Trinity Industries, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2021 Results

Reports quarterly GAAP and adjusted earnings from continuing operations of $0.12 and $0.15 per diluted share, respectively

Generates year-to-date operating and total free cash flow of $335 million and $359 million, respectively

Returned $375 million of capital to stockholders year-to-date through dividends and share repurchases

Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TRN) today announced earnings results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2021.

Financial and Operational Highlights

• Quarterly total company revenues of $372 million
• Quarterly income from continuing operations per common diluted share ("EPS") of $0.12 and quarterly adjusted EPS of $0.15
• Lease fleet utilization of 94.3% and Future Lease Rate Differential ("FLRD") of negative 2.5% at quarter end
• New railcar orders of 4,570 and railcar deliveries of 1,765
• Year-to-date cash flow from operations and total free cash flow after dividends and investments ("Free Cash Flow") were $335 million and $359 million, respectively
  • Year-to-date investment of $163 million in leasing capital expenditures, net of lease portfolio sales
• Net additions of 4,550 railcars to the wholly-owned and partially-owned lease fleet compared to prior year period
• Repurchases of approximately 10.5 million shares at a cost of $291 million
• Committed liquidity of $918 million as of June 30, 2021

Management Commentary

"We are very pleased to build on the momentum growing in our business as railcar demand and the overall U.S. economy continue to recover," remarked Jean Savage, Trinity's Chief Executive Officer and President. "Best of all, our second quarter results were enhanced by the great strides the Company continues to make towards our return-focused initiatives, and we are proud to say we are on track to achieve the ambitious goals we detailed at our Investor Day last Fall."

Ms. Savage continued, "Our businesses performed well against our expectations across both our leasing and manufacturing businesses. Trinity’s lease revenue improved modestly and secondary market liquidity remains strong as demand continues to rise. There are clear signs of a strengthening recovery as the renewal success rate for the quarter improved to 81%, a level not seen in recent history. Utilization was slightly lower compared to a year ago as energy markets have lagged in the recovery. Most encouraging, though, was the continued improvement in the Future Lease Rate Differential compared to a year ago. Similarly, Trinity benefited in the second quarter from higher margins on railcars sold in the secondary market from our lease fleet as we continue to optimize for best potential returns."

"Trinity's Rail Products Group also had improved results as orders increased significantly compared to a year ago. Even better, our ongoing cost initiatives continue to lower our breakeven point for new car production and reduced the impact of higher steel costs over the quarter. We are ever diligent concerning inflation in our input costs but are increasingly optimistic about the trends in profitability for the Rail Products Group exiting 2021 and into 2022."

"Additionally, Trinity has made excellent progress against our goal to lower funding costs and optimize our balance sheet. In the quarter, Trinity repurchased $291 million of our common stock, and since the onset of the pandemic, we have successfully issued and refinanced approximately $2.3 billion of debt, which includes our partially-owned leasing subsidiary activities. As a result, we have lowered our borrowing costs by approximately 100 basis points. As we noted at our Investor Day, we believe there are many more opportunities to optimize our assets and liabilities. At quarter-end, Trinity still has an unencumbered railcar inventory totaling $1.1 billion. With improved liquidity in the secondary market for railcars, we have an increased ability to manage our fleet through buying and selling railcars."

Ms. Savage concluded, "In summary, we are encouraged by the continued recovery in the U.S. rail markets and the economy broadly. More importantly, we are very proud of the progress and execution being driven by the hard work of our collective teams at Trinity. We look forward to our continued progress and the long-term shareholder value generation that we believe will follow."

