UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2019

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from ________ to ________

Commission File Number 000-50924

BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	36-4173371
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization	I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

505 Huntmar Park Drive, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20170

Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code

(571) 323-3939

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	BECN	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.      Yes ☒  No ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes ☐  No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  ☒  No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒  No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐	Emerging growth company	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act         ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes ☐  No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing price at which the common stock was sold as of the end of the second quarter ended March 31, 2019, was $2.00 billion.

The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of October 31, 2019 was 68,585,920.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The information required by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) will be incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement, which will be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates.  

BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Index to Annual Report on Form 10-K

Year Ended September 30, 2019

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PART I		4
Item 1.	Business	4
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	11
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	15
Item 2.	Properties	16
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	17
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	17
PART II		18
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	18
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	19
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	33
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	35
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	36
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	36
Item 9B.	Other Information	38
PART III		39
PART IV		39
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	39
Item 16.	10-K Summary	42

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The matters discussed in this Form 10-K that are forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “should,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” “would” and other words and terms of similar meaning in conjunction with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. You should read statements that contain these words carefully, because they discuss our future expectations, contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial position or state other “forward-looking” information.

We believe that it is important to communicate our future expectations to our investors. However, there are events in the future that we are not able to accurately predict or control. The factors listed under Item 1A, Risk Factors, as well as any cautionary language in this Form 10-K, provide examples of risks, uncertainties and events that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations we describe in our forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, those described under Item 1A, Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. Except as required under federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC, we do not have any intention, and do not undertake, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date of this Form 10-K, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-K or that may be made elsewhere from time to time by or on behalf of us. All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

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PART I

ITEM 1.    BUSINESS

Unless the context suggests otherwise, the terms “Beacon,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us” are referring to Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.

Overview

Beacon is the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing materials and complementary building products in the United States and Canada. We are among the oldest and most established distributors in the industry. The complementary building products we distribute include siding, windows, insulation, waterproofing systems, wallboard, acoustical ceilings, and other specialty exterior and interior building products. We purchase products from a large number of manufacturers and then distribute these goods to a customer base consisting of contractors, and to a lesser extent, home builders, retailers, and other building materials suppliers.

As of September 30, 2019, we operated 529 branches throughout all 50 states in the U.S. and 6 provinces in Canada. We offer one of the most extensive assortments of high-quality branded products in the industry, with approximately 140,000 SKUs available across our branch network, enabling us to deliver products to serve over 110,000 customers on a timely basis.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 (“fiscal year 2019” or “2019”), residential roofing products comprised 43.3% of our sales, non-residential roofing products accounted for 24.0% of our sales, and complementary products provided the remaining 32.7% of our sales. Approximately 97.4% of our net sales were to customers located in the United States.

We provide our customers with a comprehensive array of value-added benefits, including access to an industry-leading digital platform that we continue to enhance and improve. The services and tools we provide are focused on supporting the entire business lifecycle and enhancing our customers’ ability to meet and exceed the needs of their clientele (see “Our Products and Services” for a full listing). We believe these value-added benefits distinguish us from our competition and promote high levels of customer retention. Our ability to save our customers time and money also enables us to achieve attractive gross profit margins on our product sales. We have earned a reputation for providing a high level of product availability and high-quality customer service thanks to our experienced employees who provide timely, accurate, and safe delivery of our products.

Our customer base includes a diverse population of residential and non-residential building contractors from the markets in which we operate. These local, regional, and national contractors work on new construction projects as well as the repair or remodeling of residential and commercial properties, particularly in the areas of roofing/re-roofing. We utilize a branch-based operating model that allows branches to maintain local customer relationships and benefit from our centralized infrastructure. This operating model allows us to benefit from the resources and scale efficiencies of being a national distributor while still providing customers with specialized products and personalized local services tailored to their specific geographic region.

Since our initial public offering (“IPO”) in 2004, we have achieved growth through completing strategic and complementary acquisitions, opening new branch locations, and broadening the scope of our product offerings. We have grown from net sales of $652.9 million in fiscal year 2004 to net sales of $7.1 billion in fiscal year 2019, representing a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 17.3%. Over the same period, income from operations has increased from $34.7 million to $147.8 million, representing a CAGR of 10.1%. Our organic growth, which includes growth from existing and newly opened branches (“greenfields”) but excludes growth from recently acquired branches, has averaged a CAGR of 4.7% per annum since 2004. The successful execution of our growth strategy is summarized by the following:

• We have completed 46 strategic and complementary acquisitions since 2004, highlighted by the acquisitions of Allied Building Products Corp. (“Allied”) for $2.88 billion in 2018 (the “Allied Acquisition”) and Roofing Supply Group, LLC (“RSG”) for $1.17 billion in 2016 (the “RSG Acquisition”). These acquisitions expanded our geographic footprint, enhanced our scale and market presence, diversified our product offerings, and positioned us to provide new growth opportunities that will increase our long-term profitability.

• We have opened 89 new branch locations since 2004, allowing us to establish a greater presence across the regions that we serve. In 2019 alone, we opened nine new branch locations across Alabama, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Our Industry

Market Size

Based on management’s estimates, we believe the roofing distribution market in the United States and Canada represents approximately $26 billion in revenue with roughly 60% of the market in residential roofing and 40% in commercial. We also participate in other exterior and interior building products categories, including siding, wallboard, acoustical ceilings, waterproofing, windows and

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insulation. Collectively, we believe these other building products have a larger addressable market opportunity than our primary roofing distribution business.

Demand Drivers

We believe the majority of roofing demand is driven by re-roofing activity (estimated at 80-90%), with the remaining balance being tied to new construction. Re-roofing projects are considered to be necessary maintenance and repair expenditures and are therefore less likely to be postponed during periods of recession or slower economic growth. As a result, demand for roofing products historically has been less volatile than overall demand for construction products.

Our complementary building products demand shows exposure to both the residential and commercial sectors. These products possess greater exposure to new residential/commercial construction than within roofing, but they also have less seasonality, and lower exposure to weather conditions and severe storm volatility.

Regional variations in economic activity influence the level of demand for roofing products across the United States. Of particular importance are regional differences in the level of new home construction and renovation. Demographic trends, including population growth and migration, contribute to the regional variations through their influence on regional housing starts and existing home sales.

In addition to our domestic operations, we also operate in 6 provinces across Canada. These international locations represented approximately 2.6% of our total net sales for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We expect overall demand for operations in Canada to grow at rate similar to our United States operations. For further geographic information, see Notes 4 and 14 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Distribution Channels

Wholesale distribution is the primary distribution channel for both residential and commercial roofing products. Wholesale roofing product distributors serve the important role of facilitating the purchasing relationships between roofing materials manufacturers and thousands of contractors. Wholesale distributors can maintain localized inventories, extend trade credit, give product advice and provide delivery and logistics services.

Given significant consolidation in the past decade, Beacon and two other distributors now represent over 50% of the industry. The industry is characterized by these “national” distributors, a large number of local and regional roofing supply participants, as well as home improvement retailers and lumberyards. Our competition primarily involves the local, regional and national specialty roofing distributors.

Our complementary products are distributed from traditional exteriors locations or branches designed to address a specific product and customer subset (e.g., interiors). The competitive landscape within interiors shares similar fragmentation characteristics to roofing, as four large participants, including Beacon, hold approximately a 50% combined position in the market. The other product categories are typically more fragmented and have more meaningful involvement from manufacturer direct sales, home improvement and specialty retailers and lumber yards.

Our Strengths

We believe the sales and earnings growth we have achieved over time has been, and will continue to be, driven by our primary competitive strengths, which include the following:

• Leading distribution platform with a national scope.  We maintain leading positions in key metropolitan markets across all regions that we serve, which currently includes all 50 states throughout the U.S. and 6 Canadian provinces. We utilize a branch-based operating model that benefits from the resources and scale efficiencies of a national distributor.

• Strategic geographic presence and regional specialization.  Our geographic footprint is designed to provide advantages in the regional markets we serve. We provide our customers with specialized products and personalized local services tailored to their specific geographic region. This focus on customer service allows us to provide useful guidance to our customers throughout the project lifecycle.

• Diversified and stable business model.  Our business has been protected in times of economic downturn because of the non-discretionary nature of the demand for our products as well as the diversity of both our product offerings and our customer base. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, no single customer accounted for more than 1% of our net sales. We have a long history of organic sales growth and healthy gross margins through a variety of economic cycles.

• Industry-leading digital platform.  We provide industry-leading digital solutions, including Beacon PRO+, our innovative e-commerce portal, and Beacon 3D+, an in-home visualizer and dynamic modeling tool for our residential customers. These platforms help our customers save time, work more efficiently and grow their business.

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• Strong cash flow generation.  We have increased net sales in thirteen of the fifteen fiscal years since our IPO, including increases in each of the last nine consecutively. Our track record of growth, combined with limited capital expenditure requirements, has resulted in strong cash flow generation that has allowed us to manage our debt leverage effectively.

• Experienced management team with a successful track record of growth and integration. Our key employees, including executive officers, division presidents, and branch managers, are among the most experienced members of the roofing and building materials industry and have a track record of achieving growth and delivering profitability. Since our 2004 IPO, the Beacon management team has successfully completed and integrated 46 acquisitions and opened 89 new greenfield locations. We have a history of improving the financial and operating performance of our acquired businesses, allowing us to achieve incremental growth following integration onto our platform.

• Well-designed technological infrastructure that continues to evolve.  We have made a significant investment in our internal information systems and technological resources. Nearly our entire branch network operates on the same management information systems, providing us with a consistent platform to deliver excellent customer service and achieve operating efficiencies in purchasing, pricing and inventory management. Our unified platform has promoted the seamless integration of all our acquired businesses and allows us to pursue additional growth opportunities without concerns of significant additional investment.

Our Growth Strategy

Our objective is to be the preferred supplier of roofing and other complementary building product materials across markets in the United States and Canada while continuing to increase net sales, maximize profitability and maintain a strong balance sheet. We plan to attain these goals by executing the following initiatives:

• Selectively pursue opportunities for organic growth and strategic acquisitions.  We believe that there will be meaningful opportunities to further expand or intensify our geographic focus in contiguous or existing regions. Our disciplined approach to opening new branches focuses on locations that are: (1) within existing markets; (2) where existing customers have expanded into new markets; or (3) in areas that have limited or no acquisition candidates and are a good fit with our business model and culture. We believe we can continue to expand and improve our distribution platform by strategically acquiring additional building product distributors in locations that are new or complement our existing operations in an area.

• Expand product offerings and increase cross-selling activities.  Due to the unique characteristics of each geographic region, our local customers typically require market-specific product offerings. We believe we have one of the most extensive offerings of high-quality branded products in the industry, with approximately 140,000 SKUs available across our branch network, and we feel that there are opportunities for our branches to expand their current product rosters. This will create additional opportunities for our branches to cross-sell more products throughout our existing network. In particular, we seek to expand non-residential roofing sales into markets where we currently sell mostly residential roofing. In addition, we work closely with customers and suppliers to identify new products and services, and continue to expand our product offering to include complementary building materials such as windows, siding, doors, waterproofing systems, insulation and metal fabrication.

• Continue to provide exceptional customer service and expertise.  We provide a comprehensive array of high-quality products and offer value-added services. In fiscal year 2019, we were able to support our customers by fulfilling approximately 99.1% of warehouse orders through our in-stock inventory as a result of the breadth and depth of the inventory maintained at our local branches. We believe that our focus on providing both value-added services and accurate and rapid order fulfillment enables us to attract and retain customers.

Our Products and Services

Products

The ability to provide a broad range of products is essential to success in roofing materials distribution. We carry one of the most extensive arrays of high-quality branded products in the industry, enabling us to deliver a wide variety of products to our customers on a timely basis. We are able to fulfill the vast majority of our warehouse orders with inventory on hand because of the breadth and depth of the inventories at our branches.

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Our product portfolio includes residential and non-residential roofing products as well as complementary building products, including:

Product Portfolio
Residential	Non-Residential	Complementary
Roofing Products	Roofing Products	Building Products
Asphalt shingles	Single-ply roofing	Vinyl siding
Synthetic slate and tile	Asphalt	Fiber cement siding
Clay tile	Metal	Wallboard
Concrete tile	Modified bitumen	Insulation
Slate	Build-up roofing	Acoustical ceilings
Nail base insulation	Cements and coatings	Stone veneer
Metal roofing	Insulation (flat stock/tapered)	Windows
Felts	Commercial fasteners	Doors
Synthetic underlayment	Metal edges and flashings	Skylights
Wood shingles and shakes	Smoke/roof hatches	Waterproofing
Nails and fasteners	Sheet metal (copper/aluminum/steel)	Gutters and downspouts
Metal edgings and flashings	Roofing tools	Decking and railing
Prefabricated flashings	PVC membrane	Air barrier
Ridge and soffit vents	TPO membrane	Concrete restoration systems
Solar systems	EPDM membrane	Steel stud framing

Our product lines are designed to meet the requirements of our customers, comprised mainly of contractors that are engaged in new construction or renovation projects. The products that we distribute are supplied by the industry’s leading manufacturers of high-quality roofing materials, siding, insulation, wallboard, acoustical ceilings, waterproofing, windows, doors, decking and related products (See “Purchasing and Suppliers”).

In the residential market, asphalt shingles comprise the largest share of the products we sell. We also distribute additional types of shingles, as well as roofing tile, gutters and accessories to complement any type of roof.

In the non-residential market, single-ply roofing systems and the associated insulation products comprise the largest share of our product offering. Our single-ply roofing systems consist primarily of Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (synthetic rubber) or “EPDM” and Thermoplastic Olefin or “TPO”, along with other roofing materials and related components. In addition to the broad range of single-ply roofing components, we sell asphaltic membranes and the insulation required in most non-residential roofing applications, such as tapered insulation.

In the area of complementary building products, siding, wallboard, waterproofing and acoustical ceilings comprise the largest share of the products we sell out of our portfolio. Additionally, we distribute windows, decking and related exterior shelter products to meet the expansive needs of our customers.

Services

We emphasize superior value-added services to our customers, and our goal is to help our customers save time, be more efficient and enhance their business. We employ a knowledgeable sales force that possesses an in-depth understanding of the various roofing and building products we provide. Our sales force is capable of providing guidance to our customers throughout the lifecycles of their various projects. Specifically, we support our customers with the following value-added services:

• advice and assistance on product identification, specification and technical support, and training services;

• a large, service ready fleet with a broad footprint supporting timely job site delivery, rooftop loading and logistical services;

• tapered insulation engineered with enhanced computer-aided design and related layout services;

• metal fabrication and related metal roofing design and layout services;

• access to Beacon PRO+, our e-commerce platform, which provides customers with 24/7 online access to delivery tracking, order history, promotional tracking and more;

• access to Beacon 3D+, our residential estimating tool that helps our customers attract and retain more business;

• exclusive relationships with vendors that help promote delivery tracking and lead generation;

• trade credit and online bill pay; and

• marketing support, including project leads for contractors.

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Our Customers

We serve over 110,000 customers, comprised of contractors, home builders, building owners, and other resellers across the United States and Canada. Our customer base varies by size, ranging from relatively small contractors to large-sized contractors and builders that operate on a national scale. A significant number of our customers have relied on us as their vendor of choice for decades. We believe that we have strong customer relationships that our competitors cannot easily displace or replicate. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, no single customer accounted for more than 1% of our net sales.

Our Culture and Employees

We believe that our values-based culture is a key differentiator, which is critical to our success. We pride ourselves on attracting and retaining highly dedicated and customer-focused employees at all levels of the organization. We maintain a safety-first environment and strong relations with our employees.

As of September 30, 2019, we had 8,147 employees consisting of 2,371 in sales and marketing, 979 branch managers and assistant branch managers, 4,012 drivers, delivery helpers and warehouse workers, 715 general and administrative employees and 70 executives. We have 440 employees that are represented by labor unions and there are no material outstanding labor disputes.

Sales and Marketing

Sales Strategy

Our sales strategy is to provide a comprehensive array of high-quality products and superior customer service, both accurately and on time. We believe that our proficiency in order fulfillment and inventory management and our robust catalog of value-added services, particularly the Beacon PRO+ e‑commerce platform, enable us to attract and retain customers and differentiate ourselves from the competition.

Sales Organization

Our experienced sales force includes individuals responsible for generating sales at the local branch level as well individuals who focus on our larger, national account customers. We also retain sales personnel with specialized knowledge in relevant areas like solar and insulation. The breadth and expertise of our salespeople help us facilitate sales growth from both existing and prospective customers alike.

Each of our branches is led by a branch manager, who also functions as the branch’s sales manager. There is also a sales director at each location that is responsible for overseeing and coaching the sales team. The typical branch sales team is composed of one to four outside salespeople and one to five inside salespeople. Branches that focus primarily on the residential market generally staff a larger number of outside salespeople.

The primary objectives of our outside salespeople are to increase sales to existing customers and prospect for new customers. These activities are supported by utilizing our CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system throughout our selling organization. All outside sales representatives have a strategic group of existing customers that they actively manage to ensure that Beacon is meeting and exceeding their respective needs. They also spend time seeking new customers in order to grow and expand their portfolios.

To complement our outside sales force, we have built an experienced and technically proficient inside sales staff with vital product expertise to address inquiries from our customers. Our inside sales force is on the front line of customer engagement and also is responsible for fielding incoming orders and providing price quotes.

In addition to our outside and inside sales forces, we employ representatives who act as liaisons for certain roofing materials manufacturers to assist with the promotion of specific products to professional contractors, architects and building owners.

Marketing

Our marketing efforts are designed to ensure that our current and prospective customers understand the benefits they receive both from their local Beacon branches and from being part of a broader network of locations. As a supplement to the efforts of our sales force, each of our branches communicates with customers in its local market through email, newsletters, direct mail, social media, public relations and the key industry websites. In order to build and strengthen relationships with customers and vendors, we offer exclusive promotions and help sponsor key national and regional trade shows. We also develop general business and roofing seminars for our customers and organize product demonstrations by our vendors. We are an active member of the National Roofing Contractors Association, National Women in Roofing, and certain regional contractors’ associations.

In fiscal year 2017, we introduced Beacon PRO+, our innovative e-commerce portal that enables customers to order online from our catalog of approximately 140,000 products and have 24/7 access to view real time pricing, process and review the status of

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orders, track deliveries, monitor local storm activity and vendor promotions, request and approve quotes, and pay their bills online. The unique digital platform helps our customers save time, be more efficient, and enhance their business.

In fiscal year 2018, we introduced Beacon 3D+, a leading-edge service offering to our residential customers that transforms smartphone photos of any home to a fully measured, customizable 3D model. It is based on an exclusive relationship that enables us to be the only roofing supplier with this technology. Beacon 3D+ saves our customers time with measuring and pricing estimates and helps homeowners easily visualize what the finished project will look like.

Purchasing and Suppliers

Our status as a leader in our core geographic markets, as well as our reputation in the industry, has allowed us to forge strong relationships with numerous manufacturers of roofing materials and complementary building products, including Armstrong World Industries, Atlas Roofing, Berger Building Products, Building Products of Canada, Carlisle Syntec, CertainTeed Roofing, CertainTeed Siding, ClarkDietrich, Firestone Building Products, GAF, IKO Manufacturing, James Hardie Building Products, Johns Manville Roofing, Malarkey, National Gypsum, Owens Corning Roofing, Ply Gem, Soprema, and TAMKO Building Products.

We are positioned as a key distributor with our suppliers due to our industry expertise, market share, track record of growth and financial strength, and the substantial volume of products that we distribute.

We manage the procurement of products through our national headquarters and regional offices, allowing us to take advantage of both scale and local market conditions to purchase products more economically than most of our competitors. We place purchase orders electronically with some of our major vendors. When invoices are received, our system matches them to the related purchase orders and then schedules the associated payment. Product is shipped directly by the manufacturers to our branches or customers.

Operations and Infrastructure

Operations

Our branch-based model provides each location with a significant amount of autonomy to operate within the parameters of our overall business model. Operations at each branch are tailored to meet local customer needs. Branch managers are responsible for sales, pricing and staffing activities, and have full operational control of customer service and deliveries. We provide our branch managers with significant incentives that allow them to share in the profitability of both their respective branches and the Company as a whole. Employees at our regional and corporate locations assist the branches with, among other things, procurement, credit and safety services, fleet management, information systems support, contract management, accounting, treasury and legal services, human resources, benefits administration and sales and use tax services.

Our distribution fulfillment process is initiated upon receiving a request for a contract job order or direct product order from a customer. Under a contract job order, the customer typically requests roofing or other construction materials and technical support services. The customer discusses the project’s requirements with a salesperson and the salesperson provides a price quote for the package of products and services. Subsequently, the salesperson processes the order and we deliver the products to the customer’s job site.

Our digital platform serves as an extension of our brick and mortar operations and provides customers with 24/7 access to order and track delivery of our products. These advanced capabilities provide us with additional opportunities to engage with our customers and support the entire project lifecycle, enhancing their overall customer experience while contributing to the profitability of our Company.  

In fiscal year 2019, we were able to support our customers by fulfilling approximately 99.1% of warehouse orders through our in-stock inventory as a result of the breadth and depth of the inventory maintained at our branches.

Facilities

As of September 30, 2019, we operated a network of 529 branches that serve key metropolitan areas in all 50 states throughout the U.S. and 6 Canadian provinces. This network has enabled us to effectively and efficiently serve a broad customer base and to achieve a leading market position in each of our geographic markets.

Fleet

During the year ended September 30, 2019, our distribution infrastructure supported more than 1.6 million deliveries. To service our customer base, we maintained a dedicated owned fleet of 1,860 straight trucks, 603 tractors and 1,238 trailers as of September 30, 2019. Nearly all of our delivery vehicles are equipped with specialized equipment, including 2,421 truck-mounted forklifts, cranes, hydraulic booms and conveyors, which are necessary to deliver products to rooftop job sites in an efficient and safe manner and in accordance with our customers’ requirements.

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Our branches typically focus on providing materials to customers who are located within a two-hour radius of their respective facilities. Our branches generally make deliveries each business day.

Management Information Systems

We have fully integrated management information systems across our locations. Acquired businesses are moved to our IT platform as soon as feasible following acquisition. Our systems support every major internal operational function, providing complete integration of purchasing, receiving, order processing, shipping, inventory management, sales analysis and accounting. The same databases are shared within the systems, allowing our branches to easily acquire products from other branches or schedule deliveries by other branches, greatly enhancing our customer service. Our systems also include a pricing matrix which allows us to refine pricing by region, branch, customer and customer type, or even a specific customer project. In addition, our systems allow us to centrally monitor all branch and regional performance as often as daily. We have centralized many functions to leverage our growing size, including accounts payable, insurance, payroll, employee benefits, vendor relations, and banking.

