Xerox Releases First-Quarter Results

Returns to year-over-year adjusted¹ operating margin growth with 240 basis points expansion; revenue trajectory improved and liquidity strengthened in Q1

Financial Summary

Q1 2026

• Revenue of $1.85 billion, up 26.7 percent, or 23.6 percent in constant currency¹. On a pro forma² basis, revenue is down 3.7 percent.
• GAAP net (loss) of $(105) million, or $(0.84) per share, down $15 million or $0.09 per share, year-over-year, respectively.
• Normalized Adjusted³ net (loss) of $(10) million, or $(0.11) per share, down $3 million or $0.02 per share, year-over-year, respectively.
• Adjusted¹ net (loss) of $(51) million, or $(0.43) per share, down $47 million or $0.37 per share, year-over-year, respectively.
• Adjusted¹ operating income of $72 million, up $50 million year-over-year.
• Adjusted¹ operating margin of 3.9 percent, up 240 basis points year-over-year.
• Operating cash flow of $(144) million, down $55 million year-over year, reflecting expected Q1 seasonality.
• Free cash flow¹ of $(165) million, down $56 million year-over-year. Full-year free cash flow guidance of approximately $250 million is unchanged, implying greater than $400 million of cash generation over the remaining three quarters.

Xerox Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:XRX) today announced its 2026 first-quarter results.

"This quarter's results demonstrated tangible progress as revenue and profit trajectory improved, adjusted¹ operating margin expanded, and we further enhanced our liquidity," said Louie Pastor, chief executive officer at Xerox. "When I took this role, I was unequivocal that we must be clear about our priorities — stabilize revenue, increase profitability and reduce leverage — and establish credibility by executing on them one quarter at a time. I am genuinely optimistic about the future of this business and confident we are closer to an inflection point than the external narrative suggests. Reaffirming our 2026 guidance reflects that confidence."

Strategic Milestones

Q1 2026

• Lexmark synergies on plan; reaffirm at least $300 million of integration synergies
• Print sales pipeline materially higher vs. this time last year
• Production Installs increased 31% year-over-year, partly fueled by the Proficio launch
• Q1 IT Solutions bookings and billings growth of 32% and 21%, respectively
• Raised $450 million through a newly formed IP joint venture with TPG Angelo Gordon
• Repurchased $101 million face value of 2028 Senior Notes

First-Quarter Key Financial Results

First-Quarter Segment Results

2026 Guidance ¹

• Revenue: Above $7.5 billion
• Adjusted ² Operating Income: $450-$500 million
• Free cash flow²: ~ $250 million

Non-GAAP Measures

This release refers to the following non-GAAP financial measures:

• Adjusted² EPS, which excludes Restructuring and related costs, net, Amortization of intangible assets, non-service retirement-related costs, gain on early extinguishment of debt, and other discrete adjustments from GAAP EPS, as applicable.
• Adjusted ² operating income and margin, which exclude the EPS adjustments noted above, except the tax expense charge related to the establishment of a valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets, as well as the remainder of Other (income) expenses, net from pre-tax loss and margin.
• Constant currency (CC) revenue change, which excludes the effects of currency translation.
• Free cash flow ², which is operating cash flow less capital expenditures.

Forward-Looking Statement

This presentation and other written or oral statements made from time to time by management contain "forward looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve certain risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "will", "would", "could", "can", "should", "targeting", "projecting", "driving", "future", "plan", "predict", "may" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management's current beliefs and assumptions and are subject to a number of other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially.

Such factors include but are not limited to: applicable market conditions; global macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, slower growth or recession, delays or disruptions in the global supply chain, higher interest rates, and wars and other conflicts; our ability to succeed in a competitive environment, including by developing new products and service offerings and preserving our existing products and market share as well as repositioning our business in the face of customer preference, technological, and other change, such as evolving return-to-office and hybrid working trends; failure of our customers, vendors, and logistics partners to perform their contractual obligations to us; our ability to attract, train, and retain key personnel; execution risks around our Transformation; the risk of breaches of our security systems due to cyber, malware, or other intentional attacks that could expose us to liability, litigation, regulatory action or damage our reputation; our ability to obtain adequate pricing for our products and services and to maintain and improve our cost structure; changes in economic and political conditions, licensing requirements, and tax laws in the United States and in the foreign countries in which we do business; the risk that multi-year contracts with governmental entities could be terminated prior to the end of the contract term and that civil or criminal penalties and administrative sanctions could be imposed on us if we fail to comply with the terms of such contracts and applicable law; interest rates, cost of capital, and access to credit markets; risks related to our indebtedness; the imposition of new or incremental trade protection measures such as tariffs and import or export restrictions; funding requirements associated with our employee pension and retiree health benefit plans; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; the risk that we may be subject to new or heightened regulatory or operation risks as a result of our, or third parties,' use or anticipated use of artificial intelligence technologies; the risk that our operations and products may not comply with applicable worldwide regulatory requirements, particularly environmental regulations and directives and anti-corruption laws; the outcome of litigation and regulatory proceedings to which we may be a party; laws, regulations, international agreements and other initiatives to limit greenhouse gas emissions or relating to climate change, as well as the physical effects of climate change; our ability to successfully integrate the Lexmark business and realize the anticipated benefits thereof, including expected synergies; and other factors that are set forth from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the combined Annual Report on Form 10-K of Xerox Holdings and Xerox Corporation.

