Twin Rivers Announces Price Increase on Specialty Products

HIGHLIGHTS• Pulp sales of 2,401 thousand tons (-2% vs. 1Q23).• Paper sales1 of 313 thousand tons (12% vs. 1Q23).• Average net pulp price in export market: US$624/ton (-13% vs. 1Q23).• Average net paper price1 of R$6,713/ton (-9% vs. 1Q23). • Pulp cash cost ex-downtime of R$812/ton (-13% vs. 1Q23). • Leverage of 3.5 times in USD and 3.6 times in BRL. • Cerrado Project completes 94% of physical progress and 87% of financial progress up to April 2024.

Appleton Coated, a mill that shut abruptly last fall when it went into receivership, has been inching back to life, with its third machine restarted Monday (March 26) and 230 of its 600 employees recalled to work. Its improbable rebirth is coming under an equally improbable owner, used machine dealer Industrial Assets Corp. Other mills that shut in the past, like NewPage in Kimberly, are no more than a pile of rocks today. Appleton Coated, instead, is getting back on its feet.

Executive Summary *First quarter 2021 net sales of $4.7 billion decreased 5 percent compared to the year-ago period, including an organic sales decline of 8 percent. *Diluted net income per share for the first quarter was $1.72 in 2021 and $1.92 in 2020. *First quarter adjusted earnings per share were $1.80 in 2021 compared to $2.13 in 2020. Adjusted earnings per share exclude certain items described later in this news release. *Diluted net income per share for 2021 is anticipated to be $6.65 to $7.15. *The company is now targeting full-year 2021 organic sales growth of 0 to 1 percent and adjusted earnings per share of $7.30 to $7.55. The prior outlook was for organic sales growth of 1 to 2 percent and adjusted earnings per share of $7.75 to $8.00. The updated earnings outlook reflects significantly higher input cost inflation and lower sales volumes, partially offset by higher net selling prices and additional cost savings.