J.Jill, Inc. announced that it has completed a series of debt principal payments and that its Board of Directors has approved a new quarterly dividend program. The total debt repaid was $60.4 million which reduced the original $175 million term loan issued in April 2023 to $108 million. The $60.4 million was comprised of a required principal payment of $2.2 million on April 26, 2024, and a voluntary prepayment of $58.2 million on May 10, 2024.

The voluntary prepayment was in lieu of and incremental to the previously expected Excess Cash Flow payment of $26.6 million which was rejected by the lenders. Following the voluntary prepayment on May 10, 2024, the company?s cash balance was $28.2 million. In addition, the Board of Directors declared an initial quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share of the Company?s common stock.

The dividend is payable on June 12, 2024, to all stockholders of record as of May 29, 2024. The Company intends to pay dividends quarterly in the future, subject to market conditions and approval by the Board of Directors.