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof or of the date to which they refer, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments, except as required by law.

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First Quarter 2026 Overview

In the first quarter of 2026, overall market trends improved compared to 2025, when demand was affected by DOGE-related spending reductions, tariff uncertainty, and the government shutdown. The February 2026 Supreme Court ruling on tariffs is expected to have a net positive impact on Xerox's cost structure. However, those benefits are expected to be slightly more than offset by higher memory prices, and oil prices. To date, none of these factors have impacted overall demand, apart from certain international markets with exposure to the Middle East conflict.

First quarter 2026 reflects the benefits of the Lexmark acquisition and Xerox's Transformation¹ efforts. These gains are complemented by a more unified go-to-market model, increasing partner validation, and strategic initiatives to enhance long-term profitability, positioning the company for sustained operational and financial improvements.

Equipment sales of $378 million in the first quarter 2026 increased 33.1% in actual currency and 30.7% in constant currency², compared to the first quarter 2025, and included a 38.0-percentage point benefit from the Lexmark acquisition. Total equipment installations increased 98.0%, including the impact of the Lexmark acquisition, partially offset by declines in legacy Xerox installations, primarily in the entry-and mid-range color equipment categories. Excluding the Lexmark acquisition, equipment sales declined 4.9% in actual currency due to lower installations, partially offset by entry market lead generation initiatives. On a pro forma³ basis, first quarter 2026 equipment sales revenue declined 2.3%, primarily reflecting the impacts noted above, partially offset by modest growth from Lexmark.

Post sale revenue of $1,314 million in the first quarter 2026 increased 30.1% in actual currency and 26.5% in constant currency², compared to the first quarter 2025, and included a 35.3-percentage point benefit from the Lexmark acquisition. Excluding the Lexmark acquisition, post sale revenue declined 5.2% in actual currency primarily reflecting lower equipment service revenue and managed print services. Post sale revenue was also adversely impacted by intentional reductions in non-strategic revenue, including the exit of certain production print manufacturing operations in prior years, as well as a decline in financing revenue reflecting the continued sales of finance receivables to our various funding affiliates and lower originations. On a pro forma³ basis, first quarter 2026 revenue decreased 3.8%, primarily reflecting the impacts noted above.

IT Solutions revenue of $154 million in the first quarter 2026 declined 5.5% in actual currency and 6.2% in constant currency², compared to the first quarter 2025. The decline was primarily driven by a mix of revenue subject to net classifications, revenue deferrals and impacts from component cost increases.

Pre-tax (loss) of $(73) million for the first quarter 2026 increased by $6 million compared to pre-tax (loss) of $(67) million in the first quarter 2025. Pre-tax (loss) margin of (4.0)% improved 0.6-percentage points compared to first quarter 2025 pre-tax (loss) margin of (4.6)% and included a 2.3-percentage point benefit from the Lexmark acquisition. The improvement in the first quarter 2026 pre-tax (loss) margin was primarily due to higher revenue and gross profit, including Transformation-related¹ cost reductions, productivity actions, and lower Other (income) expenses, net. The decrease in Other (income) expenses, net reflects a gain on the early repayment of a portion of the 2028 Senior Unsecured Notes in the first quarter 2026, and the absence of commitment fees incurred in the first quarter 2025 related to borrowings in support of the Lexmark acquisition. These benefits were partially offset by higher Restructuring and related costs, net and higher Amortization of intangible assets, SAG and RD&E, driven by the Lexmark acquisition. On a pro forma³ basis first quarter 2026 pre-tax (loss) margin improved by 1.7-percentage points primarily reflecting the impacts noted above.

First quarter 2026 adjusted² operating income margin of 3.9% increased by 2.4-percentage points compared to first quarter 2025, and included an approximate 3.0-percentage point benefit from the Lexmark acquisition. The increase primarily reflects productivity and cost savings related to Transformation actions, and the benefit of the Lexmark acquisition. These benefits were partially offset by lower legacy Xerox revenue, as well as reduced gross profit, reflecting product cost increases and an unfavorable revenue mix, including declines in managed print services and equipment service revenue. On a pro forma³ basis first quarter 2026 adjusted² operating margin increased by 0.2-percentage points primarily reflecting the impacts noted above, as well as the impact of the Lexmark acquisition.

