the efficiency of our operations.  Any material interruptions or failures in our payment-related systems could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

If our information technology systems are damaged or cease to function properly, we may have to make a significant investment to fix or replace them.  If there are amendments to the PCI, Standard, the cost of re-compliance could also be substantial, and we may suffer loss of critical data and interruptions or delays in our operations as a result.  In addition, we may have to upgrade our existing information technology systems from time to time in order for such systems to withstand the increasing needs of our expanding business.  Any material interruption experienced by our information technology systems could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results

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of operations. Costs and potential interruptions associated with the implementation of new or upgraded systems and technology or with maintenance or adequate support of our existing systems could disrupt or reduce the efficiency of our business.

Any disruptions to our information technology systems or breaches of our network security could interrupt our operations, compromise our reputation, expose us to litigation, government enforcement actions and costly response measures and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on the integrity, security and successful functioning of our information technology systems and network infrastructure across our operations, including point-of-sale processing at our stores. In connection with sales, we transmit encrypted confidential credit and debit card information.

As of the end of fiscal year 2016, we are compliant with the PCI Standard. However, there can be no assurance that in the future we will be able to operate our facilities and our customer service and sales operations in accordance with PCI or other industry recommended or contractually required practices. We expect to incur additional expenses to maintain PCI compliance. Even though we are compliant with such standards, we still may not be able to prevent security breaches.

We also have access to, collect or maintain private or confidential information regarding our customers, associates and suppliers, as well as our business. The protection of our customer, associates, supplier and company data is critical to us. The regulatory environment surrounding information security and privacy is increasingly demanding, with the frequent imposition of new and constantly changing requirements across our business. In addition, customers have a high expectation that we will adequately protect their personal information from cyber-attack or other security breaches. We have procedures in place to safeguard such data and information. However, a significant breach of customer, employee, supplier, or company data could attract a substantial amount of negative media attention, damage our customer and supplier relationships and our reputation, and result in lost sales, fines and/or lawsuits.

An increasingly significant portion of our sales depends on the continuing operation of our information technology and communications systems, including but not limited to our point-of-sale system and our credit card processing systems. Our information technology, communication systems and electronic data may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from earthquakes, acts of war or terrorist attacks, floods, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, power loss and outages, computer and telecommunications failures, computer viruses, loss of data, unauthorized data breaches, usage errors by our associates or our contractors or other attempts to harm our systems, including cyber-security attacks or other breaches of cardholder data. Some of our systems are not fully redundant, and our disaster recovery planning cannot account for all eventualities. The occurrence of a natural disaster, intentional sabotage or other unanticipated problems could result in lengthy interruptions in our service. Any errors or vulnerabilities in our systems, or damage to or failure of our systems, could result in interruptions in our services and non-compliance with certain regulations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The cost of compliance with product safety regulations and risks related to product liability claims and product recalls could damage our reputation, increase our cost of doing business and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

New federal or state legislation, including new product safety laws and regulations, may negatively impact our operations. Future changes in product safety legislation or regulations may lead to product recalls and the disposal or write-off of merchandise. While we work to comply in all material respects with applicable legislation and regulations, and to execute product recalls in a timely manner, if our merchandise, including food and consumable products and flooring, does not meet applicable governmental safety standards or our customers’ expectations regarding quality or safety, we could experience lost sales and increased costs, be exposed to legal and reputational risk and face fines or penalties which could materially adversely affect our financial results. We also purchase a material portion of our products on a closeout basis. Some of these products are obtained through brokers or intermediaries rather than through manufacturers. The closeout nature of a portion of our products sometimes makes it more difficult for us to investigate all aspects of these products. Furthermore, customers have asserted claims, and may in the future assert claims that they have sustained injuries from merchandise offered by us, and we may be subject to lawsuits relating to these claims. There is a risk that these claims may exceed, or fall outside the scope of, our insurance coverage. Even with adequate insurance and indemnification from third-party suppliers, such claims, even if unsuccessful or not fully pursued, could significantly damage our reputation and customer confidence in our products. If this occurs, it may be difficult for us to regain lost sales, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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We face litigation risks from customers, associates and other third parties in the ordinary course of business.

Our business is subject to the risk of litigation by customers, current and former associates, suppliers, stockholders, intellectual property rights holders, government agencies and others through private actions, class actions, administrative proceedings, regulatory actions, or other litigation. The outcome of litigation, particularly class action lawsuits and regulatory actions, is difficult to assess or quantify. Plaintiffs in these types of lawsuits may seek recovery of very large or indeterminate amounts, and the magnitude of the potential loss relating to such lawsuits may remain unknown for substantial periods of time. The cost to defend future litigation may be significant and may negatively affect our operating results if changes to our business operations are required. There may also be negative publicity associated with litigation that could decrease customer acceptance of merchandise offerings, regardless of whether the allegations are valid or whether we are ultimately found liable. As a result, litigation may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

Our indebtedness may limit our ability to invest in the ongoing needs of our business and if we are unable to comply with our financial covenants, it could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our business, financial condition and results of operations.

As of January 28, 2017, we had $195.0 million of outstanding indebtedness under our senior secured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and $1.0 million of outstanding letters of credit and $0.2 million of outstanding rent reserves under our senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (of which $98.8 million of undrawn commitments remained available for borrowing) (the “Revolving Credit Facility,” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facilities”). We may, from time to time, incur additional indebtedness.

The agreements governing our Credit Facilities place certain conditions on us, including that they:

increase our vulnerability to adverse general economic or industry conditions;
limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or the industries in which we operate;
make us more vulnerable to increases in interest rates, as borrowings under our Credit Facilities are at variable rates;
limit our ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital or other purposes;
require us to utilize our cash flow from operations to make payments on our indebtedness, reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, development activity and other general corporate purposes; and
place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less indebtedness.

Our Credit Facilities place certain limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness. However, subject to the qualifications and exceptions in our Credit Facilities, we may be permitted to incur substantial additional indebtedness and may incur obligations that do not constitute indebtedness under the terms of the Credit Facilities. Our Credit Facilities also place certain limitations on, among other things, our ability to enter into certain types of transactions, financing arrangements and investments, to make certain changes to our capital structure and to guarantee certain indebtedness. Our Credit Facilities also place certain restrictions on the payment of dividends and distributions and certain management fees. These restrictions limit or prohibit, among other things, our ability to:

pay dividends on, redeem or repurchase our stock or make other distributions;
incur or guarantee additional indebtedness;
sell stock in our subsidiaries;
create or incur liens;
make acquisitions or investments;
transfer or sell certain assets or merge or consolidate with or into other companies;
make certain payments or prepayments of indebtedness subordinated to our obligations under our Credit Facilities; and
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Failure to comply with certain covenants or the occurrence of a change of control under our Credit Facilities could result in the acceleration of our obligations under the Credit Facilities, which would materially adversely affect our liquidity, capital resources and results of operations.

Under certain circumstances, our Credit Facilities require us to comply with certain financial covenants regarding our fixed charge coverage ratio and total leverage ratio. Changes with respect to the total leverage ratio may increase our interest rate and failure to comply with each covenant could result in a default and an acceleration of our obligations under the Credit Facilities, which could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our business, financial condition and results of operations. See “Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Credit Facilities.”

We may be unable to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our significant debt service obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to make principal and interest payments on and to refinance our indebtedness will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future and is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. If our business does not generate sufficient cash flow from operations, in the amounts projected or at all, or if future borrowings are not available to us in amounts sufficient to fund our other liquidity needs, our business financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. If we cannot generate sufficient cash flow from operations to make scheduled principal and interest payments in the future, we may need to refinance all or a portion of our indebtedness on or before maturity, sell assets, delay capital expenditures or seek additional equity. The terms of our existing or future debt agreements, including our Credit Facilities, may also restrict us from affecting any of these alternatives. Further, changes in the credit and capital markets, including market disruptions and interest rate fluctuations, may increase the cost of financing, make it more difficult to obtain favorable terms, or restrict our access to these sources of future liquidity. If we are unable to refinance any of our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all or to effect any other action relating to our indebtedness on satisfactory terms or at all, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Natural disasters, whether or not caused by climate change, unusual weather condition, epidemic outbreaks, terrorist acts and political events could disrupt business and result in lower sales and otherwise adversely affect our financial performance.

The occurrence of one or more natural disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, fires, floods and earthquakes, unusual weather conditions, epidemic outbreaks, terrorist attacks or disruptive political events in certain regions where our stores are located could adversely affect our business and result in lower sales. Severe weather, such as heavy snowfall or extreme temperatures, may discourage or restrict customers in a particular region from traveling to our stores, thereby reducing our sales and profitability. If severe weather conditions occur during the second or fourth quarter of our fiscal year, the adverse impact to our sales and profitability could be even greater than at other times during the year because we generate a larger portion of our sales and profits during this period. Natural disasters including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and earthquakes may damage our stores or other operations, which may materially adversely affect our consolidated financial results. To the extent these events also impact one or more of our key suppliers or result in the closure of one or both of our centralized distribution centers or our corporate headquarters, we may be unable to maintain inventory balances, maintain delivery schedules or provide other support functions to our stores. This could have a sustained material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our current insurance program may expose us to unexpected costs and negatively affect our financial performance.

Our insurance coverage reflects deductibles, self-insured retentions, limits of liability and similar provisions that we believe are prudent based on the dispersion of our operations. However, there are types of losses we may incur but against which we cannot be insured or which we believe are not economically reasonable to insure, such as losses due to acts of war, employee and certain other crime, wage and hour and other employment-related claims, including class actions, and some natural disasters. If we incur these losses and they are material, our business could suffer. Certain material events may result in sizable losses for the insurance industry and adversely impact the availability of adequate insurance coverage or result in excessive premium increases. To offset negative insurance market trends, we may elect to self-insure, accept higher deductibles or reduce the amount of coverage in response to these market

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changes. In addition, we self-insure a significant portion of expected losses under our worker’s compensation, general liability and group health insurance programs. Unanticipated changes in any applicable actuarial assumptions and management estimates underlying our recorded liabilities for these losses, including expected increases in medical and indemnity costs, could result in materially different expenses than expected under these programs, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Although we continue to maintain property insurance for catastrophic events at our store support center, distribution centers and stores, we are not self-insured for other property losses. In addition, because of ongoing changes in healthcare law, among other things, we may experience an increase in participation in our group health insurance programs, which may lead to a greater number of medical claims. If we experience a greater number of these losses than we anticipate, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Inventory shrinkage could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to the risk of inventory loss and theft. Although our inventory shrinkage rates have not been material, or fluctuated significantly in recent years, we cannot ensure that actual rates of inventory loss and theft in the future will be within our estimates or that the measures we are taking will effectively reduce the problem of inventory shrinkage. Although some level of inventory shrinkage is an unavoidable cost of doing business, if we were to experience higher rates of inventory shrinkage or incur increased security costs to combat inventory theft, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If our estimates or judgments relating to our criticalsignificant accounting policies prove to be incorrect, our operating results could be adversely affected.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.  We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, as provided in “Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.circumstances.  The results of these estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets, liabilities, and equity, and the amount of revenue and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources.  Our operating results may be adversely affected if our assumptions change or if actual circumstances differ from those in our assumptions, which could cause our operating results to fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in our stock price. Significant assumptions and estimates used in preparing our consolidated financial statements include those related to inventory valuation, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, impairment of long-lived assets, stock-based compensation expense and accounting for income taxes including deferred tax assets and liabilities.

Changes to accounting rules or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Changes to existing accounting rules or regulations may impact our future results of operations or cause the perception that we are more highly leveraged.  Other new accounting rules or regulations and varying interpretations of existing accounting rules or regulations have occurred and may occur in the future.  For instance, accounting regulatory authorities will require lessees to capitalize operating leases in their financial statements beginning in fiscal year 2019. The change will require us to record significant lease obligations on our consolidated balance sheet and make other changes to our financial statements. This and other futureFuture changes to accounting rules or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

Future sales of our common stock in the public market could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease significantly.

Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market by our existing stockholders or upon the exercise of outstanding stock options or grant of stock options or restricted stock units in the future may cause the market price of our common stock to decrease significantly. As of January 28, 2017,

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Because we have an aggregate of 5,562,678 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options and the vesting of restricted stock units under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan” and together with the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, the “Equity Plans”) (2,924,654 of which are fully vested).

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The perception that such sales could occur could also depress the market price of our common stock. Any such sales could also create public perception of difficulties or problems with our business and might also make it more difficult for us to raise capital through the sale of equity securities in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate.

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) is a holding company and relies on dividends and other payments, advances and transfers of funds from its subsidiaries to meet its obligations and pay any dividends.

Holdings has no direct operations and no significant assets other than ownership of 100% of the capital stock of its subsidiaries. Because Holdings conducts operations through subsidiaries, it depends on those entities for dividends and other payments to generate the funds necessary to meet financial obligations, and to pay any dividends with respect to its common stock. Legal and contractual restrictions in the Credit Facilities and other agreements which may govern future indebtedness of subsidiaries, as well as the financial condition and operating requirements of subsidiaries, may limit its ability to obtain cash from subsidiaries. The earnings from, or other available assets of, subsidiaries might not be sufficient to pay dividends or make distributions or loans to enable Holdings to pay any dividends on its common stock or other obligations. Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We do not expect to pay any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.

The continued operation and expansion of our business will require substantial funding. We do not anticipate that we will pay any dividends to holders of our common stock for the foreseeable future. Any payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board and will depend on our financial condition, capital requirements, legal requirements, earnings and other factors. Our ability to pay dividends is restricted by the terms of our Credit Facilities and might be restricted by the terms of any indebtedness that we incur in the future. Accordingly, realization of any gain on our common stock will depend on the appreciation of the price of the shares of our common stock, which may never occur.

As of January 28, 2017, we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” and the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies no longer apply.

Prior to January 28, 2017, we were an “emerging growth company,” or EGC, as defined in the JOBS Act. As of July 30, 2016, the market value of our common stock that was held by non-affiliates exceeded $700 million and, therefore, we no longer qualify for such status. As a large accelerated filer, we are subject to certain disclosure requirements that are applicable to other public companies that had not been applicable to us as an EGC, beginning with this Annual Report on Form10-K filed for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017. These requirements include, but are not limited to:

being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes Oxley Act;
being required to comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or the supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements; and
disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation.

In addition, we no longer have an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards.

We incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management is now required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

As a public company we incur, and particularly commencing January 28, 2017, when we ceased to hold EGC status, we expect to incur further, significant legal, accountinggovernance initiatives and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company. In addition, theissues.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and rules subsequently implemented by the SEC and the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) have imposed various requirements on public companies, including establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices.  Our managementImplementing and other personnel devote a substantial amount ofmaintaining internal controls is both time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rulesconsuming and regulations have increased our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly.

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financial reporting issued by our independent registered public accounting firm, both of which are included with this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017. To be in compliance with Section 404, we are required to document and evaluate our internal control over financial reporting, which has been both costly and challenging.  If we fail to maintain an effective internal control environment or to comply with the numerous legal and regulatory requirements imposed on public companies, we could make material errors in, and be required to restate, our financial statements.  Any such restatement could result in a loss of public confidence in the reliability of our financial statements and sanctions imposed on us by the SEC.  If we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to, among other items, the delisting of our common stock, fines, sanctions, and other regulatory action and potentiallyactions, as well as potential civil litigation.

Our Chief Executive Officer owns a substantial percentage of our outstanding common stock and his interests may be different from or conflict with those of our other stockholders.

As of January 28, 2017, Mark Butler, our co-founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owns 21.9% of our outstanding common stock. Accordingly, Mr. Butler is able to exert a significant degree of influence over our management and affairs and over matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors, a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, and any other significant transaction. Our principal stockholder’s interests might not always coincide with our interests or the interests of our other stockholders.

Anti-takeover provisions in our secondthird amended and restated certificate of incorporation and fourth amended and restated bylaws and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult, limit attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management and limit the market price of our common stock.

Provisions in our secondthird amended and restated certificate of incorporation and fourth amended and restated bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in our management.  Our secondthird amended and restated certificate of incorporation and fourth amended and restated bylaws include provisions that:

authorize ourthe Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to issue, without further action by the stockholders, up to 50,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock;
subject to certain exceptions, require that any action to be taken by our stockholders be effectedaffected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent;
specify that special meetings of our stockholders can be called only by a majority of our Board, or upon the request of the Chairperson of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer;
establish an advance notice procedure for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting, including proposed nominations of persons for election to our Board;
establish that our Board is divided into three classes, with each class serving three-year staggered terms;
prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors; and
provide that vacancies on our Board may be filled only by a majority of directors then in office, even though less than a quorum.

These provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our Board, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management.


Our third amended and restated certificate of incorporation designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain litigation that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could increase costs of bringing a claim, discourage claims, or limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.
The Company’s certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing in advance to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the sole and exclusive forum, to the fullest extent provided by law, for the following types of actions or proceedings:
any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company;
any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by, or any wrongdoing by, any director, officer, or employee of the Company to the Company, or the Company’s stockholders;
any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporate Law, the certification of incorporation (as it may be amended from time to time), or the fourth amended and restated bylaws;
any action to interpret, apply, enforce, or determine the validity of our certificate of incorporation or the fourth amended and restated bylaws; or
any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

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Application of the choice of forum provision may be limited in some instances by law.  Section 27 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) provides for exclusive federal court jurisdiction over Exchange Act claims.  Accordingly, to the extent the exclusive forum provision is held to cover a shareholder derivative action asserting claims under the Exchange Act, such claims could not be brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery and would instead be within the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the District of Delaware.  Section 22 of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.  Moreover, our stockholders will not be deemed by operation of our choice of forum provision to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the regulations promulgated thereunder.  It is also possible that, notwithstanding the forum selection clause, a court could rule that such a provision is inapplicable or unenforceable, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and adversely impact our results of operations, financial position, and cash flows.
If securities analysts or industry analysts downgrade our shares, publish negative research or reports, or do not publish reports about our business, our share price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock is to some extent influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us, our business, and our industry.  If no or few analysts commence coverage of us, the trading price of our stock could decrease.  Even if we do obtain analyst coverage, if one or more analysts adversely change their recommendation regarding our shares or our competitors’ stock, our share price might decline.  If one or more analysts cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we might lose visibility in the financial markets, which, in turn, could cause our share price or trading volume to decline.

Future sales of our common stock in the public market could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease significantly.
Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market by our existing stockholders or upon the exercise of outstanding stock options or grant of stock options or restricted stock units in the future may cause the market price of our common stock to decrease significantly.  As of February 3, 2024, we have an aggregate of 1,470,288 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options and the vesting of restricted stock units under the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan” and together with the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, the “Equity Plans”) (582,221 of which are fully vested).
The perception that such sales could occur could also depress the market price of our common stock.  Any such sales could also create public perception of difficulties or problems with our business and might also make it more difficult for us to raise capital through the sale of equity securities in the future at a time and price that we deem appropriate.
Our stock price has been and may continue to be volatile.
The market price of our common stock has fluctuated substantially in the past and may continue to fluctuate significantly.  For example, during the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024, our stock price fluctuated from a high of $83.19 to a low of $50.95.  Future announcements or disclosures concerning us or any of our competitors, our strategic initiatives, our sales and profitability, our financial condition, any quarterly variations in actual or anticipated operating results or comparable sales, any failure to meet analysts’ expectations and sales of large blocks of our common stock, among other factors, could cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate substantially.  In addition, the stock market has experienced price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market price of many retail and other stocks that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies.
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We are a holding company and rely on dividends and other payments, advances, and transfers of funds from our subsidiaries to meet our obligations and pay any dividends.
We have no direct operations and no significant assets other than ownership of 100% of the capital stock of our subsidiaries.  Because we conduct operations through our subsidiaries, we depend on those entities for dividends and other payments to generate the funds necessary to meet our financial obligations and to pay any dividends with respect to our common stock.  Legal and contractual restrictions in the Credit Facility (defined below) and other agreements which may govern future indebtedness of our subsidiaries, as well as the financial condition and operating requirements of our subsidiaries, may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries.  The earnings from, or other available assets of, our subsidiaries might not be sufficient to pay dividends or make distributions or loans to enable us to pay any dividends on our common stock or other obligations.  Any of the foregoing could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
We do not expect to pay any cash dividends for the foreseeable future.
The continued operation and expansion of our business will require substantial funding.  We do not anticipate that we will pay any dividends to holders of our common stock for the foreseeable future.  Any payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our Board and will depend on our financial condition, capital requirements, legal requirements, earnings, and other factors.  Our ability to pay dividends is restricted by the terms of our Credit Facility and might be restricted by the terms of any indebtedness that we incur in the future.  Accordingly, realization of any gain on our common stock will depend on the appreciation of the price of the shares of our common stock, which may never occur.
Our businessand reputation may be adversely affected by environmental, social and governance matters.
Investor and regulatory focus has intensified with respect to certain environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) matters.  These matters include, among others, efforts and mitigation of the impact of climate change, human rights matters, ethics and compliance with law, diversity, equity and inclusion, and the role of the Board in supervising various ESG and sustainability issues.  Additionally, in the retail industry, the materials used in the merchandise we sell as well as where we source our merchandise is of particular importance.
Further, investment in funds that specialize in companies that perform well in ESG assessments have gained popularity, and several major institutional investors and advisors have publicly emphasized the importance of ESG measures to their investment decisions and recommendations.  Investors who are focused on ESG matters may seek enhanced disclosures or require implementation of policies and procedures that may be adverse to our business, and there can be no assurances that shareholders will not advocate, via proxy contests, media campaigns, or by other public or private means, for us to take more ESG focused actions on an accelerated timeline.
There can be no certainty that we will successfully navigate or manage all of the ESG issues, or that we will successfully meet the expectations of investors or others.  Any failure or perceived failure by us in this regard could have a material adverse effect on our reputation with governments, customers, employees, other third parties and the communities and industries in which we operate, as well as on our business, share price, financial condition, access to capital, or results of operations.
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INDEBTEDNESS AND CAPITALIZATION
Indebtedness may limit our ability to invest in the ongoing needs of our business, and if we are unable to comply with our financial covenants, it could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
The Company’s credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) provides for a five-year $100.0 million revolving credit facility, which includes a $45.0 million sub-facility for letters of credit and a $25.0 million sub-facility for swingline loans (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).  As of February 3, 2024, we had no outstanding borrowings on the Revolving Credit Facility, with $90.0 million of borrowing availability.  We may, from time to time, incur additional indebtedness.
The agreements governing our Credit Facility place certain conditions on us, including restrictions that may, among other items:
increase our vulnerability to adverse general economic or industry conditions;
limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or the industries in which we operate;
make us more vulnerable to increases in interest rates, as borrowings under our Credit Facility are at variable rates;
limit our ability to obtain additional financing in the future for working capital or other purposes;
require us to utilize our cash flows from operations to make payments on indebtedness, reducing the availability of our cash flows to fund working capital, capital expenditures, development activity, and other general corporate purposes; and
place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less indebtedness.

Our Credit Facility places certain limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness.  However, subject to the qualifications and exceptions in our Credit Facility, we may be permitted to incur substantial additional indebtedness and may incur obligations that do not constitute indebtedness under the terms of the Credit Facility.  Our Credit Facility also places certain limitations on, among other items, our ability to enter into certain types of transactions, financing arrangements and investments, to make certain changes to our capital structure, and to guarantee certain indebtedness.  Our Credit Facility also places certain restrictions on the payment of dividends and distributions, as well as certain management fees.  These restrictions limit or prohibit, among other things, our ability to:
pay dividends on, redeem, or repurchase our stock, or make other distributions;
incur or guarantee additional indebtedness;
sell stock in our subsidiaries;
create or incur liens;
make acquisitions or investments;
transfer or sell certain assets or merge or consolidate with or into other companies;
make certain payments or prepayments of indebtedness subordinated to our obligations under our Credit Facility; and
enter into certain transactions with our affiliates.
Failure to comply with certain covenants or the occurrence of a change of control under our Credit Facility could result in the acceleration of our obligations under the Credit Facility, which could materially adversely affect our liquidity, capital resources, and results of operations.
Under certain circumstances, our Credit Facility requires us to comply with certain financial covenants regarding our fixed charge coverage ratio.  Failure to comply could result in a default and an acceleration of our obligations under the Credit Facility, which could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our business, financial condition, and results of operations.  See “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources - Credit Facilities.”
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We may be unable to generate sufficient cash flows to satisfy debt service obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our ability to make principal and interest payments on and to refinance indebtedness will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future and is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory, and other factors that are beyond our control.  If our business does not generate sufficient cash flows from operations, in the amounts projected or at all, or if future borrowings are not available to us in amounts sufficient to fund our other liquidity needs, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.  If we cannot generate sufficient cash flows from operations to make scheduled principal and interest payments in the future, we may need to refinance all or a portion of indebtedness on or before maturity, sell assets, delay capital expenditures, or seek additional equity.  The terms of future debt agreements, including our Credit Facility, may also restrict us from affecting any of these alternatives.  Further, changes in the credit and capital markets, including market disruptions and interest rate fluctuations, may increase the cost of financing, make it more difficult to obtain favorable terms, or restrict our access to these sources of future liquidity.  If we are unable to refinance indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all or to affect any other action relating to indebtedness on satisfactory terms or at all, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We cannot guarantee that our share repurchase program will be fully consummated or that it will enhance long-term stockholder value.
We have adopted a share repurchase program pursuant to which we are currently authorized to repurchase up to $200.0 million of shares of our common stock through March 31, 2026.  While the authorization of the repurchase program has an expiration date, the authorizations are subject to extension or earlier termination by the Board of Directors at any time and we are not obligated to repurchase a specified number or dollar value of shares under our share repurchase program.  Even if our share repurchase program is fully executed, it may not enhance long-term stockholder value.  Also, the amount, timing, and execution of our share repurchase program may fluctuate based on our priorities for the use of cash for other purposes and because of changes in cash flows, tax laws, and the market price of our common stock.
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 1C.Cybersecurity
The Board recognizes the importance of maintaining the trust and confidence of our customers, associates, vendors, and other business partners through the effective management of Company enterprise risks.  The Board, through its Audit Committee, oversees the Company’s risk management program, and cybersecurity represents an important component of the Company’s overall approach to enterprise risk management (“ERM”).  Cybersecurity policies, standards, processes, and practices comprise an integral part of the Company’s ERM program and are based on recognized frameworks established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and other applicable industry standards. In general, the Company addresses cybersecurity risks through a comprehensive, cross-functional approach focused on preserving the confidentiality, security, and availability of the information that the Company collects and stores by, first, identifying, preventing, and mitigating cybersecurity threats and, when needed, effectively responding to cybersecurity incidents.

