WESTMINSTER, Colo. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 9, 2022 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR) (“Maxar” or the “Company”), a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. All dollar amounts in this press release are expressed in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

Key points from the quarter include:

• Consolidated revenues of $405 million
• Net loss of $7 million
• Diluted net loss per share of $0.10
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $84 million
• Operating cash flows of $48 million

1. This is a non-GAAP financial measure. Refer to section “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in this earnings release.

“This was a historic quarter for Maxar and the geospatial industry as we helped to provide transparency on the conflict in Ukraine. We believe the world not only better understands what is going on in that region because of our efforts, but it also better appreciates the value of the geospatial data that we provide to our customers every day,” said Dan Jablonsky, President and Chief Executive Officer. “My thanks to our teams who have been working twenty-four seven. This not only puts us on the right side of history, but it also positions our industry, and Maxar specifically, for an increased role in better serving customer missions in the future.”

“We grew revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and trailing twelve-month free cash flow year-over-year in the first quarter despite a shift in the timing of expected revenue in the Earth Intelligence segment and higher than expected stock-based compensation driven by the performance of our shares since the onset of the Ukrainian conflict in February,” said Biggs Porter, Chief Financial Officer. “We expect to execute on the shifted revenue in the coming quarters and our pipeline of opportunities continues to grow. As such, our guidance ranges for 2022 remain materially unchanged.”

Total revenues increased to $405 million from $392 million, or by $13 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the same period of 2021. The increase in revenues was driven by an increase in product revenues within our Space Infrastructure segment.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, our net loss was $7 million compared to a net loss of $84 million for the same period of 2021. The decrease was primarily driven by a decrease in interest expense of $55 million and a decrease of product costs within our Space Infrastructure segment of $21 million. The decrease in interest expense was primarily driven by a $41 million loss on debt extinguishment during the three months ended March 31, 2021 from the partial redemption of our 9.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (“2023 Notes”) using proceeds from the March 2021 public offering of our common stock, compared to no loss on debt extinguishment for the same period of 2022. The decrease in interest expense was also driven by an $11 million decrease in interest expense on long-term debt primarily due to a lower principal balance on the 2023 Notes due to the partial redemption of the 2023 Notes in the first quarter of 2021. There was also a $13 million increase in revenues driven by an increase in product revenues within our Space Infrastructure segment. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative costs of $20 million.

The increase in selling, general and administrative costs of $20 million was primarily due to a $7 million increase in labor related expenses driven by annual merit increases, increases in fringe benefits and an increase in efforts related to internal business projects, including our enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) project for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the same period of 2021. There was also an increase in stock-based compensation expense of $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in stock-based compensation was primarily due to incremental expense related to liability classified awards driven by an increase in stock price. There was also an increase of $3 million in sales and marketing expenses primarily within our Space Infrastructure segment, a $3 million increase in professional service expenses primarily driven by our ERP project and a $2 million increase in research and development expenses within our Space Infrastructure segment for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the same period of 2021.

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, Adjusted EBITDA was $84 million and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 20.7%. This is compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $67 million and Adjusted EBITDA margin of 17.1 % for the same period of 2021. The increase was primarily driven by higher Adjusted EBITDA from the Space Infrastructure segment, which was partially offset by lower Adjusted EBITDA from the Earth Intelligence segment.

We had total order backlog of $1,621 million as of March 31, 2022 compared to $1,893 million as of December 31, 2021. The decrease in backlog was driven by decreases in both the Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure segments. Our unfunded contract options totaled $763 million and $650 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. Unfunded contract options represent estimated amounts of revenue to be earned in the future from negotiated contracts with unexercised contract options and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts. Unfunded contract options as of March 31, 2022, were primarily comprised of the option year in the EnhancedView Contract (September 1, 2022 through July 12, 2023) and other U.S. government contracts. In November 2021, the National Reconnaissance Office (“NRO”) announced the release of the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (“EOCL”) contract Request for Proposal (“RFP”) which is expected to replace the existing EnhancedView Contract. In December 2021, we submitted our response to the EOCL RFP and anticipate the NRO to award EOCL contracts prior to the expiration of the EnhancedView Contract, including remaining option years.

Financial Highlights

In addition to results reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures as supplemental indicators of its financial and operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures include EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin. We believe these supplementary financial measures reflect our ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful period-to-period comparisons and analysis of trends in its business.