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Operator
Good day, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Q1 2009 Interface earnings conference call. My name is Keisha and I will be your operator for today. At this time, all participants are in listen-only mode. We will conduct the question-and-answer session towards the end of this conference. (Operator Instructions). As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Eric Boyriven of FD. Please proceed.
Eric Boyriven - IR
Thank you, operator. Good morning and welcome to Interface's conference call regarding first-quarter 2009 results. Joining us from the Company are Dan Hendrix, President and Chief Executive Officer and Patrick Lynch, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Dan will review highlights from the quarter, as well as Interface's business outlook. Patrick will then review the Company's key performance metrics and financial results. We will then open the call for Q&A.
If you have not yet received a copy of the results release, which were issued yesterday after the close of the market, please call Financial Dynamics at 212-850-5600 or you can get a copy off the Investor Relations section of Interface's website. An archived version of this conference call will also be available through that website.
Before we begin the formal remarks, please note that during today's conference call, management's comments regarding Interface's business, which are not historical information, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statements, including risks and uncertainties associated with the economic conditions in the commercial interiors industry, as well as risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading Risk Factors in Item 1A of the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We direct all listeners to that document.
Any such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise forward-looking statements made during this call and cautions listeners not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements.
Management's remarks during this call refer to certain non-GAAP measures. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are contained in the Company's results release and Form 8-K filed with the SEC yesterday, each of which can be found on the Investor Relations portion of the Company's website, www.interfaceglobal.com.
Lastly, please note that this call is being recorded and broadcasted for Interface. It contains copyrighted material. It may not be recorded or rebroadcast without Interface's expressed permission. Your participation on the call confirms your consent to the Company's taping and broadcasting of it. With these formalities out of the way, I would like to turn the call over to Dan Hendrix. Please go ahead, sir.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Thank you and good morning to everyone. As you all know, the first quarter is seasonally our slowest period and this year with the challenges brought on by the global recession, it didn't make things any easier. It will also be no surprise that the Corporate Office segment was the largest sales decline during the quarter. On the other hand, our Non-Office segments in the modular business actually held their own, which affirms the value of the investments we have made over the past several years to penetrate these markets.
Our Retail and Government segments were the strongest followed by Residential, Education, Healthcare and Hospitality. I am also pleased to report that our FLOR residential business not only grew, but also turned a profit for the first time, which, in this environment, that is saying a lot.
Geographically, the UK and emerging markets such as India, China, Latin America and Middle East were the hardest hit. While the global nature of our business is a significant positive from a market diversification standpoint, it also brings inherent risk in foreign exchange and currency movements, again, contributed to year-over-year sales and margin declines.
By the end of the quarter though, our consolidated sales and orders seemed to have stabilized at approximately 25% decline versus prior year, which includes about a 9% negative currency impact. We also began to see pockets of stabilization in emerging markets, particularly in India, China and the Middle East and overall, I think we have enhanced our market position around the world.
We have mostly completed the restructuring plans that we adopted in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, which included employee reductions and the shutdown of our Canadian manufacturing operations. Those restructuring actions and our other cost-control initiatives began to take hold in the quarter resulting in a sequential monthly improvement in profitability both in February and March.
We are on track to realize close to the full amount of the benefits of the restructuring plans beginning in the second quarter, which we expect to be an improvement over the first quarter. We also expect increased profitability over the remainder of the year.
Bentley Prince Street continues to be our most challenging business to manage through these market conditions because it is traditionally upscale, designer-oriented products, which are highly discretionary. We have implemented significant cost-cutting measures and have acted quickly to adjust Bentley Prince Street's product mix. The lower-cost products that we have introduced within the last year are gaining some traction, but the headwinds against Bentley Prince Street overall are still strong. We're working hard to manage this business through the downturn and eventually return to breakeven and then profitability.
Looking ahead, we aren't expecting the Corporate Office segment to recover much, if any, this year. We also believe that sectors such as Government, Healthcare and Education may benefit from the proposed government stimulus package being implemented in the United States. At this point, however, we are not modeling any significant uptick in these initiatives because there is a lot of uncertainty around the timing of the package and how efficiently it will be rolled out.
From a liquidity perspective, we are focused on preserving cash and preparing for the maturity of our senior notes due in 2010, while also exploring a number of refinancing opportunities. As you know, the first quarter historically is a heavy cash use period for us, but with our tightened spending policies, we used substantially less cash than we did last year and Patrick will provide you with the details.
