CIRCOR International, Inc. (NYSE: CIR) (“CIRCOR” or “the Company”), one of the world’s leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended July 2, 2023.

Q2 2023 Overview (compared with Q2 2022):

• Revenue of $209 million up 9% both reported and organically
  • Aerospace & Defense revenue of $74 million, up 9% both reported and organically
  • Industrial revenue of $135 million, up 9% both reported and organically
• Orders of $236 million, up 13% reported and 14% organically
  • Aerospace & Defense orders of $95 million, up 38% both reported and organically
  • Industrial orders of $141 million, up 1% reported and 2% organically
• GAAP operating income of $9.5 million, down 20%
• GAAP operating margin of 4.6%, down 160 bps
• Adjusted operating income excluding impact of deemed contract termination due to Russia sanctions of $29.1 million, up 75%
• Adjusted operating margin excluding impact of deemed contract termination due to Russia sanctions of 13.9%, up 520 bps

President and CEO Tony Najjar said, "Strong orders momentum continued in the second quarter, reflecting our team's focus on customers and the execution of our growth strategy. Our team delivered solid organic orders growth of 14%, primarily driven by our Aerospace and Defense segment. We benefited from the continued recovery in the commercial aerospace market, strength in our Naval Defense programs, Industrial aftermarket, and value pricing in both the foremarket and aftermarket. Our backlog at the end of Q2 2023 was up 27% to a record $604 million.”

“Our value pricing initiatives, cost controls, and simplification actions continued to serve as growth and margin expansion levers during the quarter," Mr. Najjar continued. "We delivered a 75% increase in second-quarter adjusted operating income and a 520 basis-point improvement in adjusted operating margin excluding an adjustment to reverse prior periods reported revenue on a contract deemed to be terminated due to Russia sanctions. Our year-over-year results represented another step change in margin performance driven by the significant margin expansion in our Industrial and A&D segments. With the actions taken, and our team’s continued operating discipline and focus on our customers, we believe we are well positioned to deliver sustained growth and margin expansion.”

In light of the pending transaction with CubeBid Co, Inc., which is an affiliate of investment funds managed by KKR, the Company will not conduct an earnings call this quarter or give forward-looking guidance. The Company currently expects to complete the transaction in the fourth quarter of 2023.

The financial statements and the Quarterly Report Form 10-Q are available on the CIRCOR investor relations website, https://investors.circor.com/, and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website, www.sec.gov.

