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Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
Contact:
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Mike Harlan | |
CEO, President, and Director | ||
Phone: 973-602-1001 |
BREEZE-EASTERN REPORTS RECORD FISCAL 2011 and FOURTH
QUARTER RESULTS
QUARTER RESULTS
Whippany, New Jersey June 3, 2011 Breeze-Eastern Corporation (NYSE Amex: BZC) today
reported its Fiscal 2011 financial results.
| Net sales: $78.2 million, a company record high, versus $69.0 million for Fiscal 2010. | ||
| Net income: $5.0 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, versus a net loss of ($6.0) million, or ($0.64) per diluted share, last year. | ||
| Adjusted EBITDA, a Non-GAAP Financial Measure as described below in this press release: $11.9 million, versus a negative ($4.3) million in Fiscal 2010. | ||
| Net debt: $5.1 million, $9.6 million lower than a year ago. | ||
| Bookings: $79.2 million, versus $68.2 million in Fiscal 2010. The book-to-bill ratio for Fiscal 2011 was 1.0. |
Even after excluding unusual non-recurring costs from Fiscal 2010, Fiscal 2011 profits were
significantly better than last year Fiscal 2010 results included non-cash charges in the fourth
quarter of $12.2 million for inventory obsolescence, environmental liabilities, and estimated
losses on engineering project commitments, and also included $1.5 million of one-time costs related
to the factory shutdown during the relocation in March, 2010. Excluding these amounts, adjusted
Fiscal 2010 net income would have been $2.3 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, and Adjusted
EBITDA would have been $9.5 million. Fiscal 2011 net income was more than double the adjusted
Fiscal 2010 net income and Adjusted EBITDA was up more than 25%.
For the Fiscal 2011 fourth quarter, the financial results follow.
| Net sales: $26.9 million, a company record high, versus $18.1 million in last years Fiscal fourth quarter. | ||
| Net income: $2.8 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, versus a loss of ($8.9) million, or ($0.95) per diluted share, in the Fiscal 2010 fourth quarter. |
35 Melanie Lane Whippany New Jersey 07981
Tel: (973) 602-1001 Fax: (973) 739-9333 www.breeze-eastern.com
Tel: (973) 602-1001 Fax: (973) 739-9333 www.breeze-eastern.com
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| Adjusted EBITDA: $5.8 million, versus a negative ($11.5) million in the Fiscal 2010 fourth quarter. | ||
| Bookings: $25.3 million, versus $21.7 million in the Fiscal 2010 fourth quarter. |
Mike Harlan, Chief Executive Officer and President, said, Our Fiscal 2011 and fourth quarter sales
set new company records. We are proud of this accomplishment and the extra effort by many of our
employees to achieve these records. Our bookings were much higher than last year, benefiting from
higher spare parts orders from the U.S. Government. Our overall profitability was clearly better
than the prior year, but was impacted by our relocation and other
factors and still has room for improvement. I regard our Fiscal 2011 income statement results as a
good step toward the level of performance we expect to deliver.
Our balance sheet and cash flow continue to be strong. In addition to a good increase in Adjusted
EBITDA, a broad team effort increased working capital turnover, which resulted in over $11 million
in operating cash flow. We used this strong cash flow to make four debt principal pre-payments,
while still funding significant new product development and completion of our relocation to
Whippany. Our debt net of cash was $5.1 million at the end of Fiscal 2011 versus $14.7 million a
year ago. When our debt was over $60 million, it was an overriding issue for our company; but after
extensive efforts, our balance sheet is now a strategic asset. I am also glad to report that after
recent evaluations, we believe our environmental reserves are still appropriate and we are not
making any adjustments.
Looking ahead to Fiscal 2012, first quarter shipments are doing well and we are on-track to make
significant milestone deliveries for the C-27J, CH-53K, and A400M programs this summer. We will
continue to invest in new product development, IT improvements, and improved customer
responsiveness during Fiscal 2012, and still improve our net profitability.
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The Company will conduct a conference call at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 3, 2011 with the
following numbers: (800) 798-2796 or (617) 614-6204 and passcode 19374578.
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Breeze-Eastern Corporation (http://www.breeze-eastern.com) is the worlds leading designer and
manufacturer of high performance lifting and pulling devices for military and civilian aircraft,
including rescue hoists, winches and cargo hooks, and weapons-lifting systems. The Company employs
approximately 160 people at its facilities in Whippany, New Jersey.
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NonGAAP Financial Measures
In addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), the Company also discloses Adjusted EBITDA (earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, other income/expense, loss on debt
extinguishment, and relocation expense). The Company presents Adjusted EBITDA because it considers
it an important supplemental measure of performance. Measures similar to Adjusted EBITDA are
widely used by the Company and by others in the Companys industry to evaluate performance and
valuation. The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA facilitates operating performance comparisons from
period to period and company to company by backing out potential differences caused by variations
in capital structure (affecting relative interest expense), tax positions (such as the impact on
periods or companies of changes in effective tax rates or net operating losses) and the age and
book depreciation of facilities and equipment (affecting relative depreciation expense). The
Company also presents Adjusted EBITDA because it believes it is frequently used by investors and
other interested parties as a basis for evaluating performance.
Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or
as a substitute for analysis of the Companys results as reported under GAAP. Some of the
limitations of Adjusted EBITDA are that (i) it does not reflect the Companys cash expenditures for
capital assets, (ii) it does not reflect the significant interest expense or cash requirements
necessary to service interest or principal payments on the Companys debt, and (iii) it does not
reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Companys working capital. Furthermore, other
companies in the aerospace and defense industry may calculate these measures differently than the
manner presented above. Accordingly, the Company focuses primarily on its GAAP results and uses
Adjusted EBITDA only supplementally. A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most
directly comparable GAAP measure, for the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2011 is shown in
the tables below.
