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Blue Bird Reports Fiscal 2024 Second Quarter Record Results; Raises 2024 Guidance and Long-Term Outlook

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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In the second quarter of fiscal 2024, 2,254 units were booked compared with 2,304 units booked for the same period in fiscal 2023.

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  • In the second quarter of fiscal 2024, 2,254 units were booked compared with 2,304 units booked for the same period in fiscal 2023.
  • Additionally, Parts sales increased $1.6 million, or 6.1%, for the second quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with the second quarter of fiscal 2023.
  • Net income was $26.0 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2024, which was a $18.9 million increase from the second quarter of last year.
  • Blue Bird will discuss its second quarter 2024 results in a conference call at 4:30 PM ET today.

Blue Bird Extends Exclusive Clean School Bus Collaboration with Ford Component Sales and ROUSH CleanTech to 2030

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
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Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, has extended its exclusive clean school bus collaboration with Ford Component Sales and ROUSH CleanTech to 2030.

Key Points: 
  • Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, has extended its exclusive clean school bus collaboration with Ford Component Sales and ROUSH CleanTech to 2030.
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    Blue Bird extended its exclusive clean school bus collaboration with Ford and ROUSH CleanTech to 2030.
  • (Image provided by Blue Bird Corporation)
    Ford continues to supply its 7.3L V8 engine exclusively to school bus builder Blue Bird.
  • School districts and contractors seeking clean and cost-effective student transportation continue to find reliable solutions in Blue Bird.”
    “Our relationship with Blue Bird goes back nearly a century starting in 1927 when Blue Bird built its first school bus on a Ford chassis,” said Douglas Chase, director of OEM sales at Ford Component Sales.

Blue Bird to Report Fiscal 2024 Second Quarter Results on May 8, 2024

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and cleaner-emission school buses, will release its fiscal 2024 second quarter financial results on May 8, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and cleaner-emission school buses, will release its fiscal 2024 second quarter financial results on May 8, 2024.
  • The public is invited to attend an audio webcast in which Blue Bird executives Phil Horlock, CEO, and Razvan Radulescu, CFO, will discuss results.
  • Dial-in details and the webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations portion of Blue Bird’s website at http://investors.blue-bird.com .
  • Please click on the link in the Events box in the lower right corner of the Blue Bird Investor Relations landing page to access the webcast.

Blue Bird Announces Launch of Secondary Public Offering

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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The offering consists entirely of secondary shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder.

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  • The offering consists entirely of secondary shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholder.
  • The Selling Stockholder will receive all of the proceeds from the offering.
  • The Company is not selling any shares of Common Stock in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the offering.
  • The offering will be made only by means of a free writing prospectus, the prospectus and the related prospectus supplement.

Blue Bird Reports Fiscal 2024 First Quarter Record Results; Raises 2024 Guidance

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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With better line-of-sight into 2024, we are raising our fiscal 2024 full-year guidance to Net Revenue to $1.15-1.25 Billion, Adj.

Key Points: 
  • With better line-of-sight into 2024, we are raising our fiscal 2024 full-year guidance to Net Revenue to $1.15-1.25 Billion, Adj.
  • Additionally, Parts sales increased $1.7 million, or 7.7%, for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 compared with the first quarter of fiscal 2023.
  • Net income was $26.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2024, which was a $37.4 million increase from the first quarter of last year.
  • Blue Bird will discuss its first quarter 2024 results in a conference call at 4:30 PM ET today.

Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP Announces Investigation of Blue Bird Corporation (BLBD) (f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.)

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Friday, February 2, 2024
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Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) announces its investigation of Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) (f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.) concerning the Company and its directors’ and officers’ possible violations of state laws.

Key Points: 
  • Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP (“GPM”) announces its investigation of Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD) (f/k/a Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp.) concerning the Company and its directors’ and officers’ possible violations of state laws.
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Blue Bird Announces Authorization of $60 Million Stock Repurchase Program

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
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Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, today announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to repurchase up to $60 million in the aggregate of its outstanding common stock during the next 24 months.

Key Points: 
  • Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, today announced that its Board of Directors authorized the company to repurchase up to $60 million in the aggregate of its outstanding common stock during the next 24 months.
  • The repurchase program permits repurchases in open market or private transactions, including accelerated share repurchase transactions, block trades, or pursuant to trading plans intended to comply with SEC Rule 10b5-1.
  • “We are proud of Blue Bird’s continued strong performance and are excited to leverage our strong free cash flow generation again to return capital to our shareholders through this new stock repurchase program,” said Blue Bird CEO Phil Horlock.
  • The repurchase program does not obligate Blue Bird to acquire any specific amount of securities and can be modified or terminated at any time without notice.

Nuvve Celebrates 500th Electric School Bus EVSE Deployed in the K-12 Business Channel

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: NVVE), a global technology leader accelerating the electrification of transportation through its proprietary vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform, celebrated the 500th electric school bus EVSE to be deployed which will be managed through its proprietary GIVe™ bidirectional, smart-charging software platform.

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  • This new order from Orange Unified School District in Orange, California is for thirteen Nuvve Level 2 "PowerPort" chargers and three 60kW chargers.
  • This follows the district's 2021 purchase of fifteen Nuvve Level 2 PowerPort chargers which it currently uses for its fleet of 15 electric school buses purchased over 2021 and 2022 from Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses.
  • Two additional buses are on order and the district plans to continue expanding their ESB fleet in the future.
  • "Many Nuvve customers continue building their electric bus fleets after their first purchase and Orange Unified is no different," said Nuvve co-founder and CEO Gregory Poilasne.

Blue Bird to Report Fiscal 2024 First Quarter Results on February 7, 2024

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and cleaner-emission school buses, will release its fiscal 2024 first quarter financial results on February 7, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and cleaner-emission school buses, will release its fiscal 2024 first quarter financial results on February 7, 2024.
  • The public is invited to attend an audio webcast in which Blue Bird executives Phil Horlock, CEO, and Razvan Radulescu, CFO, will discuss results.
  • Dial-in details and the webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations portion of Blue Bird’s website at http://investors.blue-bird.com .
  • Please click on the link in the Events box in the lower right corner of the Blue Bird Investor Relations landing page to access the webcast.

Blue Bird Receives Record Order of 180 Electric School Buses

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, has received the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district in its history.

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  • Blue Bird Corporation (Nasdaq: BLBD), the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, has received the single largest order of electric school buses from a school district in its history.
  • Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) ordered 180 electric, zero-emission school buses through their local Blue Bird dealer, A-Z Bus Sales, Inc.
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    Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) ordered a record 180 electric, zero-emission school buses from Blue Bird Corporation, including 150 All American (pictured here) and 30 Vision model buses.
  • (Image provided by Los Angeles Unified School District)
    LAUSD already operates twenty-six Blue Bird electric school buses in its fleet.