CMPR Cimpress PLC - 10-K
0001628280-25-039200Year-over-year tone shift - average net-tone change across Risk Factors and MD&A vs the prior 10-K. This filing is -0.01pp more bearish than last year's.
Why YoY instead of absolute: the LM lexicon has ~6.6× more negative words than positive (legal/risk-disclosure language is heavy on hedging), so every 10-K reads bearish on raw tone. Year-over-year change strips that bias and surfaces the actual shift in management's framing.
Tone shift by section
The two components the gauge averages: how Risk Factors and MD&A each shifted in net tone versus last year's 10-K. The headline above is their average, so a green needle over a soft section just means the other section carried it.
Sentence-level sentiment highlighting with category and subcategory filters is coming once the snippet-scoring pipeline lands. For now, dig into the actual section text on the Sections tab.
Language change vs prior 10-K
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Risk Factors (Item 1A)
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our future results may vary materially from those contained in forward-looking statements that we make in this Report and other filings with the SEC, press releases, communications with investors, and oral statements due to the following important factors, among others. Our forward-looking statements in this Report and in any other public statements we make may turn out to be wrong. These statements can be affected by, among other things, inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties or risks we currently deem immaterial. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
Risks Related to Our Business and Operations
We manage our business for long-term results, and our quarterly and annual financial results often fluctuate, which has led, and may continue to lead, to volatility in our share price.
Our revenue and operating results often vary significantly from period to period due to a number of factors, and as a result comparing our financial results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful. We prioritize our uppermost financial objective of maximizing our intrinsic value per share even at the expense of shorter-term results. Many of the factors that lead to period-to-period fluctuations are outside of our control; however, some factors are inherent in our business strategies. Some of the specific factors that have caused, and/or could cause, our operating results to fluctuate from quarter to quarter or year to year include among others:
• investments in our business in the current period intended to generate longer-term returns, where the costs in the near term will not be offset by revenue or cost savings until future periods, if at all
• costs to produce and deliver our products and provide our services, including the effects of inflation and increased energy costs
• our ability to attract and retain customers and generate purchases
• shifts in revenue mix toward products and brands with lower profit margins, such as the decline of business cards and faster growth in elevated products like promotional products and packaging
• supply chain challenges
• our pricing and marketing strategies and those of our competitors
• variations in the demand for our products and services, including potential declines from pricing changes and/or surcharges related to tariffs or other trade policies of the U.S. or other countries
• currency and interest rate fluctuations, which affect our revenue, costs, and fair value of our assets and liabilities
• changes in U.S. and other countries' trade policies, including the types, amounts, and durations of any tariffs imposed on our products or our supply chain materials
• our hedging activity
• the commencement or termination of agreements with our strategic partners, suppliers, and others
• our ability to manage our production, fulfillment, and support operations
• general economic conditions, including volatility or economic downturns in some or all of our markets
• expenses and charges related to our compensation arrangements with our executives and employees
• costs and charges resulting from litigation
• changes in our effective income tax rate or tax-related benefits or costs
• costs to acquire businesses or integrate our acquired businesses
• financing costs
• impairments of our tangible and intangible assets including goodwill
• the results of our minority investments and joint ventures
Some of our expenses, such as building leases, depreciation related to previously acquired property and equipment, and personnel costs, are relatively fixed. As a result, we sometimes have been, and may in the future be, unable or unwilling to adjust operating expenses to offset any revenue shortfall. Accordingly, any shortfall in revenue may cause significant variation in operating results in any period. Our operating results have, at times, fallen below the expectations of public market analysts and investors, which has led to declines in the price of our ordinary shares in the past and may do so again in the future.
If we do not promote, strengthen, and evolve our brands, we could lose customers and revenue and fail to acquire new customers.
A primary component of our business strategy is to promote, strengthen, and evolve our brands to attract new and repeat customers, and we face significant competition from other companies in our markets who also seek to establish strong brands. To promote, strengthen, and evolve our brands, we must incur substantial marketing expenses and establish a relationship of trust with our customers by providing a high-quality customer experience, which requires us to invest substantial amounts of our resources. A negative incident or circumstance involving our products, services, advertising, or corporate conduct can damage our reputation, especially if the incident or circumstance is widely publicized or "goes viral," and causes customers to lose trust in our brands, which could negatively impact our revenues.
Our global operations and decentralized organizational structure place a significant strain on our management, employees, facilities, and other resources and subject us to additional ongoing risks.
We are a global company with production facilities, offices, employees, and localized websites in many countries across six continents, and we manage our businesses and operations in a decentralized, autonomous manner. We are subject to a number of ongoing risks and challenges that relate to our global operations, decentralization, and complexity including, among others:
• difficulty managing operations in, and communications among, multiple businesses, locations, and time zones
• challenges of ensuring speed, nimbleness, and entrepreneurialism in a large and complex organization
• risk of internal competition or brand cannibalization where multiple brands operate with overlapping offerings in the same geography
• difficulty complying with multiple tax laws, treaties, and regulations and limiting our exposure to onerous or unanticipated taxes, duties, tariffs, and other costs
• our failure to maintain sufficient financial and operational controls and systems to manage our decentralized businesses and comply with our obligations as a public company
• the challenge of complying with disparate laws in multiple countries, such as local regulations that may impair our ability to conduct our business or impact the willingness of third parties to conduct business with us, protectionist laws that favor local businesses, and restrictions imposed by local labor laws
• the challenge of maintaining management's focus on our strategic and operational priorities and minimizing lower priority distractions
• disruptions caused by political and social instability and war that may occur in some countries
• exposure to corrupt business practices that may be common in some countries or in some sales channels and markets, such as bribery or the willful infringement of intellectual property rights
• difficulty repatriating cash from some countries
• changes in governmental trade policies, particularly across North America, China and Europe, difficulty importing and exporting our products and supply chain materials across country borders and difficulty complying with customs regulations in the many countries where we produce and/or sell products
• increasing prices, disruptions or cessation of important components of our international supply chain
• failure of local laws to provide a sufficient degree of protection against infringement of our intellectual property
The trade and tariff environment continues to evolve and is highly unpredictable. The U.S. presidential administration has announced and/or implemented, and could continue to announce and/or implement, new and/or increased tariffs on goods imported into the United States, which has generated, and could continue to generate, various trade and tariff-related responses from other countries. Certain of the recent tariffs were imposed pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), and 50 U.S.C. § 1702(b)(3) explicitly precludes the President from regulating the importation of "informational materials" under IEEPA. Any change to the statutory basis upon which the U.S. presidential administration relies for imposing tariffs could materially and adversely impact our financial results if we are unable to rely upon the "informational materials" exclusion for most of our U.S. imported printed products and such products were not otherwise exempt from tariffs under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The recently adopted bill H.R. 1, Pub. L. 119‑21 provides for the elimination of the de minimis exemption from import taxes and duties codified in 19 U.S.C. § 1321(a)(2)(C) for commercial shipments, which currently benefits our business, effective July 1, 2027; however, we currently expect the de minimis exemption to end even sooner, on August 29, 2025, based on a recently signed Executive Order. We operate manufacturing facilities throughout the world, including one in Ontario, Canada that primarily services our Vista business, and others in Mexico, the United States, Australia, Brazil and throughout Europe. If the United
States, whether based on statutes or through trade agreements, imposes and enforces significant tariffs applicable to imports from Canada, Mexico, China or any of the other countries in which we manufacture our products and/or source materials for any meaningful period, we would incur increased costs in operating our business and our financial results could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, if other countries impose and enforce increased or additional tariffs for any meaningful period, our business could be materially and adversely affected. In addition to changes in U.S. trade policy, other changes to U.S. policy may impact, among other things, the U.S. and global economy, international trade relations, unemployment, immigration, healthcare, taxation, the U.S. regulatory environment, inflation and other areas. At this time we cannot predict the impact, if any, of any of these potential changes to our business. Until we know what policy changes are made and enforced and how those changes impact our business and the business of our competitors over the long term, we will not know if, overall, we will benefit from them or be negatively affected by them.
In addition, we are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates that have impacted, and may continue to impact, items such as the translation of our revenue and expenses, remeasurement of our intercompany balances, and the value of our cash and cash equivalents and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our reporting currency. The hedging activities we engage in sometimes have not mitigated, and may in the future not mitigate, the net impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations, and our financial results sometimes have differed, and may in the future differ, materially from expectations as a result of such fluctuations.
Our hedging activity could negatively impact our results of operations, cash flows, or leverage.
We have entered into derivatives to manage our exposure to interest rate and currency movements. If we do not accurately forecast our results of operations, execute contracts that do not effectively mitigate our economic exposure to interest rates and currency rates, elect to not apply hedge accounting, or fail to comply with the complex accounting requirements for hedging, our results of operations and cash flows could be volatile, as well as negatively impacted. Also, our hedging objectives may be targeted at improving our non-GAAP financial metrics, which could result in increased volatility in our GAAP results. Since some of our hedging activity addresses long-term exposures, such as our net investment in our subsidiaries, the gains or losses on those hedges could be recognized before the offsetting exposure materializes to offset them, potentially causing volatility in our cash or debt balances, and therefore our leverage.
Failure to protect our information systems and the confidential information of our customers, employees, and business partners against security breaches and thefts could damage our reputation and brands, subject us to litigation and enforcement actions, and substantially harm our business and results of operations.
Our business involves the receipt, storage, and transmission of customers' personal and payment information, as well as confidential information about our business, employees, suppliers, and business partners, some of which is entrusted to third-party service providers, partners, and vendors. We and third parties with which we share information have experienced, and will continue to experience, threats to and breaches of our and their data and systems, cyberattacks and other malicious activity, including physical and electronic break-ins, computer viruses, ransomware attacks, and phishing and other social engineering scams, among other threats. Security threats continue to evolve and become more sophisticated and more difficult to detect and defend against, including by the increased use of artificial intelligence to enhance attacks, and our vulnerabilities may be heightened by our decentralized operating structure and many of our employees working remotely. Despite our efforts, a hacker or thief may defeat our security measures, or those of our third-party service providers, partners, or vendors, and obtain confidential or personal information, and we or the third party may not discover the security breach and theft of information for a significant period of time after the breach occurs or at all. We may need to significantly increase the resources we expend to protect against security breaches and thefts of data or to address problems caused by breaches or thefts, and we may not be able to anticipate cyber attacks or implement adequate preventative measures. Any compromise, breach or failure of our information systems or the information systems of third parties with which we share information could result in, among other things:
• interruptions in our operations
• misuse of our and our customers' and employees' confidential or personal information
• failure to comply with legal and industry privacy regulations and standards
• exposure to losses, costs, litigation, enforcement actions, and other liability
• damage to our reputation and brands
• loss of revenue and profits and other negative financial results to the extent existing and potential customers believe that their personal and payment information may not be safe with us or those third parties
We are subject to the laws of many states, countries, and regions and industry guidelines and principles governing the collection, use, retention, disclosure, sharing, and security of data that we receive from and about our customers and employees. Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with any of these laws, guidelines, or principles could result in actions against us by governmental entities or others, a loss of customer confidence, and damage to our brands. In addition, the regulatory landscape is constantly changing, as various regulatory bodies throughout the world enact new laws concerning privacy, data retention, data transfer, and data protection including possible limitations on our ability to use customer data and regulating the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Complying with these varying and changing requirements is challenging, especially for our smaller, more thinly staffed businesses, and could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a manner adverse to our business and operating results.
