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Peter Cirulis, Chief Financial Officer, stated: “Overall, we are pleased with our first quarter financial performance, which was a good start to the year. We are executing well in a tough market. Sales for the first quarter, excluding tooling sales of $42.6 million, were $1,125.7 million. Adjusted Operating Income⁽¹⁾ was $61.9 million, and Adjusted Operating Income Margin⁽¹⁾ of 5.3% was up 180 basis points over the fourth quarter of 2024, as we began recovering from the OEM vehicle inventory correction noted earlier. Free Cash Flow⁽¹⁾ (excluding principal payments of IFRS 16 lease liabilities) was ($25.4) million, reflecting a normal seasonal build in non-cash working capital. Free Cash Flow⁽¹⁾ is expected to improve as the year progresses, based on the typical seasonal pattern, excluding any tariff impacts.”

Rob Wildeboer, Executive Chairman, stated: “We are executing well operationally and financially, and allocating capital with a view to preserving a strong balance sheet and maximizing long-term returns for our stakeholders. Balancing capital allocation between share buybacks and debt reduction continues to be a priority. In light of the current trade uncertainty, we have elected to temporarily pause share buybacks under our normal course issuer bid until we have more clarity on the impact that tariffs are likely to have on our business.   In the meantime, Free Cash Flow⁽¹⁾ will primarily go towards debt repayment. On behalf of the executive management team, we would like to thank our people for their hard work and flexibility in these dynamic times, as well as our shareholders and other stakeholders for their ongoing support.”

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

All amounts in this press release are in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated; and all tabular amounts are in thousands of Canadian dollars, except earnings per share and number of shares.

Additional information about the Company, including the Company’s Management Discussion and Analysis of Operating Results and Financial Position for the three months ended March 31, 2025 (“MD&A”), the Company’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025 (the “interim financial statements”) and the Company’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024 can be found on the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

OVERALL RESULTS

Results of operations may include certain items which have been separately disclosed, where appropriate, in order to provide a clear assessment of the underlying Company results. In addition to IFRS Accounting Standards ("IFRS") measures, management uses non-IFRS measures in the Company’s disclosures that it believes provide the most appropriate basis on which to evaluate the Company’s results.

The following table sets out certain highlights of the Company’s performance for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. Refer to the Company’s interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025 for a detailed account of the Company’s performance for the periods presented in the table below.

*Non-IFRS Measures

The Company prepares its interim financial statements in accordance with IFRS. However, the Company considers certain non-IFRS financial measures as useful additional information in measuring the financial performance and condition of the Company. These measures, which the Company believes are widely used by investors, securities analysts and other interested parties in evaluating the Company’s performance, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other publicly traded companies, nor should they be construed as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with IFRS. Non-IFRS measures include “Adjusted Net Income”, “Adjusted Net Earnings per Share (on a basic and diluted basis)”, “Adjusted Operating Income”, "Adjusted EBITDA”, “Free Cash Flow”, "Free Cash Flow (after IFRS 16 lease payments)", and “Net Debt”.

The following tables provide a reconciliation of IFRS “Net Income” to Non-IFRS “Adjusted Net Income”, “Adjusted Operating Income” and “Adjusted EBITDA”:

*Adjustments are explained in the "Adjustments to Net Income" section of this Press Release

*Adjustments are explained in the "Adjustments to Net Income" section of this Press Release

SALES

Three months ended March 31, 2025 to three months ended March 31, 2024 comparison

The Company’s consolidated sales for the first quarter of 2025 decreased by $155.7 million or 11.8% to $1,168.2 million as compared to $1,323.9 million for the first quarter of 2024. The total decrease in sales was driven by year-over-year decreases in the North America and Europe operating segments, partially offset by a year-over-year increase in the Rest of the World.