For full-year 2026, we continue to expect revenue above $7.5 billion in constant currency², adjusted² operating income in the range of $450 million to $500 million, and free cash flow² of approximately $250 million. Free cash flow² guidance reflects higher interest expense related to funding from the Joint Venture Financing arrangement entered into with TPG in the first quarter of 2026, partially offset by a reduction in capital expenditures and improvements in working capital and other items. The remainder of our guidance assumptions remain unchanged.

Financial Review

Revenues

Costs, Expenses and Other Income

Summary of Key Financial Ratios

The following is a summary of key financial ratios used to assess our performance:

Other (Income) Expenses, Net

Reportable Segments

Our business is organized to ensure we focus on efficiently managing operations while serving our customers and the markets in which we operate. We have two operating and reportable segments – Print and Other and IT Solutions.

Segment Review

Print and Other

The Print and Other segment includes the design, development and sale of document management systems, supplies, and services as well as associated financing and technology-related offerings, digital and print-related software products and services. This segment also includes our recent Lexmark Acquisition, and Xerox Financial Services. Refer to Appendix II, Reportable Segments, for definitions.

Revenue

Detail by product group is shown below.

IT Solutions

The IT Solutions segment provides clients of all sizes integrated IT infrastructure solutions, delivering business outcomes through its suite of Device Lifecycle Solutions, and Managed IT Services. The IT Solutions business leverages its professional services and engineering capabilities, along with an extensive partner ecosystem to design, develop and deliver comprehensive Network and Security Solutions, and Infrastructure and Cloud Solutions. This segment provides services to clients in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Western Europe. Refer to Appendix II, Reportable Segments, for definitions.

Revenue

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release and other written or oral statements made from time to time by management contain "forward looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve certain risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "will", "would", "could", "can", "should", "targeting", "projecting", "driving", "future", "plan", "predict", "may" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management's current beliefs and assumptions and are subject to a number of other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially.

Such factors include but are not limited to: applicable market conditions; global macroeconomic conditions, including inflation, slower growth or recession, delays or disruptions in the global supply chain, higher interest rates, and wars and other conflicts, our ability to succeed in a competitive environment, including by developing new products and service offerings and preserving our existing products and market share as well as repositioning our business in the face of customer preference, technological, and other change, such as evolving return-to-office and hybrid working trends; failure of our customers, vendors, and logistics partners to perform their contractual obligations to us; our ability to attract, train, and retain key personnel; execution risks around our Transformation; the risk of breaches of our security systems due to cyber, malware, or other intentional attacks that could expose us to liability, litigation, regulatory action or damage our reputation; our ability to obtain adequate pricing for our products and services and to maintain and improve our cost structure; changes in economic and political conditions, licensing requirements, and tax laws in the United States and in the foreign countries in which we do business; the risk that multi-year contracts with governmental entities could be terminated prior to the end of the contract term and that civil or criminal penalties and administrative sanctions could be imposed on us if we fail to comply with the terms of such contracts and applicable law; interest rates, cost of capital, and access to credit markets; risks related to our indebtedness; the imposition of new or incremental trade protection measures such as tariffs and import or export restrictions; funding requirements associated with our employee pension and retiree health benefit plans; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; the risk that we may be subject to new or heightened regulatory or operation risks as a result of our, or third parties,' use or anticipated use of artificial intelligence technologies; the risk that our operations and products may not comply with applicable worldwide regulatory requirements, particularly environmental regulations and directives and anti-corruption laws; the outcome of litigation and regulatory proceedings to which we may be a party; laws, regulations, international agreements and other initiatives to limit greenhouse gas emissions or relating to climate change, as well as the physical effects of climate change; our ability to successfully integrate the Lexmark business and realize the anticipated benefits thereof, including expected synergies; and other factors that are set forth from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including the combined Annual Report on Form 10-K of Xerox Holdings and Xerox Corporation.

These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof or of the date to which they refer, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have reported our financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In addition, we have discussed our financial results using the non-GAAP measures described below. We believe these non-GAAP measures allow investors to better understand the trends in our business and to better understand and compare our results. Management regularly uses our supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors management uses in planning for and forecasting future periods. Compensation of our executives is based in part on the performance of our business based on these non-GAAP measures. Accordingly, we believe it is necessary to adjust several reported amounts, determined in accordance with GAAP, to exclude the effects of certain items as well as their related income tax effects.

However, these non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the Company's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP are set forth below, as well as in the first quarter 2026 presentation slides available at www.xerox.com/investor.

