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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION ANDRESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidatedfinancial statements and related notes and other financial information appearingelsewhere in this Form 10-K. In addition to historical information, thefollowing discussion and other parts of this Form 10-K containforward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties. Our actual resultscould differ materially from those anticipated by this forward-looking informationdue to the factors discussed under “Risk Factors,” “Cautionary Statement ConcerningForward-Looking Statements,” and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

This section of this Form 10-K does not address certain items regarding the fiscal year ended December 28, 2019 (“fiscal 2019”). Discussion and analysis of fiscal 2019 and year-to-year comparisons between fiscal 2020 and fiscal 2019 not included in this Form 10-K can be found in “Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2021.

Executive Level Overview

Company Background

BlueLinx is a leading wholesale distributor of residential and commercial building products in the United States. We are a “two-step” distributor. Two-step distributors purchase products from manufacturers and distribute those products to dealers and other suppliers in local markets, who then sell those products to end users. We carry a broad portfolio of both branded and private-label stock keeping units (“SKUs”) across two principal product categories: specialty products and structural products. Specialty products include items such as engineered wood, industrial products, cedar, moulding, siding, metal products, and insulation. Structural products include items such as lumber, plywood, oriented strand board, rebar, and remesh. We also provide a wide range of value-added services and solutions aimed at relieving distribution and logistics challenges for our customers and suppliers, while enhancing their marketing and inventory management capabilities.

We sell products through three main distribution channels, consisting of warehouse sales, reload sales, and direct sales. Warehouse sales, which generate the majority of our sales, are delivered from our warehouses to our customers. Reload sales are similar to warehouse sales but are shipped from warehouses, most of which are operated by third-parties, where we store owned products to enhance operating efficiencies. This channel is employed primarily to service strategic customers that would be less economical to service from our warehouses, and to distribute large volumes of imported products from port facilities.

Direct sales are shipped from the manufacturer to the customer without our taking physical possession of the inventory and, as a result, typically generate lower margins than our warehouse and reload distribution channels. This distribution channel, however, requires the lowest amount of committed capital and fixed costs.

With a strong market position, broad geographic coverage footprint servicing over 40 states, and the strength of a locally focused sales force, as a two-step wholesale distributor, we distribute a comprehensive range of products from over 750 suppliers, including some of the leading manufacturers in the industry, such as Ply Gem, Huber Engineered Woods, Georgia-Pacific, Allura, James Hardie, Fiberon, Royal, Oldcastle APG, Louisiana-Pacific, and Weyerhaeuser. We supply products to a broad base of over 15,000 national, regional, and local dealers, specialty distributors, national home centers, and manufactured housing customers, many of whom then serve residential and commercial builders and contractors in their respective geographic areas and local markets.

As a value-added partner in a complex and demanding building products supply chain, we play a critical role in enabling our customers to offer a broad range of products and brands, as most of our customers do not have the capability to purchase and warehouse products directly from manufacturers for such a large set of SKUs. The depth of our geographic footprint supports meaningful customer proximity across all the markets in which we operate, enabling faster and more efficient service. Similarly, we provide value to our supplier partners by enabling access to the large and fragmented network of lumber yards and dealers that those suppliers could not adequately serve directly. Our position in this distribution model for building products provides easy access to the marketplace for our suppliers and the value proposition of rapid delivery on an as-needed basis to our customers from our network of warehouse facilities.

Significant Recent Transactions and Developments

Term Loan Facility

facility, we expensed $5.8 million of debt issuance costs during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 that we had been amortizing in connection with the facility. These costs are included within interest expense, net, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and reported separately as an adjustment to net income in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. While the facility was paid in full as of April 2, 2021, our average interest rate under the facility, exclusive of fees and prepayment premiums, was 8.2 percent and 8.0 percent for the years ended January 2, 2021 and January 1, 2022, respectively.

Amendment of our Revolving Credit Facility

On August 2, 2021, we amended our revolving credit facility to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the facility from October 10, 2022, to August 2, 2026, (ii) amend the Borrowing Base (as such term is defined under the facility) to include a certain portion of the assets of acquired companies prior to the conduct of a field exam or appraisals thereof by the agent, (iii) modify certain definitions and various affirmative and negative covenants to provide additional flexibility for the Company, and (iv) add customary LIBOR replacement language.

In addition, the amended revolving credit facility now provides for interest on borrowings at a rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.25 percent to 1.75 percent, with the amount of such margin determined based upon the average of our excess availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter as calculated by the agent, for loans based on LIBOR, or (ii) the base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.25 percent to 0.75 percent, with the amount of such margin determined based upon the average of our excess availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter as calculated by the agent, for loans based on the base rate, reflecting a decrease of 0.50 percent to the upper limit of each respective margin tier.

As of January 1, 2022, we had zero outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility.

Share Repurchase Program

On August 23, 2021, we announced our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program pursuant to which we may repurchase up to $25 million of our common stock. Under the program, we may repurchase our common stock at any time or from time to time, without prior notice, subject to prevailing market conditions and other considerations. Our repurchases may be made through a variety of methods, which may include open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or pursuant to a trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1. As of the date of this filing, we have repurchased no shares under this program.

Senior Secured Notes Transaction

During the fourth quarter of 2021, we completed a private offering of $300 million of our six percent senior secured notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”). The 2029 Notes were issued to investors at 98.625 percent of their principal amount and will mature on November 15, 2029. The majority of net proceeds from the offering of the 2029 Notes were used to repay borrowings under our revolving credit facility. In conjunction with this offering, we also amended the revolving credit facility to reduce the credit limit from $600 million to $350 million.In conjunction with the reduction of the credit limit of our revolving credit facility, we expensed approximately $1.6 million of debt issuance costs during the fourth quarter of 2021. These costs are included within interest expense, net, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and reported separately as an adjustment to net income in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Real Estate Transactions

During fiscal 2021, we sold two non-operating facilities that were previously identified as “held for sale”.During the first quarter, we sold our non-operating facility located in Birmingham, Alabama, and recognized a gain of $1.3 million in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income, as a result of this sale. Proceeds from this transaction was used to pay down our term loan facility. Additionally, during the fourth quarter, we sold our non-operating facility located in Houston, Texas.We recognized a gain of $7.1 million in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income as a result of this sale.

Factors That Affect Our Operating Results and Trends

Our results of operations and financial performance are influenced by a variety of factors, including: (i) the commodity nature of the products we manufacture and distribute; (ii) general economic and industry conditions affecting demand in the housing

market; and (iii) cost and availability of the products we distribute. These factors have historically produced cyclicality in our results of operations, and we expect this cyclicality to continue in future periods.

Commodity Nature of Our Products

Many of the building products we distribute, including OSB, plywood, and lumber, are commodities that are widely available from various suppliers with prices and volumes determined frequently in a market based on participants' perceptions and expectations of short-term supply and demand factors. The selling price of our commodity products is based on the current market purchase price to replace those products in our inventory, plus adders for our shipping, handling, overhead costs, and our profit margin. At certain times, the selling price for any one or more of the products we distribute, especially those of a commodity nature, may well exceed our purchase price because our prices are based on current replacement cost which, in a dynamic inflationary commodity market, may at times well exceed our purchase price. At certain other times, the selling price for any one or more of the products we distribute, especially those of a commodity nature, may fall below our purchase costs for the same reasons, requiring us to incur short-term losses on specific sales transactions. Therefore, our profitability with respect to these commodity products depends, in significant part, on commodity prices in addition to managing our cost structure, particularly shipping and handling costs, which represent significant components of our operating costs. Composite structural panel and lumber prices have been historically volatile.

The following table represents the percentage price changes on a year-over-year basis of the average monthly composite prices for lumber, including certain lumber subcategories, and average monthly composite prices for panels, including certain panel subcategories, as reflected by Random Lengths, an industry publication, for the periods noted below. In addition to the year-over-year average monthly price changes, 2020 and 2021 were years of exceptional price volatility when compared to historical prices over the last seven years. During 2021, both composite lumber and composite panel prices experienced the largest difference between high and low price levels within a calendar year than any year in the last seven years.

Calendar Year Ended

December 31

Increase (decrease) in composite lumber prices 50% 59%

Increase (decrease) in Western SPF lumber prices 57% 53%

Increase (decrease) in Southern pine lumber prices 43% 45%

Increase (decrease) in composite panel prices 85% 56%

Increase (decrease) in Western fir plywood prices 83% 22%

Increase (decrease) in Southern pine plywood prices 73% 29%

Increase (decrease) in OSB prices 94% 99%

During 2020, pricing for these products declined starting in March 2020, but rebounded during the remaining portion of the second quarter, significantly increasing during most of the third quarter. A two-month decline began in the final weeks of the third quarter and lasted until December 2020. In December 2020, pricing began to rapidly increase towards all-time highs. These market trends resulted in substantial favorable revenue and gross margin comparisons for fiscal 2020 for our structural products and our business as a whole. In 2021, wood-based commodity index prices began January at record or near-record highs and remained at elevated levels through the first quarter and in to the second quarter. Prices continued to increase to a historical peak in May 2021 and then began to decline through the end of the second quarter and throughout the third quarter of 2021. During the fourth quarter, prices began to rise again ending 2021, and beginning 2022, at historically elevated levels. There is much uncertainty regarding future trends in lumber and panel index prices. We continue to closely monitor these pricing trends, and work to manage our business, inventory levels, and costs accordingly.

General Economic and Industry Conditions Affecting Demand

Many of the factors that cause our operations to fluctuate are seasonal or cyclical in nature. Historically, our operating results have also been correlated with the level of single-family residential housing starts in the U.S. The demand for new homes is dependent on a variety of factors, including job growth, changes in population and demographics, the availability and cost of mortgage financing, the supply of new and existing homes, and consumer confidence. Favorable interest rates, shortages in existing home inventory, expanding use of telework and a potential growing trend toward relocating away from populated

metropolitan areas to areas with single-family homes may help sustain the improvement in single-family housing starts. We believe the housing market improvement trend will continue in the long term, and that we are well-positioned to support our customers. For additional information regarding the risk factors impacting our business, please refer to Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors.

Cost and Availability of the Products We Distribute

The specialty products we distribute are available from select suppliers from which we have established and cultivated relationships in the specific markets we serve. The structural products we distribute are available from a variety of suppliers. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, manufacturing output was impacted on both the specialty and structural sides of our business. Supply constraints which arose from reduced mill output as a result of the pandemic had an impact on both the availability and pricing of our structural products which contributed to increased market prices throughout the year. Reduced manufacturing capacity combined with increased demand for our specialty products also had an impact on the products we distribute in this category, namely vinyl siding. The continued availability of both specialty and structural products may have an impact on our operating results and are discussed in more detail in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors.

