And so while we may let some discretionary spend fall in certain areas inside of our own business, whether it's marketing or travel or some levels of headcount or what have you, what we're going to do our best to stick with are our investments in all the IT projects that are helping us move down the pathway in our digital roadmap.

Apr 26, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Ted, CEO | earnings call 2023-04-26 | transcript 95c05e13-1bac-46f0-b53b-8e84dae940ca | chars 34784-35116 | segment 35

Hi, Maggie. Some of those areas really is the discretionary component of some of our spend. And so items like travel, making sure we are tight on that.

Apr 26, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Marie Perry, CFO | earnings call 2023-04-26 | transcript 95c05e13-1bac-46f0-b53b-8e84dae940ca | chars 21894-22045 | segment 21

Absent the first quarter of 2022, When the impact of the payroll tax on margins was masked by the outperformance of permanent placement revenues and lower T&E expense coming out of the pandemic, historically, ASGN's adjusted EBITDA margin has declined each year when moving from the fourth quarter to the first quarter due to the payroll tax reset.

Feb 8, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Marie Perry, CFO | earnings call 2023-02-08 | transcript eeff2868-264b-410b-849e-f4b8f000f3ae | chars 15230-15578 | segment 15

Certain of these expenses, such as travel and entertainment, will be gradually reintroduced back into the business and will be weighted more to the second half of the year.

Apr 28, 2021 / receipt, needs a key / Ed, CFO | earnings call 2021-04-28 | transcript cb6d7626-3377-43d2-9e4c-d2527adca0ad | chars 14449-14621 | segment 14

Certain of those expenses, such as travel and entertainment, will be gradually reintroduced back into the business and weighted more to the second half of the year as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.

Feb 10, 2021 / receipt, needs a key / Ed Pierce, CFO | earnings call 2021-02-10 | transcript 9b21173e-9eaa-43cf-b848-ec85110c758c | chars 18628-18829 | segment 19

Travel and entertainment is another. So those factors of those are going to be coming in gradually over the course of the year.

Feb 10, 2021 / receipt, needs a key / Jeff Silver, other | earnings call 2021-02-10 | transcript 9b21173e-9eaa-43cf-b848-ec85110c758c | chars 34551-34678 | segment 35

Within our SG&A, obviously we're benefiting a little bit from less travel, lower health care costs, But at the same time, we're investing in the business.

Oct 28, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Ed, CFO | earnings call 2020-10-28 | transcript 94d86a2d-d3a8-40d0-aef8-6901ca78dff4 | chars 44038-44192 | segment 45

This improvement resulted from, among other things, lower incentive compensation, mainly those incentives tied to growth in revenues or adjusted EBITDA, and lower travel and entertainment, healthcare, and stock-based compensation expenses.

Jul 29, 2020 / receipt, needs a key / Ed Pierce, CFO | earnings call 2020-07-29 | transcript a1841346-8966-42dc-ba5f-e70bbd0945e1 | chars 17564-17803 | segment 17

Debt repayment to reduce net leverage to 2.5X

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Strategic initiatives in place to drive operating leverage

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

transformative cost savings outlined in 3-year plan

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

company optimizes go-to-market strategy

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

More than half of Everforth’s margin improvement will come from structural cost savings in SG&A, generating upwards of $80M annually

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Continued investment in organic growth

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Ongoing operating discipline and expense management

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

expanded portfolio through strategic acquisitions (Intersys, Iron Vine, GlideFast, TopBloc, Quinnox)

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Higher-value mix and structural cost reduction boost profitability

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

structural cost reduction boost profitability

ir_statement / Sep 17, 2026 / receipt

Certain client accounts were reassigned to align with our new industry go-to-market strategy.

ir_statement / Sep 15, 2026 / receipt

Revenues for the first quarter of 2026 were $968.3 million, in line with our guidance range.

ir_statement / Sep 15, 2026 / receipt