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Exhibit 99.1
Contact:
Cliff Stebe
Chief Financial Officer, 636.946.6525


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

LMI Aerospace Announces Third Quarter 2015 Results

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 6, 2015 -- LMI Aerospace Inc. (Nasdaq:LMIA) ("LMI" or the "Company"), a leading provider of design and aftermarket engineering services, and supplier of structural assemblies, kits and components to the aerospace and defense markets, announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015.

Third Quarter 2015 Highlights

Awarded a new contract with a total expected value of $40 million on a light business jet program

Won Airbus A320 work with a new customer

Generated $4.8 million in cash from operations

Reaffirmed 2015 guidance

Third Quarter Results

For the third quarter of 2015, net sales were $95.6 million, compared to $97.3 million in the third quarter of 2014. Net income of $0.03 million, or break-even per diluted share, was realized in the third quarter of 2015, compared to net income of $1.4 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2014.

Operating income and operating income excluding non-recurring items were both $6.1 million for the third quarter of 2015. Non-recurring items included a net gain of $3.3 million on a legal settlement, an unfavorable cumulative catch-up adjustment of $1.7 million, and restructuring and other costs of $1.6 million.  Diluted income per share, excluding the impact of non-recurring items, was break-even in the third quarter of 2015. Operating income for the third quarter of 2014, excluding the impact of $2.4 million of net favorable, non-recurring items, was $4.3 million. Diluted loss per share, excluding the impact of non-recurring items, was $0.07 in the third quarter of 2014.

         “LMI continues to win work with new customers and on new platforms, supporting our long-term growth strategy,” said LMI Aerospace Chief Executive Officer Dan Korte. “Recently, we were awarded a subcontract to provide sheet-metal formed parts for the Airbus A320 program, adding to our content on Airbus platforms. We also received our first contract on a new light business jet program, expanding our opportunities in the corporate and regional jet market.     
“We challenged Aerostructures earlier this year to drive down inventory levels across our operations to help improve cash flow as we continue to reduce our leverage. The $4 million of progress Aerostructures made in reducing inventory this quarter is encouraging. Our disciplined demand management processes are proving effective and I look forward to seeing further improvement in 2016.”









Aerostructures Segment

 
 
Q3
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
 
Net Sales ($ in millions)
 
2015
 
% of Total
 
 
2014
 
% of Total
 
 
 
Large commercial aircraft
 
$
45.1

 
53.0
%
 
 
$
41.6

 
50.2
%
Corporate and regional aircraft
 
23.6

 
27.7
%
 
 
21.4

 
25.8
%
Military
 
8.9

 
10.5
%
 
 
13.0

 
15.7
%
Other
 
7.5

 
8.8
%
 
 
6.9

 
8.3
%
Total
 
$
85.1

 
100.0
%
 
 
$
82.9

 
100.0
%

Aerostructures revenue increased 2.7 percent to $85.1 million in the third quarter of 2015 from $82.9 million in the third quarter of 2014, driven by higher shipments on large commercial and corporate and regional aircraft platforms, which were partially offset by lower shipments on military programs.

Growth on the Boeing 787 and 737 platforms contributed increases of $3.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively, over the prior year quarter in the large commercial aircraft market. Net sales to the corporate and regional jet market increased $2.2 million, primarily due to increased tooling sales on the Gulfstream G600 program. Military sales on various Boeing programs and the Black Hawk helicopter program declined $1.4 million and $1.4 million, respectively, over the prior year quarter.