COVID-19 Pandemic

We began preparations for the COVID-19 pandemic in late February 2020, and in early March 2020 we implemented policies and procedures to protect our associates, serve our customers, and support our suppliers. We also moved quickly to develop and execute plans and take actions designed to give financial and operating flexibility during the pandemic.

During fiscal 2021, we continued to practice safety and hygiene protocols consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and local guidance. We also continued our efforts to reduce operating costs and optimize liquidity and took actions designed to sustain many of our first and second quarter cost reduction actions long-term. Our cost structure and liquidity have and will remain areas of acute focus for us as the pandemic continues.

While the pandemic impacted many aspects of our business and operations during fiscal 2021, that impact was offset by the recovery in single-family residential housing starts, supply and demand imbalances for the products we distribute, and the escalation in wood-based commodity pricing.

The extent of the impact of the pandemic on our business for fiscal 2021 will depend on future developments, including, among others, the duration of the pandemic, the success of actions taken by governmental authorities to contain the pandemic and address its impact, the success of local return to work and business continuity plans, stabilizing in the labor markets and the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on the supply chain, pricing, and demand in the markets we service. The trajectory of the pandemic continues to evolve rapidly, and we cannot predict the extent to which our financial condition, results of operation, or cash flows will ultimately be impacted. We are closely monitoring the impact of the pandemic on industry conditions, the labor markets, and any pandemic related restrictions that may have an impact on our business.

CARES Act

In an attempt to assist businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act contained several provisions, including tax-based measures, meant to counteract the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. After review of the many provisions, we took advantage of several of the provisions, including the deferral of our defined benefit plan pension contribution, deferral of the payment of employer payroll taxes, and the increase in the percentage of allowable percentage of interest expense under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”).

During fiscal 2020, as a result of the CARES Act, we elected to defer the payment of employer payroll taxes that would normally be paid during fiscal 2020. The total amount of our payroll tax deferral under the CARES Act was approximately $7.3 million. These taxes are required to be paid in two tranches, with 50 percent due by the end of 2021 and 50 percent due by the end of 2022. We made payments of approximately $3.2 million in December 2021 and will make payments for the remaining $3.1 million by December 2022.

Results of Operations

Fiscal 2021 Compared to Fiscal 2020

The following table sets forth our results of operations for fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, which were comprised of 52 weeks and 53 weeks, respectively.

Fiscal 2021 % ofNetSales Fiscal 2020 % ofNetSales

($ in thousands)

Amortization of deferred gains on real estate (3,935) (0.1)% (4,008) (0.1)%

The following table sets forth changes in net sales by product category.

($ in thousands)

Net sales by category

The following table sets forth gross margin dollars and percentages by product category versus comparable prior periods.

($ in thousands)

Gross profit $ by category:

Gross margin % by category

Specialty products 22.3 % 17.1 %

Structural products 12.3 % 12.8 %

Total gross margin % 18.2 % 15.4 %

Discussion of Results of Operations

Net sales of $4.3 billion in fiscal 2021, an increase of 38.1 percent, or $1.2 billion, from fiscal 2020. When normalized for the additional week in our fiscal year 2020, our fiscal year 2021 sales increased 40.7 percent. This increase was driven by robust demand for home building products amid broad-based supply constraints across the U.S. home building products industry, significant year-over-year inflation in the average price of wood-based commodity products, and disciplined pricing strategies. Total volume decreased modestly year-over-year reflecting the impact of supply constraints offset by strategic actions we implemented to emphasize growth in higher value specialty product categories. Our fiscal 2021 results also reflect a more disciplined approach to structural inventory purchases in order to manage risk associated with fluctuations in wood-based commodity prices. This approach resulted in less on-hand market-sensitive inventory for our structural products category which impacted the volume of structural products we had available to sell throughout the year.

Net sales of specialty products, which includes engineered wood, industrial products, cedar, moulding, siding, metal products and insulation, increased $655.2 million to $2.5 billion in fiscal year 2021. This increase was primarily driven by favorable

demand and strategic pricing actions. Gross profit within our specialty products, increased $241.9 million to $561.5 million, with a year-over-year improvement of approximately 75.7 percent. The increase in our specialty products gross margin percentages during fiscal 2021 was the result of substantial increases in pricing, driven by an increased demand paired with the supply constrained environment, although overall volume was down compared to fiscal year 2020.

Net sales of structural products, which includes products such as lumber, plywood, oriented strand board, rebar, and remesh, increased $524.7 million to $1.8 billion during fiscal 2021 due to commodity wood products price inflation. Structural sales volumes declined overall versus the prior-year period given our reduction in purchases in response to historic fluctuations in the wood-based commodity markets. Our structural gross margin percentage for fiscal 2021 was 12.3%, slightly down from 12.8% in the prior year period.

Fiscal 2021, selling, general, and administrative expenses increased 2.5 percent, or $8.0 million, compared to fiscal 2020. The increase in sales, general, and administrative expenses is due to net increases in our variable compensation, such as sales commissions and incentives of approximately $5.9 million, general and administration cost of approximately $4.5 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in payroll and related cost of approximately $1.4 million and logistics decrease of approximately $1.0 million. When normalized for the additional operating week in fiscal 2020, our fiscal 2021 selling, general and administrative expenses increased $13.9 million. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased 2.5 percent, or $0.7 million, compared to 2020. The decrease in depreciation and amortization expense is due to a lower base of amortizable and depreciable assets throughout fiscal 2021 when compared to the prior year period.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020, we completed the sale leaseback of one of our Denver facilities which resulted in a gain from the sale of property of $10.5 million during the fourth quarter. During fiscal year 2021, we completed the sale of two non-operational properties resulting in a gain of $8.4 million. Our Birmingham property, which we sold in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, resulted in a gain of $1.3 million, and our Houston property, which we sold in the fourth quarter, resulted in a gain from the sale of $7.1 million. Other operating expenses decreased 66.5 percent, or $4.6 million, compared to fiscal 2020 primarily due to a decrease in spending related to integration and restructuring related costs reported during fiscal 2021.

Our interest expense, net, for fiscal 2021, decreased by 4.0 percent, or $1.9 million, compared to the prior year period. The decrease is primarily due to the repayment in full of our former term loan facility at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2021, under which borrowings bore a higher interest rate than under either our revolving credit facility or our senior secured notes. Interest savings were further driven by lower interest costs resulting from the renegotiation of our revolving credit facility in the third quarter of fiscal 2021. This was offset by the $7.4 million in debt issuance costs expensed during the first and third quarters of fiscal 2021 related to the extinguishment of our former term loan facility and credit limit reduction of our revolving credit facility.

Our effective tax rate was 24.8 percent and 14.9 percent for fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. Our effective tax rate for both periods was impacted by the permanent addback of certain nondeductible expenses, including meals and entertainment and executive compensation, and the effect of our partial release of our valuation allowance for separate company state income tax losses. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2020 was additionally impacted by a tax benefit resulting from the effect of the partial release of our valuation allowance for previously nondeductible interest resulting from changes allowed under Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) as a result of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act that was enacted on March 27, 2020 which raised the allowable percentage of deductible interest from 30 percent to 50 percent of adjusted taxable income.

Our net income for fiscal 2021 increased $215.3 million from the prior year period primarily due to the increase in gross profit resulting from substantial price increases benefiting our specialty products combined with benefits from commodity price inflation when compared to prior year. Increases in gross profit were further supported by gains from the sales of non-operational property, our former Birmingham and Houston properties, during the fiscal year 2021 offset by an increase in our selling, general and administrative expense resulting primarily from higher commissions arising from our higher gross profit during the year. Additionally, net income benefited from slightly lower interest expense offset by higher income tax expense resulting from our higher effective tax rate.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We expect our material cash requirements for the next twelve months will be for our:

•Periodic estimated income tax payments, as required;

•Periodic interest payments associated with our senior secured notes, as discussed in Note 6;

•Lease agreements which have fixed lease payment obligations, as discussed in Note 11.

We expect our primary sources of liquidity to be cash flows from sales and operating activities in the normal course of our operations and availability from our revolving credit facility, as needed. We expect that these sources will be sufficient to fund our ongoing cash requirements for the foreseeable future, including at least the next twelve months.

Sources and Uses of Cash

Operating Activities

Fiscal 2021 cash flows provided by operating activities totaled $145.0 million. This cash activity was primarily driven by net income of $296.1 million, which included a non-cash charge for debt-issuance costs expensed during the period for our extinguished term loan facility and reduced revolving credit facility of $7.4 million in addition to a non-cash adjustment for our gains on sales of property of $8.4 million combined with changes in our working capital components. The changes in working capital components resulted in a decrease in cash due to an increase in accounts receivables of $46.0 million and an increase inventory of $146.4 million offset by an increase in cash due to an increase in accounts payable of $14.8 million.

Fiscal 2020 cash flows used in operating activities totaled $55.0 million. This cash activity was primarily driven by net income of $80.9 million, which included a non-cash adjustment for our gains on sale of properties of $10.5 million and changes in working capital components. The changes in working capital components included a decrease in cash due to an increase in accounts receivable of $100.8 million offset by an increase in cash due to a decrease in inventory of $3.7 million and an increase in accounts payable of $32.8 million.

Investing Activities

During fiscal 2021, our net cash used by investing activities was $4.1 million, which was substantially driven by cash received from the sale of real estate of $10.3 million, offset by cash paid for investments in property and equipment of $14.4 million. In 2021, $9.0 million in cash was invested in the fourth quarter and of that $9.0 million, approximately $6.4 million was for new curtain side trailers for our delivery fleet.

During fiscal 2020, our net cash provided by investing activities was $9.2 million, which was substantially driven by cash received from the sale of real estate of $12.8 million, offset by cash paid for investments in equipment of $3.7 million.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $55.8 million during fiscal 2021, which primarily reflected the repayments of the remaining $43.2 million balance on our term loan and net repayments on our revolving credit facility of $286.6 million, in addition to payments on finance leases of $11.2 million, debt financing costs of $5.5 million and repurchase of shares to satisfy employee tax withholdings on the vesting of restricted stock units of $5.2 million, all of which were offset by proceeds from the sale of our senior secured notes, net of discount, of $295.9 million.

Net cash used in financing activities was $75.7 million during fiscal 2020, which primarily reflected repayments on our term loan of $103.5 million and net repayments on our revolving credit facility of $38.3 million, in addition to payments on our finance leases of $8.7 million and debt financing costs of $3.4 million, all of which were partially offset by proceeds from real estate financing transactions of $78.3 million.

