3/12/2025

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Operator
Conference Moderator

Good morning and welcome to the Solo Brands fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 financial results conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero on your telephone keypad. Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mark Anderson, Senior Director, Treasury and Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

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Mark Anderson
Senior Director, Treasury and Investor Relations

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining us for the Solo Brands conference call to review fourth quarter and full year results for 2024. Joining me on the call today are the company's interim president and chief executive officer, John Larson, and chief financial officer, Laura Coffey. This call is being webcast and can be accessed through the investors portion of our website at investors.solobrands.com. Today's conference call will be recorded. Please be advised that any time-sensitive information may no longer be accurate as of any replay or transcript reading date. I would also like to remind you that the statements in today's discussion that are not historical facts, including statements about expectations, future events, financial performance, turnaround efforts, strategic transformation goals, and future growth are forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements by their nature are uncertain and outside of the company's control. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied. Please refer to today's earnings press release for our disclosures on forward-looking statements. These factors and other risks and uncertainties are described in detail in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Solo Brands assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Management will refer to non-GAAP measures, and reconciliations to the nearest GAAP measures can be found at the end of our earnings release. Finally, the earnings release has been furnished to the SEC on Form 8K. Now I'd like to turn the call over to John Larson.

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John Larson
Interim President & Chief Executive Officer

Good morning, and thank you all for joining us to review Solo Brands' strategic plan and financial results. During today's call, we intend to level set everyone on recent news, review our 2024 financial results, and share our turnaround work for 2025. During the fourth quarter, the board and management team engaged in developing an aggressive turnaround plan for 2025. As part of our transformation plan, we hired external financial advisors to help us go through every line item of the business. They have been an integral part of helping to develop and quantify 30-plus value-accretive initiatives. As most of you know, Chris Metz notified the Board in mid-February of his decision to resign. Given that the Board and management team were closely involved in the 2025 turnaround plan, we felt it was critical not to lose momentum. I was immediately appointed as interim CEO and in the office the following Monday morning. Then stepping into the role, I, along with the leadership team and board, have taken actions to accelerate and amplify the company's transformation plan. I plan to continue serving on the board and remain interim leader onsite until the right person to lead Solo Brands is identified. I firmly believe that we lost no time or momentum with the management change. We are now aggressively working through 30-plus value-accretive initiatives to return solo brands to profitable and sustainable growth. Notwithstanding challenging results, we believe solo brands has a solid foundation for success, including great enthusiast brands, a pipeline of new products, and highly loyal customers. I am encouraged by what I see here. our board and management team are fully aligned in taking thoughtful steps to improve the near-term and long-term business trajectory. We do not plan to take questions after our prepared remarks. This decision was not taken lightly, but I hope that Laura and I answer most, if not all, of your immediate questions during these prepared remarks. After Laura walks through the financial results, I will come back to discuss in more detail the key strategic initiatives. Laura.

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