AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will hold its annual Investor Day in New York City today, during which it will raise its five-year adjusted earnings per share (EPS) growth forecast through fiscal year 2022 to reflect increased confidence in market trends and the anticipated positive benefit from the Company’s new capital allocation policy.

Accordingly, AECOM’s new five-year financial forecast is:

“We are increasing our adjusted EPS growth forecast through fiscal 2022, reflecting the benefits of our recently-announced capital allocation policy, the substantial momentum across our markets and our numerous accomplishments in fiscal 2017, including accelerating revenue growth, record wins and backlog, and continued strong free cash flow,” said Michael S. Burke, AECOM’s chairman and chief executive officer. “Importantly, we anticipate creating over $4 billion of capacity from our robust five-year free cash flow forecast and forecasted adjusted EBITDA growth to enhance stockholder value, including our commitment to achieving 2.5x net leverage4, which is expected by the end of fiscal 2018, and thereafter executing our $1 billion stock repurchase authorization.”

“Our new five-year outlook reaffirms our confidence in continued strong cash flow generation, which reflects the benefits of our diverse business model and our culture focused on cash management throughout the lifecycle of a project,” said W. Troy Rudd, AECOM’s chief financial officer. “Our tremendous track record of strong cash performance supports our ability to continue driving significant value for our investors through our capital allocation policy that includes substantial returns of capital to stockholders and preserves the strength of our balance sheet.”

A live webcast of today’s Investor Day will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. The webcast and accompanying presentation slides are available online at http://investors.aecom.com. The webcast will be available for replay following the meeting.

About AECOM
AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM had revenue of approximately $18.2 billion during fiscal year 2017. See how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Forward-Looking Statements and Non-GAAP Measures
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When we provide our five year projections for non-GAAP measures such as organic revenue growth, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EPS growth, and free cash flow on a forward-looking basis, the closest corresponding GAAP measure and a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP expectation and the corresponding GAAP measure is not available without unreasonable effort due to length of the forecasted period and potential high variability, complexity and low visibility as to items such as future contingencies, asset impairments and other costs that would be excluded from the GAAP measure in the relevant future period.

Footnotes
1 Organic growth is at constant currency and excludes revenue associated with acquisitions and business dispositions.
2 Excluding financing charges in interest expense and the amortization of intangible assets. In addition, EBITDA is defined as net income, attributable to AECOM, excluding interest expense and income, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
3 Free cash flow is defined as cash flow from operations less capital expenditures net of proceeds from disposals.
4 Net debt-to-EBITDA is comprised of EBITDA as defined in the Company’s credit agreement, which excludes stock-based compensation, and net debt as defined as total debt on the Company’s financial statements, net of cash and cash equivalents.

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