Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2019

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Selected Quarterly Financial Data (unaudited)


	Fiscal Year 2019
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(In millions of dollars except per share data)
Revenue from services	$	1,382.6	$	1,367.5	$	1,267.7	$	1,337.8	$	5,355.6
Gross profit	251.6		244.0		227.7		245.1		968.4
SG&A expenses	234.8		221.5		210.6		216.2		883.1
Restructuring charges included in SG&A expenses	6.3		(0.6)		(0.1)		(0.1)		5.5
Gain on sale of assets ⁽²⁾	—		12.3		—		—		12.3
Asset impairment charge ⁽³⁾	—		—		—		15.8		15.8
Gain (loss) on investment in Persol Holdings	13.2		61.2		(39.3)		0.7		35.8

Net earnings (loss)	22.1		83.8		(10.5)		17.0		112.4
Basic earnings (loss) per share ⁽¹⁾	0.56		2.12		(0.27)		0.43		2.85



Diluted earnings (loss) per share ⁽¹⁾	0.56		2.12		(0.27)		0.43		2.84



Dividends per share	0.075		0.075		0.075		0.075		0.30


	Fiscal Year 2018
	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Year
	(In millions of dollars except per share data)
Revenue from services	$	1,369.9	$	1,386.9	$	1,342.4	$	1,414.7	$	5,513.9
Gross profit	238.2		240.5		239.1		254.4		972.2
SG&A expenses	226.2		220.1		217.2		221.3		884.8

Gain (loss) on investment in Persol Holdings	23.7		(52.5)		15.8		(83.2)		(96.2)

Net earnings (loss)	29.1		(15.4)		33.1		(23.9)		22.9
Basic earnings (loss) per share ⁽¹⁾	0.74		(0.40)		0.84		(0.62)		0.59



Diluted earnings (loss) per share ⁽¹⁾	0.74		(0.40)		0.84		(0.62)		0.58



Dividends per share	0.075		0.075		0.075		0.075		0.30

(1)Earnings per share amounts for each quarter are required to be computed independently and may not equal the amounts computed for the total year.

(2)Gain on sale of assets primarily represents the excess of the proceeds over the cost of an unused parcel of land located near the Company headquarters sold during the second quarter of 2019.

(3)Asset impairment charge represents the write-off of previously capitalized costs associated with a new U.S. front and middle office technology development project which management determined would not be completed but replaced by an enhanced and expanded use of an existing technology platform.