Filed by: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act of 1933
and deemed filed pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act 1934
Subject Company: SYS
Commission File No.:
001-32397
The
following is a transcript of the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
company webcast and conference call held on March 27, 2008 regarding topics
related to the companys 2007 fiscal year.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION
SECTION
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing
by. Welcome to the Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Fourth Quarter
and Full Year 2007 Earnings Conference Call. Your speakers for today are Mr. Eric
DeMarco, President and Chief Executive Officer; Ms. Deanna Lund, Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Mr. Michael Bayer, Vice
President of Investor Relations. At this time all participants are in a
listen-only mode. As a reminder, this call is being recorded today, March 27th,
2008.
I
will now turn the conference over to Michael Baehr, who will read the companys
warning regarding forward-looking statements. Please go ahead, Mr. Baehr.
Michael Baehr, Vice President of Corporate
Communications and Investor Relations
Thank
you. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for this conference call
today. With me today are Eric DeMarco, Kratos President and Chief Executive
Officer; and Deanna Lund, Kratos Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. Before we begin the substance of this call, I would like to make some
brief introductory comments.
Earlier
this afternoon we issued a press release which outlines the topics we plan to
discuss today. If anyone has not yet seen a copy of this press release, it is
available on Kratos corporate website at www.kratosdefense.com. Additionally, I
would like to remind our listeners that this conference call is open to the
media and we are providing a simultaneous webcast of this call for the public.
A replay of our discussion will be available on the companys website later
today.
During
this call, we will discuss some factors that are likely to influence our
business going forward. These forward-looking statements may include comments
about our plans and expectations of future performance. These plans and
expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause results
to differ materially from those suggested by our forward-looking statements. We
encourage all of our listeners to review our SEC filings including our most
recent Form 10-Q and Form 10-K and any of our other SEC filings for a
more complete description of these risks. A partial list of these important
risk factors is included at the end of the press release we issued today.
Our
statements on this call are made as of today, March 27th, 2008 and the
company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any of the
forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of new
information, future events, changes and expectations or otherwise for any
reason.
In
todays call, Mr. DeMarco will make some opening remarks about our
financial results as well current trends and opportunities we see in a present
federal government funding environment. He will then turn the call over Ms. Lund
to discuss our fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2007 financial results. Eric
will make some concluding remarks on our plans to grow the business in the
months ahead. And we will then open the call up to your questions.
In
terms of any comments relating to our recently announced merger agreement with
SYS Technologies, I would like to remind everyone that in connection with this
transaction, Kratos and SYS plan to file with the SEC a registration statement
on Form S-4 containing a Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and each of
Kratos and SYS plan to file with the SEC other documents regarding the proposed
transaction. Upon approval, the definitive joint proxy statement and prospectus
will be mailed to stockholders of Kratos and SYS. We currently expect this
transaction to close towards the end of second quarter. I will now turn the
call over to Mr. DeMarco.
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Eric M. DeMarco, President and Chief Executive
Officer
Thank
you, Michael. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. The company has come
a long way since the beginning of 2007, and we have accomplished an incredible
amount. A summary of the major 2007 transformational activities are documented
in the 10-K we filed today. Accordingly, clearly the financial statements we
filed today are not representative of Kratos in any way as to what our
financial performance will look like going forward.
This
is primarily a result of the financial impacts related to the transformation of
our company, which as we have previously stated, we hope to have substantially
behind us by the end of the first quarter. In 2007, we divested over 200
million in commercial wireless communication business along with approximately
1,200 employees. We are currently in the process of eliminating or reducing the
indirect cost infrastructure related to these disposed businesses.
We
initiated in the fourth quarter after we completed the sale of the wireless
business, our business right-sizing and rationalization plan with the primary
objective of reducing costs and setting our companys go-forward cost
infrastructure to be commensurate with the federal government, national and
Homeland Security contractor. We hope to have this infrastructure cost
reduction exercise substantially completed by the end of the first quarter. We
are also currently in the process of rebranding the company as Kratos with
virtually all of our stakeholders.
With
the Haverstick transaction closing on December 31st of last year, Kratos
is expecting to generate in excess of 300 million in revenue for 2008, the vast
majority from contracts with the federal government, state local and other
government agencies and customers. Once the merger with SYS is completed Kratos
will be a business with an approximate $400 million annual run-rate, 2,000
employees, and with the size, critical mass, and resources to credibly pursue
and win larger prime contract opportunities in our strategic focus areas. These
are weapon systems life cycle support and extension, C5ISR, weapon range and
target technical services, missile and rocket test and evaluation, and mission
launch services, critical network engineering and advanced information
technology solutions, and public safety and security systems integration. This
is the business Kratos is in today, and the business which we are focused on
building. This is why the financial statements we filed today are in no way
reflective of what Kratos is and where we are going.