Operating Working Capital

Operating working capital is an important measurement we use to determine the efficiencies of our operations and our ability to readily convert assets into cash. Operating working capital is defined as the sum of cash, receivables, and inventory less accounts payable. Management of operating working capital helps us monitor our progress in meeting our goals to enhance our return on working capital assets.

Selected financial information

(In thousands)

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $ 85,203 $ 82

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts 339,637 293,643

Current liabilities:

Operating working capital increased to $733.3 million as of January 1, 2022, from $470.7 million as of January 2, 2021. The increase in operating working capital is primarily due to an increase in cash of $85.1 million, accounts receivable of $46.0 million, and inventory of $146.4 million, offset by an increase in accounts payable of $14.8 million. The increases in cash resulted from primarily from the issuance of our senior secured notes in October 2021. Accounts receivable increases were attributable to our higher sales. Inventory and accounts payable increases were driven largely by increases in the cost of our inventory in addition to year-end inventory build-up activities in preparation for 2022.

Debt and Credit Sources

As of January 1, 2022, and January 2, 2021, long-term debt consisted of the following:

(In thousands)

Senior secured notes (1) $ 300,000 $ —

Revolving credit facility (2) — 288,247

Term loan facility (3) — 43,204

Unamortized debt issuance costs (4,701) (9,010)

Unamortized bond discount costs (4,028) —

Less: current maturities of long-term debt 7,864 6,846

Long-term debt, net of current maturities $ 558,124 $ 588,713

(1)For the twelve months ended January 1, 2022, our long-term debt was comprised of $300 million of senior secured notes issued in October 2021.These notes are presented under the long-term debt caption of our balance sheet at $291.3 million which is net of their discount of $4.0 million and the combined carrying value of our debt issuance costs of $4.7 million. Our senior secured notes are presented in this table at their face value.

(2)The average effective interest rate was 2.5 percent and 3.3 percent for the years ended January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021, respectively.

(3) The average interest rate, exclusive of fees and prepayment penalties, was 8.0 percent and 8.2 percent for the years ended January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021, respectively.

(4)Refer to Note 11, Lease Commitments, for interest rates associated with finance lease obligations.

Term Loan Facility

As of January 2, 2021, we had outstanding borrowings of $43.2 million under our senior secured term loan facility. On April 2, 2021, we repaid the remaining outstanding principal balance under the facility and the facility was terminated. As a result, as of January 1, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under the term loan facility. In connection with our repayment of the facility, we expensed $5.8 million of debt issuance costs during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 that we had been amortizing in connection with the facility. These costs are included within interest expense, net, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and reported separately as an adjustment to net income in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.While the facility was paid in full as of April 2, 2021, our average interest rate under the facility, exclusive of fees and prepayment premiums, was 8.2 percent and 8.0 percent for the years ended January 2, 2021 and January 1, 2022, respectively.

Amendment of our Revolving Credit Facility

As of January 1, 2022, we had zero outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility.

Senior Secured Notes Transaction

Finance Lease Commitments

Our finance lease liabilities consist of leases related to equipment and vehicles, and to real estate, with the majority of those finance lease commitments relating to the real estate financing transactions that we completed in recent years. During fiscal 2020, we completed real estate financing transactions on two warehouse facilities; and during fiscal 2021, we completed real estate financing transactions on fourteen warehouse facilities. We recognized financing lease assets and obligations as a result of each of these real estate transactions. We also entered into new finance lease agreements for new tractors for our fleet totaling $3.8 million and $10.5 million during fiscal 2020 and 2021, respectively. Our total finance lease commitments, including the properties associated with these transactions, totaled $274.7 million and $273.1 million as of January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021, respectively. Of the $274.7 million of finance lease commitments as of January 1, 2022, $244.0 million related to real estate and $30.7 million related to equipment. Of the $273.1 million of finance lease commitments as of January 2, 2021, $243.7 million related to real estate and $29.4 million related to equipment.

Investments in Property and Equipment

Our investments in property and equipment consist of cash paid for owned assets and the inception of financing lease arrangements for long-lived assets to support our distribution infrastructure. The gross value of these assets are included in their respective category in the “Property and equipment, at cost” section on our consolidated balance sheet. For fiscal 2021, we invested $14.4 million in cash related to investments in long-lived assets and entered into finance leases totaling $10.5 million, for a total investment of $24.9 million. For fiscal 2020, we invested $3.7 million in cash related to investments in long-lived assets and entered into finance lease agreements totaling $3.8 million, for a total investments of $7.5 million.

Pension Funding Obligations

We were required to make cash contributions during 2021 and 2020 totaling approximately $0.3 million and $0.8 million, respectively, relating to our fiscal 2021 and also fiscal 2020 funding year pension contributions. We continue to evaluate pension funding obligations and requirements in order to meet our obligations while maintaining flexibility for working capital requirements. See Note 8, Employee Benefits, in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Interest Rates

Our revolving credit facility includes available interest rate options based on LIBOR. It is widely expected that LIBOR will be discontinued after June 30, 2023, and the U.S. and other countries are currently working to replace LIBOR with alternative reference rates. The consequences of these development with respect to LIBOR cannot be entirely predicted; however, we do not believe that the discontinuation of LIBOR as a reference rate in our loan agreements will have a material adverse effect on our financial position or materially affect our interest expense.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of January 1, 2022, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., which require management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. We believe that our most critical accounting policies and estimates relate to: (1) pension benefit obligation; (2) revenue recognition; (3) goodwill; and (4) income taxes.

Accounting estimates and assumptions discussed in this section are those that we consider to be the most critical to an understanding of our financial statements because they involve significant judgments and uncertainties. All of these estimates reflect our best judgment about current, and for some estimates future, economic and market conditions and their potential effects based on information available as of the date of these financial statements. If these conditions change from those expected, it is reasonably possible that the judgments and estimates described below could change, which may result in our recording additional pension liabilities, or increased tax liabilities, among other effects.

Management has discussed the development, selection, and disclosure of critical accounting policies and estimates with the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. While our estimates and assumptions are based on our knowledge of current events and actions we may undertake in the future, actual results ultimately may differ from these estimates and assumptions. For a discussion of the Company’s significant accounting policies, see Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Pension Benefit Obligation

As discussed in Note 8 of the consolidated financial statements, our pension benefit obligation was $105.9 million and exceeded the fair value of pension plan assets of $94.3 million, resulting in an unfunded obligation of $11.6 million. The estimation of the pension benefit obligation is dependent on actuarial methods and the selection of assumptions, such as the applicable discount rate and mortality rates. These assumptions have a significant effect on the projected benefit obligation.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when the following criteria are met: (1) Contract with the customer has been identified; (2) Performance obligations in the contract have been identified; (3) Transaction price has been determined; (4) The transaction price has been allocated to the performance obligations; and (5) When (or as) performance obligations are satisfied. For us, this generally means that we recognize revenue when title to our products is transferred to our customers. Title usually transfers upon shipment to, or receipt at, our customers’ locations, as determined by the specific sales terms of each transaction. Our customers

can earn certain incentives including, but not limited to, cash discounts and rebates. These incentives are deducted from revenue recognized. In preparing the financial statements, management must make estimates related to the contractual terms, customer performance, and sales volume to determine the total amounts recorded as deductions from revenue. Management also considers past results in making such estimates. The actual amounts ultimately paid may be different from our estimates, and recorded once they have been determined.

Goodwill

Goodwill is not subject to amortization, and is tested for impairment at least annually. We perform our annual goodwill impairment test as of the first day of our fiscal fourth quarter. This test requires us to assign goodwill to a reporting unit and to determine if the fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is less than its carrying amount. We have identified that we have a single reporting unit and we assign our goodwill to that reporting unit. As of January 1, 2022, our goodwill was $47.8 million.

We also evaluate goodwill for impairment between annual impairment tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate the carrying amounts may be impaired. Such events and indicators may include, without limitation, significant declines in the industries in which our products are used, significant changes in capital market conditions, and significant changes in our market capitalization.

Income Taxes

Our annual tax rate is based on our income, statutory tax rates, and tax planning opportunities available to us in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Significant judgment is required in determining our annual tax expense and in evaluating our tax positions. We establish reserves to remove some or all of the tax benefit of any of our tax positions at the time we determine that the positions become uncertain based upon one of the following: (1) the tax position is not “more likely than not” to be sustained; (2) the tax position is “more likely than not” to be sustained, but for a lesser amount; or (3) the tax position is “more likely than not” to be sustained, but not in the financial period in which the tax position was originally taken. For purposes of evaluating whether or not a tax position is uncertain, (1) we presume the tax position will be examined by the relevant taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information, (2) the technical merits of a tax position are derived from authorities such as legislation and statutes, legislative intent, regulations, rulings, and case law and their applicability to the facts and circumstances of the tax position, and (3) each tax position is evaluated without considerations of the possibility of offset or aggregation with other tax positions taken. We adjust these reserves, including any impact on the related interest and penalties, in light of changing facts and circumstances, such as the progress of a tax audit. Refer to Note 5, Income Taxes, in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

A number of years may elapse before a particular matter for which we have established a reserve is audited and finally resolved. The number of years with open tax audits varies depending on the tax jurisdiction. The tax benefit that has been previously reserved because of a failure to meet the “more likely than not” recognition threshold would be recognized in our income tax expense in the first interim period when the uncertainty disappears under any one of the following conditions: (1) the tax position is “more likely than not” to be sustained; (2) the tax position, amount, and/or timing is ultimately settled through negotiation or litigation; or (3) the statute of limitations for the tax position has expired. Settlement of any particular issue would usually require the use of cash.

On March 27, 2020, the U.S. government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, which contained a tax provision that increased the allowable deductible percentage of interest expense from 30 percent to 50 percent. This resulted in the company being able to immediately recognize a $3.9 million benefit in the first quarter of 2020. As a result of our income in 2020, we were able to release the remaining valuation allowance at year end. During fiscal year 2021, we had no impact to our income tax provision resulting from the CARES Act.

Tax law requires items to be included in the tax return at different times than when these items are reflected in the consolidated financial statements. As a result, the annual tax rate reflected in our consolidated financial statements is different from that reported in our tax return (our cash tax rate). Some of these differences are permanent, such as expenses that are not deductible in our tax return, and some differences reverse over time, such as depreciation expense. These timing differences create deferred tax assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities. The tax rates used to determine deferred tax assets or liabilities are the enacted tax rates in effect for the year and manner in which the differences are expected to reverse. Based on the evaluation of available information, we recognize future tax benefits, such as net operating loss carryforwards, to the extent that realizing these benefits is considered more likely than not.

