BrightView Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BV) (the “Company” or “BrightView”), the leading commercial landscaping services company in the United States, today reported unaudited results for the three months and full fiscal year ended September 30, 2025.

• Fourth quarter net income increased 8.2% year-over-year to $27.7 million; Net income margin expanded by 40 basis points.
• Fourth quarter Adjusted EBITDA² increased 7.9% year-over-year to a fourth quarter record $113.5 million; Adjusted EBITDA margin² expanded by 170 basis points.
• Fourth quarter total revenue decreased 3.6% year-over-year to $702.8 million driven by a 1.3% decrease in Maintenance Services and 8.2% decrease in Development Services.
• Full year net cash provided by operating activities increased 41.9% year-over-year to $291.8 million.
• Full year adjusted free cash flow² of $65.2 million, a decrease of $80.1 million.
• Increases existing share repurchase authorization to $150 million.

“Our fourth quarter and full-year results reflect the continued momentum behind our One BrightView strategy and the strengthened foundation of our business,” said Dale Asplund, BrightView President and Chief Executive Officer. “We delivered a second consecutive year of record Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin all while continuing to invest in our business. Our solidified foundation, coupled with the continued investments in our business, gives us the confidence in returning to profitable top-line revenue growth in 2026 and beyond, while leveraging our size and scale to position us as the service provider of choice in our industry and creating long-term value for all stakeholders.”

“Additionally, as part of our disciplined approach to capital allocation and commitment to driving shareholder value, we are increasing our share repurchase authorization to $150 million. Our strong balance sheet, current valuation, and long-term growth outlook give us the confidence to expand the program and return capital to shareholders in a strategic and opportunistic way."

Company Provides Fiscal Year 2026 Guidance¹

Fiscal 2025 Results – Total BrightView

For the three months ended September 30, 2025, total revenue decreased 3.6% to $702.8 million, from $728.7 million in the 2024 period. The decrease was driven by a $20.0 million decrease in Development Services due to timing of development projects, combined with a $6.1 million decrease in Maintenance Services, primarily driven by a decline in commercial landscaping services.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, total revenue decreased 3.4% to $2,672.8 million, from $2,767.1 million in the 2024 period. The decrease was driven by a decrease in our commercial landscaping business of $72.7 million, combined with a $10.0 million decrease in snow removal revenue, both of which were primarily driven by strategic reductions of non-core businesses and to a lesser extent a decline in commercial landscaping in our core business. Additionally, our Development Services revenues of $789.1 million declined by $19.9 million due to timing of development projects.

Fiscal 2025 Results – Segments

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, revenue in the Maintenance Services Segment decreased by $6.1 million, or 1.3%, from the prior year, underpinned by a decline in commercial landscape services.

Adjusted EBITDA for the Maintenance Services Segment for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased by $3.6 million to $72.8 million from $69.2 million in the 2024 period. Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin increased 100 basis points to 15.2% in the three months ended September 30, 2025 from 14.2% in the 2024 period. The increase in Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin was primarily driven by cost management initiatives, which included reduced vehicle and equipment related costs, and personnel related costs. These savings offset the decrease in revenues described above.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, revenue in the Maintenance Services Segment decreased by $72.7 million, or 3.7%, from the 2024 period. The decrease was primarily driven by strategic reductions of non-core businesses and to a lesser extent a decline in commercial landscaping in our core business.

Adjusted EBITDA for the Maintenance Services Segment for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 increased by $9.3 million to $245.5 million from $236.2 million in the 2024 period. Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin increased 100 basis points to 13.0% in the year ended September 30, 2025, from 12.0% in the 2024 period. The increase in Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin was primarily driven by lower personnel, vehicle, and equipment related costs as a result of the Company's cost management initiatives. These savings more than offset the decrease in revenues described above.

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, revenue in the Development Services Segment decreased by $20.0 million, or 8.2%, compared to the prior year. The decrease was driven by timing of Development Services projects.

Adjusted EBITDA for the Development Services Segment for the three months ended September 30, 2025 increased $4.7 million to $40.7 million compared to the 2024 period and Adjusted EBITDA Margin increased 350 basis points to 18.2% for the quarter from 14.7% in the prior year. The increases in Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin were primarily driven by reductions in overhead costs due to the Company's cost management initiatives combined with the timing and mix of projects in the period.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, revenue in the Development Services Segment decreased by $19.7 million, or 2.4%, compared to the 2024 period. The results were driven the timing of projects during the second half of fiscal 2025, which were partially offset by increased Development Services project volumes in the first half of fiscal 2025.

Adjusted EBITDA for the Development Services Segment fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 increased $18.3 million to $106.8 million compared to the 2024 period. Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin increased 260 basis points to 13.5% for the period from 10.9% in the 2024 period. The increases in Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Segment Adjusted EBITDA Margin were primarily driven by reductions in overhead costs due to the Company's cost management initiatives, combined with the timing and mix of projects in the period.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 increased $86.2 million to $291.8 million from $205.6 million in the prior year. This increase was due to an increase in net income adjusted for non-cash activities, combined with increases in cash provided by accounts payable and other operating liabilities. This was partially offset by an increase in cash used for other operating assets.