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The Company’s cybersecurity program focuses on the following key areas:
As discussed in more detail under the heading “Governance,” the Board oversees the Company’s ERM functions through its Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”).  The Audit Committee, in turn, oversees the Company’s Risk Management Committee (the “Risk Committee”), which includes the Company’s Chief Information Officer (“CIO”), who fulfills the role of Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”), other members of management, and select personnel from key departments.  The Risk Committee regularly meets to discuss, evaluate, and address the ever-changing landscape of enterprise risks.  The Risk Committee then reports to, and solicits direction and input from, the Audit Committee.

The Company has implemented a comprehensive, cross functional approach to identifying, mitigating, and preventing cybersecurity threats and incidents, while also implementing controls and procedures that provide for the prompt escalation of certain cybersecurity incidents, so that management can make decisions regarding the public disclosure and reporting of such incidents in a timely manner.  The Board, Company management, other key associates, and outside vendors and service providers work together and diligently at all levels of the ERM function.
The Company deploys technical safeguards that are designed to protect the Company’s information systems from cybersecurity threats, including firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection systems, anti-malware functionality, and access controls, which the Company evaluates and improves through vulnerability assessments and cybersecurity threat intelligence.
The Company has established and maintains comprehensive incident response and recovery plans that fully address the Company’s response to a cybersecurity incident.  Such plans are tested and evaluated on a regular basis.
The Company maintains a comprehensive, risk-based approach to identifying and overseeing cybersecurity risks presented by third parties (including vendors, service providers, and other external users of the Company’s systems) as well as the systems of third parties that could adversely impact the Company’s business in the event of a cybersecurity incident affecting those third-party systems.
The Company conducts regular training for its associates regarding cybersecurity threats, as means to equip the Company’s associates with effective tools to address cybersecurity threats and to communicate the Company’s evolving information security policies, standards, processes, and practices.
The Company regularly assesses and tests the Company’s policies, standards, processes, and practices that are designed to address cybersecurity threats and incidents.  These efforts include a wide range of activities, including audits, assessments, tabletop exercises, threat modeling, vulnerability testing, and other exercises focused on evaluating the effectiveness of our cybersecurity measures. The Company regularly engages third parties to perform assessments on our cybersecurity measures, including information security maturity assessments, audits, and independent reviews of our information security control environment and operating effectiveness. The CIO’s team reports the results of such assessments, audits, and reviews to the Risk Committee and the Audit Committee on a quarterly basis, and the Company adjusts its cybersecurity policies, standards, processes, and practices as necessary based on the valuable information gleaned during these assessments, audits, and reviews.
Governance and Board Oversight
The Board, through its Audit Committee, pursuant to the Audit Committee’s charter, and in coordination with the Company’s Risk Committee, oversees the Company’s ERM process, including the management of risks arising from cybersecurity threats.  The Risk Committee solicits regular presentations and reports on cybersecurity risks from various departments within the Company, expressly seeking a wide range of input and viewpoints on the ERM process. The Risk Committee considers topics such as recent developments, evolving standards, vulnerability assessments, third-party and independent reviews, the threat environment, technological trends, and information security considerations arising with respect to the Company’s peers and third parties.
On a quarterly basis, the Risk Committee meets to discuss ERM, including cybersecurity processes, keeping adequate records of its consideration of the applicable ERM topics.  The Risk Committee reports quarterly to the Board’s Audit Committee, responding to the comments, questions, directives, and input from the members thereof, and engaging in a fulsome discussion of the Company’s approach to, among other things, cybersecurity risk management.
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Company Management
The CIO, in coordination with the Company’s IT Security and Compliance (“ITSEC”) team works collaboratively across the Company to implement a program designed to protect the Company’s information systems from cybersecurity threats and to promptly respond to any cybersecurity incidents in accordance with the Company’s incident response and recovery plans.
The CIO has served various roles in information technology for over 32 years, including 16 years with responsibility in overseeing cybersecurity efforts in large publicly traded companies.  The ITSEC team includes a dedicated manager and security analysts.  The ITSEC team also has access to two dedicated consultants who each have over 20 years’ experience managing cybersecurity risk and infrastructure security in large publicly-traded companies.
The Company’s Incident Response Team, which includes the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, CIO, and General Counsel, receives prompt and timely information regarding any cybersecurity incident that meets established reporting thresholds, as well as ongoing updates regarding any such incident until it has been addressed.
To facilitate the success of the Company’s cybersecurity components of the ERM program, multidisciplinary teams throughout the Company are deployed to address cybersecurity threats and to respond to cybersecurity incidents.  Through ongoing communications with these teams, the CIO and the ITSEC team monitor the prevention, detection, mitigation, and remediation of cybersecurity threats and incidents in real time and report such threats and incidents to the Risk Committee and Audit Committee when appropriate.
Cybersecurity Risks
Despite the security measures we have implemented, certain cybersecurity incidents could disrupt our operational systems if our IT resources are compromised by an intentional attack which results in the loss of trade secrets or other proprietary or competitively sensitive information; compromises personally identifiable information regarding customers or employees; delays our ability to deliver products to customers; jeopardizes the security of our facilities; or causes other damage.
During the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024, we did not experience any material impact to our business, financial position, or operations resulting from previously identified cyberattacks or other information security incidents, but we cannot provide assurance that they will not be materially affected in the future by such risks or any future material breaches. While our lack of an online shopping option or an omnichannel customer experience may pose risks to our business, the same aspect of our operations insulates us from the same level of cybersecurity risks relative to those peers.
We continuously seek to maintain a robust program of information security and controls, but the impact of a material cybersecurity incident could have an adverse effect on our competitive position, reputation, results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.
Additionally, while we have a cybersecurity program designed to protect and preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our information systems, we also maintain cybersecurity insurance to manage potential liabilities resulting from specific cyber-attacks.  Although we maintain cybersecurity insurance, there can be no guarantee that our insurer(s) will cover specific claims, pay the full costs of an incident, or provide payment in a timely manner.
For more information, please see “Item 1A – Risk Factors – Technology and Cybersecurity.”
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Item 2.Properties

Other than one store location, which we own, we

We lease the majority of our retail stores, often in second generation sites ranging in size from 25,00020,000 to 50,000 square feet. Our corporate headquarters, located in Harrisburg, PA, is 28,12858,200 square feet and is leased under an agreement that expires in October 2023,February 2033, with options to renew for three successive five-year periods. Our 603,000corporate data center and additional office space is 19,800 square feet.  Our recently expanded 804,000 square foot distribution center located in York, PA is leased under an agreement that expires in March 20282033 with optionsan option to renew for two successiveone five-year periods. Duringperiod, we completed the expansion in fiscal year 2014, we opened a second2023 providing an additional 201,000 square feet of distribution capacity. Our 962,000 square foot distribution center in Commerce, GA. This distribution center is 699,840 square feet andGA is leased under an agreement that expires in April 2024 with options to renew for three successive five-year periods. Our lease provides thatIn 2019, we will lease and pay for additional space inconstructed our Commerce, GA615,000 square foot distribution center untilin Lancaster, TX. The Lancaster, TX distribution center became fully operational during the first quarter of 2020. In addition, we occupy a totalare constructing our fourth distribution center in Princeton, IL, which we anticipate to be operational in the second half of 962,280 square feet by November 2017.fiscal 2024. As of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, there were 234512 Ollie’s Bargain Outlet locations across 1930 contiguous states in the Easterneastern half of the United States.

We maintain a focused and disciplined approach to entering into lease arrangements. All leases are approved by our real estate committee, which is composedcomprised of senior management and executive officers. Our leases generally have an initial term of five toapproximately seven years with options to renew for three to five successive five-year periods and generally require us to pay a proportionate share of real estate taxes, insurance, and common area or other charges.

Item 3.Legal Proceedings

We

From time to time we are occasionally a party toinvolved in claims and legal actions arisingthat arise in the ordinary course of our business, including employment-relatedbusiness. We cannot predict the outcome of any litigation or suit to which we are a party. However, we do not believe that an unfavorable decision of any of the current claims and actions relating to intellectual property. None of theseor legal actions many of which are covered by insurance, has had a material effect on us. Although, as ofagainst us, individually or in the date of this annual report, we are not a party to any material pending legal proceedings and are not aware of any claims, litigation is inherently unpredictable. Therefore, we could incur judgments or enter into settlements that couldaggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition orposition, results of operations.

operations, liquidity or capital resources.
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

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PART II

Item 5.Market for Registrant'sRegistrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our common stock hasis traded on NASDAQ under the symbol “OLLI” since July 16, 2015, our first day of trading subsequent to our initial public offering (“IPO”). Prior to that time, there was no public market for our shares.“OLLI.” The following tables set forth for the periods indicated the high and low sales prices of our common stock on NASDAQ.

 
Fiscal year 2016
 
High
Low
First Quarter (January 31, 2016 through April 30, 2016)
$
28.72
 
$
18.97
 
Second Quarter (May 1, 2016 through July 30, 2016)
$
26.83
 
$
22.25
 
Third Quarter (July 31, 2016 through October 29, 2016)
$
28.60
 
$
24.12
 
Fourth Quarter (October 30, 2016 through January 28, 2017)
$
32.75
 
$
25.65
 
 
Fiscal year 2015
 
High
Low
Second Quarter (July 16, 2015 (first trading date after IPO) through August 1, 2015)
$
22.99
 
$
18.28
 
Third Quarter (August 2, 2015 through October 31, 2015)
$
21.19
 
$
14.88
 
Fourth Quarter (November 1, 2015 through January 30, 2016)
$
22.53
 
$
15.61
 
  2023 
  High  Low 
First Quarter $65.97  $50.95 
Second Quarter $73.71  $52.93 
Third Quarter $80.94  $70.17 
Fourth Quarter $83.19  $68.57 

  2022 
  High  Low 
First Quarter $55.22  $37.67 
Second Quarter $72.27  $40.40 
Third Quarter $67.99  $48.95 
Fourth Quarter $62.82  $44.72 

As of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, we had approximately 230460 stockholders of record.

Stock Performance Graph

The graph set forth below compares the cumulative stockholder return on our common stock between July 16, 2015 (the first day of trading following our IPO)February 2, 2019 and January 28, 2017February 3, 2024 to the cumulative return of (i) the NASDAQ Composite Total Return index and (ii) the NASDAQ US Benchmark Retail Index over the same period.  This graph assumes an initial investment of $100 on July 16, 2015February 2, 2019 in our common stock, the NASDAQ Composite Total Return index and the NASDAQ US Benchmark Retail Index and assumes the reinvestment of dividends, if any.  Such returns are based on historical results and are not intended to suggest future performance.


 
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Dividends

Our common stock began trading on July 16, 2015. Since then, we have not declared any cash dividends nor do we expect to in the foreseeable future as we intend to retain our earnings to finance the development and growth of our business and operations.

The Credit Facilities containFacility contains a number of restrictive covenants that, among other things and subject to certain exceptions, restrict Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc.’s and Ollie’s Holdings, Inc.’s (together the “Borrowers”) ability and the ability of itstheir subsidiaries to pay dividends on our capital stock or redeem, repurchase or retire our capital stock.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Underunder Equity Compensation Plans

The information required by this Item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information on Share Repurchases
Information regarding shares of common stock the Company repurchased during the fourteen weeks ended February 3, 2024 is as follows:
Period 
Total number
of shares
repurchased (1)
  
Average
price paid
per share (2)
  
Total number of
shares purchased
as part of publicly
announced plans
or programs (3)
  
Approximate dollar
value of shares that
may yet be purchased
under the plans or
programs (3)
 
October 29, 2023 through November 25, 2023          $98,389,572 
November 26, 2023 through December 30, 2023  68,299  $72.71   68,299  $93,387,292 
December 31, 2023 through February 3, 2024  105,637  $72.60   105,637  $85,655,549 
Total  173,936       173,936     
(1)Item 6.Selected Consolidated Financial DataConsists of shares repurchased under the publicly announced share repurchase program.

The following tables set forth Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.’s selected historical consolidated financial and other data for the periods ending on and as of the dates indicated. We derived the consolidated statement of income data and consolidated statement of cash flow data for fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016 from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We derived the consolidated statement of income data and consolidated statement of cash flow data for fiscal year 2013 and successor period 2012 and predecessor period 2012 (both described below) and the consolidated balance sheet data as of January 31, 2015, February 1, 2014 and February 2, 2013 from our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Prior to fiscal year 2013, we operated on a fiscal calendar which resulted in a given fiscal year consisting of a 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest to December 31 of that year. In connection with the CCMP Acquisition (as defined in Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations), as part of the purchase price allocation, assets acquired and liabilities assumed were adjusted to their estimated fair value as of September 28, 2012, the closing date of the CCMP Acquisition. The periods on and prior to September 28, 2012 are referred to as the predecessor periods. The periods on and following September 29, 2012 are referred to as the successor periods. We refer to the period from January 1, 2012 through September 28, 2012 as “predecessor period 2012” and the period from September 29, 2012 through February 2, 2013 as “successor period 2012.”

Each of fiscal years 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013 consisted of 52-week periods. Successor period 2012 consisted of an 18-week period and predecessor period 2012 consisted of a 39-week period. As a result of the application of purchase accounting in connection with the CCMP Acquisition impacting the successor periods, fiscal years 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 and successor period 2012 may not be comparable to predecessor period 2012.

The consolidated statement of income data and consolidated statement of cash flow data for fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for fiscal year 2017 or for any future period. You should read the information set forth below together with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and the information under “Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Successor
 
 
Fiscal year
Successor
period (1)
Predecessor
Period (1)
 
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2012
 
 
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
 
Consolidated Statement of Income Data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Sales
$
890,315
 
$
762,370
 
$
637,975
 
$
540,718
 
$
183,644
 
$
316,135
 
Cost of sales
 
529,904
 
 
459,506
 
 
384,465
 
 
323,908
 
 
113,376
 
 
187,811
 
Gross profit
 
360,411
 
 
302,864
 
 
253,510
 
 
216,810
 
 
70,268
 
 
128,324
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
242,891
 
 
209,783
 
 
178,832
 
 
153,807
 
 
53,440
 
 
100,233
 
Depreciation and amortization expenses
 
8,443
 
 
7,172
 
 
6,987
 
 
8,011
 
 
3,423
 
 
3,846
 
Pre-opening expenses
 
6,883
 
 
6,337
 
 
4,910
 
 
4,833
 
 
665
 
 
3,521
 
Operating income
 
102,194
 
 
79,572
 
 
62,781
 
 
50,159
 
 
12,740
 
 
20,724
 
Interest expense, net
 
5,935
 
 
15,416
 
 
18,432
 
 
17,493
 
 
5,832
 
 
4,425
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
 
 
6,710
 
 
671
 
 
1,848
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes
 
96,259
 
 
57,446
 
 
43,678
 
 
30,818
 
 
6,908
 
 
16,299
 
Income tax expense
 
36,495
 
 
21,607
 
 
16,763
 
 
11,277
 
 
3,303
 
 
7,286
 
Net income
$
59,764
 
$
35,839
 
$
26,915
 
$
19,541
 
$
3,605
 
$
9,013
 
Earnings per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.99
 
$
0.67
 
$
0.56
 
$
0.40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted
$
0.96
 
$
0.64
 
$
0.55
 
$
0.40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
60,160
 
 
53,835
 
 
48,202
 
 
48,519
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted
 
62,415
 
 
55,796
 
 
48,609
 
 
48,519
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows Data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating activities
$
67,088
 
$
45,848
 
$
31,842
 
$
19,713
 
$
25,161
 
$
(6,152
)
Investing activities
 
(16,423
)
 
(14,337
)
 
(14,007
)
 
(9,554
)
 
(696,505
)
 
(6,948
)
Financing activities
 
17,759
 
 
(23,204
)
 
(8,049
)
 
(2,593
)
 
675,944
 
 
2,503
 
 
As of
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
February 1,
2014
February 2,
2013
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
 
 
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
98,683
 
$
30,259
 
$
21,952
 
$
12,166
 
$
4,600
 
Total assets
 
1,039,375
 
 
943,822
 
 
917,131
 
 
879,278
 
 
851,165
 
Total debt (2)
 
194,000
 
 
198,451
 
 
321,287
 
 
268,479
 
 
222,062
 
Total liabilities
 
388,114
 
 
381,873
 
 
500,296
 
 
435,139
 
 
383,809
 
Total stockholders’ equity
 
651,261
 
 
561,949
 
 
416,835
 
 
444,139
 
 
467,356
 

(2)(1)Includes commissions for the shares repurchased under the share repurchase program.

(3)Successor period 2012 consists
On March 26, 2019, the Board of Directors of the 18-week period from September 29, 2012Company authorized the repurchase of up to February 2, 2013, and Predecessor period 2012 consists$100.0 million of shares of the 39-week period fromCompany’s common stock.  This initial tranche expired on March 26, 2021.  The Board authorized the repurchase of another $100.0 million of the Company’s common stock on December 15, 2020, and a $100.0 million increase on March 16, 2021, resulting in $200.0 million approved for share repurchases through January 1, 201213, 2023.  On November 30, 2021, the Board authorized an additional $200.0 million to September 28, 2012. repurchase stock pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program, expiring on December 15, 2023. On November 30, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an extension to the existing share repurchase program set to expire on December 15, 2023, until March 31, 2026.  Shares to be repurchased are subject to the same considerations regarding timing and amount of repurchases as the initial authorization. As of February 3, 2024, the Company had approximately $85.7 million remaining under its share repurchase program.  For further discussion on the month ended January 28, 2012, net sales were $23.3 millionshare repurchase program, see “Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and net loss was $0.3 million. For the month ended February 2, 2013, net sales were $32.4 millionAnalysis of Financial Condition and net loss was $0.6 million.Results of Operations, Liquidity and Capital Resources, Share Repurchase Program.”

Item 6.(2)Represents total outstanding indebtedness, net of unamortized original issue discount of $0.1 million and deferred financing fees of $1.2 million and $1.5 million, as of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016, respectively. See Note 5 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.[Reserved]

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Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion together with “Item 6, Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and the financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The statements in this discussion regarding expectations of our future performance, liquidity and capital resources and other non-historical statements are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described in “Item 1A, Risk Factors” and “Cautionary“Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements.” Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements.

We operate on a fiscal calendar widely used by the retail industry that results in a given fiscal year consisting of a 52- or 53-week period ending on the Saturday closest tonearer January 31 of the following year. References to “fiscal year 2016”“2023” refer to the 53 week fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 and references to “2022” refer to the 52 week fiscal year ended January 28, 2017, references2023.  References to “fiscal year 2015”“2024” refer to the 52-week fiscal year ended January 30, 2016 and references to “fiscal year 2014” refer to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. Each of fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014 consisted of a 52-week period. References to “fiscal year 2017” refer to the fiscal year ending February 3, 2018, which consists of a 53-week period.

1, 2025.

Overview

Ollie’s is a highly differentiated and fast-growing, extreme valueAmerica’s largest retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory. Our stores sell name brand name merchandisehousehold related items that consumers use in their everyday lives at drastically reduced prices.prices that are typically 20% to 70% below traditional retailers.  Known for our assortment of “Good Stuff Cheap®,” we offer customers a broad selection of brand name products, including housewares, bed and bath, food, housewares,floor coverings, health and beauty aids, books and stationery, bedtoys, and bath, floor coverings, electronics, and toys.electronics.  Our differentiated go-to market strategy is characterized by a unique, fun, and engaging treasure hunt shopping experience, compelling customer value proposition and witty, humorous in-store signage and advertising campaigns. These attributes have driven our rapid growth and strong and consistent store performance as evidenced by our store base expansion from 131345 stores to 234512 stores and net sales growth from $476.5 million$1.408 billion to $890.3 million$2.103 billion from 2019 to 2023 and average annual net sales per store ranging from $3.8of $4.3 million to $4.1 million between fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2016. Furthermore, our comparable store sales increased from $713.4 million in fiscal year 2015 to $736.0 million in fiscal year 2016, or 3.2%, and our non-comparable store sales increased from $49.0 million in fiscal year 2015 to $154.3 million in fiscal year 2016.

for the five-year period.

Our Growth Strategy

Since the founding of Ollie’s in 1982, we have grown organically by backfilling existing markets and leveraging our brand awareness, marketing, and infrastructure to expand into new markets in contiguous states.  In 2003, Mark Butler, our co-founder, assumed his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer. Under Mr. Butler’s leadership, weWe have expanded from 28to 512 stores located in three states at the end of fiscal year 2003 to 234 stores located in 1930 states as of January 28, 2017.

February 3, 2024.

Our stores are supported by twothree distribution centers, one each in York, PA, and one in Commerce, GA, whichand Lancaster, TX. We completed the expansion of our York, PA distribution center in fiscal 2023 providing an additional 201,000 square feet of distribution capacity. In addition, we broke ground on construction of our fourth distribution center in Princeton, IL in April 2023, the distribution center is expected to be operational in the second half of fiscal 2024. With the expansion of our York, PA distribution center and the addition of our fourth distribution center, we believe canour distribution capabilities will support between 375up to 400 stores. 750 stores.
We have invested in our associates, infrastructure, distribution network, and information systems to allow us to continue to rapidly grow our store footprint, including:

growing our merchant buying team to increase our access to brand name/closeout merchandise;
adding members to our senior management team;
opening two new
expanding the capacity of our distribution centers since 2011 with a total capacity of approximately 1.6to their current 2.4 million square feet; and
investing in information technology, accounting, and warehouse management systems.

Our business model has produced consistent and predictable store growth over the past several years, during both strong and weaker economic cycles.  We plan to continue to enhance our competitive positioning and drive growth in sales and profitability by executing on the following strategies:

growing our store base;
increasing our offerings of great bargains; and
leveraging and expanding Ollie’s Army.

We have a proven portable, flexible, and highly profitable store model that has produced consistent financial results and returns.  Our new store model targets a store size between 25,000 to 35,000 square feet and an average initial cash

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investment of approximately $1.0 million, which includes store fixtures and equipment, store-level and distribution center inventory (net of payables) and pre-opening expenses. We target new storesstore sales of $3.7 million.

approximately $4.0 million in their first full year of operations.

While we are focused on driving comparable store sales and managing our expenses, our revenue and profitability growth will primarily come from opening new stores.  The core elements of our business model are procuring great deals, offering extreme values to our customers and creating consistent, predictable store growth, and margins.  In addition, our new stores generally open strong, immediately contributing to the growth in net sales and profitability of our business. From fiscal year 20122019 to fiscal year 2016,2023, net sales grew at a CAGR of 17.0%10.5%.  We plan to achieve continued net sales growth, including comparable stores sales, by adding additional stores to our store base and by continuing to provide quality merchandise at a value for our customers as we scale and gain more access to purchase directly from major manufacturers.  We also plan to leverage and expand our Ollie’s Army database marketing strategies.  In addition, we plan to continue to manage our selling, general, and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) by continuing to make process improvements and by maintaining our standard policy of reviewing our operating costs.

Our ability to grow and our results of operations may be impacted by additional factors and uncertainties, such as consumer spending habits, which are subject to macroeconomic conditions and changes in discretionary income.  Our customers’ discretionary income is primarily impacted by gas prices, wages, rising interest rates, inflation, and consumer trends and preferences, which fluctuate depending on the environment. The potential consolidation of our competitors or other changes in our competitive landscape could also impact our results of operations or our ability to grow, even though we compete with a broad range of retailers.

Our key competitive advantage is our direct buying relationships with many major manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers, and retailers for our brand name and closeout products and unbranded goods.  We also augment our product mix with private label brands.  As we continue to grow, we believe our increased scale will provide us with even greater access to brand name and closeout products as major manufacturers seek a single buyer to acquire an entire deal.

How We Assess the Performance of Our Business and Key Line Items

We consider a variety of financial and operating measures in assessing the performance of our business.  The key measures we use are number of new stores, net sales, comparable store sales, gross profit and gross margin, selling, general and administrative expenses,SG&A, pre-opening expenses, operating income, EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA.

Number of New Stores

The number of new stores reflects the number of stores opened during a particular reporting period.  Before we open new stores, we make initial capital investments in fixtures, equipment and inventory, which we amortize over time, and we incur pre-opening expenses described below under “Pre-Opening Expenses.”

Expenses” and we make an initial investment in inventory.  We also make initial capital investments in fixtures and equipment, which we amortize over time.

We opened 3145 new stores in fiscal year 2016.2023.  We expect new store growth to be the primary driver of our sales growth. Our initial lease terms are typically between five toapproximately seven years with options to renew for two or three to five successive five-year periods. Our portable and predictable real estate model focuses on backfilling existing markets and entering new markets in contiguous states. Our new stores often open with higher sales levels as a result of greater advertising and promotional spend in connection with grand opening events, but decline shortly thereafter to our new store model levels.

Net Sales

We recognize retail sales in our stores when merchandise is sold and the customer takes possession of the merchandise.  Also included in net sales is revenue allocated to certain redeemed discounts earned via the Ollie’s Army loyalty program and gift card breakage.  Net sales constitute gross salesare presented net of returns and sales tax. Net sales consist of sales from comparable stores and non-comparable stores, described below under “Comparable Store Sales.”  Growth of our net sales is primarily driven by the expansion of our store base in existing and new markets.  As we continue to grow, we believe we will have greater access to brand name and closeout merchandise and an increased deal selection, resulting in more potential offerings for our customers.  Net sales are impacted by product mix, merchandise mix and availability, as well as promotional activities and the spending habits of our customers. Our broad selection of offerings across diverse product categories supports growth in net sales by attracting new customers, which results in higher spending levels and frequency of shopping visits from our customers, including Ollie’s Army members.