Although
the dust is still settling, and we are still coming clear from residual or
collateral items and costs related to 2007s transformation activities, and the
impact of legacy wireless business issues, we believe we are building a unique
company with contract vehicles that are in the majority prime in nature, and
have been substantially won in full and open competitions.
Accordingly,
Deanna and I today will be going through our business, our full year and fourth
quarter 2007 accomplishments, and certain financial items in order to clarify
the progress Kratos is making.
First,
I will start out with the tentative agreement we have reached with the
Plaintiffs Council regarding settling the 2004 and 2007 class action securities
litigation. As we just recently announced, we have reached a tentative
agreement to settle both of these matters for 16.5 million, of which
approximately 12.2 million will be covered by our insurance carriers and
approximately 4.3 million by Kratos. We are currently in the process of
documenting the agreement, after which we will see court approval of the
settlement, which is expected. The amount of the payment to be made by Kratos
is due to the nature of our insurance policies and negotiations with our
insurance carriers. The final settlement of this litigation will be another
significant step in ultimately concluding our transformation process.
The
estimated Kratos cost of these proposed settlements have been reflected in our
fourth quarter and 2007 financial results, which Deanna will explain in her
remarks. We are also currently in the process of working to settle the related
derivative cases, which we hope to have resolved later this
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year.
The tentative agreement to settle the class action lawsuits is obviously a very
positive event for Kratos, as the management distraction and related costs to
defend these suits will now wind down in the first quarter and even more so in
the second quarter of 2008. Assuming the court approves the settlement terms,
and matters are finally settled, which once again we believe will occur, and
which will directly positively impact our EBITDA on the second half of this
year.
As
we have previously stated, we targeted the end of the first quarter to try and
have substantially all the material impacts from the legacy WFI issues behind
us and this proposed agreement to settle these suits is a major milestone in
accomplishing this.
Another
very important and positive event for Kratos, as we previously announced,
occurred in the fourth quarter with the closing of the acquisition of
Haverstick Consulting. This merger has significantly expanded Kratos exposure
with numerous federal government including very important non-DoD federal
government, state government and other customers. These include the United
States Air Force, the State of Indiana, the United States Navy, the Departments
of Education and Labor, and certain other agencies and commercial customers. We
believe the Haverstick operational management team is just outstanding and is
both business development and execution focused.
The
combined Kratos and Haverstick Organization is already in pursuit of several
new opportunities including several opportunities with the Air Force, which of
course was a key strategic objective of this merger.
This
fourth quarter transaction was an appropriate way for Kratos to complete a
pivotal and transformational year, where we completed the disposition of the
wireless assets, renamed the company to Kratos and positioned the company to
return to profitability once we are clear of the remaining residual items and
costs primarily related to the transformation process.
Concurrent
with the acquisition of Haverstick, in the fourth quarter we also obtained an
$85 million credit facility. This credit facility was obtained not only at the
end of a very challenging 2007 for the company, but also during one of the most
challenging bank lending environments in recent memory. The ability of Kratos
to obtain this credit facility we believe is testimony to Kratos pro forma and
expected EBITDA or profitability and the viability of Kratos business plan and
strategy.
From
an operational standpoint, during the fourth quarter and throughout 2007, we
won several important new contracts and expanded our client base. The following
are just some of the key contracts Kratos was awarded, which I believe is very
important to go through in some detail here as we leave 2007 and enter 2008, as
this is a significant part of Kratos business base as we move forward.
A
$46 million contract with the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command
located at Redstone Arsenal for the Security Assistance Management Directorate
to provide life cycle sustainment support for the Missile Systems Division for
various weapons systems, which are fielded in over 23 foreign military sales
customer locations. Two contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency totaling
$10 million to support the Enterprise Telecommunication Network or ETN, which
supports over 25,000 government personnel located in over 250 sites worldwide,
and the DLAs Path Diversity Project to enhance redundant communications around
12 strategic locations.
A
set of contracts with a total potential value of approximately 22 million to
support the Defense Contract Management Agency or DCMA, with e-tools and WAN
programs for network engineering, technical assistance in designing and implementing
a web-based enterprise architecture.