The Aerostructures segment generated gross profit of $16.6 million, or 19.5 percent of net sales, in the third quarter of 2015 versus $20.4 million, or 24.6 percent of net sales, in the third quarter of 2014. The change in gross profit margin was the primary result of the reversal of a loss reserve of $4.6 million on a long-term contract in the third quarter of 2014. Gross profit in the third quarter of 2015 was favorably impacted by increased sales volume.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $7.7 million in the third quarter of 2015 versus $12.5 million in the third quarter of 2014. The Company recorded a net gain in the third quarter of 2015 of $3.3 million related to a legal settlement. Additionally, salaries and related expenses resulting from previously implemented cost reduction plans declined $0.5 million in the third quarter of 2015. An impairment expense of $0.4 million related to an asset held for sale and environmental expenses of $0.5 million were recorded in the third quarter of 2014. Excluding the impact of these items, selling, general and administrative expenses were $10.5 million and $11.6 million in the third quarter of 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Engineering Services Segment

 
 
Q3
 
 
 
 
Q3
 
 
Net Sales ($ in millions)
 
2015
 
% of Total
 
 
2014
 
% of Total
 
 
 
Large commercial aircraft
 
$
6.4

 
59.3
%
 
 
$
6.6

 
44.9
%
Corporate and regional aircraft
 
0.8

 
7.4
%
 
 
4.4

 
29.9
%
Military
 
2.9

 
26.9
%
 
 
2.7

 
18.4
%
Other
 
0.7

 
6.4
%
 
 
1.0

 
6.8
%
Total
 
$
10.8

 
100.0
%
 
 
$
14.7

 
100.0
%

Engineering Services revenue decreased 26.4 percent to $10.8 million in the third quarter of 2015 from $14.7 million in the third quarter of 2014, driven primarily by an unfavorable cumulative catch-up on a corporate and regional jet program.

Net sales in the corporate and regional aircraft market declined primarily due to a $2.7 million decrease in the Bombardier Learjet L-85 program that was canceled in late 2014. Additionally, an unfavorable cumulative catch-up of $1.9 million was recognized on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet program in the third quarter of 2015 related to higher-than-expected engineering costs required to meet customer specifications.






Gross profit for the segment was $0.04 million, or 0.4 percent of net sales, for the third quarter of 2015, compared to $1.6 million, or 10.9 percent of net sales, for the prior year quarter.  The decrease in gross profit was primarily attributable to unfavorable cumulative long-term revenue adjustments of $1.9 million in the third quarter of 2015 and the decline in sales and fixed-cost utilization.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the segment were $2.8 million in the third quarter of 2015 compared to $2.8 million in the third quarter of 2014. An increase in restructuring cost of $0.8 million in the third quarter of 2015 was offset by savings realized from prior cost-reduction activities when compared to the third quarter of 2014.

Non-Segment

Interest expense decreased $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2015 on lower borrowings compared to the third quarter of 2014.

The Company recorded income tax expense of $0.2 million for the third quarter of 2015, compared to an income tax benefit of $0.8 million in the third quarter of 2014.

The Company generated cash flow from operations of $4.8 million in the third quarter of 2015 and funded net capital expenditures of $3.6 million, resulting in free cash flow of $1.3 million.

Backlog at September 30, 2015, increased to $384.3 million, compared to $366.0 million at June 30, 2015.

Outlook for 2015

The Company reaffirms the guidance for 2015 previously provided in the second quarter 2015 earnings release dated August 7, 2015:

Revenue of between $377.0 million and $387.0 million, consisting of Aerostructures revenue of between $325.0 million and $330.0 million and Engineering Services revenue of between $52.0 million and $57.0 million

Operating profit of between $20.0 million and $24.0 million

Free cash flow of between $10.0 million and $15.0 million.


Conference Call and Webcast Information

In connection with this release and as previously announced, LMI will hold a conference call today, Nov. 6, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., Central Standard Time. LMI Chief Executive Officer Dan Korte and Chief Financial Officer Cliff Stebe will host the call. To participate in the call, dial 866-307-3343 approximately five minutes before the conference call time start time.

Visit http://ir.lmiaerospace.com/events.cfm to access a link to a live webcast of the call. A recording of the call will be available for a limited time on the Company's website after the call concludes.