One other recent development that enhances our liquidity is the expansion of our European credit facility to EUR32 million or $42 million. From an operations perspective, we are focused on taking marketshare, protecting our profitability and leadership position in the modular business and rightsizing Bentley Prince Street operations. With that, I will turn it over to Patrick.
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Thank you and good morning, everyone. I will now take a few minutes to outline the financial highlights from the quarter. Sales for the first quarter of 2009 were $199.3 million compared with sales of $261.7 million in the year-ago period, a decline of 23.9%. The decline is primarily due to the impact of the global economic slowdown in many of our end markets and across all geographies. As Dan mentioned, foreign exchange accounted for about 9% of the decline.
Gross profit margin in the first quarter of 2009 was 31.7% compared to 36% in the first quarter of last year. As Dan mentioned earlier, currency movements and operating leverage inefficiencies due to the economic slowdown impacted our margins.
SG&A expense in the first quarter if 2009 was $54.4 million, or 27.3% of sales, compared to $63.3 million, or 24.2% of sales a year ago.
Excluding the restructuring charge, which was detailed in our press release, operating income in the first quarter of 2009 was $8.8 million as compared to $31 million in the first quarter of 2008. Including this charge, operating income for the first quarter of 2009 was $3.1 million. As a percentage of sales, operating income, excluding the restructuring charge, decreased in the first quarter this year to 4.4% from an operating margin of 11.8% in the first quarter of 2008.
Interest expense in the first quarter of 2009 was $7.7 million versus $7.8 million in the first quarter of 2008. In the 2009 first quarter, income from continuing operations, excluding the $5.7 million restructuring charge, was $0.5 million, or $0.01 per share, compared with income from continuing operations of $14.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2008.
Inclusive of the restructuring charge, loss from continuing operations in the first quarter this year was $3.5 million, or $0.06 per share. That loss for the 2009 first quarter was $4.2 million, or $0.07 per share, a figure which is inclusive of the $5.7 million restructuring charge compared with net income in the year-ago period of $14.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share. The Company's first-quarter 2009 results also included a $0.7 million, or $0.01 per share in non-cash charges related to our discontinued operations.
Depreciation and amortization was $6.2 million in the first quarter of 2009 compared with $6.5 million a year ago. Capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2009 were $5.6 million compared to $6 million in the first quarter of 2008.
I will take a few minutes to review some of the details of our individual business segments. In the first quarter of 2009, sales in our Modular Carpet segment were $176.4 million compared to $226.1 million in the first quarter of 2008. Operating income for the Modular segment in 2009 first quarter decreased to $6.7 million, or 3.8% of sales from $30.9 million, or 13.7% of sales in the first quarter of 2008. The 2009 first-quarter figure includes restructuring charges of $5.3 million, or 3% of sales related to this segment.
Bentley Prince Street sales were $22.9 million in the first quarter of 2009 compared to $35.6 million in the first quarter of 2008. Bentley Prince Street recorded an operating loss of $3 million in the first quarter of this year compared to $1.6 million of operating income in the year-ago period. Its operating loss in the 2009 first quarter included restructuring charges of $0.4 million, or 2% of sales. As Dan mentioned, we are working hard to right-size Bentley Prince Street and we continue to target this business to breakeven at $100 million in sales, which we believe is achievable this year.
Turning now to the balance sheet at the end of the first quarter of 2009, we had $54.9 million in cash. Inventories were $124.8 million compared with $150.8 million at the end of the first quarter of 2008. Average DSOs during the first quarter of 2009 were 58.2 days compared to 59.2 days in the first quarter of 2008 and inventory turns were 4.3 times compared to 4.8 times in the year-ago period.
Typically, the first quarter of the year is a heavy cash use period for us. However, as a direct result of our tightened spending policies and attention on cash savings, we used significantly less cash in the first quarter of 2009 versus the first quarter of 2008. Excluding the $10.3 million of cash used to repurchase our senior notes, the Company used $18 million less in operating, investing and finance activities in the first quarter of 2008.
As Dan mentioned, subsequent to the end of the quarter, we expanded our European credit facility to EUR32 million. In this environment, our primary focus continues to be on cash flow generation, prudent balance sheet management and reducing our overall debt level and protecting our profitability. With that, we will now open the call up for questions. Operator?
