Cash Flow, Capital Allocation, and Capital Return
Year-to-date through the second quarter of fiscal 2019, cash flow from operating activities increased by $59.4 million to $208.1 million, capital expenditures decreased by $2.1 million to $47.4 million, and dividends paid increased by $5.3 million to $79.6 million.Year-to-date through the second quarter, the company has made cash debt repayments of $86.8 million.
There remain 6.2 million shares authorized for repurchase under the company’s current share repurchase plan. The company expects to continue to make opportunistic share repurchases from time to time under this plan.
Conference Call
Flowers Foods will hold a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2019 results at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern) on August 8, 2019. The call can be accessed by following the webcast link on flowersfoods.com. The call also will be archived on the company’s website.
About Flowers Foods
Headquartered in Thomasville, Ga., Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) is one of the largest producers of fresh packaged bakery foods in the United States with 2018 sales of $4.0 billion. Flowers operates bakeries across the country that produce a wide range of bakery products. Among the company’s top brands areNature’s Own,Dave’s Killer Bread,Wonder, andTastykake. Learn more at www.flowersfoods.com.
Investor Contact: J.T. Rieck (229)227-2253
Media Contact: Paul Baltzer (229)227-2380
Forward-Looking Statements
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