Additional Business Items

Liquidity and Capital Resource Updates

• June 2021 Refinancing of Partially-Owned Leasing Subsidiaries' Debt
  • Triumph Rail LLC ("Triumph Rail"), formerly known as TRIP Master Funding LLC, a partially-owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $560.4 million of Series 2021-2 Green Secured Railcar Equipment Notes (the "Triumph Rail Notes"). The Triumph Rail Notes bear interest at an all-in interest rate of 2.20% and have a stated final maturity date of 2051. Net proceeds received from the issuance of the Triumph Rail Notes, as well as proceeds from the sale of railcars and related operating leases to TRIP Railcar Co. LLC described below, were used to redeem Triumph Rail's existing Secured Railcar Equipment Notes, of which $869.1 million was outstanding at the redemption date. The all-in rate for these notes was 5.16% per annum.
  • TRIP Railcar Co. LLC, a partially-owned subsidiary of the Company, drew down $329.6 million under a term loan agreement ("TRIP Railcar Co. term loan"). The TRIP Railcar Co. term loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.85% and has a stated maturity date of June 2025. Net proceeds received from the TRIP Railcar Co. term loan were used to purchase railcars and related operating leases from Triumph Rail.
  • TRP 2021 LLC, formerly known as Trinity Rail Leasing 2012 LLC, a partially-owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $355.0 million of Series 2021-1 Green Secured Railcar Equipment Notes (the "TRP-2021 Notes"). The TRP-2021 Notes bear interest at an all-in interest rate of 2.13% and have a stated final maturity date of 2051. Net proceeds received from the TRP-2021 Notes were used to redeem TRP-2021's existing Secured Railcar Equipment Notes, of which $348.0 million was outstanding at the redemption date. The all-in rate for these notes was 3.59% per annum.
• In June 2021, Trinity Rail Leasing 2021 LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, issued $325.0 million of Series 2021-1 Green Secured Railcar Equipment Notes (the "TRL-2021 Notes"). The TRL-2021 Notes bear interest at an all-in interest rate of 2.31% and have a final maturity date of 2051. Net proceeds received from the TRL-2021 Notes were used to repay borrowings under TILC's secured warehouse credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
• During the quarter, Trinity repurchased approximately $68 million of shares under the Company's authorized share repurchase program, of which $77 million remains authorized through December 31, 2021.
• On April 29 2021, we entered into a stock repurchase agreement with ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. (“ValueAct”) to repurchase 8.1 million shares of our common stock for $27.47 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $222.5 million, in a privately negotiated transaction. The price per share represents a discount of 3.5% from the closing price for a share of common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 29, 2021. Under the repurchase agreement, ValueAct will not make any additional sales of common stock without our consent through September 1, 2021.
• During the quarter, Trinity received a $207 million income tax refund associated with the tax loss carryback for the 2019 tax year as permitted under recent tax legislation. The Company's income tax receivable at the end of the second quarter was $233 million.

Conference Call

Trinity will hold a conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on July 22, 2021 to discuss its second quarter results. To listen to the call, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.trin.net and access the Events & Presentations webpage, or the live call can be accessed at 1-888-317-6003 with the conference passcode "6833145". Please call at least 10 minutes in advance to ensure a timely connection. An audio replay may be accessed through the Company’s website or by dialing 1-877-344-7529 with passcode "10152026" until 11:59 p.m. Eastern on July 29, 2021.

Additionally, the Company will provide Supplemental Materials to accompany the earnings conference call. The materials will be accessible both within the webcast and on Trinity's Investor Relations website under the Events and Presentations portion of the site along with the Second Quarter Earnings Call event weblink.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have included financial measures compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and certain non-GAAP measures in this earnings press release to provide management and investors with additional information regarding our financial results. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our reporting results prepared in accordance with GAAP and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures for other companies. For each non-GAAP financial measure, a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure has been included in the accompanying tables. When forward-looking non-GAAP measures are provided, quantitative reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are not provided because management cannot, without unreasonable effort, predict the timing and amounts of certain items included in the computations of each of these measures. These factors include, but are not limited to: the product mix of expected railcar deliveries; the timing and amount of significant transactions and investments, such as lease portfolio sales, capital expenditures, and returns of capital to shareholders; and the amount and timing of certain other items outside the normal course of our core business operations, such as restructuring activities and the potential financial and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

About Trinity Industries

Trinity Industries, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, Texas, owns businesses that are leading providers of rail transportation products and services in North America. Our rail-related businesses market their railcar products and services under the trade name TrinityRail®. The TrinityRail platform provides railcar leasing and management services, as well as railcar manufacturing, maintenance and modifications. Trinity also owns businesses engaged in the manufacture of products used on the nation’s roadways and in traffic control. Trinity reports its financial results in three principal business segments: the Railcar Leasing and Management Services Group, the Rail Products Group, and All Other. For more information, visit: www.trin.net.

