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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file numbers 001-14141 and 333-46983
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact names of registrants as specified in their charters)
DELAWARE 13-3937434 AND 13-3937436
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification Nos.)
incorporation or organization)
600 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10016
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(212) 697-1111
(Telephone number)
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:
TITLE OF EACH CLASS NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH
REGISTERED:
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. New York Stock Exchange
common stock, par value $0.01 per share
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
None.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes [ ] No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to
this Form 10-K. [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as
defined in the Rule 12 b-2 of the Act) [X] Yes [ ] No
The aggregate market value of the L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. voting
stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 28, 2002 was
approximately $4,706 million. For purposes of this calculation, the Registrants
have assumed that their directors and executive officers are affiliates.
There were 95,343,171 shares of L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. common stock
with a par value of $0.01 outstanding as of the close of business on February
28, 2003.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the definitive proxy statement to be filed with Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") pursuant to Regulation 14A relating to the
Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on April 22, 2003, will
be incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K. Such proxy
statement will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after the
registrant's fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002
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PART I
Item 1: Business ................................................................. 1
Item 2: Properties ............................................................... 27
Item 3: Legal Proceedings ........................................................ 28
Item 4: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ...................... 28
PART II
Item 5: Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters .... 29
Item 6: Selected Financial Data .................................................. 30
Item 7: Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and
Financial Condition ..................................................... 31
Item 7A: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk ............... 58
Item 8: Financial Statements and Supplementary Data .............................. 59
Item 9: Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure .................................................... 59
PART III
Item 10: Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant ....................... 60
Item 11: Executive Compensation ................................................... 60
Item 12: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters ............................................. 60
Item 13: Certain Relationships and Related Transactions ........................... 60
Item 14: Controls and Procedures .................................................. 60
PART IV:
Item 15: Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K .......... 61
Signatures ........................................................................ 65
Certifications Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 .......... 66
PART I
For convenience purposes in this filing on Form 10-K, "L-3 Holdings"
refers to L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc., and "L-3 Communications" refers to
L-3 Communications Corporation, a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of L-3
Holdings. "L-3", "we", "us" and "our" refer to L-3 Holdings and its
subsidiaries, including L-3 Communications.
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
L-3 Holdings, a Delaware corporation organized in 1997, derives all of its
operating income and cash flow from its wholly-owned subsidiary, L-3
Communications. L-3 Communications, a Delaware corporation, was organized in
April 1997. The only obligations of L-3 Holdings are its 5 1/4% Convertible
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 and its 4% Senior Subordinated Convertible
Contingent Debt Securities due 2011 (CODES), both of which are jointly and
severally guaranteed by substantially all of its direct and indirect domestic
subsidiaries, including L-3 Communications. L-3 Holdings also has guaranteed
the indebtedness under the bank credit facilities of L-3 Communications. In
order to generate the funds necessary to pay principal and interest on its
indebtedness, L-3 Holdings relies on dividends and other payments from its
subsidiaries or it must raise funds in public or private equity or debt
offerings.
OVERVIEW
We are a leading merchant supplier of secure communications and
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, training,
simulation and support services, aviation products and aircraft modernization,
as well as specialized products. Our businesses employ proprietary technologies
and capabilities, and we believe our businesses have leading positions in their
respective primary markets. Our customers include the U.S. Department of
Defense (DoD) and prime contractors thereof, certain U.S. Government
intelligence agencies, major aerospace and defense contractors, foreign
governments, commercial customers and certain other U.S. federal, state and
local government agencies. For the year ended December 31, 2002, direct and
indirect sales to the DoD provided approximately 65.5% of our sales, while
sales to commercial customers, foreign governments and U.S. federal, state and
local government agencies other than the DoD provided the remaining 34.5% of
our sales. For the year ended December 31, 2002, we had sales of $4,011.2
million, of which U.S. customers accounted for approximately 85.7% and foreign
customers accounted for approximately 14.3%, and operating income of $454.0
million. We have the following four reportable segments: (1) Secure
Communications & ISR; (2) Training, Simulation & Support Services; (3) Aviation
Products & Aircraft Modernization; and (4) Specialized Products. Financial
information for our reportable segments is included in Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition and in Note 18 of
our consolidated financial statements, each included elsewhere herein.