Operator
(Operator Instructions). Sam Darkatsh, Raymond James.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
-- in the release about potentially seeing a bottom in the market and I guess my question is along with the April orders, are you seeing or hearing anything from the A&D community or anyone else's desk that maybe in the back half things are going to pick up or are the comments more just meant to say that order rates might stabilize here and kind of just run flat for a while?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I would say that we saw it stabilize at this run rate that we had from an order standpoint. But I will tell you that the A&D community, the architectural buildings index that everybody follows actually ticked up nicely last month. And I think the architects are getting a little bit more busy working on government business, as well as education and healthcare. We are seeing those markets, particularly in the United States, firm up a little bit for us.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
Okay.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
And we are also seeing India and China firm up and actually start to pick up as well.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
Okay. In Q1, it looks like you filled about 90% of the Q4 orders. Is there any reason to think that that relationship would change in the near term?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I think it is kind of hard to look at that relationship in this environment. I would say that historically is about the case, but we typically would see the second and third quarter having a little bit more robust activity around the education market and government market as well.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
Okay, so maybe a little bit less reliable right now?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Right.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
Okay. As far as production versus shipments, I assume you underproduced your shipments in Q1. Is there any way you can quantify that for us and as follow-up, when do you expect that to get back in line?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Well, I don't know that we can -- I mean the inventory levels are down sequentially from Q4 about $5 million. But in terms of -- I mean that will probably balance out here at the second and third quarter and then inventory levels traditionally come down at the second half of the year.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I would say that our inventory levels will continue to come down. That is one of our objectives is to bring that down. But we are balancing production with order activity today.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
Okay. As far as the impact of materials deflation, did you see any of that in Q1?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Yes, we saw -- we are getting some pretty good price declines in raw materials, particularly around yarn and our backing. A lot of that came through sort of mid-quarter. We are seeing a lot of positive activity there.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
Okay. And then associated with that, are you seeing any pressure on pricing?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
No, we are not. We held our own on pricing pretty much globally.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
What is your outlook for pricing for the rest of the year?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I think budgets will come down, particularly in the Education, which we typically see, but our product mix also -- we have a product range that also meets those budgets. So from a margin standpoint, I think we will hold our own.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
Okay. And so just final question. I guess so the spread between materials and price you think it sounds like you are forecasting that to be a bigger net positive as you get towards the end?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I think it will be better in the second quarter than it was in the first and then we will just go from there.
Sam Darkatsh - Analyst
All right, thanks a lot.
Operator
Keith Hughes, SunTrust.
Keith Hughes - Analyst
Thank you. The currency you refer to in the quarter looks like it is about a $23 million hit. Was that all in the Tile segment?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Yes, it was.
Keith Hughes - Analyst
So that would mean the units or non-currency dollars were down low teens. Can you give us any sort of feel for what the difference between the Europe and the United States was within that mix?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
The US business, Keith, was down around 7% from an order standpoint. Europe is the one that is getting hit the hardest.
Keith Hughes - Analyst
And I assume, even within the 7% of the US, your US office was worse than 7% and the Non-Office better than that, is that fair to say?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
The Non-Office was up actually and the US office was down.
Keith Hughes - Analyst
Building on the last caller's question, given how much nylon has fallen here, is there a good chance, even with the lower volume, you can still keep around a 10% operating margin in the tile business in the next few quarters?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Our goal is to get it back to 10%, Keith.
Keith Hughes - Analyst
Okay. Let's see if I have anything else. That's all for me. Thank you.
Operator
Matt McCall, BB&T Capital.
Matt McCall - Analyst
Thank you. Good morning, everybody. So let's see. Patrick, you talked about still targeting breakeven at Bentley and you said -- I think you said you could still get there. So does that assume -- that is on $100 million, you did $23 million. Is there some type of seasonal pattern you are expecting there to get it back to $100 million on the year and then to breakeven?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Yes. The seasonal pattern -- typically, the first quarter is the worst quarter. You have got the same thing at Bentley Prince Street. They do have a pretty nice Education piece. Orders were actually better than $23 million at Bentley Prince Street in the first quarter. So our goal is to sort of stabilize at $25 million a quarter in billings and there was a seasonality to Bentley Prince Street as well.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
And I think there was some encouraging signs as well sequentially throughout the quarter at Bentley Prince Street as well. The January February, March progression was encouraging.
Matt McCall - Analyst
Patrick, are you talking about the top line or are you talking about profitability or both?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Profitability.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
And I don't see us getting breakeven in the second quarter. I see that happening in the third.
Matt McCall - Analyst
Okay. But for the full year, probably still losing a little bit of money?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Yes.