We deploy an array of cybersecurity capabilities to protect our various business systems and data. Our branches are connected to a common computer network via secure Internet connections or private data lines. We maintain redundant systems with transactional data getting replicated throughout each business day. We have the capability of electronically switching our operations to the disaster recovery system. We retain many financial, credit and other documents for purposes of internal approvals, online viewing and auditing.

Government Regulations

We are subject to regulation by various federal, state, provincial and local agencies. These agencies include the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Department of Labor and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. We believe we comply, in all material respects, with existing applicable statutes and regulations affecting environmental issues and our employment, workplace health and workplace safety practices.

In 2012, the United States Supreme Court upheld the majority of the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Act”). The Act places requirements on employers to provide a minimum level of benefits to employees and assesses penalties on employers if the benefits do not meet the required minimum level or if the cost of coverage to employees exceeds affordability thresholds specified in the Act. The minimum benefits and affordability requirements took effect in 2014. The Act also imposes an excise tax beginning in 2018 on plans whose average cost exceeds specified amounts. We have analyzed the effects on us from the provisions of the Act and we do not currently anticipate a significant financial impact.

Competition

Although we are one of the two largest roofing materials and complementary building product distributors in the United States and Canada, the industry remains highly competitive. The vast majority of our competition comes from local and regional roofing supply distributors, and, to a lesser extent, other building supply distributors and big box retailers. Among distributors, we compete against a small number of large distributors and many small and local privately-owned distributors. The principal competitive factors in our business include, but are not limited to, the availability of materials and supplies; technical product knowledge and expertise; advisory or other service capabilities; pricing of products; and the availability of credit and capital. We generally compete on the basis of the quality of our products and services, and to a lesser extent, price.

Order Backlog

Order backlog is not a material aspect of our business and no material portion of our business is subject to government contracts.

Seasonality

In general, sales and net income are highest during our first, third and fourth fiscal quarters, which represent the peak months of construction and re-roofing, especially in our branches in the northern and midwestern regions of the United States and in Canada. Our sales are substantially lower during the second quarter, when we usually incur net losses.

We generally experience our peak working capital needs during the third quarter after we build our inventories following the winter season but before we begin collecting on most of our spring receivables. Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and borrowings under our revolving credit facility, so our borrowings tend to be highest in the third quarter of our fiscal year.

History and Additional Information

Our predecessor, Beacon Sales Company, Inc., was founded in Charlestown, Massachusetts (part of Boston) in 1928. Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in 1997. Our principal executive offices are located at 505 Huntmar Park Drive, Suite 300, Herndon, Virginia 20170 and our telephone number is (571) 323-3939. Our Internet website address is www.becn.com.

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We are subject to the information and periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and, in accordance with such requirements, furnish or file periodic reports, proxy statements, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These periodic reports, proxy statements, and other information are available at the SEC website, www.sec.gov. We also maintain an investor relations page on our website where our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and other required SEC filings may be accessed free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.

ITEM 1A.    RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below and other information included in this Form 10-K in evaluating us and our business. If any of the events described below occur, our business and financial results could be adversely affected in a material way. This could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline, perhaps significantly.

We may not be able to effectively integrate newly acquired businesses into our operations or achieve expected cost savings or profitability from our acquisitions.

Our growth strategy includes acquiring other distributors of roofing materials and complementary products. Acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:

• unforeseen difficulties in integrating operations, technologies, services, accounting and employees, including difficulties in operating and integrating Allied’s interior products business line, a business line which we have operated for only a limited period of time;

• diversion of financial and management resources from existing operations;

• unforeseen difficulties related to entering geographic regions where we do not have prior experience;

• potential loss of key employees;

• unforeseen liabilities associated with businesses acquired; and

• inability to generate sufficient revenue or realize sufficient cost savings to offset acquisition or investment costs.

As a result, if we fail to evaluate and execute acquisitions properly, we might not achieve the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions and we may incur costs in excess of what we anticipate. These risks would likely be greater in the case of larger acquisitions, including the Allied Acquisition.

We may not be able to successfully complete acquisitions on acceptable terms, which would slow our growth rate.

The acquisition of other distributors of roofing materials and complementary products is an important part of our growth strategy. We continually seek additional acquisition candidates in selected markets and from time to time engage in exploratory discussions with potential candidates. We are unable to predict whether or when we will be able to identify any suitable additional acquisition candidates, or the likelihood that any potential acquisition will be completed. If we cannot complete acquisitions that we identify on acceptable terms, it is unlikely that we will sustain the historical growth rates of our business.

An inability to obtain the products that we distribute could result in lost revenues and reduced margins and damage relationships with customers.

We distribute roofing and other specialty exterior and interior building materials that are manufactured by a number of major suppliers. Disruptions in our sources of supply may occur as a result of unanticipated demand or production or delivery difficulties. When shortages occur, roofing material suppliers often allocate products among distributors. Although we believe that our relationships with our suppliers are strong and that we would have access to similar products from competing suppliers should products be unavailable from current sources, any supply shortage, particularly of the most commonly sold items, could result in a loss of revenues and reduced margins and damage relationships with customers.

Loss of key talent or our inability to attract and retain new qualified talent could hurt our ability to operate and grow successfully.

Our success will continue to depend to a significant extent on our executive officers and key management personnel, including our divisional executive vice presidents and regional vice presidents. We do not have key man life insurance covering any of our executive officers. We may not be able to retain our executive officers and key personnel or attract additional qualified management. The loss of any of our executive officers or other key management employees, or our inability to recruit and retain qualified employees, could hurt our ability to operate and make it difficult to execute our acquisition and internal growth strategies.

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A change in vendor pricing and demand could adversely affect our income and gross margins.

Many of the products that we distribute are subject to price changes based upon manufacturers’ raw material costs and other manufacturer pricing decisions. For example, as a distributor of residential roofing supplies, our business is sensitive to asphalt prices, which are highly volatile and often linked to oil prices, as oil is a significant input in asphalt production. Shingle prices have been volatile in recent years, partly due to volatility in asphalt prices. Historically, we have generally been able to pass increases in the prices of shingles on to our customers. Although we often are able to pass on manufacturers’ price increases, our ability to pass on increases in costs and our ability to do so in a timely fashion depends on market conditions. The inability to pass along cost increases or a delay in doing so could result in lower operating margins. In addition, higher prices could impact demand for these products, resulting in lower sales volumes.

A change in vendor rebates could adversely affect our income and gross margins.

The terms on which we purchase products from many of our vendors entitle us to receive a rebate based on the volume of our purchases. These rebates effectively reduce our costs for products. If market conditions change, vendors may adversely change the terms of some or all of these programs. Although these changes would not affect the net recorded costs of product already purchased, it may lower our gross margins on products we sell and therefore the income we realize on such sales in future periods.

Cyclicality in our business and general economic conditions could result in lower revenues and reduced profitability.

A portion of the products we sell are for residential and non-residential construction. The strength of these markets depends on new housing starts and business investment, which are a function of many factors beyond our control, including credit and capital availability, interest rates, foreclosure rates, housing inventory levels and occupancy, changes in the tax laws, employment levels, consumer confidence and the health of the United States economy and mortgage markets. Economic downturns in the regions and markets we serve could result in lower revenues and, since many of our expenses are fixed, lower profitability. In addition, demand for certain interior products, such as drywall, is highly correlated with new housing starts, which are subject to the factors detailed above. The challenging economic conditions in recent years, including tighter credit markets, have adversely affected demand for new residential and non-residential projects and, to a lesser extent, re-roofing projects, and may continue to negatively affect expenditures for roofing in the near term. Unfavorable changes in demographics, credit markets, consumer confidence, housing affordability, or housing inventory levels and occupancy, or a weakening of the United States economy or of any regional or local economy in which we operate could adversely affect consumer spending, result in decreased demand for our products, and adversely affect our business. In addition, instability in the economy and financial markets, including as a result of terrorism or civil or political unrest, may result in a decrease in housing starts, which would adversely affect our business.

Seasonality and weather-related conditions may have a significant impact on our financial results from period to period

The demand for our outdoor building materials is heavily correlated to both seasonal changes and unpredictable weather patterns. Seasonal demand fluctuations are expected, such as in our second fiscal quarter, when winter construction cycles and cold weather patterns have an adverse impact on new construction and re-roofing activity. The timing of weather patterns (unseasonable temperatures) and severe weather events (hurricanes, storms and protracted rain) may impact our financial results within a given period either positively or negatively, making it difficult to accurately forecast our results of operations. We expect that these seasonal and weather-related variations will continue in the near future.

If we encounter difficulties with our management information systems, we could experience problems with inventory, collections, customer service, cost control and business plan execution.

We believe our management information systems are a competitive advantage in maintaining our leadership position in the roofing distribution industry. However, if we experience problems with our management information systems, we could experience, among other things, product shortages and/or an increase in accounts receivable aging. Any failure by us to properly maintain and protect our management information systems could adversely impact our ability to attract and serve customers and could cause us to incur higher operating costs and experience delays in the execution of our business plan.

Since we rely heavily on information technology both in serving our customers and in our enterprise infrastructure in order to achieve our objectives, we may be vulnerable to damage or intrusion from a variety of deliberate cyber-attacks carried out by insiders or third parties, including computer viruses, worms or other malicious software programs that may access our systems. Despite the precautions we take to mitigate the risks of such events, an attack on our enterprise information technology system could result in business disruption and/or theft of our proprietary and confidential information. Such events could harm our reputation and have an adverse impact on our financial results, including the impact of related legal, regulatory, and remediation costs.  

An impairment of goodwill and/or other intangible assets could reduce net income.

Acquisitions frequently result in the recording of goodwill and other intangible assets. At September 30, 2019, goodwill represented approximately 39.0% of our total assets. Goodwill is not amortized for financial reporting purposes and is subject to impairment testing at least annually using a fair-value based approach. The identification and measurement of goodwill impairment involves the estimation of the fair value of our reporting units. Our accounting for impairment contains uncertainty because management

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must use judgment in determining appropriate assumptions to be used in the measurement of fair value. We determine the fair values of our reporting units by using a qualitative approach.

We evaluate the recoverability of goodwill for impairment in between our annual tests when events or changes in circumstances, including a sustained decline in our market capitalization, indicate that the carrying amount of goodwill may not be recoverable. We also perform an annual qualitative assessment to evaluate whether evidence exists that would indicate our indefinite-lived intangibles are impaired. In addition, we review for triggering events that could indicate a need for an impairment test for finite-lived intangible assets. Any impairment of goodwill or indefinite- or finite-lived intangibles will reduce net income in the period in which the impairment is recognized.

We might need to raise additional capital, which may not be available, thus limiting our growth prospects.

In the future we may require equity or additional debt financing in order to consummate an acquisition, for additional working capital for expansion, or if we suffer more than seasonally expected losses. In the event such additional financing is unavailable to us on commercially attractive terms or at all, we may be unable to expand or make acquisitions or pursue other growth opportunities.

Major disruptions in the capital and credit markets may impact both the availability of credit and business conditions.

If the financial institutions that have extended credit commitments to us are adversely affected by major disruptions in the capital and credit markets, they may become unable to fund borrowings under those credit commitments. This could have an adverse impact on our financial condition since we need to borrow funds at times for working capital, acquisitions, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes.

Major disruptions in the capital and credit markets could also lead to broader economic downturns, which could result in lower demand for our products and increased incidence of customers’ inability to pay their accounts. The majority of our net sales volume is facilitated through the extension of trade credit to our customers. Additional customer bankruptcies or similar events caused by such broader downturns may result in a higher level of bad debt expense than we have historically experienced. Also, our suppliers may be impacted, causing potential disruptions or delays of product availability. These events would adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

Our level and terms of indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, take advantage of new business opportunities, and prevent us from meeting our obligations under our debt instruments.

As of September 30, 2019, we had $1.28 billion in aggregate principal amount of our 4.875% senior notes due in 2025 outstanding, $294.9 million in aggregate principal amount of our 6.375% senior notes due in 2023 outstanding, $926.5 million outstanding under our senior secured term loan due in 2025, $81.0 million drawn under our asset-based revolving line of credit with a 2023 maturity date, and $13.6 million of total other indebtedness. Our substantial debt could have important consequences to us, including:

• increasing our vulnerability to general economic and industry conditions;

• requiring a substantial portion of our cash flow used in operations to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness, therefore reducing our liquidity and our ability to use our cash flow to fund our operations, capital expenditures and future business opportunities;

• exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates, and corresponding increased interest expense, because borrowings under our asset-based revolving line of credit and term loan are at variable rates of interest;

• reducing funds available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes, due to the costs and expenses associated with such debt;

• making it more difficult to satisfy our obligations under the terms of our indebtedness;

• limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisitions, and general corporate or other purposes; and

• limiting our ability to adjust to changing marketplace conditions and placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who may have less debt.

In addition, the debt agreements that currently govern our asset-based revolving line of credit and term loan and the indentures governing our outstanding senior notes impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us, including limitations on our ability to, among other things, pay dividends and make other distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock; make certain investments; incur certain liens; enter into transactions with affiliates; merge or consolidate; enter into agreements that restrict the ability of our subsidiaries to make dividends or other payments to Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.; and transfer or sell assets. In addition, the terms of our preferred stock contain restrictions on our ability to pay dividends on our common stock, and the holders of such shares would participate in any declared common stock dividends, reducing the cash available to holders of common stock. As a result of these

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restrictions, we will be limited as to how we conduct our business and we may be unable to raise additional debt or equity financing to compete effectively or to capitalize on available business opportunities.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets, seek additional capital, or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations, which could cause us to default on our debt obligations and impair our liquidity. In the event of a default under any of our indebtedness, the holders of the defaulted debt could elect to declare all the funds borrowed to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest, which in turn could result in cross-defaults under our other indebtedness. The lenders under our asset-based revolving line of credit could also elect to terminate their commitments thereunder and cease making further loans, and the lenders under the asset-based revolving line of credit and term loan could institute foreclosure proceedings against their collateral, which could potentially force us into bankruptcy or liquidation.

Despite our current level of indebtedness, we may be able to incur substantially more debt and enter into other transactions which could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition described above.

We may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness in the future. Although the debt agreements that currently govern our asset-based revolving line of credit, term loan, outstanding senior notes and other debt instruments contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness and entering into certain types of other transactions, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions. Additional indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. These restrictions also do not prevent us from incurring obligations, such as trade payables, that do not constitute indebtedness as defined under our debt instruments. To the extent we incur additional indebtedness or other obligations, the risks described in the immediately preceding risk factor and others described herein may increase.

The holders of Preferred Stock issued in connection with the Allied Acquisition have rights, preferences and privileges that are not held by, and are preferential to, the rights of, our common shareholders. We may be required, under certain circumstances, to repurchase the preferred stock for cash, and such obligations could adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition.

On January 2, 2018 we issued 400,000 shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) to CD&R Boulder Holdings, L.P. (the “CD&R Stockholder”), an entity affiliated with the investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC, pursuant to an Investment Agreement dated August 24, 2017 (the “Investment Agreement”). The proceeds of the issuance were used to partially finance the Allied Acquisition. The Preferred Stock is convertible perpetual participating preferred stock of Beacon, with an initial conversion price of $41.26 per share, and accrues dividends at a rate of 6.0% per annum (payable in cash or in-kind, subject to specified limitations). The Preferred Stock may be converted at any time at the option of the holder into 9,694,619 shares of our common stock. In addition, under the terms of the Preferred Stock, we may, at our option, force the conversion of all (but not less than all) of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock to common stock if at any time the market price of our common stock exceeds 200% of the then-effective conversion price per share for at least 75 days out of any trailing 90-trading day period. Any conversion of the Preferred Stock may significantly dilute our common shareholders and adversely affect both our net income per share and the market price of our common stock.

If we issue additional shares of Preferred Stock as “in-kind” dividend payments that, together with the 400,000 shares of Preferred Stock issued to the CD&R Stockholder, represent in excess of 12,071,937 shares of our common stock on an as-converted basis, and in certain other circumstances as provided in the Preferred Stock certificate of designations, a “Triggering Event” would occur. Upon the occurrence of a “Triggering Event,” the dividend rate will increase to 9.0% per annum for so long as the Triggering Event remains in effect, which will further dilute our common shareholders if we issue additional shares of Preferred Stock to satisfy our dividend payment obligations. Moreover, if we declare or pay a cash dividend on our common stock, we will be required to declare and pay a dividend on the outstanding Preferred Stock on a pro rata basis with the common shares determined on an as-converted basis at the time the dividend is declared. The maximum number of shares of common stock into which the Preferred Stock may be converted (taking into account any shares of Preferred Stock issued as in-kind dividend payments) will be limited to 12,071,937 shares of our common stock, which represents 19.99% of the total number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the Investment Agreement, unless and until we were to obtain shareholder approval of such issuance under the Nasdaq listing rules. The terms of the Investment Agreement and Preferred Stock do not require us to obtain shareholder approval in these circumstances.

Holders of the Preferred Stock generally are entitled to vote with the holders of the shares of common stock on an as converted basis on all matters submitted for a vote of holders of shares of common stock, voting together with the holders of shares of common stock as one class (subject to the limitation that any one Preferred Stock holder, together with its affiliates, cannot vote any shares in excess of 19.99% of the aggregate voting power of the common stock outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the Investment Agreement). The prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Preferred Stock is required to, among other things, (i) amend or modify our charter, by-laws or the certificate of designations governing the Preferred Stock that would adversely affect the Preferred Stock or (ii) amend our debt agreements to, among other things, adversely affect our ability to pay dividends on the Preferred Stock, subject to certain exceptions.

The conversion price of the Preferred Stock is subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments, including in the event of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event. Adjustments to the conversion price could dilute the ownership interest of our common shareholders. In addition, holders of Preferred Stock have the right to receive a liquidation preference entitling them to be

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paid out of our assets available for distribution to shareholders, before any payment may be made to holders of shares of common stock, an amount equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the liquidation preference thereof plus all accrued and unpaid dividends or (b) the amount that such holder would have been entitled to receive upon our liquidation, dissolution and winding up if all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock had been converted into common stock immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, without regard to any of the limitations on conversion or convertibility.

Furthermore, the holders of the Preferred Stock will have certain redemption rights, including upon certain change of control events involving us, which, if exercised, could require us to repurchase all of the outstanding Preferred Stock for cash at the original purchase price of the Preferred Stock plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon. Our obligations to pay regular dividends to the holders of the Preferred Stock or any required repurchase of the outstanding Preferred Stock could impact our liquidity and reduce the amount of cash available for working capital, capital expenditures, growth opportunities, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes. Our obligations to the holders of Preferred Stock could also limit our ability to obtain additional financing or increase our borrowing costs, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition. The preferential rights could also result in divergent interests between the holders of the Preferred Stock and our common shareholders.

The CD&R Stockholder may sell shares of our common stock in the public market, which may cause the market price of our common stock to decrease, and therefore make it more difficult to raise equity financing or issue equity as consideration in an acquisition.

Our registration rights agreement with the CD&R Stockholder requires us to register all shares held by the CD&R Stockholder and its permitted transferees (including shares of our common stock issued upon conversion of Preferred Stock) under the Securities Act upon request of the CD&R Stockholder. The registration rights for the CD&R Stockholder will allow it to sell its shares without compliance with the volume and manner of sale limitations under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and will facilitate the resale of such securities into the public market. The market value of our common stock could decline as a result of sales by the CD&R Stockholder from time to time. In particular, the sale of a substantial number of our shares by the CD&R Stockholder within a short period of time, or the perception that such sale might occur, could cause our stock price to decrease, make it more difficult for us to raise funds through future offerings of Beacon common stock or acquire other businesses using Beacon common stock as consideration.

The CD&R Stockholder holds a significant equity interest in our business and may exercise significant influence over us, including through its ability to designate up to two directors to our board of directors, and its interests as a preferred equity holder may diverge from, or even conflict with, the interests of our other common shareholders.

As of September 30, 2019, the CD&R Stockholder beneficially owns shares of our common stock and Preferred Stock, which, taken together on an as-converted basis, represent approximately 30.0% of our total voting power. As a result, the CD&R Stockholder may have the indirect ability to significantly influence our policies and operations. In addition, under the Investment Agreement, the CD&R Stockholder is entitled to appoint up to two directors to our board of directors. Both Nathan K. Sleeper and Philip W. Knisely, partners at CD&R, currently serve as directors. Notwithstanding that all directors will be subject to fiduciary duties to us and to applicable law, the interests of the directors designated by the CD&R Stockholder may differ from the interests of our other directors or common shareholders as a whole. With such representation on our board of directors, the CD&R Stockholder has influence over the appointment of management and any action requiring the vote of our board of directors, including significant corporate action such as mergers and sales of substantially all of our assets. The directors controlled by the CD&R Stockholder will also be able to influence decisions affecting our capital structure, including decisions to issue additional capital stock and incur additional debt. Additionally, for so long as the CD&R Stockholder owns Preferred Stock, certain matters will require the approval of the CD&R Stockholder, including: (1) amendments or modifications to our charter, by-laws or the certificate of designations governing the Preferred Stock that would adversely affect the Preferred Stock, (2) authorization, creation, increase in the authorized amount of, or issuance of any class or series of senior or parity equity securities or any security convertible into, shares of senior or parity equity securities (but not junior securities), (3) any increase or decrease in the authorized number of preferred shares or the issuance of additional shares of Preferred Stock, (4) amendments to our debt agreements that would, among other things, adversely affect our ability to pay dividends on the Preferred Stock, subject to certain exceptions, and (5) the liquidation, dissolution or filing of a voluntary petition for bankruptcy or receivership. The CD&R Stockholder and its affiliates are in the business of making or advising on investments in companies, including businesses that may directly or indirectly compete with certain portions of our business. In addition, the CD&R Stockholder may have an interest in pursuing acquisitions, divestitures, financings or other transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their overall equity investment and have a negative impact to our common shareholders as a whole. Furthermore, the CD&R Stockholder may, in the future, own businesses that directly or indirectly compete with us. The CD&R Stockholder may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.

ITEM 1B.    UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

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ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES

As of October 31, 2019, we leased 511 branch facilities and 12 non-branch facilities throughout the United States and Canada. These leased facilities range in size from approximately 2,000 to 348,000 square feet. In addition, as of October 31, 2019, we owned 18 branch facilities. These owned facilities range in size from approximately 11,500 square feet to 68,000 square feet. These facilities are pledged as collateral under our senior secured term loan and our asset based revolving line of credit. We believe that our properties are in good operating condition and adequately serve our current business operations.