Inability to attract new and repeat customers in a cost-effective manner has harmed, and may in the future harm, our business and results of operations.
Our various businesses rely on a variety of marketing methods to attract new and repeat customers. These methods include promoting our products and services through paid channels such as online search, display, and television, as well as leveraging our owned and operated channels such as email, direct mail, our social media accounts, telesales, and SMS messaging. When the costs of these channels significantly increase or the effectiveness of these channels significantly declines, such as from changes to algorithms or targeting rules and/or from shifts in consumer behavior in online search and shopping related to artificial intelligence (AI)-based discovery tools and chatbots, which we have experienced in the past and may experience in the future, then our ability to efficiently attract new and repeat customers is reduced, our revenue and net income decline, and our business and results of operations are harmed.
Shifts in online search behavior, including the rise of generative AI tools and agentic search technologies, may negatively impact customer traffic and acquisition efficiency and conversion rates, which could materially harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Consumers are increasingly relying on generative AI tools and agentic search technologies, such as conversational search engines, autonomous shopping assistants, and AI-powered product recommendations, to discover, compare, and purchase products and services. These emerging tools represent a shift away from traditional search engine behavior and direct website visits, which have historically driven a significant portion of our customer traffic and conversion activity.
As generative AI and agentic search tools become more prevalent and integrated into consumers’ browsing and purchasing workflows, we may experience a decline in visibility within digital ecosystems we do not directly control. This could include lower rankings in AI-generated product summaries, reduced referral traffic from major platforms, or increased reliance on third-party interfaces that prioritize competing offerings.
These changes could adversely affect our customer acquisition cost, conversion rates, and overall brand control. Furthermore, our ability to adapt to new search paradigms may be limited by technology constraints, data availability, or platform interoperability, especially if generative AI search providers restrict access to their ecosystems or favor end-to-end platforms that control the full customer journey.
Failure to effectively navigate this shift could materially harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Seasonal fluctuations in our business place a strain on our operations and resources.
Our profitability has historically been highly seasonal. Our second fiscal quarter, which ends on December 31, includes the majority of the holiday shopping season and typically accounts for a disproportionately high portion of our earnings for the year, primarily due to higher sales of home and family products such as holiday cards, calendars, photo books, and personalized gifts. In addition, our National Pen business has historically generated a large portion of its profits during the second fiscal quarter. Lower than expected sales during the second quarter, which we have experienced in the past and may experience in the future, have a disproportionately large impact on
our operating results and financial condition for the full fiscal year. Likewise, an inability of our manufacturing and other operations to keep up with the high volume of orders during our second fiscal quarter or other inefficiencies in our production or disruptions of our supply chains during the quarter, resulting in higher than expected costs, which we have experienced in the past and may experience in the future, have a disproportionately large impact on our earnings results and financial condition for the full fiscal year, as well as delays in order fulfillment and delivery and other disruptions, which negatively impact our ability to attract repeat customers, our reputation, and our future financial results.
Our businesses face risks related to interruption of operations and lack of redundancy.
Our businesses' production facilities, websites, infrastructure, supply chain, customer service centers, and operations are vulnerable to interruptions, and we do not have redundancies or alternatives in all cases to carry on these operations in the event of an interruption. In addition, because our businesses are dependent in part on third parties for certain aspects of our communications and production systems, we may not be able to remedy interruptions to these systems in a timely manner or at all due to factors outside of our control. Our suppliers, service providers (including shipping and logistics providers), third-party fulfillers, business partners, and customers face similar vulnerabilities to interruptions. Some of the events that could cause interruptions in our businesses' systems and operations, and those of our suppliers, service providers, third-party fulfillers, business partners, and customers, are the following, among others:
• fire, natural disaster, or extreme weather, which could be exacerbated by climate change
• pandemic or other public health crisis
• ransomware and other cyber security attacks
• labor strike, work stoppage, labor disruption or other workforce issues
• political instability, civil unrest, or acts of terrorism or war
• power loss or telecommunication failure
• attacks on external websites or internal networks by hackers or other malicious parties
• inadequate capacity in systems and infrastructure to cope with periods of high volume and demand
• lack of affordable materials available to manufacture our supplies or products
Any interruptions to our systems or operations, or those of our suppliers, service providers, third-party fulfillers, business partners, and customers, could result in lost revenue and/or increased costs, as well as negative publicity, damage to our reputation and brands, and other adverse effects on our business and results of operations. Building redundancies into our infrastructure, systems, and supply chain to mitigate these risks may require us to commit substantial financial, operational, and technical resources.
We may not be successful in advancing the use of artificial intelligence, which involves significant risks, and competitors may develop new or better products using artificial intelligence that take market share, which could adversely affect our business, brand perception, or financial results.
We use artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, in many parts of our value chain. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in using AI to enhance our products or services or otherwise benefit our business, including our efficiency or profitability, and there are significant risks involved in developing and deploying AI. For example, our AI-related efforts may give rise to risks related to harmful content, accuracy, bias, discrimination, intellectual property infringement or misappropriation, data privacy, and cybersecurity, among others. New laws, rules, directives, and regulations governing the use of AI, new or enhanced governmental or regulatory scrutiny, litigation, or other legal liability, ethical concerns, negative consumer perceptions as to automation and AI, or other complications could also adversely affect our business, brand perception, or financial results. Further, we face competition from other companies that are developing their own AI products and technologies that may have a negative impact on our value chain, including in the areas of design services and content creation. These AI-enabled products and technologies are evolving quickly, can influence customer behavior and preferences, and may allow other companies to become more efficient than us and/or to more effectively acquire and retain customers. In addition, AI tools are rapidly shifting consumer behavior in online search and shopping, particularly relative to traditional search engines, which may require rapid strategic and technical adaptations and investments, including further standardizing and optimizing our data structures, all of which could increase our costs or otherwise adversely affect our business or financial results. Moreover, the pace of innovation in AI and developments related to its use, together with the breadth of its potential applications to our industry, make it impossible to identify or predict all of the risks related to using AI or all of the AI-related risks to our business.
Failure to meet our customers' price or other expectations adversely affects our business and results of operations.
Demand for our products and services is sensitive to customers' expectations, particularly as to price for almost all of our businesses, and past changes in our pricing strategies had a significant impact on the numbers of customers and orders in some regions, which in turn adversely affected our revenue, profitability, and results of operations. Many factors impact our pricing and marketing strategies, including the costs of running our business, the costs of raw materials, our competitors' pricing and marketing strategies, and the effects of inflation. We may not be able to mitigate increases in our costs by increasing the prices of our products and services. More recently, customer expectations have evolved as to shipping speeds, as well as speed and creative control from rapid developments in digital design tools. Failure to meet our customers' price or other expectations in the future would adversely affect our future business and results of operations.
Acquisitions and strategic investments may be disruptive to our business, may fail to achieve our goals, and can negatively impact our financial results.
An important way in which we pursue our strategy is to selectively acquire businesses, technologies, and services and make minority investments in businesses and joint ventures. The time and expense associated with acquisitions and investments can be disruptive to our ongoing business and divert our management's attention. In addition, we have needed in the past, and may need in the future, to seek financing for acquisitions and investments, which may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, and can cause dilution to our shareholders, cause us to incur additional debt, or subject us to covenants restricting the activities we may undertake. There also is an opportunity cost that capital allocated to an acquisition, minority investment, or joint venture is no longer available for other uses.
An acquisition, minority investment, or joint venture may fail to achieve our goals and expectations and may have a negative impact on our business and financial results in a number of ways including the following:
• The business we acquired or invested in may not perform or fit with our strategy as well as we expected.
• Acquisitions and minority investments can be costly and can result in increased expenses including impairments of goodwill and intangible asserts if financial goals are not achieved, assumptions of contingent or unanticipated liabilities, amortization of certain acquired assets, and increased tax costs. In addition, we may overpay for acquired businesses.
• The management of our acquired businesses, minority investments, and joint ventures may be more expensive or may take more resources than we expected. In addition, continuing to devote resources to a struggling business can take resources away from other investment areas and priorities.
• We may not be able to retain customers and key employees of the acquired businesses. In particular, it can be challenging to motivate the founders who built a business to continue to lead the business after they sell it to us.
The accounting for our acquisitions and minority investments requires us to make significant estimates, judgments, and assumptions that can change from period to period, based in part on factors outside of our control, which can create volatility in our financial results. For example, we often pay a portion of the purchase price for our acquisitions in the form of an earn out based on performance targets for the acquired companies or enter into obligations or options to purchase noncontrolling interests in our acquired companies or minority investments, which can be difficult to forecast and can lead to larger than expected payouts that can adversely impact our results of operations.
Furthermore, provisions for future payments to sellers based on the performance or valuation of the acquired businesses, such as earn outs and options to purchase noncontrolling interests, can lead to disputes with the sellers about the achievement of the performance targets or valuation or create inadvertent incentives for the acquired company's management to take short-term actions designed to maximize the payments they receive instead of taking actions that benefit the business over the long term.
Developing and deploying our mass customization platform is costly and resource-intensive, and we may not realize all of the anticipated benefits of the platform.
A key component of our strategy is the development and deployment of a mass customization platform, which is a cloud-based collection of software services, APIs, web applications and related technology offerings that
can be leveraged independently or together by our businesses and third parties to perform common tasks that are important to mass customization. The process of developing new technology is complex, costly, and uncertain and requires us to commit significant resources before knowing the extent to which our businesses may adopt and/or continue to utilize components of our mass customization platform or the extent to which the platform may make us more effective and competitive. As a result, there can be no assurance that we will find new capabilities to add to the growing set of technologies that make up the platform, that our diverse businesses will realize further value from the platform, or that we will realize expected returns on the capital expended to develop the platform.
We are subject to safety, health, and environmental laws and regulations, which could result in liabilities, cost increases, or restrictions on our operations.
