TUSTIN, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Foundation Building Materials, Inc. (NYSE: FBM), one of the largest specialty distributors of wallboard, suspended ceiling systems and mechanical insulation in North America, today is providing preliminary estimates regarding its Tax Receivable Agreement (the “TRA”) with its controlling shareholder due to the passage of recent tax legislation.

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Act”). The Act reduced the maximum federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018. The passage of this legislation is expected to significantly reduce the Company’s liability under the TRA. In the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company disclosed that its undiscounted liability as of September 30, 2017 under the TRA was $203.8 million. Due to the decrease in the federal corporate income tax rate, the Company now expects that as of December 31, 2017, the undiscounted liability of the TRA will be between $130.0 million and $145.0 million, and the discounted present value of the TRA will be between $85.0 million and $100.0 million.

The decrease in the undiscounted value of the TRA will be recorded in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, and we estimate earnings per share for the fourth quarter to be positively impacted by a range of $1.37 to $1.72 due to this adjustment.

The Company is currently evaluating the overall impact of the Act on other items, including but not limited to, its deferred tax assets and overall effective tax rate, and will provide an update in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. The impact of the Act may differ from this estimate, possibly materially, due to, among other things, changes in interpretation and assumptions the Company has made, regulatory guidance that may be issued, and actions the Company may take because of the Act.

Further information regarding the TRA can be found in the Company’s filings with the SEC, which can be found in the investor relations section of our website (www.fbmsales.com) or the SEC’s web portal at www.sec.gov.

About Foundation Building Materials

Foundation Building Materials is a specialty distributor of wallboard, suspended ceiling systems, and mechanical insulation throughout the U.S. and Canada. Based in Tustin, California, the Company employs more than 3,500 people and operates more than 220 branches across the U.S. and Canada.

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