Torrid Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2021 Results

Delivers Record Revenue and Profitability

Repurchased $23 million in Common Stock Under Stock Repurchase Program

Initiates Fiscal 2022 Guidance

Torrid Holdings Inc. (“Torrid” or the “Company”) (NYSE: CURV), a direct-to-consumer apparel, intimates, and accessories brand in North America for women sizes 10 to 30, today announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended January 29, 2022.

Liz Muñoz, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “I am extremely proud of what we accomplished in 2021, including record levels of Net Sales and Adjusted EBITDA, with growth outpacing our long-term targets. We made significant progress across our growth strategies while navigating the impact of macro challenges. Following a strong start to the fourth quarter, the emergence of Omicron impacted our business, particularly in January, which coincided with our Torrid Cash event. Despite these headwinds, we delivered our 38th positive comp in the past 40 quarters and demand for our brand remains strong. Looking ahead, we remain confident in our ability to deliver against our long-term plan and drive shareholder value.”

Financial Highlights for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2021

• Net sales increased 5.5% to $313.9 million, compared to the fourth quarter of last year and increased 15.8% from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019. Comparable sales¹ increased 4.5% compared to last year and increased 12.5% compared to fiscal 2019. The emergence of Omicron led to temporary labor shortages in the Company’s distribution center, which resulted in approximately $14 million of sales delayed into the first quarter.
• Gross profit margin was 31.6% compared to 38.2% in the fourth quarter of last year and 34.2% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019. The gross margin decline compared to last year was largely due to a 340 basis point increase in transportation and product costs that were partially offset by price increases and lower promotions compared to last year. The Company also realized a benefit from rent abatements in the prior year, resulting in a 200 basis point increase in occupancy expense in the fourth quarter of 2021. In addition, the return to normalized reserves following benefits from reserves recorded in the prior year fourth quarter resulted in 120 basis points of the decline.
• Net loss was $22.8 million, or $0.21 per share, compared to a net loss of $8.8 million, or $0.08 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of last year. This reflects the use of a 328.1% effective tax rate due to a one-time non-cash charge associated with revaluing legacy incentive units as part of its IPO.
• Adjusted net income² was $9.7 million, or $0.09 per diluted share as compared to adjusted net income of $23.8 million, or $0.22 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of last year.
• Adjusted EBITDA² was $28.4 million, or 9.1% of net sales, compared to $44.0 million, or 14.8% of net sales, in the fourth quarter of last year. This compares to $18.0 million or 6.7% of net sales in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019.
• Repurchased $23.4 million of shares outstanding under share repurchase program.

Q4 2021 Financial and Operating Metrics

Financial Highlights for the Full-Year Fiscal 2021

• Net sales increased 31.4% to $1,278.8 million compared to last year and increased 23.3% compared to fiscal 2019. Comparable sales¹ increased 30.5% compared to last year and 21.3% compared to fiscal 2019.
• Gross profit margin was 40.6%, increased 670 basis points from the same period last year and 240 basis points from fiscal 2019.
• Net loss was $29.9 million, or $0.27 per share, compared to a net income of $24.5 million, or $0.22 per diluted share last year. This reflects the use of a 289.2% effective tax rate related to the $111.4 million one-time non-cash charge associated with revaluing legacy incentive units as part of its IPO.
• Adjusted net income² was $121.2 million, or $1.10 per diluted share, an increase of 275% from adjusted net income of $32.3 million, or $0.29 per diluted share last year.
• Adjusted EBITDA² was $245.9 million, or 19.2% of net sales, compared to $100.8 million, or 10.4% of net sales, last year. This compares to $132.0 million or 12.7% of net sales in fiscal 2019.
• Opened 22 stores and closed 6 stores during the year.
• Active customers grew 20% to 3.8 million.
• Average spend per customer grew 9%.

Full Year Fiscal 2021 Financial and Operating Metrics

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the fourth quarter totaled $29.0 million compared to $123.0 million in the prior year.

Cash flow from operations for the twelve-month period ended January 29, 2022 was $121.2 million, compared to $151.8 million for the twelve-month period ended January 30, 2021.

Outlook

George Wehlitz, Chief Financial Officer, stated, “We are very pleased with the strong performance we delivered in 2021. We will continue to build on the progress we have made in executing our growth strategies in 2022, while continuing to manage the industry-wide global supply chain challenges.”

For the first quarter of fiscal 2022 the Company expects:

• Net sales between $295 million and $305 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA² between $44 million and $48 million.

For the full year fiscal 2022 the Company expects:

• Net sales between $1.300 billion to $1.365 billion.
• Adjusted EBITDA² of between $195 million and $220 million.
• Capital expenditures of between $30 million and $35 million reflecting infrastructure and technology investments as well as approximately 35 new stores for the year.

The above outlook is based on several assumptions, including, but not limited to, the macro challenges in the industry continuing into 2022 as well as higher raw material and labor costs, which are expected to be more pronounced this year. While COVID-19-related restrictions have eased in recent months, a level of uncertainty remains regarding potential disruption during fiscal 2022. See “Forward-Looking Statements” for additional information.

