NEWSROOM 05/01/2018 Domtar Quarterly Financial Report: Q1 2018 Our preliminary Q1 2018 nancial report is in. Highlights from this Domtar rst-quarter nancial report include: First-quarter 2018 net earnings of $0.86 per share A $50-per-ton price increase on the majority of communication grades, to be implemented in May 2018 $90 million of cash ow from operating activities Quarterly Review Domtar reported net earnings of $54 million ($0.86 per share) for the rst quarter of 2018 compared to a net loss of $386 million ($6.16 per share) for the fourth quarter of 2017 and net earnings of $20 million ($0.32 per share) for the rst quarter of 2017. Sales for the rst quarter of 2018 were $1.3 billion. “We continued to see strong price momentum for our products in the rst quarter with higher price realizations in both of our Pulp and Paper businesses,” said John D. Williams, president and chief executive o cer. “Despite improved results, some of our operations were adversely a ected by severe weather, notably in our pulp business, which impacted production and costs. Constrained availability of trucking options also contributed to higher-than-expected freight costs in the rst quarter. Nevertheless, the short-term outlook for pulp and paper markets continues to be favorable.”
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