The spending habits of our customers are subject to macroeconomic conditions and changes in discretionary income.  Our customers’ discretionary income is primarily impacted by gas prices, wages, inflation, and consumer trends and

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preferences, which fluctuate depending on the environment.  However, because we offer a broad selection of merchandise at extreme values, we believe we are generally less impacted than other retailers by economic cycles. These cycles that correspond with declines in general consumer spending habits andhabits.  We believe we also benefit from periods of increased consumer spending.

Comparable Store Sales

Comparable store sales measure performance of a store during the current reporting period against the performance of the same store in the corresponding period of the previous year.  Comparable store sales consistsconsist of net sales from our stores beginning on the first day of the sixteenth full fiscal month following the store’s opening, which is when we believe comparability is achieved.  Comparable store sales are impacted by the same factors that impact net sales.

We define comparable stores to be stores:

stores that:
that
have been remodeled while remaining open;
that
are closed for five or fewer days in any fiscal month;
that
are closed temporarily and relocated within their respective trade areas; and
that
have expanded, but are not significantly different in size, within their current locations.

Non-comparable store sales consist of new store sales and sales for stores not open for a full 15 months.  Stores which are closed temporarily, but for more than five days in any fiscal month, are included in non-comparable store sales beginning in the fiscal month in which the temporary closure begins until the first full month of operation once the store re-opens, at which time they are included in comparable store sales.

Opening new stores is the primary component of our growth strategy and as we continue to execute on our growth strategy, we expect a significant portion of our sales growth will be attributable to non-comparable store sales.  Accordingly, comparable store sales are only one measure we use to assess the success of our growth strategy.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

Gross profit is equal to our net sales less our cost of sales.  Cost of sales includes merchandise costs, transportation costs, inventory markdowns, shrink,shrinkage and certaintransportation, distribution, warehousing and storagewarehousing costs, including depreciation.depreciation and amortization. Gross margin is gross profit as a percentage of our net sales. Gross margin is a measure used by management to indicate whether we are selling merchandise at an appropriate gross profit.

In addition, our gross profit margin is impacted by product mix, as some products generally provide higher gross margins, by our merchandise mix and availability, and by our merchandise cost, which can vary.

Our gross profit is variable in nature and generally follows changes in net sales.  We regularly analyze the components of gross profit, as well as gross profit as a percentage of sales.margin.  Specifically, our product margin and merchandise mix is reviewed by our merchant team and senior management, ensuring strict adherence to internal margin goals.  Our disciplined buying approach has produced consistent gross margins and we believe helps to mitigate adverse impacts on gross profit and results of operation.

operations.

The components of our cost of sales may not be comparable to the components of cost of sales or similar measures of our competitors and other retailers.  As a result, our gross profit and gross margin may not be comparable to similar data made available by our competitors and other retailers.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses

SG&A are comprised of payroll and benefits for store, field support, and support center associates.  Selling, general and administrative expensesSG&A also include marketing and advertising expense, occupancy utilities, supplies, credit card processing fees,costs for stores and the store support center, insurance, corporate infrastructure, and professional services.other general expenses. The components of our selling, general and administrative expenseSG&A remain relatively consistent per store and for each new store opening. Consolidated selling, general and administrative expensesSG&A generally increase as we grow our store base and as our net sales increase. A significant portion of our expenses is primarily fixed in nature, and we expect to continue to maintain strict discipline while carefully monitoring selling, general and administrative expensesSG&A as a percentage of net sales.

  We expect that our SG&A will continue to increase in future periods with future growth.

The components of our selling, general and administrative expensesSG&A may not be comparable to the components of SG&A or similar measures of our competitors and other retailers.  We expect thatAs a result, our selling, general and administrative expenses will continueSG&A may not be comparable to

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increase in future periods with future growth and in part due to additional legal, accounting, insurance, similar data made available by our competitors and other expenses as a result of being a public company, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related rules and regulations.

Pre-Opening Expenses

Pre-opening expenses consist of expenses of opening new stores and distribution centers. For new stores, pre-opening expenses include grand opening advertising costs, payroll expenses, travel expenses, employee training costs, rent expenses and store setup costs, as well as store closing costs. Pre-opening expenses for new stores are expensed as they are incurred, which is typically within 30 to 45 days of opening a new store. For distribution centers, pre-opening expenses primarily include inventory transportation costs, employee travel expenses and occupancy costs.

Operating Income

Operating income is gross profit less selling, general and administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization and pre-opening expenses. Operating income excludes interest expense, net and income tax expense. We use operating income as an indicator of the productivity of our business and our ability to manage expenses.

retailers.

Depreciation and amortization expenses

Amortization Expenses

Property and equipment are stated at original cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expenses are calculated over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, or in the case of leasehold improvements, the lesser of the useful lives or the remaining term of the lease. Expenditures for additions, renewals, and betterments are capitalized; expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation isand amortization are computed on the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes. Depreciation and amortization as it relates to our distribution centers is included within cost of sales on the consolidated statements of income.

Pre-Opening Expenses
Pre-opening expenses consist of expenses of opening new stores and distribution centers, as well as store remodel and store closing costs.  For opening new stores, pre-opening expenses include grand opening advertising costs, payroll expenses, travel expenses, employee training costs, rent expenses, and store setup costs.  Pre-opening expenses for new stores are expensed as they are incurred, which is typically within 30 to 45 days of opening a new store. For opening distribution centers, pre-opening expenses primarily include inventory transportation costs, employee travel expenses, and occupancy costs. Store remodel costs primarily consist of payroll expenses, travel expenses, and store setup costs expensed as they are incurred. Store closing costs primarily consist of insurance deductibles, rent, and store payroll.
Operating Income
Operating income is gross profit less SG&A, depreciation and amortization, and pre-opening expenses.  Operating income excludes net interest income or expense, and income tax expense.  We use operating income as an indicator of the productivity of our business and our ability to manage expenses.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are key metrics used by management and our Board to assess our financial performance.  EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also frequently used by analysts, investors, and other interested parties to evaluate companies in our industry.  We use Adjusted EBITDA to supplement GAAPU.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) measures of performance to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies, to make budgeting decisions, to evaluate our performance in connection with compensation decisions and to compare our performance against that of other peer companies using similar measures.  Management believes it is useful to investors and analystanalysts to evaluate these non-GAAP measures on the same basis as management uses to evaluate the Company’s operating results.  We believe that excluding items from operating income, net income, and net income per diluted share that may not be indicative of, or are unrelated to, our core operating results, and that may vary in frequency or magnitude, from operating income, net income and net income per diluted share, enhances the comparability of our results and provides a better baseline for analyzing trends in our business.

We define EBITDA as net income before net interest income or expense, loss on extinguishment of debt, depreciation and amortization expenses, and income taxes. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA as further adjusted for non-cash stock basedstock-based compensation expense non-cash purchase accounting items, transaction related expenses and debt financing expenses, which we do not consider representative of our ongoing operating performance.gains on insurance settlements.  EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP measures and may not be comparable to similar measures reported by other companies.  EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. In the future we may incur expenses or charges such as those added back to calculate Adjusted EBITDA. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by these items.  For further discussion of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA and for reconciliations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, see “Results of Operations.”

Factors Affecting

Results of Operations
This section includes comparisons of certain 2023 financial information to the Comparabilitysame information for 2022.  Year-to-year comparisons of the 2022 financial information to the same information for fiscal 2021, the 52-week period ended January 28, 2022 (“2021”), are contained in Item 7 of our Results of Operations

Our results over the past three years have been affected by the following events, which must be understood in order to assess the comparability of our period-to-period financial performance and condition.

Initial Public Offering and Subsequent Equity Offerings

On July 15, 2015, we priced our initial public offering of 8,925,000 shares of our common stock. As a result of the IPO, we received net proceeds of $153.1 million, after deducting the underwriting fees of $11.1 million. We used the net proceeds from the IPO to pay off outstanding borrowings under our then-existing senior secured asset-based

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revolving credit facility (the “Old Revolving Credit Facility”) and a portion of the outstanding principal balance of our then-existing senior secured term loan facility (the “Old Term Loan Facility” and together, the “Old Credit Facilities”), which we had entered into in connectionForm 10-K for 2022 filed with the CCMP Acquisition described below. In advance ofSEC on March 24, 2023 and in connection withavailable through the IPO, on June 17, 2015, the Company effected a stock split of the Company’s common stockSEC’s website at  a ratio of 115 shares for every share previously held. All common stock share and common stock per share amounts for all periods presented in these financial statements have been adjusted retroactively to reflect the stock split.

Following our IPO, we completed several secondary equity offerings of shares of common stock held by affiliates of our private equity sponsor, CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC (collectively “CCMP”) and other management stockholders. We were acquired by CCMP and certain members of management in September 2012 (the “CCMP Acquisition”). During fiscal year 2016, CCMP liquidated its ownership position in Ollie’s.

Financing Transactions and Payments to Stockholders

On April 11, 2014, we entered into an amendment to the Old Term Loan Facility, which allowed additional borrowings in an aggregate principal amount of $60.0 million, allowing us to distribute $58.0 million as a special cash dividend to common stockholders as consented by the original Old Term Loan Facility lenders. The proceeds received were net of $2.0 million in fees, of which $1.3 million was recognized as deferred financing fees, $0.4 million was recorded as additional original issue discount, and $0.3 million was recognized as selling, general and administrative expenses. In connection with this amendment, $0.4 million of debt issuance cost and $0.2 million of original issue discount were accelerated on the date of the amendment and included within loss on extinguishment of debt.

On May 27, 2015 we amended the credit agreements governing our Old Credit Facilities to, among other things, increase the size of the Old Revolving Credit Facility from $75.0 million to $125.0 million and to permit a dividend to holders of our outstanding common stock. We also drew $50.0 million of borrowings on the Old Revolving Credit Facility, the proceeds of which were used to pay an aggregate cash dividend of $48.8 million to holders of our common stock, $1.1 million of bank fees and $0.1 million of legal and other expenses.

On July 15, 2015, we priced our IPO of 8,925,000 shares of our common stock. As noted above, we used the net proceeds from the IPO to pay off outstanding borrowings under the Old Revolving Credit Facility and a portion of the outstanding principal balance of the Old Term Loan Facility.

On January 29, 2016, we completed a transaction in which we refinanced the Old Credit Facilities with the proceeds of our Credit Facilities, consisting of the $200.0 million Term Loan Facility and the $100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility, which includes a $25.0 million sub-facility for letters of credit and a $25.0 million sub-facility for swingline loans (the “Refinancing”). We incurred various arrangement fees and legal fees totaling $2.1 million in connection with the Refinancing, of which $2.0 million was recorded as deferred financing fees and $0.1 million was recognized as selling, general and administrative expense on the date of the Refinancing. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Store Openings

During fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, we opened 31 new stores, opened 28 new stores and closed one store and opened 22 new stores, respectively. In connection with these store openings, we incurred pre-opening expenses of $6.9 million, $6.3 million and $4.9 million in fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In fiscal 2017, we expect to open between 33 and 35 new stores and enter the state of Rhode Island.

Distribution Center

In April 2014, we opened our second distribution center, located in Commerce, GA. We incurred certain start-up costs related to the opening of this distribution center, including costs associated with securing the 962,280 square foot site and entering into the lease arrangements. As of January 28, 2017, we are entitled to occupy 699,840 square feet of the facility and are under a lease obligation to incrementally add square footage up to 962,280 square feet through November 2017. In fiscal year 2014, we also incurred additional costs of $0.3 million associated with the opening and start-up of the Commerce, GA distribution center. In addition, we incurred costs related to hiring and training new associates for this distribution center. We expect to make additional expenditures related to our utilization of this additional space through 2017.

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Results of Operations

The following tables summarize key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated,2023 and 2022, both in dollars and as a percentage of our net sales.

We derived the consolidated statements of income for fiscal years 2016, 20152023 and 20142022 from our consolidated financial statements and related notes. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future.

 
Fiscal year
 
2016
2015
2014
 
(dollars in thousands)
Net sales
$
890,315
 
$
762,370
 
$
637,975
 
Cost of sales
 
529,904
 
 
459,506
 
 
384,465
 
Gross profit
 
360,411
 
 
302,864
 
 
253,510
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
242,891
 
 
209,783
 
 
178,832
 
Depreciation and amortization expenses
 
8,443
 
 
7,172
 
 
6,987
 
Pre-opening expenses
 
6,883
 
 
6,337
 
 
4,910
 
Operating income
 
102,194
 
 
79,572
 
 
62,781
 
Interest expense, net
 
5,935
 
 
15,416
 
 
18,432
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
 
 
6,710
 
 
671
 
Income before income taxes
 
96,259
 
 
57,446
 
 
43,678
 
Income tax expense
 
36,495
 
 
21,607
 
 
16,763
 
Net income
$
59,764
 
$
35,839
 
$
26,915
 
Percentage of net sales (1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
Cost of sales
 
59.5
 
 
60.3
 
 
60.3
 
Gross profit
 
40.5
 
 
39.7
 
 
39.7
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
27.3
 
 
27.5
 
 
28.0
 
Depreciation and amortization expenses
 
0.9
 
 
0.9
 
 
1.1
 
Pre-opening expenses
 
0.8
 
 
0.8
 
 
0.8
 
Operating income
 
11.5
 
 
10.4
 
 
9.8
 
Interest expense, net
 
0.7
 
 
2.0
 
 
2.9
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
 
 
0.9
 
 
0.1
 
Income before income taxes
 
10.8
 
 
7.5
 
 
6.8
 
Income tax expense
 
4.1
 
 
2.8
 
 
2.6
 
Net income
 
6.7
%
 
4.7
%
 
4.2
%
Select Operating Data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of new stores
 
31
 
 
28
 
 
22
 
Number of store closings
 
 
 
(1
)
 
 
Number of stores open at end of period
 
234
 
 
203
 
 
176
 
Average net sales per store (2)
$
4,050
 
$
4,007
 
$
3,815
 
Comparable stores sales change
 
3.2
%
 
6.0
%
 
4.4
%
 
 2023  2022 
 
 (dollars in thousands)
 
 
      
Net sales $2,102,662  $1,827,009 
Cost of sales  1,270,297   1,170,915 
Gross profit  832,365   656,094 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  562,672   490,569 
Depreciation and amortization expenses  27,819   22,907 
Pre-opening expenses  14,075   11,700 
Operating income  227,799   130,918 
Interest expense (income), net  (14,686)  (2,965)
Income before income taxes  242,485   133,883 
Income tax expense  61,046   31,093 
Net income $181,439  $102,790 
Percentage of net sales(1):
        
Net sales  100.0%  100.0%
Cost of sales  60.4   64.1 
Gross profit  39.6   35.9 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  26.8   26.9 
Depreciation and amortization expenses  1.3   1.3 
Pre-opening expenses  0.7   0.6 
Operating income  10.8   7.2 
Interest expense (income), net  (0.7)  (0.2)
Income before income taxes  11.5   7.3 
Income tax expense  2.9   1.7 
Net income  8.6%  5.6%
Select operating data:        
Number of new stores  45   40 
Number of store closings  (1)  (3)
Number of stores open at end of period  512   468 
Average net sales per store (2)
 $4,286  $4,043 
Comparable stores sales change  5.7%  (3.0)%


(1)
Components may not add to totals due to rounding.
(2)
Average net sales per store represents the weighted average of total net weekly sales divided by the number of stores open in each case at the end of each week in each fiscal period.for the respective periods presented.

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The following table provides a reconciliation of our net income to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:

 
Fiscal year
 
2016
2015
2014
 
(dollars in thousands)
Net Income
$
59,764
 
$
35,839
 
$
26,915
 
Interest expense, net
 
5,935
 
 
15,416
 
 
18,432
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
 
 
6,710
 
 
671
 
Depreciation and amortization expenses (1)
 
10,668
 
 
9,342
 
 
8,785
 
Income tax expense
 
36,495
 
 
21,607
 
 
16,763
 
EBITDA
$
112,862
 
$
88,914
 
$
71,566
 
Non-cash stock based compensation expense
 
6,685
 
 
5,035
 
 
3,761
 
Non-cash purchase accounting items (2)
 
(134
)
 
(284
)
 
(383
)
Transaction related expenses (3)
 
1,736
 
 
322
 
 
 
Debt financing expenses (4)
 
 
 
89
 
 
446
 
Adjusted EBITDA
$
121,149
 
$
94,076
 
$
75,390
 
  2023  2022 
  (dollars in thousands) 
Net income $181,439  $102,790 
Interest expense (income), net  (14,686)  (2,965)
Depreciation and amortization expenses (1)
  35,120   28,903 
Income tax expense  61,046   31,093 
EBITDA  262,919   159,821 
Gains from insurance settlements  -   (897)
Non-cash stock-based compensation expense  12,237   9,951 
Adjusted EBITDA $275,156  $168,875 


(1)
Includes depreciation and amortization relating to our distribution centers, which is included within cost of sales on our consolidated statements of income.
(2)Includes purchase accounting impact from unfavorable lease liabilities related to the CCMP Acquisition.
2023 Compared with 2022
(3)Represents professional services and one-time compensation expenses related to the fiscal year 2015 IPO and the fiscal year 2016 secondary offering transactions.
(4)Represents fees and expenses related to amendments to our Old Credit Facilities in fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

Fiscal year 2016 compared to fiscal year 2015

Net Sales

Net sales increased to $890.3 million for fiscal year 2016$2.103 billion in 2023 from $762.4 million for fiscal year 2015,$1.827 billion in 2022, an increase of $127.9$275.7 million, or 16.8%15.1%.  The increase in net sales was the result of new store unit growth, a comparable store sales increase of $22.6 million, or 3.2%5.7%, and a non-comparable store$34.0 million of sales increase of $105.3 million. Our increase in non-comparable storethe 53rd week. Excluding the 53rd week, sales was primarily driven by the timing of new stores which opened during fiscalincreased 13.2% year 2015 but were not open for a full 15 months during fiscal year 2016, as well as 31 new stores which opened during fiscal year 2016.

over year.

Comparable store sales increased 3.2% for fiscal year 20165.7% in 2023 compared towith a 6.0% increase for fiscal year 2015.3.0% decrease in 2022.  The increase in comparable store sales during fiscal year 2016 was driven byconsisted of an increase in the number of customer transactions as well as an increase in the average transaction size. On a department basis, the increase was primarily driven by strong results in the health and beauty aids, electronics, food and candy, seasonal and toy departments, slightly offset by decreases in our books and stationery, furniture and hardware departments.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales increased to $529.9 million for fiscal year 2016 from $459.5 million for fiscal year 2015, an increase of $70.4 million, or 15.3%. The increase in cost of sales was primarily a result of increased net sales.

transactions.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

Gross profit increased to $360.4$832.4 million for fiscal year 2016in 2023 from $302.9$656.1 million for fiscal year 2015,in 2022, an increase of $57.5$176.3 million, or 19.0%26.9%The increase in gross profit was primarily the result of new store growth and increases in comparable store sales. Our grossGross margin increased 370 basis points to 40.5%39.6% in 2023 from 39.7% for fiscal years 2016 and 2015, respectively.35.9% in 2022.  The increase in gross margin in fiscal year 2016 was2023 is primarily due to lower distributionfavorable supply chain costs.
Selling, General and transportationAdministrative Expenses
SG&A increased to $562.7 million in 2023 from $490.6 million in 2022, an increase of $72.1 million, or 14.7%.  The dollar increase in SG&A was primarily driven by higher selling expenses associated with our new store unit growth, as well as higher incentive compensation. As a percentage of net sales, SG&A decreased 10 basis points to 26.8% in 2023 from 26.9% in 2022. This decrease is primarily the result of leverage of fixed expenses, partially offset by higher incentive compensation expense.
Included in SG&A in 2022 is $0.9 million, respectively, of income related to gains from insurance settlements.  Excluding the gains in both years, SG&A decreased 10 basis points as a percentage of net sales in 2023.
Depreciation and Amortization Expenses
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased to $27.8 million in 2023 from $22.9 million in 2022, an increase of $4.9 million, or 21.4%, the result of the increased asset base due to new store growth and investments in existing stores.
Pre-Opening Expenses
Pre-opening expenses increased to $14.1 million in 2023 from $11.7 million in 2022, an increase of $2.4 million, or 20.3%. The increase is primarily due to lower fuel costsadditional store openings and import container rates.

Selling, Generalremodels.  We opened 45 new stores and Administrative Expenses

Selling, generalclosed one store in 2023 compared with having opened 40 new stores and administrative expenses increased to $242.9 million for fiscal year 2016 from $209.8 million for fiscal year 2015, an increase of $33.1 million, or 15.8%.closed three stores in 2022. As a percentage of net sales, selling, general and administrativepre-opening expenses decreased 20 basis points to 27.3% for fiscal year 2016was 0.7% in 2023 from 0.6% in 2022.

Interest (Income) Expense, Net
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2015.with $3.0 million in 2022. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily the result of increasesinterest income, net in store-related expenses of $25.8 million to support new store growth. These increased expenses consisted primarily of store payroll and benefits, store occupancy costs, and other store-related expenses, as well as investments in general and administration infrastructure to support continued growth in the business, public company expenses and costs related to our secondary offering transactions.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased to $8.4 million for fiscal year 2016 from $7.2 million for fiscal year 2015, an increase of $1.3 million, or 17.7%. The increase2023 is primarily a result of new store growth.

Pre-Opening Expenses

Pre-opening expenses increased to $6.9 million for fiscal year 2016 from $6.3 million for fiscal year 2015, an increase of $0.5 million, or 8.6%. The increase primarily relates to expenses incurred in opening 31 stores during fiscal year 2016 compared to opening 28 stores and one store closing during fiscal year 2015.

Interest Expense, Net

Net interest expense decreased to $5.9 million for fiscal year 2016 from $15.4 million for fiscal year 2015, a decrease of $9.5 million or 61.5%. The decrease in fiscal year 2016 was primarily due to proceeds from the IPO reducing borrowings on our Credit Facilities. Additionally, the effectivefavorable interest rate on our Credit Facilities decreased as a result of the Refinancing that occurred on January 29, 2016.

rates and higher average cash and cash equivalent and short-term investments balances compared to 2022.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense increased to $36.5$61.0 million for fiscal year 2016in 2023 from $21.6$31.1 million for fiscal year 2015,in 2022, an increase of $14.9$29.9 million, or 68.9%96.3%ThisThe effective tax rates for 2023 and 2022 were 25.2% and 23.2%, respectively.  The variance in the effective tax rates between the periods was primarily due to state tax rate changes, offset by an increase in incomediscrete tax expense was primarily the result of the $38.8benefits related to stock-based compensation. Discrete tax benefits totaled $1.1 million increaseand $0.3 million in pre-tax net income, or 67.6%. Our effective tax rate increased2023 and 2022, respectively. For further information, see Note 8 under “Notes to 37.9% for fiscal year 2016 from 37.6% for fiscal year 2015.

Consolidated Financial Statements.”

Net Income

As a result of the foregoing, net income increased to $59.8$181.4 million for fiscal year 2016in 2023 from $35.8$102.8 million for fiscal year 2015,in 2022, an increase of $23.9$78.6 million, or 66.8%76.5%.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA increased to $121.1$275.2 million for fiscal year 2016in 2023 from $94.1$168.9 million for fiscal year 2015,in 2022, an increase of $27.1$106.3 million, or 28.8%62.9%. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal year 2016 is due primarily to our increase in net sales, which was driven by a 3.2% increase in comparable store sales and a 15.3% increase in store count over fiscal year 2015. We achieved increased gross profit dollars due to the increased sales volume as well as an 80-basis-point increase in our gross margin rate, largely driven by reduced distribution and transportation costs in fiscal year 2016. Additionally, as a result of the sales increase in fiscal year 2016, our selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales decreased by 20 basis points, all resulting in the improvement of our Adjusted EBITDA performance compared to the same period last year.

Fiscal year 2015 compared to fiscal year 2014

Net Sales

Net sales increased to $762.4 million for fiscal year 2015 from $638.0 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $124.4 million, or 19.5%. The increase was the result of a comparable store sales increase of $36.5 million, or 6.0% and a non-comparable store sales increase of $87.9 million. Our increase in non-comparable store sales was primarily driven by the timing of new stores, which opened during fiscal year 2014, but were not open for a full 15 months during fiscal year 2015, as well as 28 new stores which opened during fiscal year 2015.

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customer visits at our locations. On a department basis the increase was primarily driven by strong results in the food and candy, electronic accessories and the books and stationery departments, slightly offset by decreases in our housewares department as predominately mild weather during the last months of the fiscal year negatively impacted the sales of heaters.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales increased to $459.5 million for fiscal year 2015 from $384.5 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $75.0 million, or 19.5%. The increase in cost of sales was primarily a result of increased net sales and to a lesser extent increased transportation and distribution expenses.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

Gross profit increased to $302.9 million for fiscal year 2015 from $253.5 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $49.4 million, or 19.5%. The increase in gross profit was primarily the result of new store growth and increases in comparable store sales. Our gross margin remained at 39.7% for fiscal years 2015 and 2014. The consistency in gross margin was primarily attributable to favorable increases in our merchandise margin for fiscal year 2015 and was partially offset by increased distribution center costs.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $209.8 million for fiscal year 2015 from $178.8 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $31.0 million, or 17.3%. As a percentage of net sales, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 50 basis points to 27.5% for fiscal year 2015 compared to 28.0% for fiscal year 2014. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily the result of increases in store-related expenses of $26.2 million to support new store growth. These increased expenses consisted primarily of store payroll and benefits, store occupancy costs, and other store related expenses, as well as, investments in general and administration infrastructure to support continued growth in the business, public company expenses and costs related to our IPO.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expenses increased to $7.2 million for fiscal year 2015, from $7.0 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $0.2 million, or 2.7%. The increase is primarily a result of new store growth and the annualized impact of the opening of the Commerce, GA distribution center in April 2014.