Some statements in this release, which are not historical facts, are “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements about Trinity's estimates, expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future, and the assumptions underlying these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, future financial and operating performance, future opportunities and any other statements regarding events or developments that Trinity believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including the potential financial and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trinity uses the words “anticipates,” “assumes,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “forecasts,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “guidance,” “projected,” “outlook,” and similar expressions to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release, and Trinity expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Trinity’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience or our present expectations, including but not limited to risks and uncertainties regarding economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting Trinity’s operations, markets, products, services and prices, and such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” in Trinity’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year, as may be revised and updated by Trinity’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Trinity’s Current Reports on Form 8-K.

- TABLES TO FOLLOW -

Trinity has certain unvested restricted stock awards that participate in dividends on a nonforfeitable basis and are therefore considered to be participating securities. Consequently, diluted net income (loss) attributable to Trinity Industries, Inc. per common share is calculated under both the two-class method and the treasury stock method, and the more dilutive of the two calculations is presented. There were no restricted shares and stock options included in the computation of diluted EPS for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 as we incurred a loss for these periods, and any effect on loss per common share would have been antidilutive.

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Reconciliations of Non-GAAP Measures

(in millions, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

Adjusted Operating Results

We have supplemented the presentation of our reported GAAP operating profit (loss), income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, provision (benefit) for income taxes, income (loss) from continuing operations, net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Trinity Industries, Inc., and diluted income (loss) from continuing operations per common share attributable to Trinity Industries, Inc. with non-GAAP measures that adjust the GAAP measures to exclude the impact of pension plan settlement, impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring activities, loss on extinguishment of debt, the income tax effects of the CARES Act, and certain other transactions or events (as applicable). These non-GAAP measures are derived from amounts included in our GAAP financial statements and are reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the tables below. Management believes that these measures are useful to both management and investors for analyzing the performance of our business without the impact of certain items that are not indicative of our normal business operations. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our reporting results prepared in accordance with GAAP and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures for other companies.

Free Cash Flow

Total Free Cash Flow After Investments and Dividends ("Free Cash Flow") is a non-GAAP financial measure. The change in presentation of sales of railcars from the lease fleet, which was effected on a prospective basis beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020, had no effect on our previously reported Free Cash Flow.

We believe Free Cash Flow is useful to both management and investors as it provides a relevant measure of liquidity and a useful basis for assessing our ability to fund our operations and repay our debt. Free Cash Flow is reconciled to net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, in the following tables.

For the six months ended June 30, 2021, Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations as computed in accordance with GAAP, plus cash proceeds from lease portfolio sales, less capital expenditures for manufacturing, dividends paid, and Equity CapEx for new leased railcars. Equity CapEx for new leased railcars is defined as leasing capital expenditures, adjusted to exclude net proceeds from (repayments of) debt.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations as computed in accordance with GAAP, plus cash proceeds from sales of leased railcars owned more than one year at the time of sale, less capital expenditures for manufacturing, dividends paid, and Equity CapEx for new leased railcars. Equity CapEx for new leased railcars is defined as leasing capital expenditures, net of sold lease fleet railcars owned one year or less, adjusted to exclude net proceeds from (repayments of) debt.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

“EBITDA” is defined as income (loss) from continuing operations plus interest expense, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization expense. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA plus non-cash impairment of long-lived assets, restructuring activities, loss on extinguishment of debt, and pension plan settlement. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures; however, the amounts included in these calculations are derived from amounts included in our GAAP financial statements. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are reconciled to net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, in the following table. This information is provided to assist management and investors in making meaningful comparisons of our operating performance between periods. We believe EBITDA is a useful measure for analyzing the performance of our business. We also believe that EBITDA is commonly reported and widely used by investors and other interested parties as a measure of a company’s operating performance and debt servicing ability because it assists in comparing performance on a consistent basis without regard to capital structure, depreciation or amortization (which can vary significantly depending on many factors). EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives to net income as indicators of our operating performance, or as alternatives to operating cash flows as measures of liquidity. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for our reporting results prepared in accordance with GAAP and, as calculated, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures for other companies.

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