The discussion below presents summary data on the businesses of each of
our four reportable segments. Detailed data on the products and services for
each of our reportable segments is presented below on pages 8 to 19.
Secure Communications & ISR
Our businesses in this segment provide products and services for the
global ISR market, specializing in signals intelligence and communications
intelligence systems. These products and services provide the warfighter in
real-time with the unique ability to collect and analyze unknown electronic
signals from command centers, communication nodes and air defense systems for
real-time situation awareness and response. These businesses also provide
secure, high data rate communications systems for military and other U.S.
Government and foreign government reconnaissance and surveillance applications.
We believe our systems and products are critical elements of virtually all
major communication, command and control, intelligence gathering and space
systems. Our systems and products are used to connect a variety of airborne,
space, ground and sea-based communication systems and are used in the
transmission, processing, recording, monitoring and dissemination functions of
these communication systems. Our major secure communication programs and
systems include:
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o secure data links for airborne, satellite, ground and sea-based remote
platforms for real-time information collection and dissemination to
users;
o highly specialized fleet management and support, including procurement,
systems integration, sensor development, modification and maintenance for
signals intelligence and ISR special mission aircraft and airborne
surveillance systems;
o strategic and tactical signals intelligence systems that detect,
collect, identify, analyze and disseminate information;
o secure telephone and network equipment and encryption management; and
o communication systems for surface and undersea vessels and manned space
flights.
Training, Simulation & Support Services.
Our businesses in this segment provide a full range of training,
simulation and support services, including:
o services designed to meet customer training requirements for aircrews,
navigators, mission operators, gunners and maintenance technicians for
virtually any platform, including military fixed and rotary wing
aircraft, air vehicles and various ground vehicles;
o communication software support, information services and a wide range of
engineering development services and integration support;
o high-end engineering and information support services used for command,
control, communications and ISR architectures, as well as for air warfare
modeling and simulation tools for applications used by the DoD,
Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Government intelligence
agencies, including missile and space systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) and military aircraft;
o developing and managing extensive programs in the United States and
internationally that focus on teaching, training and education,
logistics, strategic planning, organizational design, democracy
transition and leadership development;
o producing crisis management software and providing command and control
for homeland security applications; and
o design, prototype development and production of ballistic missile
targets for missile defense applications, including present and future
threat scenarios.
Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization.
Our businesses in this segment provide aviation products and aircraft
modernization services, including:
o airborne traffic and collision avoidance systems (TCAS) for commercial
and military applications;
o commercial, solid-state, crash-protected cockpit voice recorders, flight
data recorders and maritime hardened voyage recorders;
o ruggedized custom displays for military and high-end commercial
applications;
o turnkey aviation life cycle management services that integrate custom
developed and commercial off-the-shelf products for various military and
commercial wide-body and rotary wing aircraft, including heavy
maintenance and structural modifications and Head-of-State and commercial
interior completions; and
o engineering, modification, maintenance, logistics and upgrade services
for U.S. Special Operations Command aircraft, vehicles and personnel
equipment.
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Specialized Products.
Our businesses in this segment supply products, including components,
subsystems and systems, to military and commercial customers in several niche
markets. These products include:
o ocean products, including acoustic undersea warfare products for mine
hunting, dipping and anti-submarine sonars and naval power distribution,
conditioning, switching and protection equipment for surface and undersea
platforms;
o ruggedization and integration of commercial-off-the-shelf technology for
displays, computers and electronic systems for military and commercial
applications;
o integrated video security and surveillance systems that provide
perimeter security used by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service and U.S. Border Patrol to monitor and protect U.S. borders;
o security systems for aviation, port and border applications to detect
explosives, concealed weapons, contraband and illegal narcotics, to
inspect agricultural products and to examine cargo;
o telemetry, instrumentation, space and navigation products, including
tracking and flight termination;
o premium fuzing products;
o microwave components used in radar communication satellites, wireless
communication equipment, electronic surveillance, communication and
electronic warfare applications and countermeasure systems;
o high performance antennas and ground based radomes;
o training devices and motion simulators which produce advanced virtual
reality simulation and high-fidelity representations of cockpits and
mission stations for fixed and rotary wing aircraft and land vehicles; and
o precision stabilized electro-optic surveillance systems, including high
magnification lowlight, daylight and forward looking infrared sensors,
laser range finders, illuminators and designators, and digital and
wireless communication systems.
DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL OPPORTUNITIES
Part of our growth strategy is to identify commercial and non-DoD
applications from select products and technologies that we currently sell to
our defense customers. We have currently identified two vertical markets where
we believe there are significant opportunities to grow our sales:
transportation and broadband wireless communications products.
Within the transportation market, we are offering (1) an explosive
detection system for screening checked baggage at airports, X-ray screening
products for cargo, air freight, port and border security applications, display
and power propulsion systems for rail transportation and power switches for
internet service providers, and (2) maritime voyage recorders and an enhanced
aviation collision avoidance product that incorporates ground proximity
warning. Within the communications product market, we are offering local fixed
wireless access equipment for voice, DSL and internet access, and a broad range
of commercial components and digital test equipment for broadband
communications providers.
We have developed the majority of our commercial and civil products
employing technology used in our defense businesses. Except for our explosive
detection systems, sales generated from our developing commercial and civil
opportunities have not been material to us.
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
The U.S. defense industry has undergone significant changes precipitated
by ongoing U.S. federal budget pressures and adjustments in political roles and
missions to reflect changing strategic and tactical threats. From fiscal year
1986 to fiscal year 1999, the U.S. DoD budget experienced a decline in nominal
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dollars. This trend was reversed with the fiscal 2000 DoD budget, followed by
increases in fiscal 2001, 2002 and 2003 with an anticipated increase in fiscal
2004 to $380.0 billion. In addition, the DoD philosophy has focused on its
transformation strategy that balances modernization and recapitalization (or
upgrading existing platforms) while enhancing readiness and joint operations.
As a result, defense budget program allocations continue to favor advanced
information technologies related to command, control and communications (C3)
and ISR. Furthermore, the DoD's emphasis on system interoperability, force
multipliers and providing battlefield commanders with real-time data is
increasing the electronic content of nearly all major military procurement and
research programs. As a result, it is expected that the DoD's budget for
communications and defense electronics will continue to grow.
The U.S. defense industry has also undergone dramatic consolidation
resulting in the emergence of five dominant prime system contractors: The
Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation,
Raytheon Company and General Dynamics Corporation. We believe that one outcome
of this consolidation is that the DoD must ensure that continued vertical
integration does not further diminish the fragmented, yet critical DoD vendor
base. Additionally, we believe it has become uneconomical for the prime
contractors to design, develop and manufacture numerous essential products,
components and subsystems for their own use. We believe this situation has and
will continue to create opportunities for merchant suppliers such as L-3. As
the prime contractors continue to evaluate their core competencies and
competitive positions, focusing their resources on larger programs and
platforms, we expect the prime contractors to continue to exit non-strategic
business areas and procure these needed elements on more favorable terms from
independent, commercially oriented merchant suppliers. Examples of this trend
include recent divestitures of certain non-core defense-related businesses by
several of the prime contractors.
The focus on cost reduction by the prime contractors and the DoD is also
driving increased use of commercial off-the-shelf products for upgrades of
existing systems and in new systems. We believe the prime contractors will
continue to be under pressure to reduce their costs and will increasingly seek
to focus their resources and capabilities on major platforms and systems,
turning to commercially oriented "best of breed" merchant suppliers to produce
subsystems, components and products. We believe successful merchant suppliers
will continue to use their resources to complement and support, rather than
compete with, the prime contractors. We anticipate that the relationships
between the major prime contractors and their primary suppliers will continue
to evolve in a fashion similar to those employed in the automotive and
commercial aircraft industries. We expect that these relationships will be
defined by critical partnerships encompassing increasingly greater outsourcing
of non-core products and systems by the prime contractors to their key merchant
suppliers and increasing supplier participation in the development of future
programs. We believe that early involvement in the upgrading of existing
systems and the design and engineering of new systems incorporating the prime
contractor outsourced products will provide merchant suppliers, including us,
with a competitive advantage in securing new business and provide the prime
contractors with significant cost reduction opportunities through the
coordination of the design, development and manufacturing processes.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
We intend to grow our sales, improve our profitability and build on our
position as a leading merchant supplier of systems, products and services to
the major contractors in the aerospace and defense industry as well as the U.S.