Sales for the first quarter of 2025 in the Company’s North America operating segment decreased by $78.9 million or 8.2% to $885.1 million from $963.9 million for the first quarter of 2024. The decrease was due to programs that ended production during or subsequent to the first quarter of 2024, specifically the Ford Edge, Chevrolet Malibu, and an aluminum engine block for Stellantis; and lower year-over-year OEM production volumes on certain light vehicle platforms, including the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Wagoneer, General Motors' large pick-up truck and SUV platform, the Ford Escape and Maverick, and Mercedes' new electric vehicle platform (EVA2). These negative factors were partially offset by the launch and ramp up of new programs, including General Motors' new electric vehicle platforms (BEV3/BET), and the Toyota Tacoma; higher year-over-year production volumes of certain light vehicle platforms including the Ford Mustang Mach E, and Lucid Air; the impact of foreign exchange on the translation of U.S. denominated production sales, which had a positive impact on overall sales for the first quarter of 2025 of $44.3 million; and an increase in tooling sales of $10.0 million which are typically dependent on the timing of tooling construction and final acceptance by the customer. Overall first quarter industry-wide OEM light vehicle production volumes in North America decreased by approximately 5% year-over-year.

Sales for the first quarter of 2025 in the Company’s Europe operating segment decreased by $78.7 million or 23.6% to $255.3 million from $334.0 million for the first quarter of 2024. The decrease was due to lower year-over-year OEM production volumes on certain platforms, including aluminum engine blocks for Ford and Mercedes, and the Mercedes' new electric vehicle platform (EVA2); programs that ended production during or subsequent to the first quarter of 2024, specifically the BMW Mini; and a decrease in tooling sales of $32.2 million which are typically dependent on the timing of tooling construction and final acceptance by the customer. These negative factors were partially offset by the launch and ramp up of new programs during or subsequent to the first quarter of 2024, including Volkswagen's new electric vehicle platform (PPE); higher year-over-year OEM production volumes on certain platforms, including the Lucid Air; and the impact of foreign exchange on the translation of Euro denominated production sales, which had a positive impact on overall sales for the first quarter of 2025 of $4.3 million. Overall first quarter industry-wide OEM light vehicle production volumes in Europe decreased by approximately 7% year-over-year.

Sales for the first quarter of 2025 in the Company’s Rest of the World operating segment increased by $2.0 million or 6.3% to $33.7 million from $31.8 million for the first quarter of 2024. The increase was largely driven by the launch and ramp up of new programs, specifically the BMW 5-series in China; partially offset by lower year-over-year production volumes with Jaguar Land Rover, and a decrease in tooling sales of $1.1 million.

Overall tooling sales decreased by $23.8 million (including outside segment sales eliminations) to $42.6 million for the first quarter of 2025 from $66.4 million for the first quarter of 2024.

GROSS MARGIN

Three months ended March 31, 2025 to three months ended March 31, 2024 comparison

The gross margin percentage for the first quarter of 2025 of 13.0% was in-line with the first quarter of 2024. The positive impacts from a decrease in tooling sales, which typically earn low margin for the Company, and productivity and efficiency improvements at certain operating facilities and other improvements, were essentially offset by lower contribution from overall lower sales volume, and operational inefficiencies at certain other operating facilities.

Overall market related inflationary pressures on labour, material and energy costs, along with offsetting commercial settlements, were generally stable for the quarter on a year-over-year basis.

ADJUSTMENTS TO NET INCOME

Adjusted Net Income excludes certain items as set out in the following tables and described in the notes thereto. Management uses Adjusted Net Income as a measurement of operating performance of the Company and believes that, in conjunction with IFRS measures, it provides useful information about the financial performance and condition of the Company.

TABLE A

Three months ended March 31, 2025 to three months ended March 31, 2024 comparison

(1)   Restructuring costs

Additions to the restructuring provision during the first quarter of 2025 totalled $16.8 million and represent employee-related severance resulting from the rightsizing of certain operations in Germany ($12.8 million), Mexico ($1.9 million), Canada ($1.3 million), and the United States ($0.8 million).

Additions to the restructuring provision during the first quarter of 2024 totalled $6.3 million and represent employee-related severance resulting from the rightsizing of certain operations in Mexico ($2.8 million), Germany ($1.7 million), Canada ($1.2 million), and the United States ($0.6 million).

NET INCOME

Three months ended March 31, 2025 to three months ended March 31, 2024 comparison.