We evaluate our ability to realize the tax benefits associated with deferred tax assets by analyzing our forecasted taxable income using both historical and projected future operating results, the reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, taxable

income in prior carryback years (if permitted), and the availability of tax planning strategies. A valuation allowance is required to be established unless management determines that it is more likely than not that we will ultimately realize the tax benefit associated with a deferred tax asset. As of January 1, 2022, positive evidence continued to outweigh negative evidence, as such no valuation allowance was deemed necessary except to the extent of certain state net operating losses. The valuation allowances related to our net operating losses as of January 1, 2022 was approximately $4.3 million. See Note 5, Income Taxes, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

For a summary of recent accounting pronouncements applicable to our consolidated financial statements, see Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide this information.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

Page

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income 43

Consolidated Balance Sheets 44

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) 45

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 46

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 47

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of BlueLinx Holdings Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of BlueLinx Holdings Inc. (the Company) as of January 1, 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at January 1, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended 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 reporting as of January 1, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated February 22, 2022 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements 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 PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the 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 the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidatedfinancial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Valuation of the Pension Benefit Obligation

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.

Atlanta, Georgia

February 22, 2022

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors and Stockholders of

BlueLinx Holdings Inc. and subsidiaries

Marietta, Georgia

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of BlueLinx Holdings Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of January 2, 2021, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at January 2, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements 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 audit in accordance with the standards of the 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, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audit provided a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the audit of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended January 2, 2021 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 the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Assessment of the Realizability of Deferred Tax Assets

As described in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has recognized net deferred tax assets of $62.9 million as of January 2, 2021. The Company evaluates its ability to realize the tax benefits associated with deferred tax assets by analyzing the forecasted future taxable income using both historical and projected future operating results, the reversal of existing taxable temporary differences, taxable income from prior carryback years and the availability of tax planning strategies. A valuation allowance to reduce the deferred tax balance is required to be established unless management determines it is more likely than not that the tax benefit associated with the deferred tax asset will be realized. Realization is dependent upon the existence of sufficient future taxable income of an appropriate character within the carryforward periods. The Company's forecasted future taxable income requires significant management judgment.

We identified the assessment of the realizability of deferred tax assets as a critical audit matter. The development of management’s forecasted future taxable income involves significant judgment and assumptions, including the complexities related to the assessment of weighting relevant positive and negative evidence. Auditing these elements involved especially challenging auditor judgment due to the nature and extent of audit effort required to address these matters, including the need for specialized knowledge and skill in assessing these elements.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:

•Evaluating the reasonableness of the assumptions and evidence to support the assumptions used by the Company to develop projections of forecasted future taxable income considering:

(i) the current and past performance of the Company;

(ii) the consistency with external market and industry data, and

(iii) the consistency of the assumptions with evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.

•Utilizing personnel with specialized knowledge and skill to assist in evaluating the Company’s application of the relevant tax regulations to the assumptions used in the determination of forecasted future taxable income.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

We served as the Company's auditor from 2015 until 2021.

Atlanta, Georgia

March 3, 2021

BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2022 Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2021

(In thousands, except per share data)

Operating expenses:

Amortization of deferred gains on real estate (3,935) (4,008)

Non-operating expenses (income):

Other (income) expense, net (1,306) (254)

Basic income per share $ 30.80 $ 8.58

Diluted income per share $ 29.99 $ 8.55

Comprehensive income:

Other comprehensive (loss) income:

Actuarial gain (loss) on defined benefit plan, net of tax 5,546 (2,202)

Amortization of unrecognized pension gain, net of tax 1,064 788

Total other comprehensive (loss) income 6,632 (1,429)

See the accompanying Notes to the consolidated financial statements.

BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents $ 85,203 $ 82

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Current liabilities:

Finance lease liabilities - short-term 7,864 5,675

Operating lease liabilities - short-term 5,145 6,076

Real estate deferred gains - short-term 3,934 4,040

Non-current liabilities:

Operating lease liabilities - long-term 44,526 44,965

Real estate deferred gains - long-term 74,206 78,009

Commitments and contingencies

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (29,360) (35,992)

See the accompanying Notes to the consolidated financial statements.

BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

Shares Amount

(In thousands)

Foreign currency translation, net of tax — — — (6) — (6)

Impact of defined pension plan, net of tax — — — (1,414) — (1,414)

Vesting of restricted stock units 127 1 — — — 1

Compensation related to share-based grants — — 5,992 — — 5,992

Repurchase of shares to satisfy employee tax withholdings (30) — (271) — — (271)

Other — — — (9) — (9)

Foreign currency translation, net of tax — — — 5 — 5

Impact of defined pension plan, net of tax — — — 6,610 — 6,610

Vesting of restricted stock units 379 2 — — — 2

Compensation related to share-based grants — — 6,590 — — 6,590

See the accompanying Notes to the consolidated financial statements.

BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2022 Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2021

(In thousands)

Cash flows from operating activities:

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by (used in) operations:

Amortization of debt issuance costs 1,411 3,881

Adjustment to debt issuance cost associated with term loan/revolver 7,394 —

Amortization of deferred gain from real estate (3,935) (4,008)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Net cash provided by operating activities 145,023 55,019

Cash flows from investing activities:

Property and equipment investments (14,415) (3,689)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (4,088) 9,160

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from senior secured notes 295,861 —

Proceeds from real estate financing transactions — 78,263

Repurchase of shares to satisfy employee tax withholdings (5,193) (271)

Principal payments on finance lease liabilities (11,175) (8,662)

Net cash used in financing activities (55,814) (75,740)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents 85,121 (11,561)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 82 11,643

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 85,203 $ 82

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Net income tax payments during the period $ 98,855 $ 14,377

Noncash transactions:

Additions of fleet assets under finance leases $ 10,549 $ 3,833

See the accompanying Notes to the consolidated financial statements.

BLUELINX HOLDINGS INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

We operate on a 5-4-4 fiscal calendar. Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31 of that fiscal year and may comprise 53 weeks in certain years. Our 2021 fiscal year contained 52 weeks and ended on January 1, 2022. Fiscal 2020 contained 53 weeks and ended on January 2, 2021.

Reclassification of Prior Period Presentation

We have reclassified certain payables within the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the year ended January 2, 2021, from other current liabilities to taxes payable. These payables relate to amounts due to various tax authorities.

For the year ended January 2, 2021, we have reclassified certain items within the presentation of our statement of cash flows to align with our statement of cash flows presentation for the year ended January 1, 2022. Our reclassifications are limited to the operating activities section and include presenting only the impact of deferred income taxes, instead of our full provision for income taxes, as a reconciling item for net income to cash provided by operating activities. We have also reclassified certain items previously presented individually, such as pension expense and pension contributions, to be included in the change of other assets and liabilities. In addition, we are presenting the change in taxes payable, previously included in other assets and liabilities, as a distinct line item in our reconciliation of net income to cash provided by operating activities. These reclassifications, we believe, provide an enhanced level of transparency with regards to the presentation of our statement of cash flows.

Use of Estimates

Our financial statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires us to make estimates based on assumptions about current, and for some estimates, future economic and market conditions, including the effects of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), which affect reported amounts and related disclosures in our financial statements. Although our current estimates contemplate current and expected future conditions, as applicable, it is reasonably possible that actual conditions could differ from our expectations, which could materially affect our results of operations and financial position.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the Company’s customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expected to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The timing of revenue recognition largely is dependent on shipping terms. Revenue is recorded at the time of shipment for terms designated free on board (“FOB”) shipping point. For sales transactions designated FOB destination, revenue is recorded when the product is delivered to the customer’s delivery site.

All revenues recognized are net of trade allowances, cash discounts, and sales returns. Cash discounts and sales returns are estimated using historical experience. Trade allowances are based on the estimated obligations and historical experience. Adjustments to earnings resulting from revisions to estimates on discounts and returns have been immaterial for each of the reported periods.

In addition, we provide inventory to certain customers through pre-arranged agreements on a consignment basis. Customer consigned inventory is maintained and stored by certain customers; however, ownership and risk of loss remains with us.

Shipping and Handling

Outbound shipping and handling costs included in “Selling, general, and administrative” expenses were $149.2 million and $151.2 million for fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. Shipping and handling costs include amounts related to the administration of our logistical infrastructure, handling of material in our warehouses, and amounts pertaining to the delivery of products to our customers, such as fuel and maintenance costs for our mobile fleet, wages for our drivers, and third party freight charges.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are stated at net realizable value, do not bear interest, and consist of amounts owed for orders shipped to customers. Management establishes an overall credit policy for sales to customers. The allowance for doubtful accounts is determined based on a number of factors including specific customer account reviews, historical loss experience, current economic trends, and the creditworthiness of significant customers based on ongoing credit evaluations.

Inventory Valuation

The cost of all inventories is determined by the moving average cost method. We have included all material charges directly or indirectly incurred in bringing inventory to its existing condition and location. We evaluate our inventory value at the end of each quarter to ensure that inventory, when viewed by category, is carried at the lower of cost and net realizable value, which also considers items that may be damaged, excess, and obsolete inventory.

Consideration Received from Vendors and Paid to Customers

Each year, we enter into agreements with many of our vendors providing for inventory purchase rebates, generally based on achievement of specified volume purchasing levels. We also receive rebates related to price protection and various marketing allowances that are common industry practice. We accrue for the receipt of vendor rebates based on purchases, and also reduce inventory to reflect the net acquisition cost (purchase price less expected purchase rebates).

In addition, we enter into agreements with many of our customers to offer customer rebates, generally based on achievement of specified sales levels and various marketing allowances that are common industry practice. We accrue for the payment of customer rebates based on sales to the customer, and also reduce sales to reflect the net sales (sales price less expected customer rebates). Adjustments to earnings resulting from revisions to rebate estimates have been immaterial.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Lease obligations for which we assume or retain substantially all the property rights and risks of ownership are capitalized. Amortization of assets recorded under finance leases is included in “Depreciation and amortization” expense. Replacements of major units of property are capitalized and the replaced properties are retired. Replacements of minor components of property and repair and maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred.

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets included in the table below. Upon retirement or disposition of assets, cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the related accounts and any gain or loss is included in income.

Property and equipment consisted of the following asset classes with the following general range of estimated useful lives:

General Range of Estimated Useful Lives in Years January 1, 2022 January 2, 2021

(In thousands)

(1) The range of estimated useful lives for the “Land and land improvements” asset class applies only to land improvements.

