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

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as the information presented under “Selected Financial Data.” The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences are discussed in the sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K titled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

We operate on a 52- or 53-week fiscal year that ends on the Saturday that is closest to January 31. Each fiscal year generally is comprised of four 13-week fiscal quarters, although in the years with 53 weeks, the fourth quarter represents a 14-week period. The fiscal year ended January 29, 2022(“Fiscal Year 2021”), fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 (“Fiscal Year 2020”) and fiscal year ended February 1, 2020 (“Fiscal Year 2019”) are all comprised of 52 weeks.

The discussion that follows includes a comparison of our results of operations and liquidity and capital resources for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020. For the discussion comparing the Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019, refer to Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Fiscal 2020 Form 10-K, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2021.

Overview

J.Jill is a premier omnichannel retailer and nationally recognized women’s apparel brand committed to delighting customers with great wear-now product. The brand represents an easy, thoughtful and inspired style that reflects the confidence of remarkable women who live life with joy, passion and purpose. J.Jill offers a guiding customer experience through more than 250 stores nationwide and a robust ecommerce platform. J.Jill is headquartered outside Boston.

Our Fiscal Year 2020 financial results were significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID-19”) as our stores were temporarily closed beginning in mid-March 2020 with most of our stores being reopened by late June 2020, but with enhanced health and safety protocols. In response to the impacts of COVID-19, we immediately took actions to improve our liquidity, capital resources and financial flexibility by restructuring our debt effective September 30, 2020, with an extended maturity and revised covenants. Since the debt restructuring, the Company has been in compliance with all debt covenants and made all scheduled principal repayments.

We also took significant actions to reduce expenses and maximize cash on hand. We closed certain stores and successfully renegotiated terms on the majority of the remaining store fleet. We reduced the volume of inventory purchases and the number and frequency of new product floorsets which resulted in overhead, marketing, and shipping and handling cost savings. We also reduced capital spend in the business to focus on critical maintenance and strategic technical investments. As a result of these actions and improved economic conditions, the Company’s operating results, cash flows and liquidity continue to improve.

Therefore, considering the improved general economic conditions, and our improved operating results, cash flows, liquidity (including Cash, Debt and Equity), and projections into the foreseeable future, we have concluded that there is no longer substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of issuance of the financial statements.

How We Assess the Performance of Our Business

In assessing the performance of our business, we consider a variety of financial and operating metrics, including GAAP and non-GAAP measures, including the following:

Net sales consist primarily of revenues, net of merchandise returns and discounts, generated from the sale of apparel and accessory merchandise through our Retail channel and Direct channel. Net sales also include shipping and handling fees collected from customers and royalty revenues and marketing reimbursements related to our private label credit card agreement. Revenue from our Retail channel is recognized at the time of sale and revenue from our Direct channel is recognized upon shipment of merchandise to the customer.

Net sales are impacted by the size of our active customer base, product assortment and availability, marketing and promotional activities and the spending habits of our customers. Net sales are also impacted by the migration of single-channel customers to omnichannel customers who, on average, spend nearly three times more than single-channel customers.

Total company comparable sales include net sales from our full-price stores that have been open for more than 52 weeks and from our Direct channel. This measure highlights the performance of existing stores open during the period, while excluding the impact of new store openings and closures. When a store in the total company comparable store base is temporarily closed for four or more days within a fiscal week, the store is excluded from the comparable store base; if it is temporarily closed for three or fewer days within a fiscal week, the store is included within the comparable store base. Certain of our competitors and other retailers may calculate total company comparable sales differently than we do. As a result, the reporting of our total company comparable sales may not be comparable to sales data made available by other companies.

Number of stores reflects all stores open at the end of a reporting period. In connection with opening new stores, we incur pre-opening costs. Pre-opening costs include expenses incurred prior to opening a new store and primarily consist of payroll, travel, training, marketing, initial opening supplies and costs of transporting initial inventory and fixtures to store locations, as well as occupancy costs incurred from the time of possession of a store site to the opening of that store. In connection with closing stores, we incur store-closing costs. Store-closing costs primarily consist of lease termination penalties and costs of transporting inventory and fixtures to other store locations. These pre-opening costs and store-closing costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses and are generally incurred and expensed within 30 days of opening a new store or closing a store.

Gross profit is equal to our net sales less costs of goods sold. Gross profit as a percentage of our net sales is referred to as gross margin.

Costs of goods sold(“COGS”) includes the direct costs of sold merchandise, inventory shrinkage, and adjustments and reserves for excess, aged and obsolete inventory. We review our inventory levels on an ongoing basis to identify slow-moving merchandise and use product markdowns to liquidate these products. Changes in the assortment of our products may also impact our gross profit. The timing and level of markdowns are driven by customer acceptance of our merchandise. Certain of our competitors and other retailers may report costs of goods sold differently than we do. As a result, the reporting of our gross profit and gross margin may not be comparable to other companies.

The primary drivers of the costs of goods sold are raw materials, which fluctuate based on certain factors beyond our control, including labor conditions, transportation or freight costs, energy prices, currency fluctuations and commodity prices. We place orders with merchandise suppliers in United States dollars and, as a result, are not exposed to significant foreign currency exchange risk.

Selling, general and administrative expenses include all operating costs not included in costs of goods sold. These expenses include all payroll and related expenses, occupancy costs, information systems costs and other operating expenses related to our stores and to our operations at our headquarters, including utilities, depreciation and amortization. These expenses also include marketing expense, including catalog production and mailing costs, warehousing, distribution and shipping costs, customer service operations, consulting and software services, professional services and other administrative costs. Additionally, our shipping costs may fluctuate due to surcharges from shipping vendors based on demand for shipping services.

Our historical revenue growth has been accompanied by increased selling, general and administrative expenses. The most significant increases were in occupancy costs associated with retail store expansion, and in marketing and payroll investments.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. Adjusted EBITDA, represents net (loss) income plus net interest expense, provision (benefit) for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, equity-based compensation expense, goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment, write-off of property and equipment, fair value adjustments, and other non-recurring expenses, primarily consisting of outside legal and professional fees associated with certain non-recurring transactions and events. We present Adjusted EBITDA on a consolidated basis because management uses it as a supplemental measure in assessing our operating performance, and we believe that it is helpful to investors, securities analysts and other interested parties as a measure of our comparative operating performance from period to period. We also use Adjusted EBITDA as one of the primary methods for planning and forecasting overall expected performance of our business and for evaluating on a quarterly and annual basis actual results against such expectations. Further, we recognize Adjusted EBITDA as a commonly used measure in determining business value and as such, use it internally to report results. Adjusted EBITDA margin represents, for any period, Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of net sales.

While we believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful in evaluating our business, Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that has limitations as an analytical tool. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to, or substitute for, net income (loss), which is calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently or not at all, which reduces the usefulness of Adjusted EBITDA as a tool for comparison. We recommend that you review the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, and the calculation of the resultant Adjusted EBITDA margin below and not rely solely on Adjusted EBITDA or any single financial measure to evaluate our business.

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA and Calculation of Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The following table provides a reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA and the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA margin for the periods presented:

Year Ended

Statements of Operations Data:

Fair value adjustment of derivative 2,775 1,005 —

Fair value adjustment of warrants - related party (a) 56,984 4,214 —

Interest expense, net - related party 2,029 534 —

Write-off of property and equipment (c) 940 969 151

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets — 32,520 131,528

Adjustment for exited retail stores (d) (1,755 ) (1,444 ) —

Impairment of long-lived assets (e) — 33,777 2,325

Transaction costs (f) — 21,914 —

Adjusted EBITDA margin 15.7 % (8.8 )% 9.5 %

Items Affecting the Comparability of our Results of Operations

COVID-19 impact. Our first and second quarter of Fiscal Year 2020 financial results were significantly impacted by COVID-19 as our stores were temporarily closed beginning in mid-March 2020 through most of the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2020 in efforts to stop the spread of the virus. Although the stores were temporarily closed and the Company lost revenues as a result, we continued to incur certain expenses, such as payroll and rent; therefore, ratios and other items may not be comparable to our Fiscal Year 2021 financial results.

Impairment losses. Our Fiscal Year 2020 results include impairment charges of $66.3 million for long-lived assets (operating lease right-of-use asset and leasehold improvements), goodwill and intangible assets. See Note 7, Property and Equipment, in the footnotes to the financial statements, for additional information on these impairment losses.

Fair value adjustments. Fair value adjustments consist of the mark-to-market of warrants and derivative liabilities related to the debt restructuring consummated on September 30, 2020. These fair value adjustments were due to the increase in J.Jill’s stock price from January 30, 2021 through May 31, 2021. Effective May 31, 2021, these liabilities were reclassified to equity because from that date they can only be settled by exercise of the warrants into common stock. Our Fiscal Year 2021 results include fair value adjustments totaling $59.8 million. Our Fiscal Year 2020 results include fair value adjustments totaling $5.2 million. See Note 15, Earnings per Share, in the footnotes to the financial statements, for additional information on these fair value adjustments.

Results of Operations

Fiscal Year Ended January 29, 2022 compared to Fiscal Year Ended January 30, 2021.

The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations for the periods indicated:

Year Ended Change from Year Ended January 30, 2021 to the Year

Dollars % of Net Sales Dollars % of Net Sales $ Change % Change

Net Sales

Net sales for Fiscal Year 2021 increased $158.5 million or 37.1%, to $585.2 million from $426.7 million for Fiscal Year 2020. The increase in net sales was due to total company comparable sales of 23.4%. Net sales benefited from strong full-price sales and lower levels of promotions as compared to Fiscal Year 2020; however, the increase was primarily driven by the reopening of our stores near the end of the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2020. Our stores were temporarily closed during the first and second quarter of Fiscal Year 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All stores were open

during Fiscal Year 2021.Net sales for Fiscal Year 2020 include an out-of-period adjustment associated with the Company’s historical methodology for determining its sales returns reserve which benefitted Net sales by approximately 1%.