We are subject to a variety of safety, health and environmental, or SHE, laws and regulations across the jurisdictions in which we operate. SHE laws and regulations frequently change and evolve, including the addition of new SHE regulations, especially with respect to climate change. These laws and regulations govern, among other things, air emissions, wastewater discharges, the storage, handling and disposal of hazardous and other regulated substances and wastes, soil and groundwater contamination, and employee health and safety. We use regulated substances such as inks and solvents, and generate air emissions and other discharges at our manufacturing facilities, and some of our facilities are required to hold environmental permits. If we fail to comply with existing or new SHE requirements, we may be subject to monetary fines, civil or criminal sanctions, third-party claims, or the limitation or suspension of our operations. In addition, if we are found to be responsible for hazardous substances at any location (including, for example, offsite waste disposal facilities or facilities at which we formerly operated), we may be responsible for the cost of cleaning up contamination, regardless of fault, as well as for claims for harm to health or property or for natural resource damages arising out of contamination or exposure to hazardous substances.
Complying with existing SHE laws and regulations is costly, and we expect our costs to significantly increase as new SHE requirements are added and existing requirements become more stringent. In some cases we pursue self-imposed socially responsible policies that are more stringent than is typically required by laws and regulations, for instance in the areas of worker safety, team member social benefits, and environmental protection such as carbon reduction initiatives. The costs of this added SHE effort are often substantial and could grow over time.
The failure of our business partners to use legal and ethical business practices could negatively impact our business.
We contract with many suppliers, fulfillers, merchants, and other business partners in multiple jurisdictions worldwide. We require our business partners to operate in compliance with all applicable laws, including those regarding corruption, working conditions, employment practices, safety and health, and environmental compliance, but we cannot control their business practices. We may not be able to adequately vet, monitor, and audit our many business partners (or their suppliers) throughout the world, and our decentralized structure heightens this risk, as not all of our businesses have equal resources to manage their business partners. If any of them violates labor, environmental, or other laws or implements business practices that are regarded as unethical or inconsistent with our values, our reputation could be severely damaged, and our supply chain and order fulfillment process could be interrupted, which could harm our sales and results of operations.
If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our reputation and brands could be damaged, and others may be able to use our technology, which could substantially harm our business and financial results.
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and contractual restrictions to protect our intellectual property, but these protective measures afford only limited protection. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may be able to copy or use technology or information that we consider proprietary. There can be no guarantee that any of our pending patent applications or continuation patent applications will be granted, and from time to time we face infringement, invalidity, intellectual property ownership, or similar claims brought by third parties with respect to our patents. In addition, despite our trademark registrations throughout the world, our competitors or other entities may adopt names, marks, or domain names similar to ours, thereby impeding our ability to build brand identity and possibly leading to customer confusion. Enforcing our intellectual property rights can be extremely costly, and a failure to protect or enforce these rights could damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and financial results.
Intellectual property disputes and litigation are costly and could cause us to lose our exclusive rights, subject us to liability, or require us to stop some of our business activities.
From time to time, we receive claims from third parties that we infringe their intellectual property rights, that we are required to enter into patent licenses covering aspects of the technology we use in our business, or that we improperly obtained or used their confidential or proprietary information. Any litigation, settlement, license, or other proceeding relating to intellectual property rights, even if we settle it or it is resolved in our favor, could be costly, divert our management's efforts from managing and growing our business, and create uncertainties that may make it more difficult to run our operations. If any parties successfully claim that we infringe their intellectual property rights, we might be forced to pay significant damages and attorney's fees, and we could be restricted from using certain technologies important to the operation of our business.
Our business is dependent on the Internet, and unfavorable changes in government regulation of the Internet, e-commerce, and email marketing could substantially harm our business and financial results.
Because most of our businesses depend primarily on the Internet for our sales, laws specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce, and email marketing may have a greater impact on our operations than other more traditional businesses. In particular, laws covering pricing, customs, privacy, consumer protection, or commercial email may impede the growth of e-commerce and our ability to compete with traditional “brick and mortar” retailers. Unfavorable changes in, interpretations of, or developments with respect to, these types of laws or related or similar government regulation could substantially harm our business and financial results.
If we were required to screen the content that our customers incorporate into our products, our costs could significantly increase, which would harm our results of operations.
Because of our focus on automation and high volumes, many of our sales do not involve any human-based review of content. Although our websites' terms of use specifically require customers to make representations about the legality and ownership of the content they upload for production, there is a risk that a customer may supply an image or other content for an order we produce that is the property of another party used without permission, that infringes the copyright or trademark of another party, or that would be considered to be defamatory, hateful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or illegal under the laws of the jurisdiction(s) where that customer lives or where we operate. If the machine-learning tools we have developed to aid our content review fail to find instances of intellectual property infringement or objectionable or illegal content in customer orders, we could be required to increase the amount of manual screening we perform, which could significantly increase our costs, and we could be required to pay substantial penalties or monetary damages for any failure in our screening process.
Risks Related to Our Industry and Macroeconomic Conditions
Supply chain disruptions have impaired, and may in the future impair, our ability to source raw materials.
A number of factors have impacted in the past, and could impact in the future, the availability of materials we use in our business, including rising costs and other inflationary pressures, changes in trade policies such as new or increased tariffs on materials we use in our business, rationing measures, labor shortages, civil unrest and war, and climate change. Our inability to source sufficient materials for our business in a timely manner, or at all, would significantly impair our ability to fulfill customer orders and sell our products, which would reduce our revenue and harm our financial results.
We need to hire, retain, develop, and motivate talented personnel in key roles in order to be successful, and we face intense competition for talent.
An inability to recruit, retain, develop, and motivate our employees in senior management and key roles such as technology, marketing, data science, and production would significantly increase the risk that we may not be able to execute on our strategy and grow our business as planned. We have seen increased competition for talent in recent years that makes it more difficult for us to retain the employees we have and to recruit new employees and also drives up the cost of compensation, and our current management and employees may cease their employment with us at any time with minimal advance notice. This retention risk is heightened with respect to the leaders of certain of our businesses who have in the past or may in the future receive substantial payouts from either their redeemable non-controlling interests in those businesses or long-term incentive awards, as it may be
challenging to retain and motivate them to continue running their businesses. Although we believe our remote-first way of working, which allows many of our team members to work remotely with no expectation that they will commute to a company facility, is a competitive advantage, it can be more challenging to engage, motivate, and develop team members in a remote work environment, and our success depends on an engaged and motivated workforce and on developing the skills and talents of our workforce.
We face intense competition, and our competition may continue to increase.
The markets for our products and services are intensely competitive, highly fragmented, and geographically dispersed. The competitive landscape for e-commerce companies and the mass customization market continues to change as new e-commerce businesses are introduced, established e-commerce businesses enter the mass customization and print markets, and traditional “brick and mortar” businesses establish an online presence. With Vista's increased focus on design services, we now also face competition from companies in the design space, including those with AI-enabled design capabilities, some of which may be more established, experienced, or innovative than we are. Some of our current and potential competitors may have advantages over us, including longer operating histories, greater brand recognition or loyalty, broader customer reach, more focus on a given subset of our business, significantly greater financial, marketing, and other resources, production in lower-cost countries, speed of execution, or willingness to operate at a loss while building market share. Competition may result in price pressure, increased advertising expense, reduced profit margins, and loss of market share and brand recognition, any of which could substantially harm our business and financial results.
A major economic downturn or inflation could negatively affect our business and financial results.
If some or all of our markets enter a recession or other sustained economic downturn, demand for our products and services could be negatively impacted. An economic downturn could result in potential customers, especially small and medium-sized businesses, not being able to afford our products and rely more on free social media channels to market themselves instead of the products and services we offer. If demand for our products and services decreases, our business and financial results could be harmed. In addition, we experienced material cost increases in recent years that caused volatility in our financial performance. Although many costs have stabilized or come down in the last years, we cannot predict whether costs will increase in the future or by how much, our ability to offset such cost increases through pricing, and if our costs rise again there could be further impacts to our financial results.
Meeting our ESG goals will be costly, and our ESG policies and positions could expose us to reputational harm.
We face risks arising from the increased focus by our customers, investors, regulators, and others on environmental, social, and governance criteria, including with respect to climate change, labor practices, the diversity of our management and directors, and the composition of our Board. Meeting the ESG goals we have set and publicly disclosed will require significant resources and expenditures, and we may face pressure to make commitments, establish additional goals, and take actions to meet them beyond our current plans. If customers, potential customers, regulators, or other influential groups or individuals are dissatisfied with our ESG goals or our progress toward meeting them, or our positions on ESG issues, then they may choose not to buy our products and services, or to otherwise target us negatively, which could lead to reduced revenue, and our reputation could be harmed.
Risks Related to Our Corporate and Capital Structures
Our credit facility and the indentures that govern our notes restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to changes or to take certain actions.
Our senior secured credit facility that governs our Term Loan B and revolving credit and the indenture that governs our 7.375% Senior Notes due 2032, which we collectively refer to as our debt documents, contain a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and may limit how we conduct our business, execute our strategy, compete effectively, or take advantage of new business opportunities, including restrictions on our ability to:
• incur additional indebtedness, guarantee indebtedness, and incur liens
• perform certain intercompany activities
• grant liens on assets
• pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase or redeem capital stock
• prepay, redeem, or repurchase subordinated debt
• issue certain preferred stock or similar redeemable equity securities
• make loans and investments
• sell assets
• enter into transactions with affiliates
• alter the businesses we conduct
• enter into agreements restricting our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends
• consolidate, merge, or sell all or substantially all of our assets
A default under any of our debt documents could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our failure to make scheduled payments on our debt or our breach of the covenants or restrictions under any of our debt documents could result in an event of default under the applicable indebtedness. Such a default could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition, including the following, among others:
• Our lenders could declare all outstanding principal and interest to be due and payable, and we and our subsidiaries may not have sufficient assets to repay that indebtedness.
• Our secured lenders could foreclose against the assets securing their borrowings.
• Our lenders under our revolving credit facility could terminate all commitments to extend further credit under that facility.
• We could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.
Our material indebtedness and interest expense could adversely affect our financial condition.
As of June 30, 2025, our total debt was $1,604.5 million. Our level of debt could have important consequences, including the following, among others:
• making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt
• limiting our ability to obtain additional financing to fund future working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, or other general corporate requirements
• requiring a substantial portion of our cash flows to be dedicated to debt service payments instead of other purposes, thereby reducing the amount of cash flows available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes
• increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions
• exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates as some of our borrowings, including borrowings under our credit facility, are at variable rates of interest
• placing us at a disadvantage compared to other, less leveraged competitors
• increasing our cost of borrowing
Subject to the limits contained in our debt documents, we may be able to incur substantial additional debt from time to time, and if we do so, the risks related to our level of debt could intensify.