As of January 1, 2022, and January 2, 2021, the net book value of total assets classified as “held for sale” was $2.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively, and was included in “Other current assets” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The book value of total liabilities classified as “held for sale” as of January 1, 2022, and January 2, 2021, was $1.9 million and $0 million, respectively, and was included in “Other current liabilities” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Assets held for sale as of January 1, 2022, consisted of fixed assets, at net book value, and current assets, including raw material and work in process inventory, affiliated with one of our business locations in the Midwest. Liabilities classified as held for sale included current liabilities, such as accounts payable, directly associated with those assets held for sale that will be transferred with the assets held for sale. We plan to sell these assets and transfer these liabilities within the next 12 months. Assets held for sale as of January 2, 2021, consisted of two former distribution facilities located in Birmingham, Alabama, and Houston, Texas which were sold throughout 2021. At the time of designation, we ceased recognizing depreciation expense on these assets. We continue to actively market all assets that are designated as “held for sale.

During the year ended January 2, 2021, we sold two non-operating facilities that were previously identified as “held for sale”.We recognized a gain of $8.4 million in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as a result of these sales.

Insurance and Self-Insurance

For fiscal 2021 and 2020, the Company was insured for its non-union and certain unionized employee health benefits. Health benefits for some unionized employees for fiscal 2021 and 2020 were paid directly to a union trust, depending upon the union-negotiated benefit arrangement.

For fiscal 2021 and 2020, the Company was self-insured, up to certain limits, for workers’ compensation losses, general liability, and automotive liability losses, all subject to varying “per occurrence” retentions or deductible limits. The Company provides for estimated costs to settle both known claims and claims incurred but not yet reported by making periodic prepayments, considering our retention and stop loss limits. Liabilities of the Company associated with these claims are estimated, in part, by considering the frequency and severity of historical claims, both specific to us, as well as industry-wide loss experience and other actuarial assumptions. We determine our insurance obligations with the assistance of actuarial firms. Since there are many estimates and assumptions involved in recording insurance liabilities, and in the case of workers’ compensation, a significant period of time elapses before the ultimate resolution of claims, differences between actual future events, and prior estimates and assumptions could result in adjustments to these liabilities. The Company has deposits on hand with certain third-party insurance administrators and insurance carriers to cover its obligation for future payment of claims. These deposits are recorded in other current and non-current assets in our consolidated balance sheets.

Leases

We are the lessee in a lease contract when we obtain the right to control an asset associated with a particular lease. For operating leases, we record a right-of-use ("ROU") asset that represents our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and a corresponding lease liability that represents our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease, both of which are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. Financing ROU assets associated with finance leases are included in property and equipment. Leases with a lease term of 12 months or less at inception are not recorded on our consolidated balance sheet and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income. We determine the lease term by assuming the exercise of renewal options that are reasonably certain. As most of our leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value

of future lease payments. When our contracts contain lease and non-lease components, we account for both components as a single lease component. See Note 11, Lease Commitments, for further discussion.

Income Taxes

We account for deferred income taxes using the liability method. Accordingly, we recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities, as measured by current enacted tax rates. All deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as noncurrent in our consolidated balance sheet. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce deferred tax assets when necessary. For additional information about our income taxes, see Note 5, Income Taxes.

Pension

We sponsor a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan administered solely by us (the “pension plan”). Most of the participants in the plan are inactive, with all remaining active participants no longer accruing benefits, and the plan is closed to new entrants. Our funding policy for the pension plan is based on actuarial calculations and the applicable requirements of federal law. Benefits under the pension plan primarily are related to years of service.

Recent Accounting Standards - Adopted

Income Taxes. In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2019-12, “Income taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” This ASU simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. The amendments in this standard are effective for interim periods and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. We adopted this standard effective for fiscal year 2021. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Defined Benefit Pension Plan. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-14, “Compensation-Retirement-Benefits-Defined Benefit Plans-General (Subtopic 715-20).” The amendments in this ASU modify the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans by removing six previously required disclosures and adding two. The ASU eliminates the requirement to disclose the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income expected to be recognized as part of net periodic benefit cost over the next year. The ASU also removes the disclosure requirements for the effects of a one-percentage-point change on the assumed health care costs and the effect of this change in rates on service cost, interest cost and the benefit obligation for postretirement health care benefits. We adopted this standard effective for fiscal year 2020. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Fair Value Measurement. In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, “Fair Value (“FV”) Measurement (Topic 820).” In addition to making certain modifications, the standard removes the requirements to disclose: (i) the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the FV hierarchy; (ii) the policy for timing transfers between levels; and (iii) the valuation process for Level 3 FV measurements. The standard will require public entities to disclose: (a) the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 FV measurements held at the end of the reporting period; and (b) the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. For certain unobservable inputs, an entity may disclose other quantitative information in lieu of the weighted average if the entity determines that other quantitative information would be a more reasonable and rational method to reflect the distribution of unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 FV measurements. The additional disclosure requirements should be applied prospectively for the most recent interim or annual period presented in the fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented. We adopted this standard effective December 29, 2019, the first day of our 2020 fiscal year. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Recent Accounting Standards - Not Yet Adopted

Credit Impairment Losses. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326).” This ASU sets forth a current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model which requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial instruments or other assets (e.g., trade receivables), held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable supportable forecasts. This replaces the existing incurred loss model, is applicable to the measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost, and applies to some off-balance sheet credit exposures. The standard also requires enhanced disclosures to help financial statement users better understand significant estimates and judgments used in estimating credit losses, as well as the credit quality and underwriting standards of an entity's portfolio. ASU 2019-10 extended the effective date to interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022, for certain public business entities, including smaller reporting companies. We have completed our assessment of the standard and determined from our assessment that the adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

2. Inventories

Our inventories consist almost entirely of finished goods inventory, with an immaterial amount of work-in-process inventory. The cost of all inventories is determined by the moving average cost method. We have included all material charges directly incurred in bringing inventory to its existing condition and location. We evaluate our inventory value at the end of each quarter to ensure that inventory, when viewed by category, is carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value, which also considers items that may be considered damaged, excess, and obsolete inventory. At the end of fiscal 2021, we assessed the carrying value of our inventory and determined it was presented at the lower of cost or net realizable value and that an additional reserve was not necessary.

3. Revenue Recognition

Contracts with our customers are generally in the form of standard terms and conditions of sale. From time to time, we may enter into specific contracts with some of our larger customers, which may affect delivery terms. Performance obligations in our contracts generally consist solely of delivery of goods. For all sales channel types, consisting of warehouse, direct, and reload sales, we typically satisfy our performance obligations upon shipment. Our customer payment terms are typical for our industry, and may vary by the type and location of our customer and the products or services offered. The term between invoicing and when payment is due is not deemed to be significant by us. For certain sales channels and/or products, our standard terms of payment may be as early as ten days.

All revenues recognized are net of trade allowances (i.e., rebates), cash discounts and sales returns. Cash discounts and sales returns are estimated using historical experience. Trade allowances are based on the estimated obligations and historical experience. Adjustments to earnings resulting from revisions to estimates on discounts and returns have been insignificant for each of the reported periods. Certain customers may receive cash-based incentives or credits, which are accounted for as variable consideration. We estimate these amounts based on the expected amount to be provided to customers and reduce revenues recognized. We believe that there will not be significant changes to our estimates of variable consideration.

The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by revenue source. Sales and usage-based taxes are excluded from revenues.

Fiscal Year Ended

(In thousands)

The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by sales channel. Warehouse sales are delivered from our warehouses to our customers. Reload sales are similar to warehouse sales but are delivered from third-party warehouses where we store owned products to enhance operating efficiencies. This channel is employed primarily to service strategic customers that would be less economical to service from our warehouses, and to distribute large volumes of imported products from port facilities. Direct sales are shipped from the manufacturer to the customer without our taking physical possession of the inventory and, as a result, typically generate lower margins than our warehouse and reload distribution channels. This distribution channel requires the lowest amount of committed capital and fixed costs. In addition, from time to time, we may also make changes to certain intercompany allocations amongst sales channels. Sales and usage-based taxes are excluded from revenues.

Fiscal Year Ended

(In thousands)

Practical Expedients and Exemptions

We generally expense sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period would have been one year or less. These costs are recorded within selling, general, and administrative expense.

We have made an accounting policy election to treat outbound shipping and handling activities as a selling, general and administrative expense.

4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

As of January 1, 2022, our intangible assets consist of goodwill and other intangible assets including customer relationships, noncompete agreements, and trade names.

Goodwill

Goodwill is the excess of the cost of an acquired entity over the fair value of tangible and intangible assets (including customer relationships, noncompete agreements, and trade names) acquired and liabilities assumed under acquisition accounting for business combinations.

Goodwill is not subject to amortization but must be tested for impairment at least annually. This test requires us to assign goodwill to a reporting unit and to determine if the fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill is less than its carrying amount. We evaluate goodwill for impairment as the first day of our fourth quarter, which was October 3, 2021 for fiscal 2021. We performed a quantitative analysis of our goodwill using a combined discounted cash flow and guideline public company approach. Based on our assessment, no impairment was indicated.

In addition, we willevaluate the carrying value of goodwill for impairment between annual impairment tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would indicate the carrying amounts may be impaired. Such events and indicators may include, without limitation, significant declines in the industries in which our products are used, significant changes in capital market conditions, and significant changes in our market capitalization. No such indicators were present in fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020.

Definite-Lived Intangible Assets

The gross carrying amounts, accumulated amortization, and net carrying amounts of our definite-lived intangible assets at January 1, 2022 were as follows:

(In thousands)

(1) Intangible assets except customer relationships are amortized on straight line basis. Customer relationships are amortized on a double declining balance

method.

The gross carrying amounts, accumulated amortization, and net carrying amounts of our definite-lived intangible assets at January 2, 2021 were as follows:

(In thousands)

(1) Intangible assets except customer relationships are amortized on straight line basis. Customer relationships are amortized on a double declining balance

method.

Amortization Expense

Amortization expense for the definite-lived intangible assets was $5.3 million and $7.5 million for the years ended January 1, 2022, and January 2, 2021, respectively.

Estimated annual amortization expense for definite-lived intangible assets over the next five fiscal years is as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended Estimated Amortization

(In thousands)

5. Income Taxes

In fiscal 2021, our statutory rate was 25.8 percent which was comprised of the federal statutory income tax rate of 21.0 percent and our blended state statutory rate of 4.8 percent. In fiscal 2020, our statutory rate was 25.8 percent which was comprised of the federal statutory income tax rate of 21.0 percent and our blended state statutory rate of 4.8 percent. Our blended state rate is impacted by the mix of our income earned in various states and our federal taxable income, both of which may differ from year to year. Our effective tax rate is impacted by the effects of permanent differences occurring throughout our fiscal year.

For fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, our effective tax was 24.8 percent and 14.9 percent, respectively.

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2022 Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2021

(In thousands)

Income before provision for income taxes $ 393,876 $ 95,081

Federal income taxes:

State income taxes:

Effective tax rate 24.8 % 14.9 %

Our provision for income taxes is reconciled to the federal statutory amount as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2022 Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2021

(In thousands)

State income taxes, net of federal benefit 18,970 4,636

Valuation allowance change arising from interest deduction limitation — (4,806)

Uncertain tax positions 91 (1,879)

Permanent differences arising from compensation 686 500

Our financial statements contain certain deferred tax assets which primarily result from other temporary differences related to certain reserves, pension obligations, differences between book and tax depreciation and amortization, and state net operating losses. We record a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets when we determine that, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that our net deferred tax assets will not be realized. For fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, the components of our net deferred income tax assets are as follows:

(In thousands)

Deferred income tax assets:

Compensation-related accruals 6,457 6,524

Benefit from net operating loss carryovers 5,408 8,010

Total gross deferred income tax assets 82,390 89,476

Less: valuation allowances (4,269) (7,287)

Total net deferred income tax assets $ 78,121 $ 82,189

Deferred income tax liabilities:

Total deferred income tax liabilities (17,836) (19,290)

Activity in our deferred tax asset valuation allowance for fiscal 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

(In thousands)

Balance as of beginning of the fiscal year $ 7,287 $ 16,194

Valuation allowance provided for taxes related to:

State net operating loss carryforwards (3,018) (4,101)

Disallowed interest limitation under the Tax Act and CARES — (4,806)

Balance as of end of the fiscal year $ 4,269 $ 7,287

We have recorded income tax and related interest liabilities where we believe certain of our tax positions are not more likely than not to be sustained if challenged. These balances are included in other noncurrent liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table summarizes the activity related to our gross unrecognized tax benefits:

($ in thousands)

Balance at beginning of the fiscal year $ 2,262 $ 4,245

Reductions due to lapse of applicable statute of limitations (57) (1,983)

Balance at end of the fiscal year $ 2,205 $ 2,262

Included in the unrecognized tax benefits as of January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021, were approximately $2.2 million and $2.1 million, respectively of tax benefits that, if recognized, would reduce our annual effective tax rate for fiscal 2021 and 2020. No penalties were accrued for either 2021 or 2020. We have accrued interest associated with our unrecognized tax benefits which we release as those benefits are realized due to the lapse of applicable statute of limitations. Interest expense associate with our unrecognized tax benefits is reported as interest expense, net in our Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

Impacts of the Tax Act and CARES

In December of 2017, the U.S. enacted comprehensive tax legislation under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, (“The Tax Act”), which made broad and complex changes to the tax code. During fiscal 2019, we recorded a valuation allowance of $4.8 million primarily related to interest disallowed for deduction related to changes included in the Tax Act. In March of 2020, the U.S. enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES” Act). CARES included a provision which raised the level of deductibility for previously disallowed interest which had been enacted under the Tax Act. During fiscal 2020, because of the provision included in CARES, we benefited from the release of the $4.8 million in valuation allowance which we had recorded during fiscal 2019 under the provisions of the Tax Act. We had no impact to our income tax provision in fiscal 2021 from either The Tax Act nor CARES.

Net Operating Losses

At the end of fiscal 2020, our gross state net operating loss carryovers are $162.6 million and our tax-effected state net operating loss carryovers are $8.0 million, of which $7.3 million was subject to a valuation allowance arising from expiration date when considered conjunction with state limitations related to Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 382. At the end of fiscal 2021, our gross state net operating loss carryovers are $98.6 million and our tax-effected state net operating loss carryovers are $5.4 million, of which $4.3 million is subject to a valuation allowance arising from expiration dates when considered in conjunction with state limitation related to IRC Section 382. Our state net operating loss carryovers will expire in 1 to 20 years. For fiscal 2021, we reversed $3.0 million in valuation allowance against our state net operating losses. Based on our taxable income for 2021 in the states where we have net operating loss carryforwards, we believe we will be able to utilize this amount of state net operating losses that were previously reserved by this valuation allowance. We file U.S. federal and state income tax returns in jurisdictions with varying statutes of limitations and may be subject to audit based on periods that are not limited by applicable statutes. Our U.S. federal income tax returns for tax years 2018, 2019 and 2020 remain subject to audit under the federal statute of limitations. Our auditable state income tax returns vary depending on the jurisdiction and its applicable statute of limitations.

Although we believe our estimates are reasonable in the carrying value of our valuation allowances against our deferred tax items, the ultimate determination of the appropriate amounts of valuation allowance involves significant judgement.

Assessing our Deferred Tax Assets

Quarterly, we assess the carrying value of our deferred tax assets for impairment by evaluating the weight of available evidence at the end of each fiscal quarter. In our evaluation of the weight of available evidence at the end of fiscal 2021, we considered the recent reported income in the current year, as well as the reported income for 2020 and reported loss for 2019, which resulted in a three-year cumulative income situation as positive evidence which carried substantial weight. While this was substantial, it was not the only evidence we evaluated. We also considered evidence related to the four sources of taxable income, to determine whether such positive evidence outweighed the negative evidence. The evidence considered included:

•future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences;

•future taxable income exclusive of reversing temporary differences and carryforwards;

•taxable income in prior carryback years, if carryback is permitted under the tax law; and

•tax planning strategies.

In addition to the positive evidence discussed above, we considered as positive evidence forecasted future taxable income, the future timing of the reversal of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, and the evidence from business and tax planning strategies. At the end of fiscal 2021 and 2020, in our evaluation of the weight of available evidence, we concluded that our deferred tax assets were not impaired other than $4.3 million of the state net operating losses.

6. Long-Term Debt

As of January 1, 2022, and January 2, 2021, long-term debt consisted of the following:

(In thousands)

Senior secured notes (1) $ 300,000 $ —

Revolving credit facility (2) — 288,247

Term loan facility (3) — 43,204

Unamortized debt issuance costs (4,701) (9,010)

Unamortized bond discount costs (4,028) —

Less: current maturities of long-term debt 7,864 6,846

Long-term debt, net of current maturities $ 558,124 $ 588,713

(1) As of January 1, 2022, our long-term debt was comprised of $300 million of senior secured notes issued in October 2021. These notes are presented under the long-term debt caption of our balance sheet at $291.3 million which is net of their discount of $4.0 million and the combined carrying value of our debt issuance costs of $4.7 million. Our senior secured notes are presented in this table at their face value.

(2) The average effective interest rate was 2.5 percent and 3.3 percent for the years ended January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021, respectively.

(3) The average interest rate, exclusive of fees and prepayment penalties, was 8.0 percent and 8.2 percent for the years ended January 1, 2022 and January 2, 2021, respectively.

(4) Refer to Note 11, Lease Commitments, for interest rates associated with finance lease obligations.

Revolving Credit Facility

In April 2018, we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement, with certain of our subsidiaries as borrowers (together with us, the “Borrowers”) or guarantors thereunder, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as administrative agent (“Agent”), and certain other financial institutions party thereto. The amended and restated credit agreement was amended in January 2020 to provide that (i) the “Seasonal Period” run from November 15, 2019, through July 15, 2020, for the calendar year 2019, and from December 15 of each calendar year through April 15 of each immediately succeeding calendar year for the calendar year 2020 and thereafter, and (ii) the measurement period in the definition of “Cash Dominion Event” will be five consecutive business days instead of three consecutive business days. The amended and restated credit agreement was further amended in August 2021 to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the revolving credit facility from October 10, 2022, to August 2, 2026, (ii) amend the Borrowing Base (as such term is defined under the amended and restated credit agreement) to include a certain portion of the assets of acquired companies prior to the conduct of a field exam or appraisals thereof by the Agent, (iii) modify certain definitions and various affirmative and negative covenants in the amended and restated credit agreement to provide additional flexibility for the Company, and (iv) add customary LIBOR replacement language (as amended, the “Revolving Credit Agreement”).

The revolving credit agreement provided for a senior secured asset-based revolving loan and letter of credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) of up to $600 million and an uncommitted accordion feature that permits the Borrowers, with consent of the lenders, to increase the facility by an aggregate additional principal amount of up to $150 million, which will allow borrowings of up to $750 million under the revolving credit facility. Letters of credit in an aggregate amount of up to $30 million are also available under the revolving credit agreement, which would reduce the amount of the revolving loans available under the revolving credit facility. The maturity date of the revolving credit agreement is August 2, 2026. The Borrowers’ obligations under the revolving credit agreement are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets (other than real property), including inventories, accounts receivable, and proceeds from those items.

Borrowings under the revolving credit agreement are subject to availability under the Borrowing Base (as that term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement). The Borrowers are required to repay revolving loans thereunder to the extent that such revolving loans exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect. The revolving credit facility may be prepaid in whole or in part from time to time without penalty or premium, but including all breakage costs incurred by any lender thereunder.

The revolving credit agreement provides for interest on borrowings under the revolving credit facility at a rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.25 percent to 1.75 percent, with the amount of such margin determined based upon the average of the Borrowers’ excess availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter as calculated by the Agent, for loans based on LIBOR, or (ii) the base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.25 percent to 0.75 percent, with the amount of such margin determined based upon the average of the Borrowers’ excess availability for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter as calculated by the Agent, for loans based on the base rate.

All other material terms of the Credit Agreement, as amended, remained unchanged. The revolving credit agreement also contains representations and warranties and affirmative and negative covenants customary for financings of this type as well as customary events of default. In conjunction with our offering of senior secured notes, we amended the revolving credit facility to reduce the credit limit from $600 million to $350 million.In conjunction with the reduction of the credit limit of our revolving credit facility, we expensed approximately $1.6 million of debt issuance costs during the fourth quarter of 2021. These costs are included within interest expense, net, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and reported separately as an adjustment to net income in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

As of January 1, 2022, we had zero outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility. As of January 2, 2021, we had outstanding borrowings of $288.2 million and excess availability of $184.3 million under our revolving credit facility. For the years ended January 2, 2021 and January 1, 2022, our effective interest rate on our revolving credit facility was 3.3 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.

We were in compliance with all covenants under the revolving credit agreement as of January 1, 2022.

