Aramark (the "Company") is a leading global provider of food and facilities services to education, healthcare, business & industry, and sports, leisure & corrections clients. The Company's largest market is the United States, which is supplemented by an additional 15-country footprint. The Company also provides services on a more limited basis in several additional countries and in offshore locations. The Company operates its business in two reportable segments that share many of the same operating characteristics:

•Food and Support Services United States ("FSS United States") - Food, refreshment, specialized dietary and support services, including facility maintenance and housekeeping, provided to business, educational and healthcare institutions and in sports, leisure and other facilities within the United States.

•Food and Support Services International ("FSS International") - Food, refreshment, specialized dietary and support services, including facility maintenance and housekeeping, provided to business, educational and healthcare institutions and in sports, leisure and other facilities outside of the United States with the largest operations within Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its subsidiaries in which a controlling financial interest is maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"). All significant intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated.

On September 30, 2023, the Company completed the separation and distribution of its Aramark Uniform and Career Apparel ("Uniform") segment into an independent publicly traded company, Vestis Corporation ("Vestis"), and the historical results of the Uniform segment have been reflected as discontinued operations in the Company's consolidated financial statements for all periods prior to the separation and distribution. Assets and liabilities associated with the Uniform segment are classified as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 29, 2023. Additional disclosures regarding the separation and distribution are provided in Note 2.

In September 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2022-04 Liabilities - Supplier Finance Programs (Subtopic 405-50) to enhance the transparency of supplier finance programs, which may be referred to as reverse factoring, payables finance or structured payables arrangements. The guidance requires that a buyer in a supplier finance program disclose the program's nature, activity and potential magnitude. The guidance was effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. The Company reviewed existing supplier finance agreements and enhanced disclosures with qualitative and quantitative information about its supplier finance program, but the adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08 Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers which required that an entity (acquirer) recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("ASC 606") as if it had originated the contracts. The guidance was effective for the Company in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In March 2024, the SEC adopted final climate-related disclosure rules under SEC Release Nos. 33-11275 and 34-99678, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors. The rules require disclosure of governance, risk management and strategy related to material climate-related risks as well as disclosure of material greenhouse gas emissions in registration statements and annual reports. In addition, the rules require presentation of certain material climate-related disclosures in the annual consolidated financial statements. On April 4, 2024, the SEC voluntarily stayed the effective date of the final rules pending completion of judicial review following legal challenges. The disclosure requirements will apply to the Company's fiscal year reporting beginning October 4, 2025, pending resolution of the stay. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the rules on the Company’s disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The guidance will require improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The guidance is effective for the Company's annual disclosures for fiscal 2026 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07 Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures to enhance the reportable segment disclosures. The guidance will require additional disclosures about significant segment expenses. The guidance is effective for the Company's annual disclosures for fiscal 2025 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard.

The Company recognizes revenue when its performance obligation is satisfied upon the transfer of control of the promised product or service to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods and services. In each of the Company's operating segments, revenue is recognized over time in the period in which services are provided pursuant to the terms of the Company's contractual relationships with its clients. The Company generally records revenue on contracts (both profit and loss contracts and client interest contracts) on a gross basis as the Company is the primary obligor and service provider. See Note 9 for additional information on revenue recognition.

Certain profit and loss contracts include payments to the client, typically calculated as a fixed or variable percentage of various categories of revenue and income. In some cases these contracts require minimum guaranteed payments that are contingent on certain future events. These expenses are currently recorded in "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)."

Revenue from client interest contracts is generally comprised of amounts billed to clients for food, labor and other costs that the Company incurs, controls and pays for. Revenue from these contracts also includes any associated management fees, client subsidies or incentive fees based upon the Company's performance under the contract. Revenue from direct marketing activities is recognized at a point in time upon shipment. All revenue related taxes are presented on a net basis.

The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. The Company records an accounts receivable balance when revenue is recognized prior to or at the time of invoicing the customer. The majority of the Company’s receivables balances are based on contracts with customers.

The Company estimates and reserves for its credit loss exposure based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount in estimating credit losses. Credit loss expense is classified within "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)."

Consideration received from vendors includes rebates, allowances and volume discounts and are accounted for as an adjustment to the cost of the vendors' products or services and are reported as a reduction of "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)," "Inventory," or "Property and equipment, net." Income from rebates, allowances and volume discounts is recognized based on actual purchases in the fiscal period relative to total actual purchases to be made for the contractual rebate period agreed to with the vendor. Rebates, allowances and volume discounts related to “Inventory” held at the balance sheet date are deducted from the carrying value of these inventories. Rebates, allowances and volume discounts related to "Property and equipment, net" are deducted from the costs capitalized.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.