Our Direct channel was responsible for 49.8% of our net sales in Fiscal Year 2021 compared to 65.5% in Fiscal Year 2020. Our Retail channel was responsible for 50.2% of our net sales in Fiscal Year 2021 and 34.5% in Fiscal Year 2020. We operated 253 and 267 retail stores at the end of these same periods, respectively.

Gross Profit and Cost of Goods Sold

Gross profit for Fiscal Year 2021 increased $148.8 million, or 60.6%, to $394.4 million from $245.6 million for Fiscal Year 2020. The gross margin for Fiscal Year 2021 was 67.4% compared to 57.6% for Fiscal Year 2020, largely driven by added promotions, markdowns, and liquidation actions to clear certain goods in Fiscal Year 2020. The out-of-period adjustment, discussed above, had minimal impact on the gross margin.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for Fiscal Year 2021 decreased $7.7 million, or 2.3%, to $335.7 million from $343.4 million for Fiscal Year 2020. The decrease is driven by a $24.2 million decrease in legal and professional services expenses, a $4.4 million decrease in depreciation and amortization, a $3.8 million decrease in occupancy expenses, a $1.8 million decrease in cancelled projects expense and a $1.9 million decrease in expense related to the write-off of media credits in Fiscal Year 2020, offset by a $21.0 million increase in compensation and benefits, a $2.8 million increase in marketing costs, a $2.1 million increase in credit card fees, and a $2.4 million increase in shipping costs. Professional services expenses were higher in Fiscal Year 2020 due to costs associated with the debt restructuring agreement. The decrease in occupancy costs is due to decreased rental expense from closing fourteen stores in Fiscal Year 2021 and favorable lease renegotiations. The increase in compensation and benefits was primarily due to a $8.2 million increase in hourly and part-time wages as the stores were open in Fiscal Year 2021, a $13.3 million increase in incentive expenses and a $1.8 million increase in benefits expense offset by a $2.9 million decrease in salaries expense. The increase in marketing costs was primarily due to a $5.0 million increase in digital media and retargeting expenses, partially offset by a $1.9 million decrease in print media and catalog costs.

Fair Value Adjustments

Fair value adjustments consist of the mark-to-market of warrants and derivative liabilities related to the debt restructuring consummated on September 30, 2020.

Interest Expense, net

Interest expense, net consists of interest expense on the Term Loan, ABL Facility, Priming Loan and Subordinated Facility partially offset by interest earned on cash. Interest expense for Fiscal Year 2021 decreased by $0.7 million, or 3.6%, to $17.1 million from $17.7 million for Fiscal Year 2020. The decrease was driven by lower outstanding balances and interest rates.

Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

The income tax provision for Fiscal Year 2021 was $8.0 million compared to an income tax benefit of $48.2 million for Fiscal Year 2020. Our effective tax rates were (39.8)% and 25.7%, respectively. The effective tax rate during Fiscal Year 2021 differs from the federal statutory rate of 21.0% due primarily to the impacts of (i) nondeductible fair value adjustments of the warrants and derivative, (ii) state and local income taxes, (iii) executive compensation limitations, and (iv) valuation allowance adjustments related to state and local income taxes. The effective tax rate for Fiscal Year 2020 differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% due primarily to the impacts of (i) a realized benefit from the CARES Act, (ii) state and local income taxes, (iii) nondeductible goodwill impairment charge, and (iv) valuation allowance adjustments related to state and local income taxes. Refer to Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements for additional income tax information. The Company paid $9.3 million in cash for income taxes during Fiscal Year 2021 and received a tax refund of approximately $17.5 million relating to prior years.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

In response to the material adverse effect that the COVID-19 global pandemic had on our operations during Fiscal Year 2020, we improved our financial flexibility by restructuring our existing debt, issuing additional debt, reducing our expenses and maximizing cash receipts from our direct-to-consumer business channel. During Fiscal Year 2021, we have achieved

significant improvements in sales growth and gross margin expansion due to the general improvements in the economy and our focus on driving full price sales as customer traffic trends improved. Though COVID-19 remains present in the United States and around the world, our current projections show that we will have sufficient liquidity in the foreseeable future, even when incorporating downside risk factors. Therefore, we believe that our cash on hand and current sources of liquidity and capital will be sufficient to finance our continued operations for at least the next 12 months.

Our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources are cash generated from operating activities and availability under our ABL Facility, which has a maturity of May 8, 2023 so long as certain conditions related to the maturity of the term loan are met. As of January 29, 2022, we had $36.0 million in cash and $22.6 million of total availability under our ABL Facility.

Also, we have filed our federal income tax return for Fiscal Year 2020 and have received $17.5 million of a total expected refund of approximately $25.0 million. The timing of the remaining estimated refund is not known with certainty at this time. The tax refund amount benefited from the provisions under the CARES Act enacted in March 2020 most significantly from the provision that allows for net operating losses in Fiscal Year 2020 to be carried back to earlier tax years with higher tax rates than the current year.

The Priming Credit Agreement includes customary negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of the Company to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and purchases, pay dividends and distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and make payments in respect of junior indebtedness. The Priming Credit Agreement also has certain financial covenants (see Note 10 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report). The Company is in compliance with all covenants.

Under the Priming Credit Agreement, the Company had certain payment obligations during Fiscal Year 2021. On May 31, 2021, the Company had the choice to either (i) repay $4.9 million in aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Priming Credit Agreement, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) issue additional shares of Common Stock to the Priming Lenders in an amount as defined in the Agreement. On May 31, 2021, the Company chose to issue 272,097 shares to the Priming Lenders, with a value of approximately $5.2 million (based on the value of those shares as of close on that date), rather than repaying the $4.9 million since the minimum liquidity covenant would have increased to $25.0 million from $15.0 million if the Company had chosen to repay the $4.9 million of principal. In addition, the Priming Credit Agreement provided for a principal paydown of at least $25.0 million by August 30, 2021. The principal payment of $25.0 million, which was generated by operating cash flows, was made on August 27, 2021, avoiding additional PIK interest and fees.

Cash Flow Analysis

The following table shows our cash flows information for the periods presented:

Year Ended

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (37,975 ) 21,496 (59,108 )

Net Cash provided by (used in) by Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities during Fiscal Year 2021 increased $109.8 million as compared to Fiscal Year 2020 primarily due to cash generated from operating income as compared to cash being used by an operating loss during the prior year. The higher cash generated by operating income was partially offset by the return to more normalized vendor payment terms during the year as well as the repayments of vendor liabilities that had been extended, including rents that were deferred during Fiscal Year 2020 by landlords due to the pandemic.

Net cash provided by operating activities during Fiscal Year 2021 was $75.0 million. Key elements of cash provided by operating activities were (i) net loss of $28.1 million, (ii) adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities of $91.3 million, primarily driven by the noncash change in fair value of warrants, depreciation and amortization, and (iii) a source of cash from net operating assets and liabilities of $11.8 million, primarily driven by the receipt of the income tax refund, partially offset by payments for merchandise inventory and rents for retail stores that were deferred into Fiscal Year 2021 from Fiscal Year 2020.

Net cash used in operating activities during Fiscal Year 2020 was $34.8 million. Key elements of cash used in operating activities were (i) net loss of $139.4 million, (ii) adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities of $93.7 million, primarily driven by impairment of goodwill and intangible assets, impairment of long-

lived assets and depreciation and amortization, partially offset by deferred income taxes, and (iii) source of cash from net operating assets and liabilities of $10.9 million, primarily driven by increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses partially offset by increase in prepaid expense and other current assets.

Net Cash used in Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities duringFiscal Year 2021 was $5.5 million, an increase of $1.7 million as compared to Fiscal Year 2020, representing purchases of property and equipment related investments in stores and information systems. In Fiscal Year 2020 net cash used in investing activities was lower due to efforts to reduce capital expenditures in order to preserve cash in response to COVID-19.

Net Cash used in (provided by) Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities during Fiscal Year 2021 increased as compared to the prior year as net borrowings under the ABL Facility were reduced due to the lessened impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a voluntary principal payment on the Priming Loan.

Net cash used in financing activities during Fiscal Year 2021 was $38.0 million, which was driven by the $25.0 million voluntary principal payment on the Priming Loan, which was made to avoid increased PIK interest and fees, and net payments of $11.1 million on the ABL Facility.

Net cash provided by financing activities during Fiscal Year 2020 was $21.5 million, which was driven primarily by increased borrowings under Subordinated and the ABL Facilities.

Dividends

The payment of cash dividends in the future, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend upon such factors as earnings levels, capital requirements, restrictions imposed by applicable law, our overall financial condition, restrictions in our debt agreements and any other factors deemed relevant by our board of directors. As a holding company, our ability to pay dividends depends on our receipt of cash dividends from our operating subsidiaries, which may further restrict our ability to pay dividends as a result of restrictions on their ability to pay dividends to us under our debt agreements and under future indebtedness that we or they may incur.

Capitalization

At January 29, 2022, long-term debt consisted of the following:

Carrying Value of Debt

Subordinated Facility (principal and paid-in kind interest of $17,644) 5,605

Less: Current portion (7,692 )

The Company had no short-term borrowings under the Company’s ABL Facility as of January 29, 2022. The Company had outstandinglettersof creditin theamountof $4.5 million and had a maximum additional borrowing capacity of $22.6 million as of January 29, 2022. The Company was in compliance with all debt covenants as of January 29, 2022.

The maturity date of the Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement is May 8, 2022. Loans under the Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement continue to accrue interest at LIBOR plus 5.00%, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00%, with the interest payable on a quarterly basis. The Company may alternatively elect to accrue interest at a Base Rate (as defined in the Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement) plus 4.00%.

The maturity date of the Priming Credit Agreement is May 8, 2024, and the loans under the Priming Credit Agreement bear interest at the Company’s election at: (1) Base Rate (as defined in the Priming Credit Agreement) plus 4.00% or (2) LIBOR plus 5.00%, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00%, with the interest payable on a quarterly basis. The Priming Credit Agreement required a principal paydown of at least $25.0 million by August 30, 2021; otherwise, there would

be a Paid-in-Kind (“PIK”) interest rate increase and a PIK fee. On August 27, 2021, the Company made the principal paydown of $25.0 million to avoid additional PIK and interest fees.