If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we could face substantial liquidity problems and could be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures or to dispose of material assets or operations, seek additional debt or equity capital, or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. Refinancing our debt may be particularly challenging in a high interest rate environment. We may not be able to effect any such alternative measures, if necessary, on commercially reasonable terms or at all, and if we cannot make scheduled payments on our debt, we will be in default.
Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.
Borrowings under our credit facility are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk, and any interest rate swaps we enter into in order to reduce interest rate volatility may not fully mitigate our interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness will increase even if the amount borrowed remains the same, and our net income and cash flows, including cash available for servicing our
indebtedness, will correspondingly decrease. As of June 30, 2025, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in rates, inclusive of our outstanding interest rate swaps, would result in an increase of interest expense of approximately $8.3 million over the next 12 months, not including any yield from our cash and marketable securities.
Challenges by various tax authorities to our international structure could, if successful, increase our effective tax rate and adversely affect our earnings.
We are an Irish public limited company that operates through various subsidiaries in a number of countries throughout the world. Consequently, we are subject to tax laws, treaties and regulations in the countries in which we operate, and these laws and treaties are subject to interpretation. From time to time, we are subject to tax audits, and the tax authorities in these countries could claim that a greater portion of the income of the Cimpress plc group should be subject to income or other tax in their respective jurisdictions, which could result in an increase to our effective tax rate and adversely affect our results of operations.
Changes in tax laws, regulations and treaties have affected, and may in the future affect, our effective tax rate and our results of operations.
Changes in tax laws, treaties or regulations, or their interpretation, of any country in which we operate have had in the past, and may have in the future, a materially adverse impact on us, including increasing our tax burden, increasing costs of our tax compliance, or otherwise adversely affecting our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. There are currently multiple initiatives for comprehensive tax reform underway in key jurisdictions where we have operations, and we cannot predict whether any other specific legislation will be enacted or the terms of any such legislation. Furthermore, with the change in the U.S. presidential administration and composition of the U.S. Congress, the administration have made, and may in the future make changes to U.S. tax law, regulations, treaties and policies. Although we cannot predict the impact, if any, of these changes to our business, they could adversely affect our business. In addition, the application of sales, value added, or other consumption taxes to e-commerce businesses, such as Cimpress, is a complex and evolving issue. When and if a government entity claims that we should have been collecting such taxes on the sale of our products in a jurisdiction where we have not been doing so, we have incurred, and may in the future incur, substantial tax liabilities for past sales.
Our intercompany arrangements may be challenged, which could result in higher taxes or penalties and an adverse effect on our earnings.
We operate pursuant to written transfer pricing agreements among Cimpress plc and its subsidiaries, which establish transfer prices for various services performed by our subsidiaries for other Cimpress group companies. If two or more affiliated companies are located in different countries, the tax laws or regulations of each country generally will require that transfer prices be consistent with those between unrelated companies dealing at arm's length. Our transfer pricing arrangements are not binding on applicable tax authorities. If tax authorities in any country were successful in challenging our transfer prices as not reflecting arm's length transactions, they could require us to adjust our transfer prices and thereby reallocate our income to reflect these revised transfer prices. A reallocation of taxable income from a lower tax jurisdiction to a higher tax jurisdiction would result in a higher tax liability to us. In addition, if the country from which the income is reallocated does not agree with the reallocation, both countries could tax the same income, resulting in double taxation.
The ownership of our ordinary shares is highly concentrated, which could cause or exacerbate volatility in our share price.
Approximately 70% of our ordinary shares are held by our top 10 shareholders, and we may repurchase shares in the future (subject to the restrictions in our debt documents), which could further increase the concentration of our share ownership. Because of this reduced liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our shareholders could disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously if a large number of our ordinary shares were sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a company with greater trading liquidity that could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price.
Because of our corporate structure, our shareholders may find it difficult to enforce claims based on United States federal or state laws, including securities liabilities, against us or our management team.
We are incorporated under the laws of Ireland. There can be no assurance that the courts of Ireland would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or our directors or officers based on the civil liabilities provisions of the U.S. federal or state securities laws or that the courts of Ireland would hear actions against us or those persons based on those laws. There is currently no treaty between the U.S. and Ireland providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, and Irish common law rules govern the process by which a U.S. judgment will be enforced in Ireland. Therefore, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by any U.S. federal or state court based on civil liability, whether or not based solely on U.S. federal or state securities laws, would not automatically or necessarily be enforceable in Ireland.
In addition, because most of our assets are located outside of the United States and some of our directors and management reside outside of the United States, it could be difficult for investors to place a lien on our assets or those of our directors and officers in connection with a claim of liability under U.S. laws. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to enforce U.S. court judgments or rights predicated upon U.S. laws against us or our management team outside of the United States.
We may be treated as a passive foreign investment company for United States tax purposes, which may subject United States shareholders to adverse tax consequences.
If our passive income, or our assets that produce passive income, exceed levels provided by law for any taxable year, we may be characterized as a passive foreign investment company, or a PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes. If we are treated as a PFIC, U.S. holders of our ordinary shares would be subject to a disadvantageous United States federal income tax regime with respect to the distributions they receive and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their ordinary shares.
We believe that we were not a PFIC for the tax year ended June 30, 2025 and we expect that we will not become a PFIC in the foreseeable future. However, whether we are treated as a PFIC depends on questions of fact as to our assets and revenues that can only be determined at the end of each tax year. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a PFIC in future years.
If a United States shareholder owns 10% or more of our ordinary shares, it may be subject to increased United States taxation under the controlled foreign corporation rules. Additionally, this may negatively impact the demand for our ordinary shares.
If a United States shareholder owns 10% or more of our ordinary shares, it may be subject to increased United States federal income taxation (and possibly state income taxation) under United States federal income taxation rules relating to certain non-U.S. corporations that are considered a controlled foreign corporation, or "CFC." In general, if a U.S. person owns (or is deemed to own) at least 10% of the voting power or value of a non-U.S. corporation, or "10% U.S. Shareholder," and if such non-U.S. corporation is a CFC, then such 10% U.S. Shareholder who owns (or is deemed to own) shares in the CFC on the last day of the CFC's taxable year must include in its gross income for United States federal income tax (and possibly state income tax) purposes its pro rata share of the CFC's Subpart F income, even if the Subpart F income is not distributed. Subpart F income consists of, among other things, certain types of dividends, interest, rents, royalties, gains, and certain types of income from services, and personal property sales. In addition, a 10% U.S. Shareholder's pro rata share of other income of a CFC, even if not distributed, might also need to be included in a 10% U.S. Shareholder’s gross income for United States federal income tax (and possibly state income tax) purposes under the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income, or "GILTI," provisions of the U.S. tax law. In general, a non-U.S. corporation is considered a CFC if one or more 10% U.S. Shareholders together own more than 50% of the voting power or value of the corporation on any day during the taxable year of the corporation.
The rules for determining ownership for purposes of determining 10% U.S. Shareholder and CFC status are complicated, depend on the particular facts relating to each investor, and are not necessarily the same as the rules for determining beneficial ownership for SEC reporting purposes. For taxable years in which we are a CFC, each of our 10% U.S. Shareholders will be required to include in its gross income for United States federal income tax (and possibly state income tax) purposes its pro rata share of our Subpart F income, even if the Subpart F income is not
distributed by us, and might also be required to include its pro rata share of other income of ours, even if not distributed by us, under the GILTI provisions of the U.S. tax law. We currently do not believe we are a CFC. However, whether we are treated as a CFC can be affected by, among other things, facts as to our share ownership that may change. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a CFC in future years.
The risk of being subject to increased taxation as a CFC may deter our current shareholders from acquiring additional ordinary shares or new shareholders from establishing a position in our ordinary shares. Either of these scenarios could impact the demand for, and value of, our ordinary shares.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements contained in this Report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including but not limited to our statements about the anticipated growth and development of our businesses and financial results, the impact of interest rate and currency fluctuations, the impact of U.S. tariffs (including potential changes in related trade policies and potential mitigation actions and related estimates, cost impacts, pricing changes and changes in customer demand), sources of liquidity to fund future operations, future payment terms with suppliers, the timing of adoption of certain accounting standards, legal proceedings, our ability to prevail in our appeal of an adverse land duty tax assessment, indefinitely reinvested earnings, unrecognized tax benefits, our effective tax rate, and sufficiency of our tax reserves. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “may,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” "assume," “designed,” “potential,” "possible," “continue,” “target,” “seek,” "likely," "will" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included in this Report are based on information available to us up to, and including the date of this document, and we disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including but not limited to flaws in the assumptions and judgments upon which our forecasts and estimates are based; the development, severity, and duration of supply chain constraints and fluctuating inflation; our inability to make investments in our business and allocate our capital as planned or the failure of those investments and allocations to achieve the results we expect; costs and disruptions caused by acquisitions and minority investments; the failure of businesses we acquire or invest in to perform as expected; loss of key personnel or our inability to recruit talented personnel; our failure to develop and deploy our mass customization platform or the failure of the mass customization platform to drive the performance, efficiencies and competitive advantage we expect; unanticipated changes in our markets, customers, or businesses; disruptions caused by geopolitical events or political instability and war in Ukraine, Israel, the Middle East or elsewhere; changes in governmental policies, laws and regulations, or in the enforcement or interpretation of governmental policies, laws and regulations, that affect our businesses, including related to import tariffs; our failure to manage the growth and complexity of our business; our failure to maintain compliance with the covenants in our debt documents or to pay our debts when due; competitive pressures; general economic conditions; and other factors described in Item 1A (Risk Factors) of this Report and the documents that we periodically file with the SEC. The Business section of this Report also contains estimates and other statistical data from research we conducted in August 2022 with a third-party research firm, and this data involves a number of assumptions and limitations and contains projections and estimates of the sizes of the opportunities of our markets that are subject to a high degree of uncertainty and should not be given undue weight.
Executive Overview
Cimpress is a strategically focused collection of businesses that specialize in print mass customization, through which we deliver large volumes of individually small-sized customized orders of printed materials and promotional products. Our products and services include a broad range of marketing materials, business cards, signage, promotional products, logo apparel, packaging, books and magazines, wall decor, photo merchandise, invitations and announcements, design and digital marketing services, and other categories. Mass customization is a core element of the business model of each Cimpress business and is a competitive strategy which seeks to produce goods and services to meet individual customer needs with near mass production efficiency.
