BERWYN, Pa., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Triumph Group, Inc. (NYSE: TGI) ("Triumph" or the "Company") today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2020, which ended March 31, 2020.

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2020

• Net sales of $693.1 million
• Operating loss of $40.3 million with operating margin of (5.8%); adjusted operating income of $39.4 million with adjusted operating margin of 5.7%
• Net loss of $75.1 million, or ($1.45) per share; adjusted net income of $36.0 million, or $0.69 per diluted share
• Cash flow provided by operations of $57.4 million, and free cash flow of $44.8 million

Full-Year Fiscal 2020

• Net sales of $2.9 billion
• Operating income of $57.9 million with an operating margin of 2.0%; adjusted operating income of $204.1 million with adjusted operating margin of 7.0%
• Loss per share of $0.56; adjusted earnings per diluted share of $2.71
• Cash provided by operations of $96.7 million, and free cash flow of $56.8 million

"The fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 completed a strong year for Triumph Group, and we delivered on our commitment to generate positive free cash flow," stated Daniel J. Crowley, Triumph's president and chief executive officer. "Military deliveries helped offset the impacts of the 737 MAX production slow down and effects of the COVID-19 crisis during the quarter. Organic revenue decreased by 6% due to expected declines in Aerospace Structures, and to a lesser extent Systems & Support.  Systems & Support margins, excluding impairments and restructuring, were in line with the prior year, benefitting from improved operational efficiencies and cost reduction initiatives.  Importantly, we made strong progress executing our plan to exit legacy programs in Aerospace Structures, a key initiative that will benefit Triumph in fiscal 2021 and beyond."

Mr. Crowley continued, "Triumph improved profitability and cash flow year-over-year and entered the commercial downturn with momentum as a more predictable business as a result of the actions we've taken to de-risk our portfolio and backlog and stabilize our cash flows.  Beyond these proactive steps, we recently amended our credit facility and implemented cost containment actions by managing our workforce and supply chain to enhance our liquidity position and ensure financial flexibility in the current operating environment while supporting the demands of customers." 

Mr. Crowley concluded, "Triumph is focused on protecting the health and safety of our people, conserving our cash and partnering with our customers to ensure we are well-positioned for recovery for the benefit of all our stakeholders."

Fourth Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 Overview

After accounting for the impact of the divestitures, sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 were down 6% organically from the comparable prior year period.  The decline was driven by impacts of the production slow down on 737 MAX and effects of COVID-19.

Fourth quarter operating loss of $40.3 million included a $66.1 million goodwill impairment charge of the legacy Product Support reporting unit due to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the overall aviation market; $1.7 million for loss on sale of assets and businesses, and $11.9 million of restructuring costs associated with lease terminations and reductions in force.  Net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 was $75.1 million, or ($1.45) per share.  On an adjusted basis, net income was $36.0 million, or $0.69 per diluted share. 

Triumph's results included the following: 

The number of shares used in computing diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2020 was 52.0 million.

Backlog, which represents the next 24 months of actual purchase orders with firm delivery dates or contract requirements, was $3.2 billion, down compared to the prior year period and on a sequential basis due to sunsetting programs and recent production rate reductions, but partially offset by military program increases in Systems & Support. 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, cash flow provided by operations was $96.7 million, reflecting continued investment in sunsetting programs and liquidation of approximately $60.0 million in prior period advances against current period deliveries.    

Outlook

The Company is not providing financial guidance for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 at this time due to the uncertainty around the ultimate impact of COVID-19 on the global market and economic conditions.

Conference Call

Triumph will hold a conference call today, May 28^th, at 8:30 a.m. (ET) to discuss the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2020 results. The conference call will be available live and archived on the Company's website at http://www.triumphgroup.com.  A slide presentation will be included with the audio portion of the webcast, and the presentation has been posted on the Company's website at http://ir.triumphgroup.com/QuarterlyResults. An audio replay will be available from May 28th to June 4th by calling (855) 859-2056 (Domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (International), passcode #5396837.

About Triumph

Triumph Group, Inc., headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, designs, engineers, manufactures, repairs and overhauls a broad portfolio of aerospace and defense systems, components and structures. The company serves the global aviation industry, including original equipment manufacturers and the full spectrum of military and commercial aircraft operators.

More information about Triumph can be found on the Company's website at www.triumphgroup.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements under the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements of expectations of or assumptions about financial and operational performance, revenues, earnings per share, cash flow or use, cost savings and operational efficiencies and organizational restructurings.  All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties which could affect the Company's actual results and could cause its actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company.  Further information regarding the important factors that could cause actual results to differ from projected results can be found in Triumph Group's reports filed with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019.