A
$13 million contract to support the Electronics Maintenance Group or EMXG at
Warner Robbins Air Force Base in Georgia. We obtained ceiling increases of more
than 19 million to continue and
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extend
our existing C4I Operation Center work for the Space and Naval Warfare Center
or SPAWAR in the Joint Interagency Task Force South JIATF South. We obtained
ceiling increases of more than 20 million to extend our existing aerial and
surface targets, operations and maintenance support for the NAWC Pt. Mugu.
We
were awarded new business past quarter awards valued at more than 15 million,
with SPAWAR JIATF South to provide a range of command and control services and
solutions. A $6 million subcontract award to continue our support of Armys
radio frequency and transit visibility or RFITV program, a $5 million contract
to support the Command Management System at Hanscom Air Force Base, a $4
million contract with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, an IDIQ contract with
an estimated potential value of 15 million to support the Anti-Terrorism Force
Protection or ATFP Assure Project to assist in the procurement, installation
and maintenance of various types of equipment at Department of Defense
facilities. And finally, with recently acquired Haverstick, two contracts
totaling 7.7 million to deliver 17 Oriole Rockets for the Missile Defense
Agency and the Naval Surface Weapon Center.
Once
again, as Ive previously noted the vast majority of Kratos contract vehicles
are full and open in nature with Kratos having a very limited amount of small
business or other set-aside contract work exposure. This adds a level of
stability to our contract base and the quality of our backlog.
Additional
excuse me, additionally, Kratos is a prime contractor working directly for
the customer agency in the vast majority of engagements. This is also important
to contract quality as the risk of being vertically integrated out by a large
prime is mitigated. These are critical aspects of our strategy as we continue
to build the company going forward.
2007
was also a critical recompete year for Kratos. And I am proud to say that
Kratos was successful in winning every major recompete except one, which related
to an IT help desk contract vehicle that was bundled into a much larger
contract procurement which is common in the industry today. In 2008, Kratos has
only one significant recompete which occurs later in this year, in which we
believe we are very well positioned for.
Accordingly,
as we look ahead into 2008, and coming up a very successful recompete year in
2007, we believe that Kratos contract base, including task orders and
follow-on contracts is extremely solid. With the balanced book of business in
both defense and civilian agencies and with a significant portion of 2008s
federal work already identified.
Our
contract base is approximately one-third time material, one-third
firm-fixed-price and one-third cost-plus-fixed-fee. Major programs we worked on
in the fourth quarter or in 2007 include the following: The United States Army
Contract related to Hawk and Chaparral missile systems to provide engineering,
technical support, supply support, logistics and manufacturing resources. This
contract has a $92 million ceiling and we generated approximately 14 million in
revenue in 2007, the contract runs through 2011. A contract with United States
Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide engineering and technical support
for certain weapon systems. The contract ceiling is undefined with the current
funding at 22 million. We generated approximately 8 million in revenue in 2007
and this contract runs through 2010.
A
contract with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center to perform work related to
submarine C4I Systems upgrades and other systems modernization. This contract
is a $30.1 million ceiling and 2007 revenue was approximately 3 million, the
contract runs through 2010. A contract with the Space and Naval Warfare Systems
Command JIATF South to provide engineering, technical, and research and
development services and solutions. The contract ceiling is 47.8 million and
Kratos generated approximately 8 million in revenue on this contract in 07.
And the contract runs through 2012.
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A
contract with the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide
engineering and technical services, components and other assets to support
Sidewinder and Chaparral missiles and other systems. Contract ceiling is 36
million the contract is funded at 36 million. We generated approximately 18
million in revenue on this contract in 07 and the contract runs through 2009.
And
finally, a contract with the DCMA to develop and maintain software applications
and to provide information technology solutions. The contract ceiling is 14
million and we generated approximately 6 million in revenue on the contract.
The contract runs through 2010.
As
we look to further develop our key areas of differentiation in weapon systems,
range and targets O&M, command and control systems, other national security
and public safety programs, and with certain non-DoD government customers. We
believe our sizeable exposure to high-priority federal government programs will
continue to drive our business.
In
terms of continuing opportunity, we remained optimistic about the long-term
outlook on defense-related spending, federal information technology service
spending, and the outsourcing of government contracting services in general. As
trends indicate, the federal government continues to increase its reliance on
subcontractors with outsourcing representing approximately 85% of its current
spending.
