Financial Performance - Sales for Q2 2025 were 5.66billion,adecreaseof541.5 million or 8.7% compared to Q2 2024 sales of 6.20billion[80]−GrossprofitforQ22025was596 million, down 110millionor15.6155 million, a decline of 81millionor34.3236 million in Q2 2024[76] - Adjusted operating income for Q2 2025 was 159million,down83 million or 34.2% from 242millioninQ22024[76]−NetincomeforQ22025was87 million, a decrease of 31millionor26.0118 million in Q2 2024[76] - Operating income for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was 155.3million,adecreaseof80.9 million or 34.3% year over year, with an operating income margin of 2.7%[94] - Adjusted operating income for the first six months of fiscal 2025 was 328.4million,adecreaseof175.5 million or 34.8% from the prior year[96] - Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2025 was 87.3million,or0.99 per share on a diluted basis, compared to 117.9million,or1.28 per share in the same quarter of fiscal 2024[103] Expenses and Costs - SG&A expenses for Q2 2025 were 437million,adecreaseof28 million or 6.0% from Q2 2024[86] - The Company incurred restructuring, integration, and other expense costs of 30.1millioninthefirstsixmonthsoffiscal2025,withanafter−taximpactof22.3 million or 0.25pershareonadilutedbasis[92]Taxation−TheeffectivetaxrateforQ22025was3.418.8 million, reflecting an effective tax rate of 11.4%, down from 23.7% in the prior year[102] Future Projections - The Company expects sales in Q3 2025 to decline by 6% to 11% compared to Q2 2025[74] Cash Flow and Debt - Net cash provided by operating activities was 444.2millionforthefirstsixmonthsoffiscal2025,asignificantincreaseof527.7 million compared to the prior year[106] - The Company had net repayments of debt totaling 307.7millionduringthefirstsixmonthsoffiscal2025,comparedto362.1 million of net borrowing in the same period of the prior year[107] - The Company held cash and cash equivalents of 172.1millionasofDecember28,2024,downfrom310.9 million as of June 29, 2024[113] - The Company repurchased 152.2millionofcommonstockunderthesharerepurchaseplanduringthefirstsixmonthsoffiscal2025,comparedto86.0 million in the same period of the prior year[107] Sales Breakdown - EC sales for Q2 2025 were 5.32billion,down494.3 million or 8.5% from Q2 2024[81] - Farnell sales for Q2 2025 were 345.6million,reflectingadecreaseof47.2 million or 12.0% compared to the same period in the prior year[82] Borrowing Capacity - The Company has a combined total borrowing capacity of 2.00billionundertheCreditFacilityandtheSecuritizationProgram,withapproximately1.09 billion of total committed availability as of December 28, 2024[116]