The following table summarizes the locations of our branches and facilities as of October 31, 2019:

			Non-Branch
Location	Branches		Facilities
U.S. State
Alabama		7
Alaska		1
Arizona		5
Arkansas		4
California		48
Colorado		18
Connecticut		7
Delaware		3
Florida		39		1
Georgia		14		1
Hawaii		9
Idaho		2
Illinois		16
Indiana		8
Iowa		2
Kansas		4		1
Kentucky		5
Louisiana		8
Maine		4
Maryland		21		2
Massachusetts		13
Michigan		11
Minnesota		6
Mississippi		2
Missouri		9
Montana		1
Nebraska		6
Nevada		4
New Hampshire		2
New Jersey		21		1
New Mexico		1
New York		19
North Carolina		24		1
North Dakota		3
Ohio		10		2
Oklahoma		2
Oregon		7		1
Pennsylvania		35
Rhode Island		2
South Carolina		8
South Dakota		2
Tennessee		8
Texas		39		1
Utah		6
Vermont		1
Virginia		15		1

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Washington	18
West Virginia	4
Wisconsin	4
Wyoming	2
Total — United States	510	12
Canadian Province
Alberta	3
British Columbia	3
Nova Scotia	1
Ontario	6
Quebec	5
Saskatchewan	1
Total — Canada	19	-
Total — All	529	12

ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we are involved in lawsuits that are brought against us in the normal course of business. We are not currently a party to any legal proceedings that would be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition.

ITEM 4.    MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Nasdaq”) under the symbol “BECN”. As of November 6, 2019, there were 79 registered holders of record of our common stock.

We have not paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future. Our board of directors currently intends to retain any future earnings for reinvestment in our growing business. Any future determination to pay dividends will also be at the discretion of our board of directors and will be dependent upon our results of operations and cash flows, our financial position and capital requirements, general business conditions, legal, tax, regulatory and any contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends, and any other factors our board of directors deems relevant.

Stock Performance Graph

This stock performance graph shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. The performance of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.’s common stock depicted in the stock performance graph represents historical results only and is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

The following graph compares the cumulative total shareholder return on Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.’s common stock (based on market prices) for the last five fiscal years with the cumulative total return on (i) the Nasdaq Index and (ii) the S&P 1500 Trading Companies & Distributors Index, assuming a hypothetical $100 investment in each on September 30, 2014 and the re-investment of all dividends. The closing price of our common stock on September 30, 2019, was $33.53.

	Base	INDEXED RETURNS
	Period	Years Ended September 30,
Company / Index	9/30/2014		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.	100		127.51	165.11	201.14	142.03	131.59
Nasdaq Index	100		104.00	121.08	149.75	187.44	188.43
S&P 1500 Trading Companies & Distributors Index	100		77.74	91.45	103.96	143.24	131.44

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ITEM 6.    SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

You should read the following selected financial information together with our financial statements and related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” also included in this Form 10-K. We have derived the statement of operations data for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, from our audited financial statements included in this Form 10-K. We have derived the statements of operations data for the years ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 2017, 2016, and 2015, from our audited financial statements not included in this Form 10-K.

Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017		2016		2015
Net sales	$	7,105,160		$	6,418,311		$	4,376,670	$	4,127,109	$	2,515,169
Cost of products sold		5,368,605			4,824,990			3,300,731		3,114,040		1,919,804
Gross profit		1,736,555			1,593,321			1,075,939		1,013,069		595,365
Operating expense		1,588,803			1,388,695			859,843		808,085		478,284
Income (loss) from operations		147,752			204,626			216,096		204,984		117,081
Interest expense, financing costs, and other		158,534			136,544			52,751		58,452		11,037
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(10,782	)		68,082			163,345		146,532		106,044
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		(170	)		(30,544	)		62,481		56,615		43,767
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626		$	100,864	$	89,917	$	62,277
Dividends on preferred shares		24,000			18,000			-		-		-
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(34,612	)	$	80,626		$	100,864	$	89,917	$	62,277
Weighted-average common stock outstanding:
Basic		68,424,288			68,012,879			60,315,648		59,424,372		49,578,130
Diluted		68,424,288			69,191,039			61,344,263		60,418,067		50,173,478
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic	$	(0.51	)	$	1.07		$	1.67	$	1.51	$	1.26
Diluted	$	(0.51	)	$	1.05		$	1.64	$	1.49	$	1.24

Balance Sheet Data:

	September 30,
	2019		2018		2017		2016		2015
Cash and cash equivalents	$	72,287	$	129,927	$	138,250	$	31,386	$	45,661
Total assets		6,392,812		6,508,662		3,449,557		3,113,859		1,539,428
Total long-term indebtedness1		2,586,576		2,606,096		750,233		1,117,711		192,567
Total stockholders’ equity		1,862,353		1,884,305		1,781,806		1,323,827		883,116

¹ Net of debt issuance costs

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, we prepare certain financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), specifically:

• Adjusted Net Income (Loss)/Adjusted EPS

• Adjusted EBITDA

We define Adjusted Net Income (Loss) as net income that excludes acquisition costs, business restructuring costs, and the effects of tax reform. Adjusted Net Income (Loss) per share or "Adjusted EPS" is calculated by dividing the Adjusted Net Income (Loss) for the period by the weighted-average diluted shares outstanding for the period after assuming the full conversion of the participating Preferred Stock.

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We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus interest expense (net of interest income), income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, acquisition costs, and business restructuring costs. EBITDA is a measure commonly used in the distribution industry, and we present Adjusted EBITDA to enhance your understanding of our operating performance.

We use these supplemental non-GAAP measures to evaluate financial performance, analyze the underlying trends in our business and establish operational goals and forecasts that are used when allocating resources.

We believe these non-GAAP measures are useful measures because they allow investors to better understand changes in underlying operating performance over comparative periods by providing investors with financial results that are unaffected by cyclical variances that can be driven by items such as investment activity or purchase accounting adjustments.

While we believe that these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors when evaluating our business, they are not prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, and therefore should be considered supplemental in nature. You should not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as a substitute for other financial performance measures presented in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures may have material limitations including, but not limited to, the exclusion of certain costs without a corresponding reduction of net income for the income generated by the assets to which the excluded costs are related. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies.

Adjusted Net Income (Loss)/Adjusted EPS

The following table presents a reconciliation of net income, the most directly comparable financial measure as measured in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted Net Income (Loss)/Adjusted EPS for each of the periods indicated (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019						2018						2017
	Amount			Per Share1			Amount			Per Share2			Amount			Per Share3
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	(0.14	)	$	98,626		$	1.29		$	100,864		$	1.64
Adjustments:
Acquisition costs4		244,262			3.13			220,466			2.89			103,634			1.69
Business restructuring costs5		7,354			0.09			-			-			-			-
Effects of tax reform6		(462	)		(0.01	)		(48,805	)		(0.64	)		-			-
Total adjustments		251,154			3.21			171,661			2.25			103,634			1.69
Tax impact of total adjustments7		(64,326	)		(0.81	)		(63,607	)		(0.84	)		(40,007	)		(0.65	)
Total adjustments, net of tax		186,828			2.40			108,054			1.41			63,627			1.04
Adjusted Net Income (Loss)	$	176,216		$	2.26		$	206,680		$	2.70		$	164,491		$	2.68

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¹ The weighted-average share count utilized in the calculation of Adjusted EPS for the year ended September 30, 2019 is 78,118,907, which is equal to the 68,424,288 diluted weighted-average shares outstanding plus the assumed conversion of 9,694,619 weighted-average shares of participating Preferred Stock. The shares of participating Preferred Stock were excluded from the GAAP net income (loss) per share calculations for the period due to their anti-dilutive nature.

² The weighted-average share count utilized in the calculation of Adjusted EPS for the year ended September 30, 2018 is 76,415,522, which is equal to the 69,191,039 diluted weighted-average shares outstanding plus the assumed conversion of 7,224,483 weighted-average shares of participating Preferred Stock. The shares of participating Preferred Stock were excluded from the GAAP net income (loss) per share calculations for the period due to their anti-dilutive nature.

³ The weighted-average share count utilized in the calculation of Adjusted EPS for the year ended September 30, 2017 is 61,344,263, which is equal to the diluted weighted-average shares outstanding.

⁴ The following table presents a breakout of the components of acquisition costs for each of the periods indicated:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2017
Amortization of intangible assets	$	207,065	$	141,185	$	82,465
Costs classified as selling, general, and administrativea		25,095		54,442		15,745
Amortization of debt issuance costs		12,102		24,839		5,424
Total acquisition costs	$	244,262	$	220,466	$	103,634

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^a. Selling, general, and administrative costs related to acquisitions are mainly composed of professional fees, branch integration expenses, travel expenses, employee severance and retention costs, and other personnel expenses.

⁵ Business restructuring costs are composed of costs stemming from headcount rationalization efforts and accrued estimated costs related to employee benefit restructuring.

⁶ Impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

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⁷ The effective tax rate applied to these adjustments is calculated by using adjusted pre-tax income while factoring in discrete tax adjustments for the fiscal year. The tax impact of adjustments for the year ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were calculated using an effective tax rate of 25.8%, 28.9% and 38.6%, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA

The following table presents a reconciliation of net income, the most directly comparable financial measure as measured in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626		$	100,864
Interest expense, net		160,246			143,074			53,802
Income taxes		(170	)		(30,544	)		62,481
Depreciation and amortization		277,760			201,503			116,467
Stock-based compensation		16,360			16,473			15,074
Acquisition costs1		25,095			54,441			15,745
Business restructuring costs2		7,354			-			-
Adjusted EBITDA	$	476,033		$	483,573		$	364,433
Adjusted EBITDA as a % of net sales		6.7	%		7.5	%		8.3	%

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¹ Represents selling, general, and administrative costs related to acquisitions (excluding the impact of tax). Other items the Company classifies as acquisition costs are embedded in other balances of the table.

² Business restructuring costs are composed of costs stemming from headcount rationalization efforts and accrued estimated costs related to employee benefit restructuring.

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ITEM 7.    MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. All references to “2019,” “2018” and “2017”are referring to the twelve-month period ended September 30 for each of those respective fiscal years. The following discussion may contain forward-looking statements that reflect our plans and expectation. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by these forward-looking statements due to the factors discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, particularly in the “Risk Factors” section. We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of events or circumstances after the date of such statements except as required by law.

Overview

We are the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing materials and complementary building products in the United States and Canada. We are among the oldest and most established distributors in the industry. The complementary building products we distribute include siding, windows, insulation, waterproofing systems, wallboard, acoustical ceilings, and other specialty exterior and interior building products. We purchase products from a large number of manufacturers and then distribute these goods to a customer base consisting of contractors, and to a lesser extent, home builders, retailers, and other building materials suppliers.

As of September 30, 2019, we operated 529 branches throughout all 50 states in the U.S. and 6 provinces in Canada. We offer one of the most extensive assortments of high-quality branded products in the industry with approximately 140,000 SKUs available across our branch network, enabling us to deliver products to serve over 110,000 customers on a timely basis.

Effective execution of both our sales and operating plans enables us to grow beyond the relative strength of the markets we serve. Our business model is a bottom-up approach, where each of our branches uses its regional knowledge and experience to assist with the development of a marketing plan and product mix that is best suited for its respective market. Local alignment with overall strategic goals provides the foundation for significant ownership of results at the branch level. Our distinctive operating model and branch level autonomy differentiate us from the competition.

We provide our customers with industry-leading digital solutions, including Beacon PRO+, our innovative e-commerce portal, and Beacon 3D+, an in-home visualizer and dynamic modeling tool for our residential customers. These platforms help our customers save time, work more efficiently and grow their business. Additional value-added services we offer include, but are not limited to, job site delivery, custom designed tapered roofing systems, metal fabrication and trade credit. We consider customer relations and our employees’ knowledge of roofing and building materials to be vital to our ability to increase customer loyalty and maintain customer satisfaction. Our customers’ business success can be enhanced when they are supported by our efficient and effective distribution network. We invest significant resources in professional development, management skills, product knowledge, and operational proficiency. We pride ourselves on providing these capabilities developed on a foundation of continuous improvement that drives service excellence, productivity and efficiency.

We seek opportunities to expand our business operations through both acquisitions and organic growth (opening branches, growing sales with existing customers, adding new customers and introducing new products). Our main acquisition strategy is to target market leaders that do business in geographic areas that we currently do not service or that complement our existing regional operations. We pursue organic growth opportunities that allow us to penetrate deeper into target markets and establish a greater presence. The most recent successful execution of our growth strategy is summarized by the following:

• On January 2, 2018, we completed the acquisition of Allied Building Products Corp. (“Allied”), one of the country’s largest exterior and interior building products distributors, for $2.88 billion (the “Allied Acquisition”). This significant acquisition expanded our geographic footprint, enhanced our scale and market presence, diversified our product offerings, and positioned us to provide new growth opportunities that will increase our long-term profitability.

• We completed two additional acquisitions in 2018, as well as five more in 2017.

• In 2019, we opened a total of nine new branch locations across Alabama, California, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Texas. We opened three new branch locations in 2018 as well as four more in 2017.

General

We sell all materials necessary to install, replace and repair residential and non-residential roofs, including:

• Shingles, standard and specialty;

• Single-ply roofing;

• Metal roofing and accessories;

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• Modified bitumen;

• Built-up roofing;

• Insulation;

• Slate and tile roofing;

• Fasteners, coatings and cements; and

• Other roofing accessories.

We also sell complementary building products such as:

• Vinyl, wood and fiber cement siding;

• Doors, windows and millwork;

• Decking and railing;

• Building insulation;

• Waterproofing systems;

• Wallboard; and

• Acoustical ceilings.

We serve over 110,000 customers, none of which individually represents more than 1% of our total net sales. Many of our customers are small to mid-size contractors with relatively limited capital resources. We maintain strict credit review and approval policies, which has helped to keep losses from uncollectible customer receivables within our expectations. Our expenses consist primarily of the cost of products purchased for resale, labor, fleet, occupancy, and selling and administrative expenses.

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth consolidated statement of operations data and such data as a percentage of total net sales for the periods presented (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Net sales	$	7,105,160		$	6,418,311		$	4,376,670
Cost of products sold		5,368,605			4,824,990			3,300,731
Gross profit		1,736,555			1,593,321			1,075,939
Operating expense:
Selling, general and administrative		1,311,043			1,187,192			743,376
Depreciation		70,695			60,318			34,002
Amortization		207,065			141,185			82,465
Total operating expense		1,588,803			1,388,695			859,843
Income (loss) from operations		147,752			204,626			216,096
Interest expense, financing costs, and other		158,534			136,544			52,751
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(10,782	)		68,082			163,345
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		(170	)		(30,544	)		62,481
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626		$	100,864
Dividends on preferred shares		24,000			18,000			-
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(34,612	)	$	80,626		$	100,864

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	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Net sales		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of products sold		75.6	%		75.2	%		75.4	%
Gross profit		24.4	%		24.8	%		24.6	%
Operating expense:
Selling, general and administrative		18.4	%		18.5	%		16.9	%
Depreciation		1.0	%		0.9	%		0.8	%
Amortization		2.9	%		2.2	%		1.9	%
Total operating expense		22.3	%		21.6	%		19.6	%
Income (loss) from operations		2.1	%		3.2	%		5.0	%
Interest expense, financing costs, and other		2.2	%		2.1	%		1.2	%
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(0.1	%)		1.1	%		3.8	%
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		0.0	%		(0.4	%)		1.5	%
Net income (loss)		(0.1	%)		1.5	%		2.3	%
Dividends on preferred shares		0.4	%		0.2	%		0.0	%
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders		(0.5	%)		1.3	%		2.3	%

In managing our business, we consider all growth, including the opening of new branches, to be organic growth unless it results from an acquisition. When we refer to growth in existing markets or organic growth, we include growth from existing and newly opened branches but exclude growth from acquired branches until they have been under our ownership for at least four full fiscal quarters at the start of the fiscal reporting period. We believe the existing market information is useful to investors because it helps explain organic growth or decline. When we refer to regions, we are referring to our geographic regions. When we refer to our net product costs, we are referring to our invoice cost less the impact of short-term buying programs (also referred to as “special buys” given the manner in which they are offered).

As of September 30, 2019, we had a total of 529 branches in operation. Our existing market calculations include the operating results of the 312 branches that meet our definition (217 branches were excluded because they were acquired after the start of fiscal year 2018).

Comparison of the Years Ended September 30, 2019 and 2018

The following table summarizes our results of operations by market type (existing and acquired) for the periods presented (in thousands):

	Existing Markets						Acquired Markets						Consolidated
	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018			2019			2018
Net sales	$	4,151,179		$	4,020,188		$	2,953,981		$	2,398,123		$	7,105,160		$	6,418,311
Gross profit	$	957,288		$	969,364		$	779,267		$	623,957		$	1,736,555		$	1,593,321
Gross margin		23.1	%		24.1	%		26.4	%		26.0	%		24.4	%		24.8	%
Operating expense:
Selling, general, and administrative	$	746,880		$	733,213		$	564,163		$	453,979		$	1,311,043		$	1,187,192
Depreciation		34,804			31,451			35,891			28,867			70,695			60,318
Amortization		50,016			60,893			157,049			80,292			207,065			141,185
Operating expense1	$	831,700		$	825,557		$	757,103		$	563,138		$	1,588,803		$	1,388,695
Operating expense as a % of net sales		20.0	%		20.5	%		25.6	%		23.5	%		22.3	%		21.6	%
Operating income (loss)	$	125,588		$	143,806		$	22,164		$	60,820		$	147,752		$	204,626
Operating margin		3.0	%		3.6	%		0.8	%		2.5	%		2.1	%		3.2	%

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¹  Total operating expense for 2019 and 2018 includes $29.2 million (none from acquired markets) and $54.4 million ($0.9 million from acquired markets), respectively, of acquisition costs and business restructuring costs. Acquired market operating expense for 2019 reflects full year of impact from the Allied Acquisition, compared to three quarters in 2018.  

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Net Sales

Consolidated net sales increased 10.7% to $7.11 billion in 2019, from $6.42 billion in 2018. Existing market net sales increased 3.3% to $4.15 billion in 2019, from $4.02 billion in 2018. The year-over-year increase in existing market net sales was mainly influenced by the following factors:

• double-digit net sales growth in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets;

• stronger demand due to the impact of Hurricanes Florence and Michael; and

• higher pricing across all major product lines;

partially offset by:

• decreased storm-related demand in the Midwest and West markets; and

• heavier rainfall levels in 2019 across most regions.

Existing market net sales by geographical region increased (decreased) from 2018 to 2019 as follows: Northeast 12.6%; Mid-Atlantic 10.8%; Southeast 3.3%; Southwest 3.1%; Midwest (4.0%); West (6.3%); and Canada 4.3%.

We estimate the impact of inflation or deflation on our sales and gross profit by looking at changes in our average selling prices and gross margins (discussed below).

Product line net sales for our existing markets were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019					2018					Change
	Net Sales		%			Net Sales		%			$			%
Residential roofing products	$	2,207,851		53.2	%	$	2,063,800		51.3	%	$	144,051			7.0	%
Non-residential roofing products		1,183,422		28.5	%		1,200,934		29.9	%		(17,512	)		(1.5	%)
Complementary building products		759,906		18.3	%		755,454		18.8	%		4,452			0.6	%
Total existing market sales	$	4,151,179		100.0	%	$	4,020,188		100.0	%	$	130,991			3.3	%

Acquired market net sales were $2.95 billion in 2019. We recognized acquired market product line net sales of $871.8 million in residential roofing products, $521.8 million in non-residential roofing products and $1.56 billion in complementary building products.

Gross Profit

Gross profit and gross margin for our consolidated and existing markets were as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,						Change1
	2019			2018			$			%
Gross profit - consolidated	$	1,736,555		$	1,593,321		$	143,234			9.0	%
Gross profit - existing markets		957,288			969,364			(12,076	)		(1.2	%)
Gross margin - consolidated		24.4	%		24.8	%	N/A				(0.4	%)
Gross margin - existing markets		23.1	%		24.1	%	N/A				(1.0	%)

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¹  Percentage changes for dollar amounts represent the ratable increase or decrease from period-to-period. Percentage changes for percentages represent the net period-to-period change in basis points.

Consolidated gross profit increased 9.0% to $1.74 billion in 2019, from $1.59 billion in 2018. Existing market gross profit decreased 1.2% to $957.3 million in 2019, from $969.4 million in 2018.

Consolidated gross margin was 24.4% in 2019, down 0.4% from 24.8% in 2018. Existing market gross margin was 23.1% in 2019, down 1.0% from 24.1% in 2018. The year-over-year decrease in existing market gross margin was influenced by a product cost increase of approximately 4-5%, partially offset by a price increase of approximately 3-4% across all product lines.

Consolidated gross margin was higher than existing market gross margin due to the positive impact of recent acquisitions. Consolidated direct sales (products shipped by our vendors directly to our customers), which typically have substantially lower gross margins (and operating expense) compared to our warehouse sales, represented 12.4% and 12.8% of our net sales in 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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Operating Expense

Operating expense for consolidated and existing markets was as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,						Change1
	2019			2018			$		%
Operating expense - consolidated	$	1,588,803		$	1,388,695		$	200,108		14.4	%
Operating expense - existing markets		831,700			825,557			6,143		0.7	%
% of net sales - consolidated		22.3	%		21.6	%	N/A			0.7	%
% of net sales - existing markets		20.0	%		20.5	%	N/A			(0.5	%)

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¹  Percentage changes for dollar amounts represent the ratable increase or decrease from period-to-period. Percentage changes for percentages represent the net period-to-period change in basis points.

Consolidated operating expense increased 14.4% to $1.59 billion in 2019, from $1.39 billion in 2018. Existing market operating expense increased 0.7% to $831.7 million in 2019, from $825.6 million in 2018. The year-over-year increase in existing market operating expense was mainly influenced by the following factors:

• an increase in payroll and employee benefit costs of $21.1 million, mainly due to annual merit increases, payroll taxes, and insurance costs;

• an increase in real property and facility-related costs of $6.1 million, composed mainly of increases in warehouse and building maintenance expenses; and

• an increase in selling expense of $2.5 million, mainly due to higher sales volume and related costs;

partially offset by:

• a net decrease in general and administrative expense of $13.8 million, mainly due to higher incursion of acquisition-related costs in the prior period; and

• a decrease in amortization expense of $10.9 million, mainly due to the scheduled declining run-rate of intangible amortization related to acquisitions.

