Aramark (the "Company") is a leading global provider of food, facilities and uniform services to education, healthcare, business & industry and sports, leisure & corrections clients. The Company's core market is the United States, which is supplemented by an additional 18-country footprint. The Company operates its business in three reportable segments that share many of the same operating characteristics: Food and Support Services United States ("FSS United States"), Food and Support Services International ("FSS International") and Uniform and Career Apparel ("Uniform").

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements, and the notes to those statements, included in the Company's Form 10-K filed with the SEC on November 24, 2020. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of October 2, 2020 was derived from audited financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. In the opinion of the Company, the statements include all adjustments, which are of a normal, recurring nature, required for a fair presentation for the periods presented. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year, due to the seasonality of some of the Company's business activities, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic ("COVID-19") and the possibility of changes in general economic conditions.

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an accounting standards update ("ASU") which simplifies the accounting for income taxes and clarifies and amends existing income tax guidance. Impacted areas include intraperiod tax allocations, interim period taxes, deferred tax liabilities with outside basis differences, franchise taxes and transactions which result in the "step-up" of goodwill. The Company early adopted this guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

In November 2019, the FASB issued an ASU which provides clarification and improvements to existing guidance related to the credit losses on financial instruments standard. The guidance was effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

In May 2019, the FASB issued an ASU which provides the option to irrevocably elect to apply the fair value measurement option on an instrument-by-instrument basis for certain financial instruments within the scope of the credit losses on financial instruments standard. The guidance was effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2019, the FASB issued an ASU which provides clarification, error corrections and improvements to existing guidance related to the credit losses on financial instruments ASU issued in June 2016, the derivatives and hedging ASU issued in August 2017 and the financial instruments ASU issued in January 2016. The Company adopted the guidance related to the financial instruments ASU and the derivatives and hedging ASU in prior fiscal years, which did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements. The guidance related to the credit losses on financial instruments ASU was effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2021, which did not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to require entities to account for expected credit losses on financial instruments including trade receivables. The expected credit loss model replaced the incurred credit loss model, that generally required a loss to be incurred before it was recognized. The forward-looking credit loss model requires the Company to consider historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount in estimating credit losses. The amended guidance requires financial assets that are measured at amortized cost be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of financial assets. The Company adopted this guidance on October 3, 2020 (the first date of fiscal 2021) using a

In January 2021, the FASB issued an ASU which clarifies certain optional expedients and exceptions for contract modifications and hedge accounting that may apply to derivatives that are affected by the discontinuance of LIBOR and the reference rate reform standard. The Company may adopt this guidance through December 2022 if the remaining amendment to the reference rate reform standard is adopted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard.

In March 2020, the FASB issued an ASU which provides optional expedients that may be adopted and applied through December 2022 to assist with the discontinuance of LIBOR. The expedients allow companies to ease the potential accounting burden when modifying contracts and hedging relationships that use LIBOR as a reference rate, if certain criteria are met. During the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company adopted the optional expedient to assert probability of forecasted hedged transactions occurring on its interest rate swap derivative contracts regardless of any expected contract modifications related to reference reform. Other optional expedients related to hedging relationships may be contemplated in the future resulting from reference rate reform. The Company reviewed its portfolio of debt agreements, lease agreements and other contracts and determined that only its debt agreements will be impacted by this standard, as the lease agreements and other contracts do not use LIBOR as a reference rate. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the remaining amendment of this standard.

In January 2020, the FASB issued an ASU which provides clarification and improvements to existing guidance related to accounting for certain equity securities upon the application or discontinuation of equity method accounting and the measurement of forward contracts and purchased options on certain securities. The guidance is effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard.

In August 2018, the FASB issued an ASU which adds, modifies and removes several disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension plans. The guidance is effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard.

Comprehensive (loss) income includes all changes to stockholders' equity during a period, except those resulting from investments by and distributions to stockholders. Components of comprehensive (loss) income include net (loss) income, changes in foreign currency translation adjustments (net of tax), pension plan adjustments (net of tax), changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges (net of tax) and changes to the share of any equity investees' comprehensive income (loss) (net of tax).


	Three Months Ended
	April 2, 2021				March 27, 2020
	Pre-Tax Amount	Tax Effect	After-Tax Amount		Pre-Tax Amount	Tax Effect	After-Tax Amount
Net loss			$	(77,663)			$	(202,021)
Pension plan adjustments	—	—	—		(286)	—	(286)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(3,486)	2,751	(735)		(41,579)	(314)	(41,893)
Fair value of cash flow hedges	24,403	(6,345)	18,058		(89,083)	23,162	(65,921)
Share of equity investee's comprehensive income (loss)	748	—	748		(145)	—	(145)
Other comprehensive income (loss)	21,665	(3,594)	18,071		(131,093)	22,848	(108,245)
Comprehensive loss			(59,592)				(310,266)
Less: Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest			(87)				239
Comprehensive loss attributable to Aramark stockholders			$	(59,505)			$	(310,505)

