皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯公布2021年全年和第四季度业绩，并宣布10亿美元股票回购计划

• 创纪录的年收入204亿美元
• 创年度净收入30亿美元纪录
• 创纪录的年度调整后息税折旧摊销前利润1为53亿美元
• 创纪录的年度营运现金流达28亿美元

皇冠体育——（皇冠体育官网商业资讯）——CLEVELAND- cliffs Inc.（纽约证券交易所代码：CLF）今天公布了截至2021年12月31日的全年和第四季度业绩。

全年综合业绩

2021年全年合并收入为204亿美元，而去年的合并收入为53亿美元。

2021年全年，公司净收入为30亿美元，摊薄每股收益为5.36美元。相比之下，2020年净亏损8100万美元，摊薄后每股亏损0.32美元。

2021年全年，调整后EBITDA1为53亿美元，而2020年为3.53亿美元。

第四季度综合业绩

2021年第四季度合并收入为53亿美元，而去年第四季度合并收入为23亿美元。

2021年第四季度，公司实现净利润8.99亿美元，摊薄后每股收益1.69美元。其中包括4700万美元的费用，或每股摊薄0.09美元，来自库存增加和收购相关费用的摊销。相比之下，2020年第四季度的净收入为7400万美元，即摊薄后每股0.14美元，其中包括4400万美元的费用，即摊薄后每股0.10美元的收购相关成本和库存增加摊销。

2021年第四季度调整后EBITDA1为15亿美元，而2020年第四季度为2.86亿美元。

从2021年第四季度产生的现金中，公司将7.61亿美元用于收购黑色金属加工和贸易公司（“FPT”）。公司使用本季度产生的剩余现金偿还了约1.5亿美元的主要债务。

同样在2021年第四季度，养老金和OPEB负债（资产净值）减少了约10亿美元，从39亿美元降至29亿美元，这主要是由于精算收益和强劲的资产回报。2021年全年负债减少约为13亿美元，其中包括公司捐款。

Cliffs董事会已授权一项新的股票回购计划，以回购公司已发行的普通股。根据股票回购计划，公司将有足够的灵活性，通过公开市场收购或私下谈判交易购买价值高达10亿美元的股票。公司没有义务进行任何采购，该计划可在任何时候暂停或终止。该计划从今天开始生效，没有具体的截止日期。

Cliffs董事长、总裁兼首席执行官Lourenco Goncalves表示：“在过去两年中，我们完成了建设并开始运营我们最先进的旗舰直接减量工厂，同时收购了两家大型钢铁公司和一家大型废钢公司，并支付了收购费用。我们在2021年取得的成绩清楚地证明了皇冠体育-克利夫斯的强大，我们的收入增长了十倍以上，从2019年的20亿美元增长到2021年的200多亿美元。所有这些增长都是盈利增长，去年产生了53亿美元的调整后息税折旧摊销前利润和30亿美元的净利润。我们强劲的现金流不仅使我们的摊薄股票数量减少了10%，而且还使我们的杠杆率降至非常健康的水平，仅为调整后EBITDA的1倍。”

Goncalves先生继续说道：“我们2021年第四季度的业绩表明，严格的供应方法对我们至关重要。在去年第三季度，我们意识到我们的汽车客户将无法在第四季度解决他们的供应链问题，因此该行业的需求拉动将会减弱。人们普遍预计，第四季度服务中心的需求将会减少。因此，我们选择不去追逐疲软的需求，而是加速维护我们的几个钢铁生产和精加工设施，以备第四季度使用。这些措施对我们第四季度的单位成本产生了短期影响，但应该有利于我们2022年的业绩。”

贡萨尔维斯还说：“皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯是皇冠体育官网汽车行业最大的钢铁供应商，其优势非常大。通过在我们的高炉中大量使用HBI和在我们的转炉中大量使用优质废钢，我们现在能够拉伸铁水，降低焦炭率，并将二氧化碳排放量减少到与我们的产品组合相似的钢铁公司的新的国际基准水平。当我们的汽车行业客户将我们的排放绩效与他们在日本、韩国、法国、奥地利、德国、比利时等国的其他主要钢铁供应商进行比较时，这一点尤为重要。换句话说，通过我们已经实施的运营变革，不依赖于突破性技术或大规模投资，皇冠体育-克利夫斯正在为汽车行业高质量钢材的钢铁供应商设定新的世界二氧化碳排放基准。”