On May 31, 2021, the Company had the choice (the “May 31, 2021 Option”) to either (i) repay $4.9 million in aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Priming Credit Agreement, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) issue additional shares of Common Stock to the Priming Lenders in an amount as defined in the Agreement. On May 31, 2021, and within the terms of the Priming Loan, the Company chose to issue 272,097 additional shares of Common Stock to the Priming Lenders with a value of approximately $5.2 million (based on the value of those shares as of close on that date).

The maturity date of the Subordinated Facility is November 8, 2024. Loans under the Subordinated Facility bear interest at the Borrower’s election at (1) Base Rate (as defined in the Subordinated Facility) plus 11.00% or (2) LIBOR plus 12.00%, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00%.

The ABL Facility allows us to elect, at our own option, the applicable interest rate for borrowings under the ABL Facility using a LIBOR or Base Rate variable interest rate plus an applicable margin. LIBOR loans under the ABL Facility accrue interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 2.25% to 2.50%, subject to availability. Base Rate loans under the ABL Facility accrue interest at a rate equal to (i) the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50%, (c) LIBOR with a one-month interest period plus 1.00% and (d) 2.00%, plus (ii) a spread ranging from 1.25% to 1.50%, subject to availability. Principal is payable upon maturity of the ABL Facility on its termination date. On June 12, 2019 this ABL Facility was amended to extend the termination date to May 8, 2023. The ABL Facility also requires the payment of monthly fees based on the average quarterly unused portion of the commitment, as well as a fee on the balance of the outstanding letters of credit.

Future Cash Requirements

We enter into contractual obligations in the ordinary course of business that may require future cash payments. Such obligations include merchandise inventories, marketing, including catalog production and distribution, payroll, store occupancy costs and capital expenditures associated with opening new stores, remodeling existing stores and upgrading information systems. The Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements provide additional information.

We believe our sources of liquidity, namely operating cash flows and credit facility capacity will continue to be adequate to meet our contractual obligations, working capital and capital expenditure requirements, finance anticipated expansion and strategic initiatives, and fund debt maturities for the foreseeable future.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not a party to any off balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates

Our discussion of results of operations and financial condition is based upon the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and certain assumptions about future events that affect the classification and amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes, including revenue and expenses, assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates and assumptions are based on our historical results as well as management’s judgment. Although management believes the judgment applied in preparing estimates is reasonable based on circumstances and information known at the time, actual results could vary materially from estimates based on assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

The most significant accounting estimates involve a high degree of judgment or complexity. Management believes the estimates and judgments most critical to the preparation of our consolidated financial statements and to the understanding of our reported financial results include those made in connection with revenue recognition, including accounting for gift card breakage and estimated merchandise returns; estimating the value of inventory; and impairment assessments for goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets, and long-lived assets. Management evaluates its policies and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our significant accounting policies related to these accounts in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements are described below (see Note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements presented elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding our critical accounting policies).

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is primarily derived from the sale of apparel and accessory merchandise through our Retail channel and Direct channel, which includes website and catalog phone orders. Revenue also includes shipping and handling fees collected from customers. The criteria to recognize revenue is met when control of the promised goods or services are transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Revenue from our Retail channel is recognized at the time of sale and revenue from our Direct channel is recognized upon shipment of merchandise to the customer.

The Company has a return policy where merchandise returns will be accepted within 90 days of the original purchase date. At the time of sale, the Company records an estimated sales reserve for merchandise returns based on historical prior returns experience and expected future returns. The estimated sales reserve is recorded as a return asset (and corresponding adjustment to cost of goods sold) for the cost of inventory and a return liability for the amount to settle the return with a customer (and a corresponding adjustment to revenue). The return asset and return liability are recorded in Prepaid expenses and other current assets, and Accrued expenses and other current liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company collects and remits sales and use taxes in all states in which retail and direct sales occur and taxes are applicable. These taxes are reported on a net basis and are thereby excluded from revenue.

The Company sells gift cards without expiration dates to customers. The Company does not charge administrative fees on unused gift cards. Proceeds from the sale of gift cards are recorded as a contract liability until the customer redeems the gift card or when the likelihood of redemption is remote. Based on historical experience, the Company estimates the value of outstanding gift cards that will ultimately not be redeemed (“gift card breakage”) and will not be escheated under statutory unclaimed property laws. This gift card breakage is recognized as revenue over the time period established by the Company’s historical gift card redemption pattern.

The Company recognizes revenues from shipments to customers when the shipping and handling activities occur and will accrue those related costs. Shipping and handling costs are recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Merchandise Inventory

Inventory consists of finished goods merchandise held for sale to our customers. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is calculated using the weighted average method of accounting, and includes the cost to purchase merchandise from our manufacturers, duties, commissions and inbound freight.

In the normal course of business, we record inventory reserves by applying estimates, based on past and projected sales performance, to the inventory on hand. The carrying value of inventory is reduced to estimated net realizable value when factors indicate that merchandise will not be sold on terms sufficient to recover its cost.

We monitor inventory levels, sales trends and sales forecasts to estimate and record reserves for excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory. We utilize internal channels, including sales catalogs, the internet, and price reductions in retail and outlet stores to liquidate excess inventory. In some cases, external channels such as inventory liquidators are utilized. The prices obtained through these off-price selling methods varies based on many factors. Accordingly, estimates of future sales prices requires management judgment based on historical experience, assessment of current conditions and assumptions about future transactions. We have not made significant changes to our assumptions during the periods presented in our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and estimates have not varied significantly from historically recorded amounts.

Asset Impairment Assessments

Goodwill

We evaluate goodwill annually at year end to determine whether the carrying value reflected on the balance sheet is recoverable, and more frequently if events or circumstances indicate that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. Our two reporting units applicable to goodwill impairment assessments are defined as our Direct and Retail sales channels. Examples of impairment indicators that would trigger an impairment assessment of goodwill between annual evaluations include, among others, macro-economic conditions, competitive environment, industry conditions, changes in our profitability and cash flows, and changes in sales trends or customer demand.

We may assess our goodwill for impairment initially using a qualitative approach to determine whether conditions exist to indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If management concludes, based on assessment of relevant events, facts and circumstances, that it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is greater than its carrying value, no further impairment testing is required.

If management’s assessment of qualitative factors indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, then a quantitative assessment is performed. We also have the option to bypass the qualitative assessment described above and proceed directly to the quantitative assessment. The quantitative assessment requires comparing the fair value of a reporting unit to its carrying value, including goodwill. We estimate the fair value of reporting units using the income approach. The income approach uses a discounted cash flow analysis, which involves significant estimates and assumptions, including preparation of revenue and profitability growth forecasts, selection of the discount rate and the terminal year multiple.

If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill is not considered to be impaired and no further testing is required. If the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, a goodwill impairment charge is recognized for the amount in excess, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.

During Fiscal Year 2021, we did not record any impairment to our goodwill. During Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019, we performed quantitative assessments which resulted in goodwill impairment of $17.9 million and $119.4 million, respectively. This analysis contains uncertainties because it requires us to make assumptions and to apply judgments to estimate industry economic factors and the profitability of future business strategies. If actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions, we may be exposed to future impairment losses that could be material.

Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Our trade name has been assigned an indefinite life as we currently anticipate that it will contribute cash flows to us indefinitely. Our trade name is reviewed at least annually to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support an indefinite, useful life.

We evaluate our trade name annually at year end for potential impairment, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying value may not be recoverable. Conditions that may indicate impairment include, but are not limited to, significant loss of market share to a competitor, the identification of other impaired assets within a reporting unit, loss of key personnel that negatively and materially has an adverse effect on our operations, the disposition of a significant portion of a reporting unit or a significant adverse change in business climate or regulations.

Impairment losses are recorded to the extent that the carrying value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its fair value. We measure the fair value of our trade name using the relief-from-royalty method, which estimates the present value of royalty income that could be hypothetically earned by licensing the brand name to a third party over the remaining useful life. The most significant estimates and assumptions inherent in this approach are the preparation of revenue forecasts, selection of the royalty and discount rates, and selection of the terminal year multiple.

We did not record any impairment losses related to the trade name during Fiscal Year 2021. In Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019, we determined that impairment losses of $12.0 million and $12.1 million, respectively, were required. This analysis contains uncertainties because it requires us to make assumptions and to apply judgments to estimate industry economic factors and the profitability of future business strategies. If actual results are not consistent with our estimates and assumptions, we may be exposed to future impairment losses that could be material.

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets include definite-lived intangible assets (our customer list) subject to amortization, property and equipment and operating lease assets. Long-lived assets obtained in a business combination are recorded at the acquisition-date fair value, property and equipment purchased in the normal course of business is recorded at cost and operating lease assets are recorded at the present value of the lease payments.

We assess the carrying value of long-lived assets for potential impairment whenever indicators exist that the carrying value of an asset group might not be recoverable. Indicators of impairment include, among others, a significant decrease in the market price of an asset, a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which an asset is being used or in its physical condition, and operating or cash flow performance that demonstrates continuing losses associated with an asset group.

When indicators of potential impairment exist, we compare the sum of estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset group to the carrying value of the asset group. If the carrying value of an asset group exceeds the sum of estimated undiscounted future cash flows, we record an impairment loss in the amount required to reduce carrying value of the asset group to fair value. We estimate the fair value of an asset group based on the present value of estimated future cash flows, calculated by discounting the cash flow projections used in the previous step.

We assessed the carrying value of our customer list as described above and determined that an impairment loss of $2.6 million was required during Fiscal Year 2020. The customer list impairment is recorded in impairment of intangible assets in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income. We did not record any impairments of intangible assets during the Fiscal Year 2021.