Pre-Opening Expenses

Pre-opening expenses increased to $6.3 million for fiscal year 2015 from $4.9 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $1.4 million, or 29.1%. The increase primarily relates to the pre-opening expenses incurred in opening 28 stores and closing one store during fiscal year 2015 compared to 22 store openings during fiscal year 2014. The increase in pre-opening expenses was partially offset by reductions in the expense from the Commerce, GA distribution center which opened in April 2014.

Interest Expense, Net

Net interest expense decreased to $15.4 million for fiscal year 2015 from $18.4 million in fiscal year 2014, a decrease of $3.0 million or 16.4%. Proceeds from the IPO were used to reduce borrowings on the Term Loan Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, which primarily caused the decrease in interest expense for fiscal year 2015.

Loss on extinguishment of debt

Loss on extinguishment of debt increased to $6.7 million for fiscal year 2015 from $0.7 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $6.0 million. The loss on extinguishment of debt for fiscal year 2015 represents the write off of debt issuance costs and original issue discount due to the pay down of a portion of the Term Loan Facility using the proceeds from the IPO in July 2015 and the Refinancing on January 29, 2016. The loss on extinguishment of debt for fiscal year 2014 relates to the debt issuance cost and original issue discount which was written off as a result of the second amendment to the Old Term Loan Facility which occurred in April 2014.

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Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense increased to $21.6 million for fiscal year 2015 from $16.8 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $4.8 million, or 28.9%. This increase in income tax expense was primarily the result of the $13.8 million increase in pre-tax net income, or 31.5%. Our effective tax rate decreased to 37.6% for fiscal year 2015 from 38.4% for fiscal year 2014. The effective tax rate for fiscal year 2015 was lower than the prior year effective tax rates primarily as a result of a discrete tax benefit related to the impact from the finalization of employment-based tax credits associated with fiscal years 2015 and 2014 and the impact from a slight reduction in the projected state effective tax on the net deferred income tax liabilities.

Net Income

As a result of the foregoing, net income increased to $35.8 million for fiscal year 2015 from $26.9 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $8.9 million, or 33.2%.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA increased to $94.1 million for fiscal year 2015 from $75.4 million for fiscal year 2014, an increase of $18.7 million, or 24.8%. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal year 2015 is due primarily to our increase in net sales which was driven by a 6.0% increase in comparable store sales and a 15.3% increase in store count over fiscal year 2014. Also, as a result of the sales increase, we were able to leverage a 50 basis point decrease in our selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales for fiscal year 2015, all resulting to improve our Adjusted EBITDA performance compared to the same period last year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

Our primary sources of liquidity are net cash flows provided by operating activities and available borrowings under our $100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility. As of February 3, 2024, we had $353.2 million of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments on hand and $90.0 million available to borrow under our Revolving Credit Facility. For further information regarding our Revolving Credit Facility, see Note 7 under “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.”
Our primary cash needs are for capital expenditures and working capital.  As of January 28, 2017,Additionally, we had $98.8 million availablehave made and may continue to borrow under our $100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility and $98.7 million of cash and cash equivalents on hand. We had $195.0 million of outstanding borrowings under our Term Loan Facility. On May 27, 2015, we amended the credit agreements governing our Old Credit Facilities to, among other things, increase the size of the Old Revolving Credit Facility from $75.0 million to $125.0 million and to permit a dividend to holders of our outstanding common stock. We also drew $50.0 million of borrowings on the Old Revolving Credit Facility, the proceeds of which were used to pay an aggregate cash dividend of $48.8 million to holders of our common stock. We repaid borrowings under our Old Revolving Credit Facility and a portion of our Old Term Loan Facility with the proceeds of our IPO. On January 29, 2016, we completed the Refinancing, in which we refinanced the Old Credit Facilities with the proceeds of the Credit Facilities, consisting of the $200.0 million Term Loan Facility and the $100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility, which includes a $25.0 million sub-facilitymake discretionary share repurchases (see ‘Share Repurchase Program’ below for letters of credit and a $25.0 million sub-facility for swingline loans. See “—Factors affecting the comparability of our results of operations—Financing transactions and payments to stockholders” and “—Credit facilities.”

further discussion).

Our capital expenditures are primarily related to new store openings, store resets, which consist of improvements to stores as they are needed, expenditures related to our distribution centers, and infrastructure-related investments, including investments related to upgrading and maintaining our information technology systems.  For fiscal year 2016, weWe spent $16.4$124.4 million and $51.7 million for capital expenditures compared to $14.2 million for fiscal year 2015. We expect to fund capital expenditures from net cash provided by operating activities.in 2023 and 2022, respectively.  We opened 3145 new stores duringand closed one store in 2023.
Capital expenditures in 2024 are planned to be approximately $85 million, primarily for the construction of our fourth distribution center, which is anticipated to be operational in the second half of fiscal year 2016 and expect to open between 33 and 352024, as well as the opening of 50 new stores, during fiscal year 2017. We also expect to invest instore-level initiatives at our distribution centers, store resets andexisting stores, as well as general corporate capital expenditures, including information technology,technology.   We have experienced, and may continue to experience, delays in fiscal year 2017.

Historically, we have funded our capital expendituresconstruction and working capital requirements during the fiscal year with cash on handpermitting of new stores and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. When we have used our revolving credit facility, the amount of indebtedness outstanding under it has tended to be the highest in the beginning of our fourth fiscal quarter. Over the past two fiscal years, to the extent we have drawn on the revolving credit facility, we have paid down the borrowings before the end of December each fiscal year with cash generated during our peak selling season in our fourth fiscal quarter.

other projects.

Our primary working capital requirements are for the purchase of inventory,merchandise inventories, payroll, store rent associated with our operating leases, other store operating costs, distribution costs, and general and administrative costs.  Our working capital requirements fluctuate during the year,

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rising in our third fiscal quarter as we increase quantities of inventory in anticipation of our peak holiday sales season in our fourth fiscal quarter.  Fluctuations in working capital are also driven by the timing of new store openings.

Based on

Historically, we have funded our new store growth plans, wecapital expenditures and working capital requirements during the fiscal year with cash flows from operations.
A financial instrument which potentially subjects the Company to a concentration of credit risk is cash. Ollie’s currently maintains its day-to-day operating cash balances with major financial institutions. The Company’s operating cash balances are in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limit. From time to time, Ollie’s invests temporary excess cash in overnight investments with expected minimal volatility, such as money market funds. Although the Company maintains balances which exceed the FDIC insured limit, it has not experienced any losses related to these balances.
We believe our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments position, net cash provided by operating activities and availability under our Revolving Credit Facility will be adequate to finance our planned capital expenditures, working capital requirements, and debt service, and other financing activities over the next 12 months.  If cash provided by operating activities and borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility are not sufficient or available to meet our capital requirements, then we will be required to obtain additional equity or debt financing in the future.  There can be no assurance equity or debt financing will be available to us when we need itneeded or, if available, the terms will be satisfactory to us and not dilutive to our then-current stockholders.

Share Repurchase Program
On December 15, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the repurchase of up to $100.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. On March 16, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized an increase of $100.0 million in the Company’s share repurchase program, resulting in $200.0 million approved for share repurchases through January 13, 2023.  On November 30, 2021, the Board authorized an additional $200.0 million to repurchase stock pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program, expiring on December 15, 2023.  On November 30, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an extension to the existing share repurchase program set to expire on December 15, 2023, until March 31, 2026.  The shares to be repurchased may be purchased from time to time in open market conditions (including blocks), privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs or other derivative transactions, issuer self-tender offers or any combination of the foregoing.  The timing of repurchases and the actual amount purchased will depend on a variety of factors, including the market price of our shares, general market, economic and business conditions, and other corporate considerations.  Repurchases may be made pursuant to plans intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which could allow us to purchase our shares during periods when we otherwise might be prevented from doing so under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed trading blackout periods.  Repurchases are expected to be funded from cash on hand or through the utilization of our Revolving Credit Facility.  The repurchase authorization does not require the purchase of a specific number of shares and is subject to suspension or termination by our Board of Directors at any time.
During 2023, we repurchased 808,669 shares of our common stock for $52.5 million, inclusive of transaction costs, pursuant to our share repurchase program, and during 2022, we repurchased 848,133 shares of our common stock for $41.8 million, inclusive of transaction costs.  These expenditures were funded by cash generated from operations.  As of February 3, 2024, we had approximately $85.7 million remaining under our share repurchase authorization.  There can be no assurances that any additional repurchases will be completed, or as to the timing or amount of any repurchases.
Summary of Cash Flows

A summary of our cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities is presented in the following table:

 
Fiscal year
 
2016
2015
2014
 
(in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
67,088
 
$
45,848
 
$
31,842
 
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(16,423
)
 
(14,337
)
 
(14,007
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
17,759
 
 
(23,204
)
 
(8,049
)
Net increase during period in cash
$
68,424
 
$
8,307
 
$
9,786
 

  2023  2022 
  (in thousands) 
Net cash provided by operating activities $254,497  $114,346 
Net cash used in investing activities  (150,087)  (111,454)
Net cash used in financing activities  (48,744)  (39,273)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents $55,666  $(36,381)

Cash Provided Byby Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for fiscal year 2016 was $67.1in 2023 totaled $254.5 million an increase from $45.8compared with $114.3 million for fiscal year 2015.in 2022.  The increase in net cash provided by operating activities in 2023 was primarily the result of increaseddue to higher net income due to the opening of 31 new stores and increased profitability.

Net cash provided by operating activities for fiscal year 2015 was $ 45.8 million, an increase from $31.8 million for fiscal year 2014. The increase in fiscal year 2015 net cash provided by operating activities was primarily the result of increased income due to the opening of 27 net new stores and increased profitability. In addition, increases in accrued expenses were offset by a decrease in accounts payable due to the timing of rent and other payments.

over year.

Cash Used in Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased for fiscal year 2016 to $16.4totaled $150.1 million from $14.3in 2023 compared with $111.5 million for fiscal year 2015.in 2022.  The increase in cash used in investing activities relatesis primarily due to a larger investment in capital expenditures for 31 new store openingsrelated to the completion of the Company’s distribution center expansion in fiscal year 2016 compared to 28 new store openings in fiscal year 2015York, PA and a purchase of onethe construction of our store locationsnew distribution center in fiscal year 2016.

Net cash usedPrinceton, IL, and purchases of short-term investments of $273.5 million in investing activities for fiscal year 2015 was $14.3 million, an increase from $14.0 million for fiscal year 2014. The increase in cash used in investing activities relates to capital expenditures for 28 new store openings in fiscal year 2015 compared to 22 new store openings in fiscal year 2014. The increase in cash used in investing activities can also be attributed to the purchase of certain tradenames during fiscal year 2015.

Cash Provided by/Used In Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for fiscal year 2016 was $17.8 million and net cash used in financing activities for fiscal year 2015 was $23.2 million. The current year, favorable variance primarily reflects the $48.8 million dividend paymentpartially offset by maturities of short-term investments of $247.4 million.

Cash Used in fiscal year 2015, with no similar payments in fiscal year 2016.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities for fiscal years 2015 and 2014 was $23.2totaled $48.7 million and $8.0in 2023 compared with $39.3 million respectively.in 2022.  The increasechange in net cash usedoutflow in financing activities for fiscal year 2015 was2023 is primarily relateddue to the repayment$52.5 million of debt offset by a decrease in the dividend paymentshares repurchased in fiscal year 2015 when2023 as compared to the dividend paymentshare repurchases of $41.8 million in fiscal year 2014.

Credit facilities

On January 29, 2016, the Borrowers completed a transaction in which they refinanced the Old 2022.

Credit Facilities with the proceeds of the Credit Facilities, consisting of the $200.0 million Term Loan Facility and the
The Company’s credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) provides for a five-year $100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility,revolving credit facility, which includes a $25.0$45.0 million sub-facility for letters of credit and a $25.0 million

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sub-facility for swingline loans. The proceedsloans (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).  In addition, the Company may at any time add term loan facilities or additional revolving commitments up to $150.0 million pursuant to terms and conditions set out in the Credit Facility. On January 9, 2024, the Company refinanced its credit facility (the “Credit Facility”), pursuant to which the maturity date for any loans under the revolving credit facility was extended for a period of five years and a zero percent (0.0%) interest rate floor was added to the Termoption for the SOFR Loan Facility, together with cash on hand, were used to repayRate (as defined in the existing Old Credit Facilities.Amendment). Loans under the Revolving Credit FacilitiesFacility mature on January 29, 2021. 9, 2029.

The interest rates for the Credit Facilities are not subject to a floor andFacility are calculated as follows: for ABR Loans, the higherhighest of the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50% orand Term SOFR with a term of one-month in effect on such day plus the Eurodollar RateSOFR Spread Adjustment plus 1.0%, plus the Applicable Margin, or, for EurodollarSOFR Loans, the EurodollarSOFR Loan Rate plus the Applicable Margin.Margin plus the SOFR Spread Adjustment. The Applicable Margin will vary from 0.75%0.00% to 1.25%0.50% for an ABR Loan and 1.00% to 1.50% for a Base Rate Loan and 1.75% to 2.25% for a EurodollarSOFR Loan, based on reference to the total leverage ratio (total debt to Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the agreement).

The credit agreement governingavailability under the Credit Facilities provides that the Borrowers may request increased commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility and additional term loans or additional term facilities under the TermFacility. The SOFR Loan Facility, in each case, subject to certain conditions and in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (x) $100.0 million, plus (y) in the case of any incremental term loans that serve to effectively extend the maturity of the Term Loan Facility, an amount equal to the reductions in the Term Loan Facility to be replaced thereby plus (z) an additional amount, subject to compliance on a pro forma basis with a total leverage ratio of no greater than 3.25: 1.00 as of January 28, 2017. The effective yield for any such incremental facility under the Term Loan Facility will beRate is subject to a “most favored nation” pricing protection provision with a cushion of 0.50%. The incurrence of any incremental facility under the Term Loan Facility is subject to customary conditions precedent.

As of January 28, 2017, the Term Loan Facility is subject to amortization with principal payable in quarterly installments of $1.25 million to be made on the last business day of each fiscal quarter. The quarterly installment payments increase after January 29, 2018 to $2.50 million. The remaining initial aggregate advances under the Term Loan Facility are payable at maturity.

0% floor.

Under the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility, as of February 3, 2024, we cancould borrow up to 90.0% of the most recent appraised value (valued at cost, discounted for the current net orderly liquidation value) of our eligible inventory, as defined, up to $100.0 million. The Revolving Credit Facility includes a $25.0 million sub-facility for letters of credit and a $25.0 million swingline loan facility. A variable unused line fee will be charged on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility of 0.375% per annum if the total leverage ratio is greater than 3.25: 1.00 or 0.250% if the total leverage ratio is less than 3.25: 1.00. A letter of credit fee will accrue on the aggregate face amount of outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility equal to the interest rate margin for Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility. In addition, a fronting fee will be paid to the letter of credit issuer on the aggregate face amount of outstanding standby letters of credit not to exceed 0.125% per annum, which fee shall be calculated based upon the actual number of days elapsed over a 360 day year and payable in arrears, on the first day of each quarter.

The Credit Facilities require the Borrowers to prepay, subject to certain exceptions, outstanding term loans with:

100% of net cash proceeds of any incurrence, issuance or sale of indebtedness, other than the net cash proceeds of indebtedness permitted under the Credit Facilities; and
100% of net cash proceeds of asset sales, subject to reinvestment rights and certain other exceptions.

The Revolving Credit Facility requires the Borrowers to first prepay outstanding loans and then cash collateralize outstanding letters of credit if at any time the aggregate amount of outstanding loans, unreimbursed letter of credit drawings and outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility exceeds the Line Cap, in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.

The Borrowers may voluntarily reduce the unutilized portion of the commitment amount and repay outstanding loans under the Credit Facilities at any time without premium or penalty other than customary “breakage” costs with respect to Eurodollar borrowings.

There is no scheduled amortization under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility has a maturity date of January 29, 2021. The term loans under the Term Loan Facility mature on January 29, 2021. The Borrowers are required to repay installments on the term loans in quarterly principal amounts of (i) for each payment date that occurs on or prior to January 29, 2018, $1.25 million or (ii) for each payment date that occurs after January 29, 2018, $2.50 million, with the remaining amount payable on the maturity date.

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All obligations under the Credit Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by Bargain Parent, Inc. and certain of Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. existing and future direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries. All obligations under the Credit Facilities, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured, subject to certain exceptions, by substantially all of Ollie’s Holdings, Inc.’s assets and the assets of the guarantors, including:

A first-priority pledge of all of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc.’s capital stock directly held by Ollie’s Holdings, Inc., a first-priority pledge of all of Ollie’s Holdings, Inc.’s capital stock directly held by Bargain Parent, Inc. and a first-priority pledge of all of the capital stock directly held by Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary guarantors (which pledge, in the case of the capital stock of any foreign subsidiary or any “disregarded” domestic subsidiary, will be limited to 65% of the stock of such subsidiary); and
A first-priority security interest in substantially all of Ollie’s Holdings, Inc.’s and the guarantors’ tangible and intangible assets, including certain deposit accounts.

The Credit Facilities contain a number of restrictive covenants that, among other things and subject to certain exceptions, restrict the Borrowers’ ability and the ability of its subsidiaries to:

incur additional indebtedness;
pay dividends on our capital stock or redeem, repurchase or retire our capital stock;
make investments, acquisitions, loans and advances;
create negative pledge or restrictions on the payment of dividends or payment of other amounts owed to us from our subsidiaries;
engage in transactions with our affiliates;
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of our assets, including capital stock of our subsidiaries;
materially alter the business we conduct;
modify material debt documents and certain other material documents;
change our fiscal year;
merge or consolidate;
enter into any sale and lease-back transactions;
incur liens; and
make payments on material subordinated or other debt.

In addition, we are subject to a consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio test of at least 1.1 to 1.0, tested quarterly. We also were subject to a total leverage ratio test of 4.00:1.00 through October 29, 2016 and are hereafter subject to a total leverage ratio test of 3.50:1.00.

The Credit Facilities also contain certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and reporting obligations. In addition, the lenders under the Credit Facilities will be permitted to accelerate the loans and terminate commitments thereunder or exercise other specified remedies available to secured creditors upon the occurrence of certain events of default, subject to certain grace periods and exceptions, which will include, among others, payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to certain material indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, certain pension plan related events, material judgments and any change of control.

As of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, we had $195.0 million of outstanding borrowings on the Term Loan Facility and no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, with $98.8$90.0 million of borrowing availability, letteroutstanding letters of credit commitments of $1.0$9.7 million and $0.2 million of rent reserves. The interest rate on the outstanding borrowings under the Term Loan Facility was 1.75% plus the 30-day Eurodollar Rate, or 2.53%.  The Revolving Credit Facility also contains a variable unused line fee ranging from 0.250%0.125% to 0.375%0.250% per annum. We incurred unused line fees of $0.3approximately $0.1 million $0.4 millionin each of 2023 and $0.2 million for fiscal years 2016, 20152022.

The Credit Facility is collateralized by the Company’s assets and 2014, respectively.equity and contains a financial covenant, as well as certain business covenants, including restrictions on dividend payments, which we must comply with during the term of the agreement.  The loans underfinancial covenant is a consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio test of at least 1.0 to 1.0 applicable during a covenant period, based on reference to availability.  We were in compliance with all terms of the Credit Facilities matureFacility during 2023.
The provisions of the Credit Facility restrict all of the net assets of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries, which constitutes all of the net assets on January 29, 2021.

our consolidated balance sheet as of February 3, 2024, from being used to pay any dividends or make other restricted payments to the Company without prior written consent from the financial institutions that are a party to the Credit Facility, subject to material exceptions including proforma compliance with the applicable conditions described in the Credit Facility.

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Contractual Obligations

We enter into long-term contractual obligations and commitments in the normal course of business, primarily operating leases.

As of January 28, 2017, The following table summarizes our material cash requirements over the next several periods from known contractual obligations, and other commitments were:

 
Less than
1 year
1-3 Years
3-5 Years
Thereafter
Total
 
(in thousands)
Operating lease obligation (1)
$
44,664
 
$
80,950
 
$
57,715
 
$
55,008
 
$
238,337
 
Principal payments of debt (2)
 
5,077
 
 
20,182
 
 
170,000
 
 
 
 
195,259
 
Interest on long-term debt (3)
 
5,045
 
 
9,272
 
 
4,223
 
 
 
 
18,540
 
Total
$
54,786
 
$
110,404
 
$
231,938
 
$
55,008
 
$
452,136
 
including contractual lease obligations:
  
Less than 1
year
  1-3 Years  3-5 Years  Thereafter  Total 
  (in thousands) 
Operating leases (1)
 $106,625  $181,855  $136,762  $132,033  $557,275 
Finance leases  1,011   835   13       1,859 
Purchase obligations (2)
  21,400   -   -   -   21,400 
Total $129,036  $182,690  $136,775  $132,033  $580,534 

(1)Includes the initialOperating lease termpayments exclude $26.6 million of legally binding minimum lease payments for leases signed, but not yet commenced.
(2)Purchase obligations are primarily for materials and optional renewal terms that are included in the lease term ofconstruction agreement for our store andfourth distribution center leases in accordance with accounting guidance related to leases.Princeton, IL.
(2)Includes the aggregate principal payments under the Term Loan Facility and assumes no borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility.
(3)Represents the expected cash payments for interest on our long-term debt based on the interest rates in place and the amounts outstanding as of the end of each period.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Except for operating leases entered into in the normal course of business, weWe do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Seasonality

Our business is seasonal in nature and demand is generally the highest in our fourth fiscal quarter due to the holiday sales season.  To prepare for the holiday sales season, we must order and keep in stock more merchandise than we carry during other times of the year and generally engage in additional marketing efforts.  We expect inventory levels, along with accounts payable and accrued expenses, to reach their highest levels in our third and fourth fiscal quarters in anticipation of increased net sales during the holiday sales season.  As a result of this seasonality, and generally because of variation in consumer spending habits, we experience fluctuations in net sales and working capital requirements during the year.  Because we offer a broad selection of merchandise at extreme values, we believe we are generally less impacted than other retailers by economic cycles which correspond with declines in general consumer spending habits and we believe we still benefit from periods of increased consumer spending.

Critical Accounting PoliciesEstimates
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP.  A summary of our significant accounting policies can be found in Note 1 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make judgments and Estimates

estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and related disclosures.  These judgments and estimates are based on historical and other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.  We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and understanding of our results of operations. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations are discussed throughout “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. Our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, require us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, See Note 1 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market determined using the retail inventory method on a first-in, first-out basis. The cost of inventories includes the merchandise cost, transportation costs, and certain distribution and storage costs. Such costs are thereafter expensed as cost of sales upon the sale of the merchandise.

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Under the retail inventory method, which is widely used in the retail industry, inventory is segregated into departments of merchandise having similar characteristics,characteristics.  The valuation of inventories and the resulting gross profit is stated at its current retail selling value. Inventory retail values are converted to a cost basisderived by applying specific average cost factorsa calculated cost-to-retail ratio to the retail value of inventories for each merchandise department. Cost factors represent

Inherent in the average cost-to-retail ratio for each merchandise department based on beginning inventory and the current period purchase activity.

The retail inventory method inherently requiresare certain management judgments and estimates such asincluding, among others, merchandise markups, the amount and timing of permanent markdowns, to clear unproductive or slow-moving inventory,and shrinkage, which may significantly impact both the ending inventory valuation as well asand gross margins.

Permanent markdowns designated for clearance activity are recorded when the utility of the inventory has diminished. profit.

Factors considered in the determination of permanent markdowns include uncertainties related to inventory obsolescence, excess inventories, current and anticipated demand, customer preferences, and age of the merchandise. When a decision is made to permanently markdown merchandise the resulting gross profit reduction is recognized in the period the markdown is recorded. Demand for merchandise can fluctuate greatly.and customer preferences.  A significant increase in the demand for merchandise could result in a short-term increase in inventory purchases while a significant decrease in demand could result in an increase in the amount of excess inventory quantities on-hand.  If our inventory is determined to be overvalued in the future, we would be required to recognize such costs in costscost of goods soldsales and reduce operating income at the time of such determination.  Therefore, although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of forecasts of merchandise demand, any significant unanticipated changes in demand or in economic conditions within our markets could have a significant impact on the value of our inventory and reported operating results.

  Similarly, if higher than anticipated levels of shrinkage were to occur, it could have a material effect on our results of operations. We calculate our shrink provision based on actual physical inventory results during the fiscal period and an accrual for estimated shrink occurring subsequent to a physical inventory through the end of the fiscal reporting period. This accrual is calculated as a percentage of sales for each retail store, at a department level, based on the company’s most recent historical shrink rate adjusted, if necessary, for current economic conditions and business trends. To the extent that subsequent physical inventories yield different results than the estimated accrual, our effective shrink rate for a given reporting period will include the impact of adjusting to the actual results.

We have not made any material changes in the methodology used to recognize permanent markdowns or inventory shrinkage in the financial periods presented nor do we anticipate material changes in assumptions we use for permanent markdowns or shrinkage.  As previously stated, however, if our actual experience does not accurately reflect our assumptions and forecasts, we may be exposed to losses or gains that could be material.  We believe a 10% change in our assumptions as of February 3, 2024 would have impacted net income by approximately $1.0 million in 2023.
Goodwill/Intangible assets

Assets

We amortize intangible assets over their useful lives unless it is determinedwe determine such lives areto be indefinite. Goodwill and intangible assets having indefinite useful lives are not amortized to earnings, but instead are subject to annual impairment testing or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that the value of goodwill or intangible assets having indefinite useful lives might be impaired.

