GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL Co (GIC)

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors.

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of that term in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Additional written or oral forward-looking statements may be made by the Company from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise. Any such statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on management’s estimates, assumptions and projections and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to statements regarding: i) projections or estimates of revenue, income or loss, exit costs, cash flow needs and capital expenditures; ii) fluctuations in general economic conditions, including effects of rising inflation and volatility of inflation metrics; iii) future operations, such as risks regarding strategic business initiatives, plans relating to new distribution facilities, plans for utilizing alternative sources of supply in response to government tariff and trade actions and/or due to supply chain disruptions arising from pandemics, war, geopolitical conflicts and plans for new products or services; iv) plans for acquisition or sale of businesses, including expansion or restructuring plans; v) financing needs, and compliance with financial covenants in loan agreements; vi) assessments of materiality; vii) predictions of future events and the effects of pending and possible litigation; and viii) assumptions relating to the foregoing. In addition, when used in this report, the words “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” and “plans” and variations thereof and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements in this report are based on the Company’s beliefs and expectations as of the date of this report and are subject to risks and uncertainties which may have a significant impact on the Company’s business, operating results or financial condition. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and undue reliance should not be placed on them. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unexpected events.

Other factors that may affect our future results of operations and financial condition include, but are not limited to, unanticipated developments in any one or more of the following areas, as well as other factors which may be detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings:

•general economic conditions, such as customer inventory levels, consumer prices and inflation, interest rates, borrowing ability and economic conditions in the manufacturing and/or distribution industries generally, as well as government spending levels will continue to impact our business;

•global, political, economic and market conditions, including the impact of natural disasters, military actions, wars, international shipping disruptions, cyber-attacks, terrorism and global pandemics or other health crises;

•delays in the timely availability of products from our suppliers has in the past and could in the future delay receipt of needed product, resulting in delayed or lost sales;

•global supply chains and the timely availability of products, particularly products, or product components used in domestic manufacturing, imported from China and other Asian nations as well as from other countries, have been, and in the future could continue to be adversely affected by allocation restrictions of difficult to source products by our vendors;

•we are exposed to market risks from changes in tariff rates and import shipping costs particularly on goods from China and other Asia-based suppliers. These dynamic market conditions may result in fluctuations in our income and cash flows. Recently enacted tariffs on imports and exports with respect to a number of countries in our supply chain and/or customer markets, have increased and may continue to increase our procurement costs, the impact of which will increase pressure on our margins as we sell through lower cost inventory. The imposition of tariffs and other trade barriers, as well as reciprocal trade measures, have caused us to raise the prices on certain of our products and to seek alternate sources of supply. Pricing actions we have taken and may continue to take to mitigate these increased procurement costs could have a material adverse impact on our income, cash flows and overall financial results;

•our use of alternate sources of supply, such as utilizing new vendors in additional countries, entails various risks, such as identifying, vetting and managing new business relationships, reliance on new vendors and maintaining quality control over their products, and protecting our intellectual property rights;

•increases in freight and shipping costs, including fuel costs and other accessorial costs, could affect our margins to the extent the increases cannot be passed along to customers, as has occurred in the past;

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•extreme weather conditions have delayed or disrupted global product supply chains and have affected our ability to timely receive and ship products, which have and could adversely impact sales;

•other critical factors affecting the shipping and distribution of products imported to the United States by us or our domestic vendors, such as a global shortage in availability of shipping containers, shipping port congestion, and pandemic related labor shortages, have in the past and could in the future adversely affect the timely availability of products, resulting in delayed or lost sales, as well as adversely affecting our margins;

•our reliance on common carrier delivery services for shipping merchandise to customers;

•our reliance on drop ship deliveries directly to customers by our product vendors for products we do not hold in inventory;

•our ability to maintain available capacity in our distribution operations for stocked inventory and to enable on time shipment and deliveries, such as by timely implementing additional temporary or permanent distribution resources, whether in the form of additional facilities we operate or by outsourcing certain functions to third-party distribution and logistics partners;

•we compete with other companies for recruiting, training, integrating and retaining talented and experienced employees, particularly in markets where we and they have central distribution facilities; and this aspect of competition is aggravated by the current tight labor market in the U.S. for such jobs;

•our ability to realize the expected benefits from acquisitions and other strategic transactions that we believe will either expand or complement our business in new or existing markets or further enhance the value and offerings we are able to provide to our existing or future potential customers;

•the maintenance, repair and operation ("MRO") and industrial equipment industry are consolidating as customers are increasingly aware of the total costs of fulfillment and the need to have consistent sources of supply at multiple locations. This consolidation has and will continue to cause the industry to become more competitive as greater economies of scale are achieved by competitors, or as competitors with new lower cost business models are able to operate with lower prices;

•risks involved with e-commerce, including possible loss of business and customer dissatisfaction if outages or other computer-related problems should preclude customer access to our products and services;