INFORMATION ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities
Act of 1933 as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
regarding our future operating performance, financial results, events, trends and plans. All
statements in this news release other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties. We have attempted
to identify any forward-looking statements by using words such as anticipates, believes,
could, expects, intends, may, should and other similar expressions. Although we believe
that the expectations reflected in all of our forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can
give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are not
guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause our actual results, events or financial positions to differ
materially from those included within the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are
not limited to competition from other companies; changes in applicable laws, rules, and regulations
affecting the Company in the locations in which it conducts its business; interest rate trends; a
decrease in the United States government defense spending, changes in spending allocation or the
termination, postponement, or failure to fund one or more significant contracts by the United
States government or other customers; changes in our sales strategy and product development plans;
changes in the marketplace; developments in environmental proceedings that we are involved in;
continued services of our executive management team; status of labor relations; competitive pricing
pressures; market acceptance of our products under development; delays in the development of
products; determination by us to dispose of or acquire additional assets; general industry and
economic conditions; events impacting the U.S. and world financial markets and economies; and those
specific risks disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2011, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to
update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future
events.
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BREEZE-EASTERN CORPORATION
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS
(In Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS
(In Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
3/31/11 | 3/31/10 | 3/31/11 | 3/31/10 | |||||||||||||
Net sales |
$ | 26,940 | $ | 18,089 | $ | 78,200 | $ | 69,027 | ||||||||
Cost of sales |
15,572 | 16,644 | 47,248 | 48,376 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit |
11,368 | 1,445 | 30,952 | 20,651 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general, and administrative expenses |
3,799 | 11,730 | 14,361 | 20,554 | ||||||||||||
Engineering expense |
2,606 | 1,633 | 6,923 | 6,003 | ||||||||||||
Relocation expense |
| 614 | 211 | 817 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
4,963 | (12,532 | ) | 9,457 | (6,723 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense |
143 | 215 | 694 | 891 | ||||||||||||
Other expense-net |
37 | 272 | 213 | 458 | ||||||||||||
Income before income taxes |
4,783 | (13,019 | ) | 8,550 | (8,072 | ) | ||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
1,942 | (4,107 | ) | 3,524 | (2,029 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 2,841 | $ | (8,912 | ) | $ | 5,026 | $ | (6,043 | ) | ||||||
Basic earnings (loss) per share: |
$ | 0.30 | $ | (0.95 | ) | $ | 0.53 | $ | (0.64 | ) | ||||||
Diluted earnings (loss) per share: |
$ | 0.30 | $ | (0.95 | ) | $ | 0.53 | $ | (0.64 | ) | ||||||
Weighted average basic shares |
9,429,000 | 9,398,000 | 9,414,000 | 9,388,000 | ||||||||||||
Weighted average diluted shares |
9,484,000 | 9,398,000 | 9,443,000 | 9,388,000 |
BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
(In Thousands of Dollars)
(In Thousands of Dollars)
3/31/11 | 3/31/10 | |||||||
Current assets |
$ | 47,756 | $ | 39,851 | ||||
Fixed assets net |
8,351 | 9,575 | ||||||
Other assets |
22,041 | 26,682 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 78,148 | $ | 76,108 | ||||
Current portion of long-term debt
and short term borrowings |
$ | | $ | 3,286 | ||||
Other current liabilities |
15,380 | 11,377 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
15,380 | 14,663 | ||||||
Long-term debt |
11,500 | 14,786 | ||||||
Other non-current liabilities |
17,835 | 18,839 | ||||||
Stockholders equity |
33,433 | 27,820 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders equity |
$ | 78,148 | $ | 76,108 | ||||
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Reconciliation of Reported Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA
(In Thousands of Dollars)
(In Thousands of Dollars)
Three Months Ended | Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
3/31/11 | 3/31/10 | 3/31/11 | 3/31/10 | |||||||||||||
Net sales |
$ | 26,940 | $ | 18,089 | $ | 78,200 | $ | 69,027 | ||||||||
Cost of sales |
15,572 | 16,644 | 47,248 | 48,376 | ||||||||||||
Gross Profit |
11,368 | 1,445 | 30,952 | 20,651 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
3,799 | 11,730 | 14,361 | 20,554 | ||||||||||||
Engineering expense |
2,606 | 1,633 | 6,923 | 6,003 | ||||||||||||
Relocation expense |
| 614 | 211 | 817 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
4,963 | (12,532 | ) | 9,457 | (6,723 | ) | ||||||||||
Add back: Depreciation and amortization |
801 | 462 | 2,271 | 1,587 | ||||||||||||
Relocation expense |
| 614 | 211 | 817 | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ | 5,764 | $ | (11,456 | ) | $ | 11,939 | $ | (4,319 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 2,841 | $ | (8,912 | ) | $ | 5,026 | $ | (6,043 | ) | ||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
1,942 | (4,107 | ) | 3,524 | (2,029 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
801 | 462 | 2,271 | 1,587 | ||||||||||||
Relocation expense |
| 614 | 211 | 817 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense |
143 | 215 | 694 | 891 | ||||||||||||
Other expense-net |
37 | 272 | 213 | 458 | ||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ | 5,764 | $ | (11,456 | ) | $ | 11,939 | $ | (4,319 | ) | ||||||
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