Domtar Corporation Reports Preliminary First Quarter 2021 Financial Results
Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today reported a net loss of
The first quarter 2021 results include an after-tax loss of
Excluding discontinued operations and the items listed below, the Company had earnings from continuing operations before items1 of
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Line item |
Amount |
After-tax effect |
EPS impact (per share) |
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(in millions) |
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First quarter 2021 |
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Pulp and Paper |
Impairment of long-lived assets |
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Pulp and Paper |
Closure and restructuring costs |
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Pulp and Paper |
Asset conversion costs |
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Corporate |
Closure and restructuring costs |
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Fourth quarter 2020 |
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Pulp and Paper |
Impairment of long-lived assets |
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Pulp and Paper |
Closure and restructuring costs |
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Corporate |
Closure and restructuring costs |
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First quarter 2020 |
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QUARTERLY REVIEW
“While COVID-19 continued to remain the dominant challenge in the first quarter, severe winter weather affected our production and our supply chains across North America, notably at our Ashdown, AR market pulp mill. Nevertheless, we got off to a reasonably good start to the year and we expect strong second half results driven by price momentum and strong volume in paper and pulp,” said John D. Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer. “The Kingsport conversion is progressing well. The project is on schedule, and the crews on site are currently completing demolition and preparing the site for the new buildings and warehouse. We are also making good progress with our commercial strategy and the customer response continues to be extremely positive.”
Mr. Williams added, “During the quarter, we successfully closed the sale of the Personal Care business. The sale is part of our ongoing effort to strategically optimize our portfolio and it allowed us to strengthen our balance sheet, enhance liquidity and repurchase shares.”
Operating income was
Operating income before items1 was
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(In millions of dollars) |
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1Q 2021 |
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4Q 2020 |
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Sales |
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$ |
944 |
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$ |
920 |
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Operating income (loss) |
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Pulp and Paper segment |
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12 |
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(10 |
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Corporate |
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(10 |
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(10 |
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Total operating income (loss) |
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2 |
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(20 |
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Operating income before items1 |
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19 |
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35 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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54 |
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53 |
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The increase in operating income in the first quart