During Fiscal Year 2021, we did not record any impairments related to right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements. During Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019, we assessed the carrying values of right-of-use assets and property and equipment as described above. During Fiscal Year 2020, the Company recorded impairment charges of $23.0 million and $10.8 million related to right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements, respectively, associated with the assets of underperforming retail locations. During Fiscal Year 2019, the Company recorded impairment charges of $2.0 million and $0.3 million related to right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements, respectively. Right-of-use asset and leasehold improvement impairments are recorded in impairment of long-lived assets in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income.

Determining the fair value of long-lived assets requires management judgment and relies upon the use of significant estimates and assumptions, including future sales, our margins and cash flows, current and future market conditions, discount rates applied, useful lives and other factors. We believe our assumptions are reasonable based on available information. Changes in assumptions and estimates used in the impairment analysis, or future results that vary from assumptions used in the analysis, could affect the estimated fair value of long-lived intangible assets and could result in impairment charges in a future period.

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (JOBS Act)

In April 2012, the JOBS Act was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, reduce certain reporting requirements for an “emerging growth company.” As an “emerging growth company,” we are electing not to take advantage of the extended transition period afforded by the JOBS Act for the implementation of new or revised accounting standards, and, as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth public companies. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that our decision not to take advantage of the extended transition period is irrevocable.

We have chosen to rely on the other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company” we are not required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404B of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the consolidated financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation-related items, such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. We may remain an “emerging growth company” until the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our initial public offering on March 9, 2017, which will be at the end of Fiscal Year 2022. However, if certain events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, including if we become a “large accelerated filer,” our annual gross revenue equals or exceeds $1.07 billion or we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period, we will cease to be an “emerging growth company” prior to the end of such five-year period.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 3 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

We are subject to interest rate risk in connection with borrowings under the ABL Facility, Term Loan, Priming Loan and Subordinated Facility, which bear interest at variable rates as defined in the respective agreements described above. As of January 29, 2022, there were outstanding balances of $5.0 million, $203.4 million, and $17.8 million under the Term Loan, Priming Loan and Subordinated Facility, respectively. There were no outstanding borrowings under the ABL Facility. We currently do not engage in any interest rate hedging activity. Based on the schedule of outstanding borrowings as of January 29, 2022, a 10% change in our current interest rate would have affected net income by $1.1 million during Fiscal Year 2021.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The financial statements required to be filed pursuant to this Item 8 are appended to this report. An index of those financial statements is found in Item 15.

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

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management, under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form-10-K. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of January 29, 2022, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form-10-K, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide such reasonable assurance.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and effected by the company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,has assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of January 29, 2022. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that the company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of January 29, 2022.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to the exemption afforded to the Company by the JOBS Act.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures

In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and our management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Changes to Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter ended January 29, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections

Not applicable

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required by this item will be contained in our definitive proxy statement in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”), which is expected to be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after the end of our Fiscal Year 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Our board of directors has adopted a code of conduct and ethics that applies to all of our directors, officers and employees and is intended to comply with the relevant listing requirements for a code of conduct as well as qualify as a “code of ethics” as defined by the rules of the SEC. The statement contains general guidelines for conducting our business consistent with the highest standards of business ethics. We intend to disclose future amendments to certain provisions of our code of conduct and ethics, or waivers of such provisions applicable to any principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller, or persons performing similar functions, and our directors, on our website at www.jjill.com. The code of conduct and ethics is available on our website at www.jjill.com.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

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

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

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

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

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

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

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

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

(a)(1) Financial Statements.

See the “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” on page F-1 below for the list of financial statements filed as part of this report.

(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules.

All schedules have been omitted because they are not required or because the required information is given in the Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes thereto set forth below beginning on page F-1.

(a)(3) Exhibits.

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number Exhibit Description

101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

Exhibit Number Exhibit Description

101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

* Filed herewith.

† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None

SIGNATURES

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

J.Jill, Inc.

Date: April 13, 2022 By: /s/ Claire Spofford

Claire Spofford

Chief Executive Officer

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

Name Title Date

Claire Spofford

Mark Webb

/s/ Michael Rahamim Chairman of the Board of Directors April 13, 2022

Michael Rahamim

/s/ James Scully Director April 13, 2022

James Scully

/s/ Andrew Rolfe Director April 13, 2022

Andrew Rolfe

/s/ Jyothi Rao Director April 13, 2022

Jyothi Rao

/s/ Michael Recht Director April 13, 2022

Michael Recht

/s/ Michael Eck Director April 13, 2022

Michael Eck

/s/ Shelley Milano Director April 13, 2022

Shelley Milano

J.Jill, Inc.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Audited Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 F-4

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8

F-1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Directors and Shareholders of J.Jill, Inc.

Opinion on the financial statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of J.Jill, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of January 29, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, shareholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the year ended January 29, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 29, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended January 29, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

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 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our 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. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

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.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

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

Boston, Massachusetts

April 13, 2022

F-2

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of J.Jill, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of J.Jill, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of January 30, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, of shareholders’ equity (deficit) and of cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended January 30, 2021, including 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 as of January 30, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended January 30, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has experienced a material adverse impact to its revenues, results of operations, and cash flows as a result of COVID-19, and its current liquidity and capital may not be sufficient to finance its continued operations for at least the next twelve months that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 2. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for leases in fiscal year 2019.

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 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

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

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

April 12, 2021

We served as the Company's auditor from 2009 to 2021.

F-3

J.Jill, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

Assets

Current assets:

Prepaid expenses and other current assets 25,456 43,035

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit

Current liabilities:

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 48,853 43,854

Current portion of long-term debt 7,692 2,799

Current portion of operating lease liabilities 32,276 37,967

Borrowings under revolving credit facility — 11,146

Long-term debt, net of discount and current portion 196,511 225,401

Long-term debt, net of discount - related party 5,605 3,311

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion 143,207 179,022

Warrants - related party (Note 15) — 15,997

Derivative liability (Note 10) — 2,436

Commitments and contingencies (see Note 12)

Shareholders’ Deficit

Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit $ 451,849 $ 497,182

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-4

J.Jill, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

For the Fiscal Year Ended

Impairment of long-lived assets — 33,777 2,325

Fair value adjustment of derivative 2,775 1,005 —

Fair value adjustment of warrants - related party 56,984 4,214 —

Interest expense, net - related party 2,029 534 —

Per share data (Note 15):

Net loss per common share:

Weighted average common shares:

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-5

J.Jill, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(in thousands, except common share data)

Additional Accumulated Total

Common Stock Paid-in Earnings Shareholders’

Shares Amount Capital (Deficit) Equity (Deficit)

Vesting of restricted stock 198,733 2 (2 ) — —

Surrender of shares to pay withholding taxes (69,724 ) (1 ) (1,406 ) — (1,407 )

Forfeitable dividend — — 115 — 115

Forfeiture of restricted stock awards (33,754 ) — — — —

Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 27,886 — 135 — 135

Equity-based compensation — — 4,604 — 4,604

Vesting of restricted stock 167,538 2 — — 2

Surrender of shares to pay withholding taxes (49,585 ) — (178 ) — (178 )

Equity-based compensation — — 2,160 — 2,160

Forfeiture of restricted stock awards (662 ) — — — —

Vesting of restricted stock 136,187 1 (1 ) — —

Surrender of shares to pay withholding taxes (38,495 ) — (416 ) — (416 )

Equity-based compensation — — 2,610 — 2,610

Reclass of warrants to equity (See Note 15) — — 72,981 — 72,981

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-6

J.Jill, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

For the Fiscal Year Ended

Operating activities:

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets — 32,520 131,528

Impairment of long-lived assets — 33,777 2,325

Adjustment for exited retail stores (1,755 ) (1,444 ) —

Impairment loss (gain) on barter arrangement — 1,966 (1,274 )

Noncash change in fair value of derivative 2,775 1,005 —

Noncash change in fair value of warrants - related party 56,984 4,214 —

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 5,008 2,223 31

Other noncurrent assets and liabilities 208 (307 ) (320 )

Investing activities:

Financing activities:

Borrowings under revolving credit facility 62,226 59,155 —

Repayments of revolving credit facility (73,372 ) (48,009 ) —

Borrowings under subordinated facility, net of issuance costs — 14,560 —

Lender fees for priming loans — (1,235 ) —

Proceeds from employee stock purchases — — 134

Special dividend paid to shareholders — — (50,154 )

Surrender of shares to pay withholding taxes (415 ) (176 ) (1,403 )

Forfeitable dividend — — 114

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (37,975 ) 21,496 (59,108 )

Cash:

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-7

J.Jill, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. General

J.Jill is a premier omnichannel retailer and nationally recognized women’s apparel brand committed to delighting customers with great wear-now product. The brand represents an easy, thoughtful and inspired style that reflects the confidence of remarkable women who live life with joy, passion and purpose. J.Jill offers a guiding customer experience through about more than 250 stores nationwide and a robust ecommerce platform. J.Jill is headquartered outside Boston.

J.Jill, Inc. is a holding company, and Jill Acquisition LLC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, is the operating company for the business assets.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Saturday, in January or February, nearest the last day of January, resulting in an additional week of results every five or six years. The Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019 contained 52-weeks of operations.

Certain prior year amounts have been restated to reflect the reverse stock split on November 9, 2020.

Assessment of Financial Condition

In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern”, we are required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of issuance of the financial statements. As discussed in our 2020 Annual Report, during Fiscal Year 2020 our revenues, results of operations, cash flows and financing arrangements were materially adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and, accordingly, we concluded at the time that our liquidity and capital may not be sufficient to finance our continued operations for at least the next 12 months. However, as discussed below we have now concluded that substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of issuance of the financial statements no longer exists.

In response to the impacts of COVID-19, we immediately took actions to improve our liquidity, capital resources and financial flexibility by restructuring our debt effective September 30, 2020, with an extended maturity and revised covenants. Since the debt restructuring, the Company has been in compliance with all debt covenants, made all scheduled principal repayments including a $25.0 million voluntary repayment on August 27, 2021, and effectively converted $78.2 million of debt to equity. Our primary sources of liquidity and capital resources are cash generated from operating activities and availability under our ABL Facility, which has a maturity of May 8, 2023. As of January 29, 2022, we had $36.0 million in cash and $22.6 million of total availability under our ABL Facility, we exceeded the $15.0 million liquidity covenant by $52.9 million, and our projections indicate continued compliance with the liquidity and other covenants. Additionally, we have filed our federal income tax return for Fiscal Year 2020 and received $17.5 million of a total expected refund in excess of approximately $25.0 million. The timing of the remaining expected refund is not known with certainty at this time.

