CAE Financial and Business Overview

Non-GAAP measure definitions Net income or loss before specific items Net income or loss before specific items is a non-GAAP measure we use as an alternate view of our operating results. We calculate it by taking our net income attributable to equity holders of the Company from continuing operations and excluding restructuring costs, integration costs, acquisition costs and other gains and losses arising from significant strategic transactions or material events, after tax, as well as significant one-time tax items. We track it because we believe it provides a better indication of our operating performance and makes it easier to compare across reporting periods. Non-cash working capital Non-cash working capital is a non-GAAP measure we use to monitor how much money we have committed in the day-to-day operation of our business. We calculate it by taking current assets (not including cash and cash equivalents and assets held for sale) and subtracting current liabilities (not including the current portion of long-term debt and liabilities held for sale). For a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable measure under GAAP, refer to section 9.1 "Consolidated capital employed" of the interim MD&A for the periods ending June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020 (as filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) on August 12, 2020, November 10, 2020 and February 11, 2021, respectively), as well as section 7.1 "Consolidated capital employed" of the financial report for the years ended March 31, 2018, March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020 (as filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) on May 25, 2018, May 17, 2019 and May 22, 2020, respectively), which sections are specifically incorporated by reference into this presentation. Operating profit or loss Operating profit or loss is an additional GAAP measure that shows us how we have performed before the effects of certain financing decisions, tax structures and discontinued operations. We track it because we believe it makes it easier to compare our performance with previous periods, and with companies and industries that do not have the same capital structure or tax laws. Order intake and Backlog Order intake Order intake is a non-GAAP measure that represents the expected value of orders we have received: For the Civil Aviation Training Solutions segment, we consider an item part of our order intake when we have a legally binding commercial agreement with a client that includes enough detail about each party's obligations to form the basis for a contract. Additionally, expected future revenues from customers under short-term and long-term training contracts are included when these customers commit to pay us training fees, or when we reasonably expect the revenue to be generated; For the Defence and Security segment, we consider an item part of our order intake when we have a legally binding commercial agreement with a client that includes enough detail about each party's obligations to form the basis for a contract. Defence and Security contracts are usually executed over a long-term period but some of them must be renewed each year. For this segment, we only include a contract item in order intake when the customer has authorized the contract item and has received funding for it; For the Healthcare segment, order intake is typically converted into revenue within one year, therefore we assume that order intake is equal to revenue. The book-to-sales ratio is the total orders divided by total revenue in a given period. Backlog Total backlog is a non-GAAP measure that represents expected future revenues and includes obligated backlog, joint venture backlog and unfunded backlog and options: Obligated backlog represents the value of our order intake not yet executed and is calculated by adding the order intake of the current period to the balance of the obligated backlog at the end of the previous fiscal year, subtracting the revenue recognized in the current period and adding or subtracting backlog adjustments. If the amount of an order already recognized in a previous fiscal year is modified, the backlog is revised through adjustments; Joint venture backlog is obligated backlog that represents the expected value of our share of orders that our joint ventures have received but have not yet executed. Joint venture backlog is determined on the same basis as obligated backlog described above; Unfunded backlog represents firm Defence and Security orders we have received but have not yet executed and for which funding authorization has not yet been obtained. Options are included in backlog when there is a high probability of being exercised, but indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contracts are excluded. When an option is exercised, it is considered order intake in that period and it is removed from unfunded backlog and options. For a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable measure under GAAP, refer to section 6.3 "Consolidated orders and total backlog" of the interim MD&A for the periods ending June 30, 2020, September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2020 (as filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) on August 12, 2020, November 10, 2020 and February 11, 2021, respectively), as well as Section 4.3 "Consolidated orders and total backlog" of the financial report for the years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020 (as filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) on May 17, 2019 and May 22, 2020, respectively), which sections are specifically incorporated by reference into this presentation. Segment operating income or loss (SOI) Segment operating income or loss is a non-GAAP measure and is the sum of our key indicators of each segment's financial performance. Segment operating income or loss gives us an indication of the profitability of each segment because it does not include the impact of any items not specifically related to the segment's performance. We calculate segment operating income by taking the operating profit and excluding reorganizational costs of major programs that do not arise from significant strategic transactions. Segment operating income or loss before specific items further excludes reorganizational costs, integration costs, acquisition costs and other gains and losses arising from significant strategic transactions or material events. We track it because we believe it provides a better indication of our operating performance and makes it easier to compare across reporting periods. Other The following non-IFRS measures are also used by the Company in this presentation and defined as follows: Accretion is defined as the expected change in CAE's EPS after giving effect to the Acquisition. Pro forma revenue is defined as revenue as if the revenues of L3Harris Military Training were included for the entire period. Pro forma revenue does not have a standardized meaning under IFRS; accordingly, it may not be comparable to similarly named measures used by other companies. Investors should not view pro forma revenue as an alternative measure to, for example, revenue, which is an IFRS measure. 39 CAE Inc. Proprietary Information and/or Confidential CAE