	Six Months Ended
	April 2, 2021				March 27, 2020
	Pre-Tax Amount	Tax Effect	After-Tax Amount		Pre-Tax Amount	Tax Effect	After-Tax Amount
Net loss			$	(159,043)			$	(56,138)
Pension plan adjustments	(975)	—	(975)		(571)	—	(571)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	24,198	1,249	25,447		(27,225)	(83)	(27,308)
Fair value of cash flow hedges	36,726	(9,549)	27,177		(79,957)	20,789	(59,168)
Share of equity investee's comprehensive income	528	—	528		2	—	2
Other comprehensive income (loss)	60,477	(8,300)	52,177		(107,751)	20,706	(87,045)
Comprehensive loss			(106,866)				(143,183)
Less: Net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interest			(224)				361
Comprehensive loss attributable to Aramark stockholders			$	(106,642)			$	(143,544)

Beginning in fiscal 2018, Argentina was determined to have a highly inflationary economy. As a result, the Company remeasures the financial statements of Argentina's operations in accordance with the accounting guidance for highly inflationary economies. The impact of foreign currency transaction losses for Argentina during the three and six month periods of both fiscal 2021 and 2020 were immaterial to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company insures portions of its general liability, automobile liability and workers’ compensation risks through a wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary (the "Captive"), to enhance its risk financing strategies. The Captive is subject to regulations within its domicile of Bermuda, including regulations established by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (the "BMA") relating to levels of liquidity and solvency as such concepts are defined by the BMA. The Captive was in compliance with these regulations as of April 2, 2021. These regulations may have the effect of limiting the Company's ability to access certain cash and cash equivalents held by the Captive for uses other than for the payment of its general liability, automobile liability and workers' compensation claims and related Captive costs. As of April 2, 2021 and October 2, 2020, cash and cash equivalents at the Captive were $142.1 million and $92.1 million, respectively.

Other assets consist primarily of costs to obtain or fulfill contracts, including rental merchandise in-service, long-term receivables, investments in 50% or less owned entities, computer software costs and employee sales commissions. For investments in 50% or less owned entities, other than those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, the Company measures these investments at cost, less any impairment and adjusted for changes in fair value resulting from observable price changes for an identical or a similar investment of the same issuer due to the lack of readily available fair values related to those investments. The carrying amount of equity investments without readily determinable fair values as of both April 2, 2021 and October 2, 2020 was $42.5 million.

The Company is self-insured for certain obligations related to its employee health care benefit programs as well as for certain risks retained under its general liability, automobile liability and workers’ compensation liability programs. Reserves are estimated through actuarial methods, with the assistance of third-party actuaries using loss development assumptions based on the Company's claims history.

COVID-19 has adversely affected global economies, financial markets and the overall environment for the Company and the extent to which it may impact future results of operations and overall financial performance continues to remain uncertain. The decline in operations from COVID-19 caused a deterioration in the Company's revenue, operating income (loss) and net loss for the three and six months ended April 2, 2021 and March 27, 2020. The impact of the deterioration was more significant during the three and six month periods of fiscal 2021 than the three and six month periods of fiscal 2020 due to the pandemic not materially affecting operations until late in the second quarter of fiscal 2020. The allowance for credit losses increased to $78.4 million as of April 2, 2021 compared to $74.9 million as of October 2, 2020, which includes the Company's current estimates that reflect the continued economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19. Certain businesses, mainly those related to the Company's Sports, Leisure & Corrections, Education and Business & Industry sectors, continue to be significantly impacted by COVID-19. However, some operations have started to recover as vaccines are distributed and lockdowns are lifted. In response, the Company continues to apply effective cost discipline to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 as well as take advantage of relief provisions, including the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act"), the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 ("CAA") and other U.S. and foreign governmental programs (see below and Note 7).

The CARES Act provides an employee retention credit (“CARES Employee Retention credit”), which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes of up to $5,000 per employee for eligible employers. The tax credit is equal to 50% of qualified wages paid to employees during a quarter, capped at $10,000 of qualified wages per employee per year through December 31, 2020. Additional relief provisions were passed by the U.S. government, which extend and slightly expand the qualified wage caps on these credits through December 31, 2021. Based on these additional provisions, the tax credit is now equal to 70% of qualified wages paid to employees during a quarter, and the limit on qualified wages per employee has been increased to $10,000 of qualified wages per quarter. The Company qualifies for the tax credit under the CARES Act and expects to continue to receive additional tax credits under the additional relief provisions for qualified wages through December 31, 2021. During the three and six months ended April 2, 2021, the Company recorded $2.0 million and $3.1 million related to the CARES Employee Retention credit in “Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss.

The CARES Act also provides for deferred payment of the employer portion of social security taxes through the end of calendar 2020, with 50% of the deferred amount due December 31, 2021 and the remaining 50% due December 31, 2022. Approximately $128.5 million of social security taxes remain deferred, of which 50% are recorded as liabilities within

Within the FSS International and Uniform segments, many foreign jurisdictions in which the Company operates are also providing companies various forms of relief from COVID-19, including labor related tax credits. These labor related tax credits generally allow companies to receive credits if they retain employees on their payroll, rather than furloughing or terminating employees as a result of the business disruption caused by COVID-19. The Company qualifies for these tax credits and expects to continue to receive additional tax credits for qualified wages in foreign jurisdictions further into fiscal 2021. The Company recorded approximately $39.5 million and $74.0 million of labor related tax credits during the three and six months ended April 2, 2021, respectively, within "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Loss, of which approximately $4.5 million and $9.2 million were recorded in the Uniform segment and the remaining balances were recorded in the FSS International segment.

The Company accounts for these labor related tax credits as a reduction to the expense that they are intended to compensate in the period in which the corresponding expense is incurred and there is reasonable assurance the Company will both receive the tax credits and comply with all conditions attached to the tax credits.