We also took significant actions to reduce expenses and maximize cash on hand. We also reduced capital spend in the business to focus on critical maintenance and strategic technical investments. As a result of these actions and improved economic conditions, the Company’s operating results, cash flows and liquidity continue to improve.

Therefore, considering the improved general economic conditions, and our improved operating results, cash flows, liquidity, and projections into the foreseeable future, we have concluded that substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of issuance of the financial statements no longer exists. In accordance with FASB standards, this conclusion will be re-evaluated each quarter.

F-8

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, shareholders’ equity, net sales and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Significant estimates relied upon in preparing these consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, revenue recognition, including accounting for gift card breakage and estimated merchandise returns; estimating the value of inventory; impairment assessments for goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets, and long-lived assets; and estimating equity-based compensation expense. As a result of COVID-19, the Company considered relevant impacts to its estimates related to merchandise returns reserve, estimating the fair value of inventory and inventory reserves; impairment assessments of goodwill, intangible assets, and other long-lived assets and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences could be material.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The following table shows supplemental cash flow information (in millions):

For the Fiscal Year Ended

Supplemental cash flow information:

Cash received for income tax refunds $ 17,930 $ — $ —

Noncash investing and financing activities:

Reclass of warrant and derivative liabilities to equity (Note 8) $ — $ — $ —

Settlement of debt in exchange for shares (Note 10) $ 5,211 $ — $ —

Exchange of priming loans for term loans $ — $ 228,623 $ —

Noncash lender fees:

Warrants issued for subordinated facility $ — $ 11,782 $ —

Equity and embedded derivative issued for priming loans — 3,388 —

Segment Reporting

The Company determined its operating segments on the same basis that it assesses performance and makes operating decisions. The Company’s operating segments consist of its Retail and Direct channels, which have been aggregated into one reportable segment.

All of the Company’s identifiable assets are located in the United States, which is where the Company is domiciled. The Company does not have sales outside the United States, nor does any customer represent more than 10% of total revenues for any period presented.

F-9

Cash

Cash includes cash on hand, demand deposits and all highly liquid investments with original maturities at the time of purchase of three months or less. Certain cash account balances exceed FDIC insured limits of $250,000 per account and, as a result, there is a concentration of credit risk related to amounts in excess of insurance limits. We monitor the financial stability of these financial institutions and believe that we are not exposed to any significant credit risk in cash. As of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, the amount of cash held in bank accounts was $36.0 million and $4.4 million, respectively.

Accounts Receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable relate primarily to payments due from banks for credit and debit transactions for approximately 2 to 5 days of sales. These receivables do not bear interest. The Company occasionally sells inventory to liquidators, and if these sales occur near the end of a reporting period, they are also included in accounts receivable.

Inventories

Inventory consists of finished goods held for sale. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is calculated using the weighted average method of accounting, and includes the cost to purchase merchandise from the Company’s manufacturers plus duties, tariffs, inbound freight and commissions. The net realizable value of the Company’s inventory is estimated based on historical experience, current and forecasted demand, and market conditions. The allowance for excess and obsolete inventory requires management to make assumptions and to apply judgment regarding a number of factors, including estimates applying past and projected sales performance to current inventory levels. As of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, an inventory reserve of $1.8 million and $6.4 million has been recorded, respectively. The Company sells excess inventory in its stores, on-line at www.jjill.com and occasionally to inventory liquidators.

Inventory from domestic suppliers is recorded when it is received at the distribution center. Inventory from foreign suppliers is recorded when goods are cleared for export on board the ship at the port of shipment.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment purchases are recorded at cost. Property and equipment is presented net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the term of the related lease or the estimated useful lives of the improvements. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures for betterments and major improvements that significantly enhance the value and increase the estimated useful life of the asset are capitalized and depreciated over the new estimated useful life. The carrying amounts of assets sold or retired and the related accumulated depreciation are eliminated in the year of disposal, and any resulting gains or losses are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Estimated useful lives of property and equipment asset categories are as follows:

Furniture, fixtures and equipment 5-7 years

Computer software and hardware 3-5 years

Leasehold improvements Shorter of estimated useful life or lease term

Capitalized Interest

The cost of interest that is incurred in connection with ongoing construction projects is capitalized using a weighted average interest rate. These costs are included in property and equipment and amortized over the useful life of the related property or equipment.

Long-lived Assets

The carrying value of long-lived assets, including amortizable identifiable intangible assets, and asset groups are evaluated whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Conditions that may indicate impairment include, but are not limited to, a significant decrease in the market price of an asset, a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which an asset is being used or a significant decrease in its physical

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condition, and operating performance that demonstrates continuing cash flow losses associated with an asset or asset group. A potential impairment has occurred if the projected future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset or asset group are less than the carrying value of the asset or asset group. The estimate of cash flows includes management’s assumptions of cash inflows and outflows directly resulting from the use of the asset in operation. If the carrying value exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows, an impairment charge is recorded equal to the excess of the asset or asset group’s carrying value over its fair value. Fair value is measured based on a projected discounted cash flow model using a discount rate the Company believes is commensurate with the market participant rate.The fair value measurement includes the fair value of the right of use asset and will not be written down below the asset’s fair value. Any impairment charge would be recognized within operating expenses.

Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized but are reviewed for impairment at least annually at fiscal year-end, or more frequently when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Judgments regarding indicators of potential impairment are based on market conditions and operational performance of the business.

At each fiscal year-end, the Company performs an impairment analysis of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. The Company may assess these assets for impairment initially using a qualitative approach to determine whether conditions exist to indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If management concludes, based on its assessment of relevant events, facts and circumstances that it is more likely than not that an impairment exists, then a quantitative analysis is performed to determine if there is any impairment. The Company may also elect to initially perform a quantitative analysis instead of starting with a qualitative approach.

See Note 6 for additional information relating to Goodwill and Indefinite-lived intangible assets.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is primarily derived from the sale of apparel and accessory merchandise through our Retail channel and Direct channel, which includes website and catalog phone orders. Revenue recognition guidance requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services are transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Revenue from our Retail channel is recognized at the time of sale and revenue from our Direct channel is recognized upon shipment of merchandise to the customer.

The Company has a return policy where merchandise returns will be accepted within 90 days of the original purchase date. At the time of sale, the Company records an estimated sales reserve for merchandise returns based on historical prior returns experience and expected future returns. The estimated sales reserve is recorded as a return asset (and corresponding adjustment to cost of goods sold) for the cost of inventory and a return liability for the amount to settle the return with a customer (and a corresponding adjustment to revenue). The return asset and return liability are recorded in Prepaid expenses and other current assets, and Accrued expenses and other current liabilities, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company collects and remits sales and use taxes in all states in which Retail and Direct sales occur and taxes are applicable. These taxes are reported on a net basis and are thereby excluded from revenue.

The Company sells gift cards without expiration dates to customers. The Company does not charge administrative fees on unused gift cards. Proceeds from the sale of gift cards are recorded as a contract liability until the customer redeems the gift card or when the likelihood of redemption is remote. Based on historical experience, the Company estimates the value of outstanding gift cards that will ultimately not be redeemed (“gift card breakage”) and will not be escheated under statutory state unclaimed property laws. This gift card breakage is recognized as revenue over the time period established by the Company’s historical gift card redemption pattern.

Costs of Goods Sold

The Company’s costs of goods sold includes the direct costs of sold merchandise, which include customs, taxes, duties, commissions and inbound shipping costs, inventory shrinkage, and adjustments and reserves for excess, aged and obsolete

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inventory. Costs of goods sold does not include distribution center costs and allocations of indirect costs, such as occupancy, depreciation, amortization, or labor and benefits.

Advertising Costs

The Company incurs costs to produce, print, and distribute its catalogs. Catalog costs are capitalized as incurred and expensed when the catalog is mailed to the customer (the first time the advertising occurs). Catalog advertising expenses were $14.9 million, $15.6 million, and $32.6 million for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The costs are included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Other advertising costs are recorded as incurred. Other advertising costs recorded were $19.8 million, $16.2 million, and $26.3 million for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The costs are included in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Operating Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Lease agreements will typically exist with lease and non-lease components, which are generally accounted for separately.

The Company recognizes operating lease liabilities equal to the present value of the lease payments and operating lease assets representing the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. The lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

As the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease assets include any lease payments made prior to lease commencement and are reduced by any lease incentives.

Under lease accounting guidance, for any new leases entered into, the Company assesses if it is reasonably certain to exercise lease options to extend or terminate the lease for inclusion (or exclusion) in the lease term when the Company measures the lease liability. The depreciable life of any assets and leasehold improvements are limited by the expected lease term.

Certain of the Company’s retail operating leases include variable rental payments based on a percentage of retail sales over contractual levels. Variable rental payments are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. If such variable operating leases arise that include incentives from landlords in the form of cash, the Company will record the full amount of the incentive when specific performance criteria are met as a deferred liability. The deferred liability is amortized into income as a reduction of rent expense over the term of the applicable lease, including options to extend if they are reasonably certain to be exercised. The Company recognized those liabilities to be amortized within a year as a current liability and those greater than a year as a long-term liability. For purposes of recognizing these incentives and rental expenses on a straight-line basis, the Company uses the date it obtains the legal right to use and control the lease asset to begin amortization, which is generally when the Company takes possession of the asset.

