Form 8-K, Q3 FY 14 earnings release


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 28, 2014
 
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-12235
 
51-0347963
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification
No.)
 
 
 
 
 
899 Cassatt Road, Suite 210
 
19312
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
 
(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
(610) 251-1000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
 
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Item 2.02
 
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
 
On January 28, 2014, Triumph Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2013, and the following day conducted a conference call to further discuss the financial results.  The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On the conference call, in addition to reviewing the information contained in the press release, the executive officers also discussed the following financial information:
 
•
For the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013, sales mix was as follows:  commercial was 58% (same as in the prior year period), military was 28% (compared to 27% in the prior year period), business jets were 11% (compared to 12% in the prior year period), regional jets were 1% (same as the prior year period) and non-aviation was 2% (same as the prior year period).
 
•
The top ten programs represented in the backlog were the 747, 777, G450/G550, C-17, A330, 737 NG, 787, 767 Programs, V-22 and UH-60 programs, respectively.
 
•
For the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013, The Boeing Company (commercial, military and space) accounted for 44.7% of net sales.
 
•
Same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 decreased 6% over the prior year period.  Aerostructures same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 were $617.2 million, a decrease of 9% over the prior year period.  Aerospace Systems same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 were $142.8 million, an increase of 2% over the prior year period. Aftermarket Services same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 were $69.6 million, an increase of 2% over the prior year period.

•
For the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013, OEM sales represented 84% of net sales (compared to 87% in the prior fiscal quarter), Aftermarket sales represented 14% of net sales (compared to 11% in the prior fiscal quarter), and Other represented 2% of net sales (same as the prior fiscal quarter).
 
•
Export sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013 were $160.8 million, an increase of 27% over the comparable quarter in the prior fiscal year.





The information in this Item 2.02 of this Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
Item 9.01
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
 
(d)       
 
Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release dated January 28, 2014



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:
January 29, 2014
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John B. Wright, II
 
 
 
John B. Wright, II
 
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary








TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.
CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release dated January 29, 2014