Comprehensive income includes all changes to stockholders' equity during a period, except those resulting from investments by and distributions to stockholders. Components of comprehensive income include net 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 (net of tax).


	Fiscal Year Ended
	September 27, 2024				September 29, 2023				September 30, 2022
	Pre-Tax Amount	Tax Effect	After-Tax Amount		Pre-Tax Amount	Tax Effect	After-Tax Amount		Pre-Tax Amount	Tax Effect	After-Tax Amount
Net income			$	261,893			$	673,530			$	194,177
Pension plan adjustments	(12,904)	1,836	(11,068)		(7,960)	929	(7,031)		26,184	(9,071)	17,113
Foreign currency translation adjustments	18,082	—	18,082		28,136	(7,863)	20,273		(96,783)	10,407	(86,376)
Cash flow hedges:
Unrealized (loss) gain arising during the period	(22,016)	5,724	(16,292)		51,541	(13,401)	38,140		193,616	(50,340)	143,276
Reclassification adjustments	(76,150)	19,799	(56,351)		(59,117)	15,371	(43,746)		27,970	(7,272)	20,698
Share of equity investee's comprehensive income	—	—	—		10,616	(4,918)	5,698		1,729	—	1,729
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(92,988)	27,359	(65,629)		23,216	(9,882)	13,334		152,716	(56,276)	96,440
Comprehensive income			196,264				686,864				290,617
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests			(629)				(578)				(307)
Comprehensive income attributable to Aramark stockholders			$	196,893			$	687,442			$	290,924

Gains and losses resulting from the translation of financial statements of non-United States subsidiaries are reflected as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in stockholders' equity. 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 the remeasurements was a foreign currency transaction loss of $5.4 million, $10.4 million and $3.5 million during fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022, respectively, to the Consolidated Statements of Income. The impact of foreign currency transaction gains and losses exclusive of Argentina's operations included in the Company's operating results for fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 were immaterial to the consolidated financial statements.

The Company insures portions of its risk related to general liability, automobile liability, workers’ compensation liability claims as well as certain property damage risks through a wholly owned captive insurance subsidiary (the "Captive") as part of its approach to risk finance. 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 September 27, 2024. 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, workers’ compensation liability, certain property damage and related Captive costs. As of September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023, cash and cash equivalents at the Captive were $94.7 million and $32.8 million, respectively. The Captive also invests in United States Treasury securities where the amount of these investments as of September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023 was $42.3 million and $110.7 million, respectively, and recorded in "Prepayments and other current assets" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (principally the first-in, first-out method) or net realizable value. The inventory reserve is determined based on history and projected customer consumption and specific identification. As of September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023, the Company's reserve for inventory was $19.3 million and $2.2 million, respectively. During fiscal 2024, the Company recorded a non-cash adjustment to inventory of $18.2 million based on expected usage of certain food and nonfood items within the Corrections business of the FSS United States segment to reflect the net realizable value of inventory, which is included in "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)" on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Property and equipment are stated at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis. Gains and losses on dispositions are included in operating results. Maintenance and repairs are charged to current operations and replacements and significant improvements that extend the useful life of the asset are capitalized. The estimated useful lives for the major categories of property and equipment are generally 10 years to 40 years for buildings and improvements and three years to 20 years for service equipment and fixtures. Depreciation expense for fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022 was $276.2 million, $267.9 million and $263.7 million, respectively.

During fiscal 2023, the Company completed a strategic review of certain administrative locations, taking into account facility capacity and current utilization, among other factors. Based on this review, the Company vacated or otherwise reduced its usage at certain of these locations, resulting in an analysis of the recoverability of the assets associated with the locations. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $19.0 million within its FSS United States segment, which is included in "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)" on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the

During fiscal years 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded a gain of $36.3 million and $19.0 million, respectively, relating to income from proceeds associated with possessory interest at one of the National Park sites within the FSS United States segment, which is included in “Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)” on the Consolidated Statements of Income.