Matt McCall - Analyst
Okay. On a run rate basis by Q3, Q4, you are talking about breaking even?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Right.
Matt McCall - Analyst
Okay. Let's see. Then you talked about the Non-Office up year over year, Office down year over year. What was the mix in US?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
The mix was up -- oh.
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
The mix actually in the US actually was about 40% Corporate, 60% Non-Corporate in the US.
Matt McCall - Analyst
And then -- okay. Okay. Patrick, remind us of the revolver terms. What is available on US? I think you said $42 million. Is that whole $42 million available and then what are the terms on that?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Well, there is $50 million available under the domestic revolving credit facility and that facility expires in December 2012. The new facility in Europe is a EUR32 million facility. It does step down through December 2012 as well. It steps down about EUR6 million annually, but the EUR32 million is available today.
Matt McCall - Analyst
So if I do the math, $50 million, plus $42 million, plus you have $55 million on the balance sheet in cash and cash flow, we have got around, I don't know, $30 million to $40 million. I don't know what your thoughts are there, but I mean I get more than $142 million. So is the plan to just pay that debt off in February?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
That is certainly an option. We are considering a number of options.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I would say that the high-yield market is improving everyday and if we want to get a deal done, we could get a deal done. We are just trying to make sure it is the right deal for us.
Matt McCall - Analyst
And by improving, what is the rate you are looking at now?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Well, I don't want to get on this phone and put what rate I am looking for.
Matt McCall - Analyst
No, no, no. What is the range? Has the range come down?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
The market rates out there are probably anywhere from 13 to 15.
Matt McCall - Analyst
Okay, that's fair. All right, thank you all.
Operator
John Baugh, Stifel Nicolaus.
John Baugh - Analyst
Good morning. Could you give some color on the orders sequentially month by month, both in the US and Europe and I guess I am particularly interested in the Office piece?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Well, the Office piece around the world is just -- I mean it's terrible. The Office -- any market you look at, the Office was down 30% plus. But if you look at it sequentially, January is usually -- was obviously the worst month and then February improved and March was the best month. We had sequentially improved.
John Baugh - Analyst
Was that a seasonal improvement, Dan or are you talking about a year-over-year (multiple speakers)?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
What we are starting to see -- in March, we are starting to see some of the education business come in as well and that is a pretty big part of our business now.
John Baugh - Analyst
But I guess I am just trying to drive at whether, year over year, the order intake in Office was accelerating on the downside, sort of stable throughout each month at that down 30% or decelerating even?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I would say it was pretty much down 30% through the whole (inaudible).
John Baugh - Analyst
Okay. And I assume it is going to get more and more difficult in London and Dublin, etc. Is that -- is the Office piece in Europe, is it 75% of mix over there?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Yes.
John Baugh - Analyst
Okay. And the Non-Office piece in Europe is slightly down, flat? What was that doing?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
It was flat.
John Baugh - Analyst
Okay. And then Patrick, maybe you could refresh us on the components to free cash flow and how you look at it in '09.
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Sure. Well, depreciation and amortization would be about $25 million. I think CapEx for the full year will be in the $10 million to $15 million range. I think there will be a positive source of cash from working capital in the $10 million to $15 million range as well. There is cash taxes annually of about $10 million to $12 million on the international tax front. Those are the major components and then you need to solve for operating income.
John Baugh - Analyst
What about working capital?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
That was $10 million to $15 million source.
John Baugh - Analyst
Okay, $10 million to $15 million source. Okay. And then Dan, maybe some color on -- more so in Europe than maybe here -- but the competition -- there is an implosion I assume of volume. Normally that implies some pricing pressure. You mentioned pricing globally was fairly stable. How do you see Europe playing out on carpet tile pricing and margin as we go the rest of this year and into '10?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I don't see pricing pressure in Europe on the top line; I really don't. We haven't really seen that there. We have got a lot of -- in my opinion, in Europe, we have probably the least amount of competition there and a lot of our competition in Europe is undercapitalized. And so I think there is really an opportunity to take share in Europe and I don't see price pressure on the top line in Europe. That has not been an issue there for us.
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
There is really -- we are the dominant player there and frankly, a lot of the competitors have residential [problem] businesses that are tied to Germany, they are tried to France and Holland and they have got manufacturing in those countries and we have manufacturing in the UK, which gives us a huge advantage because of the sterling/euro -- the fact that the sterling has gone so far down against the euro, it creates a competitive advantage for us there. So people shipping into the UK have problems if they have got a euro-based product, which we don't and they also are very undercapitalized.
