BALTIMORE, May 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 12, 2019 Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE:UA, UAA))) announced the realignment of its segments to exclude certain corporate costs from its operating segment profitability measures and report these expenses as Corporate Other beginning in fiscal 2019.

Effective January 1, 2019, the company changed the way management internally analyzes the business to exclude certain corporate costs from its segment profitability measures and will report these costs as "Corporate Other". These costs consist largely of general and administrative expenses not allocated to an operating segment, including expenses associated with centrally managed departments such as information technology, supply chain, innovation and other corporate support functions; costs related to the company's global assets and marketing; costs related to the company's headquarters; restructuring and restructuring related charges; and certain foreign exchange hedging gains and losses.

We believe this new segment presentation provides improved visibility into the underlying performance and results of our five operating segments: North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Connected Fitness. This change in segments most significantly impacts the North America operating segment, which previously recognized the majority of the company's corporate overhead costs.

In conjunction with this change and today's announcement of the company's financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019, certain prior year amounts have been recast to conform to the 2019 presentation. These changes have no impact on previously reported consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), stockholder's equity, or cash flows. The recast of certain unaudited historical financial information to reflect this segment reporting change accompanies this press release.

As a result of the change in segments, the company has updated its five-year segment operating profitability targets presented at its December 12, 2018 investor meeting in the table provided below. This segmentation recast only impacts the five-year profitability target for the North America operating segment.

Under Armour, Inc., headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is a leading inventor, marketer and distributor of branded performance athletic apparel, footwear and accessories. Designed to make all athletes better, the brand's innovative products are sold worldwide to consumers with active lifestyles. The company's Connected Fitness™ platform powers the world's largest digitally connected health and fitness community. For further information, please visit https://about.underarmour.com.

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