	September 27, 2024		September 29, 2023
Cost to fulfill - Client(1)	$	80,441	$	92,458
Long-term receivables	35,772		22,560
Miscellaneous investments(2)	121,331		157,568
Computer software costs, net(3)	144,878		159,732
Interest rate swap agreements(4)	41,158		147,458
Employee sales commissions(5)	35,857		33,989
Other(6)	114,717		114,913
	$	574,154	$	728,678


(1)			Cost to fulfill - Client represent payments made by the Company to enhance the service resources used by the Company to satisfy its performance obligation (see Note 9).
(2)			Miscellaneous investments represent investments in 50% or less owned entities.
(3)			Computer software costs, net represent capitalized costs incurred to purchase or develop software for internal use and are amortized over the estimated useful life of the software, generally a period of three to 10 years. During fiscal 2023, the Company recorded a computer software impairment charge of $8.2 million within its FSS United States segment, which is included in "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)" on the Consolidated Statements of Income.
(4)			Interest rate swap agreements represent receivables under cash flow hedging agreements based on current forward interest rates (see Note 7).
(5)			Employee sales commissions represent commission payments made to employees related to new or retained business contracts (see Note 9).
(6)			Other consists primarily of noncurrent deferred tax assets, pension assets, deferred financing costs on certain revolving credit facilities and other noncurrent assets.

For investments in 50% or less owned entities accounted for under the equity method of accounting, the carrying amount as of September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023 was $84.0 million and $73.5 million, respectively. During fiscal 2023, the Company sold its 50% ownership interest in AIM Services Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese food services company, to Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for $535.0 million in cash in a taxable transaction resulting in a pre-tax gain on sale of this equity investment of $377.1 million ($278.7 million gain net of tax). The pre-tax gain is included in "Gain on Equity Investments, net" on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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 September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023 was $35.4 million and $83.6 million, respectively.

On September 24, 2024, the Company sold its remaining equity investment ownership interest in the San Antonio Spurs NBA franchise for $101.2 million in cash in a taxable transaction resulting in a pre-tax gain on sale of this equity investment of $25.1 million ($19.6 million gain net of tax) during fiscal 2024. The pre-tax gain is included in "Gain on Equity Investments, net" on the Consolidated Statements of Income. During fiscal 2023, the Company sold a portion of its equity investment ownership interest in the San Antonio Spurs NBA franchise for $98.2 million in cash in a taxable transaction resulting in a pre-tax loss on sale of this equity investment of $1.1 million ($2.2 million loss net of tax). The pre-tax loss is included in "Gain on Equity Investments, net" on the Consolidated Statements of Income.

The Company has agreements with third-party administrators that allow participating vendors to voluntarily elect to sell payment obligations from the Company to financial institutions as part of a Supply Chain Finance Program ("SCF Program"). The Company's payment terms to the financial institutions, including the timing and amount of payments, are based on the original supplier invoices. When participating vendors elect to sell one or more of the Company's payment obligations, the Company's rights and obligations to settle the payable on their contractual due date are not impacted. The Company has no economic or commercial interest in a vendor's decision to sell the Company's payment obligations. The Company agrees on commercial terms with vendors for the goods and services procured, which are consistent with payment terms observed at other peer companies in the industry, and the terms are not impacted by the SCF Program. For the SCF Program, the Company does not provide asset pledges, or other forms of guarantees, as security for the committed payment to the financial institutions. As of September 27, 2024 and September 29, 2023, the Company had $2.6 million and $2.8 million, respectively, of outstanding payment obligations to the financial institutions as part of the SCF Program recorded in "Accounts payable" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.


(1)			Includes consideration received in advance from customers prior to the service being performed ($352.5 million and $329.9 million) or from vendors prior to the goods being consumed ($18.3 million and $20.3 million) in fiscal 2024 and fiscal 2023, respectively.
(2)			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, workers’ compensation liability and certain property damage 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.


(1)			The Company is self-insured for certain obligations for certain risks retained under its general liability, automobile liability, workers’ compensation liability and certain property damage 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.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") provided 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. Deferred social security taxes of $47.6 million were paid in fiscal 2022 and remaining social security taxes of $47.6 million were paid in fiscal 2023.

The CARES Act provided an employee retention credit, which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes. As of September 27, 2024, the Company has a $3.8 million receivable balance from the United States government related to the CARES Act, which is recorded in "Receivables" on the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Within the FSS International segment, many foreign jurisdictions in which the Company operates provided companies various forms of relief from COVID-19, including labor related tax credits. These labor related tax credits generally allowed companies to receive credits if they retained employees on their payroll, rather than furloughing or terminating employees as a result of the business disruption caused by COVID-19. The Company qualified for these tax credits. The Company recorded $36.6 million of labor related tax credits within "Cost of services provided (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)" on the Consolidated Statements of Income during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.

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

•During fiscal 2024, fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022, the Company executed finance lease transactions. The present value of the future rental obligations was $13.3 million, $4.9 million and $2.2 million for the respective periods, which is included in "Property and Equipment, at cost" and "Long-Term Borrowings" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.