Cornerstone Building Brands Reports Strong Second-Quarter 2021 Results

• Posted second-quarter net sales growth of 29 percent, with strong performance across all business segments
• Generated earnings per diluted share of $0.07, with adjusted earnings per diluted share of $0.67
• Delivered net income of $9 million, with adjusted net income of $84 million, 11 percent higher than prior year
• Generated $190 million of pro forma Adjusted EBITDA¹, 18 percent higher than prior year
• Expects to reduce year end net debt leverage by one to one and a half turns versus year end 2020

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (NYSE: CNR) (the “Company”), the largest manufacturer of exterior building products in North America, today reported strong financial results for the second quarter of 2021 that reflected net sales growth and strong performance across all business segments.

Net sales for the second quarter were $1,400.1 million, an increase of 29.1 percent compared with net sales of $1,084.9 million in the same quarter last year, and an increase of 8.1 percent from the second quarter of 2019. Pro forma net sales¹ of $1,406.3 million were 28.0 percent higher than in the second quarter of 2020. The net sales growth was driven by increased volume of 13.4 percent compared with the prior-year quarter and price actions in response to rising commodity costs and other inflationary impacts. For the first half of 2021, pro forma net sales¹ were $2,691.1 million, a 20.4 percent increase over the prior-year first half, led by strong volume growth of 11.3 percent with two fewer fiscal ship days.

Net income was $8.8 million or $0.07 per diluted share compared with $26.5 million or $0.21 per diluted share in the same quarter last year. Adjusted net income¹ was $84.5 million or $0.67 per diluted share, an 11.2 percent increase compared to the prior year. For the first half of 2021, Adjusted net income¹ was $122.7 million or $0.97 per diluted share compared with a net loss of $41.3 million in the same period last year.

Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA¹ for the second quarter of 2021 was $190.2 million, which was 18.3 percent higher than the same pro forma period a year ago and 7.9% percent higher than the comparable 2019 period. Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA¹ growth was driven by strong residential demand and price actions offsetting inflationary impacts partially reduced by higher manufacturing costs incurred to serve customers. For the first half of 2021, pro forma Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $331.4 million was 12.3 percent of pro forma net sales¹, which increased 70 basis points over the same pro forma period a year ago and 200 basis points from the comparable 2019 period.

“We continue to leverage the strengths of our business model to deliver long-term profitable growth,” said James S. Metcalf, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “This quarter we delivered record second quarter earnings and made significant progress toward optimizing our portfolio. These actions strengthen our financial flexibility and position the Company to deliver value to all our stakeholders.”

As part of the Company’s ongoing effort to optimize its portfolio, the Company entered into definitive agreements to divest its Insulated Metal Panels business to Nucor Insulated Panel Group Inc and the Roll-up Sheet Doors business to Janus Industrial Holdings Inc for approximately $1.2 billion in cash transactions, subject to customary closing adjustments. Both transactions are expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.

Segment Results Versus Prior Year

Due to the timing of the Company’s fiscal calendar, second-quarter 2021 had one more ship day than second-quarter 2020.

• Windows segment net sales for the quarter were $579.7 million, an increase of 35.4 percent versus the same period last year. Strong volumes across all sales channels drove increased volume of 22.5 percent coupled with incremental sales growth from recent acquisition of Prime Windows. Also contributing to the increase was disciplined price actions in response to rising commodity costs and other inflationary impacts. Operating income was $38.8 million for the quarter, an increase of $15.7 million or 67.9 percent from the prior year quarter. Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $73.2 million or 12.5 percent of pro forma net sales¹, an increase of 17.6 percent, primarily due to increased volume of 47.2 percent and favorable price, net of commodity and other inflation impacts, partially offset by increased manufacturing costs to serve customers and inefficiencies caused by labor shortages. On a year-to-date basis, pro forma net sales¹ increased 25.1 percent, and pro forma Adjusted EBITDA¹ margin increased 50 basis points.

• Siding segment net sales for the quarter were $362.2 million, an increase of 27.0 percent versus the pro forma second-quarter 2020 net sales¹. During the quarter, strong order momentum in the wholesale and retail channels drove increased volume of 12.0 percent and disciplined price actions in response to rising commodity costs and other inflationary impacts. Operating income was $53.4 million for the quarter, an increase of $22.7 million or 74.2 percent from the prior year quarter. Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $79.4 million or 21.9 percent of net sales¹, an increase of 25.5 percent, primarily due to increased volume of 20.1 percent and favorable price, net of commodity and other inflation impacts, partially offset by increased manufacturing costs to serve customers. On a year-to-date basis, net sales increased 26.9 percent, and Adjusted EBITDA¹ margin increased 110 basis points as compared to the pro forma period last year.

• Commercial segment net sales for the quarter were $458.2 million, an increase of 23.4 percent from the prior year, driven by disciplined price actions to mitigate rising steel costs and increased volume of 3.6 percent. Operating income was $53.3 million for the quarter, an increase of $16.7 million or 45.5 percent from the prior year. Adjusted EBITDA¹ was $67.5 million or 14.7 percent of net sales, an increase of 19.4 percent over the same quarter last year, primarily due to favorable price, net of commodity and other inflation impacts, partially offset by return of near term expenses. On a year-to-date basis, net sales increased 10.8 percent, and Adjusted EBITDA¹ margin increased 80 basis points.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

The Company’s cash flow used in operations of $31.8 million was driven by investments in net working capital to support the robust demand environment. Capital expenditures were $26.4 million, with approximately 50 percent invested in innovative product offerings and process automation that are expected to generate profitable growth in the future.

