TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Masonite International Corporation (“Masonite” or “the Company”) (NYSE:
DOOR) today announced results for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

Executive Summary – 1Q19 versus 1Q18

• Net sales increased 2% to $530 million versus $518 million. Excluding
  foreign exchange, net sales increased 4%.
• Net income attributable to Masonite was $4 million compared to $21
  million. The decline was due to charges related to our previously
  announced restructuring actions and divestiture of non-core businesses.
• Diluted earnings per share decreased to $0.15 from $0.73.
• Adjusted earnings per share* increased to $0.81 from $0.73. Adjusted
  earnings per share* excludes pre-tax charges of $22 million related to
  our restructuring and divestiture of non-core businesses.
• Adjusted EBITDA* increased 7% to $65 million versus $61 million.
• Repurchased 646,102 shares of stock in the first quarter for
  approximately $33 million.

“We are pleased with our first quarter performance. Adjusted EBITDA
margin expanded both year-on-year and sequentially, despite slower end
market demand and anticipated inflationary pressures,” said Fred Lynch,
President and CEO. “Our teams are executing well on our key strategic
initiatives including announced restructuring actions. Our continued
focus on operations, coupled with previously implemented pricing,
suggests we are well positioned for 2019.”

First Quarter 2019 Discussion

Net sales increased 2% to $530 million in the first quarter of 2019,
from $518 million in the comparable period of 2018. The increase in net
sales was the result of a 5% increase in volumes from acquisitions and a
5% increase in average unit price (AUP), partially offset by a 5%
decline in base volumes and a 2% decrease due to foreign exchange.

• North American Residential net sales were $354 million, a 2% decrease
  compared to the first quarter of 2018, driven primarily by a 9%
  decline in base volumes, a 1% decrease due to foreign exchange and a
  1% decline in sales of components and other products, partially offset
  by a 6% increase in AUP and a 3% increase in volumes from acquisitions.
• Europe net sales were $84 million, a 3% decrease over the first
  quarter of 2018, driven primarily by a 7% decline due to foreign
  exchange, a net 1% reduction from acquisitions and divestitures and a
  1% decline in sales of components and other products. Partly
  offsetting these reductions, base volume in Europe improved by
  approximately 5%.
• Architectural net sales were $86 million, a 28% increase over the
  first quarter of 2018. The 2018 acquisition of Graham and Maiman
  contributed 21% of incremental net sales. Additionally, an increase in
  base volumes and in AUP contributed 2% and 5%, respectively.

Total company gross profit increased 6% to $112 million in the first
quarter of 2019, from $105 million in the first quarter of 2018. Gross
profit margin increased 70 basis points to 21.1%, due to higher AUP and
improved operational performance, partially offset by higher inflation
on raw materials and manufacturing wages and benefits. Additionally, the
transactional impact from foreign exchange was higher in the quarter
than usual due to year-on-year weakening of the Canadian Dollar.

Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) of $78 million
increased $10 million compared to the first quarter of 2018. The
increase was primarily driven by additional costs from acquisitions,
including resources to facilitate integration, higher depreciation and
amortization and losses related to the divestiture of a non-core product
line. SG&A as a percentage of net sales was 14.7%, a 150 basis point
increase from the first quarter of 2018.

Net income attributable to Masonite decreased $17 million to $4 million
in the first quarter of 2019. Adjusted EBITDA* increased $4 million to
$65 million for the first quarter of 2019, from $61 million in the
comparable 2018 period.

Diluted earnings per share were $0.15 in the first quarter of 2019
compared to $0.73 in the comparable 2018 period. Adjusted diluted
earnings per share* were $0.81 in the first quarter of 2019 compared to
$0.73 in the comparable 2018 period. Adjusted earnings per share
excludes pre-tax charges of $22 million related to restructuring and
divestiture of non-core businesses.

Masonite repurchased 646,102 shares of stock in the first quarter of
2019 for $33 million, at an average price of $51.37.

Masonite Earnings Conference Call

The Company will hold a live conference call and webcast on May 2, 2019.
The live audio webcast will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET and can be accessed,
together with the presentation, on the Masonite website www.masonite.com.
The webcast can be directly accessed at: Q1’19
Earnings Webcast.

Telephone access to the live call will be available at 877-407-8289 (in
the U.S.) or by dialing 201-689-8341 (outside the U.S.).

A telephone replay will be available approximately one hour following
completion of the call through May 16, 2019. To access the replay,
please dial 877-660-6853 (in the U.S.) or 201-612-7415 (outside U.S.).
Enter Conference ID #13689624.

About Masonite

Masonite International Corporation is a leading global designer and
manufacturer of interior and exterior doors for the residential new
construction; the residential repair, renovation and remodeling; and the
non-residential building construction markets. Since 1925, Masonite has
provided its customers with innovative products and superior service at
compelling values. Masonite currently serves more than 9,000 customers
in 64 countries. Additional information about Masonite can be found at www.masonite.com.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking information and other
forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian
and/or U.S. securities laws, including our discussion of, and the
effects of, our restructuring and strategic initiatives. When used in
this press release, such forward-looking statements may be identified by
the use of such words as “may,” “might,” “could,” “will,” “would,”
“should,” “expect,” “believes,” “outlook,” “predict,” “forecast,”
“objective,” “remain,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “potential,”
“continue,” “plan,” “project,” “targeting,” or the negative of these
terms or other similar terminology.

Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of Masonite, or industry results,
to be materially different from any future plans, goals, targets,
objectives, results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements. As a result, such forward-looking
statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or
results, should not be unduly relied upon, and will not necessarily be
accurate indications of whether or not such results will be achieved.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
results discussed in the forward-looking statements include, but are not
limited to, downward trends in our end markets and in economic
conditions; reduced levels of residential new construction; residential
repair, renovation and remodeling; and non-residential building
construction activity due to increases in mortgage rates, changes in
mortgage interest deductions and related tax changes and reduced
availability of financing; competition; the continued success of, and
our ability to maintain relationships with, certain key customers in
light of customer concentration and consolidation; new tariffs and
evolving trade policy between the United States and other countries,
including China; increases in prices of raw materials and fuel;
increases in labor costs, the availability of labor, or labor relations
(i.e., disruptions, strikes or work stoppages); our ability to manage
our operations including anticipating demand for our products, managing
disruptions in our operations, managing manufacturing realignments
(including related restructuring charges), managing customer credit risk
and successful integration of acquisitions; the continuous operation of
our information technology and enterprise resource planning systems and
management of potential cyber security threats and attacks; our ability
to generate sufficient cash flows to fund our capital expenditure
requirements, to meet our pension obligations, and to meet our debt
service obligations, including our obligations under our senior notes
and our ABL Facility; political, economic and other risks that arise
from operating a multinational business; uncertainty relating to the
United Kingdom’s anticipated exit from the European Union; fluctuating
exchange and interest rates; our ability to innovate and keep pace with
technological developments; product liability claims and product
recalls; retention of key management personnel; environmental and other
government regulations, including the FCPA, and any changes in such
regulations; and limitations on operating our business as a result of
covenant restrictions under our existing and future indebtedness,
including our senior notes and our ABL Facility.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Related
Information

Our management reviews net sales and Adjusted EBITDA (as defined below)
to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Net assets are
not allocated to the reportable segments. Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP
financial measure which does not have a standardized meaning under GAAP
and is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures used by other
companies. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to
either net income or operating cash flows determined in accordance with
GAAP. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of
free cash flow for management’s discretionary use, as it does not
include certain cash requirements such as interest payments, tax
payments and debt service requirements. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as
net income (loss) attributable to Masonite adjusted to exclude the
following items: depreciation; amortization; share based compensation
expense; loss (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment;
registration and listing fees; restructuring costs; asset impairment;
loss (gain) on disposal of subsidiaries; interest expense (income), net;
loss on extinguishment of debt; other expense (income), net; income tax
expense (benefit); loss (income) from discontinued operations, net of
tax; and net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest.
This definition of Adjusted EBITDA differs from the definitions of
EBITDA contained in the indentures governing the 2023 and 2026 Notes and
the credit agreement governing the ABL Facility. Adjusted EBITDA, as
calculated under our ABL Facility or senior notes would also include,
among other things, additional add-backs for amounts related to: cost
savings projected by us in good faith to be realized as a result of
actions taken or expected to be taken prior to or during the relevant
period; fees and expenses in connection with certain plant closures and
layoffs; and the amount of any restructuring charges, integration costs
or other business optimization expenses or reserve deducted in the
relevant period in computing consolidated net income, including any
one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions. Adjusted EBITDA
is used to evaluate and compare the performance of the segments and it
is one of the primary measures used to determine employee incentive
compensation. Intersegment transfers are negotiated on an arm’s length
basis, using market prices. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA, from an
operations standpoint, provides an appropriate way to measure and assess
segment performance. Our management team has established the practice of
reviewing the performance of each segment based on the measures of net
sales and Adjusted EBITDA. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to
users of the consolidated financial statements because it provides the
same information that we use internally to evaluate and compare the
performance of the segments and it is one of the primary measures used
to determine employee incentive compensation.

The tables below set forth a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net
income (loss) attributable to Masonite for the periods indicated. We are
not providing a quantitative reconciliation of our Adjusted EBITDA
outlook to the corresponding GAAP information because the GAAP measures
that we exclude from our Adjusted EBITDA outlook are difficult to
predict and are primarily dependent on future uncertainties. Items with
future uncertainties include restructuring costs, asset impairments,
share based compensation expense and gains/losses on sales of
subsidiaries and PP&E.

Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by Net
Sales. Management believes this measure provides supplemental
information on how successfully we operate our business.

Adjusted EPS is diluted earnings per common share attributable to
Masonite (EPS) less restructuring costs, asset impairment charges, loss
(gain) on disposal of subsidiaries, loss on extinguishment of debt and
other items, if any, that do not relate to Masonite’s underlying
business performance (each net of related tax expense (benefit)). In the
fourth quarter of 2018, we changed the definition of Adjusted EPS to
exclude restructuring charges and related tax impacts. This change had
no impact to Adjusted EPS for the three months ended April 1, 2018.
Management uses this measure to evaluate the overall performance of the
Company and believes this measure provides investors with helpful
supplemental information regarding the underlying performance of the
Company from period to period. This measure may be inconsistent with
similar measures presented by other companies.

* See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Related Information” for
definition and reconciliation of non-GAAP measures.

The weighted average number of shares outstanding utilized for the
diluted EPS and diluted Adjusted EPS calculation contemplates the
exercise of all currently outstanding SARs and the conversion of all
RSUs. The dilutive effect of such equity awards is calculated based on
the weighted average share price for each fiscal period using the
treasury stock method.

Contacts

joanne freiberger, CPA, CTP, IRC
VP, TREASURER
[email protected]
813.739.1808

farand pawlak, CPA
DIRECTOR, INVESTOR RELATIONS
[email protected]
813.371.5839