Widespread health developments, including the recent global coronavirus (COVID-19), and the responses thereto (such as voluntary and in some cases, mandatory quarantines as well as shut downs and other restrictions on travel and commercial, social and other activities) could adversely and materially affect, among other things, the economic and financial markets and labor resources of the countries in which we operate, our manufacturing and supply chain operations, commercial operations and sales force, administrative personnel, third-party service providers, business partners and customers and the demand for our products, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measure Disclosures

We prepare and publicly release quarterly unaudited financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") guidance on Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations, we also disclose and discuss certain non-GAAP financial measures in our public releases. Currently, the non-GAAP financial measure that we disclose is Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP, which is our net income before interest, income taxes, amortization of acquired contract liabilities, curtailments, settlements and special termination benefits, legal settlements, depreciation and amortization and Adjusted EBITDA, less pension & other postretirement benefits. We disclose Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP on a consolidated and Adjusted EBITDAP an operating segment basis in our earnings releases, investor conference calls and filings with the SEC. The non-GAAP financial measures that we use may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Also, in the future, we may disclose different non-GAAP financial measures in order to help our investors more meaningfully evaluate and compare our future results of operations to our previously reported results of operations.

We view Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP as operating performance measure and as such we believe that the GAAP financial measure most directly comparable to it is net income. In calculating Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP, we exclude from net income the financial items that we believe should be separately identified to provide additional analysis of the financial components of the day-to-day operation of our business. We have outlined below the type and scope of these exclusions and the material limitations on the use of these non-GAAP financial measures as a result of these exclusions. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP are not measurements of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as a measure of liquidity, as an alternative to net income (loss), income from continuing operations, or as an indicator of any other measure of performance derived in accordance with GAAP.  Investors and potential investors in our securities should not rely on Adjusted EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDAP as substitutes for any GAAP financial measure, including net income (loss) or income from continuing operations. In addition, we urge investors and potential investors in our securities to carefully review the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP to net income set forth below, in our earnings releases and in other filings with the SEC and to carefully review the GAAP financial information included as part of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our Annual Reports on Form 10-K that are filed with the SEC, as well as our quarterly earnings releases, and compare the GAAP financial information with our Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP is used by management to internally measure our operating and management performance and by investors as a supplemental financial measure to evaluate the performance of our business that, when viewed with our GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliation, we believe provides additional information that is useful to gain an understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business.  We have spent more than 20 years expanding our product and service capabilities partially through acquisitions of complementary businesses.  Due to the expansion of our operations, which included acquisitions, our net income has included significant charges for depreciation and amortization.  Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP exclude these charges and provide meaningful information about the operating performance of our business, apart from charges for depreciation and amortization. We believe the disclosure of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP helps investors meaningfully evaluate and compare our performance from quarter to quarter and from year to year. We also believe Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP is a measure of our ongoing operating performance because the isolation of non-cash income and expenses, such as amortization of acquired contract liabilities, depreciation and amortization, and non-operating items, such as interest and income taxes, provides additional information about our cost structure, and, over time, helps track our operating progress. In addition, investors, securities analysts and others have regularly relied on Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP to provide a financial measure by which to compare our operating performance against that of other companies in our industry.

Set forth below are descriptions of the financial items that have been excluded from our net income to calculate Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDAP and the material limitations associated with using this non-GAAP financial measure as compared to net income:

• Divestitures may be useful for investors to consider because they reflect gains or losses from sale of operating units. We do not believe these earnings necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
• Legal settlements may be useful to investors to consider because they reflect gains or losses from disputes with third parties. We do not believe that these earnings necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
• Non-service defined benefit income (inclusive of the adoption of ASU 2017-07 and certain pension related transactions such as curtailments, settlements, early retirement or other incentives) may be useful to investors to consider because they represent the cost of post-retirement benefits to plan participants, net of the assumption of returns on the plan's assets and are not indicative of the cash paid for such benefits. We do not believe these earnings (expenses) necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
• Amortization of acquired contract liabilities may be useful for investors to consider because it represents the non-cash earnings on the fair value of below market contracts acquired through acquisitions. We do not believe these earnings necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash earnings related to our operations.
• Amortization expenses (including goodwill and intangible asset impairments) may be useful for investors to consider because it represents the estimated attrition of our acquired customer base and the diminishing value of product rights and licenses. We do not believe these charges necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash charges related to our operating cost structure.
• Depreciation may be useful for investors to consider because they generally represent the wear and tear on our property and equipment used in our operations. We do not believe these charges necessarily reflect the current and ongoing cash charges related to our operating cost structure.
• The amount of interest expense and other we incur may be useful for investors to consider and may result in current cash inflows or outflows. However, we do not consider the amount of interest expense and other to be a representative component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.
• Income tax expense may be useful for investors to consider because it generally represents the taxes which may be payable for the period and the change in deferred income taxes during the period and may reduce the amount of funds otherwise available for use in our business. However, we do not consider the amount of income tax expense to be a representative component of the day-to-day operating performance of our business.

Management compensates for the above-described limitations of using non-GAAP measures by using a non-GAAP measure only to supplement our GAAP results and to provide additional information that is useful to gain an understanding of the factors and trends affecting our business.