John Baugh - Analyst
Okay. And then a little color on Asia. What is it running now as a percentage of the mix? I know you break it out as a geographic segment. Is India in there? And then some color on the orders that you mentioned were stabilizing or improving maybe even in the --.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I think sequentially we saw India and China pick up. Asia-Pacific is about 10% of our business. Of that, half of that is Australia and Australia is actually holding its own. It is just -- you have got a huge currency, negative currency impact converting it back to US dollars. The markets that we really are struggling in are all emerging markets, which also represent about 10% of our business. We look at it that way -- India, China, Middle East, Latin America and so forth.
Half of that is India and China and I think India and China are going to improve. The work that we see in China -- I was just over there three weeks ago and the project list is as big as it was last year and it is starting to come through particularly in Shanghai and Beijing. So I think China is going to improve and I think India -- actually we are selling to a lot of local companies in India and that business seems to be improving as well.
John Baugh - Analyst
Great. Thanks for the color.
Operator
Lee Brading, Wachovia.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Hi, guys. You talked about the cost savings and you thought you would start to be able to hit them in full stride I guess in Q2. Just want to revisit that. I think last quarter you talked about $47 million was your target. Are we still on pace for that kind of number in cost saves?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Yes.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Okay. And then if you look between I guess breaking out between the components gross margin and SG&A, I think your target too in SG&A, you guys did a good job this quarter bringing it down and I think you were hopeful that you could bring it down further last quarter, looking more like 52, 53 on an absolute dollar basis. Does that still seem like you might be able to hit that or do better than that?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Yes, I would say that we are -- I am cautious right now, Lee, about not going after our salesforce to cut costs and I think the 53 range is probably the range that we are most comfortable with.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Okay, that's fair. And then on the gross margin side, it does seem -- you talked about raw materials coming down and being able to hold pricing in this environment and also being able to match your production with shipment. So should we look at gross margin as kind of hitting a bottom here as we look forward to '09?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Yes, I think our gross profit margin should improve a little bit because we are going to get the full benefit of the cost cuts that we've put in play, plus the raw material reductions.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Right, it makes sense. Okay, great. And then on the free cash flow, I know we have had a few questions on the free cash flow, but -- in your 10-K, you guys disclosed that you expected free cash flow or operating cash flow and I think that was after CapEx of kind of 35 to 50 and as you talked about this year, Q1 is always your used quarter and just the timing of your interest payments. They always hit in, what, Q1 and Q3. So obviously you should have good trends here for the next three quarters. But in terms of free cash flow, is 35 to 50 kind of that still range or are you feeling more positive right now?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I would say that is still the range.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Okay. And then lastly, on the availability, you guys -- just refresh my memory on. What you had in Europe -- you changed your facility in Europe a little bit or increased it I guess. And I know on the last call too you talked about the dynamic of Europe and maybe able to repatriate from Europe. Is that a similar dynamic you are looking at or is that specifically for stuff that you had the ground that you are looking to finance in Europe?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
No, that is an opportunity to repatriate that cash. It was put in place to principally address this debt maturity in 2010. We had a EUR10 million facility and expanded it up to EUR32 million facility and extended the term. But it is anticipated or is intended if necessary to address the debt maturity.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Okay, great. And of your $54 million in cash, how much of that is in Europe and then I guess the timing of potential repatriation, are you guys just kind of waiting till that gets closer to when you need it or is it something you want to do at a particular time?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Right, we are going to wait and to see if we -- when and if we need it.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Got you. Okay. And how much of that cash is domestic right now?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
The bulk of it is. There is just a portion of it that is still in the Asia-Pacific area.
Lee Brading - Analyst
Okay, great. Thanks very much.
Operator
Fritz von Carp, Sage Asset Management.
Fritz von Carp - Analyst
Yes, hi. Good morning, guys. I was just wondering -- I was hoping you'd give me some more color or so more granularity on which markets, end markets you are talking about having a bottom or not having a bottom or whatever. I mean I am a little confused because you cite the ABI, but as I understand it, for commercial construction, with the lags that it historically experiences, is calling a bottom a year from now in like the commercial construction. And certainly all the prior cycles, downcycles have had duration that would take us in the neighborhood of another year into the future before reaching bottom in actual construction activity. Help me -- I mean I think I misunderstand something.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
That was just one of the sites out there. That is not one of the key drivers, but that is a site out there. We have a project-tracking system that we look at and it is what is on the drawing board of the A&D community as it relates to anything over 1000 yards. And in that system, it is fairly robust compared to where it was. It is improving. A lot of that work is around the education business and the government business.