Entities

Goodwill and intangible assets having indefinite useful lives are tested for impairment annually in the fiscal month of October. We have an option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing on goodwill is necessary. Specifically, an entity has the option to first assessevaluate qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that the carrying amount of our sole reporting unit or our nonamortizing intangible assets (consisting of a tradename) exceed their implied respective fair value and whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative analysis to determine impairment. As part of this qualitative assessment, we weigh the two-step quantitative test. The goodwill quantitative impairment test is a two-step test. Underrelative impact of factors that are specific to our sole reporting unit or our nonamortizing intangible assets as well as industry, regulatory and macroeconomic factors that could affect the first step,inputs used to determine the fair value of the reporting unitassets.
If management determines a quantitative goodwill impairment test is compared with its carrying value (including goodwill). Ifrequired, or it elects to perform a quantitative test, the test is performed by determining the fair value of our sole reporting unit. Fair value is determined based on our public market capitalization. The carrying value of goodwill is considered impaired when the reporting unitunit’s fair value is less than its carrying value and the Company would record an indicationimpairment loss equal to the difference, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill impairment exists forallocated to the reporting unitunit.
If management determines a quantitative analysis of intangible assets having indefinite useful lives is required, the test is performed using the discounted cash flow method based on management’s projection of future revenues and an estimated royalty rate to determine the enterprise must perform step twofair value of the impairment test (measurement). Under step two, anasset, specifically, our tradename.  An impairment loss is recognized for any excess of the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwillasset over the implied fair value of that goodwill. The impliedasset.
Our impairment calculations contain uncertainties as they require management to make assumptions and apply judgment to qualitative factors as well as estimate future cash flows by forecasting financial performance.  Our policy is to conduct impairment testing based on our most current business plans, which reflect anticipated changes in the economy and the retail industry. Should significant changes in our overall business strategy, future results or economic events cause us to adjust our projected cash flows, future estimates of fair value of goodwill is determined by allocatingmay not support the fair value of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. The residual fair value after the allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. Fair value of the sole reporting unit for our most recent quantitative test was determined utilizing a combination of valuation methods including both the income approach (including a discounted cash flow analysis) and market approaches (including prior transaction method and comparable public company multiples). The fair value estimates utilized in the impairment testing reflect the use of Level 3 inputs. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, step two does not need to be performed. If an entity believes, as a result of its qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount the quantitativeof these assets. If actual results prove inconsistent with our assumptions and judgments, we could be exposed to an impairment charge.
For 2023 and 2022, we completed an impairment test is required. Otherwise, no further testing is required. We have selected the fiscal month ending date of October as the annual impairment testing date. For fiscal years 2016, 2015our goodwill and 2014, we completed a qualitative impairment test. Based upon the procedures described above,determined that no impairment of goodwill existed.

We are also required to perform  Similarly, for 2023 and 2022, we completed an impairment tests annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that the valuetest of our nonamortizing intangible assets might be impaired. Our nonamortizing intangible assets as of January 28, 2017tradename and January 30, 2016 consisted of a tradename. Entities have an option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing of nonamortizing intangible assets is necessary. Specifically, an entity has the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative test. We perform the quantitative impairment test using the discounted cash flow method based on management’s projections to determine the fair value of the asset. The carrying amount of the asset is then compared to the fair value. If the carrying amount is greater than fair value, an impairment loss is recorded for the amountdetermined that fair value is less than the carrying amount. If an entity believes, as a result of its qualitative assessment, that it is more

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likely than not that the fair value is less than its carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is required. Otherwise, no further testing is required. For fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, we completed a qualitative impairment test. Based upon the procedures described above, no impairment of the tradenameasset existed.

Intangible assets with determinable useful lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable.

Impairment of long-lived assets

Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for possible impairment, we first compare undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

We believe that impairment assessment of long-lived assets is critical to the financial statements because the recoverability of the amounts, or lack thereof, could significantly affect our results of operations. Determining whether an impairment has occurred typically requires various estimates and assumptions, including determining which cash flows are directly related to the potentially impaired asset, the useful life over which cash flows will occur, amount of such cash flows, and the asset’s residual value, if any. Measurement of an impairment loss, if any, requires a determination of fair value, which is based on the best information available. We use internal discounted cash flow estimates and independent appraisals as appropriate to determine fair value. We derive the required cash flow estimates from our historical experience and our internal business plans and apply an appropriate discount rate. We group and evaluate long-lived assets for impairment at the individual store level, which is the lowest level at which individual identifiable cash flows are available.

Revenue recognition

Ollie’s recognizes retail sales in its stores when merchandise is sold and the customer takes possession of merchandise. Net sales are presented net of returns and sales tax. We provide an allowance for estimated retail merchandise returns based on prior experience.

Stock-based compensation

Our share-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the associate’s requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). We recognize compensation expense based on the estimated grant date fair value using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for grants of stock options. The determination of the grant date fair value is based on our expected stock price volatility over the expected term of the options, stock option exercise and cancellation behaviors, risk-free interest rates and expected dividends. As a result, if any of the inputs or assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model change significantly, share-based compensation for future awards may differ materially compared with the awards granted previously.

There are significant judgments and estimates inherent in the determination of fair value of share-based awards. These judgments and estimates include determinations of an appropriate valuation method and the selection of appropriate inputs to be used in the valuation model. The use of alternative assumptions, including expected term, volatility, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield, could cause share-based compensation to differ significantly from what has been recorded in the past. Future share-based compensation cost will increase when we grant additional equity awards. Modifications, cancellations or repurchases of awards may require us to accelerate any remaining unearned share-based compensation cost or incur additional cost.

Determination of the fair value of common stock on grant date.

Prior to the consummation of the IPO, our associates were eligible to receive awards as part of our equity incentive plan (the “2012 Plan”). Following the consummation of the IPO, associates are eligible to receive awards from our 2015 Plan. Our stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period, which generally represents the vesting period, and includes

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an estimate of the awards which will be forfeited. Prior to the IPO, we were a private company with no active public market for our common stock. Therefore, prior to the IPO, in connection with each grant of stock options, the fair value of the common stock underlying the awards was determined by and approved by our Board with the assistance of management, which intended all stock options granted to be exercisable at a price per share not less than the per share fair value of our common stock. Given the absence of a public trading market for our common stock, estimating the fair value of our common stock has required complex and subjective judgments and assumptions, including:

valuations of our common stock at each grant date based on our actual operational and financial performance and current business conditions; and
the trading multiple of companies which we have deemed guideline companies based on a number of factors, including similarity to us with respect to industry, business model, and growth profile.

For the period from September 28, 2012 to March 11, 2014 the Board considered alternative valuation methodologies but determined the best indication of the fair value of our common stock was the value at which the CCMP Acquisition occurred.

Stock option grants

We granted stock options at an exercise price of $8.70 per share pursuant to our 2012 Plan and determined that the fair value of the common stock on the date of grant was $8.70 per share for the following grant dates:

Issuance date
Number of
options issued
September 28, 2012
5,152,575
March 13, 2013
304,750
June 11, 2013
28,750
September 10, 2013
34,500
December 10, 2013
11,500
March 11, 2014
362,250

In assessing the reasonableness of the fair value of our common stock for the above grants, we considered the following:

the grants that were issued on September 28, 2012 were concurrent with the CCMP Acquisition, which occurred at a value per common stock share of $8.70, which therefore, was determined to be the fair value of the common stock for purposes of the grants.
for the period from September 28, 2012 to March 11, 2014, no material changes had occurred to the variables impacting the fair value of our common stock that would result in a better indication of fair value than the price at which the CCMP Acquisition was completed.

On April 11, 2014, we entered into an additional term loan borrowing of $60.0 million as described above in “—Factors affecting the comparability of our results of operations—Financing transactions and payments to stockholders.” The proceeds were used for a special cash dividend to our stockholders.

Pursuant to the anti-dilutive clause in the 2012 Plan, the option exercise price for all options issued prior to the dividend date was reduced to $7.49 from $8.70.

On June 10, 2014, we granted stock options to purchase a total of 408,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $9.04 per share pursuant to the 2012 Plan. We determined that the fair value of the common stock on the date of grant was $9.04 per share. To assess the reasonableness of the fair value of our common stock on this date, we considered a valuation approved by the Board (or its compensation committee) utilizing the above valuation method that indicated a valuation price of $9.04 per common share as of May 3, 2014 financial statement date.

Changes from our previous valuation were primarily due to the following:

multiples of our guideline public company peer group were generally higher than at the time of our previous valuation; and
continued growth in our last 12 months Adjusted EBITDA.

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On September 9, 2014 we granted stock options to purchase a total of 86,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $9.99 per share pursuant to the 2012 Plan. We determined the fair value of the common stock on the date of grant was $9.99 per share. To assess the reasonableness of the fair value of our common stock on this date, we considered a valuation approved by the Board utilizing the above valuation method which indicated a valuation price of $9.99 per common share as of August 2, 2014 financial statement date.

Changes from our previous valuation were primarily due to the following:

multiples of our guideline public company peer group were generally higher than at the time of our previous valuation; and
continued growth in our last 12 months Adjusted EBITDA.

On December 9, 2014, we granted stock options to purchase a total of 63,250 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.62 per share pursuant to the 2012 Plan. We determined the fair value of the common stock on the date of both grants was $11.62 per share. To assess the reasonableness of the fair value of our common stock on these dates, we considered a valuation approved by the Board utilizing the above valuation method which indicated a valuation price of $11.62 per common share as of November 1, 2014 financial statement date.

Changes from our previous valuation were primarily due to the following:

multiples of our guideline public company peer group were generally higher than at the time of our previous valuation; and
continued growth in our last 12 months Adjusted EBITDA.

For valuations after the consummation of the IPO, our Board (or its compensation committee) will generally determine the fair value of each share of underlying common stock based on the closing price of our common stock as reported on the date of grant.

On March 10, 2015, we granted stock options to purchase a total of 770,500 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $12.56 per share pursuant to the 2012 Plan. We determined the fair value of the common stock on the date of both grants was $12.56 per share. To assess the reasonableness of the fair value of our common stock on these dates, we considered a valuation approved by the Board utilizing the above valuation method which indicated a valuation price of $12.56 per common share as of January 31, 2015.

Changes from our previous valuation were primarily due to the following:

multiples of our guideline public company peer group were generally higher than at the time of our previous valuation; and
continued growth in our last 12 months Adjusted EBITDA.

For valuations after the consummation of the IPO, our Board (or its compensation committee) will generally determine the fair value of each share of underlying common stock based on the closing price of our common stock as reported on the date of grant.

On May 27, 2015, we amended the Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility to, among other things, increase the size of the Revolving Credit Facility from $75.0 million to $125.0 million and to permit a dividend to holders of our outstanding common stock. On May 27, 2015, we borrowed $50.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility and the proceeds were used to pay an aggregate cash dividend of $48.8 million to holders of outstanding common stock. In addition, pursuant to the anti-dilutive clause in the 2012 Plan, the option exercise price for all options issued prior to the dividend date were reduced as follows:

Grant Date
Pre-dividend
exercise price
Post-dividend
exercise price
All grants on or before March 11, 2014
$
7.49
 
$
6.48
 
June 10, 2014
 
9.04
 
 
8.03
 
September 9, 2014
 
9.99
 
 
8.97
 
December 9, 2014
 
11.62
 
 
10.60
 
March 10, 2015
 
12.56
 
 
11.54
 

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Income taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred 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 bases and operating losses and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred 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.

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, we consider whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which the temporary differences become deductible. We consider the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax-planning strategies in making this assessment. As of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016, we have a net deferred tax liability of $89.2 million and $87.2 million, respectively.

We have no material accrual for uncertain tax positions or interest or penalties related to income taxes as of January 28, 2017 or January 30, 2016, and have not recognized any material uncertain tax positions or interest or penalties related to income taxes during fiscal years 2016, 2015 or 2014.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Recently issued accounting standards are discussed in Note 1(w) to the audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures Aboutabout Market Risks

Interest Rate Risk

Our operating results are subject to risk from interest rate fluctuations on our Credit Facilities,Facility, which carrycarries variable interest rates.  OurAs of February 3, 2024, our Credit Facilities include a Term Loan Facility andconsisted solely of a Revolving Credit Facility with advances tied to a borrowing base.  Because our Credit Facilities bearFacility bears interest at a variable rate, we are exposed to market risks relating to changes in interest rates. As of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, we had no outstanding variable rate debt under our Revolving Credit Facility and $195.0 million of outstanding variable rate debt under our Term Loan Facility. Based on our January 28, 2017 Term Loan Facility balance, an increase or decrease of 1% in the effective interest rate would cause an increase or decrease in interest cost of approximately $2.0 million over the next 12 months.  We do not use derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes, but this does not preclude our adoption of specific hedging strategies in the future.

Impact of Inflation

Our results of operations and financial condition are presented based on historical cost. While it is difficult to accurately measure the impact of inflation due to the imprecise nature of the estimates required, we believe the effects of inflation, if any, on our historical results of operations and financial condition have been immaterial. We cannot be assured that our results of operations and financial condition will not be materially impacted by inflation in the future.

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Item 8:Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

OLLIE’S BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES


Index to Consolidated Financial Statements


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (KPMG LLP, Harrisburg, PA, Auditor Firm ID 185)
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Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated Statements of Income for the fiscal years ended February 3, 2024, January 28, 2017, January 30, 20162023, and January 31, 201529, 2022
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023
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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the fiscal years ended February 3, 2024, January 28, 2017, January 30, 20162023, and January 31, 201529, 2022
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended February 3, 2024, January 28, 2017, January 30, 20162023, and January 31, 201529, 2022
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors and Stockholders
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.:


Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016, and2023, the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended January 28, 2017.February 3, 2024, and the related notes and financial statement schedule I - condensed financial information of registrant (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In connection with our audits ofopinion, the consolidated financial statements wepresent fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended February 3, 2024, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial statement Schedule 1. reporting as of February 3, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated March 27, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements and financial schedule based on our audits.

We are a public accounting firm registered with the 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 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includesmisstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits 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 supportingregarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An auditOur audits also includes assessingincluded evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In


Critical Audit Matter

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: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended January 28 2017, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material respects,and we are not, by communicating the information set forth therein.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 28, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated March 29, 2017 expressed an unqualifiedcritical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the effectivenesscritical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.


Evaluation of store shrink

As discussed in Note 1(h) to the consolidated financial statements, inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market determined using the retail inventory method on a first-in, first-out basis. The retail inventory method is based on a number of factors such as markups, markdowns, and shrinkage (or shrink). The Company calculates the shrink provision based on actual physical inventory results during the fiscal period and estimated shrink occurring subsequent to a physical inventory through the end of the fiscal reporting period. This accrual is calculated as a percentage of sales for each retail store, at a department level, based on the Company’s most recent historical shrink rate adjusted, if necessary, for current economic conditions and business trends.  The Company’s inventories were $505.8 million as of February 3, 2024.

We identified the evaluation of the estimation of store shrink occurring between the physical inventory counts and the fiscal year-end as a critical audit matter.  Evaluation of the Company’s estimation of shrink at the end of the fiscal year involved subjective auditor judgment due to the estimation uncertainty associated with the shrink rate assumption.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controlcontrols related to the estimation of store shrink. We evaluated the appropriateness of the Company’s shrink accrual at the end of the fiscal year by (1) evaluating the shrink rate used by comparing to historical shrink rates, (2) testing the application of the method and certain assumptions used, and (3) performing a sensitivity analysis over financial reporting.

the shrink reserve estimate.


/s/KPMG LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 29, 2017

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2009.

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March 27, 2024


OLLIE’S BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Balance Sheets
Statements of Income
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
98,683
 
$
30,259
 
Inventories
 
210,107
 
 
190,608
 
Accounts receivable
 
301
 
 
183
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
 
3,739
 
 
2,756
 
Total current assets
 
312,830
 
 
223,806
 
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $38,393 and $28,270, respectively
 
46,333
 
 
39,292
 
Goodwill
 
444,850
 
 
444,850
 
Trade name and other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,636 and $1,259, respectively
 
232,977
 
 
233,354
 
Other assets
 
2,385
 
 
2,520
 
Total assets
$
1,039,375
 
$
943,822
 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current portion of long-term debt
$
5,077
 
$
5,018
 
Accounts payable
 
50,448
 
 
52,075
 
Income taxes payable
 
4,548
 
 
4,102
 
Accrued expenses
 
44,748
 
 
35,573
 
Total current liabilities
 
104,821
 
 
96,768
 
Revolving credit facility
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
188,923
 
 
193,433
 
Deferred income taxes
 
89,224
 
 
87,171
 
Other long-term liabilities
 
5,146
 
 
4,501
 
Total liabilities
 
388,114
 
 
381,873
 
Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock - 50,000 shares authorized at $0.001 par value; no shares issued
 
 
 
 
Common stock - 500,000 shares authorized at $0.001 par value; 60,756 and 58,807 shares issued, respectively
 
61
 
 
59
 
Additional paid-in capital
 
565,861
 
 
536,315
 
Retained earnings
 
85,425
 
 
25,661
 
Treasury - common stock, at cost; 9 shares
 
(86
)
 
(86
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
651,261
 
 
561,949
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
1,039,375
 
$
943,822
 


 Fiscal year ended 
  February 3,  January 28,  January 29, 
  2024  2023  2022 
Net sales $2,102,662  $1,827,009  $1,752,995 
Cost of sales  1,270,297   1,170,915   1,071,749 
Gross profit  832,365   656,094   681,246 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  562,672   490,569   447,615 
Depreciation and amortization expenses  27,819   22,907   19,364 
Pre-opening expenses  14,075   11,700   9,675 
Operating income  227,799   130,918   204,592 
Interest (income) expense, net
  (14,686)  (2,965)  209 
Income before income taxes  242,485   133,883   204,383 
Income tax expense  61,046   31,093   46,928 
Net income $181,439  $102,790  $157,455 
Earnings per common share:            
Basic $2.94  $1.64  $2.44 
Diluted $2.92  $1.64  $2.43 
Weighted average common shares outstanding:            
Basic  61,741   62,495   64,447 
Diluted  62,068   62,704   64,878 

See accompanying notesNotes to the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Income
Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Net sales
$
890,315
 
$
762,370
 
$
637,975
 
Cost of sales
 
529,904
 
 
459,506
 
 
384,465
 
Gross profit
 
360,411
 
 
302,864
 
 
253,510
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
242,891
 
 
209,783
 
 
178,832
 
Depreciation and amortization expenses
 
8,443
 
 
7,172
 
 
6,987
 
Pre-opening expenses
 
6,883
 
 
6,337
 
 
4,910
 
Operating income
 
102,194
 
 
79,572
 
 
62,781
 
Interest expense, net
 
5,935
 
 
15,416
 
 
18,432
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
 
 
6,710
 
 
671
 
Income before income taxes
 
96,259
 
 
57,446
 
 
43,678
 
Income tax expense
 
36,495
 
 
21,607
 
 
16,763
 
Net income
$
59,764
 
$
35,839
 
$
26,915
 
Earnings per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.99
 
$
0.67
 
$
0.56
 
Diluted
$
0.96
 
$
0.64
 
$
0.55
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
60,160
 
 
53,835
 
 
48,202
 
Diluted
 
62,415
 
 
55,796
 
 
48,609
 


 February 3,  January 28, 
Assets 2024  2023 
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents $266,262  $210,596 
Short-term investments
  86,980   60,165 
Inventories  505,790   470,534 
Accounts receivable  2,223   2,374 
Prepaid expenses and other assets  10,173   10,627 
Total current assets  871,428   754,296 
Property and equipment, net  270,063   175,947 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  475,526   436,326 
Goodwill  444,850   444,850 
Trade name  230,559   230,559 
Other assets  2,168   2,118 
Total assets $2,294,594  $2,044,096 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity        
Current liabilities:        
Current portion of long-term debt $639  $430 
Accounts payable  128,097   90,204 
Income taxes payable  14,744   3,056 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities  89,176   88,636 
Accrued expenses and other  82,895   76,959 
Total current liabilities  315,551   259,285 
Revolving credit facility  -   - 
Long-term debt  1,022   858 
Deferred income taxes  71,877   70,632 
Long-term operating lease liabilities  397,912   351,251 
Other long-term liabilities  -   1 
Total liabilities  786,362   682,027 
Stockholders’ equity:        
Preferred stock - 50,000 shares authorized at $0.001 par value; no shares issued
  -   - 
Common stock - 500,000 shares authorized at $0.001 par value; 66,927 and 66,672 shares issued, respectively
  67   67 
Additional paid-in capital  694,959   677,694 
Retained earnings  1,167,951   986,512 
Treasury - common stock, at cost; 5,473 and 4,664 shares, respectively
  (354,745)  (302,204)
Total stockholders’ equity  1,508,232   1,362,069 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $2,294,594  $2,044,096 

See accompanying notesNotes to the consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 
Common stock –
Class A
Common stock
Treasury stock
Additional
paid-in
capital
Retained
earnings
Total
stockholders’
equity
 
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Balance as of February 1, 2014
 
48,203
 
$
48
 
 
 
$
 
 
 
$
 
$
423,668
 
$
20,423
 
$
444,139
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3,761
 
 
 
 
3,761
 
Dividend paid ($1.20 per share)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(34,351
)
 
(23,600
)
 
(57,951
)
Purchase of treasury stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(3
)
 
(29
)
 
 
 
 
 
(29
)
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26,915
 
 
26,915
 
Balance as of January 31, 2015
 
48,203
 
 
48
 
 
 
 
 
 
(3
)
 
(29
)
 
393,078
 
 
23,738
 
 
416,835
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5,035
 
 
 
 
5,035
 
Proceeds from stock options exercised
 
5
 
 
 
 
335
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,270
 
 
 
 
2,271
 
Excess tax benefit related to exercises of stock options
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,068
 
 
 
 
1,068
 
Conversion of Class A and Class B common stock to a single class of common stock
 
(48,208
)
 
(48
)
 
48,208
 
 
48
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of expenses
 
 
 
 
 
10,264
 
 
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
149,796
 
 
 
 
149,806
 
Dividend paid ($1.01 per share)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(14,932
)
 
(33,916
)
 
(48,848
)
Purchase of treasury stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(6
)
 
(57
)
 
 
 
 
 
(57
)
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
35,839
 
 
35,839
 
Balance as of January 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
58,807
 
 
59
 
 
(9
)
 
(86
)
 
536,315
 
 
25,661
 
 
561,949
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,685
 
 
 
 
6,685
 
Proceeds from stock options exercised
 
 
 
 
 
1,949
 
 
2
 
 
 
 
 
 
13,302
 
 
 
 
13,304
 
Excess tax benefit related to exercises of stock options
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,559
 
 
 
 
9,559
 
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
59,764
 
 
59,764
 
Balance as of January 28, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
60,756
 
$
61
 
 
(9
)
$
(86
)
$
565,861
 
$
85,425
 
$
651,261
 

thousands)


 Common stock  Treasury stock  
Additional
paid-in
capital
    
Retained
earnings
    
Total
stockholders’
equity
  
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  
Balance as of January 30, 2021
  66,165  
66   (702) 
(40,401) 
648,949  
726,267  
1,334,881 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   8,042   -   8,042 
Proceeds from stock options exercised  305   1   -   -   8,634   -   8,635 
Vesting of restricted stock  62   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Common shares withheld for taxes  (16)  -   -   -   (1,332)  -   (1,332)
Shares repurchased  -   -   (3,114)  (219,971)  -   -   (219,971)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   157,455   157,455 
Balance as of January 29, 2022
  66,516   67   (3,816)  (260,372)  664,293   883,722   1,287,710 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   9,951   -   9,951 
Proceeds from stock options exercised  119   -   -   -   4,032   -   4,032 
Vesting of restricted stock  50   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Common shares withheld for taxes  (13)  -   -   -   (582)  -   (582)
Shares repurchased  -   -   (848)  (41,832)  -   -   (41,832)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   102,790   102,790 
Balance as of January 28, 2023
  66,672   67   (4,664)  (302,204)  677,694   986,512   1,362,069 
Stock-based compensation expense  -   -   -   -   12,237   -   12,237 
Proceeds from stock options exercised  180   -   -   -   6,686   -   6,686 
Vesting of restricted stock  103   -   -   -   -   -   - 
Common shares withheld for taxes  (28)  -   -   -   (1,658)  -   (1,658)
Shares repurchased  -   -   (809)  (52,541)  -   -   (52,541)
Net income  -   -   -   -   -   181,439   181,439 
Balance as of February 3, 2024
  66,927  $67   (5,473) $(354,745) $694,959  $1,167,951  $1,508,232 

See accompanying notesNotes to the consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
59,764
 
$
35,839
 
$
26,915
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
10,291
 
 
8,913
 
 
8,051
 
Amortization of debt issuance costs
 
746
 
 
1,273
 
 
1,471
 
Amortization of original issue discount
 
25
 
 
436
 
 
579
 
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
 
 
6,710
 
 
671
 
Amortization of intangibles
 
377
 
 
428
 
 
734
 
Gain on disposal of assets
 
(4
)
 
 
 
(14
)
Deferred income tax provision (benefit)
 
1,867
 
 
(1,731
)
 
(3,419
)
Deferred rent expense
 
1,369
 
 
1,873
 
 
1,144
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
6,685
 
 
5,035
 
 
3,761
 
Excess tax benefit related to exercises of stock options
 
(9,559
)
 
(1,068
)
 
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inventories
 
(19,499
)
 
(20,736
)
 
(23,654
)
Accounts receivable
 
(118
)
 
135
 
 
21
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
 
(1,264
)
 
(730
)
 
3,220
 
Accounts payable
 
(1,822
)
 
1,543
 
 
13,113
 
Income taxes payable
 
10,005
 
 
468
 
 
(2,330
)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
 
8,225
 
 
7,460
 
 
1,579
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
67,088
 
 
45,848
 
 
31,842
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
 
(16,438
)
 
(14,203
)
 
(14,110
)
Acquisition of intangible assets
 
 
 
(157
)
 
 
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
 
15
 
 
23
 
 
103
 
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(16,423
)
 
(14,337
)
 
(14,007
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Borrowings on revolving credit facility
 
946,683
 
 
858,053
 
 
674,457
 
Repayments on revolving credit facility
 
(946,683
)
 
(858,053
)
 
(674,457
)
Borrowings on term loan
 
 
 
200,000
 
 
59,592
 
Repayments on term loan and capital leases
 
(5,104
)
 
(324,076
)
 
(7,612
)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of expenses
 
 
 
149,806
 
 
 
Proceeds from stock option exercises
 
13,304
 
 
2,271
 
 
 
Excess tax benefit related to exercises of stock options
 
9,559
 
 
1,068
 
 
 
Payment of debt issuance costs
 
 
 
(3,368
)
 
(2,049
)
Payment of dividend
 
 
 
(48,848
)
 
(57,951
)
Purchase of treasury stock
 
 
 
(57
)
 
(29
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
17,759
 
 
(23,204
)
 
(8,049
)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
68,424
 
 
8,307
 
 
9,786
 
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
 
30,259
 
 
21,952
 
 
12,166
 
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
$
98,683
 
$
30,259
 
$
21,952
 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash paid during the period for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest
$
5,179
 
$
13,829
 
$
19,867
 
Income taxes
$
24,859
 
$
22,824
 
$
22,703
 
Non-cash investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accrued purchases of property and equipment
$
1,009
 
$
402
 
$
437
 


 Fiscal year ended 
  February 3,  January 28,  January 29, 
  2024  2023  2022 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
         
Net income $181,439  $102,790  $157,455 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:            
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment  34,936   28,689   24,894 
Amortization of debt issuance costs  267   256   256 
Gain on sale of assets  (304)  (325)  (213)
Deferred income tax provision  1,245   4,453   1,115 
Stock-based compensation expense  12,237   9,951   8,042 
Other
  (723)      
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:            
Inventories  (35,256)  (3,228)  (113,602)
Accounts receivable  151   (1,002)  (751)
Prepaid expenses and other assets  341   375   (3,895)
Accounts payable  38,250   (20,379)  (11,116)
Income taxes payable  11,688   500   (8,404)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities  10,226   (7,734)  (8,748)
Net cash provided by operating activities  254,497   114,346   45,033 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
            
Purchases of property and equipment  (124,404)  (51,667)  (34,989)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment  409   378   3,159 
Purchases of short-term investments  (273,522)  (60,165)   
Maturities of short-term investments
  247,430       
Net cash used in investing activities  (150,087)  (111,454)  (31,830)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
            
Repayments on finance leases  (1,027)  (891)  (684)
Payment of debt issuance costs
  (204)      
Proceeds from stock option exercises  6,686   4,032   8,635 
Common shares withheld for taxes  (1,658)  (582)  (1,332)
Payment for shares repurchased  (52,541)  (41,832)  (219,971)
Net cash used in financing activities  (48,744)  (39,273)  (213,352)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  55,666   (36,381)  (200,149)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
  210,596   246,977   447,126 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
 $266,262  $210,596  $246,977 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:            
Cash paid during the year for:            
Interest $419  $343  $358 
Income taxes $48,601  $26,566  $54,690 
Non-cash investing activities:            
Accrued purchases of property and equipment $11,270  $7,918  $3,189 

See accompanying notesNotes to the consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements


(1)(1)Organization
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies


(a)Description of Business


Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (collectively referencedreferred to as “the Company”the “Company” or “Ollie’s”), principally buys overproduced, overstocked, and closeout merchandise from manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, brokers, and other retailers. In addition, the Company augments its name-brand closeout deals with directly sourced private label products featuring names exclusive to Ollie’s in order to provide consistently value-priced goods in select key merchandise categories.