As of June 30, 2025, we have numerous operating segments under our management reporting structure that are reported in the following five reportable segments: Vista, PrintBrothers, The Print Group, National Pen, and All Other Businesses. Refer to Note 14 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information relating to our reportable segments and our segment financial measures.
U.S. Tariffs
The U.S. tariff environment remains fluid. Cimpress businesses operate in the U.S., and we have fulfillment operations for U.S. customers in multiple locations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Cimpress has multiple exemptions and exclusions that currently shield us from paying tariffs on many of the products we fulfill for U.S. customers in Canada and Mexico. The primary impact of tariffs on Cimpress continues to be for promotional products that we source from China. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, we implemented price increases to mostly offset the combination of tariffs and the loss of the de minimis tariff exemption on Chinese-sourced goods. In our Vista business, we believe we were able to offset the new tariffs through pricing changes. In our National Pen business, we were able to largely offset the tariffs, but did experience net costs. In total we incurred approximately
$3 million in tariff-related costs, net of pricing increases, during the fourth quarter primarily during the period of the highest Chinese tariffs.
We continue to work to mitigate the impact of tariffs on Cimpress and our U.S. customers. We are monitoring the status of reciprocal tariffs from other countries, and we will remain nimble in our sourcing and pricing responses. The de minimis exemption for shipments of under $800 per day to individual U.S. customers is expected to end on August 29, 2025 under a recently signed Executive Order, however, most of the computed value of the products we produce in Canada and Mexico for U.S. customers remains covered by exemptions due to their compliance with the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) carve out for informational materials. Furthermore, we continue to believe that our scale-based advantages and the assets of our manufacturing, supply chain and procurement, and flexible technology infrastructure have become even clearer through this turbulence. We remain confident that we can manage this effectively, even as facts and circumstances continue to change.
Financial Summary
The primary financial metric by which we set quarterly and annual budgets both for individual businesses and Cimpress wide is our adjusted free cash flow before net cash interest payments; however, in evaluating the financial condition and operating performance of our business, management considers a number of metrics including revenue growth, constant-currency revenue growth, organic constant-currency revenue growth (which excludes the impact of acquisitions/divestitures), operating income, net income (loss), adjusted EBITDA, cash flow from operations, and adjusted free cash flow. Reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures are included within the "Consolidated Results of Operations" and "Additional Non-GAAP Financial Measures" sections of Management's Discussion and Analysis. A summary of these key financial metrics for the year ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the year ended June 30, 2024 follows:
Fiscal Year 2025
• Revenue increased by 3% to $3,403.1 million.
• Organic constant-currency revenue growth (a non-GAAP financial measure) was 3%.
• Operating income decreased by $21.1 million to $226.3 million.
• Net income decreased by $165.0 million to $12.9 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) decreased by $35.5 million to $433.2 million.
• Diluted net income per share attributable to Cimpress plc decreased by $5.85 to $0.58.
• Cash provided by operating activities decreased by $52.7 million to $298.1 million.
• Adjusted free cash flow (a non-GAAP financial measure) decreased by $113.0 million to $148.0 million.
For the year ended June 30, 2025, the increase in reported consolidated revenue was primarily driven by external revenue growth in our Vista and PrintBrothers reportable segments. Revenue growth was led by strong revenue performance in Vista product categories like PPAG, signage, and packaging and labels, as well as continued order volume growth in our PrintBrothers reportable segment. Consolidated revenue growth was dampened by lower revenue for certain products in the U.S., mainly from weaker demand for business cards in our Vista business and home decor products in our BuildASign business, as well as lower revenue in the direct mail channel of our National Pen business particularly in North America and decreased direct sales in our traditional product portfolio in Europe within The Print Group reportable segment.
The decrease to operating income of $21.1 million during the year ended June 30, 2025 was driven by the non-recurrence of approximately $12 million of items that benefited the prior year, as well as approximately $5 million of discrete items that negatively impacted the current year, which included an Australian land duty tax in the second quarter of the current fiscal year that we are appealing related to our 2019 redomiciliation to Ireland, as well as a combined increase in impairment and restructuring charges of $9.3 million and startup costs of $3.8 million for a new U.S. manufacturing facility that started production in March 2025. Additionally, as previously described, the increased cost of tariffs in the U.S., net of price increases, had a negative $3 million impact during the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year. Operating income was also also impacted by lower gross margins due to the product mix shift described above, as well as higher operating expenses. These items were offset in part by
$12.4 million of lower amortization of acquired intangible assets due to the runoff of fully amortized assets across several of our previously acquired businesses and reduced share-based compensation expense of $6.7 million.
For the year ended June 30, 2025, net income decreased by $165.0 million to $12.9 million due to the operating income decline described above. In addition, we recognized $133.5 million of higher income tax expense ($84.1 million of expense in the current year versus $49.4 million of benefit in the prior year) due primarily to a change of estimate to increase our valuation allowance in Switzerland. We also recognized higher unrealized hedging losses, as compared to the prior year.
Adjusted EBITDA decreased during the year ended June 30, 2025, for similar reasons described above, as operating expenses more than offset the growth in gross profit. Gross profit growth in our fastest growing product categories continues to be offset in part by the decline in certain higher margin product categories that has weighed on gross margins as compared to the prior year.
During the year ended June 30, 2025 , cash from operations decreased $52.7 million year over year, primarily driven by the lower net income as described above, as well as unfavorable changes in net working capital year over year of $33.1 million partially offset by lower cash taxes .
Adjusted free cash flow decreased by $113.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2025, due to the operating cash flow decrease described above, as well as a $34.1 million increase in capitalized expenditures, primarily due to planned investments in new production equipment and facility expansion. Proceeds from the sale of assets decreased by $20.5 million, driven by the prior-year sale of our previously owned customer service facility located in Jamaica and manufacturing facility in Japan.
Refer to the "Additional Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of Management's Discussion and Analysis for the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures.
Consolidated Results of Operations
Consolidated Revenue
Our businesses generate revenue primarily from the sale and shipment of customized products. We also generate revenue, to a much lesser extent (and primarily in our Vista business), from digital services, graphic design services, website design and hosting, and social media marketing services, as well as a small percentage of revenue from order referral fees and other third-party offerings. For additional discussion relating to segment revenue results, refer to the "Reportable Segment Results" section included below.
Total revenue and revenue growth by reportable segment for the years ended June 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023 are shown in the following tables. The revenue by reportable segment includes inter-segment transactions, which is when one Cimpress business chooses to buy from or sell to another Cimpress business that is part of a different reportable segment. These transactions are then eliminated in the inter-segment elimination line in the table below.
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Currency
Impact:
Constant-
Currency
Impact of Acquisitions/Divestitures:
Constant- Currency Revenue Growth
Change
(Favorable)/Unfavorable
Revenue Growth (2)
(Favorable)/Unfavorable
Excluding Acquisitions/Divestitures (3)
Vista
PrintBrothers
The Print Group
National Pen
All Other Businesses
Inter-segment eliminations
Total revenue
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Currency
Impact:
Constant-
Currency
Impact of Acquisitions/Divestitures:
Constant- Currency Revenue Growth
Change
(Favorable)/Unfavorable
Revenue Growth (2)
(Favorable)/Unfavorable
Excluding Acquisitions/Divestitures (3)
Vista
PrintBrothers
The Print Group
National Pen
All Other Businesses
Inter-segment eliminations
Total revenue
(1) The prior period segment results have been adjusted to ensure comparability with the new methodology used for inter-segment transactions. Refer to Note 14 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
(2) Constant-currency revenue growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, represents the change in total revenue between current and prior-year periods at constant-currency exchange rates by translating all non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue generated in the current period using the prior year period’s average exchange rate for each currency to the U.S. dollar. Our reportable segments-related growth is inclusive of inter-segment revenues, which are eliminated in our consolidated results.
(3) Constant-currency revenue growth excluding acquisitions/divestitures, a non-GAAP financial measure, excludes revenue results for businesses in the period in which there is no comparable year-over-year revenue. Our reportable segments-related growth is inclusive of inter-segment revenues, which are eliminated in our consolidated results.
We have provided these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe they provide meaningful information regarding our results on a consistent and comparable basis for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, to evaluate our operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered supplemental to, and not a substitute for, our reported financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP.
For the year ended June 30, 2025, the reported revenue growth of $111.2 million was primarily driven by revenue growth in our Vista and PrintBrothers reportable segments and $4.6 million of positive effects from currency exchange rate fluctuations as compared to the prior year. Excluding the effect of changes in currency exchange rates and inter-segment revenue, the largest increase in revenue was from our Vista business with $81.5 million of incremental revenue for the year ended June 30, 2025. Vista revenue was higher year over year across all major markets, with the most significant growth in the PPAG and signage product categories. Our PrintBrothers reportable segment also contributed $24.2 million of increased revenue for the year ended June 30, 2025, excluding the effect of changes in currency exchange rates and inter-segment revenue, primarily driven by continued order volume and customer growth, partially offset by customers purchasing lower quantities in certain product categories.
For additional discussion relating to segment revenue results which includes inter-segment revenue, refer to the "Reportable Segment Results" section included below.
Consolidated Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue includes materials used by our businesses to manufacture their products, payroll and related expenses for production and design services personnel, depreciation of assets used in the production process and in support of digital marketing service offerings, shipping, handling and processing costs, third-party production and design costs, costs of free products, and other related costs of products our businesses sell.
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Cost of revenue
% of revenue
For the year ended June 30, 2025, cost of revenue increased by $90.6 million year over year, driven by increases in third-party fulfillment costs of $33.1 million, due in in part to product mix shifts toward faster-growing product categories that leverage our third-party fulfillment network. In addition, variable-based manufacturing and shipping costs increased by $27.2 million and $15.1 million, respectively, primarily driven by volume-related increases. In the aggregate, our variable cost of goods sold increased by approximately 100 basis points, as a percentage of revenue, due to the previously mentioned product mix shift to product categories that generally have higher gross profit per order but lower gross margins than many of our legacy products including business cards.
Other discrete items that contributed to the increase in cost of revenue were the recognition of a $2.6 million impairment charge in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 for our planned sale of a facility by our National Pen business, as well as increased fixed startup costs that were recognized as part of a new U.S. manufacturing facility that resulted in cost of revenue of $1.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2025. The cost increase was also impacted by the nonrecurrence of a favorable tax ruling of $3.0 million that benefited the prior year. Currency exchange fluctuations had a positive benefit year-over-year of $5.4 million for the year ended June 30, 2025.
Consolidated Operating Expenses
The following table summarizes our comparative operating expenses for the following periods:
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Technology and development expense
% of revenue
Marketing and selling expense
% of revenue
General and administrative expense
% of revenue
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
% of revenue
Restructuring expense (1)
% of revenue
Impairment of goodwill (2)
% of revenue
(1) Refer to Note 17 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details relating to restructuring expense.