Fritz von Carp - Analyst
Okay. That is what I was wondering. So you are not saying that the office market --
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
No, not at all.
Fritz von Carp - Analyst
-- is going to be picking up, but you think that maybe with your mix or something --.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
No, not at all. (multiple speakers). We put that in the release that we didn't really see the office market picking up this year.
Fritz von Carp - Analyst
Oh, okay. I missed that. Thank you. That is very helpful. Thank you very much.
Operator
[Garland Buchanan], Babson Capital.
Garland Buchanan - Analyst
Hey, good morning. Are there any issues at all about upstreaming the euro revolver to the US to help pay down the debt?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
There is no issues with it. We provided at the end of Q4 -- under [ATV 23], we provided for the tax charge associated with that. If you will remember, there is very little cash tax leakage associated with that. And again, we will probably do the same here in Q2 related to -- we could only provide for at the time the EUR10 million facility that we had at the time. We will probably do the same here in Q2 to provide for the repatriation of additional availability. My expectation there is there won't be a significant cash tax leakage associated with it. It will predominately be shielded by the NOL that we have here in the US.
Garland Buchanan - Analyst
Okay, and in the 8-K that you've released regarding the revolver, there are certain covenant restrictions around the revolver itself as it relates to the European operations. If you were to draw down say the 26 that becomes available in October, would you be bumping against those covenants or could you draw down the whole thing if you had to?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
You could draw down the whole thing.
Garland Buchanan - Analyst
Okay. And do you foresee any more debt buybacks? Is that something that you guys are still considering?
Patrick Lynch - SVP & CFO
Yes, I mean we have said all along we will be opportunistic and we will see where the bonds continue to trade and if they are attractive, we take advantage of that opportunity.
Garland Buchanan - Analyst
Okay. All right, thank you very much.
Operator
(Operator Instructions). Eric Prouty, Canaccord.
Eric Prouty - Analyst
Great, thanks, guys. You might have touched on this in your prepared remarks, but are you seeing any pull-through from some of the green building initiatives out of the stimulus, especially the monies going to some of the federal government buildings and programs? I know it is mostly focused on energy efficiency, etc., but any pull-through there? And then with your current business and you might not track this, but any way of discerning the projects you are involved with, what percent of those might be LEED-certified or ENERGY STAR-certified and how that has changed over time? Thanks.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Yes, I would say that, from a stimulus standpoint, we have got a very robust tracking system. It is called [Shovels Ready] that we're looking at. I don't think it is coming through yet, but we anticipate that it will come through, particularly with the greening of the federal buildings. I think BFMA is even forecasting a pretty big increase with their government business as well. So we anticipate that coming through, but it has not come through yet.
I would say from a LEED-certified standpoint, that obviously is increasing everyday. I mean you have got -- Chicago is going LEED, Atlanta is going LEED. So the LEED is where most buildings are going to go. So you're going to see at least a LEED-certified project. I think the architects probably are seeing at least half their business being LEED now. So that is a trend that is going to continue. President Obama is really behind LEED as well. So I just think that is going to be the way it is going to be.
Eric Prouty - Analyst
Thanks, guys.
Operator
Jeff Kobylarz, Stone Harbor.
Jeff Kobylarz - Analyst
Hi, good morning. I was curious if you could say about the increase in your marketshare in the US in education, government and healthcare, do you have any general feel for that?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
It is hard to get data points on that because really nobody publishes data points on carpet tile. I just know that the projects that we bid on, that we are probably taking share, particularly in education and healthcare and in retail. I mean we pretty much I think have the lead in all the Non-Office market segments.
Jeff Kobylarz - Analyst
Okay. All right. And then also one of your industry players, they just discontinued a tile product and is that much of an opportunity for you all going forward?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
When you disappoint a customer, they have a long memory and I think it is a huge opportunity for us.
Jeff Kobylarz - Analyst
Okay. How soon do you see capitalizing on that?
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
I think we have been seeing it. They have been having problems with that product for a while now and I think it will continue.
Jeff Kobylarz - Analyst
Okay. All right. Thank you.
Operator
There are no further questions. I will now like to turn the call back over to management for any closing remarks.
Dan Hendrix - President & CEO
Thank you and I hope to report a great quarter in the second quarter.
Operator
Thank you for your participation in today's conference. This concludes the presentation. You may now disconnect. Good day.