Debt Issuance Costs

The Company defers costs directly associated with acquiring third-party financing. Debt issuance costs are deferred and amortized using the effective interest rate method over the term of the related long-term debt agreement and the straight-line method for the revolving credit agreement. Debt issuance costs related to long-term debt are reflected as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt on the Company’s balance sheet. From time-to-time the Company could make prepayments on the long-term debt and a portion of the debt issuance costs associated with the prepayment would be accelerated and expensed at that time.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method and elected to be taxed as a C corporation. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying values and their respective tax bases, using enacted tax rates

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expected to be applicable in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded in the provision for income taxes. The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets and establishes a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Potential for recovery of deferred tax assets is evaluated by estimating the future taxable profits expected, scheduling of anticipated reversals of taxable temporary differences, and considering prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.

The Company records liabilities for uncertain income tax positions based on a two-step process. The first step is recognition, where an individual tax position is evaluated as to whether it has a likelihood of greater than 50% of being sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of the position, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes. For tax positions that are currently estimated to have less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained, no tax benefit is recorded. For tax positions that have met the recognition threshold in the first step, the Company performs the second step of measuring the benefit to be recorded. The amount of the benefit that may be recognized is the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized on ultimate settlement. The actual benefits ultimately realized may differ from the estimates. In future periods, changes in facts, circumstances and new information may require the Company to change the recognition and measurement estimates with regard to individual tax positions. Changes in recognition and measurement estimates are recorded in income tax expense and liability in the period in which such changes occur.

Any interest or penalties incurred are recorded in Selling, general, and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The Company incurred immaterial amounts of interest expense and penalties related to income taxes for Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019.

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income is a measure of net income and all other changes in equity that result from transactions other than with equity holders and would normally be recorded in the consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The Company’s management has determined that net income is the only component of the Company’s comprehensive income. Accordingly, there is no difference between net income and comprehensive income.

Equity-based Compensation

The Company accounts for equity-based compensation for employees and directors by recognizing the fair value of equity-based compensation as an expense in the calculation of net income, based on the grant-date fair value. The Company recognizes equity-based compensation expense in the periods in which the employee or director is required to provide service, which is generally over the vesting period of the individual equity instruments. The fair value of the equity-based awards is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model or the stock price on the date of grant.

All of the equity-based awards granted by the Company during the Fiscal Years, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were considered equity-classified awards and compensation expense for these awards was recognized in Selling, general, and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. Forfeitures were recorded as they occurred.

Earnings Per Share

Basic net income per common share attributable to common shareholders is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income per common share attributable to common shareholders is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. There were no potentially dilutive securities outstanding during Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, because the Company incurred a Net loss in those fiscal years.

Out-of-Period Items

During the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2021, the Company recorded an adjustment to correct prior period overstatements of inventory and understatements of COGS totaling $1.5 million ($1.1 million after taxes). The errors were primarily caused by an overstatement of inventory transferred from certain locations.

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During the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2020, the Company recorded a correction of prior period errors which increased Net sales by $4.9 million and increased Costs of goods sold by $2.5 million resulting in a benefit to Operating loss and Loss before provision for income taxes of $2.4 million and a benefit to Net loss of $1.7 million. The correction was associated with errors in the Company’s historical methodology for determining its sales returns reserve.

Management evaluated the impacts of these out-of-period adjustments to correct the errors for Fiscal Years 2021, 2020, 2019 and prior periods, both individually and in the aggregate, and concluded that the adjustments were not material to the Company’s consolidated annual and interim financial statements for all impacted periods.

Credit Card Agreement

The Company has an arrangement with a third party to provide a private label credit card to its customers through August 2023, and will automatically renew thereafter for successive two year terms. The Company does not bear the credit risk associated with the private label credit card at any point prior to the termination of the agreement, at which point the Company would be obligated to purchase the receivables.

The Company receives royalty payments through its private label credit card agreement. The royalty payments are recognized as revenue when they are earned each month. Royalty payments recognized were $3.7 million, $3.3 million, and $5.6 million for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The Company also receives reimbursements for costs of marketing programs related to the private label credit card, which are recorded as revenue as earned and the costs incurred are recorded as Selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. Reimbursements for costs of marketing programs of $1.3 million, $0.9 million, and $1.9 million were recognized in revenue in Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The credit card agreement provides a signing bonus to the Company, which is being recognized into revenue over the life of the agreement.

Employee Benefit Plan

The Company has a 401(k) retirement plan covering all eligible employees who meet certain age and employment requirements pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Subject to certain dollar limits, eligible employees may contribute a portion of their pretax annual compensation to the plan, on a tax-deferred basis. The plan operates on a calendar year basis. The Company may, at its discretion, make elective contributions of up to 50% of the first 6% of the gross salary of the employee, which vests over a five-year period. Discretionary contributions made by the Company for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $0.8 million, $1.1 million, and $1.5 million, respectively.

Concentration of Credit Risks

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk principally consist of cash held in financial institutions and accounts receivable. The Company considers the credit risk associated with these financial instruments to be minimal. Cash is held by financial institutions with high credit ratings and the Company has not historically sustained any credit losses associated with its cash balances. The Company evaluates the credit risk associated with accounts receivable to determine if an allowance for doubtful accounts is necessary. As of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, the Company determined that no allowance for estimated credit losses was necessary.

3. Accounting Standards

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

The Company adopted ASU 2016-02- Leases (Topic 842) and related amendments, as of February 3, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. The modified retrospective approach provides a method for recording existing leases at adoption with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. The Company elected the package of practical expedients which permits the Company to not reassess (1) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (2) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, and (3) any initial direct costs for any expired or existing leases as of the effective date.

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The Company applied a portfolio approach to effectively account for the operating lease liabilities and operating lease assets; the Company did not have financing leases. The Company excludes leases with an initial term of 12 months or less from the application of Topic 842. The Company did not elect the hindsight practical expedient; therefore, upon adoption, the Company used the remaining lease term of the current lease, option or extension.

Adoption of the new standard resulted in the recording of operating lease assets and operating lease liabilities of $223.3 million and $250.5 million, respectively, on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of February 3, 2019. The difference between the approximate value of the operating lease assets and liabilities is attributable to deferred rent, lease incentives, leasehold interests and prepaid rent. There was no material impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or consolidated statements of cash flows.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses,” Topic 326, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (ASU 2016-13), subsequently amended by various standard updates. ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information when determining credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 also requires financial assets to be measured net of expected credit losses at the time of initial recognition. ASU 2019-10, issued in November 2019, delayed the effective date of ASU 2016-13. ASU 2016-13 is effective for a public company’s annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2016-13 during Fiscal Year 2020. Given that a significant majority of revenue transactions are point of sale transactions whereby the Company does not extend credit to the customer, the adoption of this guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” This ASU eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements as part of its disclosure framework project. The standard is effective for all entities for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company elected to early adopt ASU 2018-13 during Fiscal Year 2020. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract,” which will align the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The Company adopted ASU 2018-15 in Fiscal Year 2020. The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. The pronouncement is effective for a public company’s annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those annual periods. As an EGC, the Company has elected to adopt the pronouncement following the effective date for private companies beginning with annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company assessed the impacts of the standard and concluded that there was no material impact to the Company’s provision. The Company plans to adopt the pronouncement in Fiscal Year 2022.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform”, which provides temporary optional guidance to companies impacted by the transition away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The guidance provides certain expedients and exceptions to applying GAAP in order to lessen the potential accounting burden when contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR as a benchmark rate are modified. The guidance is currently effective and may be applied prospectively at any point through December 31, 2022. The Company is assessing what impact this guidance will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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4. Revenues

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company sells its apparel and accessory merchandise through retail stores (“Retail”) and through its website and catalog orders (“Direct”). The following table presents revenues disaggregated by revenue source (in thousands):

Year Ended

Contract Liabilities

The Company recognizes a contract liability when it has received consideration from the customer and has a future obligation to the customer. Total contract liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

Contract liabilities:

Total contract liabilities (1) $ 7,634 $ 7,183

For the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized approximately $10.6 million, $8.9 million, and $12.8 million of revenue related to gift card redemptions and breakage, respectively. Revenue recognized consists of gift cards that were part of the unredeemed gift card balance at the beginning of the period as well as gift cards that were issued during the period.

Performance Obligations

The Company has a remaining performance obligation of $0.2 million for a signing bonus related to the private label credit card agreement that is being amortized to revenue evenly through the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2023.

Unredeemed gift cards also require a performance obligation for revenue to be recognized, but substantially all gift cards are redeemed in the first year of issuance.

Practical Expedients and Policy Elections

The Company excludes from revenue all amounts collected from customers for sales taxes that are remitted to taxing authorities.

Shipping and handling activities that occur after control of related goods transfers to the customer are accounted for as fulfillment activities rather than assessing these activities as performance obligations.

The Company does not disclose remaining performance obligations that have an expected duration of one year or less.

Insurance Recovery

The Company filed an insurance claim as a result of a cargo vessel fire on or about January 8, 2019, where contents of two containers carried J.Jill inventory. In July 2019, it was determined that the inventory onboard the cargo vessel was

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nonsalable and the insurance claim was settled for $3.3 million. The Company recorded a gain of $2.4 million on insurance proceeds in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020.

5. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets include the following (in thousands):

Total prepaid expenses and other current assets $ 25,456 $ 43,035

6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The balance of goodwill was $59.7 million at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021. The following table displays a rollforward of the carrying amount of goodwill from February 1, 2020 to January 29, 2022 (in thousands):

Impairment losses (first quarter) (17,900 )

Impairment losses —

The accumulated goodwill impairment losses as of January 30, 2022 are $137.3 million.

A summary of other intangible assets as of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 is as follows (in thousands):

Indefinite-lived:

Definite-lived:

Indefinite-lived:

Definite-lived:

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Impairment Tests

General

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized but are reviewed for impairment at least annually at fiscal year-end, or more frequently when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Definite-lived intangible assets are reviewed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Judgments regarding indicators of potential impairment are based on market conditions and operational performance of the business.