As
you know, with Haverstick; Kratos is a very strong, non-DoD federal government
and state government focused business, which provides information technology
and networking solutions. We believe there is more upside for government
contractors, such as, Kratos, who provide highly differentiated services with
unique past performance qualifications and who maintain a base of non-DoD
federal agency focused employees, capabilities, contracts, and contract work
with other customers, especially, in the federal IT area. It is our belief that
a potential change in administration as a result of the 2008 election should
have minimal impact on the fiscal 08 budget priorities, with an ongoing need
for weapons, systems, life cycle extension, weapons testing, command and
control systems, foreign military sales and target and range work.
However,
should the administration change? We anticipate a potential reallocation of
funds to support federal non-DoD initiatives in our growing base of civilian
work with non-DoD agencies positions Kratos to benefit should this occur.
I
will now turn the call over to Deanna who will provide more details related to
the companys financial performance.
Deanna Lund, Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Thank
you, Eric, good afternoon. As Eric mentioned and as we have previously stated,
we expected fourth quarter and 2007 year-end financial statements and results
to be very busy due to the major transformation activities in 2007. However,
before I go into details on the financial statement, I will go through certain
key fourth quarter and 2007 highlights of the company.
During
2007, we divested our wireless engineering services businesses located in the
United States and in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and our wireless
network deployment business for a total cash consideration received to date of
approximately 57.3 million plus 1.8 million we received from our European
operations prior and subsequent to the closing date as payment on outstanding
intercompany debt.
These
cash proceeds included approximately 21.9 million in cash Kratos received from
the sale of an LCC note payable held as a part of the transaction of the
engineering sale of which
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approximately 2.3 million of the proceeds under the LCC note payable
were collected in February 2008.
These cash proceeds were redeployed to pay down our then existing debt
outstanding related to the MRC acquisition that we made in October 2006 to
position Kratos to obtain its new $85 million credit facility and to acquire
Haverstick on December 31, 2007, utilizing approximately 69 million for
that acquisition.
As Haverstick was acquired on the last day of 2007 no results of
Haversticks operations including revenues, profits, et cetera are reflected in
the income statements we reported today. However, Haversticks balance sheet as
of December 31st, 2007 is included in the Kratos consolidated balance
sheet. We will include Haversticks operating results in our income statement
beginning on January 1st, 2008. Related to the Haverstick acquisition the
integration is well underway with both the Kratos and Haverstick integration
teams executing the integration plan, which is currently focused on certain
back office functions, information technology, communications, other general
and administrative areas, and business development, as Eric previously noted.
On the civil suit litigation proposed settlement agreements for the
class action securities litigation that we recently announced, we have
reflected a charge of 4.9 million in our fourth quarter 2007 financial results.
This charge represents the estimated Kratos share of the proposed settlement
of the 2004 and 2007 securities class action litigations, which also includes
the estimate of potential and yet to be settled contingencies related to the
outstanding derivative actions. This fourth quarter charge does not include and
other costs incurred in 2008 related to those matters to these matters or the
settlement, which will be recorded in the first quarter of 2008 as incurred in
those periods. Accordingly, in 2008, Kratos will continue to incur certain
legal and other costs related to these legacy matters until complete settlement
and closure is achieved.
As a result of these legal settlements, and the resulting fourth
quarter charge, Kratos obtained an amendment and waiver to our credit facility.
This amendment and waiver, which will be filed as an 8-K, among other things,
waives the impact of the legal settlement amounts on our financial covenants
under the credit facility. The amendment also calls for an amendment fee and
increase in the LIBOR floor rate of 4.25%, and certain other items.
Key balance sheet and capital structure elements at 12/31/2007 are as
follows: cash on hand at 12/31 was 8.6 million; accounts receivable, primarily
from the US government and other agencies was 77 million, which includes the
Haverstick receivables. Excluding the Haverstick transaction, accounts
receivables or days sales outstanding were 101 days, which includes amounts
unbilled due to milestone achievements and shipment requirements, particularly
on the companys contracts to provide Chaparral, Hawk and other weapons
systems, which are not anticipated to occur until later in 2008, once those
systems are delivered and accepted.
Bank debt at 12/31/07 was approximately 75.5 million, including 50
million on our five-year term note, 15.5 million on our line of credit and 10
million subordinated debt. Kratos debt to equity at 12/31/07 was 0.45 to 1, and
debt to market cap, including all Haverstick related transaction shares are
assumed issued, was 0.40 to 1.