Interest Expense, Financing Costs and Other

Interest expense, financing costs and other expense was $158.5 million in 2019, compared to $136.5 million in 2018. The increase was mainly driven by incremental interest costs from the financing of the Allied Acquisition due to the additional quarter in 2019 over which the related debt was outstanding.

Income Taxes

There was an income tax benefit of $0.2 million in 2019, compared to $30.5 million in 2018. The decrease in income tax benefit was mainly driven by the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. In 2018, the Company remeasured its deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the revised corporate tax rate, which was the primary driver of a $48.8 million net tax benefit for the period. The effective tax rate, excluding any discrete items, was 36.5% in 2019, compared to 30.7% in 2018.

Net Income (Loss)/Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Net income (loss) was $(10.6) million in 2019, compared to $98.6 million in 2018. There were $24.0 million of dividends on preferred shares in 2019, compared to $18.0 million in 2018, making net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders of $(34.6) million in 2019, compared to $80.6 million in 2018. We calculate net income (loss) per share by dividing net income (loss), less dividends on preferred shares and adjustments for participating securities, by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is calculated by utilizing the most dilutive result after applying and comparing the two-class method and if-converted method (see Note 5 in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion).

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The following table presents all the components utilized to calculate basic and diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626
Dividends on preferred shares		24,000			18,000
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders		(34,612	)		80,626
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities		-			(7,742	)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - basic and diluted (if-converted method)	$	(34,612	)	$	72,884
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities		-			7,742
Re-allocation of undistributed income to preferred shares		-			(7,623	)
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - diluted (two-class method)	$	(34,612	)	$	73,003
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic		68,424,288			68,012,879
Effect of common share equivalents		-			1,178,160
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted (if-converted and two-class method)		68,424,288			69,191,039
Net income (loss) per share - basic	$	(0.51	)	$	1.07
Net income (loss) per share - diluted (two-class method)		(0.51	)		1.06
Net income (loss) per share - diluted (if-converted method)		(0.51	)		1.05

Comparison of the Years Ended September 30, 2018 and 2017

The discussion of our results of operations for 2018 compared to 2017 can be found in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2018.

Seasonality

In general, sales and net income are highest during our first, third and fourth fiscal quarters, which represent the peak months of construction and re-roofing, especially in our branches in the northern and mid-western U.S. and in Canada. We have historically incurred low net income levels or net losses during the second quarter when our sales are substantially lower.

We generally experience an increase in inventory, accounts receivable and accounts payable during the third and fourth quarters of the year as a result of the seasonality of our business. Our peak cash usage generally occurs during the third quarter, primarily because accounts payable terms offered by our suppliers typically have due dates in April, May and June, while our peak accounts receivable collections typically occur from June through November.

We generally experience a slowing of our accounts receivable collections during our second quarter, mainly due to the inability of some of our customers to conduct their businesses effectively in inclement weather in certain divisions. We continue to attempt to collect those receivables, which require payment under our standard terms. We do not provide material concessions to our customers during this quarter of the year.

We generally experience our peak working capital needs during the third quarter after we build our inventories following the winter season but before we begin collecting on most of our spring receivables.

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Quarterly Financial Data

The following table sets forth certain unaudited quarterly data for 2019 and 2018 which, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of this data. Results of any one or more quarters are not necessarily indicative of results for an entire fiscal year or of continuing trends (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	2019												2018
	Qtr 4			Qtr 3			Qtr 2			Qtr 1			Qtr 4			Qtr 3			Qtr 2			Qtr 11
Net sales	$	2,029,913		$	1,924,534		$	1,429,037		$	1,721,676		$	1,935,756		$	1,934,951		$	1,425,625		$	1,121,979
% of fiscal year’s net sales		28.6	%		27.1	%		20.1	%		24.2	%		30.2	%		30.1	%		22.2	%		17.5	%
Gross profit		493,462			472,536			334,988			435,569			491,297			493,894			338,377			269,753
% of fiscal year’s gross profit		28.4	%		27.2	%		19.3	%		25.1	%		30.8	%		31.0	%		21.2	%		16.9	%
Income (loss) from operations		89,874			74,254			(54,630	)		38,254			108,115			104,813			(57,398	)		49,096
% of fiscal year’s income (loss) from operations		60.8	%		50.3	%		(37.0	%)		25.9	%		52.8	%		51.2	%		(28.1	%)		24.0	%
Net income (loss)	$	27,380		$	30,987		$	(68,086	)	$	(893	)	$	48,310		$	49,375		$	(66,655	)	$	67,596
Dividends on preferred shares		6,000			6,000			6,000			6,000			6,000			6,000			6,000			-
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	21,380		$	24,987		$	(74,086	)	$	(6,893	)	$	42,310		$	43,375		$	(72,655	)	$	67,596
Net income (loss) per share - basic	$	0.27		$	0.32		$	(1.08	)	$	(0.10	)	$	0.54		$	0.56		$	(1.07	)	$	1.00
Net income (loss) per share - diluted	$	0.27		$	0.32		$	(1.08	)	$	(0.10	)	$	0.54		$	0.55		$	(1.07	)	$	0.98

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¹  Results from the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 do not include the impact of the Allied Acquisition (see Note 3 in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion).

Impact of Inflation

We believe that our results of operations are not materially impacted by moderate changes in the economic inflation rate. In general, we have historically been successful in passing on price increases from our vendors to our customers in a timely manner. Following modest levels of price deflation in recent years, 2018 and 2019 saw increased product inflation from our suppliers. During periods of inflation, Beacon has a successful history of offsetting higher products costs with increased selling prices.

Liquidity

Liquidity is defined as the current amount of readily available cash and the ability to generate adequate amounts of cash to meet the current needs for cash. We assess our liquidity in terms of our cash and cash equivalents on hand and the ability to generate cash to fund our operating activities, taking into consideration the seasonal nature of our business.

Our principal sources of liquidity as of September 30, 2019 were our cash and cash equivalents of $72.3 million and our available borrowings of $1.14 billion under our asset-based lending revolving credit facility.

Significant factors which could affect future liquidity include the following:

• the adequacy of available bank lines of credit;

• the ability to attract long-term capital with satisfactory terms;

• cash flows generated from operating activities;

• acquisitions; and

• capital expenditures.

Our primary capital needs are for working capital obligations and other general corporate purposes, including acquisitions and capital expenditures. Our primary sources of working capital are cash from operations and cash equivalents supplemented by bank borrowings. In the past, we have financed larger acquisitions initially through increased bank borrowings and the issuance of common or preferred stock. We then repay any such borrowings with cash flows from operations. We have funded most of our capital expenditures with cash on hand or through increased bank borrowings, including equipment financing, and then have reduced those obligations with cash flows from operations.

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We believe we have adequate current liquidity and availability of capital to fund our present operations, meet our commitments on our existing debt and fund anticipated growth, including expansion in existing and targeted market areas. We seek potential acquisitions from time to time and hold discussions with certain acquisition candidates. If suitable acquisition opportunities or working capital needs arise that require additional financing, we believe that our financial position and earnings history provide a sufficient base for obtaining additional financing resources at reasonable rates and terms. We may also choose to issue additional shares of common stock or preferred stock in order to raise funds.

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	212,653		$	539,381		$	315,200
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(211,735	)		(2,784,341	)		(166,985	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(58,769	)		2,236,051			(40,600	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		211			586			(751	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	$	(57,640	)	$	(8,323	)	$	106,864

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $212.7 million in 2019, compared to $539.4 million in 2018. Cash from operations decreased $326.7 million due to an incremental cash outflow of $314.5 million stemming from changes to our net working capital, mainly driven by comparatively larger cash outflows related to accounts payable, accrued expenses and prepaid expenses, as well as a decrease in net income after adjustments for non-cash items of $12.3 million.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $211.7 million in 2019, compared to $2.78 billion in 2018. The $2.57 billion decrease in investing cash spend was primarily due to the impact of the Allied Acquisition in 2018, partially offset by the $164.0 million payment resulting from the 338(h)(10) election made in October 2018 (see Note 3 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements).

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $58.8 million in 2019, compared to $2.24 billion provided by financing activities in 2018. The financing cash flow decrease of $2.29 billion was primarily due to a net $1.95 billion decline in cash inflow related to financing arrangements that we entered into in connection with the Allied Acquisition in 2018 (see Note 9 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements), as well as the $400.0 million in gross proceeds we received from the issuance of Preferred Stock in 2018 (see Note 3 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Monitoring and Assessing Collectability of Accounts Receivable

We perform periodic credit evaluations of our customers and typically do not require collateral, although we typically obtain payment and performance bonds for any type of public work and can lien projects under certain circumstances. Consistent with industry practices, we require payment from most customers within 30 days, except for sales to our non-residential roofing contractors, which we typically require to pay in 60 days.

As our business is seasonal in certain geographic regions, our customers’ businesses are also seasonal. Sales are lowest in the winter months and our past due accounts receivable balance as a percentage of total receivables generally increases during this time. Throughout the year, we closely monitor our receivables and record estimated reserves based upon our judgment of specific customer situations, aging of accounts and our historical write-offs of uncollectible accounts.

Our divisional credit offices are staffed to manage and monitor our receivable aging balances and our systems allow us to enforce pre-determined credit approval levels and properly leverage new business. The credit pre-approval process denotes the maximum credit that each level of management can approve, with the highest credit amount requiring approval by our CEO and CFO. There are daily communications with branch and field staff. Our divisional offices conduct periodic reviews with their branch managers, various regional management staff and the Chief Credit Officer. Depending on the state of the respective division’s receivables, these reviews can be weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Additionally, the divisions are required to submit a monthly receivable forecast to the Chief Credit Officer. On a monthly basis, the Chief Credit Officer reviews and discusses these forecasts, as well as a prior month recap, with the Company’s executive management team.

Periodically, we perform a specific analysis of all accounts past due and write off account balances when we have exhausted reasonable collection efforts and determined that the likelihood of collection is remote based upon the following factors:

• aging statistics and trends;

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• customer payment history;

• review of the customer’s financial statements when available;

• independent credit reports; and

• discussions with customers.

We still pursue collection of amounts written off in certain circumstances and credit the allowance for any subsequent recoveries. Over the past three fiscal years, bad debt expense has been, on average, 0.08% of net sales. The continued limitation of bad debt expense is primarily attributed to the continued strengthening of our collections process and overall credit environment.

Commitments

As of September 30, 2019, our contractual obligations were as follows (in thousands):

	Payments Due by Period
	Total		< 1 year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		> 5 Years
2023 ABL	$	89,104	$	-	$	-	$	89,104	$	-
2025 Term Loan		955,450		9,700		19,400		19,400		906,950
Senior Notes1		1,600,000		-		-		300,000		1,300,000
Equipment financing and other		13,598		8,989		4,580		29		-
Operating leases		527,409		110,858		191,271		125,024		100,256
Interest2		720,972		129,173		251,658		234,750		105,391
Total	$	3,906,533	$	258,720	$	466,909	$	768,307	$	2,412,597

¹ Represent principal amounts for 2023 Senior Notes and 2025 Senior Notes. In October 2019, the 2023 Senior Notes were fully redeemed and replaced in connection with re-financing efforts (see Note 20 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

² Interest payments reflect all currently scheduled and projected amounts as calculated using future LIBOR projections.

Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2019 we had access to the following financing arrangements:

• an asset-based revolving line of credit in the United States;

• an asset-based revolving line of credit in Canada;

• a term loan; and

• two separate senior notes instruments.

Financing - Allied Acquisition

In connection with the Allied Acquisition, we entered into various financing arrangements totaling $3.57 billion, including an asset-based revolving line of credit of $1.30 billion (“2023 ABL”), $525.0 million of which was drawn at closing, and a $970.0 million term loan (“2025 Term Loan”). We also raised an additional $1.30 billion through the issuance of senior notes (the “2025 Senior Notes”).

The proceeds from these financing arrangements were used to finance the Allied Acquisition, to refinance or otherwise extinguish all third-party indebtedness, to pay fees and expenses associated with the acquisition, and to provide working capital and funds for other general corporate purposes. We capitalized new debt issuance costs totaling approximately $65.3 million related to the 2023 ABL, the 2025 Term Loan and the 2025 Senior Notes.

Since the financing arrangements entered into in connection with the Allied Acquisition had certain lenders who also participated in our previous financing arrangements, portions of the transactions were accounted for as either a debt modification or a debt extinguishment. In accordance with the accounting for debt modification, we expensed $2.0 million of debt issuance costs related to the Allied financing arrangements and recognized a loss on debt extinguishment of $1.2 million. The remainder of the debt issuance costs will be amortized over the term of the Allied financing arrangements.

2023 ABL

On January 2, 2018, we entered into a $1.30 billion asset-based revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2023 ABL consists of revolving loans in both the United States (“2023 U.S. Revolver”) in the amount of $1.20 billion and Canada (“2023 Canada Revolver”) in the amount of $100.0 million. The 2023 ABL has a maturity date of January 2,

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2023. The 2023 ABL has various borrowing tranches with an interest rate based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. The current unused commitment fees on the 2023 ABL are 0.25% per annum.

There is one financial covenant under the 2023 ABL, which is a Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio. The Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio is calculated by dividing consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by Consolidated Fixed Charges (both as defined in the agreement). Per the covenant, our Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio must be a minimum of 1.00 at the end of each fiscal quarter, calculated on a trailing four quarter basis. The Company was in compliance with this covenant as of September 30, 2019.

The 2023 ABL is secured by a first priority lien over substantially all of our and each guarantor’s accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, books, records and inventory (as well as intangibles related thereto), subject to certain customary exceptions (the “ABL Priority Collateral”), and a second priority lien over substantially all of our and each guarantor’s other assets, including all of the equity interests of any subsidiary held by us or any guarantor, subject to certain customary exceptions (the “Term Priority Collateral”). The 2023 ABL is guaranteed jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally by our active United States subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2019, the total balance outstanding on the 2023 ABL, net of $8.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $81.0 million. We also have outstanding standby letters of credit related to the 2023 U.S. Revolver in the amount of $13.3 million as of September 30, 2019.

2025 Term Loan

On January 2, 2018, we entered into a $970.0 million Term Loan with Citibank N.A., and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2025 Term Loan requires quarterly principal payments in the amount of $2.4 million, with the remaining outstanding principal to be paid on its January 2, 2025 maturity date. The interest rate is based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. We have the option of selecting a LIBOR period that determines the rate at which interest can accrue on the Term Loan as well as the period in which interest payments are made.

The 2025 Term Loan is secured by a first priority lien on the Term Priority Collateral and a second priority lien on the ABL Priority Collateral. Certain excluded assets will not be included in the Term Priority Collateral and the ABL Priority Collateral. The Term Loan is guaranteed jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally by our active United States subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2019, the outstanding balance on the 2025 Term Loan, net of $28.9 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $926.5 million.

2025 Senior Notes

On October 25, 2017, Beacon Escrow Corporation, our wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Escrow Issuer”), completed a private offering of $1.30 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2025 at an issue price of 100%. The 2025 Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.875% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, beginning May 1, 2018. We anticipate repaying the 2025 Senior Notes at the maturity date of November 1, 2025. Per the terms of the Escrow Agreement, the net proceeds from the 2025 Senior Notes remained in escrow until they were used to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Allied Acquisition payable at closing on January 2, 2018.

Upon closing of the Allied Acquisition on January 2, 2018, (i) the Escrow Issuer merged with and into us, and we assumed all obligations under the 2025 Senior Notes; and (ii) all our existing domestic subsidiaries (including the entities acquired in the Allied Acquisition) became guarantors of the 2025 Senior Notes.

As of September 30, 2019, the outstanding balance on the 2025 Senior Notes, net of $17.1 million of debt issuance costs, was $1.28 billion.

Financing - RSG Acquisition

In connection with the Roofing Supply Group (“RSG”) acquisition in fiscal year 2016, we entered into various financing arrangements totaling $1.45 billion, including an asset-based revolving line of credit (“2020 ABL”) of $700.0 million ($350.0 million of which was drawn at closing) and a $450.0 million term loan (“2022 Term Loan”). We also raised an additional $300.0 million through the issuance of senior notes (the “2023 Senior Notes”).

The proceeds from these financing arrangements were used to provide working capital and funds for other general corporate purposes, to refinance or otherwise extinguish all third-party indebtedness, to finance the acquisition, and to pay fees and expenses associated with the RSG acquisition. We incurred debt issuance costs totaling approximately $31.3 million related to the 2020 ABL, 2022 Term Loan, and 2023 Senior Notes.

2020 ABL

On October 1, 2015, we entered into a $700.0 million asset-based revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2020 ABL had an original maturity date of October 1, 2020 and consisted of revolving loans in both the

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United States, in the amount of $670.0 million, and Canada, in the amount of $30.0 million. The 2020 ABL had various borrowing tranches with an interest rate based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. The full balance of the 2020 ABL was paid on January 2, 2018 in conjunction with the Allied Acquisition.

2022 Term Loan

On October 1, 2015, we entered into a $450.0 million Term Loan with Citibank N.A., and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2022 Term Loan required quarterly principal payments in the amount of $1.1 million, with the remaining outstanding principal to be paid on its original maturity date of October 1, 2022. The interest rate was based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. We had the option of selecting a LIBOR period that determined the rate at which interest would accrue, as well as the period in which interest payments are made. The full balance of the 2022 Term Loan was paid on January 2, 2018 in conjunction with the Allied Acquisition, including the write-off of $0.7 million in debt issuance costs.

2023 Senior Notes

On October 1, 2015, we raised $300.0 million by issuing senior notes due 2023. The 2023 Senior Notes have a coupon rate of 6.38% per annum and are payable semi-annually in arrears, beginning April 1, 2016. There are early payment provisions in the indenture in which we would be subject to “make whole” provisions.

The 2023 Senior Notes are guaranteed jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally by our active United States subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2019, the outstanding balance on the 2023 Senior Notes, net of $5.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $294.9 million. On October 28, 2019, we redeemed all $300.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2023 Senior Notes at a redemption price of 103.188% (see Note 20 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

Equipment Financing Facilities and Other

As of September 30, 2019, we had $6.9 million outstanding under equipment financing facilities, with fixed interest rates ranging from 2.33% to 2.89% and payments due through September 2021.

As of September 30, 2019, we had $6.7 million of capital lease obligations outstanding. These leases have interest rates ranging from 2.72% to 10.39% with payments due through November 2021.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accounting policies, methods and estimates are an integral part of the preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and, in part, are based upon management’s current judgments. Those judgments are normally based on knowledge and experience with regard to past and current events and assumptions about future events. Certain accounting policies, methods and estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to the consolidated financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting them may differ markedly from management’s current judgments. While there are a number of accounting policies, methods and estimates affecting our consolidated financial statements, areas that are particularly significant include:

• Inventories

• Business Combinations

• Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Inventories

Inventories, consisting substantially of finished goods, are valued at the lower of cost or market (net realizable value). Cost is determined using the moving weighted-average cost method.

Our arrangements with vendors typically provide for rebates after we make a special purchase and/or monthly, quarterly and/or annual rebates of a specified amount of consideration payable when a number of measures have been achieved. Annual rebates are generally related to a specified cumulative level of purchases on a calendar-year basis. We account for such rebates as a reduction of the inventory value until the product is sold, at which time such rebates reduce cost of sales in the consolidated statements of operations. Throughout the year, we estimate the amount of the periodic rebates based upon the expected level of purchases. We continually revise these estimates to reflect actual rebates earned based on actual purchase levels. Amounts due from vendors under these arrangements are included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

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Business Combinations

We record acquisitions resulting in the consolidation of a business using the acquisition method of accounting. Under this method, we record the assets acquired, including intangible assets that can be identified and named, and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. We use an income approach to determine the fair value of acquired intangible assets, specifically the multi-period excess earnings method for customer relationships and the relief from royalty method for trade names. Various Level 3 fair value assumptions are used in the determination of these estimated fair values, including items such as sales growth rates, cost synergies, customer attrition rates, discount rates, and other prospective financial information. The purchase price in excess of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. We believe these estimates are based on reasonable assumptions, however they are inherently uncertain and unpredictable, therefore actual results may differ. Estimates associated with the accounting for acquisitions may change as additional information becomes available regarding the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Transaction costs associated with acquisitions are expensed as incurred.

Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangibles

On an annual basis and at interim periods when circumstances require, we test the recoverability of our goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. Examples of such indicators include a significant change in the business climate, unexpected competition, loss of key personnel or a decline in our market capitalization below net book value.

We perform impairment assessments at the reporting unit level, which is defined as an operating segment or one level below an operating segment, also known as a component. We currently have five components which we evaluate for aggregation by examining the distribution methods, sales mix, and operating results of each component to determine if these characteristics will be sustained over a long-term basis. For purposes of this evaluation, we expect components to exhibit similar economic characteristics 3-5 years after events such as an acquisition within our core roofing business or management/business restructuring. Components that exhibit similar economic characteristics are subsequently aggregated into a single reporting unit. Based on our most recent impairment assessment performed as of August 31, 2019, it was determined that all components exhibited similar economic characteristics, and therefore should be aggregated into a single reporting unit (collectively the “Reporting Unit”).

To test for the recoverability of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, we first perform a qualitative assessment based on economic, industry and company-specific factors for all or selected reporting units to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. Based on the results of the qualitative assessment, two additional steps in the impairment assessment may be required. The first step would require a comparison of each reporting unit’s fair value to the respective carrying value. If the carrying value exceeds the fair value, a second step is performed to measure the amount of impairment loss on a relative fair value basis, if any.

Based on our most recent impairment assessment performed as of August 31, 2019, we concluded that it was more likely than not that the fair value of the goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded their net carrying amount, therefore the quantitative two-step impairment test was not required. Our total market capitalization exceeded carrying value by approximately 38.3% as of August 31, 2019. Other than the results of the market capitalization test, we did not identify any macroeconomic, industry conditions or cost-related factors that would indicate it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit was less than its carrying value.

We amortize certain identifiable intangible assets that have finite lives, currently consisting of non-compete agreements, customer relationships and trade names. Non-compete agreements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the associated contractual agreements; customer relationship assets are amortized on an accelerated basis based on the expected cash flows generated by the existing customers; and trade names are amortized on an accelerated basis over a five- or ten-year period. Amortizable intangible assets are tested for impairment, when deemed necessary, based on undiscounted cash flows and, if impaired, are written down to fair value based on either discounted cash flows or appraised values. In connection with certain financing arrangements, we have debt issuance costs that are amortized over the lives of the associated financings.

ITEM 7A.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to certain market risks as part of our on-going business operations. Our primary exposure includes changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates.

