Calian Reports Results for the First Quarter and Reiterates its FY23 Guidance

(All amounts in release are in Canadian dollars)

OTTAWA, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 14, 2023 / Calian® Group Ltd. (TSX:CGY), a diverse products and services company providing innovative healthcare, communications, learning and cybersecurity solutions, today released its results for the first quarter ended December 31, 2022.

First quarter highlights:

• Revenue up 14% to $148 million
• Gross margin above 30% for the third consecutive quarter
• Adjusted EBITDA¹ up 2% to $14 million
• Operating Free Cash Flow¹ up 24% to $12 million
• Cash on hand of $58 million and net liquidity of $131 million
• New contract signings of $126 million
• Reiterated FY23 guidance

1 This is a non-GAAP measure. Please refer to the section "Reconciliation of non-GAAP measures to most comparable IFRS measures" at the end of this press release.

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"The strong performance of our ITCS and Learning segments was impressive. The combination of organic growth and performance from recent acquisitions in these two segments drove our results in the quarter," said Kevin Ford, Calian CEO. "With $126 million in new signings and improvements in the supply environment we are confident in our ability to post our 6^th consecutive record year."

First Quarter Results

Revenues increased 14%, from $130 million to $148 million, driven by strong performance in our Information Technology & Cyber Solutions (ITCS) and Learning segments.

• ITCS: Revenues doubled to $46 million driven by the company's strong performance from its expansion into the United States with the acquisition of Computex last March, coupled with double-digit organic growth of 11% in its overall cyber practice.
• Learning: Revenues grew 16% to $26 million driven by continued demand in the military learning and preparedness market from its long-standing customers.
• Advanced Technologies: Revenues declined 17% to $34 million due to delays in the award of new ground systems projects and ongoing supply chain issues, which result in parts delay that slow its ability to deliver products. This was partially offset by the strong performance of its GNSS antennas business. Gross margins improved significantly from 26% to 35% in the quarter.
• Health: Revenues decreased 5% to $40 million due to lower COVID-19 related business coupled with the slower pace of awards for new business.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

"Our cash performance was strong in our first quarter. We generated $12 million in operating free cash flows, an impressive increase of 24% over the prior year," said Patrick Houston, Chief Financial Officer. "In addition, we were able to recapture a further $12 million in working capital throughout the quarter. This further improves our already strong balance sheet and puts us in an excellent position to continue to invest in our M&A growth agenda.

The Company ended the quarter with net cash of $58 million and an available credit facility resulting in total available liquidity of $131 million which consists of net cash on hand and available debt.

Quarterly Dividend

Today, Calian declared a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share. The dividend is payable March 14, 2023, to shareholders of record as of February 28, 2023. Dividends paid by the Corporation are considered "eligible dividend" for tax purposes.

Guidance Reiterated

"With new contract signings of $126 million, a robust backlog of $1.3 billion combined with increased recurring revenue streams, we are on pace to deliver another record year in FY23," said Mr. Ford.

About Calian

www.calian.com

We keep the world moving forward. Calian® helps people communicate, innovate, learn and lead safe and healthy lives-today and tomorrow. Every day, our employees live our values of customer commitment, integrity, innovation and teamwork to engineer reliable solutions that solve complex problems. That's Confidence. Engineered. A stable and growing 40-year company, we are headquartered in Ottawa with offices and projects spanning North American and International markets.

Visit calian.com to learn about innovative healthcare, communications, learning and cybersecurity solutions.

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CALIAN GROUP LTD.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As at December 31, 2022 and September 30, 2022
(Canadian dollars in thousands, except per share data)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

CALIAN GROUP LTD.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF NET PROFIT

For the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(Canadian dollars in thousands, except per share data)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

CALIAN GROUP LTD.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021

(Canadian dollars in thousands)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures to Most Comparable IFRS Measures

These non-GAAP measures are mainly derived from the consolidated financial statements, but do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS; therefore, others using these terms may calculate them differently. The exclusion of certain items from non-GAAP performance measures does not imply that these are necessarily nonrecurring. From time to time, we may exclude additional items if we believe doing so would result in a more transparent and comparable disclosure. Other entities may define the above measures differently than we do. In those cases, it may be difficult to use similarly named non-GAAP measures of other entities to compare performance of those entities to the Company's performance.

Management believes that providing certain non-GAAP performance measures, in addition to IFRS measures, provides users of the Company's financial reports with enhanced understanding of the Company's results and related trends and increases transparency and clarity into the core results of the business. Adjusted EBITDA excludes items that do not reflect, in our opinion, the Company's core performance and helps users of our MD&A to better analyze our results, enabling comparability of our results from one period to another.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted Net Profit and Adjusted EPS

Operating Free Cash Flow

The Company uses adjusted net profit, and adjusted earnings per share, which remove the impact of our acquisition amortization and gains, resulting in accounting for acquisitions and changes in fair value to measure our performance. Operating free cash flow measures the company's cash profitability after required capital spending when excluding working capital changes. These measurements better align the reporting of our results and improve comparability against our peers. We believe that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-GAAP measures in the evaluation of issuers. Management also uses non-GAAP measures in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, prepare annual operating budgets and assess our ability to meet our capital expenditure and working capital requirements. Adjusted profit and adjusted earnings per share are not recognized, defined or standardized measures under IFRS. Our definition of adjusted profit and adjusted earnings per share will likely differ from that used by other companies (including our peers) and therefore comparability may be limited. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered a substitute for or be considered in isolation from measures prepared in accordance with IFRS. Investors are encouraged to review our financial statements and disclosures in their entirety and are cautioned not to put undue reliance on non-GAAP measures and view them in conjunction with the most comparable IFRS financial measures. The Company has reconciled adjusted profit to the most comparable IFRS financial measure as shown above.

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