Related to our fourth quarter and fiscal 2007 financial statements,
attached to our press release is a schedule of major costs and other
non-operational items which I will summarize here.
Stock option investigation costs and related fees of 1.1 million and 14
million for the fourth quarter and the year ended 12/31/07 respectively. Legal
and other related costs associated with all litigations, legal settlements, and
other matters of 5.8 million and 6.8 million for the fourth quarter and year
ended 12/31/07. Charges for asset impairments related to non-core and
non-operating businesses of 1.8 million in the fourth quarter and 3 million for
the fiscal year. A write off of 1 million
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of previously deferred financing costs in the fourth quarter and
year-to-date as a result of determination of our prior credit facility. A
credit of 3.4 million related to the recovery of the assets stolen by the
companys former Stock Option Administrator in 2002 and 2003 are also reflected
in our fourth quarter and year-to-date results.
Our fourth quarter results also include costs related to general and
administrative costs associated with our disposed businesses which we are in
the process of reducing, legal accounting stocks and other related costs which
we intend on reducing during 2008; costs related to transition services
agreements for certain of our disposed businesses; costs associated with
changing the company name to Kratos including branding, Internet communications
and various other marketing-related costs.
As you can see from this summary, in the fourth quarter of 2007, there
are a number of significant one-time non-recurring costs directly related to
the transformation from WFI to Kratos and all of the ancillary or collateral
activities that have gone with it.
The good news is that we have completed a significant amount of this
cost reduction work in the fourth quarter just ended and we are targeting to be
substantially complete by the end of the first quarter of 2008. Barring any
unforeseen surprises, we expect to achieve increased GAAP EBITDA profitability
in the second quarter of 2008 with increased overall EBITDA profitability in
the second half of 2008. Our ultimate objective is that Kratos achieves EBITDA
profitability consistent with our comparable industry peer group later on in
2008.
Finally, an update on the previously announced and pending SYS merger.
With the filing of our 10-K today, we now expect to file the merger related Form S-4
shortly and we are looking for the transaction to close in the second quarter,
pending approval of the joint proxy statement by the SEC and the required
shareholder approval. Once the SYS transaction has closed, we will commence
integration activities to drive efficiencies and profitability from this
transaction.
With that, Ill turn the call back over to Eric for his final remarks.
Eric M. DeMarco, President and Chief
Executive Officer
Thank you, Deanna. In summary, in 2007 we radically transformed the
company, and as we enter 2008, were a $300 million revenue run rate federal
state and local government focused security, engineering, information
technology and networking solutions provider.
Once the SYS merger is complete, Kratos will be an approximate $400
million run rate business with the employee base, scale and critical mass to
bid in, on and win larger contracts in the prime contractor role. Throughout
2008, with the integration of Haverstick, then the integration of SYS, once
that merger is complete, we will continue our right-sizing and rationalization
of the business infrastructure in order to reduce G&A, increase efficiencies
and improve EBITDA profitabilities.
With Haverstick and then SYS onboard and once our cost reduction and
integration efforts are complete, we believe that Kratos can achieve EBITDA
margins consistent with those of our comparable industry peers as Deanna noted.
Additionally, we are already seeing business development synergy with
Haverstick and our combined company is targeting larger contract opportunities
in the prime role. We fully expect that once the SYS transaction is closed,
this business development collaboration will not only continue but accelerate
as we see a number of additional opportunities that once combined we can
pursue.
We intend on growing this company top line organically at 5 to 10% per
year. And an additional 10 to 15% growth per year through acquisition for a
combined, estimated top line growth rate of
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approximately 15 to 25% annually. As we execute our growth plan, we
will strive to achieve, with leverage on our fixed SG&A infrastructure
increases in EBITDA rates as well. We plan on utilizing our free cash flow to
both grow the business and pay down our debt, positioning Kratos to continue to
successfully execute our strategy.
As I mentioned, and as you can clearly see from our business today, we
believe that we have accomplished a great deal in 07, but it goes without
saying, we have a lot of work to do in 08. Were committed to executing our
strategic plan as approved by our Board of Directors and as we have summarized
for you here today, and we are committed to delivering the maximum value to our
shareholders, investors, customers, employees and all other key stakeholders.
Wed now like to open up the call for any questions you may have.
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QUESTION
AND ANSWER SECTION
Operator: Thank you. [Operator
Instructions] Our first question comes from Mike Crawford with Riley Investment
Management.
