8-K


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, 2016
 
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, 2016, Triumph Group, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015, and 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 provided the following financial information:
 
•
For the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015, sales mix was as follows: commercial was 55% (compared to 61% in the prior year period), military was 23% (compared to 24% in the prior year period), business jets were 19% (compared to 10% in the prior year period), regional jets were 2% (same as the prior year period) and non-aviation was 1% (compared to 3% in the prior year period).
 
•
The top ten programs represented in the Aerostructures Group backlog were the Gulfstream, 747, 777, 767/Tanker, A330/A340, 787, C-17, Bombardier Global 7000/8000, 737 and V-22 programs, respectively.
•
The top ten programs represented in the Aerospace Systems Group backlog were the 737, A320/A321, 787, V-22, 777, A380, Bell Helicopter 429, Sikorsky UH60, C-130 and CH-47 programs, respectively.
 
•
For the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015, The Boeing Company (commercial, military and space) accounted for 34.8% of net sales and Gulfstream accounted for 12.6% of net sales.
 
•
Same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015 decreased 11% over the prior year period.  Aerostructures same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015 were $464.0 million, a decrease of 17% over the prior year period.  Aerospace Systems same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015 were $279.1 million, comparable to the prior year period. Aftermarket Services same store sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015 were $70.5 million, a decrease of 6% over the prior year period.
•
For the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015, OEM sales represented 82% of net sales (compared to 81% in the prior year period), Aftermarket sales represented 16% of net sales (compared to 17% in the prior year period), and Other represented 2% of net sales (same as the prior year period).
 
•
Export sales for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015 were $194.0 million, an increase of 1% over the comparable prior year period.
•
Aftermarket sales represented 18.3% of revenue in Aerospace Systems for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015, compared to 17.4% in the prior year period.




The information in this Item 2.02 of this Current 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, 2016



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 28, 2016
TRIUMPH GROUP, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Thomas A. Quigley, III
 
 
 
Thomas A. Quigley, III
 
 
 
Vice President and Controller








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

Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Press release dated January 28, 2016