Adjusted Earnings Measures

• Adjusted Net (Loss) and (Loss) per share (Adjusted EPS)
• Adjusted Effective Tax Rate
• Normalized Adjusted Net (Loss) and (Loss) per share

The above measures were adjusted for the following items:

Restructuring and related costs, net: Restructuring and related costs, net include restructuring and asset impairment charges as well as costs associated with our Transformation programs beyond those normally included in restructuring and asset impairment charges. Restructuring consists of costs primarily related to severance and benefits paid to employees pursuant to formal restructuring and workforce reduction plans. Asset impairment includes costs incurred for those assets sold, abandoned or made obsolete as a result of our restructuring actions, exiting from a business or other strategic business changes. Additional costs for our Transformation programs are primarily related to the implementation of strategic actions and initiatives and include third-party professional service costs as well as one-time incremental costs. All of these costs can vary significantly in terms of amount and frequency based on the nature of the actions as well as the changing needs of the business. Accordingly, due to that significant variability, we will exclude these charges since we do not believe they provide meaningful insight into our current or past operating performance nor do we believe they are reflective of our expected future operating expenses as such charges are expected to yield future benefits and savings with respect to our operational performance.

Amortization of intangible assets: The amortization of intangible assets is driven by our acquisition activity which can vary in size, nature and timing as compared to other companies within our industry and from period to period. The use of intangible assets contributed to our revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to our future period revenues as well. Amortization of intangible assets will recur in future periods.

Non-service retirement-related costs: Our defined benefit pension and retiree health costs include several elements impacted by changes in plan assets and obligations that are primarily driven by changes in the debt and equity markets as well as those that are predominantly legacy in nature and related to employees who are no longer providing current service to the Company (e.g. retirees and ex-employees). These elements include (i) interest cost, (ii) expected return on plan assets, (iii) amortization of prior plan amendments, (iv) amortized actuarial gains/losses and (v) the impacts of any plan settlements/curtailments. Accordingly, we consider these elements of our periodic retirement plan costs to be outside the operational performance of the business or legacy costs and not necessarily indicative of current or future cash flow requirements. This approach is consistent with the classification of these costs as non-operating in Other (income) expenses, net. Adjusted earnings will continue to include the service cost elements of our retirement costs, which are related to current employee service as well as the cost of our defined contribution plans.

Transaction and related costs, net: Transaction and related costs, net are costs and expenses primarily associated with certain major or significant strategic M&A projects. These costs are primarily for third-party legal, accounting, consulting and other similar types of professional services as well as potential legal settlements that may arise in connection with those M&A transactions. These costs are considered incremental to our normal operating charges and were incurred or are expected to be incurred solely as a result of the planned transactions. Accordingly, we exclude these expenses from our Adjusted Earnings Measures in order to evaluate our performance on a comparable basis.

Discrete, unusual or infrequent items: We excluded the following item(s), when applicable, given their discrete, unusual or infrequent nature and their impact on the comparability of our results for the period to prior periods and future expected trends.

• Inventory-related impact - exit of certain Production Print manufacturing operations
• Gain on early extinguishment of debt
• Divestitures
• Transformation-related costs
• Lexmark - fixed asset-related purchase accounting adjustment
• Commitment fee expense
• PARC donation - income tax
• Deferred tax asset valuation allowance

Adjusted Operating Income and Margin

We calculate and utilize adjusted operating income and margin measures by adjusting our reported pre-tax (loss) and margin amounts. In addition to the costs and expenses noted above as adjustments for our adjusted earnings measures, adjusted operating income and margin also exclude the remaining amounts included in Other (income) expenses, net, which include certain other non-operating costs and expenses. We exclude these amounts in order to evaluate our current and past operating performance and to better understand the expected future trends in our business.

Adjusted Gross Profit and Margin

We calculate non-GAAP gross Profit and Margin by excluding the inventory impact related to the exit of certain Production Print manufacturing operations, included in Cost of services, maintenance, rentals and other, as well as fixed asset-related purchase accounting adjustments related to the recent acquisition of Lexmark.

Constant Currency (CC)

To better understand trends in our business, we believe that it is helpful to adjust revenue to exclude the impact of changes in the translation of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars. We refer to this adjusted revenue as "constant currency." This impact is calculated by translating current period activity in local currency using the comparable prior year period's currency translation rate. This impact is calculated for all countries where the functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. Management believes the constant currency measure provides investors an additional perspective on revenue trends. Currency impact can be determined as the difference between actual growth rates and constant currency growth rates.

Free Cash Flow

To better understand trends in our business, we believe that it is helpful to adjust operating cash flows by subtracting amounts related to capital expenditures. Management believes this measure gives investors an additional perspective on cash flow from operating activities in excess of amounts required for reinvestment. It provides a measure of our ability to repurchase debt, fund acquisitions, and pay dividends.

Adjusted Net (Loss) and (Loss) per share reconciliation

Adjusted Effective Tax Rate reconciliation

Adjusted Operating Income and Margin reconciliation

Adjusted Gross Profit and Margin

Free Cash Flow reconciliation