<Q Mike
Crawford>:
Thank you. Eric, what was
Haverstick revenues in 2007?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Haverstick revenues in 2007 was
approximately $95 million.
<Q Mike
Crawford>:
Okay. And is that growing maybe 5
to 10% organically if you would...?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Very consistent with our profile.
<Q Mike
Crawford>:
Okay. Can you provide a bookings
and backlog numbers?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
No. Take a look at our the
filing today, Michael.
<Q Mike
Crawford>:
Okay. Im kind of picking through
it right now.
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Okay.
<Q Mike
Crawford>:
And then you said there was you
had set of contracts with the DCMA worth 22 million, I think the number was
smaller in the release. That was just for one contract. So is that...
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Yeah. And so, and there were some
others, yes. So it was a set.
<Q Mike
Crawford>:
And then thanks. The final
question is if you can provide a little additional color on the 400 million run
rate given SYS is about 80 million, so youre expecting your current business
to kind of pick up about 20 million slack in the first six months? Is that...
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Right. Were as I stated, Mike,
we are right now with the contract base we have and the book of business we
have and where we believe SYS will come out as Im assuming we close mid-year
somewhere around mid-year in the second half of this year, we think that we can
achieve a run rate at that time of about 400 of run rate.
<Q Mike
Crawford>:
Okay. Great. Thank you.
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Youre welcome.
Operator: [Operator
Instructions] Well hear next from Michael Potter with Monarch Capital.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
Hey guys. Im just trying
to get my arms around again the acquisition between the three companies. Have
you since the announcement of the SYS acquisition have you been able to put
your fingers on some of the immediate cost savings that you anticipate for
2008?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Oh, yes, weve already moved out
with SYS and started putting together an integration plan. Let me give you an
example of that. Our corporate headquarters, as you know, is in San Diego. SYSs
corporate headquarters is in San Diego. We have several its four, five, or
six facilities between us. Were going to, as these leases come off, and just
coincidentally a vast majority of the leases come off in Q3 of 08, Q4 of 08
and Q1 of 09. Were going to consolidate facilities, maybe not all into one
but into probably two, which is going to result in a significant cost savings
and a reduction in rates for the military.
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<Q
Michael Potter>:
Can you give us can you
quantify what the savings there should be?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
For that for that it could be
depending on the scheme somewhere just alone from 800,000 to $1 million, and
thats gross, not taking into any consideration on cost plus contracts, just
gross cash payments. So thats the type of item thats in the plan were
putting together.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
Okay. And I dont know if
you mentioned this earlier, but what was the breakdown for Kratos business
between Defense, Homeland Security and commercial?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Right. Its the commercial is
more, just to be clear, is more public safety oriented and so on the numbers we
just reported, its approximately, roughly 70:30 or 75:20 25 federal
government, DoD versus public safety or commercial.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
Public safety side also
includes municipalities?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Yes, yes, for what we just
reported. And so, with the merger with Haverstick that will skew much more
heavily toward federal government versus public safety.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
Okay. And when you put in
your target is industry margins, Im assuming thats somewhere between the 8 to
10% EBITDA range?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Yes. Yes, sir.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
And in what time period do
you think those margins are going to begin to materialize?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
We as Deanne and I tried to
communicate, one by one were knocking out these final matters, like the legal,
the civil suits and now were negotiating on the derivative suits to get those
knocked out. And so, were hopeful no later than next year, but were hopeful
some time in the second half, depending on how we if we can wind these down.
Well wind down everything that we can control. There are a couple of things we
just cant control the timing.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
Okay. And one last
question. The S-4, do you anticipate that will be filed in the next couple of
weeks?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Yes.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
And at that time, will you,
and Im assuming Cliff Cooke hit the road and start talking to some of the
institutional investors?
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
There is a very large schedule
sitting on my desk to do just that, yes.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
Okay, terrific. Well look
forward to seeing you at that time.
<A Eric
DeMarco>:
Okay, Michael.
<Q
Michael Potter>:
Thanks.
Operator: And that is all the
questions that we have. Id like to turn the conference back to our speakers
for additional or closing remarks.
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Eric M. DeMarco, President and Chief
Executive Officer
Very good. Thank you very much. We look forward to getting together
with you again after we report our first quarter and weve made more progress
on executing the strategy. Thank you.
Operator: And that does conclude
todays conference. We thank you for your participation. Have a great day.
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