Interest Rate Risk

Our interest rate risk relates primarily to the variable-rate borrowings we have outstanding. The following discussion of our interest rate is based on a 10% change in interest rates. These changes are hypothetical scenarios used to calibrate potential risk and do not represent our view of future market changes. As the hypothetical figures discussed below indicate, changes in fair value based on the assumed change in rates generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not be linear. The effect of a variation in a particular assumption is calculated without changing any other assumption. In reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another, which may magnify or counteract the sensitivities.

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We use interest rate derivative instruments to manage the risk related to fluctuating cash flows from interest rate changes by converting a portion of our variable-rate borrowings into fixed-rate borrowings. Use of derivative financial instruments in hedging programs subjects us to certain risks, such as market and credit risks. Market risk represents the possibility that the value of the derivative instrument will change. In a hedging relationship, the change in the value of the derivative is offset to a great extent by the change in the value of the underlying hedged item. Credit risk related to derivatives represents the possibility that the counterparty will not fulfill the terms of the contract. The notional, or contractual, amount of our derivative financial instruments is used to measure interest to be paid or received and does not represent our exposure due to credit risk. Our current derivative instruments are with a large financial counterparty that is rated highly by nationally recognized credit rating agencies.

As of September 30, 2019, net of debt issuance fees, we had outstanding borrowings of $81.0 million under our asset-based revolving line of credit, $926.5 million under our term loan, $1.58 billion under our respective senior notes and $13.6 million under our equipment financing facilities. Borrowings under our asset-based revolving line of credit and term loan incur interest on a floating rate basis while borrowings under our senior notes and equipment lease facilities incur interest on a fixed rate basis.

As of September 30, 2019, our weighted-average effective interest rate on debt instruments with variable rates was 4.4%. Based on our analysis, the financial impact of a hypothetical 10% interest rate fluctuation in effect as of September 30, 2019 would be immaterial.

In the fourth quarter of 2019, we took advantage of the recent interest rate cuts and executed two interest rate swaps to hedge against our interest rate risk related to the floating rate of our term loan. The swaps are for three- and five-year terms, and each hedge against $250 million of our term loan for a total of $500 million. The swaps are “pay-fixed/receive-floating” instruments with fixed rates of 1.499% and 1.489% for the three- and five-year swaps, respectively. The swaps are designed to hedge against the interest rate risk that the floating rate on our term loan, up-to the hedged amounts of $250 million each, will exceed 1.499% and 1.489% within three- and five-years, respectively. The interest rate swaps are designated as cash flow hedges and as such, changes in the fair value of the swap instruments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. As of September 30, 2019, the fair value, net of tax, of the three- and five-year swaps were $0.5 million and $1.1 million, respectively, both in favor of the counterparty.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

We have exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations for net sales generated by our operations outside the United States, which can adversely impact our net income and cash flows. Approximately 3% of our net sales in 2019 were derived from sales to customers in Canada. This business is primarily conducted in the local currency. This exposes us to risks associated with changes in foreign currency that can adversely affect net sales, net income and cash flows. A 10% fluctuation of foreign currency exchange rates would not have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows; therefore, we currently do not enter into financial instruments to manage this minimal foreign currency exchange risk.

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ITEM 8.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Index to Consolidated Financial Statements

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Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	F-1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2019 and 2018	F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017	F-4
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017	F-5
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017	F-6
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017	F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	F-8

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Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (the Company) as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at September 30, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2019, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated November 26, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company‘s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matter or in the account or disclosures to which it relates.

Valuation of Vendor Rebates

Description of the Matter

As disclosed in Footnote 2, the Company’s arrangements with vendors typically provide for rebates as inventory purchases are made. A vendor rebate receivable and a corresponding reduction to inventory are recorded at the point in which inventory is purchased, and a reduction in cost of goods sold is recognized when the related inventory is sold. The Company had $263 million of vendor rebate receivables as of September 30, 2019, of which a portion related to rebates earned under cumulative annual calendar-year vendor rebate agreements. The annual calendar-year vendor rebate agreements provide for rebates only after the Company makes annual purchases of a specified amount. The Company updates its estimates of annual calendar-year purchases each reporting period in order to estimate the cumulative rebates earned under annual calendar-year vendor agreements. Auditing rebates earned under annual calendar-year vendor agreements is especially challenging due to the judgment required by management to estimate the vendor rebates earned during the year, as the projected full calendar year rebate rate is applied to inventory purchased and sold during the fiscal year. This estimate has a significant effect on the amount of cost of goods sold recognized during the year.

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How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of controls over the vendor rebates process. For example, we tested the controls relating to management’s review of the estimated level of calendar-year purchases that are used to determine the estimated vendor rebates earned. To test the valuation of vendor rebates, we performed audit procedures that included, among others, evaluating management’s precision in forecasting calendar-year purchases by comparing historical actual results to management’s estimates of annual purchases in prior years, as well as assessing purchasing activity subsequent to the balance sheet date compared to management’s estimates.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1997.

Tysons, Virginia

November 26, 2019

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	September 30,
	2019			2018
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	72,287		$	129,927
Accounts receivable, less allowance of $13,095 and $17,584 as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively		1,108,134			1,090,533
Inventories, net		1,018,183			936,047
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		315,643			244,360
Total current assets		2,514,247			2,400,867
Property and equipment, net		260,376			280,407
Goodwill		2,490,590			2,491,779
Intangibles, net		1,125,540			1,334,366
Other assets, net		2,059			1,243
Total assets	$	6,392,812		$	6,508,662
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	822,931		$	880,872
Accrued expenses		599,155			611,539
Current portions of long-term debt/obligations		18,689			19,661
Total current liabilities		1,440,775			1,512,072
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit, net		80,961			92,442
Long-term debt, net		2,494,623			2,494,725
Deferred income taxes, net		103,913			106,994
Long-term obligations under equipment financing and other, net		4,609			13,639
Other long-term liabilities		6,383			5,290
Total liabilities		4,131,264			4,225,162
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)
Convertible preferred stock; $0.01 par value; aggregate liquidation preference $400,000; 400,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and 2018		399,195			399,195
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock (voting); $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 68,574,176 and 68,135,790 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively		685			681
Undesignated preferred stock; 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued or outstanding		-			-
Additional paid-in capital		1,083,042			1,067,040
Retained earnings		799,222			833,834
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(20,596	)		(17,250	)
Total stockholders' equity		1,862,353			1,884,305
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	6,392,812		$	6,508,662

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Net sales	$	7,105,160		$	6,418,311		$	4,376,670
Cost of products sold		5,368,605			4,824,990			3,300,731
Gross profit		1,736,555			1,593,321			1,075,939
Operating expense:
Selling, general and administrative		1,311,043			1,187,192			743,376
Depreciation		70,695			60,318			34,002
Amortization		207,065			141,185			82,465
Total operating expense		1,588,803			1,388,695			859,843
Income (loss) from operations		147,752			204,626			216,096
Interest expense, financing costs, and other		158,534			136,544			52,751
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(10,782	)		68,082			163,345
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes1		(170	)		(30,544	)		62,481
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626		$	100,864
Dividends on preferred shares2		24,000			18,000			-
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(34,612	)	$	80,626		$	100,864
Weighted-average common stock outstanding:
Basic		68,424,288			68,012,879			60,315,648
Diluted		68,424,288			69,191,039			61,344,263
Net income (loss) per share3:
Basic	$	(0.51	)	$	1.07		$	1.67
Diluted	$	(0.51	)	$	1.05		$	1.64

¹ Year ended September 30, 2018 amounts include a net tax benefit $49.2 million resulting from recording the provisional impact of the enactment of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”).

² Year ended September 30, 2019 amount is composed of $5.0 million in undeclared cumulative Preferred Stock dividends, as well as an additional $19.0 million of Preferred Stock dividends that had been declared and paid as of period end. Year ended September 30, 2018 amount is composed of $5.0 million in undeclared cumulative Preferred Stock dividends, as well as an additional $13.0 million of Preferred Stock dividends that had been declared and paid as of period end. See Note 3 for further discussion.

³ See Note 5 for detailed calculations and further discussion.

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(In thousands)

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626		$	100,864
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(1,734	)		(2,687	)		3,706
Unrealized gain (loss) due to change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax		(1,612	)		-			-
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(3,346	)		(2,687	)		3,706
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(13,958	)	$	95,939		$	104,570

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands, except share amounts)

											Accumulated
					Additional						Other			Total
	Common Stock				Paid-in			Retained			Comprehensive			Stockholders'
	Shares		Amount		Capital			Earnings			Income (Loss)			Equity
Balance as of September 30, 2016		59,890,885	$	598	$	694,564		$	647,322		$	(18,657	)	$	1,323,827
Issuance of common stock, net of shares withheld for taxes		536,223		6		8,621			-			-			8,627
Issuance of common stock from secondary offering, net of issuance costs		7,273,750		73		329,250			-			-			329,323
Stock-based compensation		-		-		15,071			-			-			15,071
Other comprehensive income (loss)		-		-		-			-			4,094			4,094
Net income (loss)		-		-		-			100,864			-			100,864
Balance as of September 30, 2017		67,700,858	$	677	$	1,047,506		$	748,186		$	(14,563	)	$	1,781,806
Issuance of common stock, net of shares withheld for taxes		434,932		4		3,535			-			-			3,539
Issuance costs related to secondary offering of common stock		-		-		(474	)		-			-			(474	)
Stock-based compensation		-		-		16,473			-			-			16,473
Other comprehensive income (loss)		-		-		-			-			(2,687	)		(2,687	)
Net income (loss)		-		-		-			98,626			-			98,626
Dividends on preferred shares1		-		-		-			(12,978	)		-			(12,978	)
Balance as of September 30, 2018		68,135,790	$	681	$	1,067,040		$	833,834		$	(17,250	)	$	1,884,305
Issuance of common stock, net of shares withheld for taxes		438,386		4		(358	)		-			-			(354	)
Stock-based compensation		-		-		16,360			-			-			16,360
Other comprehensive income (loss)		-		-		-			-			(3,346	)		(3,346	)
Net income (loss)		-		-		-			(10,612	)		-			(10,612	)
Dividends on preferred shares1		-		-		-			(24,000	)		-			(24,000	)
Balance as of September 30, 2019		68,574,176	$	685	$	1,083,042		$	799,222		$	(20,596	)	$	1,862,353

¹ Amount represents dividends that have been declared and paid during the respective periods presented.

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Operating Activities
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626		$	100,864
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		277,761			201,503			116,467
Stock-based compensation		16,360			16,473			15,071
Certain interest expense and other financing costs		12,102			17,338			10,497
Beneficial lease amortization		2,290			-			-
Loss on debt extinguishment		-			1,248			-
Gain on sale of fixed assets		(3,830	)		(1,294	)		(839	)
Deferred income taxes		(2,555	)		(30,118	)		393
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of businesses acquired in the period:
Accounts receivable		(18,501	)		(45,093	)		(60,185	)
Inventories		(82,774	)		(65,069	)		(51,768	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(70,815	)		57,554			(44,208	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		92,133			287,428			228,908
Other liabilities		1,094			785			-
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		212,653			539,381			315,200
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment		(57,031	)		(46,010	)		(39,828	)
Acquisition of businesses, net		(163,973	)		(2,740,480	)		(129,390	)
Proceeds from the sale of assets		9,269			2,149			2,233
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(211,735	)		(2,784,341	)		(166,985	)
Financing Activities
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit		2,100,085			2,807,741			2,464,128
Repayments under revolving lines of credit		(2,113,982	)		(2,707,741	)		(2,833,230	)
Borrowings under term loan		-			970,000			-
Repayments under term loan		(9,700	)		(445,850	)		(4,500	)
Borrowings under senior notes		-			1,300,000			-
Payment of debt issuance costs		(817	)		(65,788	)		(1,669	)
Repayments under equipment financing facilities and other		(10,001	)		(11,593	)		(10,034	)
Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock		-			400,000			-
Proceeds from secondary offering of common stock		-			-			345,503
Payment of stock issuance costs		-			(1,279	)		(14,684	)
Payment of dividends on preferred stock		(24,000	)		(12,978	)		-
Proceeds from issuance of common stock related to equity awards		3,314			7,514			11,341
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards		(3,668	)		(3,975	)		(392	)
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation		-			-			2,937
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(58,769	)		2,236,051			(40,600	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		211			586			(751	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(57,640	)		(8,323	)		106,864
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		129,927			138,250			31,386
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	72,287		$	129,927		$	138,250
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	146,425		$	111,283		$	49,067
Income taxes paid (received), net of refunds		(8,525	)		35,105			56,158

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC. 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts or otherwise indicated)

1. Company Overview

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on August 22, 1997 and is the largest publicly traded distributor of residential and non-residential roofing materials and complementary building products in the United States and Canada.

The Company operates its business under regional and local trade names and services customers in all 50 states throughout the U.S. and 6 provinces in Canada. The Company’s material subsidiaries are Beacon Sales Acquisition, Inc., Allied Building Products LLC and Beacon Roofing Supply Canada Company.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company transactions have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in these consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant items subject to such estimates include inventories, purchase price allocations, recoverability of goodwill and intangibles, and income taxes. Actual amounts could differ from those estimates.

Fiscal Year

The fiscal years presented are the years ended September 30, 2019 (“2019”), September 30, 2018 (“2018”), and September 30, 2017 (“2017”). Each of the Company’s first three quarters ends on the last day of the calendar month.

Segment Information

Operating segments are defined as components of a business that can earn revenue and incur expenses for which discrete financial information is evaluated on a regular basis by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in order to decide how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company’s CODM, the Chief Executive Officer, reviews consolidated results of operations to make decisions, therefore the Company views its operations and manages its business as one operating segment.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents also include unsettled credit card transactions. Cash equivalents are comprised of money market funds which invest primarily in commercial paper or bonds with a rating of A-1 or better, and bank certificates of deposit.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are derived from unpaid invoiced amounts and are recorded at their net realizable value. The allowance for doubtful accounts is calculated based on actual historical write-offs and current economic factors and represents the Company’s best estimate of its credit exposure. Each month the Company reviews its receivables on a customer-by-customer basis and any balances that are deemed uncollectible are written off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. The Company’s accounts receivable are primarily from customers in the building industry located in the United States and Canada, and no single customer represented at least 10% of the Company’s revenue during the year ended September 30, 2019 or accounts receivable as of September 30, 2019.

Concentrations of Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company maintains the majority of its cash and cash equivalents with one financial institution, which management believes to be financially sound and with minimal credit risk. The Company’s deposits typically exceed amounts guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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Inventories

Inventories, consisting substantially of finished goods, are valued at the lower of cost or market (net realizable value). Cost is determined using the moving weighted-average cost method.

The Company’s arrangements with vendors typically provide for rebates after it makes a special purchase and/or monthly, quarterly and/or annual rebates of a specified amount of consideration payable when a number of measures have been achieved. Annual rebates are generally related to a specified cumulative level of purchases on a calendar-year basis. The Company accounts for such rebates as a reduction of the inventory value until the product is sold, at which time such rebates reduce cost of sales in the consolidated statements of operations. Throughout the year, the Company estimates the amount of the periodic rebates based upon the expected level of purchases. The Company continually revises these estimates to reflect actual rebates earned based on actual purchase levels. Amounts due from vendors under these arrangements are included in “prepaid expenses and other current assets” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment acquired in connection with acquisitions are recorded at fair value as of the date of the acquisition and depreciated utilizing the straight-line method over the estimated remaining lives. All other additions are recorded at cost, and depreciation is computed using the straight-line method. The Company reviews the estimated useful lives of its fixed assets on an ongoing basis and the following table summarizes the estimates currently used:

Asset Class	Estimated Useful Life
Buildings and improvements	40 years
Equipment	3 to 7 years
Furniture and fixtures	7 years
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of the estimated useful life or the term of the lease, considering renewal options expected to be exercised.

Business Combinations

The Company records acquisitions resulting in the consolidation of a business using the acquisition method of accounting. Under this method, the acquiring Company records the assets acquired, including intangible assets that can be identified and named, and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company uses an income approach to determine the fair value of acquired intangible assets, specifically the multi-period excess earnings method for customer relationships and the relief from royalty method for trade names. Various Level 3 fair value assumptions are used in the determination of these estimated fair values, including items such sales growth rates, cost synergies, customer attrition rates, discount rates, and other prospective financial information. The purchase price in excess of the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. Estimates associated with the accounting for acquisitions may change as additional information becomes available regarding the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Transaction costs associated with acquisitions are expensed as incurred.

Goodwill and Intangibles

On an annual basis and at interim periods when circumstances require, the Company tests the recoverability of its goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets. Examples of such indicators include a significant change in the business climate, unexpected competition, loss of key personnel or a decline in the Company’s market capitalization below the Company’s net book value.

The Company performs impairment assessments at the reporting unit level, which is defined as an operating segment or one level below an operating segment, also known as a component. The Company currently has five components which it evaluates for aggregation by examining the distribution methods, sales mix, and operating results of each component to determine if these characteristics will be sustained over a long-term basis. For purposes of this evaluation, the Company expects its components to exhibit similar economic characteristics 3-5 years after events such as an acquisition within the Company’s core roofing business or management/business restructuring. Components that exhibit similar economic characteristics are subsequently aggregated into a single reporting unit. Based on the Company’s most recent impairment assessment performed as of August 31, 2019, it was determined that all of the Company’s components exhibited similar economic characteristics, and therefore should be aggregated into a single reporting unit (collectively, the “Reporting Unit”).

To test for the recoverability of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, the Company first performs a qualitative assessment based on economic, industry and company-specific factors for all or selected reporting units to determine whether the existence of events and circumstances indicates that it is more likely than not that the goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. Based on the results of the qualitative assessment, two additional steps in the impairment assessment may be required. The first step would require a comparison of each reporting unit’s fair value to the respective carrying value. If the carrying value exceeds the fair value, a second step is performed to measure the amount of impairment loss on a relative fair value basis, if any.

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Based on the Company’s most recent qualitative impairment assessment performed as of August 31, 2019, the Company concluded that there were no indicators of impairment, and that therefore it was more likely than not that the fair value of the goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets exceeded their net carrying amount, and therefore the quantitative two-step impairment test was not required.

The Company amortizes certain identifiable intangible assets that have finite lives, currently consisting of non-compete agreements, customer relationships and trade names. Non-compete agreements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the associated contractual agreements; customer relationship assets are amortized on an accelerated basis based on the expected cash flows generated by the existing customers; and trade names are amortized on an accelerated basis over a five or ten year period. Amortizable intangible assets are tested for impairment, when deemed necessary, based on undiscounted cash flows and, if impaired, are written down to fair value based on either discounted cash flows or appraised values. In connection with certain financing arrangements, the Company has debt issuance costs that are amortized over the lives of the associated financings.

Evaluation of Long-Lived Assets

The Company evaluates the recoverability of its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability is measured by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to the future undiscounted cash flows the asset is expected to generate. If the asset is considered to be impaired, the amount of any impairment is measured as the difference between the carrying value and the fair value of the impaired asset.

Fair Value Measurement

The Company applies fair value accounting for all financial assets and liabilities that are reported at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The accounting guidance establishes a defined three-tier hierarchy to classify and disclose the fair value of assets and liabilities on both the date of their initial measurement as well as all subsequent periods. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value by the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement. The three levels are described as follows:

• Level 1: Observable inputs. Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

• Level 2: Observable inputs other than the quoted price. Includes quoted prices for similar instruments, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets and amounts derived from valuation models where all significant inputs are observable in active markets; and

• Level 3: Unobservable inputs. Includes amounts derived from valuation models where one or more significant inputs are unobservable and require the Company to develop relevant assumptions.

The Company evaluates its financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis to determine the appropriate level of classification as of each reporting period.

Financial Derivatives

The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to minimize the risks and costs associated with financing activities, as well as to maintain an appropriate mix of fixed-rate and floating-rate debt. The swap agreements are contracts to exchange variable-rate for fixed-interest rate payments over the life of the agreements. The Company's derivative instruments are designated as cash flow hedges, for which the Company records the effective portions of changes in their fair value, net of tax, in other comprehensive income. The Company recognizes any ineffective portion of the hedges in the consolidated statement of operations through interest expense, financing costs and other.

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Net Sales

The Company records net sales when performance obligations with our customer are satisfied. A performance obligation is a promise to transfer a distinct good to the customer and is the unit of account. The transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as net sales when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. All contracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer the individual good is not separately identifiable from other promises and is, therefore, not distinct. Performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time and net sales are recognized when the customer accepts the delivery of a product or takes possession of a product with rights and rewards of ownership. For goods shipped by third party carriers, the Company recognizes revenue upon shipment since the terms are generally FOB shipping point at which time control passes to the customer. The Company also arranges for certain products to be shipped directly from the manufacturer to the customer. The Company recognizes the gross revenue for these sales upon shipment as the terms are FOB shipping point at which time control passes to the customer.

The Company enters into agreements with customers to offer rebates, generally based on achievement of specified sales levels and various marketing allowances that are common industry practice. Reductions to net sales for customer programs and incentive offerings, including promotions and other volume-based incentives, are estimated using the most likely amount method and recorded in the period in which the sale occurs. Provisions for early payment discounts are accrued in the same period in which the sale occurs. The Company does not have any material payment terms as payment is received shortly after the transfer of control of the products to the customer. Commissions to internal sales teams are paid to obtain contracts. As these contracts are less than one year, these costs are expensed as incurred.

The Company includes shipping and handling costs billed to customers in net sales. Related costs are accounted for as fulfillment activities and are recognized as cost of products sold when control of the products transfers to the customer.

Leases

The Company leases the majority of its facilities and enters into various other operating lease agreements in conducting its business. At the inception of each lease, the Company evaluates the lease agreement to determine whether the lease is an operating or capital lease. Operating lease expenses are recognized in the statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. Some of the Company’s lease agreements may contain renewal options, tenant improvement allowances, rent holidays or rent escalation clauses. When such items are included in a lease agreement, the Company records a deferred rent asset or liability on the consolidated balance sheets equal to the difference between the rent expense and cash rent payments.

The cost of property and equipment acquired under capital lease arrangements represents the lesser of the present value of the minimum lease payments or the fair value of the leased asset as of the inception of the lease.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company applies the fair value method to recognize compensation expense for stock-based awards. Using this method, the estimated grant-date fair value of the award is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period based on the portion of the award that is expected to vest. The Company estimates forfeitures at the time of grant and revises the estimates, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. For awards with a performance-based vesting condition, the Company accrues stock-based compensation expense if it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved.

Stock-based compensation expense for restricted stock units is measured based on the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The Company utilizes the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the grant-date fair value of option awards. The exercise price of option awards is set to equal the estimated fair value of the common stock at the date of the grant. The following weighted-average assumptions are also used to calculate the estimated fair value of option awards:

• Expected volatility: The expected volatility of the Company’s shares is estimated using the historical stock price volatility over the most recent period commensurate with the estimated expected term of the awards.