•our information systems and other technology platforms supporting our sales, procurement and other operations are critical to our operations and disruptions or delays have occurred and could occur in the future, and if not timely addressed could have a material adverse effect on us;

•a data security breach due to our e-commerce, data storage or other information systems being hacked by those seeking to steal Company, vendor, employee or customer information, or due to employee error, resulting in disruption to our operations, litigation and/or loss of reputation or business;

•our ability to remediate material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting and the identification of additional material weaknesses in the future or other failure to maintain an effective system of internal controls;

•managing various inventory risks, such as being unable to profitably resell excess or obsolete inventory and/or the loss of product return rights from our vendors;

•meeting credit card industry compliance standards in order to maintain our ability to accept credit cards;

•rising interest rates, increased borrowing costs or limited credit availability, could impact both our and our customers’ ability to fund purchases and conduct operations in the ordinary course;

•quarantines, factory slowdowns or shutdowns, border closings and travel restrictions resulting from pandemics have in the past and could in the future adversely affect the timely availability of products, resulting in delayed or lost sales;

•pending or threatened litigation and investigations, and other government actions, such as anti-dumping, unclaimed property, or trade and customs actions by U.S. or foreign governmental authorities, have occurred in the past and although had no material impact to our business, there can be no assurance that such events would not have such impact on our business and results of operation.

Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those described herein.  Statements in this report, particularly in “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, as well as information under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025, describe certain factors, among others, that could contribute to or cause such differences.

Overview

Global Industrial Company, through its subsidiaries, is a value-added distributor and source for industrial equipment and supplies in North America going to market through a system of branded e-commerce websites and relationship marketers.

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Continuing Operations

The Company specializes in providing maintenance, repair and operations (“MRO”) solutions to businesses ranging from small to enterprise, and to the public sector. The Company is committed to its customer-centric strategy and uses industry expertise, products from its own Global Industrial Exclusive BrandsTM, and nationally known brands to provide customers with a breadth of offerings to meet their needs.  These industrial and MRO products are manufactured by other companies. Some products are manufactured for us and sold as a white label product, and some are manufactured to our own design and marketed as private brand products under the trademarks: GlobalTM, GlobalIndustrial.comTM, NexelTM, ParamountTM , InterionTM and AbsocoldTM

See Note 4, Revenue, of Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for financial information about our business' geographic operations.

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

Overview

Global Industrial Company, through its subsidiaries, is a value-added distributor and source for industrial equipment and supplies in North America going to market through a system of branded e-commerce websites and relationship marketers.

In April 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of an equipment service provider for approximately $4.3 million in cash. At closing, $0.3 million was held in escrow for settlement of potential obligations. The accounts acquired are included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. This acquisition broadens the Company's value-added offerings in certain key equipment categories.

The Company acquired 100% of the outstanding equity interests of Indoff, a business-to-business direct marketer of material handling products, commercial interiors and business products with operations in North America, on May 19, 2023 for approximately $72.6 million in cash. The Indoff accounts are included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. This acquisition expands the Company's presence in the maintenance, repair and operations ("MRO") market in North America.

See Note 4, Acquisition, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional financial information regarding these acquisitions.

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Continuing Operations

The Company specializes in providing maintenance, repair and operations solutions to businesses ranging from small to enterprise, and to the public sector. The Company is committed to its customer-centric strategy and uses industry expertise, products from its own Global Industrial Exclusive BrandsTM , and nationally known brands to provide customers with a breadth of offerings to meet their needs. These industrial and MRO products are manufactured by other companies. Some products are manufactured for us and sold as a white label product, and some are manufactured to our own design and marketed as private brand products under the trademarks: Global™, GlobalIndustrial.com™, Nexel™, Paramount™, Interion™ and Absocold™.

Operating Conditions

The market for the sale of industrial products in North America is highly fragmented and is characterized by multiple distribution channels. Industrial products distribution is working capital intensive, requiring us to incur significant costs associated with the warehousing of many products, including the costs of maintaining inventory, leasing warehouse space, inventory management systems and employing personnel to perform the associated tasks. We supplement our on-hand product availability by maintaining relationships with major distributors and manufacturers, utilizing a combination of stock and drop-shipment fulfillment.

The primary component of our operating expenses historically has been employee-related costs, which includes items such as wages, commissions, bonuses, employee benefits and equity-based compensation, as well as marketing expenses, primarily comprised of digital marketing spend, and occupancy related charges associated with our leased distribution and call center facilities. We continually assess our operations to ensure that they are efficient, aligned with market conditions and responsive to customer needs.

The discussion of our results of operations and financial condition that follows will provide information that will assist in understanding our financial statements, the factors that we believe may affect our future results and financial condition as well as information about how certain accounting policies and estimates affect the consolidated financial statements.