For goodwill, the quantitative assessment requires comparing the fair value of a reporting unit to its carrying value, including goodwill. The Company estimates fair value using the income approach. The income approach uses a discounted cash flow model, which involves significant estimates and assumptions, including preparation of revenue and profitability growth forecasts, selection of a discount rate, and selection of a terminal year multiple. These assumptions are classified as Level 3 inputs. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill is not considered to be impaired and no further testing is required. If the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, a goodwill impairment charge is recognized for the amount in excess, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. An impairment charge is recorded within the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

For other intangible assets, impairment losses are recorded to the extent that the carrying value of the intangible asset exceeds its fair value. The Company measures the fair value of its trade name using the relief from royalty method and the fair value of customer relationships using a recoverability approach. The most significant estimates and assumptions inherent in these approaches are the preparation of revenue forecasts, selection of royalty and discount rates and a terminal year multiple. These assumptions are classified as Level 3 inputs.

2021 Impairment Tests

For goodwill and other intangible assets, the Company performed the required impairment tests applying the qualitative approach and no impairments were indicated.

2020 Impairments

In the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2020, the Company temporarily closed its retail locations due to COVID-19, which had a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position and liquidity and led to a significant decline in our net sales for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2020, as well as an expected decline for the full Fiscal Year 2020. The Company concluded that these factors, as well as the decrease in stock price, represented indicators of impairment and required the Company to test goodwill and indefinite-lived and definite-lived intangible assets for impairment during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2020 (the “Q1 Impairment Test”).

The Company performed the Q1 Impairment Test using a quantitative approach. The Q1 Impairment Test was performed using the income approach (or discounted cash flows method) for goodwill, the relief-from-royalty method for indefinite-lived intangible assets and a recoverability analysis for definite-lived intangible assets. The estimated fair values of goodwill and indefinite-lived and definite-lived intangible assets were below their carrying values resulting in a $17.9 million impairment of goodwill, a $4.0 million impairment of the Company’s tradename (indefinite-lived intangible asset) and a $2.6 million impairment of the Company’s customer list (definite-lived intangible asset).

During the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2020, the Company performed the Impairment Tests using a quantitative approach in the same manner as the Q1 Impairment Test discussed above. The estimated fair values of goodwill and indefinite-lived and definite-lived intangible assets were above their carrying values resulting in no further impairment.

During the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2020, the Company finalized its Fiscal Year 2021 plan and performed its annual assessment by electing to perform a quantitative assessment (the “Q4 Impairment Test”). The Company performed the Q4 Impairment Test using a quantitative approach in the same manner as the Q1 and Q3 Impairment Tests discussed

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above. The estimated fair values of goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets were above their carrying values resulting in no further impairment; however, the estimated fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset was below its carrying value resulting in a $8.0 million impairment of the Company’s tradename. The most significant estimates and assumptions inherent in this approach are the preparation of revenue forecasts, selection of royalty and discount rates and a terminal year multiple. These assumptions are classified as Level 3 inputs.The key assumptions used under the income approach and relief-from-royalty method for the Fiscal Year 2020 Q4 Impairment Test included the following:

2019 Impairments

In the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, the Company reduced its comparable sales outlook for the second quarter that led to a reduced full year forecast of earnings for Fiscal Year 2019. The Company concluded that these factors, as well as the decrease in stock price represented indicators of impairment and required the Company to test goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment during the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2019 (the “Q2 FY19 Impairment Test”).

The Company performed the Q2 FY19 Impairment Test using a quantitative approach with the assistance of an independent valuation firm. The Q2 FY19 Impairment Test was performed using the income approach (or discounted cash flows method) for goodwill and the relief-from-royalty method for indefinite-lived intangible assets. The estimated fair values of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets were below carrying values resulting in an $88.4 million impairment of goodwill and a $7.0 million impairment of the Company’s tradename (indefinite-lived intangible asset).

In addition, during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, the Company updated sales guidance, the CEO departed and there was a decline in stock price. The Company noted that all these occurrences were an indication of a triggering event and resulted in the Company testing goodwill and indefinite lived intangible assets for impairment (the “Q4 FY19 Impairment Test”). The Company performed the Q4 FY19 Impairment Test using a quantitative approach with the assistance of an independent valuation firm. The Q4 FY19 Impairment Test was performed using the income approach (or discounted cash flows method) for goodwill and the relief-from-royalty method for indefinite-lived intangible assets. The estimated fair values of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset were below the updated carrying values resulting in a $31.0 million impairment of goodwill and a $5.1 million impairment of the Company’s trade name (indefinite-lived intangible asset).

Finally, the Company performed their annual impairment assessment (the “Annual Impairment Test”) after the Q4 FY19 Impairment Test was completed. The Company chose to forego the step zero impairment analysis and instead performed a quantitative impairment test using an income approach, in determining the fair values of the reporting units and tradename compared to their respective carrying values. As a result of the impairment assessments performed, the fair values of the reporting units and tradename exceeded their respective carrying values.

Definite-Lived Intangible Assets

The definite-lived intangible assets are amortized over the period the Company expects to receive the related economic benefit, which for customer lists is based upon estimated future net cash inflows. The estimated useful lives of intangible assets are as follows:

Asset Amortization Method Estimated Useful Life

Customer lists Pattern of economic benefit 9 - 16 years

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Total amortization expense for these amortizable intangible assets was $8.3 million, $9.2 million, and $11.3 million for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The estimated amortization expense for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year Estimated Amortization Expense

7. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 consist of the following (in thousands):

Construction in progress is primarily comprised of leasehold improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment related to unopened retail stores and costs incurred related to the implementation of certain computer software. Capitalized software, subject to amortization, included in property and equipment at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 had a cost basis of approximately $42.6 million and $40.8 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization of $32.7 million and $27.0 million, respectively. Internal use software costs capitalized during Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $1.3 million, $1.5 million, and $1.3 million, respectively.

Total depreciation expense recorded within Selling, general and administrative expenses on the Consolidated statements of operations was $21.0 million, $24.5 million, and $26.6 million, for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

During Fiscal Year 2021, the Company did not record any impairment charges associated with property and equipment.

During Fiscal Year 2020, the Company reduced the net carrying value of leasehold improvements to their estimated fair value, which was determined using a discounted cash flows method. These impairment charges arose from the material adverse effect that COVID-19 had on our results of operations, particularly with our store fleet. The Company recognized non-cash impairment charges associated with leasehold improvements of $10.8 million during Fiscal Year 2020.

In the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2019, the Company reduced the net carrying value of leasehold improvements to their estimated fair value, which was determined using a discounted cash flows method. These impairment charges arose from the Company’s decision to vacate and sublease one floor of the corporate headquarters located in Quincy, Massachusetts. The Company incurred non-cash impairment charges of $0.3 million on leasehold improvements during Fiscal Year 2019.

The Company capitalized interest in connection with construction in progress of $0.1 million, $0.1 million, and $0.3 million for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

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8. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities include the following (in thousands):

Taxes, other than income taxes 2,475 2,362

Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities $ 48,853 $ 43,854

The following table reflects the changes in the accrued returns reserve for the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

9. Restructuring Costs

In July 2019, the Company implemented a restructuring plan (the “2019 Restructuring Plan”) focused on cost reduction initiatives designed to execute against long-term strategies. The 2019 Restructuring Plan included headcount reductions primarily at the Company’s corporate headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts and at the facility in Tilton, New Hampshire.

As a result of the 2019 Restructuring Plan, the Company recorded $1.6 million of restructuring costs in Selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. All restructuring costs were recognized in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2019 and payments were completed in the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2020, ending on October 31, 2020.

10. Debt

The components of the Company’s outstanding long-term debt at January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):

Revolver due 2023 — — — —

Less: Current portion (7,692 ) — — (7,692 )

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The original issuer discount and capitalized fees and expenses are amortized over the related term of the debt

The Company recorded interest expense related to long-term debt of $15.7 million, $15.5 million, and $20.1 million, in the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. During the Fiscal Years 2021, 2020 and 2019, $2.5 million, $2.3 million and $1.5 million of debt discount and debt issuance cost related to long-term debt were amortized to interest expense, respectively.

As a result of COVID-19 related store closures, the Company was unable to maintain compliance with certain of its non-financial and financial covenants for the period ended May 2, 2020. Additionally, the inclusion of substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the report of our independent registered public accounting firm on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2020 resulted in a violation of affirmative covenants under our ABL Facility and Term Loan.

On August 31, 2020, the Company entered into the Transaction Support Agreement (the “TSA”) with lenders of the Company’s previously existing term loans (“Consenting Lenders”) and a majority of our shareholders on the principal terms of a financial restructuring (the “Transaction”). The following series of transactions were implemented:

Term Loan

On May 8, 2015, the Company entered into a Term Loan Agreement. The seven-year Term Loan Agreement provides for borrowings of $250.0 million.

On May 27, 2016, the Company entered into an agreement to amend (the “Term Loan Amendment”) our Term Loan Agreement to borrow an additional $40.0 million in additional loans to permit certain dividends and to make certain adjustments to the financial covenant. The other terms and conditions of the Term Loan remained substantially unchanged.

On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Term Loan (the “Amendment”). In connection with the Amendment, the Existing Term Lenders:

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The Amendment also eliminated substantially all of the covenants and events of default in the Existing Term Facility and provided that no guarantors of, or collateral securing, the Existing Term Loan Agreement were released. The maturity date of the Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement continues to be May 8, 2022.

Additionally, in connection with the Amendment, the Company made an offer to all Existing Term Lenders to repurchase 100% of such Existing Term Lenders’ Existing Term Loans. The offer was accepted by 97.9% of the Existing Term Lenders.

Loans under the Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement continue to accrue interest at LIBOR plus 5.00%, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00%, with the interest payable on a quarterly basis. The Company may alternatively elect to accrue interest at a Base Rate (as defined in the Amended Existing Term Loan Agreement) plus 4.00%. The rate per annum was 6.00 - 6.78% in Fiscal Year 2020, 6.93 – 7.75% in Fiscal Year 2019 and 6.78 - 7.53% in Fiscal Year 2018. Repayments of $0.7 million were payable quarterly until September 30, 2020. After September 30, 2020, repayments of $15 thousand are payable quarterly until maturity on May 8, 2022, when the remaining outstanding principal balance of $4.9 million is due.