• Expected term: For employee stock option awards, the Company determines the weighted average expected term equal to the weighted period between the vesting period and the contract life of all outstanding options.

• Dividend yield: The Company has not paid dividends and does not anticipate paying a cash dividend in the foreseeable future and, accordingly, uses an expected dividend yield of zero.

• Risk-free interest rate: The Company bases the risk-free interest rate on the implied yield available on a U.S. Treasury note with a term equal to the estimated expected term of the awards.

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company’s operations located outside of the United States where the local currency is the functional currency are translated into U.S. dollars using the current rate method. Results of operations are translated at the average rate of exchange for the

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period. Assets and liabilities are translated at the closing rates on the period end date. Gains and losses on translation of these accounts are accumulated and reported as a separate component of equity and other comprehensive income (loss). Gains and losses on foreign currency transactions are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations as a component of interest expense, financing costs, and other.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the liability method, which requires it to recognize a current tax liability or asset for current taxes payable or refundable and a deferred tax liability or asset for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement and tax reporting bases of assets and liabilities to the extent that they are realizable. Deferred tax expense (benefit) results from the net change in deferred tax assets and liabilities during the year.

FASB ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Based on this guidance, the Company analyzes its filing positions in all of the federal and state jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns, as well as all open tax years in these jurisdictions. Tax benefits from uncertain tax positions are recognized if it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable based solely on its technical merits.

Net Income (Loss) per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration for common share equivalents or the conversion of Preferred Stock. Common share equivalents consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock unit awards. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the fully diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Holders of Preferred Stock participate in dividends on an as-converted basis when declared on common shares. As a result, Preferred Stock is classified as a participating security and thereby requires the allocation of income that would have otherwise been available to common shareholders when calculating net income (loss) per share.

Diluted net income (loss) per share is calculated by utilizing the most dilutive result of the if-converted and two-class methods. In both methods, net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders and the weighted-average common shares outstanding are adjusted to account for the impact of the assumed issuance of potential common shares that are dilutive, subject to dilution sequencing rules.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements—Adopted

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” This guidance requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers and replaces most previously issued revenue recognition guidance. The new standard is effective for public business entities for annual reporting periods, and interim reporting periods contained therein, beginning after December 15, 2017. The standard permits the use of either the full retrospective or modified retrospective adoption methods. The Company elected the modified retrospective method and adopted the standard as of October 1, 2018 utilizing the portfolio practical expedient. The adoption of this guidance did not impact the Company’s retained earnings and did not have a material impact on the Company’s net sales recognition practices, income from operations, or net income per share amounts. The adoption of this guidance did result in certain balance sheet reclassifications to record estimated customer returns, specifically the recognition of a current liability for the gross amount of estimated returns and a current asset for the value of the related products. These reclassifications did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019. In addition, the adoption of this guidance resulted in additional quantitative disclosures to disaggregate net sales balances by product line and geography. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, “Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business.” This guidance is intended to assist entities when evaluating when a set of transferred assets and activities constitutes a business. This new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim reporting periods contained therein, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted the standard as of October 1, 2018 and the standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, "Compensation—Retirement Benefits (Topic 715), Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost." This guidance requires that the service cost component of net periodic pension costs be presented in the same income statement line item as other employee compensation costs. The remaining components of net periodic pension costs are now required to be presented outside of operating income. The Company adopted the standard as of October 1, 2018 under the retrospective approach. The adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

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In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, “Scope of Modification Accounting.” This guidance is intended to provide clarity and reduce both diversity in practice and cost and complexity when applying the guidance in Compensation – Stock Compensation, to a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award. This new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim reporting periods contained therein, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted the standard as of October 1, 2018 and the standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.” This guidance amends certain rules for hedging relationships, expands the types of strategies that are eligible for hedge accounting treatment to more closely align the results of hedge accounting with risk management activities and amends disclosure requirements related to fair value and net investment hedges. The Company early adopted this guidance effective October 1, 2018 under a modified retrospective approach for hedge accounting treatment, and under a prospective approach for the amended disclosure requirements. Adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” This guidance expands the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. The Company early adopted this guidance effective October 1, 2018 under a prospective approach. Adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements—Not Yet Adopted

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases.” This guidance will replace most existing accounting for lease guidance when it becomes effective. This new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim reporting periods contained therein, beginning on October 1, 2019. The guidance will require the Company to record a right of use asset and a lease liability for most of the Company’s leases, including those currently treated as operating leases. The Company will adopt the standard using the modified retrospective transition method as of October 1, 2019 and will not apply the standard to the comparative periods presented in the year of adoption. The Company will use the package of transition practical expedients outlined in the transition guidance. In July 2018, the FASB amended the new lease standard which, among other changes, allows a company to elect to adopt ASU 2016-02 using a transition option whereby a cumulative effect adjustment is recorded to the opening balance of its retained earnings on the adoption date. The Company has elected to use this transition option to record a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as of October 1, 2019. The Company is still assessing the potential impact that ASU 2016-02 will have on its financial statements and disclosures but expects to recognize right of use lease assets for operating leases of approximately $480 million to $500 million and related lease liabilities of approximately $470 million to $490 million. The Company’s estimate represents the net present value of lease payments from operating leases that commenced on or before September 30, 2019. The Company expects the accounting for finance leases to remain substantially unchanged. The Company does not expect the standard to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or cash flows.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” This guidance is intended to introduce a revised approach to the recognition and measurement of credit losses, emphasizing an updated model based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. This new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim reporting periods contained therein, beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that this guidance may have on its financial statements and related disclosures.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment.” This guidance is intended to introduce a simplified approach to measurement of goodwill impairment, eliminating the need for a hypothetical purchase price allocation and instead measuring impairment by the amount a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value. This new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim reporting periods contained therein, beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this new guidance to have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income.” This guidance is intended to address the accounting treatment for the tax effects on items within accumulated other comprehensive income as a result of the adoption of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim reporting periods contained therein, beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company does not expect the adoption of this new guidance to have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures.

3. Acquisitions

Allied Building Products Corp.

On January 2, 2018 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed its acquisition of all the outstanding capital stock of Allied (the “Allied Acquisition”), pursuant to a certain stock purchase agreement dated August 24, 2017 (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, Oldcastle, Inc., as parent, and Oldcastle Distribution, Inc., as seller, for approximately $2.625 billion in cash, subject to a working capital and certain other adjustments as set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Price”). As of September 30,

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2019, the adjusted Purchase Price for Allied was $2.88 billion, including increases of (i) $164.0 million related to the impact of the Section 338(h)(10) election under the current U.S. tax code and (ii) $88.1 million from a recorded net working capital adjustment.

In connection with the Allied Acquisition, on the Closing Date the Company entered into (i) a new term loan agreement with Citibank, N.A., providing for a term loan B facility with an initial commitment of $970.0 million and (ii) an amended and restated credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., providing for a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility with an initial commitment of $1.30 billion. Base borrowing rates on these facilities are at LIBOR plus 1.25% and LIBOR plus 2.25%, respectively.

In connection with the Allied Acquisition, on the Closing Date, the Company completed the sale of 400,000 shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), with an aggregate liquidation preference of $400.0 million, at a purchase price of $1,000 per share, to CD&R Boulder Holdings, L.P., pursuant to an investment agreement, dated as of August 24, 2017, with CD&R Boulder Holdings, L.P. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. (solely for the purpose of limited provisions therein) (the “Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase”). The $400.0 million in proceeds from the Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase were used to finance, in part, the Purchase Price. The Preferred Stock is convertible perpetual participating preferred stock of the Company, and conversion of the Preferred Stock into $0.01 par value shares of the Company’s common stock will be at a conversion price of $41.26 per share. The Preferred Stock accumulates dividends at a rate of 6.0% per annum (payable in cash or in-kind, subject to certain conditions). The Preferred Stock is not mandatorily redeemable; therefore, it is classified as mezzanine equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets and has a balance of $399.2 million (the $400.0 million proceeds received on the Closing Date, net of $0.8 million of unamortized issuance costs) as of September 30, 2019.

Allied’s results of operations have been included with Company’s consolidated results beginning January 2, 2018. Allied distributed products in 208 locations across 31 states as of the date of the close.

The Allied Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination in accordance with the requirements of ASC 805, “Business Combinations.” The acquisition price has been allocated among assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value based on information currently available, with the excess recorded as goodwill. The goodwill recognized is attributable primarily to expected synergies from the Allied assembled workforce operating the branches as part of a larger network and the value stemming from the addition of both new customers and an established new line of business (interiors). As of March 31, 2019, the Company had finalized the purchase accounting entries for the Allied Acquisition, detailed as follows (in thousands):

	January 2, 2018						January 2, 2018
	(as reported at March 31, 2018)			Adjustments			(as adjusted at March 31, 2019)
Cash	$	19,322		$	(19,153	)	$	169
Accounts receivable		315,485			22,064			337,549
Inventory		322,705			(7,920	)		314,785
Prepaid and other current assets		59,279			16,161			75,440
Property, plant, and equipment		139,528			(168	)		139,360
Goodwill		1,130,635			102,145			1,232,780
Intangible assets		1,037,000			-			1,037,000
Current liabilities		(271,252	)		11,963			(259,289	)
Non-current liabilities		(6,820	)		6,097			(723	)
Total purchase price	$	2,745,882		$	131,189		$	2,877,071

The purchase accounting entries above include the impact of the Section 338(h)(10) election under the current U.S. tax code. The Company made this election on October 15, 2018 and has reflected the $164.0 million impact of this election in the purchase price and its fiscal year 2018 tax provision accordingly. The Company determined that $1.10 billion of goodwill related to the acquisition of Allied remains deductible for tax purposes as of September 30, 2019.

All of the Company’s goodwill and indefinite-lived trade name are tested for impairment annually, and all acquired goodwill and intangible assets are subject to review for impairment should future indicators of impairment develop. There were no material contingencies assumed as part of the Allied Acquisition.

Additional Acquisitions – Fiscal Year 2018

During fiscal year 2018, the Company acquired 7 branches from the following two acquisitions:

• On May 1, 2018, the Company acquired Tri-State Builder’s Supply, a wholesale supplier of roofing, siding, windows, doors and related building products with 1 branch located in Duluth, Minnesota and annual sales of approximately $6 million. The Company has finalized the acquisition accounting entries for this transaction.

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• On July 16, 2018, the Company acquired Atlas Supply, Inc., the Pacific Northwest’s leading distributor of sealants, coatings, adhesives and related waterproofing products, with 6 branches operating in Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, and Mountlake Terrace in Washington, as well as locations in Portland, Oregon and Boise, Idaho, and annual sales of approximately $37 million. The Company has finalized the acquisition accounting entries for this transaction.

The Company has recorded purchase accounting entries for these transactions that recognized the acquired assets and liabilities at their estimated fair values as of the respective acquisition dates. These transactions resulted in goodwill of $7.6 million ($7.0 million of which remains deductible for tax purposes as of September 30, 2019) and $11.4 million in intangible assets.

Additional Acquisitions – Fiscal Year 2017

During fiscal year 2017, the Company acquired 23 branches from the following five acquisitions:

• On December 16, 2016, the Company purchased certain assets of BJ Supply Company, a distributor of roofing and related building products with 1 branch serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey and annual sales of approximately $4 million. The Company has finalized the acquisition accounting entries for this transaction.

• On January 3, 2017, the Company acquired American Building & Roofing, Inc., a distributor of mainly residential roofing and related building products with 7 branches around Washington State and annual sales of approximately $36 million. The Company has finalized the acquisition accounting entries for this transaction.

• On January 9, 2017, the Company acquired Eco Insulation Supply, a distributor of insulation and related accessories with 1 branch serving Connecticut, Southern New England and the New York City metropolitan area and annual sales of approximately $8 million. The Company has finalized the acquisition accounting entries for this transaction.

• On March 1, 2017, the Company acquired Acme Building Materials, Inc., a distributor of residential roofing and related building products with 3 branches in Eastern Michigan and annual sales of approximately $13 million. The Company has finalized the acquisition accounting entries for this transaction.

• On May 1, 2017, the Company purchased certain assets of Lowry’s Inc., a distributor of waterproofing and concrete restoration materials with 11 branches operating in California, Arizona, Utah and Hawaii and annual sales of approximately $76 million. The Company has finalized the acquisition accounting entries for this transaction.

The Company has recorded purchase accounting entries for these transactions that recognized the acquired assets and liabilities at their estimated fair values as of the respective acquisition dates. These transactions resulted goodwill of $53.0 million (all of which is deductible for tax purposes) and $47.4 million in intangible assets.

4. Net Sales

The following table presents the Company’s net sales by product line and geography for the year ended September 30, 2019 (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30, 2019
	U.S.		Canada		Total
Residential roofing products	$	3,023,266	$	56,362	$	3,079,628
Non-residential roofing products		1,582,757		122,421		1,705,178
Complementary building products		2,312,496		7,858		2,320,354
Total net sales	$	6,918,519	$	186,641	$	7,105,160

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5. Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The following table presents the components and calculations of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share for each period presented (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	98,626		$	100,864
Dividends on preferred shares		24,000			18,000			-
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$	(34,612	)	$	80,626		$	100,864
Undistributed income allocated to participating securities		-			(7,742	)		-
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders - basic and diluted	$	(34,612	)	$	72,884		$	100,864
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic		68,424,288			68,012,879			60,315,648
Effect of common share equivalents		-			1,178,160			1,028,615
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted		68,424,288			69,191,039			61,344,263
Net income (loss) per share - basic	$	(0.51	)	$	1.07		$	1.67
Net income (loss) per share - diluted	$	(0.51	)	$	1.05		$	1.64

The following table includes the number of shares that may be dilutive common shares in the future. These shares were not included in the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share because the effect was either anti-dilutive or the requisite performance conditions were not met:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2017
Stock options		1,336,259		388,731		331,681
Restricted stock units		122,278		192,151		61,890
Preferred Stock		9,694,619		7,224,483		-

6. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

The following table summarizes the significant components of prepaid expenses and other current assets (in thousands):

	September 30,
	2019		2018
Vendor rebates	$	262,876	$	199,725
Other		52,767		44,635
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	315,643	$	244,360

7. Property and Equipment

The following table provides a detailed breakout of property and equipment, by type (in thousands):

	September 30,
	2019			2018
Land and buildings	$	83,373		$	82,991
Equipment		448,072			419,385
Furniture and fixtures		39,986			34,901
Total property and equipment		571,431			537,277
Accumulated depreciation		(311,055	)		(256,870	)
Total property and equipment, net	$	260,376		$	280,407

Depreciation expense for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017 was $70.7 million, $60.3 million, and $34.0 million, respectively.

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8. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The following table sets forth the change in the carrying amount of goodwill during the years ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively (in thousands):

Balance as of September 30, 2017	$	1,251,986
Acquisitions		1,240,913
Translation and other adjustments		(1,120	)
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	2,491,779
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	2,491,779
Acquisitions1		(513	)
Translation and other adjustments		(676	)
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	2,490,590

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¹  Reflects purchase accounting adjustments related to fiscal year 2018 acquisition of Atlas Supply, Inc. (see Note 3 for further discussion).

The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the year ended September 30, 2019 was driven primarily by purchase accounting and foreign currency translation adjustments. The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the year ended September 30, 2018 was driven primarily by acquisitions finalized during the period (see Note 3 for further discussion). The Company has recognized no goodwill impairments for any of the periods presented.

Intangible Assets

In connection with transactions finalized for the year ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded intangible assets of $1.05 billion ($920.8 million of customer relationships, $7.0 million of beneficial lease arrangements, and $120.0 million of indefinite-lived trademarks).

The following table summarizes intangible assets by category (in thousands, except time period amounts):

	September 30,						Weighted- Average Remaining Life1
	2019			2018			(Years)
Amortizable intangible assets:
Non-compete agreements	$	2,824		$	2,824			2.49
Customer relationships		1,530,970			1,530,565			17.65
Trademarks		10,500			10,500			6.92
Beneficial lease arrangements		8,060			8,060			3.59
Total amortizable intangible assets		1,552,354			1,551,949
Accumulated amortization		(619,864	)		(410,633	)
Total amortizable intangible assets, net	$	932,490		$	1,141,316
Indefinite lived trademarks		193,050			193,050
Total intangibles, net	$	1,125,540		$	1,334,366

¹ As of September 30, 2019

For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Company recorded $207.1 million, $141.2 million, and $82.5 million, respectively, of amortization expense relating to the above-listed intangible assets. The intangible asset lives range from 5 to 20 years and the weighted-average remaining life was 17.5 years as of September 30, 2019.

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The following table summarizes the estimated future amortization expense for intangible assets (in thousands):

Year Ending September 30,
2020	$	179,549
2021		149,980
2022		121,431
2023		97,522
2024		78,873
Thereafter		305,135
Total future amortization expense	$	932,490

9. Financing Arrangements

The following table summarizes all financing arrangements from the respective periods presented (in thousands):

	September 30,
	2019			2018
Revolving Lines of Credit
2023 ABL:
U.S. Revolver, expires January 20231	$	80,961		$	89,352
Canada Revolver, expires January 20232		-			3,090
Current portion		-			-
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit, net	$	80,961		$	92,442
Long-term Debt, net
Term Loans:
Term Loan, matures January 20253	$	926,535		$	930,726
Current portion		(9,700	)		(9,700	)
Long-term borrowings under term loans		916,835			921,026
Senior Notes:
Senior Notes, mature October 20234		294,886			293,607
Senior Notes, mature November 20255		1,282,902			1,280,092
Current portion		-			-
Long-term borrowings under senior notes		1,577,788			1,573,699
Long-term debt, net	$	2,494,623		$	2,494,725
Equipment Financing Facilities and Other
Equipment financing facilities, various maturities through September 20216	$	6,885		$	11,222
Capital lease obligations, various maturities through November 20217		6,713			12,378
Current portion		(8,989	)		(9,961	)
Long-term obligations under equipment financing and other, net	$	4,609		$	13,639

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¹ Effective rate on borrowings of 5.41% and 3.36% as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

² Effective rate on borrowings of 3.95% as of September 30, 2018.

³ Interest rate of 4.36% and 4.53% as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

⁴ Interest rate of 6.38% for all periods presented.

⁵ Interest rate of 4.88% for all periods presented.

⁶ Fixed interest rates ranging from 2.33% to 2.89% for all periods presented.

⁷ Fixed interest rates ranging from 2.72% to 10.39% for all periods presented.

Financing - Allied Acquisition

In connection with the Allied Acquisition, the Company entered into various financing arrangements totaling $3.57 billion, including an asset-based revolving line of credit of $1.30 billion (“2023 ABL”), $525.0 million of which was drawn at closing, and a $970.0 million term loan (“2025 Term Loan”). The Company also raised an additional $1.30 billion through the issuance of senior notes (the “2025 Senior Notes”).

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The proceeds from these financing arrangements were used to finance the Allied Acquisition, to refinance or otherwise extinguish all third-party indebtedness, to pay fees and expenses associated with the acquisition, and to provide working capital and funds for other general corporate purposes. The Company capitalized new debt issuance costs totaling approximately $65.3 million related to the 2023 ABL, the 2025 Term Loan and the 2025 Senior Notes.

Since the financing arrangements entered into in connection with the Allied Acquisition had certain lenders who also participated in previous financing arrangements entered into by the Company, portions of the transactions were accounted for as either a debt modification or a debt extinguishment. In accordance with the accounting for debt modification, the Company expensed $2.0 million of debt issuance costs related to the Allied financing arrangements and recognized a loss on debt extinguishment of $1.2 million. The remainder of the debt issuance costs will be amortized over the term of the Allied financing arrangements.

2023 ABL

On January 2, 2018, the Company entered into a $1.30 billion asset-based revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2023 ABL consists of revolving loans in both the United States (“2023 U.S. Revolver”) in the amount of $1.20 billion and Canada (“2023 Canada Revolver”) in the amount of $100.0 million. The 2023 ABL has a maturity date of January 2, 2023. The 2023 ABL has various borrowing tranches with an interest rate based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. The current unused commitment fees on the 2023 ABL are 0.25% per annum.

There is one financial covenant under the 2023 ABL, which is a Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio. The Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio is calculated by dividing consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by Consolidated Fixed Charges (both as defined in the agreement). Per the covenant, the Company’s Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio must be a minimum of 1.00 at the end of each fiscal quarter, calculated on a trailing four quarter basis. The Company was in compliance with this covenant as of September 30, 2019.

The 2023 ABL is secured by a first priority lien over substantially all of the Company’s and each guarantor’s accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, books, records and inventory (as well as intangibles related thereto), subject to certain customary exceptions (the “ABL Priority Collateral”), and a second priority lien over substantially all of the Company’s and each guarantor’s other assets, including all of the equity interests of any subsidiary held by the Company or any guarantor, subject to certain customary exceptions (the “Term Priority Collateral”). The 2023 ABL is guaranteed jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally by the Company’s active United States subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2019, the total balance outstanding on the 2023 ABL, net of $8.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $81.0 million. The Company also has outstanding standby letters of credit related to the 2023 U.S. Revolver in the amount of $13.3 million as of September 30, 2019.

2025 Term Loan

On January 2, 2018, the Company entered into a $970.0 million Term Loan with Citibank N.A., and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2025 Term Loan requires quarterly principal payments in the amount of $2.4 million, with the remaining outstanding principal to be paid on its January 2, 2025 maturity date. The interest rate is based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. The Company has the option of selecting a LIBOR period that determines the rate at which interest can accrue on the Term Loan as well as the period in which interest payments are made.

The 2025 Term Loan is secured by a first priority lien on the Term Priority Collateral and a second priority lien on the ABL Priority Collateral. Certain excluded assets will not be included in the Term Priority Collateral and the ABL Priority Collateral. The Term Loan is guaranteed jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally by the Company’s active United States subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2019, the outstanding balance on the 2025 Term Loan, net of $28.9 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $926.5 million.

2025 Senior Notes

On October 25, 2017, Beacon Escrow Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Escrow Issuer”), completed a private offering of $1.30 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2025 at an issue price of 100%. The 2025 Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.875% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, beginning May 1, 2018. The Company anticipates repaying the 2025 Senior Notes at the maturity date of November 1, 2025. Per the terms of the Escrow Agreement, the net proceeds from the 2025 Senior Notes remained in escrow until they were used to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Allied Acquisition payable at closing on January 2, 2018.

