UTC Hosts Annual Investor Conference

FARMINGTON, Conn., March 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In a meeting with investors and analysts today, United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) will reaffirm its first quarter and full year 2016 Adjusted EPS expectations and highlight its outlook for strong organic sales growth through the end of the decade. 

"We continue to be confident in our full year 2016 Adjusted EPS expectations of $6.30 to $6.60 on sales of $56 billion to $58 billion," said UTC President and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Hayes.

"UTC remains laser focused on creating value for our customers and shareowners," Hayes said. "I've never been more optimistic about the future of UTC and our great global franchises. Solid execution on our strategic priorities has set a strong foundation for profitable growth, and that positions us to deliver organic sales growth at a compound annual growth rate in the 5 to 8 percent range from 2016 through 2020 and beyond, well above projections for global GDP growth."

The company continues to expect free cash flow in the range of 90 to 100 percent of net income for the full year and first quarter 2016 Adjusted EPS of $1.35 to $1.40.

Today's United Technologies meeting with investors and analysts will be broadcast live on the Internet starting at 2 p.m. (ET) and the audio and presentation materials will be available at www.utc.com. United Technologies Corp., based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries. To learn more about UTC, visit the website or follow the company on Twitter: @UTC

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
UTC reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"). However, management believes that certain non-GAAP financial measures provide users with additional meaningful financial information that should be considered when assessing our ongoing performance. Adjusted EPS and Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures. Adjusted EPS represents diluted earnings per share from continuing operations, excluding restructuring costs and other significant items of a nonrecurring and non-operational nature. Free Cash Flow represents cash flow from operating activities of continuing operations less capital expenditures. Management believes Adjusted EPS is useful in providing period to period comparisons of the results of the Company's ongoing operational performance. Management believes Free Cash Flow is a useful measure of liquidity and an additional basis for assessing the Company's ability to Fund its activities, including the financing of acquisitions, debt service, repurchases of UTC's common stock and distribution of earnings to shareowners. When we provide our expectations for Adjusted EPS and/or free cash flow on a forward-looking basis, the closest corresponding GAAP measures (expected EPS from continuing operations and expected cash flow from operations) and a reconciliation of the differences between the non-GAAP expectation and the corresponding GAAP measure generally are not available without unreasonable effort due to potentially high variability, complexity and low visibility as to the items that would be excluded from the GAAP measure in the relevant future period.  The variability of the excluded items may have a significant, and potentially unpredictable, impact on our future GAAP results. Adjusted EPS and Free Cash Flow should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of the Company's results as reported in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may calculate Adjusted EPS and Free Cash Flow differently than the Company does, limiting the usefulness of those measures for comparisons with other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company's reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Cautionary Statement
This press release includes statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" under the securities laws.  Forward-looking statements often contain words such as "believe," "expect," "expectations," "plans," "strategy," "project," "prospects," "estimate," "target," "anticipate," "will," "should," "see," "guidance," "confident" and similar terms.  Forward-looking statements may include, among other things, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flow, results of operations, uses of cash, share repurchases and other measures of financial performance or potential future plans, strategies or transactions. All forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, changes in government procurement priorities and funding, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; future levels of indebtedness and capital spending and research and development spending; future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; customer- and company-directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof;  the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture activity, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into our existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; new business opportunities; our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; the timing and scope of future repurchases of our common stock;  the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; pension plan assumptions and future contributions; the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which we operate; and the effect of changes in tax, environmental, regulatory (including among other things import/export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which we operate. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and we undertake 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 applicable law.  Additional information as to factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements is disclosed from time to time in our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with or furnished to the SEC from time to time, including, but not limited to, the information included in UTC's Forms 10-K and 10-Q under the headings "Business," "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Legal Proceedings" and in the notes to the financial statements included in UTC's Forms 10-K and 10-Q.

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