Adjusted Free Cash Flow decreased $80.1 million to $65.2 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 from $145.3 million in the prior year. The decrease in Adjusted Free Cash Flow was driven an increase in capital expenditures of $175.8 million partially offset by an increase in cash provided by operating activities of $86.2 million and an increase in proceeds from the sale of property and equipment of $9.5 million.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, capital expenditures were $254.2 million compared with $78.4 million in the 2024 period. The Company also generated proceeds from the sale of property and equipment of $27.6 million and $18.1 million during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Net of the proceeds from the sale of property and equipment, net capital expenditures represented 8.5% and 2.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s Total Net Financial Debt was $802.9 million, an increase of $66.0 million compared to $736.9 million as of September 30, 2024. The Company’s Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio was 2.3x, 2.3x and 2.9x as of September 30, 2025, September 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023 respectively. The year-over-year increase in Total Net Financial Debt was primarily driven by the decrease in the Company's Cash & Equivalents.

Conference Call Information

A conference call to discuss the fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2025 financial results is scheduled for November 20, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. ET. The U.S. toll free dial-in for the conference call is (800) 245-3047 and the international dial-in is (203) 518-9765. The access code is BRIGHT. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company’s investor website https://investor.brightview.com, where presentation materials will be posted prior to the call. A replay of the call will be available until 11:59 p.m. ET on December 4, 2025. To access the recording, dial (800) 753-0348 (access code 27525).

About BrightView

BrightView (NYSE: BV), the nation’s largest commercial landscaper, proudly designs, creates, and maintains some of the best landscapes on Earth and provides the most efficient and comprehensive snow and ice removal services. With a dependable service commitment, BrightView brings brilliant landscapes to life at premier properties across the United States, including business parks and corporate offices, homeowners' associations, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, retail centers, resorts and theme parks, municipalities, golf courses, and sports venues. BrightView also serves as the Official Field Consultant to Major League Baseball. Through industry-leading best practices and sustainable solutions, BrightView is invested in taking care of our team members, engaging our clients, inspiring our communities, and preserving our planet. Visit www.BrightView.com and connect with us on X, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this presentation, including statements relating to our fiscal 2025 guidance and other statements related to our goals, beliefs, business outlook, business trends, expectations regarding our industry, strategy, future events, future operations, future liquidity and financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “outlook,” “guidance,” “projects,” “continues,” “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” or “anticipates,” or the negative variations of these words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. By their nature, forward-looking statements: speak only as of the date they are made; are not statements of historical fact or guarantees of future performance, and are based upon our current expectations, beliefs, estimates and projections, and various assumptions, many of which are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, changes in circumstances or other factors outside of the Company’s control that are difficult to predict or quantify. Our expectations, beliefs, and projections are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis for them. However, there can be no assurance that management’s expectations, beliefs and projections will result or be achieved and actual results may vary materially from what is expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected include, but are not limited to; competitive industry pressures; our ability to preserve long-term customer relationships; a determination by customers to reduce their outsourcing or use of preferred vendors; inconsistent practices and the operating results of individual branches; our ability to implement our business strategies and achieve our growth objectives; negative impacts of future acquisitions or other strategic transactions; the seasonal nature of our landscape maintenance services; our dependence on weather conditions and the impact of severe weather and climate change on our business; any failure to accurately estimate the overall risk, requirements, or costs when we bid on or negotiate contracts that are ultimately awarded to us and, for such contracts, the ability to collect amounts owed under such contracts; the conditions and periodic fluctuations of the new commercial construction sector, as well as spending on repair and upgrade activities; the level, timing and location of snowfall; our ability to retain or hire our executive management and other key personnel; our ability to attract, retain and maintain positive relations with workers; any failure to properly verify employment eligibility of our employees; the liability exposure from our use of subcontractors to perform work under certain customer contracts; our recognition of future impairment charges; failure to comply with laws and governmental regulations including those relating to employees, the environment, immigration, human health, safety or transportation, which may result in lawsuits, investigations, restrictions or significant financial costs; the distraction and impact caused by litigation, of adverse litigation judgments and settlements resulting from legal proceedings; tax increases and changes in tax rules; any increase in on-job accidents involving employees; any failure, inadequacy, interruption, security failure or breach of our information technology systems; compliance with data privacy regulations; our ability to adequately protect our intellectual property; any adverse consequences of our substantial indebtedness; increases in interest rates governing our variable rate indebtedness increasing the cost of servicing our substantial indebtedness; risks related to counterparty credit worthiness or non-performance of the derivative financial instruments we utilize; counterparty default risks; restrictions within our debt agreements that limit our flexibility in operating; our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our significant debt service obligations; the possibility to incur substantially more debt, including off-balance sheet financing, contractual obligations and general and commercial liabilities; any failure to extend credit under our facility or reduce the borrowing base under our Revolving Credit Facility; any future sales, or the perception of future sales, by us or our affiliates, which could cause the market price for our common stock to decline; the ability of KKR and One Rock to exert significant influence over us; anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents that could delay or prevent a change in control; the ability of our Board of Directors to issue and designate shares of our preferred stock in additional series without stockholder approval; the fact that the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock may have different interests from and vote their shares in a manner deemed adverse to, holders of our common stock; the dividend, liquidation, and redemption rights of the holders of our Series A Preferred Stock; our certificate of incorporation restricting all stockholder litigation matters to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district courts of the United States of America; general business, economic, and financial market conditions; increases in raw material costs, fuel prices, wages and other operating costs, and changes in our ability to source adequate supplies and materials in a timely manner; occurrence of natural disasters, terrorist attacks, global health emergencies and other external events; heightened inflation, geopolitical conflicts, recession, financial market disruptions, trade policies and tariffs, and other economic conditions; corporate responsibility matters and/or our reporting of such matters; significant changes in our stock price and its ability for resale; securities analysts’ reports about our business or their downgrade of our stock or sector; maintaining effective internal controls; and costs and requirements imposed as a result of maintaining compliance with the requirements of being a public company. Our ability to effect repurchases under the share repurchase program may be impacted by changes in stock price, corporate or other economic or market conditions; the timing, manner and volume of repurchases of common shares pursuant to the repurchase program may be impacted by these and other factors.

Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, and such factors may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in this release and in our filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement made in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it was made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the Company’s financial information presented in accordance with GAAP and aid understanding of the Company’s business performance, the Company uses certain non-GAAP financial measures, namely “Adjusted EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA Margin”, “Adjusted Net Income (Loss)”, “Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share”, “Adjusted Free Cash Flow”, “Net Capital Expenditures”, “Total Financial Debt”, “Total Net Financial Debt” and “Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio”. We believe Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Net Capital Expenditures, Total Financial Debt, Total Net Financial Debt, and Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio assist investors in comparing our results across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. Management believes these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in highlighting trends in our operating performance, while other measures can differ significantly depending on long-term strategic decisions regarding capital structure, the tax jurisdictions in which we operate and capital investments. Management regularly uses these measures as tools in evaluating our operating performance, financial performance and liquidity. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Net Capital Expenditures, Total Financial Debt, Total Net Financial Debt, and Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio to supplement comparable GAAP measures in the evaluation of the effectiveness of our business strategies, to make budgeting decisions, to establish discretionary annual incentive compensation and to compare our performance against that of other peer companies using similar measures. In addition, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Net Capital Expenditures, Total Financial Debt, Total Net Financial Debt, and Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio are frequently used by investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of issuers, many of which also present Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Net Capital Expenditures, Total Financial Debt, Total Net Financial Debt, and Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio when reporting their results in an effort to facilitate an understanding of their operating and financial results and liquidity. Management supplements GAAP results with non-GAAP financial measures to provide a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting the business than GAAP results alone.

Adjusted EBITDA: We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as further adjusted to exclude certain non-cash, non-recurring and other adjustment items.

Adjusted EBITDA Margin: We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin as Adjusted EBITDA, defined above, divided by Net Service Revenues.

Adjusted Net Income: We define Adjusted Net Income as net income (loss) including interest and depreciation, and excluding other items used to calculate Adjusted EBITDA and further adjusted for the tax effect of these exclusions and the removal of the discrete tax items.

Adjusted Earnings per Share: We define Adjusted Earnings per Share as Adjusted Net Income divided by the (i) weighted average number of common shares outstanding used in the calculation of basic earnings per share plus (ii) shares of common stock related to the Series A Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis, assumed to be converted for the entire period. The addition of shares of common stock related to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis reflects the dilutive impact of the potential conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and is expected to provide comparability in future periods.

Adjusted Free Cash Flow: We define Adjusted Free Cash Flow as cash flows from operating activities less capital expenditures, net of proceeds from the sale of property and equipment.

Net Capital Expenditures: We define Net Capital Expenditures as capital expenditures net of proceeds from the sale of property and equipment

Total Financial Debt: We define Total Financial Debt as total long-term debt, net of original issue discount, and finance/capital lease obligations.

Total Net Financial Debt: We define Total Net Financial Debt as Total Financial Debt minus total cash and cash equivalents.

Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio: We define Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio as Total Net Financial Debt divided by the trailing twelve month Adjusted EBITDA.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Net Capital Expenditures, Total Financial Debt, Total Net Financial Debt, and Total Net Financial Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio are not recognized terms under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or the ratio of net income (loss) to net revenue as a measure of financial performance, cash flows provided by operating activities as a measure of liquidity, or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, these measures are not intended to be a measure of Adjusted Free Cash Flow available for management’s discretionary use as they do not consider certain cash requirements such as interest payments, tax payments and debt service requirements. The presentations of these measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because not all companies use identical calculations, the presentations of these measures may not be comparable to the same or other similarly titled measures of other companies and can differ significantly from company to company

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