(2) During fiscal year 2023, we recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $5.6 million related to one of our small businesses that is part of our All Other Businesses reportable segment. Refer to Note 7 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Technology and development expense
Technology and development expense consists primarily of payroll and related expenses for employees engaged in software and manufacturing engineering, information technology operations, and content development, as well as amortization of capitalized software and website development costs, including hosting of our websites, asset depreciation, patent amortization, and other technology infrastructure-related costs. Depreciation expense for information technology equipment that directly supports the delivery of our digital marketing services products is included in cost of revenue.
Technology and development expense increased by $12.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2025, as compared to the prior year, driven by $5.9 million of higher cash compensation costs that were impacted in part by our annual merit cycle. In addition, third-party technology costs increased by $4.4 million driven partly by our businesses' further adoption of certain products offered through our mass customization platform, as well as increased business volumes, which has collectively increased consumption of those services. Amortization of capitalized software also increased $2.8 million as compared to the prior year, due to an increase in the capitalized asset base driven by continued investment in technology capabilities across many of our businesses. These items were offset in part by $1.4 million of lower share-based compensation costs, due to lower attainment of the performance conditions in our 2025 PSU grants.
Marketing and selling expense
Marketing and selling expense consists primarily of advertising and promotional costs; payroll and related expenses for our employees engaged in marketing, sales, customer support, and public relations activities; direct-mail advertising costs; and third-party payment processing fees. Our Vista, National Pen, and BuildASign businesses have higher marketing and selling costs as a percentage of revenue as compared to our PrintBrothers and The Print Group businesses due to differences in the customers that they serve.
For the year ended June 30, 2025, marketing and selling expenses increased by $24.1 million, partly due to higher cash compensation costs of $18.3 million, driven by our annual merit cycle, as well as hiring in our Vista business. In addition, advertising spend increased by $9.8 million, as compared to the prior year, largely driven by volume-driven increases to advertising spend, as well as targeted advertising investments. Additionally, for the current year, advertising was higher due to the higher cost of performance advertising in the U.S. market during the second quarter of the current fiscal year. These were offset in part by $2.7 million of lower share-based compensation costs, due to lower attainment of the performance conditions in our 2025 PSU grants.
General and administrative expense
General and administrative expense consists primarily of transaction costs, including third-party professional fees, insurance, and payroll and related expenses of employees involved in executive management, finance, legal, strategy, human resources, and procurement.
General and administrative expenses increased by $12.8 million during the year ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the prior year, driven by $5.8 million of higher long-term incentive cash compensation, due to prior-year reductions in estimated payouts for certain businesses, as well as higher cash compensation costs that were impacted by our annual merit cycle, and a $2.9 million charge recognized in the second quarter of the current fiscal year for a land duty tax in Australia related to our 2019 redomiciliation to Ireland that we are appealing. These increases were offset in part by $2.9 million of lower share-based compensation costs, due to lower attainment of the performance conditions in our 2025 PSU grants.
Other Consolidated Results
Other (expense) income, net
Other (expense) income, net generally consists of gains and losses from currency exchange rate fluctuations on transactions or balances denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of our subsidiaries, as well as the realized and unrealized gains and losses on some of our derivative instruments. In evaluating our currency hedging programs and ability to qualify for hedge accounting in light of our legal entity cash flows, we considered the benefits of hedge accounting relative to the additional economic cost of trade execution and administrative burden. Based on this analysis, we execute certain currency derivative contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting.
The following table summarizes the components of other (expense) income, net:
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
(Losses) gains on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
Currency-related gains (losses), net
Other gains (losses)
Total other (expense) income, net
The changes in other (expense) income, net was primarily due to the currency exchange rate volatility impacting our derivatives that are not designated as hedging instruments, of which our Euro and British Pound contracts are the most significant exposures that we economically hedge. We expect volatility to continue in future periods, as we do not apply hedge accounting for most of our derivative currency contracts.
We experience currency-related net gains and losses due to currency exchange rate volatility on our non-functional currency intercompany relationships, which we may alter from time to time.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net primarily consists of interest on outstanding debt balances, amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discounts, interest related to finance lease obligations, accretion adjustments related to our mandatorily redeemable noncontrolling interests, and realized gains (losses) on effective interest rate swap contracts and certain cross-currency swap contracts.
Interest expense, net decreased $4.6 million during the year ended June 30, 2025, primarily due to a year-over-year decrease to our weighted average interest rate (net of interest rate swaps) on our senior secured Term Loan B arising in part from our repricing actions in May 2024 and December 2024 that reduced the credit spread on our outstanding debt.
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt
During the year ended June 30, 2025, we recognized $0.5 million of losses on the extinguishment of debt primarily due to the net write-off of unamortized debt discount and financing fees associated with the refinancing of our Term Loan B. Refer to Note 9 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Income tax expense
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Income tax expense (benefit)
Effective tax rate
Income tax expense for the year ended June 30, 2025 increased versus the prior year primarily due to a change in estimate of our Swiss valuation allowance. During the fourth quarter of 2025 we recognized tax expense of $26.8 million to adjust the partial valuation allowance in Switzerland to reflect the current estimated usage of these tax assets. We considered all available evidence, including the near-term impact of recent product-mix shifts in the Vista segment, the expectation of the timing of future taxable income, and the expiration of the tax assets.
This is compared to a tax benefit of $105.8 million in the year ended June 30, 2024 to partially release the full valuation allowance previously recorded in the period ended December 31, 2022. As some of these tax assets will expire prior to when they can be used, a partial valuation allowance remained against those expected to expire unused. The prior year release was based on cumulative income in Switzerland, current period and forecasted profits resulting in the ability to utilize some of these tax assets prior to their expiration.
We believe that our income tax reserves are adequately maintained by taking into consideration both the technical merits of our tax return positions and ongoing developments in our income tax audits. However, the final determination of our tax return positions, if audited, is uncertain, and therefore there is a possibility that final resolution of these matters could have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows. Refer to Note 12 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Reportable Segment Results
Our segment financial performance is measured based on segment EBITDA, which is defined as operating income plus depreciation and amortization; plus proceeds from insurance not already included in operating income; plus share-based compensation expense related to investment consideration; plus earn-out related charges; plus certain impairments and other adjustments; plus restructuring related charges; less gain or loss on the purchase or sale of subsidiaries as well as the disposal of assets. The effects of currency exchange rate fluctuations impact segment EBITDA and we do not allocate to segment EBITDA any gains or losses that are realized by our currency hedging program.
For purposes of measuring and reporting our segment financial performance, we implemented changes to the methodology used for inter-segment transactions during the first quarter of fiscal 2025. These transactions are when one Cimpress business chooses to buy from or sell to another Cimpress business. We have recast the prior periods presented for segment revenue and segment EBITDA to ensure comparability with the current fiscal year. These changes in methodology have no impact on our consolidated financial results. Refer to Note 14 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Vista
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Reported Revenue
Segment EBITDA
% of revenue
(1) The prior year segment results have been adjusted to ensure comparability with the new methodology used for inter-segment transactions. Refer to Note 14 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Segment Revenue
Vista's reported revenue and constant-currency revenue growth for the year ended June 30, 2025 was 5%. Revenue growth for the year ended June 30, 2025 was stronger for product categories like promotional products, apparel, signage and packaging and labels. In addition, revenue growth was stronger in Europe. Revenue growth was dampened by a decline in the business cards and stationery product category in the U.S., influenced by the negative impact from algorithm changes in the organic search channel that we've continued to optimize against.
Segment Profitability
For the year ended June 30, 2025, segment EBITDA decreased by $0.4 million, primarily due to modest gross profit growth that was more than offset by the combination of higher advertising spend of $7.1 million that was driven by increases in performance marketing spend in the U.S. market, as well as higher operating expenses as compared to the prior year. Vista's gross profit growth was dampened by the decline in business cards and stationery revenue described above, since this category has a higher variable gross margin than Vista's faster-growing product categories. Currency exchange fluctuations had a positive year-over-year impact of $3.8 million for the year ended June 30, 2025.
PrintBrothers
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Reported Revenue
Segment EBITDA
% of revenue
(1) The prior year segment results have been adjusted to ensure comparability with the new methodology used for inter-segment transactions. Refer to Note 14 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Segment Revenue
PrintBrothers' reported revenue growth for the year ended June 30, 2025 was positively affected by currency of 1%, resulting in organic constant currency revenue growth of 4%. Organic constant-currency revenue growth was driven primarily by order volume growth. Increased volumes from new customer growth was partially offset by decreased order sizes in categories such as flyers, brochures and magazines that was influenced by macroeconomic softness in the German market and the nonrecurrence of election-related demand during the prior year.
Segment Profitability
PrintBrothers' segment EBITDA for the year ended June 30, 2025 decreased $8.2 million, partially due to an increase in advertising spend of $6.7 million, driven by one of the segment's businesses testing into new digital marketing channels, as well as the non-recurrence of discrete items that benefited the prior year by $2.0 million, as well as higher operating expenses. These items were offset in part by gross profit growth that was driven by the revenue growth described above, as well as positive year-over-year impacts from currency exchange fluctuations of $1.1 million for the year ended June 30, 2025.
The Print Group
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Reported Revenue
Segment EBITDA
% of revenue
(1) The prior year segment results have been adjusted to ensure comparability with the new methodology used for inter-segment transactions. Refer to Note 14 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Segment Revenue
The Print Group's reported revenue growth was positively affected by currency exchange rate fluctuations of 1%, resulting in constant-currency revenue growth for the year ended June 30, 2025 of 6%, and was driven by increased fulfillment for other Cimpress businesses. This growth was partially offset by lower overall order values and decreased direct sales of traditional portfolio products.
Segment Profitability
The Print Group's segment EBITDA increased $4.6 million during the year ended June 30, 2025 as compared to the prior year largely driven by revenue growth from cross-Cimpress fulfillment as described above and gross margin expansion due to reductions in key input costs such as raw materials. The gross profit growth for the year ended June 30, 2025 was partially offset by $3.8 million of startup costs related to Pixartprinting's new U.S. facility. Currency exchange fluctuations had a positive year-over-year impact of $1.0 million for the year ended June 30, 2025.
National Pen
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Reported Revenue
Segment EBITDA
% of revenue
(1) The prior year segment results have been adjusted to ensure comparability with the new methodology used for inter-segment transactions. Refer to Note 14 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Segment Revenue
For the year ended June 30, 2025, National Pen's revenue growth was positively impacted 1% by currency exchange rate fluctuations, resulting in constant-currency revenue growth of 4% as compared to the prior year. National Pen revenue growth was driven by growth in e-commerce and cross-Cimpress fulfillment for other Cimpress businesses. These growing channels were offset by revenue declines in mail order where National Pen continued to optimize for efficiency of direct mail advertising.