Goncalves先生总结道：“随着需求的反弹，特别是在汽车行业，2022年将是皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯盈利能力的又一个非凡年份。根据我们最近续签的合同，我们现在以高得多的价格出售绝大多数固定价格合同数量。即使按照今天的钢铁期货曲线，我们也预计2022年钢铁的平均售价将高于2021年。由于我们期待在2022年再创辉煌，而且我们对资本支出的需求有限，我们现在可以放心地在最初的预期之前实施以股东为中心的行动。”

炼钢

2021年11月18日，Cleveland-Cliffs完成了对FPT的收购。FPT的业务属于公司的炼钢部门。上述炼钢业绩仅包括FPT在2021年11月18日至2021年12月31日期间的经营业绩。

2021年全年钢材产量为1590万吨，其中涂层占32%，热轧占31%，冷轧占18%，钢板占6%，不锈钢和电气占4%，其他占9%，包括板和钢轨。2021年第四季度的净钢产量为340万吨，其中涂层占34%，热轧占29%，冷轧占17%，钢板占7%，不锈钢和电气占5%，其他占8%，包括板和钢轨。

2021年全年炼钢收入为199亿美元，其中分销商和转炉市场收入约为77亿美元，占销售额的38%；基础设施和制造业市场获得54亿美元，占销售额的27%；汽车市场销售额为47亿美元，占销售额的24%；钢铁生产商获得了21亿美元，占销售额的11%。2021年第四季度52亿美元的炼钢收入中，分销商和转炉市场的收入约为20亿美元，占销售额的38%；向基础设施和制造业市场投入15亿美元，占销售额的29%；汽车市场销售额为11亿美元，占销售额的22%；5.52亿美元，占钢铁生产商销售额的11%。

2021年全年炼钢成本为154亿美元，其中折旧、损耗和摊销8.55亿美元，库存增加费用摊销1.61亿美元。全年炼钢部门调整后的EBITDA为54亿美元，其中包括2.32亿美元的SG&A费用。2021年第四季度炼钢成本为39亿美元，包括2.22亿美元的折旧、损耗和摊销，以及3200万美元的库存增加摊销。2021年第四季度炼钢部门调整后的EBITDA为15亿美元，其中包括5200万美元的SG&A费用。

其他业务

2021年第四季度其他业务（特别是模具和冲压）的业绩受到库存估值调整以及2021年12月影响肯塔基州鲍灵格林工厂的龙卷风的负面影响。

流动性

截至2022年2月8日，公司的流动资金总额约为26亿美元，其中包括约1亿美元的现金和约25亿美元的ABL信贷额度。

前景

由于相关固定价格销售合同的续期成功，并且基于当前2022年的期货曲线，这意味着在今年剩余时间内热轧卷钢指数平均价格为每净吨925美元，公司预计其2022年的平均销售价格约为每净吨1225美元。

相比之下，在2021年，当热轧卷钢指数价格平均约为每净吨1,600美元时，该公司的平均销售价格为每净吨1,187美元。

电话会议信息

皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯公司将于皇冠体育官网东部时间2022年2月11日上午10点召开电话会议。电话会议将进行现场直播，并存档在皇冠体育斯的网站：www.alphaetomega.net上

关于皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯公司

皇冠体育-克利夫斯是北美最大的扁钢生产商。皇冠体育斯成立于1847年，是一家矿山运营商，也是北美最大的铁矿石球团制造商。公司从开采原料、直接还原铁、废铁到初级炼钢及下游精加工、冲压、工装、管材等垂直一体化。我们是北美汽车行业最大的钢铁供应商，由于我们提供全面的扁钢产品，我们为各种其他市场提供服务。皇冠体育-克利夫斯总部位于俄亥俄州皇冠体育，在皇冠体育官网和加拿大拥有约26,000名员工。