Since theits first store opened in 1982, the Company has grown to 234 Ollie’s Bargain Outlet512 retail locations in 30 states as of January 28, 2017.February 3, 2024. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet retail locations are currently located in 19 states (Alabama,Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia).

Virginia.


(b)Fiscal Year
 

Ollie’s follows a 52/53-week fiscal year, which ends on the Saturday nearestnearer to January 31st.31st of the following calendar year.  References to the fiscal year ended February 3, 2024 refer to the 53-week period from January 29, 2023 to February 3, 2024 (“2023”).  References to the fiscal year ended January 28, 20172023 refer to the 52-week period from January 31, 201630, 2022 to January 28, 20172023 (“fiscal year 2016”2022”).  References to the fiscal year ended January 30, 201629, 2022 refer to the 52-week period from February 1, 2015January 31, 2021 to January 30, 201629, 2022 (“fiscal year 2015”2021”). References to the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015 refer to the period from February 2, 2014 to January 31, 2015 (“fiscal year 2014”). Fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014 each include 52 weeks.




(c)Principles of Consolidation


The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.



(d)Use of Estimates


The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principlesgenerally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.


(e)(e)Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-term Investments

The Company considers cash on hand in stores, bank deposits, credit card receivables, and all highly liquid investments such asmoney market funds, treasury bonds and municipal bonds with remaining maturities of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash and cash equivalents. Investments with maturities greater than three months, but less than 1 year at the date of acquisition are classified as short-term investments. Amounts receivable from credit card issuers are typically converted to cash within one to two business days of the original sales transaction.

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(f)Fair Value Disclosures


Fair value is defined as the price which the Company would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. In determining fair value, GAAP establishes a three-levelthree‑level hierarchy used in measuring fair value, as follows:

Level 1 inputs are quoted prices available for identical assets and liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 inputs are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 1 inputs are quoted prices available for identical assets and liabilities in active markets.
Level 3 inputs are less observable and reflect the Company’s assumptions.


Level 2 inputs are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.



Level 3 inputs are unobservable, developed using the Company’s estimates and assumptions, which reflect those that market participants would use.

Ollie’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, investment securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and the Company’s term loan.credit facilities. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximateare representative of their respective fair value because of their short maturities.short-term nature. The carrying amount of the Company’s term loancredit facilities, see Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to our credit facility, approximates its fair value because the interest rates are adjusted regularly based on current market conditions.

Under the fair value hierarchy, the fair market values of cash equivalents and the investments in treasury bonds and corporate bonds are Level 1 while the investments in municipal bonds are Level 2. Since quoted prices in active markets for identical assets are not available, these prices are determined by the third-party pricing service using observable market information such as quotes from less active markets and quoted prices of similar securities.

As of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023, the Company’s investment securities are classified as held-to-maturity since the Company has both the intent and ability to hold the investments to maturity. Such securities are carried at amortized cost plus accrued interest and consist of the following:

  As of February 3, 2024 
  Amortized Cost  Gross Unrealized Gains  Gross Unrealized Losses  Fair Market Value 
  (in thousands) 
Short-term:            
Treasury Bonds $49,765  $16  $-  $49,781 
Municipal Bonds  10,136   -   (139)  9,997 
Corporate Bonds
  27,079   22   -   27,101 
Total $86,980  $38  $(139) $86,879 

  As of January 28, 2023 
  Amortized Cost  Gross Unrealized Gains  Gross Unrealized Losses  Fair Market Value 
  (in thousands) 
Short-term:            
Treasury Bonds $55,274  $-  $(83) $55,191 
Municipal Bonds  4,891   -   (8)  4,883 
Corporate Bonds  -   -   -   - 
Total $60,165  $-  $(91) $60,074 

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Short-term investment securities as of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023 all mature in one year or less.

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(g)(f)Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers cash on hand in stores, bank deposits, credit card receivables, and all highly liquid investments with remaining maturities of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash and cash equivalents. Amounts receivable from credit card issuers are typically converted to cash within one to two business days of the original sales transaction.

(g)Concentration of Credit Risk


A financial instrument which potentially subjects the Company to a concentration of credit risk is cash. Ollie’s currently maintains its day-to-dayday‑to‑day operating cash balances with major financial institutions. The Company’s operating cash balances are in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)(“FDIC”) insurance limit. From time to time, Ollie’s invests temporary excess cash in overnight investments with expected minimal volatility, such as money market funds. Although the Company maintains balances which exceed the FDIC insured limit, it has not experienced any losses related to this balance, and Ollie’s believes the credit risk to be minimal.

these balances.


(h)Inventories


Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market determined using the retail inventory method on a first-in, first-out basis. The cost of inventories includes the merchandise cost, transportation costs, and certain distribution and storage costs. Such costs are thereafter expensed as cost of sales upon the sale of the merchandise. The

Inherent in the retail inventory method usesare certain management judgments and estimates for shrinkincluding, among others, merchandise markups, the amount and timing of permanent markdowns, to calculate ending inventory. These estimates made by management couldand shrinkage, which may significantly impact both the ending inventory valuation at costand gross profit.

Factors considered in the determination of permanent markdowns include inventory obsolescence, excess inventories, current and anticipated demand, age of the merchandise, and customer preferences.  Pursuant to the retail inventory method, permanent markdowns result in the devaluation of inventory and the resulting gross margin.

profit reduction is recognized in the period in which the markdown is recorded.

We calculate our shrink provision based on actual physical inventory results during the fiscal period and an accrual for estimated shrink occurring subsequent to a physical inventory through the end of the fiscal reporting period. This accrual is calculated as a percentage of sales for each retail store, at a department level, based on the company’s most recent historical shrink rate adjusted, if necessary, for current economic conditions and business trends.


(i)Property and Equipment


Property and equipment are stated at original cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are calculated over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, or in the case of leasehold improvements, the lesser of the useful lives or the remaining term of the lease. Expenditures for additions, renewals, and betterments are capitalized; expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Depreciation is computed on the straight-line method for financial reporting purposes.


The useful lives for the purpose of computing depreciation and amortization are as follows:


Software
3 years
Automobiles
2 - 5 years
Computer equipment
5 years
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
7-107 - 10 years
Buildings
27.540 years
Leasehold improvements
Lesser of lease term or useful life

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(j)Goodwill/Intangible Assets
(j)Goodwill/Intangible Assets

The Company amortizes intangible assets over their useful lives unless it determines such lives to be indefinite.  Goodwill and intangible assets having indefinite useful lives are not amortized to earnings, but instead are subject to annual impairment testing or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that the value of goodwill or intangible assets having indefinite useful lives might be impaired.

Entities have an option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further


Goodwill and intangible assets having indefinite useful lives are tested for impairment testing on goodwill is necessary. Specifically, an entityannually in the fiscal month of October.  The Company has the option to first assessevaluate qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that the carrying amount of its sole reporting unit or its nonamortizing intangible assets (consisting of a tradename) exceed their implied respective fair value and whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative analysis to determine impairment.  As part of this qualitative assessment, the two-step quantitative test. The goodwill quantitative impairment test is a two-step test. UnderCompany weighs the first step,relative impact of factors that are specific to its sole reporting unit or its nonamortizing intangible assets as well as industry, regulatory and macroeconomic factors that could affect the inputs used to determine the fair value of the reporting unitassets.

If management determines a quantitative goodwill impairment test is compared with its carrying value (including goodwill). Ifrequired, or it elects to perform a quantitative test, the test is performed by determining the fair value of the Company’s sole reporting unitunit.  Fair value is determined based on the Company’s public market capitalization. The carrying value of goodwill is considered impaired when the reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying value and the Company would record an indicationimpairment loss equal to the difference, not to exceed the total amount of

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Notes goodwill allocated to Consolidated Financial Statements

goodwill impairment exists for the reporting unitunit.


For 2023, 2022, and 2021, the enterprise must perform step twoCompany completed an impairment test of its goodwill and determined that no impairment of goodwill existed.

If management determines a quantitative analysis of intangible assets having indefinite useful lives is required, the test is performed using the discounted cash flow method based on management’s projections of future revenues and an estimated royalty rate to determine the fair value of the impairment test (measurement). Under step two, anasset, specifically, the Company’s tradename.  An impairment loss is recognized for any excess of the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwillasset over the implied fair value of that goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocatingasset.

For 2023, 2022, and 2021, the fair value of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. The residual fair value after the allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. Fair value of the sole reporting unit for the most recent quantitativeCompany completed an impairment test was determined utilizing a combination of valuation methods including both the income approach (including a discounted cash flow analysis) and market approaches (including prior transaction method and comparable public company multiples). The fair value estimates utilized in the impairment testing reflect the use of Level 3 inputs. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, step two does not need to be performed. If an entity believes, as a result of its qualitative assessment,tradename and determined that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is required. Otherwise, no further testing is required. The Company has selected the fiscal month ending date of October as the annual impairment testing date. For fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company completed a qualitative impairment test. Based upon the procedures described above, no impairment of goodwill existed.

The Company is also required to perform impairment tests annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that the value of its nonamortizing intangible assets might be impaired. The Company’s nonamortizing intangible assets as of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016 consisted of a tradename. Entities have an option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether further impairment testing of nonamortizing intangible assets is necessary. Specifically, an entity has the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative test. The Company performs the quantitative impairment test using the discounted cash flow method based on management’s projections to determine the fair value of the asset. The carrying amount of the asset is then compared to the fair value. If the carrying amount is greater than fair value, an impairment loss is recorded for the amount that fair value is less than the carrying amount. If an entity believes, as a result of its qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that the fair value is less than its carrying amount, the quantitative impairment test is required. Otherwise, no further testing is required. For fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company completed a qualitative impairment test. Based upon the procedures described above, no impairment of the tradenameasset existed.

Intangible assets with determinable useful lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives and reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable.



(k)Impairment of Long-Lived Assets


Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.



(l)Stock-Based Compensation


The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for share-basedstock-based compensation based on the grant date fair value of the employee stock award.  For stock option awards, the Company estimates grant date fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  For restricted stock unit awards, grant date fair value is determined based uponon the closing trading value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant. In both cases, stock-based compensation is recorded on a straight-line basis over the vesting period for the entire award. Excess tax benefits related to stock option exercises were reflected as financing cash inflows in fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014.

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(m)Revenue RecognitionCost of Sales

Ollie’s recognizes retail sales in its stores when merchandise is sold and the customer takes possession of merchandise. Net sales are presented net of returns and sales tax. The Company provides an allowance for estimated retail merchandise returns based on prior experience. The following table provides a reconciliation of the activity related to the Company’s sales returns allowance (in thousands):

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Beginning balance
$
247
 
$
247
 
$
207
 
Provisions
 
34,995
 
 
30,835
 
 
27,292
 
Sales returns
 
(34,903
)
 
(30,835
)
 
(27,252
)
Ending balance
$
339
 
$
247
 
$
247
 

(n)Cost of Sales

Cost of sales includes merchandise cost, transportation costs, inventory markdowns, shrink,shrinkage and transportation, distribution and warehousing costs, including depreciationand storage costs.

amortization.


(o)(n)Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses


Selling, general, and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) are comprised of payroll and benefits for stores, field support, and support center employees. Selling, general and administrative expensesassociates.  SG&A also include marketing and advertising expense, occupancy costs for stores and the store support center, insurance, corporate infrastructure, and other selling, general and administrative expenses.



(p)(o)Advertising Costs


Advertising costs primarily consist of newspaper circulars,print flyers, digital media, email campaigns, and media broadcasts and prominent advertising at professional and collegiate sporting events and are charged to expensegenerally expensed the first time the advertising occurs. Advertising expense for fiscal years 2016, 20152023, 2022, and 20142021 was $28.0 $64.5 million, $25.8$62.4 million, and $23.1$52.2 million, respectively.

respectively
.


(q)(p)Operating Leases

Other than one store location, which is owned, the


The Company generally leases its store locations, distribution centers and office facilities. Many of the lease agreements contain rent holidays, rent escalation clauses and contingent rent provisions – or some combination of these items.  For leases of store locations and the store support center,centers, the Company recognizes rent expense in selling, general and administrative expenses.SG&A.  For leases of distribution centers, the Company recognizes rent expense within cost of sales.  All rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the accounting lease term, which includes lease renewals determined to be reasonably assured. Additionally,certain.

The Company recognizes operating lease assets and liabilities at the lease commencement date in accordance with ASC 842, Leases (Topic 842).  Operating lease liabilities represent the present value of lease payments not yet paid.  Operating lease assets represent the accounting lease term reflects the earlier of the date the Company becomes legally obligatedCompany’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease payments or the dateterm.  The Company’s lessors do not provide an implicit rate, nor is one readily available, therefore the Company takes possessionuses its incremental borrowing rate based on the portfolio approach, which applies one rate to leases within a given period. The incremental borrowing rate is used to discount future cash flows and is an estimate which is determined by an analysis of the building for initial construction and setup. The excess rent expense over the actual cash paid for rent is accounted for as deferred rent. Leasehold improvement allowances received from landlords and other lease incentives are recorded as deferred rent liabilities and are recognized in selling, general and administrative expensesrate of interest it would have to pay on a straight-linecollateralized basis overto borrow an amount equal to the accounting lease term.

payments under similar terms and current market conditions.


(r)(q)Pre-Opening CostsExpenses


Pre-opening costs (costsexpenses consist of expenses of opening new stores and distribution facilities, includingcenters, as well as store remodel and store closing costs.  For opening new stores, pre-opening expenses include grand opening promotions,advertising costs, payroll expenses, travel expenses, employee training costs, rent expenses, and store setup costs.  Pre-opening expenses for new stores are expensed as they are incurred, which is typically within 30 to 45 days of opening a new store. For opening distribution centers, pre-opening expenses primarily include inventory transportation costs, employee travel expenses, and occupancy costs. Store remodel costs primarily consist of payroll expenses, travel expenses, and store setup costs as well as store closing costs) are expensed as they are incurred.

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Store closing costs primarily consist of insurance deductibles, rent, and store payroll.

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(s)(r)Debt Issuance Costs and Original Issue Discount
SelfInsurance Liabilities

Debt issuance costs and original issue discount are amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method, over the life of the related debt. As of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016, debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization, were $2.8 million and $3.6 million, respectively, and original issue discount, net of accumulated amortization, was $0.1 million for both periods. The amortization expense for debt issuance costs was $0.7 million, $1.3 million and $1.5 million, respectively, and the amortization expense for the original issue discount was $25,000, $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014. The write off of unamortized debt issuance and original issue discount costs recorded in loss on extinguishment of debt on the consolidated statements of income totaled $0.0 million, $6.7 million and $0.7 million, respectively, for fiscal years 2016, 2015, and 2014.

(t)Self-Insurance Liabilities

Under a number of the Company'sCompany’s insurance programs, which include the Company'sCompany’s employee health insurance program, its workers'workers’ compensation and general liability insurance programs, the Company is liable for a portion of its losses. Ollie’s is self-insured for certain losses related to the company sponsored employee health insurance program. The Company estimates the accrued liabilities for its self-insurance programs using historical claims experience and loss reserves. To limit the Company’s exposure to losses, a stop-lossstop‑loss coverage is maintained through third-partythird‑party insurers.



(u)(s)Income Taxes


Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred 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 bases and operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred 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 Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized.


Ollie’s files consolidated federal and state income tax returns. For tax years before 2012,prior to 2018, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations. State income tax returns are filed in various state tax jurisdictions, as appropriate, with varying statutes of limitation and remain subject to examination for varying periods up to three to four years depending on the state.



(v)(t)Earnings per Common Share


Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, after giving effect to the potential dilution, if applicable, from the assumed exercise of stock options into shares of common stock as if those stock options were exercised and the assumed lapse of restrictions on restricted stock units.

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The following table summarizes those effects for the diluted earnings per common share calculation (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Net income
$
59,764
 
$
35,839
 
$
26,915
 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – Basic
 
60,160
 
 
53,835
 
 
48,202
 
Incremental shares from the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options and vesting of restricted stock units
 
2,255
 
 
1,961
 
 
407
 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - Diluted
 
62,415
 
 
55,796
 
 
48,609
 
Earnings per common share – Basic
$
0.99
 
$
0.67
 
$
0.56
 
Earnings per common share - Diluted
$
0.96
 
$
0.64
 
$
0.55
 
calculation:


 Fiscal year ended 
  February 3,  January 28,  January 29, 
  2024  2023  2022 
      (in thousands)
 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – Basic  61,741   62,495   64,447 
Incremental shares from the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options and vesting of restricted stock units  327   209   431 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – Diluted  62,068   62,704   64,878 

Weighted


The effect of the weighted average assumed exercise of stock option sharesoptions outstanding totaling 81,616, 651,400582,645, 858,413, and 2,971,140 425,718 as of February 3, 2024, January 28, 2017, January 30, 2016,2023, and January 31, 2015,29, 2022, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding because the effect would have been antidilutive.


The effect of weighted average non-vested restricted stock units outstanding totaling 11,717, 39,342, and 22,546 as of February 3, 2024, January 28, 2023, and January 29, 2022, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted weighted average common shares outstanding because the effect would have been antidilutive.

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(w)(u)RecentRecently Issued Accounting PronouncementsStandards

Revenue


In May 2014,November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers2023-07, “Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures,” which modifies reportable segment disclosure requirements. This ASU expands annual and interim reportable segment disclosures, including: disclosure of the title and position of our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), which requires an entityinterim and annual disclosure of significant reportable segment expenses that are components of segment profit or loss information provided to recognize the amountCODM, and interim disclosure of revenue to which it expectsall annual reportable segment profit or loss and asset data currently only required to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective. The amendments in ASU 2014-09 were originally effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period, with early application not permitted. In July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of ASU 2014-09 for one year, while also permitting early application. With these changes, ASU 2014-09 will become effective for annual reporting periods (including interim periods within those periods) beginning after December 15, 2017, with adoption permitted as of the original effective date. ASU 2014-09 permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. While the Company is still evaluating ASU 2014-09, at this time it is not expected that the adoption of ASU 2014-09 will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases. ASU 2016-02 requires that lease arrangements longer than 12 months result in an entity recognizing a right-of-use asset and lease liability. The updateddisclosed annually. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018,2023 and earlyinterim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The adoption of this standard is permitted. Substantially allnot expected to have an impact on our financial statements the Company is comprised of one operating segment.


In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures,” which modifies the disclosure requirements for income taxes. This ASU requires disclosure of tabular statutory to effective rate reconciliation in both percentages and dollars, additional disaggregated rate reconciliation categories and disaggregation of both income taxes paid and income tax expense by jurisdiction. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. We expect this ASU to only impact our disclosures with no impact to our result of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

(2)Net Sales

Ollie’s recognizes retail sales in its stores when merchandise is sold and the customer takes possession of merchandise.  Also included in net sales is revenue allocated to certain redeemed discounts earned via the Ollie’s Army loyalty program and gift card breakage.  Net sales are presented net of returns and sales tax. The Company provides an allowance for estimated retail merchandise returns based on prior experience.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is deferred for the Ollie’s Army loyalty program where members accumulate points that can be redeemed for discounts on future purchases.  The Company has determined it has an additional performance obligation to Ollie’s Army members at the time of the Company’s store locationsinitial transaction.  The Company allocates the transaction price to the initial transaction and distribution centersthe discount awards based upon its relative standalone selling price, which considers historical redemption patterns for the award.  Revenue is recognized as those discount awards are redeemed.  Discount awards issued upon the achievement of specified point levels are subject to operating lease arrangements. Information under existing lease guidance with respectexpiration.  Unless temporarily extended, the maximum redemption period is 45 days.  At the end of each fiscal period, unredeemed discount awards and accumulated points to rent required under non-cancelable operating leases, including option renewal periodsearn a future discount award are reflected as a liability.  Discount awards are combined in one homogeneous pool and are not separately identifiable.  Therefore, the revenue recognized consists of discount awards redeemed that are reasonably assured, that have an initial or remaining lease term in excess of one year iswere included in Note 7. The Company is currently evaluating the impactdeferred revenue balance at the beginning of the adoptionperiod as well as discount awards issued during the current period.  The following table is a reconciliation of the liability related to this new standard on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, and anticipates it will result in significant right-of-use assets and related liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets.

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program:


 Fiscal year ended 
  February 3,  January 28,  
January 29,
 
  2024  2023  2022 
     (in thousands)
    
Beginning balance $8,130  $7,782  $8,113 
Revenue deferred  16,141   14,446   15,290 
Revenue recognized  (14,112)  (14,098)  (15,621)
Ending balance $10,159  $8,130  $7,782 

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Stock Compensation

In March 2016,

Gift card breakage for gift card liabilities not subject to escheatment is recognized as revenue in proportion to the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Stock Compensation, whichredemption of gift cards. Gift cards do not expire. The rate applied to redemptions is intended to simplifybased upon a historical breakage rate. Gift cards are combined in one homogenous pool and are not separately identifiable.  Therefore, the accounting for share-based payment award transactions. The new standard will modify several aspectsrevenue recognized consists of gift cards that were included in the liability at the beginning of the accounting and reporting for employee share-based payments and related tax accounting impacts, including the presentation in the statements of operations and cash flows of certain tax benefits or deficiencies and employee tax withholdings,period as well as gift cards that were issued during the accounting for award forfeitures over the vesting period.  The guidancefollowing table is effectivea reconciliation of the gift card liability:


 Fiscal year ended 
  February 3,  January 28,  
January 29,
 
  2024  2023  2022 
     (in thousands)    
Beginning balance $2,527  $2,291  $1,902 
Gift card issuances  5,150   4,948   5,433 
Gift card redemption and breakage  (5,027)  (4,712)  (5,044)
Ending balance $2,650  $2,527  $2,291 

Sales return allowance is recorded on a gross basis on the consolidated balance sheets as a refund liability and an asset for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that year, and will be adopted byrecovery.  The allowance for estimated retail merchandise returns is based on prior experience. The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The Company anticipates the new standard will result in an increase in the number of shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share and will add volatilityactivity related to the Company’s effective tax rate and income tax expense. The magnitude of such impacts will depend in part on whether significant employee stock option exercises occur.

sales returns allowance:


 Fiscal year ended 
  February 3,  January 28,  January 29, 
  2024  2023  2022 
     (in thousands)    
Beginning balance $1,170  $1,101  $1,060 
Provisions  57,684   56,989   54,475 
Sales returns  (57,784)  (56,920)  (54,434)
Ending balance $1,070  $1,170  $1,101 

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(x)Reclassification

Certain prior-year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current-year presentation.