Segment Profitability
National Pen's segment EBITDA increased $1.7 million for the year ended June 30, 2025 driven by the revenue growth described above, and $3.2 million of lower advertising spend intended to drive efficiency across channels. Currency exchange fluctuations had a positive year-over-year impact of $1.3 million for the year ended June 30, 2025.
All Other Businesses
This segment includes BuildASign and Printi, a smaller business that is an online printing leader in Brazil.
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Reported Revenue
Segment EBITDA
% of revenue
(1) The prior year segment results have been adjusted to ensure comparability with the new methodology used for inter-segment transactions. Refer to Note 14 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Segment Revenue
All Other Businesses' revenue growth was negatively impacted 1% by currency exchange rate fluctuations, resulting in constant-currency revenue growth of 8% during the year ended June 30, 2025. BuildASign, the largest business in this segment, delivered strong growth from fulfillment for other Cimpress businesses, which was partially offset by lower revenue for canvas print products. Our smaller Printi business delivered constant-currency revenue growth versus the prior year.
Segment Profitability
For the year ended June 30, 2025, segment EBITDA decreased $0.6 million versus the prior year, largely driven by higher long-term incentive compensation expense of $3.0 million due to a prior-year reversal of expense driven by changes in estimated payouts that did not recur during the current-year period. In addition, gross profits declined year over year during the seasonally significant second quarter for our BuildASign business, driven by lower revenue in canvas print products, as well as gross margin compression driven in part by temporary production inefficiencies related to new capabilities. Currency exchange fluctuations had a positive year-over-year impact of $0.5 million for the year ended June 30, 2025.
Central and Corporate Costs
Central and corporate costs consist primarily of the team of software engineers that is building our mass customization platform; shared service organizations such as global procurement; technology services such as security; administrative costs of our Cimpress India offices where numerous Cimpress businesses have dedicated business-specific team members; and corporate functions including our tax, treasury, internal audit, legal, sustainability, corporate communications, remote-first enablement, consolidated reporting and compliance, investor relations, and the functions of our CEO and CFO. These costs also include certain unallocated share-based compensation costs.
During the year ended June 30, 2025, central and corporate costs increased by $3.0 million as compared to the prior year, due in part to a $2.9 million charge recognized in the second quarter for a land duty tax in Australia related to our 2019 redomiciliation to Ireland that we are appealing. In addition, cash compensation costs in our central functions increased, as a result of both hiring in our central technology organization and our annual merit cycle. We also recognized higher third-party technology costs, as a result of continued adoption and usage of mass customization platform products that are developed by our central technology teams. These increases were partially offset by lower unallocated share-based compensation expense year over year of $9.5 million due to lower attainment associated with performance share units granted during the current fiscal year.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Net cash provided by operating activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash used in financing activities
The cash flows during the year ended June 30, 2025 related primarily to the following items:
Cash inflows:
• Net income of $12.9 million
• Adjustments for non-cash items of $265.6 million primarily related to adjustments for depreciation and amortization of $141.1 million, share-based compensation costs of $58.9 million, deferred taxes of $42.0 million, and unrealized currency-related losses of $12.6 million
• Net working capital inflows of $19.6 million, primarily due to increases in accrued expenses, driven in part by our higher total cost base and the timing of payments
• Proceeds from the settlement of derivatives designated as hedging instruments of $5.4 million
• Proceeds from the maturity of held-to-maturity securities of $4.5 million
• Proceeds from the sale of assets of $3.1 million
• Proceeds from the exercise of options of $1.4 million
Cash outflows:
• Capital expenditures of $89.0 million, of which the majority is related to the purchase of manufacturing and automation equipment for our production facilities
• Purchases of our ordinary shares for $77.8 million
• Internal and external costs of $64.1 million for software and website development that we have capitalized
• Net repayments of debt of $25.0 million, including the impact of the refinancing of our 2026 Notes and amendment to our Senior Secured Credit Facility, as well as financing fees paid. Refer to Note 9 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
• Payment of withholding taxes in connection with share awards of $21.9 million, primarily driven by the vesting of restricted and performance share unit grants
• Payments for finance lease arrangements of $7.8 million
• Purchase of noncontrolling interests of $4.1 million
Additional Liquidity and Capital Resources Information. At June 30, 2025, we had $234.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and $1,604.5 million of debt, excluding debt issuance costs and debt premiums and discounts. During the year ended June 30, 2025, we financed our operations and strategic investments through internally generated cash flows from operations and cash on hand. We expect to finance our future operations through our cash, operating cash flow, and borrowings under our debt arrangements.
We have historically used excess cash and cash equivalents for organic investments, share repurchases, acquisitions and equity investments, and debt reduction. During the year ended June 30, 2025, we purchased and
retired 1,193,355 of our ordinary shares for $77.8 million. We evaluate share repurchases, as any other use of capital, relative to our view of the impact on our intrinsic value per share compared against other opportunities.
Supply Chain Financing Program. As part of our ongoing efforts to manage our liquidity, we work with our suppliers to optimize our terms and conditions, which includes the extension of payment terms. We facilitate a voluntary supply chain finance program through a financial intermediary to allow our suppliers to receive funds earlier than our contractual payment date. We do not believe there is a substantial risk that our payment terms will be shortened in the near future. Refer to Note 16 of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Indefinitely Reinvested Earnings. As of June 30, 2025, a portion of our cash and cash equivalents were held by our subsidiaries, and undistributed earnings of our subsidiaries that are considered to be indefinitely reinvested were $93.8 million. We do not intend to repatriate these funds as the cash and cash equivalent balances are generally used and available, without legal restrictions, to fund ordinary business operations and investments of the respective subsidiaries. If there is a change in the future, the repatriation of undistributed earnings from certain subsidiaries, in the form of dividends or otherwise, could have tax consequences that could result in material cash outflows.
Contractual Obligations
Contractual obligations at June 30, 2025 are as follows:
In thousands
Payments Due by Period
Total
Less
than 1
year
years
years
More
than 5
years
Operating leases, net of subleases (1)
Purchase commitments
Senior secured credit facility and interest payments (2)
2032 Notes and interest payments
Other debt
Finance leases, net of subleases (1)
Total (3)
(1) Operating and finance lease payments above include only amounts which are fixed under lease agreements. Our leases may also incur variable expenses which are not reflected in the contractual obligations above.
(2) Interest payments are based on the interest rate as of June 30, 2025 and assume all Term SOFR-based revolving loan amounts outstanding will not be paid until maturity but that the term loan amortization payments will be made according to our defined schedule. Senior secured credit facility and interest payments include the effects of interest rate swaps, whether they are expected to be payments or receipts of cash.
(3) We may be required to make cash outlays related to our uncertain tax positions. However, due to the uncertainty of the timing of future cash flows associated with our uncertain tax positions, we are unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of cash settlement, if any, with the respective taxing authorities. Accordingly, uncertain tax positions of $0.4 million as of June 30, 2025 have been excluded from the contractual obligations table above. See Note 12 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information on uncertain tax positions.
Operating Leases . We rent manufacturing facilities and office space under operating leases expiring on various dates through 2037. The terms of certain lease agreements require security deposits in the form of bank guarantees and letters of credit, with $4.6 million in the aggregate outstanding as of June 30, 2025.
Purchase Commitments. At June 30, 2025, we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $391.4 million. Purchase commitments consisted of third-party cloud services of $260.3 million; third-party fulfillment and digital services of $78.9 million; software of $37.4 million; professional and consulting fees of $6.3 million; production and computer equipment purchases of $2.9 million; insurance costs of $1.6 million; and other commitments of $2.8 million.
Senior Secured Credit Facility and Interest Payments. On September 26, 2024, we entered into an amendment to our Restated Credit Agreement to extend the maturity date of our senior secured revolving credit facility to September 26, 2029 and reduced the minimum credit spread on borrowing and the minimum commitment fee on unused balances, depending on our First Lien Leverage Ratio. Our $250.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility has $232.1 million unused as of June 30, 2025. There are no drawn amounts on the Revolving Credit
Facility, but our outstanding letters of credit reduce our unused balance. Our unused balance can be drawn at any time so long as we are in compliance with our debt covenants, and if any loans made under the Revolving Credit Facility are outstanding on the last day of any fiscal quarter, then we are subject to a financial maintenance covenant that the First Lien Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Restated Credit Agreement) calculated as of the last day of such quarter shall not exceed 3.25 to 1.00. Any amounts drawn under the Revolving Credit Facility will be due on September 26, 2029. Interest payable included in the above table is based on the interest rate as of June 30, 2025 and assumes all Term SOFR-based revolving loan amounts outstanding will not be paid until maturity but that the term loan amortization payments will be made according to our defined schedule. As of June 30, 2025, we have borrowings under our Restated Credit Agreement of $1,072.8 million, consisting of the Term Loan B, which amortizes over the loan period, with a final maturity date of May 17, 2028.
2032 Senior Notes and Interest Payments. On September 26, 2024, we completed a private placement of $525.0 million in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2032 (the "2032 Notes"). We used the net proceeds from the 2032 Notes, together with cash on hand, to redeem all of the outstanding 2026 Notes, and pay associated accrued interest and all related financing fees. Our $525.0 million 2032 Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.375% per annum and mature on September 15, 2032. Interest on the 2032 Notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year. Refer to Note 9 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Debt Covenants. The Restated Credit Agreement and the indenture that governs our 2032 Notes contain covenants that restrict or limit certain activities and transactions by Cimpress and our subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2025, we were in compliance with all covenants under our Restated Credit Agreement and the indenture governing our 2032 Notes. Refer to Note 9 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Other Debt. In addition, we have other debt which consists primarily of term loans acquired through our various acquisitions or used to fund certain capital investments. As of June 30, 2025, we had $6.7 million outstanding for those obligations that have repayments due on various dates through September 2028.
Finance Leases. We lease certain facilities, machinery, and plant equipment under finance lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2037. The aggregate carrying value of the leased assets under finance leases included in property, plant and equipment, net in our consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2025 is $30.3 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $35.7 million. The present value of lease installments not yet due included in other current liabilities and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2025 amounts to $33.6 million.