1. Consolidated and Industrial segment revenues for Q2 2023 and Q2 2022 included $0.0 million and $0.2 million respectively, relating to our Pipeline Engineering business.
2. Adjusted operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for an explanation of our non-GAAP financial measures and to the reconciliations included in this press release. Adjusted operating income and Industrial segment operating income for the Q2 2023 and Q2 2022 included $0.1 million and $(1.1) million, respectively, relating to our Pipeline Engineering business. Adjusted operating income for Q2 2023 excludes the impact of a deemed contract termination due to Russia sanctions of $5.4 million.
3. Adjusted operating margin is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for an explanation of our non-GAAP financial measures and to the reconciliations included in this press release. Adjusted operating margin for Q2 2023 and Q2 2022 included 0% and (493)%, respectively, relating to our Pipeline Engineering business. Adjusted operating margin for Q2 2023 excludes the impact of a deemed contract termination due to Russia sanctions.
4. Adjusted earnings per share (diluted) is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for an explanation of our non-GAAP financial measures and to the reconciliations included in this press release. Adjusted earnings per share and our segment results for Q2 2023 exclude net loss from non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization and special and restructuring charges of $19.5 million, consisting of (i) $9.0 million for non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization and depreciation expense; (ii) $4.2 million of special charges related to the evaluation of strategic alternatives for the Company;(iii) the impact of a deemed contract termination of $5.4 million due to government sanctions placed on Russia in May 2023; (iv) $0.6 million receivable write off due to the deemed contract termination of the Russia order; and (v) other special and restructuring charges net of $0.4 million. Adjusted earnings per share and our segment results for Q2 2022 exclude net loss from non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization and special and restructuring charges of $4.7 million, consisting of (i) $10.4 million for non-cash acquisition-related intangible amortization and depreciation expense; (ii) $5.0 million of special charges related to the amendment of the credit agreement; (iii) $5.0 million of costs due to the investigation into the accounting irregularities of the Pipeline Engineering business and incremental professional services incurred due to the restatement; (iv) $0.9 million of special charges related to the evaluation of strategic alternatives for the company; (v) net restructuring charges of $4.7 million comprised of $5.3 million of CTA loss offset by other adjustments of $0.6 million due to the deconsolidation of the Pipeline Engineering businesses; (vi) other special and restructuring charges net of $0.7 million; and (vii) a gain of $22.0 million on the sale of real estate located at Walden, New York and Tampa, Florida.
5. Adjusted free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure, is calculated by subtracting GAAP capital expenditures, net of proceeds from asset sales and third party funding, from GAAP operating cash flow. Refer to “Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for an explanation of our non-GAAP financial measures and to the reconciliations included in this press release.
6. Orders, an operating measure, is defined as a legally binding agreement from an authorized individual at a customer requesting CIRCOR to provide goods and/or services at a fixed or determinable price and CIRCOR is capable of providing such goods and services, when the terms and conditions are firm enough to assure subsequent payment by the customer. Consolidated and Industrial segment orders for both Q2 2023 and Q2 2022 included $0.0 million relating to our Pipeline Engineering business.
7. Net Debt, a non-GAAP financial measure, is calculated as gross debt (Term Loan B and revolvers) less cash or cash equivalents. Refer to "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for an explanation of our non-GAAP financial measures and to the reconciliations included in this press release.
8. TTM is defined as trailing twelve months.
9. Net Leverage, a non-GAAP financial measure, is defined as a calculated measure of net debt (as defined above) divided by adjusted EBITDA (TTM). Refer to "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for an explanation of our non-GAAP financial measures.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this press release, the Company uses the non-GAAP financial measures adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted free cash flow, net debt, and net leverage. Non-GAAP financial measures are used by management in our financial and operating decision making because we believe they reflect our ongoing business and facilitate period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating CIRCOR’s current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does if they so choose. These non-GAAP financial measures can also assist investors and others in comparing CIRCOR’s current financial results with CIRCOR’s past financial results in a consistent manner.

We exclude costs and tax effects associated with special and restructuring activities, such as reducing overhead and consolidating facilities. We believe that the costs related to special and restructuring activities are not indicative of our normal operating costs. We exclude certain acquisition-related costs, including significant transaction costs and amortization of inventory and fixed-asset step-ups and the related tax effects. We exclude these costs because we do not believe they are indicative of our normal operating costs.

We exclude the expense and tax effects associated with the non-cash amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets because a significant portion of the purchase price for acquisitions may be allocated to intangible assets that have lives up to 25 years. Exclusion of the non-cash amortization expense allows comparisons of operating results that are consistent over time for both our newly acquired and long-held businesses and with both acquisitive and non-acquisitive peer companies.

We exclude certain gains/losses and related tax effects, which are either isolated or cannot be expected to occur again with any predictability, and that we believe are not indicative of our normal operating gains and losses. For example, we exclude gains/losses from items such as the sale of a business, significant litigation-related matters and lump-sum pension plan settlements. We exclude the results of discontinued operations. We exclude goodwill impairment charges. We exclude these costs because we do not believe they are indicative of our normal operating costs. We also exclude the impact of a deemed contract termination as a result of Russia sanctions because we do not believe this is indicative of normal operations.

Due to the significance of recently sold or exited businesses and to provide a comparison of changes in our revenue and orders (an operating measure), we also discuss these changes on an “organic” basis. Organic is calculated assuming the divestitures and/or exited businesses completed prior to July 2, 2023 were completed on January 1, 2022 and excluding the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

CIRCOR’s management uses these non-GAAP measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, as the basis for measuring the Company’s operating performance and comparing such performance to that of prior periods and to the performance of our peers. We use such measures when publicly providing our business outlook, assessing future earnings potential, evaluating potential acquisitions and dispositions and in our financial and operating decision-making process, including for compensation purposes.

Investors should recognize that these non-GAAP measures might not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. These measures should be considered in addition and not as a substitute for or superior to, any measure of performance, cash flow or liquidity prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included in this news release.