(2)(3)Property and Equipment


Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):

 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
Land
$
1,601
 
$
 
Building
 
1,225
 
 
 
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
 
71,621
 
 
58,713
 
Leasehold improvements
 
8,641
 
 
7,530
 
Automobiles
 
1,638
 
 
1,319
 
 
 
84,726
 
 
67,562
 
Less accumulated depreciation
 
(38,393
)
 
(28,270
)
 
$
46,333
 
$
39,292
 
following:



 
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
 
  (in thousands)
 
Land 
$
9,894
  
$
7,942
 
Buildings  
34,608
   
34,608
 
Furniture, fixtures and equipment  
262,571
   
224,999
 
Leasehold improvements  
78,099
   
55,945
 
Automobiles  
3,449
   
2,839
 
Construction in Progress
  65,643   - 
   
454,264
   
326,333
 
Less:  Accumulated depreciation and amortization  
(184,201
)
  
(150,386
)
  
$
270,063
  
$
175,947
 

Depreciation and amortization expense of property and equipment was $10.3$34.9 million, $8.9$28.7 million, and $8.1$24.9 million for fiscal years 2016, 2015,in 2023, 2022, and 2014,2021, respectively, of which $8.4$27.8 million, $7.2$22.9 million, and $7.0$19.4 million respectively, is included in the depreciation and amortization expensesin 2023, 2022, and 2021, respectively, on the consolidated statements of income.  The remainder, as it relates to the Company’s distribution centers, is included within cost of sales on the consolidated statements of income.


(4)(3)Goodwill and Other Intangible AssetsLeases

Goodwill


The Company accounts for its leases under ASC 842, Leases (Topic 842). Under this guidance, arrangements meeting the definition of a lease are classified as operating or financing leases and other intangible assets consistare recorded on the balance sheet as both a right-of-use asset and lease liability, calculated by discounting fixed lease payments over the lease term at the rate implicit in the lease, if available. The Company’s lessors do not provide an implicit rate, nor is one readily available, therefore the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the portfolio approach, which applies one rate to leases within a given period. Lease liabilities are increased by interest and reduced by payments each period, and the right-of-use asset is amortized over the lease term. For operating leases, interest on the lease liability and the amortization of the following (in thousands):

 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
Non-amortizing intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Goodwill
$
444,850
 
$
444,850
 
Tradename
 
230,559
 
 
230,559
 
Amortizing intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Favorable leases
 
4,054
 
 
4,054
 
Accumulated amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Favorable leases
 
(1,636
)
 
(1,259
)
 
$
677,827
 
$
678,204
 
right-of-use asset result in straight-line rent expense over the lease term. Variable lease expenses, if any, are recorded when incurred.


In calculating the right-of-use asset and lease liability, the Company elects to combine lease and non-lease components. The Company excludes short-term leases having initial terms of 12 months or less from the guidance as an accounting policy election and recognizes rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.


Ollie’s generally leases its stores, offices, and distribution facilities under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2038.  These leases generally provide for fixed annual rentals.  A majority of the Company’s leases also require a payment for all or a portion of common-area maintenance, insurance, real estate taxes, water and sewer costs, and repairs, on a fixed or variable payment basis, the cost of which, for leases existing as of the adoption of ASC 842, is charged to the related expense category rather than being accounted for as rent expense.  For leases entered into after the adoption of ASC 842, the Company accounts for lease components together with non-lease components as a single component for all classes of underlying assets.  Most of the leases contain options to renew for three to five successive five-year periods.  The Company is generally not reasonably certain to exercise renewal options; therefore, the options are not considered in determining the lease term, and associated potential option payments are excluded from the lease payments.  Ollie’s lease agreements generally do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

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Amortization expense for fiscal years 2016

Store and 2015 was $0.4 million, which was charged to rent expense for favorable leases. Amortization expense foroffice lease costs are classified in SG&A and distribution center lease costs are classified in cost of sales on the consolidated statements of income.

The following table summarizes the maturity of the Company’s operating lease liabilities by fiscal year 2014 was $0.7 million, which included amortization for favorable leases and the customer database. Estimated amortization expense of intangible assets during the next five fiscal years and thereafter is shown below (in thousands):

Fiscal year ending:
 
 
 
February 3, 2018
$
338
 
February 2, 2019
 
335
 
February 1, 2020
 
310
 
January 30, 2021
 
281
 
January 29, 2022
 
237
 
Thereafter
 
917
 
Total remaining amortization
$
2,418
 

Favorable lease intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their respective lease terms plus assumed option renewal periods (weighted average remaining life of approximately 8.7 and 9.4 years as of January 28, 2017February 3, 2024:




  February 3, 
  2024 
  (in thousands) 
2024 $106,625 
2025  93,148 
2026  88,707 
2027  76,591 
2028  60,171 
Thereafter  132,033 
Total undiscounted lease payments (1)
  557,275 
Less:  Imputed interest  (70,187)
Total lease obligations  487,088 
Less:  Current obligations under leases  (89,176)
Long-term lease obligations $397,912 


(1)Lease obligations exclude $26.6 million of minimum lease payments for leases signed, but not commenced.


The following table summarizes other information related to the Company’s operating leases as of and January 30, 2016, respectively).

for the respective periods:

  Fiscal Year Ended 
  February 3,
   January 28,
   January 29, 
  2024  2023  2022 
  (dollars in thousands) 
Cash paid for operating leases $114,184  $94,909  $85,923 
Operating lease cost  106,302   95,176   86,516 
Variable lease cost  12,463   10,512   7,848 
Non-cash right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations  53,138   54,705   59,696 
Weighted-average remaining lease term 6.52 years  6.4 years  6.6 years 
Weighted-average discount rate  3.9%  3.4%  3.4%

(5)(4)Commitments and Contingencies

Contingencies
From time to time the Company may be involved in claims and legal actions that arise in the ordinary course of its business.  The Company cannot predict the outcome of any litigation or suit to which it is a party.  However, the Company does not believe that an unfavorable decision of any of the current claims or legal actions against it, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations, liquidity or capital resources.

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(6)Accrued Expenses


Accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
Compensation and benefits
$
12,136
 
$
10,775
 
Advertising
 
5,594
 
 
3,519
 
Freight
 
5,429
 
 
3,620
 
Real estate related
 
3,464
 
 
2,659
 
Insurance
 
3,418
 
 
2,605
 
Sales and use taxes
 
2,564
 
 
2,278
 
Other
 
12,143
 
 
10,117
 
 
$
44,748
 
$
35,573
 
following:


 
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
 
  (in thousands)
 
Compensation and benefits $20,535  $14,751 
Deferred revenue  12,809   10,657 
Sales and use taxes  10,234   6,567 
Insurance  9,671   9,141 
Real estate related  4,680   6,283 
Freight  4,359   2,641 
Advertising  1,780   6,582 
Other  18,827   20,337 
  $82,895  $76,959 

(5)(7)Debt Obligations and Financing Arrangements

Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):

 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
Term loan
$
193,740
 
$
198,385
 
Capital lease
 
260
 
 
66
 
Total debt
 
194,000
 
 
198,451
 
Less: current portion
 
(5,077
)
 
(5,018
)
Long-term debt
$
188,923
 
$
193,433
 

As of January 28, 2017, the scheduled principal payments of debt are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal year ending:
 
 
 
February 3, 2018
$
5,077
 
February 2, 2019
 
10,091
 
February 1, 2020
 
10,091
 
January 30, 2021
 
170,000
 
Total cash principal payments
 
195,259
 
Less: Unamortized original issue discount
 
(87
)
Less: Unamortized term loan deferred financing fees
 
(1,172
)
Total cash principal payments, net
$
194,000
 
finance leases.

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On September 28, 2012, the Company entered into twoThe Company’s credit agreements withfacility (the “Credit Facility”) provides for a total value of $300.0 million. The $300.0 million was comprised of a $75.0five-year $100.0 million revolving credit facility, (“Revolving Credit Facility”) and a $225.0 million term loan (“Term Loan”). On February 26, 2013, the Company entered into a First Amendment to the Term Loan which allowed the Company to borrow an additional principal amount of $50.0 million.

On April 11, 2014, the Company entered into a Second Amendment to the Term Loan (“Amended Term Loan”) which allowed the Company to borrow an additional principal amount of $60.0 million. The primary purpose of the additional term loan borrowing was to distribute $58.0 million as a cash dividend to common shareholders as consented by the original Term Loan lenders. The total dividend amount was recorded as a reduction of retained earnings of $23.6 million to reduce the retained earnings balance as of the dividend date to zero and the additional $34.4 million was recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. The proceeds received were net of $2.0 million, of which $1.3 million was recognized as deferred financing fees, $0.4 million was recorded as additional original issue discount, and $0.3 million was recognized as selling, general and administrative expenses. In connection with this amendment, $0.4 million of debt issuance cost and $0.2 million of original issue discount were accelerated on the date of the amendment and included in loss on extinguishment of debt.

On May 27, 2015, the Company amended the Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility (collectively the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”) to, among other things, increase the size of the Revolving Credit Facility from $75.0 million to $125.0 million and to permit a dividend to holders of the Company’s outstanding common stock. On May 27, 2015, the Company borrowed $50.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility and the proceeds were used to pay an aggregate cash dividend of $48.8 million to holders of outstanding common stock. The total dividend amount was recorded as a reduction of retained earnings of $33.9 million to reduce the retained earnings balance as of the dividend date to zero and the additional $14.9 million was recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital.

In July 2015, the Company repaid $50.0 million on the Revolving Credit Facility and $103.1 million of principal on the Amended Term Loan using proceeds from the initial public offering (“IPO”). In connection with this repayment of debt, $1.5 million of debt issuance costs and $0.8 million of original issue discount were written off and included in loss on extinguishment of debt.

On January 29, 2016, the Company completed a transaction in which it refinanced the Senior Secured Credit Facilities with the proceeds from a new credit facility (“New Credit Facilites”). The New Credit Facilities consist of the $200.0 million term loan (“New Term Loan Facility”) and the $100.0 million new revolving credit facility (“New Revolving Credit Facility”), which includes a $25.0$45.0 million sub-facility for letters of credit and a $25.0 million sub-facility for swingline loans. The proceedsloans (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). In addition, the Company may at any time add term loan facilities or additional revolving commitments up to $150.0 million pursuant to terms and conditions set out in the Credit Facility. On January 9, 2024, the Company refinanced its credit facility (the “Credit Facility”), pursuant to which the maturity date for any loans under the revolving credit facility was extended for a period of five years from the New Term Loan Facility together with cash on hand were used to repay the existing Senior Secured Credit Facilities. The Company incurred various arrangement fees and legal fees totaling $2.1 million, of which $2.0 million was recognized as deferred financing fees and $0.1 million was recognized as selling, general and administrative expenses. In connection with the termination of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, $2.9 million of debt issuance cost and $1.4 million of original issue discount were accelerated on theeffective date of January 9, 2024 and a zero percent (0.0%) interest rate floor was added to the amendment and includedoption for the SOFR Loan Rate (as defined in loss on extinguishment of debt.the Amendment). Loans under the NewRevolving Credit FacilitiesFacility mature on January 29, 2021.

9, 2029.


As a result of the anticipated discontinuation of LIBOR in 2023, on January 24, 2023, the Company amended its Credit Facility to replace the LIBOR-based interest rates included therein with SOFR-based interest rates and to modify the provisions for determining an alternative rate of interest upon the occurrence of certain events relating to the availability of interest rate benchmarks. The interest rates for the New Credit Facilities are not subject to a floor andFacility are calculated as follows: for ABR Loans, the higherhighest of the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50% orand Term SOFR with a term of one-month in effect on such day plus the Eurodollar RateSOFR Spread Adjustment plus 1.0%, plus the Applicable Margin, or, for EurodollarSOFR Loans, the EurodollarSOFR Loan Rate plus the Applicable Margin.Margin plus the SOFR Spread Adjustment. The Applicable Margin will vary from 0.75%0.00% to 1.25%0.50% for an ABR Loan and 1.00% to 1.50% for a Base Rate Loan and 1.75% to 2.25% for a EurodollarSOFR Loan, based on reference to the total leverage ratio (total debt to Adjusted EBITDA, as defined in the agreement). As of January 28, 2017, the interest rate on the outstanding borrowingsavailability under the New TermCredit Facility. The SOFR Loan Facility was 1.75% plus the 30-day Eurodollar Rate or 2.53%.

The New Term Loan Facility is subject to amortization with principal payable in quarterly installments of $1.25 million, to be made on the last business day of each fiscal quarter prior to maturity, which commenced on April 29, 2016. The quarterly installment payments increase after fiscal year ending February 3, 2018 to $2.5 million. The remaining initial aggregate advances under the New Term Loan Facility are payable at maturity.

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As of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016, the amounts outstanding under the New Term Loan Facility are net of unamortized original issue discount of $0.1 million and deferred financing fees of $1.2 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

Under the terms of the New Revolving Credit Facility, as of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, the Company could borrow up to 90.0% of the most recent appraised value (valued at cost, discounted for the current net orderly liquidation value) of its eligible inventory, as defined, up to $100.0 million.


As of January 28, 2017, Ollie’sFebruary 3, 2024, the Company had $195.0 million of outstanding borrowings on the New Term Loan Facility and no outstanding borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility, with $98.8$90.0 million of borrowing availability, letteroutstanding letters of credit commitments of $1.0$9.7 million, and $0.2 million of rent reserves. The New Revolving Credit Facility also contains a variable unused line fee ranging from 0.250%0.125% to 0.375%0.250% per annum. The Company incurred unused line fees of $0.3$0.1 million $0.4 millionin each of the years ended 2023, 2022, and $0.2 million for fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

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The New Credit Facilities areFacility is collateralized by the Company’s assets and equity and containcontains a financial covenants,covenant, as well as certain business covenants, including restrictions on dividend payments, which the Company must comply with during the term of the agreements.agreement.  The financial covenants includecovenant is a consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio test of at least 1.11.0 to 1.0 and total leverage ratio test of 3.50applicable during a covenant period, based on reference to 1.0.availability.  The Company was in compliance with all terms of the New Credit FacilitiesFacility during and as of the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017.

2023.


The provisions of the New Credit FacilitiesFacility restrict all of the net assets of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries, which constitutes all of the net assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, from being used to pay any dividends or make other restricted payments to the Company without prior written consent from the financial institutions that are a party to the Company’s New Credit Facilities,Facility, subject to certain exceptions.

material exceptions including proforma compliance with the applicable conditions described in the Credit Facility.

(6)(8)Income Taxes


The components of income tax provision (benefit) are as follows (in thousands):

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Current:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
$
29,280
 
$
19,625
 
$
16,760
 
State
 
5,348
 
 
3,713
 
 
3,422
 
 
 
34,628
 
 
23,338
 
 
20,182
 
Deferred:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Federal
 
1,829
 
 
(849
)
 
(2,114
)
State
 
38
 
 
(882
)
 
(1,305
)
 
 
1,867
 
 
(1,731
)
 
(3,419
)
Income tax expense
$
36,495
 
$
21,607
 
$
16,763
 
follows:



 Fiscal year ended 
  
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
  
January 29,
2022
 
  (in thousands)
 
Current: 
 
Federal $45,871  $20,541  $35,657 
State  13,930   6,099   10,156 
   59,801   26,640   45,813 
Deferred:            
Federal  1,915   5,588   802 
State  (670)  (1,135)  313 
   1,245   4,453   1,115 
Income tax expense $61,046  $31,093  $46,928 

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows:

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Statutory federal rate
 
35.0
%
 
35.0
%
 
35.0
%
State taxes, net of federal benefit
 
3.6
 
 
3.2
 
 
3.2
 
Other
 
(0.7
)
 
(0.6
)
 
0.2
 
 
 
37.9
%
 
37.6
%
 
38.4
%


 Fiscal year ended 
  
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
  
January 29,
2022
 
Statutory federal rate  21.0%  21.0%  21.0%
State taxes, net of federal benefit  4.3   2.9   4.1 
Excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation  (0.3)  (0.2)  (1.7)
Other  0.2   (0.5)  (0.4)
   25.2%  23.2%  23.0%

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Deferred income taxes reflect the effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the carrying amounts used for income tax reporting purposes. Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
Deferred tax assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inventory reserves
$
1,378
 
$
1,236
 
Deferred rent
 
2,343
 
 
1,815
 
Stock-based compensation
 
4,783
 
 
4,753
 
Other
 
2,048
 
 
3,918
 
Total deferred tax assets
 
10,552
 
 
11,722
 
Deferred tax liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tradename
 
(89,520
)
 
(89,669
)
Depreciation
 
(9,345
)
 
(8,217
)
Leases
 
(911
)
 
(1,007
)
Total deferred tax liabilities
 
(99,776
)
 
(98,893
)
Net deferred tax liabilities
$
(89,224
)
$
(87,171
)



 
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
 
  (in thousands) 
Deferred tax assets:      
Inventory reserves $871  $732 
Lease liability  122,006   110,100 
Stock-based compensation  4,738   4,448 
Deferred revenue  2,544   2,034 
Other  4,014   3,370 
Total deferred tax assets  134,173   120,684 
Deferred tax liabilities:        
Tradename  (57,721)  (57,664)
Depreciation  (29,242)  (24,485)
Operating lease right-of-use assets  (119,087)  (109,167)
Total deferred tax liabilities  (206,050)  (191,316)
Net deferred tax liabilities $(71,877) $(70,632)

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent uponon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities (including the impact of available carryback and carryforward periods), projected future taxable income, and tax-planning strategies in making this assessment. Based uponon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income and the scheduled reversal of deferred liabilities over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefits of these deductible differences as of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016.

2023.


Ollie’s has no material accrual for uncertain tax positions or interest or penalties related to income taxes on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of February 3, 2024 or January 28, 2017 or January 30, 2016,2023, and has not recognized any material uncertain tax positions or interest or penalties related to income taxes in the consolidated statements of income for fiscal years 2016, 2015,2023, 2022 or 2014.

2021
.

(7)Commitments and Contingencies

Other than one store location, which is owned, Ollie’s leases its stores, office, and distribution facilities under operating leases that expire at various dates through 2031. These leases generally provide for fixed annual rentals; however, several provide for minimum annual rentals plus contingent rentals based on a percentage of annual sales. A majority of the Company’s leases also require a payment for all or a portion of insurance, real estate taxes, water and sewer costs, and repairs, the cost of which is charged to the related expense category rather than being accounted for as rent expense. Most of the leases contain multiple renewal options, under which Ollie’s may extend the lease terms for five years. Minimum rents on operating leases, including agreements with step rents, are charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Rent expense on all operating leases consisted of the following (in thousands):

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Minimum annual rentals
$
36,970
 
$
32,263
 
$
28,707
 
Contingent rentals
 
110
 
 
123
 
 
78
 
 
$
37,080
 
$
32,386
 
$
28,785
 

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The following is a schedule by year of future minimum rental payments required under non-cancelable operating leases, including option renewal periods that are reasonably assured, that have initial or remaining lease terms in excess of one year as of January 28, 2017 (in thousands):

Fiscal year ending:
 
 
 
February 3, 2018
$
44,664
 
February 2, 2019
 
42,741
 
February 1, 2020
 
38,209
 
January 30, 2021
 
32,489
 
January 29, 2022
 
25,226
 
Thereafter
 
55,008
 
Total minimum lease payments
$
238,337
 

Ollie’s is subject to litigation in the normal course of business. The Company does not believe such actions, either individually or collectively, will have a significant impact on Ollie’s financial position or results of operations.

(8)(9)Equity Incentive PlanPlans

During 2012, Ollie’s established an equity incentive plan (the “2012 Plan”), under which stock options were granted to executive officers and key employees as deemed appropriate under the provisions of the 2012 Plan, with an exercise price at the fair value of the underlying stock on the date of grant. The vesting period for options granted under the 2012 Plan is five years (20% ratably per year). Options granted under the 2012 Plan are subject to employment for vesting, expire 10 years from the date of grant, and are not transferable other than upon death. As of July 15, 2015, the date of the pricing of the IPO (see Note 10),Company’s initial public offering, no additional equity grants will be made under the 2012 Plan.


In connection with the IPO,its initial public offering, the Company adopted the 2015 equity incentive plan (the “2015 Plan”) pursuant to which the Company’s Board of Directors may grant stock options, restricted shares or other awards to employees, directors and consultants.  The 2015 Plan allows for the issuance of up to 5,250,000 shares. Awards will be made pursuant to agreements and may be subject to vesting and other restrictions as determined by the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee.Committee of the Board. The Company uses authorized and unissued shares to satisfy share award exercises. As of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, there were 4,146,5451,957,583 shares available for grant under the 2015 Plan.


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Stock Options


The exercise price for stock options is determined at the fair value onof the underlying stock on the date of grant.  The vesting period for awards granted under the 2015 Plan is generally set at four years (25% ratably per year). Awards are subject to employment for vesting, expire 10 years from the date of grant, and are not transferable other than upon death.


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A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information follows for fiscal years 2014, 20152021, 2022 and 2016 (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

 
Number of
options
Weighted
average
exercise
price
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term (years)
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
Outstanding at February 1, 2014
 
5,279,075
 
$
6.48
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted
 
920,000
 
 
7.68
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
(188,600
)
 
6.57
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding at January 31, 2015
 
6,010,475
 
 
6.66
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted
 
1,403,500
 
 
13.61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
(82,500
)
 
7.91
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
(339,650
)
 
6.69
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding at January 30, 2016
 
6,991,825
 
 
8.04
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Granted
 
518,277
 
 
20.37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forfeited
 
(135,390
)
 
9.09
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exercised
 
(1,948,752
)
 
6.83
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outstanding at January 28, 2017
 
5,425,960
 
 
9.62
 
 
6.8
 
$
107,028
 
Exercisable at January 28, 2017
 
2,924,654
 
 
7.32
 
 
6.1
 
$
64,442
 
2023:

 
Number
of options
  
Weighted
average
exercise
price
  
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term (years)
  
Aggregate
intrinsic value
 
  (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) 
Outstanding at January 30, 2021
  1,244,235  $42.39   
   
 
Granted  298,990   84.48         
Forfeited  (129,233)  61.98         
Exercised  (304,677)  28.34         
Outstanding at January 29, 2022
  1,109,315   55.30         
Granted  328,938   43.97         
Forfeited  (110,295)  59.60         
Exercised  (118,707)  33.97         
Outstanding at January 28, 2023
  1,209,251   53.92         
Granted  144,630   57.91         
Forfeited  (54,119)  62.90         
Exercised  (180,278)  37.09         
Outstanding at February 3, 2024
  1,119,484   56.71   6.6  $23,406 
Exercisable at February 3, 2024
  582,221   57.67   5.4  $11,843 

The intrinsic value of stock options exercised for fiscal years 20162023, 2022 and 20152021 was $43.9$5.8 million, $3.5 million and $5.3$17.0 million, respectively.


The Company uses the Black-Scholesweighted average grant date fair value per option pricing model to value its stock option awards.for options granted during 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $29.07, $20.62, and $33.38, respectively. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties andeach option award is estimated on the applicationdate of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and management uses differentgrant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model that used the weighted average assumptions stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards.

in the following table:


 Fiscal Year Ended 
  
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
  
January 29,
2022
 
Risk-free interest rate  3.36%  2.63%  1.33%
Expected dividend yield         
Expected life 6.25 years  6.25 years  6.25 years 
Expected volatility  47.16%  44.40%  38.39%

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The expected life of stock options is estimated using the “simplified method,” as the Company has nodoes not have sufficient historical information to develop reasonable expectations about future exercise patterns and post-vesting employment termination behavior for its stock option grants.  The simplified method is based on the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant.  For stock priceexpected volatility, the Company uses comparable public companies as a basis for its historical information over the expected volatilitylife of the option granted to calculate the fair value of option grants.  The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury notes with a term approximating the expected life of the option.

The weighted average grant date fair value per option for options granted during fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014 was $6.47, $5.05 and $3.57, respectively. The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model that used the weighted average assumptions in the following table:

 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Risk-free interest rate
 
1.72
%
 
1.99
%
 
2.22
%
Expected dividend yield
 
 
 
 
 
 
Expected life (years)
6.25 years
6.25 years
6.5 years
Expected volatility
 
28.52
%
 
31.56
%
 
34.80
%


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Restricted Stock Units


Restricted stock units (“RSUs”)

RSUs are issued at a value not less than the fair market valueclosing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.  RSUs granted to dateoutstanding vest ratably over three or four years or cliff vest inone or four years.  Awards are subject to employment for vesting and are not transferable other than upon death.


A summary of the Company’s RSU activity and related information for fiscal year 20162021, 2022 and 2023 is as follows:

 
Number
of shares
Weighted
average
grant date
fair value
Nonvested balance at January 30, 2016
 
 
$
 
Granted
 
137,458
 
 
20.36
 
Forfeited
 
(740
)
 
20.26
 
Nonvested balance at January 28, 2017
 
136,718
 
 
20.36
 

Stock Based

    
Number
of shares
  
Weighted
average
grant date
fair value
 
Nonvested balance at January 30, 2021
  148,838  $52.28 
Granted  59,195   83.18 
Forfeited  (19,887)  62.27 
Vested  (62,663)  44.51 
Nonvested balance at January 29, 2022
  125,483   69.15 
Granted  235,754   44.04 
Forfeited  (35,457)  51.49 
Vested  (49,502)  67.33 
Nonvested balance at January 28, 2023
  276,278   50.32 
Granted  205,663   58.10 
Forfeited  (27,783)  53.24 
Vested  (103,354)  52.70 
Nonvested balance at February 3, 2024
  350,804   53.94 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense


The compensation cost for stock options and RSUs which has been recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses related to the Company’s equity incentive plansSG&A was $6.7$12.2 million, $5.0$10.0 million, and $3.8$8.0 million for fiscal years 2016, 20152023, 2022 and 2014,2021, respectively. The Company recognized $2.5 million, $1.9 million and $1.4 million in income tax benefit for fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, in the consolidated statements of income for share-based award compensation.


As of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, there was $12.6$22.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock-based compensation arrangements. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.42.5 years. Compensation costs related to awards are recognized using the straight-line method.