Senior Secured Notes

In October 2021, we entered into an indenture (the “Indenture”) with the guarantors party thereto and Truist Bank, as trustee and collateral agent, in connection with a private offering of $300 million of our six percent senior secured notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”). The 2029 Notes were issued to investors at 98.625 percent of their principal amount and will mature on November 15, 2029. The majority of net proceeds from the offering of the 2029 Notes were used to repay borrowings under our revolving credit facility. In conjunction with this offering, we also amended the revolving credit facility to reduce the credit limit from $600 million to $350 million. In conjunction with the reduction of the credit limit of our revolving credit facility, we expensed approximately $1.6 million of debt issuance costs during the fourth quarter of 2021. These costs are included within interest expense, net, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and reported separately as an adjustment to net income in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company’s obligations under the 2029 Notes are guaranteed by the Company’s domestic subsidiaries that are co-borrowers under or guarantee the Company’s revolving credit facility. The 2029 Notes and the related guarantees are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all of the Company’s and each guarantor’s existing and future assets (other than receivables, inventory, deposit accounts, securities accounts, business interruption insurance and other related assets (the “ABL Collateral”)), subject to certain exceptions and customary permitted liens. The 2029 Notes and the related guarantees are also secured on a second-priority basis by a lien on the ABL Collateral. Interest on the 2029 Notes will be payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2022.

The 2029 Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time on or after November 15, 2024 at certain redemption prices. The redemption price for the 2029 Notes if redeemed during the twelve months beginning (i) November 15, 2024 is 103.000%, (ii) November 15, 2025 is 101.500%, and (iii) November 15, 2026 and thereafter is 100.000%. The Company may also redeem some or all of the 2029 Notes before November 15, 2024 at a redemption price of 100.0% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date, plus a “make-whole” premium. In addition, the Company may redeem up to 40.0% of the outstanding 2029 Notes before November 15, 2024 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a price equal to 106.000% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. Furthermore, the Company may redeem the 2029 Notes at any time and from time to time prior to November 15, 2024 during each of the three consecutive twelve month periods commencing on October 25, 2021 in an aggregate principal amount equal to up to 10.0% of the original aggregate principal amount of the 2029 Notes at a redemption price of 103.0%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date. In addition, the Company may be required to make an offer to purchase the 2029 Notes upon the sale of certain assets or upon a change of control.

Term Loan Facility

In April 2018, in connection with the acquisition of Cedar Creek, we entered into a Credit and Guaranty Agreement by and among the Company, as borrower, certain of our subsidiaries, as guarantors, HPS Investment Partners, LLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (“HPS”) and certain other financial institutions as parties thereto. In October 2019, the Credit and Guaranty Agreement was amended to, among other things, permit real estate sale leaseback transactions. The Credit and Guaranty Agreement was amended in October 2019, January 2020, and February 2020 (as amended, the “Term Loan Agreement”). The Term Loan Agreement provided for a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $180 million (the “Term Loan Facility”). The proceeds from the term loan facility were used to fund a portion of the cash consideration payable in connection with the acquisition of Cedar Creek and to fund transaction costs in connection with the acquisition and the term loan facility. The obligations under the Term Loan Agreement were secured by a security interest in substantially all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets, including inventories, accounts receivable, real property, and proceeds from those items.

As of January 2, 2021, we had outstanding borrowings of $43.2 million under our term loan facility. On April 2, 2021, we repaid the remaining outstanding principal balance under the term loan facility and the facility was terminated. As a result, as of January 1, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under the term loan facility. In connection with our repayment of the term loan facility, we expensed $5.8 million of debt issuance costs during the first quarter of fiscal 2021 that we had been amortizing in connection the term loan facility. These costs are included within interest expense, net, on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and reported separately as an adjustment to net income in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. While the facility was paid in full as of April 2, 2021, our average interest rate under the facility, exclusive of fees and prepayment premiums, was 8.2 percent and 8.0 percent for the years ended January 2, 2021 and January 1, 2022, respectively.

Finance Lease Obligations

For more information on our finance lease obligations, refer to Note 11, Lease Commitments.

7. Fair Value Measurements

We determine a fair value measurement based on the assumptions a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability, in accordance with ASC 820 - Fair Value Measurement. The fair value measurement guidance established a three level hierarchy making a distinction between market participant assumptions based on (i) unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market (Level 1), (ii) quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability (Level 2), and (iii) prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement (Level 3). The fair value measurement guidance also establishes, as a practical expedient, that certain investments are not to be classified in the fair value hierarchy when they are measured at fair value using net asset value ("NAV").

Fair value measurements for defined benefit pension plan

The fair value hierarchy discussed above not only is applicable to assets and liabilities that are included in our consolidated balance sheets, but also is applied to certain other assets that indirectly impact our consolidated financial statements. For example, we sponsor and contribute to a single-employer defined benefit pension plan (see Note 8, Employee Benefits). Assets contributed by us become the property of the pension plan. Even though the Company no longer has control over these assets, we are indirectly impacted by subsequent fair value adjustments to these assets. The actual return on these assets impacts our future net periodic benefit cost, as well as amounts recognized in our consolidated balance sheets. The Company uses the fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value of assets held by our pension plan where applicable. Certain investments are measured using the net asset value ("NAV") per share as a practical expedient and have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.

8. Employee Benefits

Single-Employer Defined Benefit Pension Plan

The following tables set forth the change in projected benefit obligation and the change in plan assets for the pension plan:

(In thousands)

Change in projected benefit obligation:

Projected benefit obligation at beginning of period $ 113,827 $ 107,026

Projected benefit obligation at end of period $ 105,874 $ 113,827

Change in plan assets:

Fair value of assets at beginning of period $ 91,143 $ 83,606

Fair value of assets at end of period 94,269 91,143

The accumulated benefit obligation for the pension plan was $105.9 million and $113.8 million at January 1, 2022, and January 2, 2021, respectively. We recognize the unfunded status (i.e., the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit obligations) of our pension plan in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, with a corresponding adjustment to AOCI, net of tax. On January 1, 2022, we measured the fair value of our plan assets and benefit obligations. As of January 1, 2022, and January 2, 2021, the net unfunded status of our benefit plan was $11.6 million and $22.7 million, respectively.

We have elected to utilize a full yield curve approach in the estimation service and interest cost components for pension (income)/expense recognized during the fiscal year by applying the specific spot rates along the yield curve used in determination of the benefit obligation to the relevant projected cash flows.

Actuarial gains and losses occur when actual experience differs from the estimates used to determine the components of net periodic pension cost, and when certain assumptions used to determine the fair value of the plan assets or projected benefit obligation are updated, including but not limited to, changes in the discount rate, plan amendments, differences between actual and expected returns on plan assets, mortality assumptions, and plan re-measurement.

We amortize a portion of unrecognized actuarial gains and losses for the pension plan into our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The amount recognized in the current year’s operations is based on amortizing the unrecognized gains or losses for the pension plan that exceed the larger of 10% of the projected benefit obligation or the fair value of plan assets, also known as the corridor. In the current fiscal year, the amount representing the unrecognized gain or loss that exceeds the corridor is amortized over the estimated average remaining life expectancy of participants, as almost all the participants in the plan are inactive.

The net adjustment to other comprehensive income (loss) for fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, was a $6.6 million net of tax gain and a $1.4 million net of tax loss, respectively. The adjustments in both fiscal years are primarily due to a combination of actuarial adjustments at year-end in addition to the amortization of unrealized gain and/or losses throughout the fiscal year.

The decrease in the unfunded obligation for the fiscal year was approximately $11.1 million and was primarily comprised of $7.4 million of actuarial gain, $4.6 million of investment gains, $1.1 million of pension contributions (comprised of cash contributions and lease payments for the properties contributed to the pension plan in 2013), and a charge of $2.0 million due to

current year interest cost. The net periodic pension credit was $1.3 million in fiscal 2021 compared to $0.9 million in fiscal 2020, driven primarily by a reduction in the interest cost on the projected benefit obligation.

The unfunded status recorded as Pension Benefit Obligation on our Consolidated Balance Sheets for the pension plan is set forth in the following table, along with the unrecognized actuarial loss, which is presented as part of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss:

(In thousands)

Amounts recognized on the balance sheet consist of:

Accumulated other comprehensive loss (pre-tax) 24,200 32,921

The net periodic pension credit for the pension plan included the following:

Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2022 Fiscal Year Ended January 2, 2021

(In thousands)

Service cost $ — $ —

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation 2,019 2,892

Expected return on plan assets (4,560) (4,840)

Amortization of unrecognized loss 1,283 1,052

Net periodic pension credit for the pension plan $ (1,258) $ (896)

The following assumptions were used to determine the projected benefit obligation at the measurement date and the net periodic pension cost:

Projected benefit obligation:

Average rate of increase in future compensation levels N/A N/A

Net periodic pension:

Average rate of increase in future compensation levels N/A N/A

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 5.20 % 6.00 %

Our estimates of the amount and timing of our future funding obligations for our defined benefit pension plan are based upon various assumptions specified above. These assumptions include, but are not limited to, the discount rate, projected return on plan assets, and mortality rates. The rate of increase in future compensation levels has a minimal effect on both the projected benefit obligation and net periodic pension cost, as almost all the participants in the plan are inactive, the majority of the remaining active participants are no longer accruing benefits, and the plan is closed to new entrants.

Projected return on plan assets. Pension plan assets are managed under a balanced portfolio allocation policy comprised of two major components: a return-seeking portion and a liability-matching portion. The expected role of return-seeking investments is to achieve a reasonable long-term growth of pension assets with a prudent level of risk, whilethe role of liability-matching investments is to provide a partial hedge against liability performance associated with changes in interest rates. The objective

within return-seeking investments is to achieve asset diversity in order to balance return and volatility. We employ a designated fiduciary to manage the day-to-day investment responsibilities for pension plan assets and relationships with certain agents, advisors, and other fiduciaries.

The discount rate. We utilize a full yield curve approach in the estimation of these components by applying the specific spot rates along the yield curve of high-quality corporate bonds used in determination of the benefit obligation to the relevant projected cash flows. We have made this change to provide a more precise measurement of service and interest costs by improving the correlation between projected benefit cash flows to the corresponding spot yield curve rates.

Mortality rates. The valuations and assumptions reflect adoption of the Society of Actuaries updated RP-2014 mortality tables, with a “blue collar employee” adjustment for non-annuitants and a BlueLinx custom adjustment projected from 2015 for annuitants. Additionally, we use the most current generational projection scales, which were MP-2021 as of January 1, 2022, and MP-2020 as of January 2, 2021.