Net Income, before adjustments, for the first quarter of 2025 decreased by $26.2 million to $17.5 million or $0.24 per share, on a basic and diluted basis, from Net Income of $43.7 million or $0.56 per share, on a basic and diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2024. Excluding the adjustments explained in Table A under “Adjustments to Net Income”, Adjusted Net Income for the first quarter of 2025 decreased by $18.6 million to $29.5 million or $0.41 per share on a basic and diluted basis, from $48.1 million or $0.62 per share, on a basic and diluted basis, for the first quarter of 2024.

Adjusted Net Income for the first quarter of 2025, as compared to the first quarter of 2024, was negatively impacted by the following:

• lower gross margin from lower year-over-year sales volume;

• a net foreign exchange loss of $2.1 million for the first quarter of 2025 compared to a gain of $4.9 million for the first quarter of 2024; and

  • a higher effective tax rate (30.1% for the first quarter of 2025 compared to 24.6% for the first quarter of 2024).
    
    

These factors were partially offset by the following:

• a year-over-year decrease in SG&A expense, as previously explained; and

• a $3.5 million year-over-year decrease in finance expense as a result of lower borrowing rates on the Company's revolving bank debt.

DIVIDEND

A cash dividend of $0.05 per share has been declared by the Board of Directors payable to shareholders of record on June 30, 2025, on or about July 15, 2025.

ABOUT MARTINREA

Martinrea International Inc. is a leader in the development and production of quality metal parts, assemblies and modules, fluid management systems, and complex aluminum products focused primarily on the automotive sector. Martinrea currently operates in 56 locations in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Slovakia, Spain, China, South Africa, and Japan. Martinrea’s vision is making lives better by being the best supplier we can be in the products we make and the services we provide. For more information on Martinrea, please visit www.martinrea.com. Follow Martinrea on X and Facebook.

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS

A conference call to discuss the financial results will be held on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. To participate, please dial 416-641-6104 (Toronto area) or 800-952-5114 (toll free Canada and US) and enter participant code 9082769#. Please call 10 minutes prior to the start of the conference call.

The conference call will also be webcast live in listen‐only mode and archived for twelve months. The webcast and accompanying presentation can be accessed at: https://www.martinrea.com/investor-relations/events-presentations/.

There will also be a rebroadcast of the call available by dialing 905-694-9451 or toll free 800-408-3053 (Conference ID – 3278480#). The rebroadcast will be available until June 2, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

If you have any teleconferencing questions, please call Ganesh Iyer at 416-749-0314.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Press Release and the documents incorporated by reference therein contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws including those related to the Company’s expectations as to, or its views or beliefs in or on, the impact of, or duration of, or factors affecting, or expected response to or growth of, improvements in, expansion of and/or guidance or outlook (including for 2025) as to future results, revenue, sales, margin, gross margin, earnings, and earnings per share, adjusted earnings per share, free cash flow, volumes, adjusted net earnings per share, operating income margins, operating margins, adjusted operating income margins, leverage ratios, net debt to adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾, debt repayment, Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾, capex levels, working capital levels, cash tax levels, progress on commercial negotiations, the growth of the Company and pursuit of, and belief in, its strategies, the strength, recovery and growth of the automotive industry and continuing challenges, the use of the NCIB, the impact and uncertainty of tariffs and trade issues in the Company’s business and its industry, as well as other forward-looking statements. The words “continue”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “views”, “intend”, “believe”, “plan” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that the Company believes are appropriate in the circumstances, such as expected sales and industry production estimates, current foreign exchange rates, timing of product launches and operational improvement during the period, and current Board approved budgets. Many factors could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following factors, some of which are discussed in detail in the Company’s AIF and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2024 and other public filings which can be found on the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca:

• North American and Global Economic and Political Conditions (including war) and Consumer Confidence

• Automotive Industry Risks

• Trade Restrictions or Disputes

• Changes in Laws and Governmental Regulations

• Dependence Upon Key Customers

• Pandemics and Epidemics, Force Majeure Events, Natural Disasters, Terrorist Activities, Political and Civil Unrest or War, and Other Outbreaks