During the quarter, the Company fully redeemed its $645 million, 8.00% Senior Notes due April 2026 using available cash from the balance sheet and net proceeds from its extended and upsized senior term loan facility. Additionally, the Company refinanced its credit facilities, meaningfully extending its debt maturities and reducing annual interest costs by over $50 million a year. Unrestricted cash on hand was approximately $89 million and liquidity was approximately $608 million as of July 3, 2021. The net debt leverage ratio improved to 4.6x at the end of the second-quarter 2021 compared with 5.3x at the end of the second-quarter 2020.

Outlook

Third-Quarter 2021 Guidance anticipating the impacts of acquisitions and divestitures as if occurred at the beginning of the quarter. For comparison purposes a reconciliation of the pro forma 3Q 2020 financial measures have also been provided.

• The Company expects net sales to be between $1,385 million and $1,435 million

• Gross Profit is anticipated to be between $310 million and $330 million
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ is expected to be between $180 million and $195 million

Fiscal Year 2021 Guidance

• Capital spending is projected to be approximately $100 million to $120 million
• Cash interest expense is expected to be approximately $170 million
• Cash tax rate expected to be approximately 30%
• Expects to improve year end net debt leverage by one to one and a half turns versus year end 2020

^{(1) Adjusted and pro forma financial metrics used in this release, including Adjusted EBITDA, are non-GAAP measures. See reconciliations of GAAP results to adjusted results and pro forma results in the accompanying tables.}

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a conference call at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, August 4, to discuss its financial performance with investors and securities analysts. The financial results and supplemental information will be available online at investors.cornerstonebuildingbrands.com.

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About Cornerstone Building Brands

Cornerstone Building Brands is the largest manufacturer of exterior building products for residential and low-rise non-residential buildings in North America. Headquartered in Cary, N.C., we serve residential and commercial customers across the new construction and repair and remodel markets. Our market-leading portfolio of products spans vinyl windows, vinyl siding, stone veneer, insulated metal panels, metal roofing, metal wall systems and metal accessories. Cornerstone Building Brands’ broad, multichannel distribution platform and expansive national footprint includes more than 20,000 employees at manufacturing, distribution and office locations throughout North America. Corporate stewardship and environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsibility are deeply embedded in our culture. We are committed to contributing positively to the communities where we live, work and play. For more information, visit us at www.cornerstonebuildingbrands.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Such forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements concerning our market commentary and performance expectations, including our third quarter 2021 forecasted net sales, gross profit, and Adjusted EBITDA, and our fiscal year 2021 forecasted cost savings initiatives, return of near-term costs, net debt leverage, capital spending, cash interest expense, cash tax rate and other consolidated financial performance guidance. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to: industry cyclicality; seasonality of the business and adverse weather conditions; challenging economic conditions affecting the residential, non-residential and repair and remodeling construction industry and markets; commodity price volatility and/or limited availability of raw materials, including polyvinyl chloride resin, glass, aluminum, and steel; our ability to identify and develop relationships with a sufficient number of qualified suppliers and to avoid a significant interruption in our supply chains; increasing difficulty in credit or financing availability of consumers or builders; increase in inflationary activity; ability to successfully achieve price increases; success of automation initiatives; successful implementation of restructuring initiatives; successful integration of our acquired businesses; ability to recruit and retain employees; volatility in the United States and international economies and in the credit markets; the severity, duration and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as actions that may be taken by the Company or governmental authorities to contain COVID-19 or to treat its impact; an impairment of our goodwill and/or intangible assets; our ability to successfully develop new products or improve existing products; the effects of manufacturing or assembly realignments; retention and replacement of key personnel; enforcement and obsolescence of our intellectual property rights; costs related to compliance with, violations of or liabilities under environmental, health and safety laws; changes in building codes and standards; competitive activity and pricing pressure in our industry; our ability to make strategic acquisitions accretive to earnings and dispositions at favorable prices and terms; our ability to carry out our restructuring plans and to fully realize the expected cost savings; global climate change, including legal, regulatory or market responses thereto; breaches of our information system security measures; damage to our computer infrastructure and software systems; necessary maintenance or replacements to our enterprise resource planning technologies; potential personal injury, property damage or product liability claims or other types of litigation; compliance with certain laws related to our international business operations; increases in labor costs, potential labor disputes, union organizing activity and work stoppages at our facilities or the facilities of our suppliers; significant changes in factors and assumptions used to measure certain of our defined benefit plan obligations and the effect of actual investment returns on pension assets; the cost and difficulty associated with integrating and combining acquired businesses; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions and dispositions and to use the proceeds from dispositions; volatility of the Company’s stock price; substantial governance and other rights held by our sponsor investors; the effect on our common stock price caused by transactions engaged in by our sponsor investors, our directors or executives; our substantial indebtedness and our ability to incur substantially more indebtedness; limitations that our debt agreements place on our ability to engage in certain business and financial transactions; our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms; downgrades of our credit ratings; and the effect of increased interest rates on our ability to service our debt. See also the “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and other risks described in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC, which identify other important factors, though not necessarily all such factors, that could cause future outcomes to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release includes certain “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and in accordance with Regulation G. Management believes the use of such non-GAAP financial measures assists investors in understanding the ongoing operating performance of the Company by presenting the financial results between periods on a more comparable basis. Such non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as an alternative to reported results determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We have included reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and provided in accordance with U.S. GAAP at the end of this release. A reconciliation of the forecasted range for Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2021 is not included in this release due to the number of variables in the projected range and because we are currently unable to quantify accurately certain amounts that would be required to be included in the GAAP measure or the individual adjustments for such reconciliation. In addition, we believe such reconciliation would imply a degree of precision that would be confusing or misleading to investors.

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