CANTON, Ohio, Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TimkenSteel (NYSE:
TMST), a leader in high-quality specialty steel, manufactured
components, and supply chain solutions, today announced that its
Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program under
which the company may repurchase up to $50
million of its outstanding common shares. Additionally, the
Board of Directors approved the capital expenditure budget for 2022
in the amount of $40 million.
"These actions reflect the Board's and senior leadership's
confidence in our ability to generate sustainable through-cycle
profitability while maintaining a strong balance sheet and cash
flow," said Mike Williams, president
and chief executive officer. "Given our significant transformation
over the past two years, we now have the financial flexibility to
return capital to shareholders while also investing in the business
to drive profitable growth. As such, we increased our 2022 capital
expenditure budget to $40 million
with over half dedicated to high return internal investment
projects."
The company may utilize various methods to repurchase shares,
which could include open market repurchases, including repurchases
through Rule 10b5-1 plans, privately-negotiated transactions or by
other means. The actual timing, number and value of shares
repurchased under the program, if any, will depend on a number of
factors, including the price of the company's shares, general
market and economic conditions, capital needs and other factors.
The share repurchase program does not require the company to
acquire any dollar amount or number of shares and may be modified,
suspended, extended or terminated by the company at any time
without prior notice.
ABOUT TIMKENSTEEL CORPORATION
TimkenSteel (NYSE: TMST)
manufactures high-performance carbon and alloy steel products from
recycled scrap metal in Canton,
OH, serving demanding applications in mobile, energy and a
variety of industrial end markets. The company is a premier U.S.
producer of alloy steel bars (up to 16 inches in diameter),
seamless mechanical tubing and manufactured components. In the
business of making high-quality steel for more than 100 years,
TimkenSteel's proven expertise contributes to the performance of
our customers' products. The company employs approximately 1,900
people and had sales of $831 million
in 2020. For more information, please visit us at
www.timkensteel.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release
includes "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. You can generally identify the company's
forward-looking statements by words such as "will," "anticipate,"
"aspire," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast,"
"outlook," "intend," "may," "possible," "potential," "predict,"
"project," "seek," "target," "could," "may," "should" or "would" or
other similar words, phrases or expressions that convey the
uncertainty of future events or outcomes. The company cautions
readers that actual results may differ materially from those
expressed or implied in forward-looking statements made by or on
behalf of the company due to a variety of factors, such as: the
potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company's
operations and financial results, including cash flows and
liquidity; whether the company is able to successfully implement
actions designed to improve profitability on anticipated terms and
timetables and whether the company is able to fully realize the
expected benefits of such actions; deterioration in world economic
conditions, or in economic conditions in any of the geographic
regions in which the company conducts business, including
additional adverse effects from global economic slowdown, terrorism
or hostilities, including political risks associated with the
potential instability of governments and legal systems in countries
in which the company or its customers conduct business, and changes
in currency valuations; climate-related risks, including
environmental and severe weather caused by climate changes, and
legislative and regulatory initiatives addressing global climate
change or other environmental concerns; the effects of fluctuations
in customer demand on sales, product mix and prices in the
industries in which the company operates, including the ability of
the company to respond to rapid changes in customer demand
including but not limited to changes in customer operating
schedules due to supply chain constraints, the effects of customer
bankruptcies or liquidations, the impact of changes in industrial
business cycles, and whether conditions of fair trade exist in U.S.
markets; competitive factors, including changes in market
penetration, increasing price competition by existing or new
foreign and domestic competitors, the introduction of new products
by existing and new competitors, and new technology that may impact
the way the company's products are sold or distributed; changes in
operating costs, including the effect of changes in the company's
manufacturing processes, changes in costs associated with varying
levels of operations and manufacturing capacity, availability of
raw materials and energy, the company's ability to mitigate the
impact of fluctuations in raw materials and energy costs and the
effectiveness of its surcharge mechanism, changes in the expected
costs associated with product warranty claims, changes resulting
from inventory management, cost reduction initiatives and different
levels of customer demands, the effects of unplanned work
stoppages, and changes in the cost of labor and benefits; the
success of the company's operating plans, announced programs,
initiatives and capital investments, and the company's ability to
maintain appropriate relations with unions that represent its
associates in certain locations in order to avoid disruptions of
business; unanticipated litigation, claims or assessments,
including claims or problems related to intellectual property,
product liability or warranty, and environmental issues and taxes,
among other matters; the availability of financing and interest
rates, which affect the company's cost of funds and/or ability to
raise capital, including the ability of the company to refinance or
repay at maturity the convertible notes due December 1, 2025; the company's pension
obligations and investment performance, and/or customer demand and
the ability of customers to obtain financing to purchase the
company's products or equipment that contain its products; the
overall impact of pension and other postretirement benefit
mark-to-market accounting; the effects of the conditional
conversion feature of the Convertible Notes due December 1, 2025, which, if triggered, entitles
holders to convert the notes at any time during specified periods
at their option and therefore could result in potential dilution if
the holder elects to convert and the company elects to satisfy a
portion or all of the conversion obligation by delivering common
shares instead of cash; and the impacts from any repurchases of our
common shares, including the timing and amount of any repurchases.
Further, this news release includes our current policy and intent
and is not intended to create legal rights or obligations. Any
standards of measurement and performance contained in this news
release are developing and based on assumptions, and no assurance
can be given that any plan, initiative, projection, goal,
commitment, expectation, or prospect set forth in this news release
can or will be achieved.
Additional risks relating to the company's business, the
industries in which the company operates, or the company's common
shares may be described from time to time in the company's filings
with the SEC. All of these risk factors are difficult to predict,
are subject to material uncertainties that may affect actual
results and may be beyond the company's control. Readers are
cautioned that it is not possible to predict or identify all of the
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect future
results and that the above list should not be considered to be a
complete list. Except as required by the federal securities laws,
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
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