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(9)(10)Employee Benefit Plans

Ollie’s sponsors a defined contribution plan (“the Plan”(the “Plan”), qualified under Internal Revenue Code (IRC)(“IRC”) Section 401(k), for the benefit of employees. An employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan upon attaining at least 21 years of age and completing three months of full-time employment. An employee may elect to contribute annual compensation up to the maximum allowable under the IRC. The Company assumes all administrative costs of the Plan and matches the employee’s contribution up to 25% of the first 6% of their annual compensation. The portion that the Company matches is vested ratably over six years. Beginning January 2024, the Company increased matches for employee contributions to 100% of the first 3% contributed of employee’s annual compensation, and 50% of the next 2% contributed for a total match of up to 4%. The enhancements to the plan also include 100% immediate vesting of the portion that the Company matches. The employer matching contributions to the Plan were $0.4 million, $0.3 million, and $0.2 million for fiscal years 2016, 20152023, 2022 and 2014.

2021, respectively.


In addition to the regular matching contribution, the Company may elect to make a discretionary matching contribution. Discretionary contributions shall be allocated as a percentage of compensation of eligible participants for the Plan year. There were no discretionary contributions for fiscal years 2016 and 2015. Discretionary contributions were $0.3 million for fiscal year 2014.

in 2023, 2022 or 2021.

(10)(11)Common Stock

Stockholders Agreement

Common Stock

The Company and its shareholders have entered into a Stockholders Agreement dated September 28, 2012, which provides for, among others, certain covenants and conditions, information, first refusal, take along, come along and rightsCompany’s capital structure consists of participation.

Initial Public Offering

In connection with the Company’s July 15, 2015 IPO, the Company amended its existing Stockholders Agreement, in which a number of provisions, including provisions relating to the election of directors and certain transfer restrictions, were automatically terminated. Immediately prior to the IPO, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation to reflect the conversion of all Class B common stock to

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Class A common stock. In addition, all shares of Class A common stock were recapitalized into a single class of common stock. As part of the IPO, thestock with one vote per share.  The Company increased itshas authorized common stock500,000,000 shares to 500,000,000 at $0.001 par value per share andshare.  Additionally, the Company has authorized 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock at $0.001 par value per share.

The Company issued 8,925,000share; to date, however, no preferred shares have been issued. Treasury stock, which consists of itsthe Company’s common stock, in connection with its IPO. In addition, on July 17, 2015,is accounted for using the underwriterscost method.


Share Repurchase Program

On December 15, 2020, the Board of Directors of the IPO exercised their optionCompany authorized the repurchase of up to purchase an additional 1,338,750 shares$100.0 million of common stock from the Company. As a result, 10,263,750 shares of common stock were issued and sold by the Company at a price of $16.00 per share.

As a result of the IPO, the Company received net proceeds of $153.1 million, after deducting the underwriting fees of $11.1 million. The Company used the net proceeds from the IPO to pay off outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and a portion of the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan. See Note 5, “Debt Obligations and Financing Arrangements.”

Secondary Offerings

On February 18, 2016, the Company completed a secondary offering of 7,873,063 shares of common stock, of which 1,152,500 shares were sold by certain directors, officers and employees upon the exercise of stock options in connection with the offering. In addition, on February 19, 2016, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase an additional 1,180,959 shares of the Company’s common stock from certain selling stockholders. As a result, 9,054,022 sharesstock. On March 16, 2021, the Board of common stock were sold by certain selling stockholders at a priceDirectors of $19.75 per share in this secondary offering. Thethe Company did not sell any shares in or receive any proceeds from this secondary offering, except for $7.5authorized an increase of $100.0 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options. The Company incurred expenses of $0.6 million related to legal, accounting and other fees in connection with the secondary offering, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statementCompany’s share repurchase program.  Both of income for fiscal year 2016.

these authorizations were authorized to be executed through January 2023. On June 6, 2016,November 30, 2021, the Company completed a secondary offering of 12,152,800 shares of common stock. In addition, on June 10, 2016, the underwriters exercised their option to purchaseBoard authorized an additional 1,822,920$200.0 million to repurchase stock pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program, expiring on December 15, 2023. On November 30, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized an extension to the existing share repurchase program set to expire on December 15, 2023, until March 31, 2026.


The shares to be repurchased may be purchased from time to time in open market conditions (including blocks), privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs or other derivative transactions, issuer self-tender offers, or any combination of the foregoing.  The timing of repurchases and the actual amount purchased will depend on a variety of factors, including the market price of the Company’s common stock from certain selling stockholders. As a result, 13,975,720 shares, of common stock were sold by certain selling stockholders at a price of $25.00 per share in this secondary offering. The Company did not sell any shares in or receive any proceeds from this secondary offering. The Company incurred expenses of $0.6 million related to legal, accountinggeneral market, economic and business conditions, and other fees in connectioncorporate considerations.  Repurchases may be made pursuant to plans intended to comply with this secondary offering,Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of income for fiscal year 2016.

On September 6, 2016,could allow the Company completedto purchase its shares during periods when it otherwise might be prevented from doing so under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed trading blackout periods.  Repurchases are expected to be funded from cash on hand or through the utilization of the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility.  The repurchase authorization does not require the purchase of a secondary offeringspecific number of 13,725,798 shares and is subject to suspension or termination by the Company’s Board of common stock. The shares were sold by certain selling stockholdersDirectors at a price of $26.07 per share in this secondary offering. The Company did not sell any shares in or receive any proceeds from this secondary offering. The Company incurred expenses of $0.6 million related to legal, accounting and other fees in connection with this secondary offering, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of income for fiscal year 2016.

Treasury Shares

During fiscal years 2015 and 2014, the Company repurchased 5,750 and 2,875 Class A common stock shares, respectively, from shareholders for $9.99 per share. The Company records the value of its common stock held in treasury at cost. There were no additional shares purchased during fiscal year 2016.

(11)Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties
time.

The Company has entered into five non-cancelable operating leases with related parties for office and store locations that expire at various dates through 2023. The annual lease payments are $1.3 million for the next five years and the total remaining payments after the next five years are $3.2 million.

During fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company paid $0.1 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, for the use of an airplane owned by a related party.


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During 2023, the Company repurchased 808,669 shares of its common stock for $52.5 million, inclusive of transaction costs, pursuant to its share repurchase program. During 2022, the Company repurchased 848,133 shares of its common stock for $41.8 million, inclusive of transaction costs, and during 2021, it repurchased 3,113,981 shares of its common stock for $220.0 million, inclusive of transaction costs.  These expenditures were funded by cash on hand. As of February 3, 2024, the Company had $85.7 million remaining under its share repurchase authorization.  There can be no assurances that any additional repurchases will be completed, or as to the timing or amount of any repurchases.

(12)Segment Reporting and Entity-Wide Information


For purposes of the disclosure requirements for segments of a business enterprise, it has been determined that the Company is comprised of one operating segment.


The following table summarizes the percentage of net sales by merchandise categoryeach product group for each year presented:

 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Sales by merchandise category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Housewares
 
12.7
%
 
13.1
%
 
14.7
%
Food
 
12.7
 
 
13.2
 
 
12.5
 
Books and stationery
 
10.6
 
 
11.5
 
 
10.9
 
Bed and bath
 
10.1
 
 
10.1
 
 
10.1
 
Floor coverings
 
8.0
 
 
8.6
 
 
9.6
 
Electronics
 
6.7
 
 
5.6
 
 
4.5
 
Toys
 
5.2
 
 
4.9
 
 
5.1
 
Other
 
34.0
 
 
33.0
 
 
32.6
 
 
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
(13)Quarterly Results of Operations and Seasonality (Unaudited)

Quarterly financial results for fiscal years 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands, except for per share data):

 
Fiscal Year 2016 (1)
Fiscal Year 2015 (1)
 
Fourth
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Second
Quarter
First
Quarter
Fourth
Quarter
Third
Quarter
Second
Quarter
First
Quarter
Net sales
$
283,355
 
$
201,985
 
$
211,256
 
$
193,719
 
$
243,402
 
$
174,565
 
$
181,933
 
$
162,470
 
Gross profit
 
113,392
 
 
84,190
 
 
83,814
 
 
79,015
 
 
98,839
 
 
69,924
 
 
70,058
 
 
64,043
 
Net income
 
24,420
 
 
10,461
 
 
13,135
 
 
11,748
 
 
16,064
 
 
6,762
 
 
6,352
 
 
6,661
 
Basic earnings per common share
$
0.40
 
$
0.17
 
$
0.22
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.27
 
$
0.12
 
$
0.13
 
$
0.14
 
Diluted earnings per common share
$
0.39
 
$
0.17
 
$
0.21
 
$
0.19
 
$
0.26
 
$
0.11
 
$
0.12
 
$
0.13
 
  Fiscal Year Ended 
  2023  2022  2021 
  (in thousands) 
Consumables $499,411   23.8% $395,542   21.6% $347,432   19.8%
Home  751,138   35.7%  699,351   38.3%  696,689   39.8%
Seasonal  393,563   18.7%  325,148   17.8%  317,113   18.1%
Other  458,550   21.8%  406,968   22.3%  391,761   22.3%
Total $
2,102,662   100.0% $
1,827,009   100.0% $
1,752,995   100.0%

(13)(1)The sum of the quarterly per share amounts may not equal per share amounts reported for the fiscal year end due to rounding.Transactions with Affiliated and Related Parties

The Company’s business is seasonal in nature and demand is generally the highest in the fourth

During fiscal quarter due to the holiday sales season. To prepare for the holiday sales season, Ollie’s must order and keep in stock more merchandise than is carried during other times of the year and generally engage in additional marketing efforts. The Company expects inventory levels, along with accounts payable and accrued expenses, to reach their highest levels in the third and fourth fiscal quarters in anticipation of increased net sales during the holiday sales season. As a result of this seasonality, and generally because of variation in consumer spending habits,2023, the Company experiences fluctuationspurchased excess inventory of $1.5 million from a subsidiary of Hillman Solutions, Inc. where John Swygert, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ollie’s, is a member of its Board of Directors. There were purchases of $0.8 million made from a subsidiary of Hillman Solutions, Inc. in net sales and working capital requirements during the year.

(14)Subsequent Event
fiscal year 2022.

On March 23, 2017, the Company paid down $40.0 million on its New Term Loan Facility using existing cash.


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Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (parent company only)


Condensed Balance Sheets
(In thousands)

 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total current assets
$
 
$
 
Long-term assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment in subsidiaries
 
651,261
 
 
561,949
 
Total assets
$
651,261
 
$
561,949
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total current liabilities
$
 
$
 
Total long-term liabilities
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities
 
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
 
61
 
 
59
 
Additional paid-in capital
 
565,861
 
 
536,315
 
Retained earnings
 
85,425
 
 
25,661
 
Treasury stock, at cost
 
(86
)
 
(86
)
Total stockholders’ equity
 
651,261
 
 
561,949
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
651,261
 
$
561,949
 



 
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
 
Assets      
Total current assets $-  $- 
Long-term assets:        
Investment in subsidiaries  1,508,232   1,362,069 
Total assets $1,508,232  $1,362,069 
         
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity        
Total current liabilities $-  $- 
Total long-term liabilities  -   - 
Total liabilities  -   - 
Stockholders’ equity:        
Common stock  67   67 
Additional paid-in capital  694,959   677,694 
Retained earnings  1,167,951   986,512 
Treasury stock, at cost  (354,745)  (302,204)
Total stockholders’ equity  1,508,232   1,362,069 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $1,508,232  $1,362,069 


See accompanying notes.

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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.

Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (parent company only)


Condensed Statements of Income
(In thousands)

 
Fiscal year ended
 
January 28,
2017
January 30,
2016
January 31,
2015
Net sales
$
 
$
 
$
 
Cost of sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross profit
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-opening expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense, net
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income taxes and equity in net income of subsidiaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before equity in net income of subsidiaries
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income of subsidiaries
 
59,764
 
 
35,839
 
 
26,915
 
Net income
$
59,764
 
$
35,839
 
$
26,915
 



 Fiscal year ended 
  
February 3,
2024
  
January 28,
2023
  
January 29,
2022
 
Net sales $-  $-  $- 
Cost of sales  -   -   - 
Gross profit  -   -   - 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  -   -   - 
Depreciation and amortization expenses  -   -   - 
Pre-opening expenses  -   -   - 
Operating income  -   -   - 
Interest expense, net  -   -   - 
Income before income taxes and equity in net income of subsidiaries  -   -   - 
Income tax expense  -   -   - 
Income before equity in net income of subsidiaries  -   -   - 
Net income of subsidiaries  181,439   102,790   157,455 
Net income $181,439  $102,790  $157,455 


See accompanying notes.

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Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.

Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (parent company only)


Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

1.   Basis of presentation


1.Basis of presentation

In the parent-company-only condensed financial statements, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.’s (the Company)“Company”) investment in subsidiaries is stated at cost plus equity in undistributed earnings of subsidiaries since the date of acquisition. The parent-company-only condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements. A condensed statement of cash flows was not presented because Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. had no cash flow activities during fiscal years 2016, 2015,2023, 2022 or 2014.

2.   Guarantees and restrictions

2021.


2.Guarantees and restrictions

On January 9, 2024, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, had $195.0completed a transaction in which it refinanced its credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility provides for a five-year$100.0 million outstanding revolving credit facility, which includes a $45.0 million sub-facility for letters of credit and a $25.0 million sub-facility for swingline loans (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).  The loans under the New Term LoanRevolving Credit Facility as of mature on January 28, 2017.9, 2029.  In addition, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. may at any time add term loan facilities or additional revolving commitments up to $150.0 million pursuant to the terms and conditions set out in the Credit Facility.  Under the terms of the New Term LoanCredit Facility, Bargain Parent, Inc. has, a subsidiary of the Company, guaranteed the payment of all principal and interest. In the event of a default under the New Term Loan Facility, Bargain Parent, Inc. will be directly liable to the debt holders. The New Term Loan Facility matures on January 29, 2021.

As of January 28, 2017, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. also had $98.8 million available for borrowing under the New Revolving Credit Facility. Bargain Parent, Inc. has guaranteed all obligations under the New Revolving Credit Facility. In the event of default under the New Revolving Credit Facility, Bargain Parent, Inc. will be directly liable to the debt holders. The Newholders.


As of February 3, 2024, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. had $90.0 million available for borrowing under its Revolving Credit Facility.

The Credit Facility matures on January 29, 2021.

The New Credit Facilities areis collateralized by the Company’s assets and equity and containcontains a financial covenants,covenant, as well as certain business covenants, including restrictions on dividend payments, which the Company must comply with during the term of such agreements.the agreement. The Company was in compliance with all terms of such agreementsthe agreement during and as of the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017.

February 3, 2024.


The provisions of the New Credit FacilitiesFacility restrict all of the net assets of the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries, which constitutes all of the net assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, from being used to pay any dividends or make other restricted payments without prior written consent from the lenders under the New Credit Facilities,Facility, subject to certain exceptions.


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Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A.Controls and Procedures

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in ourthe Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the quarterly period ended January 28, 2017February 3, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, ourits internal control over financial reporting.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain

The Company maintains a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Security Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by usthe Company in the reports that we fileit files or submitsubmits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and is accumulated and communicated to ourthe Company’s management, including ourits Chief Executive Officer (our principal(principal executive officer), our and its Chief Financial Officer (our principal(principal financial officer) and our Chief Accounting Officer (our principal accounting officer), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our

The Company’s management, with the participation of ourits Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer and Chief AccountingFinancial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of ourthe Company’s disclosure controls and procedures under the Exchange Act as of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based uponon that evaluation, ourthe Company’s Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer and Chief AccountingFinancial Officer concluded that, as of January 28, 2017, ourFebruary 3, 2024, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Management's

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The 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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. 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 policies or procedures may deteriorate.


Management, including the Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer and Chief AccountingFinancial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of January 28, 2017.February 3, 2024.  Management based this assessment on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this assessment, management determined that, as of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting at a reasonable assurance level.


The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 28, 2017February 3, 2024 has been audited by KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report dated March 29, 201727, 2024 that appears below.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors and Shareholders
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.:


Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We have audited Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.’s and subsidiaries’ (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.’sCommission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of February 3, 2024, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of February 3, 2024 and January 28, 2023, the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended February 3, 2024, and the related notes and financial statement schedule I - condensed financial information of registrant (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated March 27, 2024 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible 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 overOver Financial Reporting presented above.Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We are a public accounting firm registered with the 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 audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. 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 audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company‘scompany’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 includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) 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 (3) 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.

In our opinion, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 28, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

We also have audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 28, 2017 and January 30, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended January 28, 2017, and the related financial statement schedule, and our report dated March 29, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Philadelphia,

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 29, 2017

27, 2024
Item 9B.Other Information

None.

Trading Arrangements of Directors and Executive Officers

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During the quarter ended February 3, 2024, no director or officer of the Company entered into, modified, or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1(c) trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

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Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

None.
PART III

Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required by this item will be contained in ourthe Company’s definitive proxy statement in connection with our 2017the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”), which is expected to be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after the end of ourthe fiscal year ended January 28, 2017,February 3, 2024, and is incorporated herein by reference.

In addition, ourthe Company’s Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethical Business EthicsConduct that applies to all of ourits directors, employees and officers, including ourthe Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer and Chief AccountingFinancial Officer. The current version of the Code of Ethical Business EthicsConduct is available on ourthe Company’s website under the Investor Relations section at www.ollies.us. In accordance with the rules adopted by the SEC and NASDAQ, the NASDAQ, we intendCompany intends to promptly disclose any amendments to certain provisions of the Code of Ethical Business Ethics,Conduct, or waivers of such provisions granted to executive officers and directors, on ourits website under the Investor Relations section at www.ollies.us. The information contained on or accessible through ourthe Company’s website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 11.Executive Compensation

The information required by this Item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The information required by this Item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The information required by this Item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by this Item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.


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Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules

See “-Index“Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not required or are not applicable or because the information required in those schedules either is not material or is included in the consolidated financial statements or the accompanying notes.

Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the accompanying index to exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Exhibit no.Description
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc., as effective June 25, 2019 (incorporate by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on July 1, 2019 (No. 001-37501)).
Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc., as effective June 25, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on July 1, 2019 (No. 001-37501)).
Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 8, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
Description of the Registrant’s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Form 10-K filed by the Company on March 24, 2021 (No. 001-37501)).
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated May 22, 2019, among Bargain Parent, Inc., OBO Ventures, Inc. and certain subsidiaries, as borrowers, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Administrative Agent, and certain lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on May 24, 2019 (No. 001-37501)).
First Amendment, dated as of January 24, 2023, to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among Bargain Parent, Inc., OBO Ventures, Inc. and certain subsidiaries, as borrowers, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Administrative Agent, and certain lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on January 26, 2023 (No. 001-37501)).
Second Amendment, dated as of January 9, 2024, to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, among Bargain Parent, Inc., OBO Ventures, Inc. and certain subsidiaries, as borrowers, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Administrative Agent, and certain lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on January 9, 2024 (No. 001-37501)).
Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated May 22, 2019, Bargain Parent, Inc., Ollie’s Holdings, Inc., OBO Ventures, Inc. and certain subsidiaries, in favor of Manufacturers and Trading Trust Company, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on May 24, 2019 (No. 001-37501)).
Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 8, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
Employment Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and John W. Swygert, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
Employment Agreement, dated May 12, 2014, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Kevin McLain (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).

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Exhibit no.Description
Employment Agreement, dated May 3, 2021, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Eric van der Valk (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on May 3, 2021 (No. 001-37501)).
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated June 28, 2022, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Eric van der Valk (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on June 28, 2022 (No. 001-37501)).
Employment Agreement, dated October 1, 2021, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and James Comitale (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q by the Company on December 7, 2021 (No. 001-37501)).
Bargain Holdings Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
Form of Stock Option Agreement under Bargain Holdings, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
2015 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under 2015 Equity Incentive Plan. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K by the Company on March 24, 2023 (No. 001-37501)).
Form of Stock Option Agreement under 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Amendment No. 2 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 6, 2015 (No. 333- 204942)).
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and John W. Swygert, Jr (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Kevin McLain (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated January 5, 2018, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and John W. Swygert, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on January 5, 2018 (No. 001-37501)).
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated December 10, 2019, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and John W. Swygert, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on December 10, 2019 (No. 001-37501)).
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated April 11, 2021, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Kevin McLain (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on April 15, 2021 (No. 001-37501)).

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Exhibit no.Description
Employment Agreement, dated August 18, 2022, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Lawrence Kraus (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on August 22, 2022 (No. 001-37501)).
Employment Agreement, effective October 17, 2022, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Robert F. Helm (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on October 17, 2022 (No. 001-37501)).
List of subsidiaries
Consent of KPMG LLP
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages herein).
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. Policy for Recoupment of Incentive Compensation
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Item 16.Form 10-K Summary

Not applicable.

Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the accompanying index to exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

OLLIE’S BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDINGS, INC.
Date:  March 29, 201727, 2024
By:
/s/ John SwygertRobert Helm
Name: John SwygertRobert Helm
Title: ExecutiveSenior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Butler, John Swygert, Robert Helm, and Kenneth R. BertramJames Comitale each or any one of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
TitleDate
/s/ Mark ButlerJohn Swygert
President and Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 27, 2024
Mark Butler
 John Swygert
/s/ John SwygertRobert Helm
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
John Swygert
/s/ Jay Stasz
Senior Vice President of Finance
and Chief AccountingFinancial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 27, 2024
Jay Stasz
 Robert Helm
/s/ Alissa Ahlman
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
 Alissa Ahlman
/s/ Mary Baglivo
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
 Mary Baglivo
/s/ Robert Fisch
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
 Robert Fisch
/s/ Stanley Fleishman
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
 Stanley Fleishman
/s/ Thomas Hendrickson
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
 Thomas Hendrickson
/s/ Abid Rizvi
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
 Abid Rizvi
/s/ Stephen White
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
 Stephen White
/s/ Richard Zannino
DirectorMarch 27, 2024
Richard Zannino
/s/ Stephen White
Director
Stephen White
/s/ Stanley Fleishman
Director
Stanley Fleishman
/s/ Thomas Hendrickson
Director
Thomas Hendrickson
/s/ Robert Fisch
Director
Robert Fisch


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Exhibit no.
Description
3.1†
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on July 21, 2015 (No. 001-37501)).
3.2†
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on July 21, 2015 (No. 001-37501)).
4.1†
Form of Certificate of Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 8, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
4.2†
Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, by and among Bargain Holdings, Inc. and certain stockholders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on July 21, 2015 (No. 001-37501)).
10.1†
Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012, among Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. as Borrowers, Bargain Parent, Inc., as Parent, the Lenders party thereto, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company as Administrative Agent and KeyBank National Association and Jefferies Finance LLC as Co-Syndication Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.2†
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, among Bargain Parent, Inc., Ollie’s Holdings, Inc., certain Subsidiaries of Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.3†
First Amendment to Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Collateral Agreement, dated February 26, 2013, to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012, among Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. as Borrowers, Bargain Parent, Inc., as Parent, the Lenders party thereto, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company as Administrative Agent and KeyBank National Association and Jefferies Finance LLC as Co-Syndication Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.4†
Second Amendment, dated April 11, 2014, to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012, among Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. as Borrowers, Bargain Parent, Inc., as Parent, the Lenders party thereto, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company as Administrative Agent and KeyBank National Association and Jefferies Finance LLC as Co-Syndication Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.5†
Credit Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, among Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. as Borrowers, Bargain Parent, Inc., as Parent, the Lenders party thereto, Jefferies Finance LLC as Administrative Agent and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and KeyBank National Association and as Co-Syndication Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).

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Exhibit no.
Description
10.6†
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, among Bargain Parent, Inc., Ollie’s Holdings, Inc., certain Subsidiaries of Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Jefferies Finance LLC, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.7†
First Amendment to Credit Agreement and First Amendment to Collateral Agreement, dated February 26, 2013, to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2012, among Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. as Borrowers, Bargain Parent, Inc., as Parent, the Lenders party thereto, Jefferies Finance LLC as Administrative Agent and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and KeyBank National Association and as Co-Syndication Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.8†
Second Amendment and Consent, dated April 11, 2014, to Credit Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, among Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. as Borrowers, Bargain Parent, Inc., as Parent, the Lenders party thereto, Jefferies Finance LLC as Administrative Agent and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company and KeyBank National Association and as Co-Syndication Agents (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.9†
Credit Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2016, by and among Ollie’s Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, and any subsidiary loan party that becomes a Borrower pursuant to the terms thereto, as borrowers, Bargain Parent, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as parent, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as administrative agent, the other agents party thereto and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on February 2, 2016 (No. 001-37501)).
10.10†
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of January 29, 2016, by and among Bargain Parent, Inc., Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. and certain Subsidiaries of Ollie’s Holdings, Inc. in favor of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report filed on Form 8-K by the Company on February 2, 2016 (No. 001-37501)).
10.11†
Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9.1 to Amendment No. 3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 8, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.12†
Form of Sponsor Director Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9.2 to Amendment No. 3 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 8, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.13†
Employment Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Mark Butler (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.14†
Employment Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and John W. Swygert, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).

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Exhibit no.
Description
10.15†
Employment Agreement, dated January 6, 2014, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Omar Segura (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.16†
Employment Agreement, dated May 12, 2014, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Kevin McLain (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.17†
Employment Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Howard Freedman (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.18†
Employment Agreement, dated April 16, 2014, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Robert Bertram (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.19†
Employment Agreement, dated November 18, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Jay Stasz (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q by the Company on December 10, 2015 (No. 001-37501)).
10.20†
Bargain Holdings Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.21†
Form of Stock Option Agreement under Bargain Holdings, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on June 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.22†
2015 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-8 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 15, 2015 (No. 333-204942)).
10.23†
Form of Stock Option Agreement under 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Amendment No. 2 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on July 6, 2015 (No. 333- 204942)).
10.24†
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Mark Butler (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).
10.25†
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and John W. Swygert, Jr (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).
10.26†
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Omar Segura (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).
10.27†
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Kevin McLain (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).

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Exhibit no.
Description
10.28†
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Howard Freedman (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).
10.29†
Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated July 15, 2015, by and between Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. and Kenneth Robert Bertram (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Form S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company on February 8, 2016 (No. 333-209420)).
21.1*
List of subsidiaries
23.1*
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages herein).
31.1*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
*Filed herewith.
Previously filed.

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