Conference Call Details

A conference call to discuss the Company’s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2021 results is scheduled for March 17, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. ET. Those who wish to participate in the call may do so by dialing (877) 407-9208 or (201) 493-6784 for international callers, conference ID 13727462. The conference call will also be webcast live at https://investors.torrid.com in the Events and Presentations section. A recording will be available shortly after the conclusion of the call. To access the replay, please dial (844) 512-2921 or (412) 317-6671 for international callers, conference ID 13727462. An archive of the webcast will be available on Torrid’s investor relations website.

About TORRID

TORRID is a direct-to-consumer brand of apparel, intimates and accessories in North America targeting the 25- to 40-year old woman who is curvy and wears sizes 10 to 30. TORRID is focused on fit and offers high quality products across a broad assortment that includes tops, bottoms, denim, dresses, intimates, activewear, footwear and accessories.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to results determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), management utilizes certain non-GAAP performance measures such as Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income (loss), and Adjusted earnings (loss) per share for purposes of evaluating ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. We believe that these non-GAAP operating measures, when reviewed collectively with our GAAP financial information, provide useful supplemental information to investors in assessing our operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income (loss), and Adjusted earnings (loss) per share are supplemental measures of our operating performance that are neither required by, nor presented in accordance with, GAAP and our calculations thereof may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA represents GAAP net income (loss) plus interest expense less interest income, net of other (income) expense, plus provision for less (benefit from) income taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), and share-based compensation, non-cash deductions and charges, other expenses. Adjusted net income (loss) represents GAAP net income (loss) plus remeasurement adjustments for share-based compensation, net of tax. Adjusted earnings (loss) per share represents Adjusted net income (loss) divided by the diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding at the end of the period.

We believe Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income (loss), and Adjusted earnings (loss) per share facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period by isolating the effects of certain items that vary from period to period without any correlation to ongoing operating performance. We also use Adjusted EBITDA as one of the primary methods for planning and forecasting the 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 and analyze our results as well as a benchmark to determine certain non-equity incentive payments made to executives. Additionally, we use Adjusted net income (loss) and Adjusted earnings (loss) per share to facilitate operating performance comparisons by isolating the effects of share-based compensation that vary from period to period and across our peer companies without any correlation to ongoing operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income (loss), and Adjusted earnings (loss) per share have limitations as analytical tools. These measures are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to or substitutes for net income (loss), income (loss) from operations, earnings (loss) per share or any other performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP or as alternatives to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted net income (loss), and Adjusted earnings (loss) per share should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this release are “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. For example, all statements we make relating to our expected first quarter of fiscal 2022 and full year fiscal 2022 performance are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Torrid’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements, including: successful management of risks relating to the spread of COVID-19, including any adverse impacts on our supply chain, workforce, facilities, customer services and operations; changes in consumer spending and general economic conditions; our ability to identify and respond to new and changing product trends, customer preferences and other related factors; our dependence on a strong brand image; damage to our reputation arising from our use of social media, email and text messages; increased competition from other brands and retailers; our reliance on third parties to drive traffic to our website; the success of the shopping centers in which our stores are located; our ability to adapt to consumer shopping preferences and develop and maintain a relevant and reliable omni-channel experience for our customers; our dependence upon independent third parties for the manufacture of all of our merchandise; availability constraints and price volatility in the raw materials used to manufacture our products; interruptions of the flow of our merchandise from international manufacturers causing disruptions in our supply chain; our sourcing a significant amount of our products from China; shortages of inventory, delayed shipments to our e-Commerce customers and harm to our reputation due to difficulties or shut-down of our distribution facilities (including as a result of COVID-19); our reliance upon independent third-party transportation providers for substantially all of our product shipments; our growth strategy; our leasing substantial amounts of space; our failure to find store employees that reflect our brand image and embody our culture; our reliance on third-parties for the provision of certain services, including distribution and real estate management; our dependence upon key executive management; our reliance on information systems; system security risk issues that could disrupt our internal operations or information technology services; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential information, whether through a breach of our computer system or otherwise; our failure to comply with federal and state laws and regulations and industry standards relating to privacy, data protection, advertising and consumer protection; payment-related risks that could increase our operating costs or subject us to potential liability; claims made against us resulting in litigation; changes in laws and regulations applicable to our business; regulatory actions or recalls arising from issues with product safety; our inability to protect our trademarks or other intellectual property rights; our substantial indebtedness and lease obligations; restrictions imposed by our indebtedness on our current and future operations; changes in tax laws or regulations or in our operations that may impact our effective tax rate; the possibility that we may recognize impairments on long-lived assets; our failure to maintain adequate internal controls; and the threat of war, terrorism or other catastrophes that could negatively impact our business.

We caution you that the important factors referenced above may not contain all of the factors that are important to you. We derive many of our forward-looking statements from our operating budgets and forecasts, which are based upon many detailed assumptions. While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, we caution that it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and, it is impossible for us to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all relevant information. The outcome of the events described in any of our forward-looking statements are also subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and elsewhere in this communication. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this communication. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments.

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