Plan Assets and Long-Term Rate of Return

Fiscal 2021

We base the asset return assumption on current and expected asset allocations, as well as historical and expected returns on the plan asset categories. The allocation of the plan’s assets impacts our expected return on plan assets. The expected return on plan assets is based on a targeted allocation consisting of return-seeking securities (including public equity, real assets, and diversified credit investment strategies), liability-matching securities (fixed income), and cash and cash equivalents. Our net benefit cost increases as the expected return on plan assets decreases. We believe that our actual long-term asset allocations on average will approximate our targetedallocation. Our targeted allocation is driven by our investment strategy to earn a reasonable rate of return while maintaining risk at acceptable levels through the diversification of investments across and within various asset categories. For fiscal 2021, we used a 5.20% expected rate of return on plan assets.

The investment policy for the pension plan, in general, is to achieve a reasonable long-term rate of return on plan assets with an acceptable level of risk in order to maintain adequate funding levels. The pension plan’s Investment Committee establishes risk mitigation policies and regularly monitors investment performance and investment allocation policies, with a third-party investment advisor executing on these strategies. We employ a designated fiduciary to manage the day to day investment responsibilities for pension plan assets and relationships with certain agents, advisors, and other fiduciaries.

The current targets, adjusted to exclude non-GAAP BlueLinx real-estate holdings, and actual investment allocation, by asset category as of January 1, 2022, consisted of the following:

Type Current Target Allocation Actual Allocation, January 1, 2022

Diversified credit 16.7 % 16.5 %

Liability-hedging 27.8 % 23.8 %

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy (as defined in Note 7, Fair Value Measurements), pension plan assets at their fair values as of January 1, 2022:

(In thousands)

Return-seeking securities

Investments in trusts and funds(1) $ — $ — $ — $ 69,397 $ 69,397

Liabilities-matching securities:

Cash and cash equivalents 2,399 — — — 2,399

(1) This category is comprised of a collective investment trust of equity funds that track the MCSI World Index, a collective investment trust that holds publicly traded listed infrastructure securities, and a pooled investment fund.

(2) This category consists of a collective investment trust investing in Treasury STRIPS, in addition to a collective investment fund that tracks to U.S. government bond indexes, and a pooled investment fund.

(3) Investments that are measured at net asset value (“NAV”) (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of the Level 1 assets was based on quoted prices in active markets for the identical assets. Certain investments are measured at fair value using the net asset value ("NAV") per share as a practical expedient and have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. Investment objectives for our pension plan assets are:

•Matching plan liability performance

•Diversifying risk

•Achieving a target investment return

We believe that there are no significant concentrations of risk within our plan assets as of January 1, 2022. We comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and we prohibit investments and investment strategies not allowed by ERISA.

Fiscal 2020

The following table sets forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, pension plan assets at their fair values as of January 2, 2021:

(In thousands)

Return-seeking securities

Investments in trusts and funds(1) $ — $ — $ — $ 64,870 $ 64,870

Liabilities-matching securities:

Cash and cash equivalents 2,371 — — — 2,371

(3) Investments that are measured at net asset value (“NAV”) (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. In

our fiscal 2020 10-K, we presented investments measured at net asset value (NAV) as Level 2 investments in the fair value hierarchy. The presentation has

been adjusted to show those investments measured at NAV in the table above.

Pension Plan Cash Flows

Our estimated normal future benefit payments to pension plan participants are as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended (In thousands)

We fund the pension plan liability in accordance with the limits imposed by ERISA, federal income tax laws, and the funding requirements of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (“Pension Act”). We are not required to make any cash contributions to the pension plan for fiscal funding year 2022.

Multiemployer Pension Plans

We are involved in various multiemployer pension plans (“MEPPs”) that provide retirement benefits to certain union employees in accordance with certain collective bargaining agreements (“CBAs”). As one of many participating employers in these MEPPs, we are generally responsible with the other participating employers for any plan underfunding. Our contributions to a particular MEPP are established by the applicable CBAs; however, our required contributions may increase based on the funded status of an MEPP and legal requirements such as those of the Pension Act, which requires substantially underfunded MEPPs to implement a funding improvement plan (“FIP”) or a rehabilitation plan (“RP”) to improve their funded status. Factors that could impact funded status of an MEPP include, without limitation, investment performance, changes in the participant demographics, decline in the number of contributing employers, changes in actuarial assumptions, and the utilization of extended amortization provisions. A FIP or RP requires a particular MEPP to adopt measures to correct its underfunded status. These measures may include, but are not limited to: an increase in our contribution rate to the applicable CBA, a reallocation of the contributions already being made by participating employers for various benefits to individuals participating in the MEPP, and/or a reduction in the benefits to be paid to future and/or current retirees.

We could also be obligated to make future payments to MEPPs if we either cease to have an obligation to contribute to the MEPP or significantly reduce our contributions to the MEPP because we reduce our number of employees who are covered by the relevant MEPP for various reasons, including, but not limited to, layoffs or closures, assuming the MEPP has unfunded vested benefits. The amount of such payments (known as a complete or partial withdrawal liability) generally would equal our proportionate share of the plan’s unfunded vested benefits.

The following table lists our participation in our multiemployer plans which we deem significant. “Contributions” represent the amounts contributed to the plan during the fiscal years presented:

Contributions (In millions)

Our contributions to this plan are approximately 0.1 percent of total contributions, which is less than the required disclosure threshold of five percent of total plan contributions. However, this plan is deemed significant for disclosure as it is severely underfunded. Our current CBA that requires contributions to the plan expires on December 31, 2022. In May 2020, we received a demand letter for payment resulting from our partial withdrawal in 2018 from the Central States Plan and started making payments in June 2020. These payments are payable monthly for a period of 20 years. Our liability for the remainder of these

payments was $7.3 million as of January 1, 2022. We may, in the future, record an additional liability if required by an event of our complete withdrawal from the plan or a mass withdrawal. Our most recent contingent withdrawal liability was estimated at approximately $59.2 million, for a complete withdrawal occurring in 2022. In the case of a complete withdrawal or a mass withdrawal, the Central States Plan could demand yearly payments of approximately $1.1 million, which do not include payments for the partial withdrawal of approximately $0.6 million annually. In a complete withdrawal, the payments would not amortize the liability fully; however, payments for a complete withdrawal are limited to a 20-year period. In the case of a mass withdrawal, the liability would not amortize fully under current government regulations, and payments would continue indefinitely.

Defined Contribution Plans

Our employees also participate in two defined contribution plans: the BlueLinx Corporation Hourly Savings Plan covering hourly employees, and the BlueLinx Corporation Salaried Savings Plan covering salaried employees. Discretionary contributions to the plans are based on employee contributions and compensation, and, in certain cases, participants in the hourly savings plan also receive employer contributions based on union negotiated match amounts. Employer contributions to the hourly savings plan for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 were approximately $0.7 million and $0.7 million, respectively.

Employer contributions to the salaried savings plan for fiscal 2020 of approximately $1.8 million were deferred and paid in the first quarter of 2021. Employer contributions to the salaried savings plan for fiscal 2021 of approximately $2.0 million were deferred and will be paid in the first quarter of 2022.

9. Share-Based Compensation

We have four stock-based compensation plans covering officers, directors, certain employees, and consultants: the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2004 Plan”), the 2006 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the “2006 Plan”), the 2016 Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) and the 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The plans are designed to motivate and retain individuals who are responsible for the attainment of our primary long-term performance goals. The plans provide a means whereby the participants develop a further sense of proprietorship and personal involvement in our development and financial success, thereby advancing the interests of the Company and its stockholders. Although we do not have a formal policy on the matter, we issue new shares of our common stock to participants upon the exercise of options or upon the vesting of restricted stock, restricted stock units, or performance shares, out of the total amount of common shares applicable for issuance or vesting under the aforementioned plans. Shares are available for new issuance only under the 2021 Plan. The 2004, 2006 and 2016 Plans have no shares remaining for issuance. Remaining 2006 and 2016 Plan shares are outstanding only for the vesting of outstanding equity awards.

On May 20, 2021 at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, our stockholders approved the BlueLinx Holding, Inc. 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”), which the Board of Directors had previously approved. The 2021 Plan permits the grant of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance shares, performance units, cash-based awards, and other share-based awards to participants of the 2021 Plan selected by our Board of Directors or a committee of the Board that administers the 2021 Plan. We reserved 750,000 shares of our common stock for issuance under the 2021 Plan. The terms and conditions of awards under the 2021 Plan are determined by the Compensation Committee. Some of the awards issued under both the 2006 and 2016 Plans are subject to accelerated vesting in the event of a change in control as such an event is defined in the respective Plan documents.

For all awards designated as equity awards, we recognize compensation expense equal to the grant-date fair value for all share-based payment awards that are expected to vest, as described further below, in “Compensation Expense.” This expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the entire award, unless the awards are subject to market or performance conditions, in which case we recognize compensation expense over the requisite service period of each separate vesting tranche, to the extent the occurrence of such conditions are probable.

All compensation expense related to our share-based payment awards is recorded in “Selling, general, and administrative” expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

Restricted Stock Units

During fiscal 2021 and in prior years, the Board of Directors were granted restricted stock units with a one-year vesting period, although a pro-rated portion could vest prior to the one-year period, with the remainder forfeited, if a director chose not to stand for re-election before the one-year vesting period elapsed. All vested director grants prior to May 20, 2021 settle at the earlier of ten years from the vesting date or retirement from the Board of Directors, whichever comes first. These awards are time-based and are not based upon attainment of performance goals. Grants to directors made after May 20, 2021 from the 2021 Plan share

pool will vest and settle after one year, although a pro-rated portion of the award may vest prior to the one year period, with the remainder forfeited if the director is not standing for re-election or upon retirement from the Board of Directors.

During fiscal 2020 and 2021, the Board of Directors granted restricted stock units to certain of our employees and executive officers. Certain of the restricted stock units granted in fiscal 2020 and 2021 vest in equal annual increments over the three years after the date of grant. Certain restricted stock units granted in fiscal 2019 vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant if certain performance conditions are met prior to the vesting date, and the remaining restricted stock units granted in fiscal 2019 vest at the end of the Company’s second fiscal quarter in 2022 if certain performance conditions are met as of the vesting date.

As of January 1, 2022, there was approximately $7.6 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock units. The unrecognized compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted average term of 1.3 years. As of January 1, 2022, the weighted average remaining contractual term for our restricted stock units was 1.3 years, and the maximum contractual term was 3.0 years.

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