• Russia and Ukraine War and Middle East Tensions

• Inflationary Pressures

• Regional Energy Shortages

• Customer Consolidation and Cooperation

• Emergence of Potentially Disruptive EV OEMs

• Outsourcing and Insourcing Trends

• Financial Viability of Suppliers and Key Suppliers and Supply Disruptions (Material Availability or Disruption)

• Semiconductor Chip Shortages and Price Increases

• Competition

• Customer Pricing Pressures, Contractual Arrangements, Cost and Risk Absorption and Purchase Orders

• Potential Volatility of Share Prices

• Fluctuations in Operating Results

• Material and Commodity Prices and Volatility

• Scrap Steel/Aluminum Price Volatility

• Quote/Pricing Assumptions

• Launch Costs, Operational Costs and Issues and Cost Structure

• Potential Rationalization Costs, Turnaround Costs and Impairment Charges

• Product Warranty, Repair/Replacement Costs, Recall, Product Liability and Liability Risk

• Product Development and Technological Change (Including Artificial Intelligence and Electrification)

• A Shift Away from Technologies in Which the Company is Investing

• Dependence Upon Key Personnel

• Limited Financial Resources/Uncertainty of Future Financing/Banking

• Cybersecurity Threats

• Acquisitions

• Joint Ventures

• Private or Public Equity Investments in Technology Companies

• Potential Tax Exposures

• Labour Relations Matters

• Sustainability (ESG) Regulation, Including Environmental Regulation and Climate Change and Human Rights and Supply Chain Issues

• Litigation and Regulatory Compliance and Investigations

• Risks of Conducting Business in Foreign Countries, Including China, Brazil, Mexico and Other Growing Markets

• Currency Risk

• Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting and Disclosure Controls and Procedures

• Loss of Use of Key Manufacturing Facilities

• Intellectual Property

• Availability of Consumer Credit or Cost of Borrowing

• Evolving Business Risk Profile

• Competition with Low-Cost Countries

• The Company’s Ability to Shift its Manufacturing Footprint to Take Advantage of Opportunities in Growing Markets

• Change in the Company’s Mix of Earnings Between Jurisdictions with Lower Tax Rates and Those with Higher Tax Rates

• Pension Plans and Other Post-Employment Benefits

• Dividends

• Lease Obligations
  
  

These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

The common shares of Martinrea trade on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “MRE”.

For further information, please contact:

Peter Cirulis
Chief Financial Officer
Martinrea International Inc.
3210 Langstaff Road
Vaughan, Ontario L4K 5B2
Tel:   416-749-0314
Fax: 289-982-3001

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¹ The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards (“IFRS”). However, the Company considers certain non-IFRS financial measures as useful additional information in measuring the financial performance and condition of the Company. These measures, which the Company believes are widely used by investors, securities analysts and other interested parties in evaluating the Company’s performance, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and therefore may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other publicly traded companies, nor should they be construed as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with IFRS. Non-IFRS measures, included anywhere in this press release, include “Adjusted Net Income”, “Adjusted Net Earnings per Share (on a basic and diluted basis)”, “Adjusted Operating Income”, “Adjusted EBITDA”, “Free Cash Flow”, “Free Cash-Flow (after IFRS 16 lease payments)” and “Net Debt”. The relevant IFRS financial measure, as applicable, and a reconciliation of certain non-IFRS financial measures to measures determined in accordance with IFRS are contained in the Company’s Management Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and in this press release.

Martinrea International Inc.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands of Canadian dollars) (unaudited)

Contingencies (note 16)

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

On behalf of the Board:

Martinrea International Inc.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts) (unaudited)

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Martinrea International Inc.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income 
(in thousands of Canadian dollars) (unaudited)

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Martinrea International Inc.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
(in thousands of Canadian dollars) (unaudited)

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Martinrea International Inc.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands of Canadian dollars) (unaudited)

*As at March 31, 2025, $48,503 (December 31, 2024 - $78,547) of purchases of property, plant and equipment remain unpaid and are recorded in trade and other payables.

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.