Upon closing of the Allied Acquisition on January 2, 2018, (i) the Escrow Issuer merged with and into the Company, and the Company assumed all obligations under the 2025 Senior Notes; and (ii) all existing domestic subsidiaries of the Company (including the entities acquired in the Allied Acquisition) became guarantors of the 2025 Senior Notes.

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As of September 30, 2019, the outstanding balance on the 2025 Senior Notes, net of $17.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $1.28 billion.

Financing - RSG Acquisition

In connection with the Roofing Supply Group (“RSG”) acquisition in fiscal year 2016, the Company entered into various financing arrangements totaling $1.45 billion, including an asset-based revolving line of credit (“2020 ABL”) of $700.0 million ($350.0 million of which was drawn at closing) and a $450.0 million term loan (“2022 Term Loan”). The Company also raised an additional $300.0 million through the issuance of senior notes (the “2023 Senior Notes”).

The proceeds from these financing arrangements were used to provide working capital and funds for other general corporate purposes, to refinance or otherwise extinguish all third-party indebtedness, to finance the acquisition, and to pay fees and expenses associated with the RSG acquisition. The Company incurred debt issuance costs totaling approximately $31.3 million related to the 2020 ABL, 2022 Term Loan and 2023 Senior Notes.

2020 ABL

On October 1, 2015, the Company entered into a $700.0 million asset-based revolving line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2020 ABL had an original maturity date of October 1, 2020 and consisted of revolving loans in both the United States, in the amount of $670.0 million, and Canada, in the amount of $30.0 million. The 2020 ABL had various borrowing tranches with an interest rate based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. The full balance of the 2020 ABL was paid on January 2, 2018 in conjunction with the Allied Acquisition.

2022 Term Loan

On October 1, 2015, the Company entered into a $450.0 million Term Loan with Citibank N.A., and a syndicate of other lenders. The 2022 Term Loan required quarterly principal payments in the amount of $1.1 million, with the remaining outstanding principal to be paid on its original maturity date of October 1, 2022. The interest rate was based on a LIBOR rate (with a floor) plus a fixed spread. The Company had the option of selecting a LIBOR period that determined the rate at which interest would accrue, as well as the period in which interest payments are made. The full balance of the 2022 Term Loan was paid on January 2, 2018 in conjunction with the Allied Acquisition, including the write-off of $0.7 million in debt issuance costs.

2023 Senior Notes

On October 1, 2015, the Company raised $300.0 million by issuing senior notes due 2023. The 2023 Senior Notes have a coupon rate of 6.38% per annum and are payable semi-annually in arrears, beginning April 1, 2016. There are early payment provisions in the indenture in which the Company would be subject to “make whole” provisions.

The 2023 Senior Notes are guaranteed jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally by the Company’s active United States subsidiaries.

As of September 30, 2019, the outstanding balance on the 2023 Senior Notes, net of $5.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs, was $294.9 million. In October 2019, the 2023 Senior Notes were fully redeemed and replaced in connection with re-financing efforts (see Note 20 for additional information).

Other Information

Annual principal payments for all outstanding financing arrangements for each of the next five years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending September 30,	2023 ABL			2025 Term Loan			Senior Notes1			Equipment Financing and Other		Total
2020	$	-		$	9,700		$	-		$	8,989	$	18,689
2021		-			9,700			-			4,367		14,067
2022		-			9,700			-			213		9,913
2023		89,104			9,700			300,000			29		398,833
2024		-			9,700			-			-		9,700
Thereafter		-			906,950			1,300,000			-		2,206,950
Total debt		89,104			955,450			1,600,000			13,598		2,658,152
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(8,143	)		(28,915	)		(22,212	)		-		(59,270	)
Total long-term debt	$	80,961		$	926,535		$	1,577,788		$	13,598	$	2,598,882

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¹ Represent principal amounts for 2023 Senior Notes and 2025 Senior Notes. In October 2019, the 2023 Senior Notes were fully redeemed and replaced in connection with re-financing efforts (see Note 20 for additional information).

Under the terms of the 2023 ABL, the 2025 Term Loan, the 2025 Senior Notes and the 2023 Senior Notes, the Company is limited in making certain restricted payments, including dividends on its common stock. Based on the provisions in the respective debt agreements and given the Company’s intention to not pay common stock dividends in the foreseeable future, the Company does not believe that the restrictions are significant.

10. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases

The Company mostly operates in leased facilities, which are accounted for as operating leases. The leases typically provide for a base rent plus real estate taxes. Certain of the leases provide for escalating rents over the lives of the leases and rent expense is recognized over the terms of those leases on a straight-line basis.

At September 30, 2019, the minimum rental commitments under all non-cancelable operating leases with initial or remaining terms of more than one year were as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending September 30,
2020	$	110,858
2021		103,185
2022		88,086
2023		70,839
2024		54,185
Thereafter		100,256
Total minimum lease payments	$	527,409

Rent expense was $110.6 million, $99.1 million, and $60.1 million for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively. Sublet income was immaterial for each of these periods.

Contingencies

The Company is subject to loss contingencies pursuant to various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations; however, the Company is not aware of any reasonably possible losses that would have a material impact on its results of operations, financial position, or liquidity. Potential loss contingencies include possible obligations to remove or mitigate the effects on the environment of the placement, storage, disposal or release of certain chemical or other substances by the Company or by other parties. In connection with its acquisitions, the Company’s practice is to request indemnification for any and all known material liabilities of significance as of the respective dates of acquisition. Historically, environmental liabilities have not had a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

The Company is subject to litigation from time to time in the ordinary course of business; however the Company does not expect the results, if any, to have a material adverse impact on its results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

11. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Other comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of certain gains and losses that are excluded from net income under GAAP and instead recorded as a separate element of stockholders’ equity.

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The following table summarizes the components of and changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss (in thousands):

	Foreign			Derivative			Accumulated Other
	Currency Translation			Financial Instruments			Comprehensive Loss
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	(18,269	)	$	(388	)	$	(18,657	)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications		3,706			-			3,706
Reclassifications out of other comprehensive loss		-			388			388
Balance as of September 30, 2017	$	(14,563	)	$	-		$	(14,563	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications		(2,687	)		-			(2,687	)
Reclassifications out of other comprehensive loss		-			-			-
Balance as of September 30, 2018	$	(17,250	)	$	-		$	(17,250	)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications		(1,734	)		(1,612	)		(3,346	)
Reclassifications out of other comprehensive loss		-			-			-
Balance as of September 30, 2019	$	(18,984	)	$	(1,612	)	$	(20,596	)

Gains (losses) on derivative instruments are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations in interest expense, financing costs, and other.

12. Stock-based Compensation

The Company is authorized to issue 100 million shares of common stock. There were 68,574,176 and 68,135,790 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

On February 9, 2016, the shareholders of the Company approved the Amended and Restated Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. 2014 Stock Plan (the “2014 Plan”). The 2014 Plan provides for discretionary awards of stock options, stock awards, restricted stock units, and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) for up to 5,000,000 shares of common stock to selected employees and non-employee directors. The 2014 Plan mandates that all forfeited, expired, and withheld shares, including those from the predecessor plans, be returned to the 2014 Plan and made available for issuance. As of September 30, 2019, there were 1,781,109 shares of common stock available for issuance.

Prior to the 2014 Plan, the Company maintained the amended and restated Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan (the “2004 Plan”). Upon shareholder approval of the 2014 Plan, the Company ceased issuing equity awards from the 2004 Plan and mandated that all future equity awards will be issued from the 2014 Plan.

For all equity awards granted prior to October 1, 2014, in the event of a change in control of the Company, all awards are immediately vested. Beginning in fiscal 2015, equity awards contained a “double trigger” change in control mechanism. Unless an award is continued or assumed by a public company in an equitable manner, an award shall become fully vested immediately prior to a change in control (at 100% of the grant target in the case of a performance-based restricted stock unit award). If an award is so continued or assumed, vesting will continue in accordance with the terms of the award, unless there is a qualifying termination within one-year following the change in control, in which event the award shall immediately become fully vested (at 100% of the grant target in the case of a performance-based restricted stock unit award).

Stock Options

Non-qualified stock options generally expire 10 years after the grant date and, except under certain conditions, the options are subject to continued employment and vest in three annual installments over the three-year period following the grant dates.

The fair values of the options granted for the year ended September 30, 2019 were estimated on the dates of grants using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Risk-free interest rate		2.86	%		2.10	%		1.97	%
Expected volatility		29.68	%		26.43	%		28.83	%
Expected life (in years)		5.22			5.46			5.30
Dividend yield		-			-			-

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The following table summarizes all stock option activity for the periods presented (in thousands, except share, per share, and time period amounts):

	Options Outstanding			Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)		Aggregate Intrinsic Value1
Balance as of September 30, 2018		1,969,037		$	33.08		5.7	$	14,088
Granted		674,015			27.67
Exercised		(183,347	)		18.08
Canceled/Forfeited		(117,108	)		35.18
Expired		(3,108	)		26.74
Balance as of September 30, 2019		2,339,489		$	32.61		6.1	$	12,034
Vested and expected to vest after September 30, 2019		2,305,869		$	32.62		6.1	$	11,870
Exercisable as of September 30, 2019		1,484,158		$	31.54		4.5	$	8,343

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¹ Aggregate intrinsic value as represents the difference between the closing fair value of the underlying common stock and the exercise price of outstanding, in-the-money options on the date of measurement.

During the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to stock options of $4.1 million, $3.9 million, and $4.8 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, there was $5.4 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

The following table summarizes additional information on stock options for the periods presented (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2017
Weighted-average fair value of stock options granted	$	8.91	$	15.86	$	14.21
Total grant date fair value of stock options vested		3,850		4,208		5,541
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised		2,849		9,645		10,941

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted stock unit (“RSU”) awards granted to employees are subject to continued employment and generally vest on the third anniversary of the grant date. The Company also grants certain RSU awards to management that contain one or more additional vesting conditions tied directly to a defined performance metric for the Company. The actual number of RSUs that will vest can range from 0% to 200% of the original grant amount, depending upon actual Company performance below or above the established performance metric targets. The Company estimates performance in relation to the defined targets when determining the projected number of RSUs that are expected to vest and calculating the related stock-based compensation expense.

RSUs granted to non-employee directors are subject to continued service and vest on the first anniversary of the grant date (except under certain conditions). Generally, the common shares underlying the RSUs are not eligible for distribution until the non-employee director’s service on the Board has terminated, and for non-employee director RSU grants made prior to fiscal year 2014, the share distribution date is six months after the director’s termination of service on the board. Beginning in fiscal year 2016, the Company enacted a policy that allows any non-employee directors who have Beacon equity holdings (defined as common stock and outstanding vested equity awards) with a total fair value that is greater than or equal to five times the annual Board cash retainer to elect to have any future RSU grants settle simultaneously with vesting.

The following table summarizes all restricted stock unit activity for the periods presented:

	RSUs Outstanding			Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance as of September 30, 2018		934,023		$	47.00
Granted		722,531			28.02
Released		(375,084	)		40.65
Canceled/Forfeited		(158,112	)		42.92
Balance as of September 30, 2019		1,123,358		$	37.48
Vested and expected to vest after September 30, 2019		908,892		$	39.41

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During the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs of $12.3 million, $12.6 million, and $10.3 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2019, there was $14.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.

The following table summarizes additional information on RSUs for the period presented (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2017
Weighted-average fair value of RSUs granted	$	28.02	$	57.40	$	47.31
Total grant date fair value of RSUs vested		16,087		6,656		4,562
Total intrinsic value of RSUs released		11,460		11,041		6,079

13. Income Taxes

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. federal government officially signed into law the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”). ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes, required companies to recognize the effect of tax law changes in the period of enactment even though the effective date for most provisions was for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, or in the case of certain other provisions, January 1, 2018. The Company has fully implemented the federal TCJA provisions into its ASC 740 analysis. State conformity to the TCJA law changes have been communicated by the state and local jurisdictions; therefore, the Company has made adjustments related to the potential impact in its financial statements.

The following table summarizes the components of the income tax provision (benefit) (in thousands):

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
Current:
Federal1	$	-		$	(4,435	)	$	52,718
Foreign		579			492			1,366
State		1,647			3,516			8,975
Total current taxes	$	2,226		$	(427	)	$	63,059
Deferred:
Federal	$	(1,452	)	$	(35,249	)	$	(656	)
Foreign		-			(173	)		-
State		(944	)		5,305			78
Total deferred taxes	$	(2,396	)	$	(30,117	)	$	(578	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	$	(170	)	$	(30,544	)	$	62,481

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¹ 2018 tax benefit due to changes in the treatment of acquired fixed assets stemming from the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017

The following table is a reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate for the periods presented:

	Year Ended September 30,
	2019			2018			2017
U.S. federal income taxes at statutory rate		21.0	%		24.5	%		35.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		(3.3	%)		5.2	%		3.9	%
Share-based payments		(4.7	%)		(3.9	%)		0.0	%
Deferred tax asset/liability remeasurement1		0.0	%		(73.5	%)		0.0	%
Repatriation transition tax1		4.3	%		1.8	%		0.0	%
Non-deductible meals and entertainment		(13.9	%)		2.2	%		0.6	%
Other		(1.8	%)		(1.2	%)		(1.2	%)
Effective tax rate		1.6	%		(44.9	%)		38.3	%

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¹ 2018 includes Impact of Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017

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Deferred income taxes reflect the tax consequences of temporary differences between the amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and such amounts as measured by tax law. These temporary differences are determined according to ASC 740 Income Taxes. Temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

	September 30,
	2019			2018
Deferred tax assets:
Deferred compensation	$	11,099		$	11,346
Allowance for doubtful accounts		4,218			663
Accrued vacation and other		5,148			5,079
Inventory valuation		14,307			12,900
Tax loss carryforwards1		18,272			17,271
Unrealized loss on financial derivatives		510			-
Other		1,611			1,517
Total deferred tax assets	$	55,165		$	48,776
Deferred tax liabilities:
Excess tax over book depreciation and amortization	$	(159,078	)	$	(155,770	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(159,078	)		(155,770	)
Net deferred income tax liabilities	$	(103,913	)	$	(106,994	)

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¹ Comprised of net operating loss, foreign tax, and alternative minimum tax carryforwards

The Company acquired $135.3 million of federal and state net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards as part of its acquisition of RSG in fiscal year 2016. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the Company utilized $26.3 million of federal NOLs. As of September 30, 2019, the Company had a total federal NOL carryforward balance of $31.5 million, portions of which is set to expire at various dates through 2035.

The Company’s non-domestic subsidiary, BRSCC, is treated as a controlled foreign corporation. BRSCC’s taxable income, which reflects all of the Company’s Canadian operations, is being taxed only in Canada and would generally be taxed in the United States only upon an actual or deemed distribution. The Company expects that BRSCC’s earnings will be indefinitely reinvested for the foreseeable future; therefore, no United States deferred tax asset or liability for the differences between the book basis and the tax basis of BRSCC has been recorded as of September 30, 2019.

As of September 30, 2019, the Company’s goodwill balance on its consolidated balance sheet was $2.49 billion, of which there remains an amortizable tax basis of $1.10 billion for income tax purposes.

As of September 30, 2019, there were no uncertain tax positions which, if recognized, would affect the Company’s effective tax rate. The Company’s accounting policy is to recognize any interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

The Company has operations in 50 U.S. states and 6 provinces in Canada. The Company is currently under audit in certain state and local jurisdictions for various years. These audits may involve complex issues, which may require an extended period of time to resolve. Additional taxes are reasonably possible; however, the amounts cannot be estimated at this time or would not be significant. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations for any fiscal years ended on or before September 30, 2015. For the majority of states, the Company is also no longer subject to tax examinations for any fiscal years ended on or before September 30, 2015. In Canada, the Company is no longer subject to tax examinations for any fiscal years ended on or before September 30, 2015. For the Canadian provinces, the Company is no longer subject to tax examinations for any fiscal years ended on or before September 30, 2015.

14. Geographic and Product Data

The following tables summarize certain geographic information for the periods presented (in thousands):

	September 30,
	2019		2018
Long-lived assets:
U.S.	$	1,182,552	$	1,409,742
Canada		12,373		13,224
Total long-lived assets	$	1,194,925	$	1,422,966

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15. Supplemental Guarantor Information

The 2023 Senior Notes and 2025 Senior Notes are guaranteed jointly and severally by all of the United States subsidiaries of the Company (collectively, the “Guarantor”), and not by the Canadian subsidiaries of the Company. Such guarantees are full and unconditional. Supplemental condensed consolidating financial information of the Company, including such information for the Guarantor, is presented below. The information is presented in accordance with the requirements of Rule 3-10 under the SEC’s Regulation S-X. The financial information may not necessarily be indicative of results of operations, cash flows or financial position had the non-guarantor subsidiaries operated as independent entities. Investments in subsidiaries are presented using the equity method of accounting. The principal elimination entries eliminate investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions. Separate financial statements of the Guarantor are not provided as the consolidating financial information contained herein provides a more meaningful disclosure to allow investors to determine the nature of the assets held by, and the operations of, the combined groups.

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

(Unaudited; In thousands)

	September 30, 2019
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	-	$	65,213	$	7,074	$	-		$	72,287
Accounts receivable, net		-		1,067,109		42,165		(1,140	)		1,108,134
Inventories, net		-		988,925		29,258		-			1,018,183
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		15,788		291,736		8,119		-			315,643
Total current assets		15,788		2,412,983		86,616		(1,140	)		2,514,247
Intercompany receivable, net		-		1,561,217		-		(1,561,217	)		-
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries		6,365,732		-		-		(6,365,732	)		-
Deferred income taxes, net		17,123		-		-		(17,123	)		-
Property and equipment, net		20,507		229,267		10,602		-			260,376
Goodwill		-		2,461,212		29,378		-			2,490,590
Intangibles, net		-		1,123,768		1,772		-			1,125,540
Other assets, net		2,059		-		-		-			2,059
Total assets	$	6,421,209	$	7,788,447	$	128,368	$	(7,945,212	)	$	6,392,812
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	51,142	$	745,820	$	27,109	$	(1,140	)	$	822,931
Accrued expenses		80,556		504,150		14,449		-			599,155
Current portions of long-term debt/obligations		9,700		8,989		-		-			18,689
Total current liabilities		141,398		1,258,959		41,558		(1,140	)		1,440,775
Intercompany payable, net		1,523,640		-		37,577		(1,561,217	)		-
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit, net		-		80,961		-		-			80,961
Long-term debt, net		2,494,623		-		-		-			2,494,623
Deferred income taxes, net		-		120,643		393		(17,123	)		103,913
Long-term obligations under equipment financing and other, net		-		4,609		-		-			4,609
Other long-term liabilities		-		6,301		82		-			6,383
Total liabilities		4,159,661		1,471,473		79,610		(1,579,480	)		4,131,264
Convertible preferred stock		399,195		-		-		-			399,195
Total stockholders' equity		1,862,353		6,316,974		48,758		(6,365,732	)		1,862,353
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	6,421,209	$	7,788,447	$	128,368	$	(7,945,212	)	$	6,392,812

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

(Unaudited; In thousands)

	September 30, 2018
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non- Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	-	$	136,499	$	1,959	$	(8,531	)	$	129,927
Accounts receivable, net		-		1,051,410		40,262		(1,139	)		1,090,533
Inventories, net		-		907,605		28,442		-			936,047
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		23,711		214,011		6,638		-			244,360
Total current assets		23,711		2,309,525		77,301		(9,670	)		2,400,867
Intercompany receivable, net		-		1,361,615		-		(1,361,615	)		-
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries		6,109,325		-		-		(6,109,325	)		-
Deferred income taxes, net		22,475		-		-		(22,475	)		-
Property and equipment, net		18,929		250,517		10,961		-			280,407
Goodwill		-		2,461,725		30,054		-			2,491,779
Intangibles, net		-		1,332,104		2,262		-			1,334,366
Other assets, net		1,243		-		-		-			1,243
Total assets	$	6,175,683	$	7,715,486	$	120,578	$	(7,503,085	)	$	6,508,662
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	24,154	$	843,907	$	22,482	$	(9,671	)	$	880,872
Accrued expenses		41,448		564,331		5,760		-			611,539
Current portions of long-term debt/obligations		9,700		9,961		-		-			19,661
Total current liabilities		75,302		1,418,199		28,242		(9,671	)		1,512,072
Intercompany payable, net		1,322,156		-		39,459		(1,361,615	)		-
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit, net		-		89,352		3,090		-			92,442
Long-term debt, net		2,494,725		-		-		-			2,494,725
Deferred income taxes, net		-		128,846		622		(22,474	)		106,994
Long-term obligations under equipment financing and other, net		-		13,639		-		-			13,639
Other long-term liabilities		-		5,207		83		-			5,290
Total liabilities		3,892,183		1,655,243		71,496		(1,393,760	)		4,225,162
Convertible preferred stock		399,195		-		-		-			399,195
Total stockholders' equity		1,884,305		6,060,243		49,082		(6,109,325	)		1,884,305
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	6,175,683	$	7,715,486	$	120,578	$	(7,503,085	)	$	6,508,662

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

(Unaudited; In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	Year Ended September 30, 2019
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net sales	$	-		$	6,918,518		$	186,642	$	-		$	7,105,160
Cost of products sold		-			5,220,994			147,611		-			5,368,605
Gross profit		-			1,697,524			39,031		-			1,736,555
Operating expense
Selling, general and administrative		17,627			1,261,370			32,046		-			1,311,043
Depreciation		4,027			64,801			1,867		-			70,695
Amortization		-			206,627			438		-			207,065
Total operating expense		21,654			1,532,798			34,351		-			1,588,803
Intercompany charges (income)		(17,576	)		17,132			444		-			-
Income (loss) from operations		(4,078	)		147,594			4,236		-			147,752
Interest expense, financing costs, and other		140,489			17,327			718		-			158,534
Intercompany interest expense (income)		(39,670	)		38,142			1,528		-			-
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(104,897	)		92,125			1,990		-			(10,782	)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		(116	)		(632	)		578		-			(170	)
Income (loss) before equity in net income of subsidiaries		(104,781	)		92,757			1,412		-			(10,612	)
Equity in net income of subsidiaries		94,169			-			-		(94,169	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	92,757		$	1,412	$	(94,169	)	$	(10,612	)

