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In 2025, we rolled out Building a Culture of Success: Competencies and Behaviors for Enerpac Employees and Leaders, a very detailed competency model with behavioral guidance that we believe will foster the kind of culture that allows all of our employees to thrive.
Assuming no significant supply chain constraints arise after the date of this report, substantially all of the backlog at August 31, 2025 is expected to be filled within twelve months. 3 While we typically experience a stronger second half to our fiscal year, our consolidated sales are not subject to significant seasonal fluctuations.
Percentages of Sales by Fiscal Quarter* 2025 2024 Quarter 1 (September - November) 24% 24% Quarter 2 (December - February) 24% 23% Quarter 3 (March - May) 26% 26% Quarter 4 (June - August) 27% 27% 100% 100% *Amounts may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Kozik served as Senior Vice President—Global Corporate Finance of ManpowerGroup, a leading global workforce solutions company, after having served as Senior Vice President—North America Finance and Shared Services of ManpowerGroup from August 2018.
Popp served as Regional General Counsel-Americas and Corporate Secretary of JBT Marel Corporation since September 2014, having served over the prior ten years in various in-house legal counsel positions with Kraft Foods Group, Inc., TMK IPSCO, Reyes Holdings L.L.C. and IPSCO Inc.
As of August 31, 2024, ASCEND, a transformation program focused on driving accelerated earnings growth and efficiency across the business with the goal of delivering improved annual operating profit was completed, with total program costs of $75 million.
Kozik started his career at General Electric in 1999 and worked in roles of increasing scope and global responsibility, ending as the Chief Financial Officer of the Global Ultrasound business unit of GE Healthcare in 2016.
Launched in July 2025, all our employees will have completed a comprehensive workshop by end of November 2025 to explain what the model is, how to use it, and how it will be used within the organization.
Increased global cybersecurity threats, computer viruses and more sophisticated and targeted cyber-related attacks pose risks to our systems, networks and operations.
The talent that makes up our workforce (approximate ly 2,100 em ployees as of August 31, 2025) is critical to the success of our company and the ability to deliver shareholder value.
In 2026, we will incorporate these competencies in how we how we reward and recognize performance, how we train and promote, and how we evaluate our performance.
The ASCEND program was completed as of August 31, 2024, with total program costs of $75 million, of which $19 million related to restructuring charges.
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For example, during the year ended August 31, 2022, we recognized a $13.2 million bad debt reserve as a result of the continued payment delinquency of one of our agents.
He joined the Company in 2013 as our Global Litigation Counsel and was promoted to Regional General Counsel for the Americas and APAC in October 2018 and Assistant General Counsel in March 2020.
In addition, changes in laws or regulations, for example, the proposed regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to climate-related disclosures, may significantly increase our costs, adversely affecting our results of operations.
In June 2022, the Company approved a restructuring plan in connection with the initiatives identified as part of the ASCEND transformation program to drive greater efficiency and productivity in global selling, general and administrative resources.
In October 2023, the Company announced that during fiscal 2023, the Company had realized approximately $54 million of annual operating profit from execution of the ASCEND program and would no longer be breaking out the ASCEND benefit from results going into fiscal 2024.
Percentages of Sales by Fiscal Quarter 2024 2023 Quarter 1 (September - November) 24% 23% Quarter 2 (December - February) 23% 24% Quarter 3 (March - May) 26% 26% Quarter 4 (June - August) 27% 27% 100% 100% Human Capital Management The goal of our human capital management strategy and practices is for Enerpac to be considered an employer of choice, and our initiatives and programs are predicated on making this objective a reality.
In March 2022, we announced the launch of ASCEND, a transformation program focused on driving accelerated earnings growth and efficiency across the business with the goal of delivering improved annual operating profit once fully implemented.
Shannon Burns, Interim Principal Financial Officer and Head of Financial Planning, Operations and Decision Support, was appointed as the Company’s Interim Principal Financial Officer by the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2024.
In September 2022, the Company approved an update to the restructuring plan to a range of $10 to $15 million; these costs were still incorporated into the initial investment value, and the range did not change at that time.
In March 2022, the Company announced the start of its ASCEND transformation program (“ASCEND”), initially estimating an incremental $40 to $50 million of annual operating profit once fully implemented.
In March 2023, the Company increased the anticipated investment range to $70 to $75 million, inclusive of the $10 to $15 million of the previously announced restructuring, over the life of the program.
Through fiscal 2024, the Company has invested approximately $75 million as part of the program, consisting of $19 million through restructuring and $56 million in ASCEND transformation program charges.