Trinity Industries Inc (TRN)

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Trinity Industries, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2018 Highlights in Anticipation of Investor Day (10/04/18)

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trinity Industries, Inc. (NYSE: TRN) (“Trinity”), as previously announced, will host an Investor Day today at 9:00 a.m. Eastern time in New York. The presentation will be webcast and participants can register at www.trin.net/events-and-presentations.

The management team plans to discuss certain financial information at today’s Investor Day, which may include the following highlights:

• Receives orders of approximately 7,700 railcars and delivers approximately 4,000 railcars during the third quarter in the Rail Group

• Expects railcar deliveries of 20,500 - 21,000 and anticipates 2019 deliveries to increase approximately 10 to 15%

• Railcar lease fleet utilization improves from 97.1% at the end of thesecond quarter to approximately 97.6% at the end of the third quarter

• Expects to incur an estimated pre-tax charge of between approximately $23 million and $28 million, or approximately $0.13 to $0.18 per share as fully diluted on an after-tax basis, during the third quarter as a result of the classification of certain of its businesses included in the other component of the Energy Equipment Group as assets held for sale; these businesses are included in the standalone financials of Arcosa, Inc.

• Repurchases approximately $50 million shares of common stock during third quarter, leaving $350 million remaining under its current authorization

The Company expects to complete the spin-off of Arcosa, Inc. (“Arcosa”) to Trinity shareholders on November 1, 2018, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions, including certain conditions described in the Information Statement included in Arcosa’s Form 10filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the form of the Separation and Distribution Agreement, which is filed as an exhibit to the Form 10. Trinity and Arcosa expect all conditions to the Arcosa distribution to be satisfied or waived on or before the distribution date, November 1, 2018 at 12:01a.m. Eastern time in New York.

As a result, the Company is withdrawing its full year 2018 earnings per share guidance as it is no longer relevant since it includes full year anticipated earnings expectations for Arcosa. Unless otherwise noted above, full year 2018 segment guidance is also withdrawn as the businesses comprising Trinity’s current reporting segments will change post spin. In conjunction with the release of its third quarter results, Trinity expects to provide certain guidance information for 2019,reflecting the spin-off of Arcosa.

Also, Arcosa will host an Investor Day today at 1:00 p.m. Eastern timein New York. Today’s event represents Arcosa’s introduction to the investment community as it prepares for its separation from Trinity in a tax-free distribution to Trinity shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes on November 1, 2018. A copy of the presentation materials will be filed by Arcosa in a Current Report on Form 8-K and made available at www.arcosa.com.

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