The Company has elected to omit discussion of the earliest year presented, December 31, 2023, in MD&A. This discussion can be found in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed on February 26, 2025.

Business Outlook

2025 was a year of solid execution and significant progress for Global Industrial, with revenue growing 4.8% to $1.38 billion. We delivered strong margin performance, generated healthy cash flows and we continue to make progress on our strategic initiatives, which we believe will enable us to drive profitable top-line growth and scale the business in 2026 and beyond. This includes transforming our business model to become a more customer-centric organization along with reframing our go-to-market strategy to more effectively address our customer's needs.

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Highlights from 2025 vs. 2024

The following discussion of our results of operations and financial condition will provide information that will assist in understanding our financial statements and information about how certain accounting principles and estimates affect the consolidated financial statements. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included herein.

•Consolidated sales increased 4.8% to $1.38 billion in U.S. dollars compared to $1.32 billion last year and average daily sales increased 3.2% compared to prior year.

•Consolidated gross margin increased to 35.5 % compared to 34.3% last year.

•Consolidated operating income from continuing operations increased 21.2% to $97.6 million compared to $80.5 million last year.

•Net income per diluted share from continuing operations increased 17.8% to $1.85 compared to $1.57 last year.

*Average daily sales is calculated based upon the number of selling days in each period, with Canadian sales converted to U.S. dollars using the current year's average exchange rate. There were 257 selling days in the U.S. in 2025 compared to 253 selling days in 2024 and in Canada, there were 254 selling days in 2025 compared to 250 selling days in 2024.

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Management’s discussion and analysis that follows includes current operations.

NET SALES

The Company's net sales increased 4.8% to $1.38 billion compared to $1.32 billion in 2024, benefiting from price capture, strong sales from our largest strategic accounts and volume improvement in the second half of the year, partially offset by a reduction in our smaller and transactional customer sales. U.S. sales increased 4.7% in 2025 compared to 2024 and Canada sales increased 7.0%, 9.2% in local currency in 2025 compared to 2024.

There were 257 selling days in the U.S. in 2025 compared to 253 in 2024 and 254 selling days in Canada in 2025 compared to 250 selling days in 2024.

GROSS MARGIN

Gross margin is dependent on variables such as product mix including sourcing and category, trade policy inclusive of the imposition of tariffs, competition, pricing strategy, vendor volume rebates, freight pricing decisions including the use of free or other promotional freight plans, freight cost inflation including both domestic outbound freight as well as international inbound ocean freight, inventory valuation and obsolescence and other variables, any or all of which may result in fluctuations in gross margin.

Gross margin was 35.5% compared to 34.3% in the prior year, a 120 basis point improvement. The year over year improvement resulted strategic pricing management including the timing benefit from pre-tariff inventory flowing through cost of sales and overall freight management, including both inbound and outbound logistics as well as quality initiatives that reduced freight claims and customer returns. In the prior year, the Company's margin reflected modest price actions taken throughout the year to offset both the increased costs of inbound ocean transportation, as well as, higher parcel fulfillment costs.

Management of our margin profile remains a key area of focus for the Company. Performance will continue to reflect the impact of strategic promotion and freight actions as part of our competitive pricing initiatives, tariff related actions and ocean freight costs. The Company continues to anticipate that there may be increased margin variability in future periods given the timing dynamics of on-hand inventory, inflationary pressures associated with tariff related cost increases and our efforts to continue to diversify our supply chain as well as historical seasonality.

SELLING, GENERAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (“SG&A”)

Selling, general and administrative expenses totaled $392.6 million and $371.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

SG&A costs as a percentage of sales increased approximately 30 basis points in 2025 compared to 2024. Cost increases included total salary and related costs of approximately $20.4 million, of which approximately $9.7 million related to variable compensation with both selling commissions and bonus pool increasing compared to prior year and increased stock-based compensation expenses of approximately $4.6 million compared to prior year. Additional cost increases for net advertising spend of approximately $0.5 million was incurred offset by continued strong general and discretionary cost control. Prior year reflected a benefit associated with the reversal of executive stock compensation offset by approximately $0.7 million of recruitment costs associated with our CEO search.

OPERATING MARGIN

The Company's operating margin improved by 100 basis points in 2025 compared to 2024, driven by the sales increase, increased gross margin, continued strong general and discretionary cost control offset by increased variable compensation expense related to performance.

INTEREST AND OTHER EXPENSE, NET

Interest and other expense, net from continuing operations was $0.1 million for 2025 and $0.2 million for 2024. The Company also recorded foreign exchange income of approximately $0.1 million in 2025 and foreign exchange losses of approximately $0.5 million in 2024.

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INCOME TAXES

The Company recorded net tax expense in continuing operations for 2025 of $25.6 million, or 26.2% related to its operations in the U.S, Canada and India, including tax expense for certain U.S. states. The increased tax expense in 2025 compared to 2024 is attributable to the highe

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