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

(Unaudited; In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	Year Ended September 30, 2018
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net sales	$	-		$	6,239,332		$	178,979	$	-		$	6,418,311
Cost of products sold		-			4,685,616			139,374		-			4,824,990
Gross profit		-			1,553,716			39,605		-			1,593,321
Operating expense
Selling, general and administrative		5,909			1,147,390			33,893		-			1,187,192
Depreciation		1,989			56,598			1,731		-			60,318
Amortization		-			140,664			521		-			141,185
Total operating expense		7,898			1,344,652			36,145		-			1,388,695
Intercompany charges (income)		(6,734	)		6,565			169		-			-
Income (loss) from operations		(1,164	)		202,499			3,291		-			204,626
Interest expense, financing costs, and other		124,169			11,648			727		-			136,544
Intercompany interest expense (income)		(24,270	)		22,738			1,532		-			-
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(101,063	)		168,113			1,032		-			68,082
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		11,398			(42,261	)		319		-			(30,544	)
Income (loss) before equity in net income of subsidiaries		(112,461	)		210,374			713		-			98,626
Equity in net income of subsidiaries		211,087			-			-		(211,087	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	98,626		$	210,374		$	713	$	(211,087	)	$	98,626

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

(Unaudited; In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

	Year Ended September 30, 2017
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net sales	$	-		$	4,198,935	$	177,735	$	-		$	4,376,670
Cost of products sold		-			3,162,896		137,835		-			3,300,731
Gross profit		-			1,036,039		39,900		-			1,075,939
Operating expense
Selling, general and administrative		26,962			685,690		30,724		-			743,376
Depreciation		1,534			30,758		1,710		-			34,002
Amortization		-			81,880		585		-			82,465
Total operating expense		28,496			798,328		33,019		-			859,843
Intercompany charges (income)		(4,664	)		4,342		322		-			-
Income (loss) from operations		(23,832	)		233,369		6,559		-			216,096
Interest expense, financing costs, and other		38,660			14,033		58		-			52,751
Intercompany interest expense (income)		(24,458	)		22,927		1,531		-			-
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		(38,034	)		196,409		4,970		-			163,345
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes		(3,284	)		64,399		1,366		-			62,481
Income (loss) before equity in net income of subsidiaries		(34,750	)		132,010		3,604		-			100,864
Equity in net income of subsidiaries		135,614			-		-		(135,614	)		-
Net income (loss)	$	100,864		$	132,010	$	3,604	$	(135,614	)	$	100,864

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited; In thousands)

	Year Ended September 30, 2019
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	(10,612	)	$	92,757	$	1,412		$	(94,169	)	$	(10,612	)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(1,734	)		-		(1,734	)		1,734			(1,734	)
Unrealized gain (loss) due to change in fair value of derivatives, net of tax		(1,612	)		-		(1,612	)		1,612			(1,612	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(3,346	)		-		(3,346	)		3,346			(3,346	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	(13,958	)	$	92,757	$	(1,934	)	$	(90,823	)	$	(13,958	)

	Year Ended September 30, 2018
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	98,626		$	210,374	$	713		$	(211,087	)	$	98,626
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(2,687	)		-		(2,687	)		2,687			(2,687	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(2,687	)		-		(2,687	)		2,687			(2,687	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	95,939		$	210,374	$	(1,974	)	$	(208,400	)	$	95,939

	Year Ended September 30, 2017
	Parent		Guarantor Subsidiaries		Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries		Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net income (loss)	$	100,864	$	132,010	$	3,604	$	(135,614	)	$	100,864
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustment		3,706		-		3,706		(3,706	)		3,706
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		3,706		-		3,706		(3,706	)		3,706
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	104,570	$	132,010	$	7,310	$	(139,320	)	$	104,570

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited; In thousands)

	Year Ended September 30, 2019
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	6,250		$	188,268		$	11,339		$	6,796		$	212,653
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment		(7,156	)		(48,311	)		(1,564	)		-			(57,031	)
Acquisition of businesses, net		-			(163,973	)		-			-			(163,973	)
Proceeds from the sale of assets		-			9,256			13			-			9,269
Intercompany activity		35,777			-			-			(35,777	)		-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		28,621			(203,028	)		(1,551	)		(35,777	)		(211,735	)
Financing Activities
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit		-			2,049,500			50,585			-			2,100,085
Repayments under revolving lines of credit		-			(2,060,396	)		(53,586	)		-			(2,113,982	)
Repayments under term loan		(9,700	)		-			-			-			(9,700	)
Payment of debt issuance costs		(817	)		-			-			-			(817	)
Repayments under equipment financing facilities and other		-			(10,001	)		-			-			(10,001	)
Payment of dividends on preferred stock		(24,000	)		-			-			-			(24,000	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock related to equity awards		3,314			-			-			-			3,314
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards		(3,668	)		-			-			-			(3,668	)
Intercompany activity		-			(35,629	)		(1,826	)		37,455			-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(34,871	)		(56,526	)		(4,827	)		37,455			(58,769	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			154			57			211
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		-			(71,286	)		5,115			8,531			(57,640	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		-			136,499			1,959			(8,531	)		129,927
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	-		$	65,213		$	7,074		$	-		$	72,287

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited; In thousands)

	Year Ended September 30, 2018
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(100,302	)	$	638,451		$	(680	)	$	1,912		$	539,381
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment		(14,354	)		(29,132	)		(2,524	)		-			(46,010	)
Acquisition of businesses, net		(2,740,480	)		-			-			-			(2,740,480	)
Proceeds from the sale of assets		-			2,121			28			-			2,149
Intercompany activity		699,970			-			-			(699,970	)		-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(2,054,864	)		(27,011	)		(2,496	)		(699,970	)		(2,784,341	)
Financing Activities
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit		-			2,766,447			41,294			-			2,807,741
Repayments under revolving lines of credit		-			(2,666,447	)		(41,294	)		-			(2,707,741	)
Borrowings under term loan		970,000			-			-			-			970,000
Repayments under term loan		(445,850	)		-			-			-			(445,850	)
Borrowings under senior notes		1,300,000			-			-			-			1,300,000
Payment of debt issuance costs		(58,266	)		(7,522	)		-			-			(65,788	)
Repayments under equipment financing facilities and other		-			(11,593	)		-			-			(11,593	)
Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock		400,000			-			-			-			400,000
Payment of stock issuance costs		(1,279	)		-			-			-			(1,279	)
Payment of dividends on preferred stock		(12,978	)		-			-			-			(12,978	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock related to equity awards		7,514			-			-			-			7,514
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards		(3,975	)		-			-			-			(3,975	)
Intercompany activity		-			(705,625	)		2,967			702,658			-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		2,155,166			(624,740	)		2,967			702,658			2,236,051
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			586			-			586
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		-			(13,300	)		377			4,600			(8,323	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		-			149,799			1,582			(13,131	)		138,250
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	-		$	136,499		$	1,959		$	(8,531	)	$	129,927

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BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited; In thousands)

	Year Ended September 30, 2017
	Parent			Guarantor Subsidiaries			Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries			Eliminations and Other			Consolidated
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(2,466	)	$	313,396		$	4,888		$	(618	)	$	315,200
Investing Activities
Purchases of property and equipment		(3,517	)		(34,584	)		(1,727	)		-			(39,828	)
Acquisition of businesses, net		(129,390	)		-			-			-			(129,390	)
Proceeds from the sale of assets		-			2,150			83			-			2,233
Intercompany activity		(203,163	)		-			-			203,163			-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(336,070	)		(32,434	)		(1,644	)		203,163			(166,985	)
Financing Activities
Borrowings under revolving lines of credit		-			2,445,084			19,044			-			2,464,128
Repayments under revolving lines of credit		-			(2,812,663	)		(20,567	)		-			(2,833,230	)
Repayments under term loan		(4,500	)		-			-			-			(4,500	)
Payment of debt issuance costs		(1,669	)		-			-			-			(1,669	)
Repayments under equipment financing facilities and other		-			(10,049	)		15			-			(10,034	)
Proceeds from secondary offering of common stock		345,503			-			-			-			345,503
Payment of stock issuance costs		(14,684	)		-			-			-			(14,684	)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock related to equity awards		11,341			-			-			-			11,341
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards		(392	)		-			-			-			(392	)
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation		2,937			-			-			-			2,937
Intercompany activity		-			209,018			(2,279	)		(206,739	)		-
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		338,536			(168,610	)		(3,787	)		(206,739	)		(40,600	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		-			-			(751	)		-			(751	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		-			112,352			(1,294	)		(4,194	)		106,864
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period		-			37,447			2,876			(8,937	)		31,386
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	-		$	149,799		$	1,582		$	(13,131	)	$	138,250

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16. Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The following table summarizes changes in the valuation of the allowance for doubtful accounts (in thousands):

Year Ended September 30,	Beginning Balance		Charged to Operations		Write-offs			Ending Balance
2019	$	17,584	$	9,478	$	(13,967	)	$	13,095
2018		11,829		10,948		(5,193	)		17,584
2017		14,812		2,914		(5,897	)		11,829

The decrease in valuation as of September 30, 2019 is primarily due to an acceleration in write-offs of aged balances that were previously reserved.

17. Fair Value Measurement

As of September 30, 2019, the carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximated fair value because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The Company measures its cash equivalents at amortized cost, which approximates fair value based upon quoted market prices (Level 1).

As of September 30, 2019, based upon recent trading prices (Level 2 — market approach), the fair value of the Company’s $300.0 million Senior Notes due in 2023 was $310.5 million and the fair value of the $1.30 billion Senior Notes due in 2025 was $1.28 billion.

As of September 30, 2019, the fair value of the Company’s term loan and revolving asset-based line of credit approximated the amount outstanding. The Company estimates the fair value of these financing arrangements by discounting the future cash flows of each instrument using estimated market rates of debt instruments with similar maturities and credit profiles (Level 3).

18. Employee Benefit Plans

The Company maintains defined contribution plans covering all full-time employees of the Company who have 90 days of service and are at least 21 years old. An eligible employee may elect to make a before-tax contribution of between 1% and 100% of his or her compensation through payroll deductions, not to exceed the annual limit set by law. The Company currently matches the first 50% of participant contributions limited to 6% of a participant’s gross compensation (maximum Company match is 3%). The combined total expense for this plan and a similar plan for Canadian employees was $11.7 million, $11.8 million, and $8.2 million for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.

The Company sponsors an external pension fund for certain of its foreign employees who belong to a local union. Pension contributions are made to government-sponsored social security pension plans in accordance with local legal requirements. Annual contributions were $1.0 million, $0.2 million, and $0.1 million for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.

The Company also participates in multi-employer defined benefit plans for which it is not the sponsor. The aggregated expense for these plans for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 was $2.6 million. As of September 30, 2019, the Company’s multi-employer defined benefit plans are reported to have underfunded liabilities. If the Company withdraws from participation in one of these plans, applicable law would require the Company to make a lump-sum contribution to the plan. The Company’s withdrawal liability depends on the extent of the plan’s funding of vested benefits, among other factors. In 2019, the Company’s collective bargaining agreements covering 42 employees in its Chicago, Cincinnati and Toledo branches expired. As a result of good faith collective bargaining, the Company has withdrawn from the Central States Pension Fund. The Company does not believe the final lump-sum contribution will have a material impact on operations.

19. Financial Derivatives

The Company uses interest rate derivative instruments to manage the risk related to fluctuating cash flows from interest rate changes by converting a portion of its variable-rate borrowings into fixed-rate borrowings.

On September 11, 2019, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements to manage the interest rate risk associated with the variable-rate on the 2025 Term Loan. Each swap agreement has a notional amount of $250 million. One agreement (the “5-year swap”) will expire on August 30, 2024 and swaps the thirty-day LIBOR with a fixed-rate of 1.49%. The second agreement (the “3-year swap”) will expire on August 30, 2022 and swaps the thirty-day LIBOR with a fixed-rate of 1.50%. At the inception of the swap agreements, the Company determined that both swaps qualified for cash flow hedge accounting under ASC 815. Therefore, changes in the fair value of the effective portions of the swaps, net of taxes, will be recognized in other comprehensive income each period, then reclassified into the consolidated statements of operations as a component of interest expense, financing costs, and other in the period in which the hedged transaction affects earnings. Any ineffective portions of the hedges are immediately recognized in earnings as a component of interest expense, financing costs and other.

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The effectiveness of the swaps will be assessed qualitatively by the Company during the lives of the hedges by a) comparing the current terms of the hedges with the related hedged debt to assure they continue to coincide and b) through an evaluation of the ability of the counterparty to the hedges to honor their obligations under the hedges. The Company performed a qualitative analysis as of September 30, 2019 and concluded that the swap agreements continue to meet the requirements under ASC 815 to qualify for cash flow hedge accounting. As of September 30, 2019, the fair value of the 3-year and 5-year swaps, net of tax, were $0.5 million and $1.1 million, respectively, both in favor of the counterparty. These amounts are included in accrued expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

The Company records any differences paid or received on its interest rate hedges to interest expense, financing costs and other. The table below presents the combined fair values, net of tax, of the interest rate derivative instruments:

	Location on	Fair Value	Liabilities as of September 30,
Instrument	Balance Sheet	Hierarchy	2019			2018
Designated interest rate swaps	Accrued expenses	Level 2	$	(1,612	)	$	-

The fair value of the interest rate swaps is determined through the use of a pricing model, which utilizes verifiable inputs such as market interest rates that are observable at commonly quoted intervals (generally referred to as the “LIBOR Curve”) for the full terms of the hedge agreements. These values reflect a Level 2 measurement under the applicable fair value hierarchy.

The table below presents the amounts of gain (loss) on the interest rate derivative instruments recognized in other comprehensive income (OCI):

	Year Ended September 30,
Instrument	2019			2018		2017
Designated interest rate swaps	$	(1,612	)	$	-	$	-

The table below presents the amounts of gain (loss) on the interest rate derivative instruments recognized in interest expense, financing costs and other:

	Year Ended September 30,
Instrument	2019		2018		2017
Designated interest rate swaps	$	-	$	-	$	-
Non-designated interest rate swaps (reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income)	$	-	$	-	$	(388	)

On March 28, 2013, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of $213.8 million which expired on March 31, 2017. This agreement swapped the thirty-day LIBOR to a fixed-rate of 1.38% and had scheduled reductions of the notional amount equal to $2.8 million per quarter, effectively matching the repayment schedule under the Term Loan outstanding at that time. The Company determined this swap agreement qualified for cash flow hedge accounting under ASC 815, and therefore changes in the fair value of the effective portions of the swap, net of taxes, were recognized through other comprehensive income each period. On October 1, 2015, the Company terminated the swap agreement and settled the $2.4 million unrealized loss with the counterparty. This $2.4 million unrealized loss was recognized on a straight-line basis as interest expense from the termination date through March 31, 2017, the original expiration date of the swap agreement.

20. Subsequent Events

On October 9, 2019, the Company, and certain subsidiaries of the Company as guarantors, executed a private offering of $300.0 million aggregate principal at a rate of 4.500% per annum (the “2026 Senior Notes”) at an issue price of 100%. The 2026 Senior Notes mature on November 15, 2026. Interest is payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on May 15, 2020.

The 2026 Senior Notes and related subsidiary guarantees were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons outside of the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The 2026 Senior Notes and related subsidiary guarantees have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.

On October 28, 2019, the Company used the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand and available borrowings under its existing senior secured asset based revolving credit facility (the “2023 ABL”), to redeem all $300.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 6.375% senior secured notes due 2023 (the “2023 Senior Notes”) at a redemption price of 103.188% and to pay all related accrued interest, fees and expenses.

The intent of the transaction was to take advantage of lower market interest rates by refinancing the existing 2023 Senior Notes with the 2026 Senior Notes. The Company has accounted for the re-finance as a debt extinguishment of the 2023 Senior Notes and an

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issuance of the 2026 Senior Notes. As a result, the Company will record an estimated loss on extinguishment of $14.7 million in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2020.

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ITEM 9.    CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

1. Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2019. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2019, our disclosure controls and procedures were (1) designed to ensure that material information relating to Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to our chief executive officer and chief financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report was being prepared and (2) designed to be effective, and were effective, in that they provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, including that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (a) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (b) accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

2. Internal Control over Financial Reporting

(a) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by the company’s board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

• Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;

• Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and

• Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations which may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting as of September 30, 2019, using the criteria set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (COSO). Based on our assessment, we believe that, as of September 30, 2019, our internal control over financial reporting is effective at the reasonable assurance level based on those criteria.

Our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm has issued a report on our internal control over financial reporting. This report appears below.

(b) Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2019, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. as of September 30, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2019, and the related notes and our report dated November 26, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

	/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Tysons, Virginia
November 26, 2019

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(c) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2019 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B.    OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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PART III

This part of our Form 10-K, which includes Items 10 through 14, is omitted because we will file definitive proxy material pursuant to Regulation 14A not more than 120 days after the close of our year-end, which proxy material will include the information required by Items 10 through 14 and is incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

ITEM 15.    EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) (1)  Financial Statements

The following financial statements of our Company and Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report:

• Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

• Consolidated Balance Sheets as September 30, 2019 and 2018

• Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017

• Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017

• Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017

• Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, and 2017

• Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(2) Financial Statement Schedules

Financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are either not applicable or the required information has been disclosed in the financial statements or notes thereto.

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(3) Exhibits

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Description	Form	Exhibit	Filing Date
2.1	Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2017, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., as Buyer, Oldcastle, Inc., as Parent, and Oldcastle Distribution, Inc., as Seller.	8-K	2.1	August 24, 2017
3.1	Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.	10-K	3.1	December 23, 2004
3.2	Amended and Restated By-Laws of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.	8-K	3.1	September 24, 2014
3.3	Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Cumulative Convertible Participating Preferred Stock of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.	8-K	3.1	January 5, 2018
4.1*	Description of Common Stock
4.2	Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2015, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.	8-K	4.1	October 1, 2015
4.3	Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2015, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (“Beacon”), certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of Beacon, as additional subsidiary guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.	8-K	4.2	October 1, 2015
4.4	Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 2, 2018, to the Indenture dated as of October 1, 2015, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of Beacon, as additional subsidiary guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.	8-K	4.3	January 5, 2018
4.5	Form of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2023 (included as Exhibit A to the Indenture incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2).	8-K	4.3	October 1, 2015
4.6	Indenture, dated as of October 25, 2017, between Beacon Escrow Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.	8-K	4.1	October 26, 2017
4.7	Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 2, 2018, to the Indenture dated as of October 25, 2017, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of Beacon, as subsidiary guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.	8-K	4.2	January 5, 2018
4.8	Form of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2025 (included as Exhibit A to the Indenture incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.6).	8-K	4.2	October 26, 2017
10.1	Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2018, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., Citibank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders and financial institutions party thereto.	8-K	10.1	January 5, 2018
10.2	Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2018, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the US borrowers, Canadian borrower, lenders and financial institutions party thereto.	8-K	10.2	January 5, 2018
10.3	Investment Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2017, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., CD&R Boulder Holdings, L.P. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. (solely for purposes of Sections 4.13 and 4.14 thereof), including the form of Certificate of Designations and Registration Rights Agreement attached as Exhibits A and B thereto, respectively.	8-K	10.1	August 24, 2017
10.4	Letter Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2018, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., CD&R Boulder Holdings, L.P. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. (solely for the purposes described therein)	8-K	10.1	November 21, 2018

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10.5	Letter Agreement, dated February 13, 2019, by and among Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., CD&R Boulder Holdings, L.P. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. (solely for the purposes described therein)	10-Q	10.1	May 8, 2019
10.6	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 2, 2018, by and between Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. and CD&R Boulder Holdings, L.P.	8-K	10.4	January 5, 2018
10.7	Amendment and Restatement of Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 11, 2019	10-Q	10.1	August 7, 2019
10.8	Executive Securities Agreement dated as of October 20, 2003 by and between Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., Robert Buck and Code, Hennessy & Simmons III, L.P.	S-1	10.5	May 28, 2004
10.9+	Description of Executive Annual Incentive Plan	10-Q	10.1	February 8, 2019
10.10+	Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Plan	DEF 14A	Appendix A	January 7, 2011
10.11+	First Amendment dated as of October 31, 2011 to the Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan	10-K	10.10	November 29, 2011
10.12+	Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Plan	DEF 14A	Appendix A	January 6, 2016
10.13+	Form of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (Settle at Retirement)	10-Q	10.1	May 5, 2017
10.14+	Form of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Non-Employee Directors (Settle at Vest)	10-Q	10.2	May 5, 2017
10.15+	Form of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Plan Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Employees	10-Q	10.3	May 5, 2017
10.16+	Form of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Plan Time-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for Employees	10-Q	10.4	May 5, 2017
10.17+	Form of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Stock Plan Stock Option Agreement	10-Q	10.5	May 5, 2017
10.18+	Form of Restrictive Covenant Agreement between Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. and its executive officers	10-Q	10.6	February 6, 2016
10.19+	Employment and Post-Employment Exclusive Consulting Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2019, between Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. and Paul Isabella	10-Q	10.2	May 8, 2019
21*	Subsidiaries of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.
23.1*	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
31.1*	CEO certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*	CFO certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*	CEO certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2*	CFO certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101*	101.INS XBRL Instance–the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition
104*	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

_______________________________ 

+ Management contract or compensatory plan/arrangement

* Filed herewith

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We will furnish any of our shareowners a copy of any of the above Exhibits not included herein upon the written request of such shareowner and the payment to Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. of the reasonable expenses incurred in furnishing such copy or copies.

ITEM 16.    10-K SUMMARY

Not applicable.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	BEACON ROOFING SUPPLY, INC. (REGISTRANT)
	By:	/s/   JOSEPH M. NOWICKI
		Joseph M. Nowicki
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: November 26, 2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE	TITLE	DATE
/s/   ROBERT R. BUCK	Chairman	November 26, 2019
Robert R. Buck
/s/   JULIAN G. FRANCIS	President and Chief Executive Officer	November 26, 2019
Julian G. Francis
/s/   JOSEPH M. NOWICKI	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	November 26, 2019
Joseph M. Nowicki
/s/   THOMAS D. SCHMITZ	Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer	November 26, 2019
Thomas D. Schmitz
/s/   CARL T. BERQUIST	Director	November 26, 2019
Carl T. Berquist
/s/   BARBARA G. FAST	Director	November 26, 2019
Barbara G. Fast
/s/   RICHARD W. FROST	Director	November 26, 2019
Richard W. Frost
/s/   ALAN GERSHENHORN	Director	November 26, 2019
Alan Gershenhorn
/s/   PHILIP W. KNISELY	Director	November 26, 2019
Philip W. Knisely
/s/   ROBERT M. MCLAUGHLIN	Director	November 26, 2019
Robert M. McLaughlin
/s/   NEIL S. NOVICH	Director	November 26, 2019
Neil S. Novich
/s/   STUART A. RANDLE	Director	November 26, 2019
Stuart A. Randle
/s/   NATHAN K. SLEEPER	Director	November 26, 2019
Nathan K. Sleeper
/s/   DOUGLAS L. YOUNG	Director	November 26, 2019
Douglas L. Young

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