Additional Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Constant-currency revenue growth and constant-currency revenue growth excluding acquisitions/divestitures (which we refer to above as organic constant-currency revenue growth), in each case as defined and presented in the consolidated results of operations section above (with reconciliations to GAAP revenue growth), as well as adjusted EBITDA and adjusted free cash flow presented below, are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. We do not, nor do we suggest, that investors should consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net (loss) income plus income tax expense plus (gain) loss on early extinguishment of debt plus interest expense, net plus other expense (income), net plus depreciation and amortization plus share-based compensation expense plus earn-out related charges plus certain impairments plus restructuring related charges less the gain or loss on purchase or sale of subsidiaries as well as the disposal of assets. In addition, adjusted EBITDA includes the impact of certain items that are recognized in other income, net which includes realized gains or losses on currency derivatives that are intended to hedge our adjusted EBITDA exposure to foreign currencies for which we do not apply hedge accounting, as well as proceeds from insurance recoveries.
Adjusted EBITDA is the primary profitability metric by which we measure our consolidated financial performance and is provided to enhance investors' understanding of our current operating results from the underlying and ongoing business for the same reasons it is used by management. For example, for acquisitions, we believe excluding the costs related to the purchase of a business (such as amortization of acquired intangible assets, contingent consideration, or impairment of goodwill) provides further insight into the performance of the
underlying acquired business in addition to that provided by our GAAP net income.
Adjusted free cash flow is the primary financial metric by which we set quarterly and annual budgets both for individual businesses and Cimpress-wide. Adjusted free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less purchases of property, plant and equipment, purchases of intangible assets not related to acquisitions, and capitalization of software and website development costs that are included in net cash used in investing activities, plus the proceeds from sale of assets, payment of contingent consideration in excess of acquisition-date fair value, and gains on proceeds from insurance that are not included in net cash provided by operating activities, if any. We use this cash flow metric because we believe that this methodology can provide useful supplemental information to help investors better understand our ability to generate cash flow after considering certain investments required to maintain or grow our business, as well as eliminate the impact of certain cash flow items presented as operating cash flows that we do not believe reflect the cash flow generated by the underlying business.
Our adjusted free cash flow measure has limitations as it may omit certain components of the overall cash flow statement and does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. For example, adjusted free cash flow does not incorporate our cash payments to reduce the principal portion of our debt or cash payments for business acquisitions. Additionally, the mix of property, plant and equipment purchases that we choose to finance may change over time. We believe it is important to view our adjusted free cash flow measure only as a complement to our entire consolidated statement of cash flows.
The table below sets forth net income (loss) and adjusted EBITDA for the years ended June 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023:
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Net income (loss)
Exclude expense (benefit) impact of:
Income tax expense (benefit)
Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt
Interest expense, net
Other expense (income), net
Depreciation and amortization
Share-based compensation expense
Certain impairments and other adjustments
Restructuring-related charges
Include certain items that are a part of other (expense) income, net:
Realized (losses) gains on currency derivatives (1)
Adjusted EBITDA
(1) These realized gains (losses) include only the impacts of certain currency derivative contracts that are intended to hedge our adjusted EBITDA exposure to foreign currencies for which we do not apply hedge accounting. Refer to Note 4 in our accompanying consolidated financial statements for further information.
The table below sets forth net cash provided by operating activities and adjusted free cash flow for the years ended June 30, 2025, 2024, and 2023:
In thousands
Year Ended June 30,
Net cash provided by operating activities
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
Capitalization of software and website development costs
Proceeds from the sale of assets
Adjusted free cash flow
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). To apply these principles, we must make estimates and judgments that affect our reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. In some instances, we reasonably could have used different accounting estimates and, in other instances, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from our estimates. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable at the time under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We refer to accounting estimates and judgments of this type as critical accounting policies and estimates, which we discuss further below. This section should be read in conjunction with Note 2, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies," of our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.
Revenue Recognition. We generate revenue primarily from the sale and shipment of customized manufactured products. To a much lesser extent (and only in our Vista business) we provide digital services, website design and hosting, and email marketing services, as well as a small percentage from order referral fees and other third-party offerings. Revenues are recognized when control of the promised products or services is transferred to the customer in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those products or services.
Under the terms of most of our arrangements with our customers we provide satisfaction guarantees, which give our customers an option for a refund or reprint over a specified period of time if the customer is not fully satisfied. As such, we record a reserve for estimated sales returns and allowances as a reduction of revenue, based on historical experience or the specific identification of an event necessitating a reserve. Actual sales returns have historically not been significant.
We have elected to recognize shipping and handling activities that occur after transfer of control of the products as fulfillment activities and not as a separate performance obligation. Accordingly, we recognize revenue for our single performance obligation upon the transfer of control of the fulfilled orders, which generally occurs upon delivery to the shipping carrier. If revenue is recognized prior to completion of the shipping and handling activities, we accrue the costs of those activities. We do have some arrangements whereby the transfer of control, and thus revenue recognition, occurs upon delivery to the customer. If multiple products are ordered together, each product is considered a separate performance obligation, and the transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation based on the standalone selling price. Revenue is recognized upon satisfaction of each performance obligation. We generally determine the standalone selling prices based on the prices charged to our customers.
Our products are customized for each individual customer with no alternative use except to be delivered to that specific customer; however, we do not have an enforceable right to payment prior to delivering the items to the customer based on the terms and conditions of our arrangements with customers, and therefore we recognize revenue at a point in time.
We record deferred revenue when cash payments are received in advance of our satisfaction of the related performance obligation. The satisfaction of performance obligations generally occur shortly after cash payment and we expect to recognize the majority of our deferred revenue balance as revenue within three months subsequent to June 30, 2025.
We periodically provide marketing materials and promotional offers to new customers and existing customers that are intended to improve customer retention. These incentive offers are generally available to all customers, and therefore do not represent a performance obligation as customers are not required to enter into a contractual commitment to receive the offer. These discounts are recognized as a reduction to the transaction price when used by the customer. Costs related to free products are included within cost of revenue and sample products are included within marketing and selling expense.
Share-Based Compensation. We measure share-based compensation costs at fair value, and recognize the expense over the period that the recipient is required to provide service in exchange for the award, which generally is the vesting period. We recognize the impact of forfeitures as they occur.
We have issued PSUs that include a performance condition, in which compensation costs are recorded if it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved. The fair value is determined based on the quoted price of our ordinary shares on the date of the grant and our estimated attainment percentage of the related performance condition. Until the performance condition is measured, changes in the estimated attainment percentages may cause expense volatility since a cumulative expense adjustment will be recognized in the period a change occurs.
Income Taxes. As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we calculate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our current tax expense, including assessing the risks associated with tax positions, together with assessing temporary and permanent differences resulting from differing treatment of items for tax and financial reporting purposes. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the temporary differences using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when we expect temporary differences to reverse. We assess the ability to realize our deferred tax assets based upon the weight of available evidence both positive and negative. To the extent we believe that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, we establish a valuation allowance. Our estimates can vary due to the profitability mix of jurisdictions, foreign exchange movements, changes in tax law, regulations or accounting principles, as well as certain discrete items. In the event that actual results differ from our estimates or we adjust our estimates in the future, we may need to increase or decrease income tax expense, which could have a material impact on our financial position and results of operations.
We establish reserves for tax-related uncertainties based on estimates of whether, and the extent to which, additional taxes will be due. These reserves are established when we believe that certain positions might be challenged despite our belief that our tax return positions are in accordance with applicable tax laws. We adjust these reserves in light of changing facts and circumstances, such as the closing of a tax audit, new tax legislation, or the change of an estimate based on new information. To the extent that the final outcome of these matters is different than the amounts recorded, such differences will affect the provision for income taxes in the period in which such determination is made. Interest and, if applicable, penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in the provision for income taxes.
Software and Website Development Costs. We capitalize eligible salaries and payroll-related costs of employees and third-party consultants who devote time to the development of our websites and internal-use computer software. Capitalization begins when the preliminary project stage is complete, management with the relevant authority authorizes and commits to the funding of the software project, and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software, which is three years. Our judgment is required in evaluating whether a project provides new or additional functionality, determining the point at which various projects enter the stages at which costs may be capitalized, assessing the ongoing value and impairment of the capitalized costs, and determining the estimated useful lives over which the costs are amortized. Historically we have not had any significant impairments of our capitalized software and website development costs.
Goodwill, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, and Other Definite Lived Long-Lived Assets. We evaluate goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment annually or more frequently when an event occurs or circumstances change that indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. We have the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. We consider the timing of our most recent fair value assessment and associated headroom, the actual operating results as compared to the cash flow forecasts used in those fair value assessments, the current long-term forecasts for each reporting unit, and the general market and economic environment of each reporting unit. In addition to the specific factors mentioned above, we assess the following individual factors on an ongoing basis such as:
• A significant adverse change in legal factors or the business climate;
• An adverse action or assessment by a regulator;
• Unanticipated competition;
• A loss of key personnel; and
• A more-likely-than-not expectation that a reporting unit or a significant portion of a reporting unit will be sold or otherwise disposed of.
If the results of the qualitative analysis were to indicate that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, the quantitative test is required. Under the quantitative approach, we estimate the fair values of our reporting units using a discounted cash flow methodology and in certain circumstances a market-based approach.
This analysis requires significant judgment and is based on our strategic plans and estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts. Our annual analysis also requires significant judgment including the identification and aggregation of reporting units, as well as the determination of our discount rate and perpetual growth rate assumptions. We are required to compare the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying value and recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit's fair value. For the year ended June 30, 2025, we recognized no impairments.
We are required to evaluate the estimated useful lives and recoverability of definite lived long-lived assets (for example, customer relationships, developed technology, property, and equipment) on an ongoing basis when indicators of impairment are present. For purposes of the recoverability test, long-lived assets are grouped with other assets and liabilities at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. The test for recoverability compares the undiscounted future cash flows of the long-lived asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying values of the long-lived asset group exceed the undiscounted future cash flows, the assets are considered to be potentially impaired. The next step in the impairment measurement process is to determine the fair value of the individual net assets within the long-lived asset group. If the aggregate fair values of the individual net assets of the group are less than the carrying values, an impairment charge is recorded equal to the excess of the aggregate carrying value of the group over the aggregate fair value. The loss is allocated to each long-lived asset within the group based on their relative carrying values, with no asset reduced below its fair value. The identification and evaluation of a potential impairment requires judgment and is subject to change if events or circumstances pertaining to our business change. We evaluated our long-lived assets for impairment during the year ended June 30, 2025, and we recognized no impairments.
Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
See Item 8 of Part II, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies — Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements."
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- Ticker
- CMPR
- CIK
0001262976- Form Type
- 10-K
- Accession Number
0001628280-25-039200- Filed
- Aug 8, 2025
- Period
- Jun 30, 2025 (Q2 25)
- Industry
- Commercial Printing
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