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2020 at a Glance
Containerboard Specialty Recovery Packaging Products A Canadian leader A Canadian leader A North American leader in the recovery in industrial and food packaging of recycled fibres 6th largest producer in North America A leading North American producer of honeycomb paperboard
Tissue Papers Boxboard 3 1 A leader in tissue papers Europe 1.3 OSHA rate production in Canada 2nd largest producer 4th largest producer of coated recycled in North America boxboard in Europe
3.4 M 82% 80% short tons of recycled fibres of the fibres used to of our mills’ manufacturing are used by our North American manufacture our products waste is put to beneficial use and European paper mills in North America and Europe are recycled
15%4 51%5 22%4 reduction in our energy reduction in our greenhouse reduction in our water consumption since 2010 gas emissions since 1990 consumption since 2010
$244 M 17th 16th Global 100 Most Sustainable Canada’s top 50 corporate Invested in property, plant & equipment, Corporations in the World citizens according to excluding right-of-use assets according to Corporate Knights Corporate Knights $5,157 M Sales 10th consecutive Canada’s Top 100 $665 M year Employers most responsible company according to Mediacorp 2 OIBD and brand according to Quebecers, Canada Inc. as measured by the Barometer of Responsible Consumption $675 M Adjusted OIBD2
1 Via our 57.6% equity ownership in Reno de Medici S.p.A. (at Dec. 31, 2020), a public Italian company. 2 Please refer to the “Forward-looking Statements” and “Supplemental Information on Non-IFRS Measures” sections for more details. 3 OSHA frequency rate: Number of accidents with lost time or temporary assignments or medical treatments X 200,000 hours/hours worked. 4 Intensity: Water (Cubic metres of waste water/Metric tonne of sealable products); Energy (Gigajoules of energy purchased/Metric tonne of sealable products). 5 Intensity. Direct Emissions. Preliminary data. Financial Snapshot
(in millions of Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted) 2020 20191 2018
AS REPORTED Sales 5,157 4,996 4,649 Operating income 366 261 228 % of sales 7.1% 5.2% 4.9% Operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBD)2 665 550 472 % of sales 12.9% 11.0% 10.2% Net earnings 198 72 57 per share (in dollars) $2.04 $0.77 $0.60 Dividend per share (in dollars) $0.32 $0.24 $0.16
ADJUSTED2 Operating income 376 315 245 % of sales 7.3% 6.3% 5.3% Operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBD)2 675 604 489 % of sales 13.1% 12.1% 10.5% Net earnings 187 96 79 per share (in dollars) $1.95 $1.02 $0.83 Return on assets2, 3 13.1% 12.0% 10.6% Return on capital employed2, 4 6.2% 5.4% 4.6%
FINANCIAL POSITION (AS AT DECEMBER 31) Total assets 5,412 5,188 4,948 Capital employed4 4,313 4,206 3,881 Net debt2 1,679 1,963 1,769 Net debt /adjusted OIBD2 2.5x 3.25x 3.5x Equity attributable to shareholders 1,753 1,492 1,506 per share (in dollars) $17.14 $15.83 $15.99 Working capital as a % of sales7 9.6% 10.1% 10.6%
KEY INDICATORS Total shipments (in thousands of short tons (s.t.))5 3,494 3,366 3,225 Manufacturing capacity utilization rate6 93% 92% 93% US$/CAN$ - Average rate $0.75 $0.75 $0.77
1 2019 consolidated results have been adjusted to reflect retrospective adjustments of purchase price allocation. Please refer to Note 5 of the 2020 Audited Consolidated Financial Statements for more details. 2 See “Forward-looking Statements” and “Supplemental Information on Non-IFRS Measures” sections for more details. 3 Return on assets is a non-IFRS measure defined as the last twelve months’ (“LTM”) adjusted OIBD/LTM quarterly average of total assets less cash and cash equivalents. 4 Return on capital employed is a non-IFRS measure and is defined as the after-tax amount of the LTM adjusted operating income, including our share of core associates and joint ventures, divided by the LTM quarterly average of capital employed. Capital employed is defined as the quarterly total average assets less trade and other payables and cash and cash equivalents. 5 Shipments do not take into account the elimination of business sector inter-segment shipments. Shipments from our Specialty Products segment are not presented as it uses different units of measure. 6 Defined as: Manufacturing internal and external shipments/practical capacity. Excluding Specialty Products segment manufacturing activities. 7 Working capital includes accounts receivable (excluding the short-term portion of other assets) plus inventories less trade and other payables. Percentage of sales = Average LTM working capital/LTM sales. It includes or excludes significant business acquisitions and disposals. Financial Highlights
Symbol: CAS 102.3 million 133.7 million Common shares Total number of common (ON THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE) outstanding shares traded as at December 31, 2020 in 2020
S&P / TSX $0.08 2.2% Quarterly dividend Annual Indices per share dividend yield in 2020 as at December 31, 2020 - COMPOSITE - SMALL CAP $17.62 $9.94 Intraday high Intraday low - DIVIDEND in 2020 in 2020 - RENEWABLE ENERGY & CLEAN TECHNOLOGY $1.49 billion Moody’s: Ba2 (stable) Market capitalization as at December 31, 2020 S&P: BB- (stable) Corporate credit ratings as at December 31, 2020
Cascades Share Price Performance in 2020