About CIRCOR International, Inc.

CIRCOR International is one of the world’s leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets. The Company has a product portfolio of market-leading brands serving its customers’ most demanding applications. CIRCOR markets its solutions directly and through various sales partners to more than 14,000 customers in approximately 100 countries. The Company has a global presence with approximately 3,100 employees and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more information, visit the Company’s investor relations website at http://investors.circor.com.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

This press release does not constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval. In connection with the proposed transaction, CIRCOR filed a definitive proxy statement regarding the proposed transaction (the “Proxy Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 17, 2023 and mailed the Proxy Statement to stockholders of the Company entitled to vote at the Special Meeting on or around July 17, 2023. CIRCOR may also file other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. This document is not a substitute for the Proxy Statement or any other document that may be filed by CIRCOR with the SEC.

BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, CIRCOR’S STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY CIRCOR WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT DECISION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND THE PARTIES TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.

Any vote in respect of resolutions to be proposed at a CIRCOR stockholder meeting to approve the proposed transaction or related matters, or other responses in relation to the proposed transaction, should be made only on the basis of the information contained in CIRCOR’s Proxy Statement. Stockholders may obtain a free copy of the Proxy Statement and other documents CIRCOR files with the SEC (when available) through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. CIRCOR makes available free of charge on its investor relations website at investors.circor.com copies of materials it files with, or furnishes to, the SEC.

The proposed transaction will be implemented solely pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among CIRCOR, Cube BidCo, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Cube Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), dated as of June 5, 2023, as amended as of June 26, 2023 and June 29, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement” ), which contains the full terms and conditions of the proposed transaction.

Participants in the Solicitation

CIRCOR and certain of its directors, executive officers and certain employees and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from CIRCOR’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Security holders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of CIRCOR’s directors and executive officers in CIRCOR’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the SEC on March 15, 2023. To the extent the holdings of CIRCOR’s securities by CIRCOR’s directors and executive officers have changed since the amounts set forth in CIRCOR’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies from CIRCOR’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction, which may, in some cases, be different than those of CIRCOR’s stockholders generally, by reading the Proxy Statement and other materials that may be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction when they become available. These documents (when available) may be obtained free of charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and the investor relations page of the CIRCOR’s website at investors.circor.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements that address expectations or projections about the future, including with respect to the Company’s expectations for its performance in 2023 or relating to the Company’s pending transaction with CubeBid Co, Inc. are forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from the expectations the Company describes in its forward-looking statements. Substantial reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because they involve unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond the control of CIRCOR. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, but are not limited to the inability to achieve expected results in pricing and cost cut actions and the related impact on margins and cash flow; the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures; the remediation of the material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting or other potential weaknesses of which the Company is not currently aware or which have not been detected; uncertainty associated with the current worldwide economic conditions and the continuing impact on economic and financial conditions in the United States and around the world, including as a result of COVID-19, rising inflation, increasing interest rates, natural disasters, military conflicts, including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, terrorist attacks, uncertainties as to the timing of the proposed transaction with CubeBid Co, Inc., uncertainties as to how many of the Company’s stockholders will vote their stock in favor of the transaction; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement, including circumstances requiring a party to pay the other party a termination fee pursuant to the Merger Agreement; the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction on a timely basis or at all; the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the consummation of the proposed transaction, including the ability to secure regulatory approvals and stockholder approval on the terms expected, at all or in a timely manner; the effects of the transaction (or the announcement or pendency thereof) on relationships with associates, customers, manufacturers, suppliers, employees (including the risks relating to the ability to retain or hire key personnel), other business partners or governmental entities; transaction costs; the risk that the merger will divert management’s attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations or otherwise disrupts the Company’s ongoing business operations; changes in the Company’s businesses during the period between now and the closing; certain restrictions during the pendency of the proposed transaction that may impact the Company’s ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic transactions; risks associated with litigation relating to the proposed transaction, and other similar matters, and the risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. Before making any investment decisions regarding CIRCOR, the Company strongly advises you to read the section entitled “Risk Factors” in its 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the Risk Factor included in Part II Item 1A in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2023, which can be accessed under the “Investors” link of the Company’s website at www.circor.com. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.