TPI Composites : Q3 2019 Presentation

Q3 2019 Earnings Call

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This presentation includes unaudited non-GAAP financial measures including total billings, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, net cash (debt) and free cash flow. We define total billings as the total amounts we have invoiced our customers for products and services for which we are entitled to payment under the terms of our long-term supply agreements or other contractual agreements. We define EBITDA as net income (loss) plus interest expense (including losses on the extinguishment of debt and net of interest income), income taxes and depreciation and amortization. We define Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA plus any share-based compensation expense, plus or minus any gains or losses from foreign currency remeasurement and any gains or losses on the sale of assets. We define net cash (debt) as the total unrestricted cash and cash equivalents less the total principal amount of debt outstanding. We define free cash flow as net cash flow generated from operating activities less capital expenditures. We present non-GAAP measures when we believe that the additional information is useful and meaningful to investors. Non-GAAP financial measures do not have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be a substitute for, and should not be considered in isolation from, the financial measures reported in accordance with GAAP. See the appendix for the reconciliations of certain non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP measures.

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Agenda

• Q3 2019 Highlights
• Q3 2019 Financial Highlights
• Guidance for 2019
• Q&A
• Appendix
• • Non-GAAPInformation

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Q3 2019 Highlights

Q3 2019 Highlights

Q3 2019 Highlights

Net Sales and Adjusted EBITDA ($ in millions)

• Operating results and year-over-year compared to 2018:
• • Net sales were up 50.5% to $383.8 million for the quarter
  • Total billings were up 60.2% to $385.6 million for the quarter
  • Net loss for the quarter was $4.6 million compared to net income of $9.5 million in Q3 2018
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $27.6 million or 7.2% of net sales up 57.2% year over year
• Hired Lance Marram as Senior Vice President, Global Service. Lance will be responsible for expanding and implementing
  TPI's global service strategy working with TPI's existing regional teams and collaborating with turbine OEMs.

Net Sales		Adjusted EBITDA

$400		$384
	$255
$200
			$18	$28
$0
	3Q18	3Q19	3Q18	3Q19
Sets	589	858
invoiced
Est. MW	1,625	2,491
Dedicated	51	52
lines(1)
Lines	39	48
installed(2)

1. Number of wind blade manufacturing lines dedicated to our customers under long-term supply agreements at the end of the period.
2. Number of wind blade manufacturing lines installed that are either in operation, startup or transition at the end of the period.

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