About LMI Aerospace

LMI Aerospace Inc. is a leading supplier of structural solutions and engineering services to the commercial, business and regional, and military aerospace markets. Manufacturing more than 40,000 products for a variety of platforms and providing turnkey engineering capabilities to support aircraft lifecycles, LMI offers complete, integrated solutions in aerostructures, engineering and program management. Based in St. Louis, LMI has 24 operations located across the United States and in Mexico, the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka. For more information visit: www.lmiaerospace.com.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes forward-looking statements, including statements related to LMI's strategy and outlook for 2015 and beyond, and other statements based on current management expectations, estimates and projections. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees and are inherently subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results





and events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, difficulties implementing the Company's growth strategy, continued decline in demand in the Engineering Services segment, managing the increased leverage resulting from our notes and revolving credit facility, complying with debt covenants with respect to such indebtedness and competitive pressures, as well as those Risk Factors detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and any risk factors set forth in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this document are only made as of the date of this document and we disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.






LMI Aerospace, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Assets
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
476

 
$
7,927

Trade accounts receivable, net
61,389

 
58,234

Inventories
118,877

 
114,279

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
10,830

 
10,255

Deferred income taxes
3,775

 
3,913

Total current assets
195,347

 
194,608

 
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
101,102

 
99,482

Goodwill
86,784

 
86,784

Intangible assets, net
47,671

 
50,940

Other assets
8,971

 
10,622

Total assets
$
439,875

 
$
442,436

 
 
 
 
Liabilities and shareholders’ equity
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
17,961

 
$
21,755

Accrued expenses
24,634

 
26,072

Current installments of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
3,557

 
3,424

Total current liabilities
46,152

 
51,251

 
 
 
 
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less current installments
267,607

 
265,554

Other long-term liabilities
3,101

 
3,289

Deferred income taxes
4,155

 
4,207

Total long-term liabilities
274,863

 
273,050

 
 
 
 
Shareholders’ equity:
 
 
 
Common stock, $0.02 par value per share; authorized 28,000,000 shares; issued 13,287,688 and 13,089,003 shares at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively
266

 
262

Preferred stock, $0.02 par value per share; authorized 2,000,000 shares; none issued at either date

 

Additional paid-in capital
97,239

 
95,460

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(201
)
 
(170
)
Treasury stock, at cost, 30,767 and 28,396 shares at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively
(333
)
 
(359
)
Retained earnings
21,889

 
22,942

Total shareholders’ equity
118,860

 
118,135

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
$
439,875

 
$
442,436

 






LMI Aerospace, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)(Unaudited) 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and service revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product sales
$
84,114

 
$
81,693

 
$
246,730

 
$
245,349

Service revenue
11,519

 
15,642

 
38,928

 
53,674

Net sales
95,633

 
97,335

 
285,658

 
299,023

Cost of sales and service revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of product sales
67,514

 
61,535

 
197,211

 
195,170

Cost of service revenue
11,493

 
13,757

 
35,853

 
45,215

Cost of sales
79,007

 
75,292

 
233,064

 
240,385

Gross profit
16,626

 
22,043

 
52,594

 
58,638

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
8,979

 
14,615

 
33,980

 
41,770

Restructuring expense
1,575

 
765

 
2,368

 
2,288

Income from operations
6,072

 
6,663

 
16,246

 
14,580

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other (expense) income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
(5,653
)

(5,946
)

(16,802
)

(23,800
)
Other, net
(136
)
 
(75
)
 
(89
)
 
205

Total other expense
(5,789
)
 
(6,021
)
 
(16,891
)
 
(23,595
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
283

 
642

 
(645
)
 
(9,015
)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
249


(754
)

408


(2,557
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
34


1,396


(1,053
)

(6,458
)
Other comprehensive income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment
(32
)
 
(112
)
 
(31
)
 
(18
)
Reclassification adjustment for losses on interest rate hedges included in net earnings, net of tax of $0, $0, $0 and $157
$
0

 
$
0

 
$
0

 
$
278

Total comprehensive income (loss)
$
2

 
$
1,284

 
$
(1,084
)
 
$
(6,198
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amounts per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) per common share
$
0.00

 
$
0.11

 
$
(0.08
)
 