The exchange of Priming Loans for 97.9% of the Term Loans on September 30, 2020 was accounted for as a debt modification. As a result, 97.9% of the unamortized balance of the debt discount and issuance costs, or $2.5 million, was allocated to the Priming Loans to be included in the total debt discount and issue costs being amortized over the term of the Priming Loans. At September 30, 2020, an unamortized balance of debt discount and issuance costs of $55 thousand continued to be allocated to the Term Loans and continue to be amortized over the remaining term through May 8, 2022. These fees are presented as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheets.

Borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement are collateralized by all of the assets of the Company. In connection with the Term Loan Agreement, the Company is subject to various financial reporting, financial and other covenants, including maintaining specific liquidity measurements. Affirmative covenants include providing timely quarterly and annual financial statements and prompt notification of the occurrence of any event of default or any other event, change or circumstance that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect as defined in the Term Loan Agreement. In addition, there are negative covenants, including certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to: incur additional indebtedness, create liens, enter into transactions with affiliates, transfer assets, pay dividends, consolidate or merge with other entities, undergo a change in control, make advances, investments and loans, or modify its organizational documents. As discussed above, the Company was not in compliance with all the Term Loan financial covenants during Fiscal Year 2020 until the Amendment discussed above permanently waived any defaults or events of default existing on or prior to September 30, 2020. As of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants in effect.

Priming Loan

On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into the Priming Credit Agreement, which provided for a secured term loan facility, which has an aggregate principal amount equal to $203.4 million at January 29, 2022. The Priming Loans were exchanged for 97.9% of the Existing Term Loans in connection with the Amendment discussed above. The Company incurred $1.2 million of debt issuance costs in connection with the Priming Credit Agreement. These costs are presented as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheets.

The maturity date of the Priming Credit Agreement is May 8, 2024, and the loans under the Priming Credit Agreement will bear interest at the Company’s election at: (1) Base Rate (as defined in the Priming Credit Agreement) plus 4.00% or (2) LIBOR plus 5.00%, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00%, with the interest payable on a quarterly basis. The Priming Credit Agreement required a principal paydown of at least $25.0 million by August 30, 2021; otherwise, there would be a paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest rate increase and a PIK fee. On August 27, 2021, the Company made the principal paydown of $25.0 million to avoid additional PIK and interest fees.

The Company’s obligations under the Priming Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of the real and personal property of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, subject to certain customary exceptions. The Priming Credit Agreement includes customary negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of the Company to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and purchases, pay dividends and distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and make payments in respect of junior indebtedness. The Priming Credit Agreement also has certain financial covenants, including (1) a minimum liquidity covenant that generally requires minimum liquidity on a weekly basis of $15.0 million, (2) a first lien net leverage ratio that requires compliance beginning in the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 with a net leverage ratio of 5:1, which reduces over time, and (3) limits on capital expenditures of $20.0 million annually. As of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants in effect.

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In accordance with the Priming Credit Agreement, the Company issued to the Priming Lenders 656,717 shares, as adjusted for the Company’s 1-for-5 stock split that occurred during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020, of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Equity Consideration”). We recorded the issuance of shares valued at $2.0 million as equity with the offset as a reduction of the carrying value of the debt. Also, in accordance with the Priming Credit Agreement, on May 31, 2021, the Company had the choice (the “May 31, 2021 Option”) to either (i) repay $4.9 million in aggregate principal amount of the loans under the Priming Credit Agreement, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon or (ii) issue additional shares of Common Stock to the Priming Lenders in an amount as defined in the Agreement. On May 31, 2021, and within the terms of the Priming Loan, the Company chose to issue 272,097 additional shares of Common Stock to the Priming Lenders with a value of approximately $5.2 million (based on the value of those shares as of close on that date). The May 31, 2021 Option was considered an embedded derivative within the Priming Loan that was required to be adjusted to fair value each period while it was outstanding, with the adjustment being recorded in income. The Company determined the fair value of the May 31, 2021 Option was $1.4 million at the date of the Transaction, which was recorded within Derivative liability with the offset as a reduction in the carrying value of the debt on the consolidated balance sheets for Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019. The fair value of the May 31, 2021 Option was determined using an option pricing model with a Monte Carlo simulation. The difference between the carrying value of the Priming Loan and the principal amount was accreted over the term of the debt using the effective interest method. The May 31, 2021 Option was remeasured to its fair value as of the end of each reporting period which resulted in charges of $2.8 million and $1.0 million for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020, respectively, being recorded within Fair value adjustment of derivative in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Subordinated Facility

On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into a subordinated facility, with the Subordinated Lenders (as defined below), that provides for a secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $15.0 million with an additional incremental capacity subject to certain customary conditions (the “Subordinated Facility”).

The Subordinated Lenders are a group of related parties that includes certain affiliates of TowerBrook and our Chairman of the board of directors.

The maturity date of the Subordinated Facility is November 8, 2024. Loans under the Subordinated Facility will bear interest at the Borrower’s election at (1) Base Rate (as defined in the Subordinated Facility) plus 11.00% or (2) LIBOR plus 12.00%, with a minimum LIBOR per annum of 1.00%. The Subordinated Facility is secured by substantially all of the real and personal property of the Company. The Subordinated Facility includes customary negative covenants for subordinated term loan agreements of this type, including covenants limiting the ability of the Company to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, create liens on assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in mergers, consolidations, sales of assets and purchases, pay dividends and distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and make payments in respect of junior indebtedness. The Subordinated Facility also has certain financial covenants, including (1) a minimum liquidity covenant that generally requires minimum liquidity on a weekly basis of $12.75 million, (2) a first lien net leverage ratio that requires compliance beginning in the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2021 with a net leverage ratio of 5.75:1, which reduces over time, and (3) limits on capital spending of $23.0 million annually. The difference between the carrying value of the subordinated facility debt and the principal amount was accreted over the term of the debt using the effective interest method.

In accordance with the Subordinated Facility, the Company issued penny warrants to the Subordinated Lenders. See Note 15 for additional information regarding the warrants.

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Asset-Based Revolving Credit Agreement

On May 8, 2015, the Company entered into a five-year secured $40.0 million asset-based revolving credit facility agreement (the “ABL Facility”). The ABL Facility had an initial maturity of May 8, 2020. On June 12, 2019, this ABL Facility was amended to extend the termination date to May 8, 2023.

On September 30, 2020, in accordance with the TSA, the Company entered into an amendment to the ABL Facility, whereby the ABL lenders (i) consented to the Company’s entry into the Priming Facility, the Subordinated Facility and other transactions contemplated by the TSA and (ii) permanently waived any defaults or events of default under the ABL Facility on or prior to September 30, 2020.

Under the terms of this agreement, the ABL Facility provides for borrowings up to (i) 90% of eligible credit card receivables, plus (ii) 85% of eligible accounts receivable, plus (iii) the lesser of (a) 100% of the value of eligible inventory at such time and (b) 90% of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible inventory at such time, plus (iv) the lesser of (a) 100% of the value of eligible in-transit inventory at such time, (b) 90% of the net orderly liquidation value of eligible in-transit inventory at such time and (c) the in-transit maximum amount (the in-transit maximum amount is not to exceed $9.5 million during the first and third calendar quarters and $7.0 million during the second and fourth calendar quarters), less (v) certain reserves established by the lender, as defined in the ABL Facility.

The ABL Facility consists of revolving loans and swing line loans. Borrowings classified as revolving loans under the ABL Facility may be maintained as either LIBOR or Base Rate loans, each of which has a variable interest rate plus an applicable margin. Borrowings classified as swing line loans under the ABL Facility are Base Rate loans. LIBOR loans under the ABL Facility accrue interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus a spread of 2.00% from May 8, 2015 to August 31, 2015, and thereafter ranging from 2.25% to 2.50%, depending on borrowing amounts. Base Rate loans under the ABL Facility accrue interest at a rate equal to (i) the greatest of (a) the financial institution’s prime rate, (b) the overnight Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50%, (c) LIBOR plus 1.00%, and (d) 2.00%, plus (ii) a spread of 1.00% from May 8, 2015 to August 31, 2015, and thereafter ranging from 1.25% to 1.50%, depending on borrowing amounts.

Interest on each LIBOR loan is payable on the last day of each interest period and no more than quarterly, and interest on each Base Rate loan is payable in arrears on the last business day of April, July, October and January. For both LIBOR and Base Rate loans, interest is payable periodically upon repayment, conversion or maturity, with interest periods ranging between 30 to 180 days at the election of the Company, or 12 months with the consent of all lenders.

The ABL Facility also requires the quarterly payment, in arrears, of a commitment fee. The commitment fee is payable in an amount equal to 0.375% from May 8, 2015 to July 1, 2016, and thereafter at an amount equal to (i) 0.375% for each calendar quarter during which historical excess availability is greater than 50% of availability, and (ii) 0.25% for each calendar quarter during which historical excess availability is less than or equal to 50% of availability.

The Company had no short-term borrowings under the Company’s ABL Facility as of January 29, 2022 and $11.1 million of short-term borrowings as of January 30, 2021. During the fiscal year ended January 29, 2022, there were no amounts drawn or outstanding under the ABL Facility. Based on the terms of the agreement and the increase for the letters of credit, the Company’s available borrowing capacity under the ABL Facility as of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021 was $22.6 million and $23.8 million, respectively.

The Company recorded interest expense related to the ABL Facility of $0.4 million and $0.8 million in Fiscal Years 2021 and 2020, respectively, and none in Fiscal Year 2019.

In the Fiscal Years 2020 and 2019, $0.1 million, and $0.2 million, respectively, of the debt issuance cost related to the ABL Facility were amortized to interest expense. There were no debt issuance costs related to the ABL Facility amortized to interest expense in Fiscal Year 2021.

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

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Item 9B. Other Information

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Item 11. Executive Compensation

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

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

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Item 9B. Other Information

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Item 11. Executive Compensation

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

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

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

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