前瞻性陈述

This release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements other than historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry or our businesses, are forward-looking statements. We caution investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those described in forward-looking statements are the following: disruptions to our operations relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the heightened risk that a significant portion of our workforce or on-site contractors may suffer illness or otherwise be unable to perform their ordinary work functions; continued volatility of steel, iron ore and scrap metal market prices, which directly and indirectly impact the prices of the products that we sell to our customers; uncertainties associated with the highly competitive and cyclical steel industry and our reliance on the demand for steel from the automotive industry, which has been experiencing a trend toward light weighting and supply chain disruptions, such as the semiconductor shortage, that could result in lower steel volumes being consumed; potential weaknesses and uncertainties in global economic conditions, excess global steelmaking capacity, oversupply of iron ore, prevalence of steel imports and reduced market demand, including as a result of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic; severe financial hardship, bankruptcy, temporary or permanent shutdowns or operational challenges, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise, of one or more of our major customers, including customers in the automotive market, key suppliers or contractors, which, among other adverse effects, could lead to reduced demand for our products, increased difficulty collecting receivables, and customers and/or suppliers asserting force majeure or other reasons for not performing their contractual obligations to us; risks related to U.S. government actions with respect to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (as amended by the Trade Act of 1974), the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and/or other trade agreements, tariffs, treaties or policies, as well as the uncertainty of obtaining and maintaining effective antidumping and countervailing duty orders to counteract the harmful effects of unfairly traded imports; impacts of existing and increasing governmental regulation, including potential environmental regulations relating to climate change and carbon emissions, and related costs and liabilities, including failure to receive or maintain required operating and environmental permits, approvals, modifications or other authorizations of, or from, any governmental or regulatory authority and costs related to implementing improvements to ensure compliance with regulatory changes, including potential financial assurance requirements; potential impacts to the environment or exposure to hazardous substances resulting from our operations; our ability to maintain adequate liquidity, our level of indebtedness and the availability of capital could limit our financial flexibility and cash flow necessary to fund working capital, planned capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes or ongoing needs of our business; our ability to reduce our indebtedness or return capital to shareholders within the currently expected timeframes or at all; adverse changes in credit ratings, interest rates, foreign currency rates and tax laws; the outcome of, and costs incurred in connection with, lawsuits, claims, arbitrations or governmental proceedings relating to commercial and business disputes, environmental matters, government investigations, occupational or personal injury claims, property damage, labor and employment matters, or suits involving legacy operations and other matters; supply chain disruptions or changes in the cost or quality of energy sources, including electricity, natural gas and diesel fuel, or critical raw materials and supplies, including iron ore, industrial gases, graphite electrodes, scrap metal, chrome, zinc, coke and metallurgical coal; problems or disruptions associated with transporting products to our customers, moving manufacturing inputs or products internally among our facilities, or suppliers transporting raw materials to us; uncertainties associated with natural or human-caused disasters, adverse weather conditions, unanticipated geological conditions, critical equipment failures, infectious disease outbreaks, tailings dam failures and other unexpected events; disruptions in, or failures of, our information technology systems, including those related to cybersecurity; liabilities and costs arising in connection with any business decisions to temporarily idle or permanently close an operating facility or mine, which could adversely impact the carrying value of associated assets and give rise to impairment charges or closure and reclamation obligations, as well as uncertainties associated with restarting any previously idled operating facility or mine; our ability to realize the anticipated synergies and benefits of our recent acquisition transactions and to successfully integrate the acquired businesses into our existing businesses, including uncertainties associated with maintaining relationships with customers, vendors and employees and known and unknown liabilities we assumed in connection with the acquisitions; our level of self-insurance and our ability to obtain sufficient third-party insurance to adequately cover potential adverse events and business risks; challenges to maintaining our social license to operate with our stakeholders, including the impacts of our operations on local communities, reputational impacts of operating in a carbon-intensive industry that produces greenhouse gas emissions, and our ability to foster a consistent operational and safety track record; our ability to successfully identify and consummate any strategic capital investments or development projects, cost-effectively achieve planned production rates or levels, and diversify our product mix and add new customers; our actual economic mineral reserves or reductions in current mineral reserve estimates, and any title defect or loss of any lease, license, easement or other possessory interest for any mining property; availability of workers to fill critical operational positions and potential labor shortages caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as our ability to attract, hire, develop and retain key personnel; our ability to maintain satisfactory labor relations with unions and employees; unanticipated or higher costs associated with pension and OPEB obligations resulting from changes in the value of plan assets or contribution increases required for unfunded obligations; the amount and timing of any repurchases of our common shares; and potential significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.

有关影响Cliffs业务的其他因素，请参阅第I部分第1A项。截至2020年12月31日的年度10-K表年度报告的风险因素，截至2021年3月31日、2021年6月30日和2021年9月30日的季度10-Q表季度报告，以及向皇冠体育官网证券交易委员会提交的其他文件。

皇冠体育-皇冠体育斯公司子公司的非公认会计准则调整- ebitda和调整后的ebitda

除了按照皇冠体育官网公认会计准则提交的合并财务报表外，公司还在合并的基础上提交了EBITDA和调整后EBITDA。EBITDA和调整后EBITDA是管理层在评估经营业绩时使用的非公认会计准则财务指标。这些指标的表述不应被视为与按照皇冠体育官网公认会计准则编制和表述的财务信息分离、替代或优于。这些指标的表述可能与其他公司使用的非公认会计准则财务指标不同。下表提供了这些合并措施与其最直接可比的GAAP措施的对账。

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