$
(0.51
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) per common share assuming dilution
$
0.00

 
$
0.11

 
$
(0.08
)
 
$
(0.51
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
12,907,938

 
12,740,034

 
12,851,456

 
12,704,568


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average dilutive common shares outstanding
13,050,238

 
12,887,363

 
12,851,456

 
12,704,568






LMI Aerospace, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)


 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 30,
 
2015
 
2014
Operating activities:
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(1,053
)
 
$
(6,458
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
15,018

 
17,002

Deferred taxes
(78
)
 
147

Stock based compensation
1,424

 
1,442

Debt issuance cost write-off

 
8,464

Payments to settle interest rate derivatives

 
(793
)
Other non-cash items
(94
)
 
(87
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
(3,238
)
 
8,187

Inventories
(4,993
)
 
2,079

Prepaid expenses and other assets
1,914

 
2,003

Current income taxes
(75
)
 
(2,899
)
Accounts payable
(1,754
)
 
785

Accrued expenses
(1,354
)
 
6,144

Net cash provided by operating activities
5,717

 
36,016

Investing activities:
 
 
 
Additions to property, plant and equipment
(15,305
)

(10,302
)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
260

 
981

Net cash used by investing activities
(15,045
)

(9,321
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of debt

 
250,000

Principal payments on long-term debt and notes payable
(1,814
)
 
(231,898
)
Advances on revolving line of credit
93,500

 
60,000

Payments on revolving line of credit
(89,500
)
 
(96,000
)
Payments for debt issuance cost
(309
)
 
(7,881
)
Other, net

 
(28
)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
1,877

 
(25,807
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
(7,451
)
 
888

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
7,927

 
1,572

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
476

 
$
2,460

Supplemental disclosure of noncash transactions:
 
 
 
Defined contribution plan funding in company stock
$
710

 
$
848

 





 
LMI Aerospace, Inc.
Selected Non-GAAP Disclosures
(Amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
 
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-GAAP Financial Information
 
 
 
 
Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA)(1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
34

 
$
1,396

 
$
(1,053
)
 
$
(6,458
)
Income tax (benefit) expense
 
249

 
(754
)
 
408

 
(2,557
)
Depreciation and amortization
 
5,098

 
5,998

 
15,018

 
17,002

Stock based compensation
 
828

 
1,007

 
2,588

 
2,031

Interest expense
 
5,653

 
5,946

 
16,802

 
23,800

Restructuring expense
 
1,575

 
765

 
2,368

 
2,288

Integration expense
 
175

 
64

 
348

 
557

Other, net (2)
 
(1,934
)
 
537

 
(1,974
)
 
791

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
11,678

 
$
14,959

 
$
34,505

 
$
37,454

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Free Cash Flow (3):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
4,843

 
$
21,076

 
$
5,717

 
$
36,016

Less net capital expenditures
 
(3,593
)
 
(2,517
)
 
(15,045
)
 
(9,321
)
Free cash flow
 
$
1,250

 
$
18,559

 
$
(9,328
)
 
$
26,695


(1) The Company believes Adjusted EBITDA is a measure important to many investors as an indication of operating performance by the business. We feel this measure provides additional transparency to investors that augments but does not replace the GAAP reporting of net income and provides a good comparative measure. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance defined by GAAP and should not be used in isolation or as a substitute for the related GAAP measure of net income.

(2) In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded a net gain of $3.3 million related to a legal settlement. The gain realized from the settlement offsets expenses of $1.9 million that were recorded as a favorable adjustment to EBITDA when incurred in prior quarters.  For consistency, the above table reflects only $1.9 million of the net gain as an unfavorable EBITDA adjustment. 

(3) The Company believes Free Cash Flow is a measure of the operating cash flow of the Company that is useful to investors. Free Cash Flow is a measure of cash generated by the Company for such purposes as repaying debt or funding acquisitions. Free Cash Flow is not a measure of performance defined by GAAP and should not be used in isolation or as a substitute for the related GAAP measure of cash provided by operating activities.