Financial Performance - Total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was 411.3million,adecreaseof9.1452.2 million in the same period of 2023 [156]. - Rental revenue decreased by 10.2% to 106.2million,downfrom118.3 million in Q1 2023, attributed to lower utilization and a decline in average OEC on rent [156]. - Equipment sales fell by 9.5% to 272.6millioninQ12024,comparedto301.3 million in Q1 2023, primarily due to excess supply of used equipment in the market [156]. - Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was 90.7million,downfrom109.7 million in the same period of 2023, reflecting a decrease of 17.4% [156]. - Operating income fell by 53.9% to 18.4million,downfrom39.9 million in the same period last year [189]. - Net income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was (14.3)million,asignificantdeclinefromaprofitof13.8 million in the same period of 2023 [171]. - Adjusted EBITDA decreased by 26.4% to 77.4millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,comparedto105.2 million in Q1 2023 [171]. - Net cash used in operating activities was 14.4millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,comparedtonetcashprovidedof3.9 million in the same period in 2023 [173]. - Interest expense increased by 11.9% to 25.0millioninQ12024,comparedto22.4 million in Q1 2023 [171]. - Income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was 1.9million,resultinginaneffectivetaxrateof(12.0)537.3 million compared to 855.0millioninthesameperiodof2023[160].−Rentalinvoicedrevenuewas5,412,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to 7,178,000inthesameperiodof2023[198].RelatedPartyTransactions−TotalrevenuesfromtransactionswithrelatedpartiesforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,were3,677,000, compared to 8,455,000in2023[141].−Expensesincurredfromtransactionswithrelatedpartiesincludedincostofrevenuewere466,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 [141]. - Accounts receivable from related parties increased to 1,904,000asofMarch31,2024,from695,000 on December 31, 2023 [141]. Debt and Cash Management - Net leverage ratio increased to 3.79 as of March 31, 2024, compared to 3.53 as of December 31, 2023 [172]. - As of March 31, 2024, the company's consolidated total debt ratio was not greater than 5.00 to 1.00, allowing for unlimited dividends under the Indenture [196]. - Cash and cash equivalents decreased by 2.3millionto8.0 million from December 31, 2023 [199]. - Net cash used in investing activities was 33.4millionforthethreemonthsendedMarch31,2024,downfrom39.9 million in the same period of 2023 [200]. - The decrease in cash used in investing activities was primarily due to a 33.6millionreductioninpurchasesofrentalequipment[200].RiskManagement−Thecompanyfacesrisksincludingincreasesinlaborcosts,competitionintheequipmentdealershipandrentalindustries,anddisruptionsinthesupplychain[119].−Thecompanycontinuestomanagerisksfromfluctuationsininterestratesthroughderivativefinancialinstruments[221].−ThecompanyismonitoringgloballegislativeactivitiesrelatedtotheOECD′s"PillarTwo"modelrules,whichintroduceaglobalminimumtaxof152,742,000, compared to 3,428,000inthesameperiodof2023[198].−Operatingexpensesincreasedby3.772.3 million, primarily due to higher general and administrative expenses [185]. - The company has a net operating loss carryforward and disallowed interest deduction carryforward assets available to offset future taxable income [126].