Government. We also intend to continue to leverage our expertise and products
into selected new commercial and civil business areas where we can adapt our
existing products and technologies. Our strategy to achieve these objectives
includes:
EXPAND MERCHANT SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS. We have developed strong
relationships with the DoD, several other U.S. Government agencies and all of
the major U.S. defense prime contractors, enabling us to identify new business
opportunities and anticipate customer needs. As an independent merchant
supplier, we anticipate that our growth will be driven by expanding our share
of existing programs and by participating in new programs. We identify
opportunities where we are able to use our strong relationships to increase our
business presence and allow customers to reduce their costs. We also expect to
benefit from continued outsourcing of subsystems, components and products by
prime contractors, which positions us to be a merchant supplier to multiple
bidders on prime contract bids.
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SUPPORT CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS. A significant portion of our sales is
derived from strategic, long-term programs and from programs for which we have
been the incumbent supplier, and in many cases acted as the sole provider over
many years. Our customer satisfaction and excellent performance record are
evidenced by our receipt of performance-based award fees exceeding 90% of the
available award fees on average during the year ended December 31, 2002. We
believe that prime contractors will increasingly award long-term, outsourcing
contracts to the best-of-breed merchant suppliers they believe to be most
capable on the basis of quality, responsiveness, design, engineering and
program management support as well as cost. We intend to continue to align our
research and development, manufacturing and new business efforts to complement
our customers' requirements and provide state-of-the-art products.
IMPROVE OPERATING MARGINS. We have a history of improving the operating
performance of the businesses we acquire by reducing their overhead,
administrative expenses and facilities costs, increasing sales, improving
contract bidding and proposals controls and practices and increasing
competitive contract award win rates. We intend to continue to improve our
operating performance by continuing to reduce overhead expenses, consolidating
certain of our business and business processes and increasing the productivity
of our businesses.
LEVERAGE TECHNICAL AND MARKET LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. We have developed
strong, proprietary technical capabilities that have enabled us to capture the
number one or number two market position in most of our key business areas,
including secure, high data rate communications systems, solid state aviation
recorders, security systems, telemetry, instrumentation and space products,
advanced antenna products and high performance microwave components. We
continue to invest in company-sponsored independent research and development,
including bid and proposal costs, in addition to making substantial investments
in our technical and manufacturing resources. Further, we have a highly skilled
workforce, including approximately 9,200 engineers. We are applying our
technical expertise and capabilities to several closely aligned commercial
business markets and applications such as transportation and broadband wireless
communications and we expect to continue to explore other similar commercial
opportunities.
MAINTAIN DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS MIX. We have a diverse and broad business
mix with limited reliance on any single program, a favorable balance of
cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contracts, a significant follow-on business
and an attractive customer profile. Our largest program represented 8.2% of our
sales for the year ended December 31, 2002 and is a firm fixed-price contract
with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for explosive
detection systems (EDS) used at airports. No other program represented more
than 3.7% of sales for the year ended December 31, 2002. We expect our total
sales for EDS in 2003 to decline to about $175 million, including those for the
TSA, primarily because the initial build-out of EDS by TSA for major U.S.
airports was completed in 2002. Furthermore, 34.2% of our sales for 2002 were
from cost reimbursable contracts, and 65.8% were from fixed-price contracts,
providing us with a mix of predictable profitability (cost-reimbursable) and
higher margin (fixed-price) business. We also enjoy a favorable mix of defense
and non-defense business, with direct and indirect sales to the DoD accounting
for 65.5%, and sales to commercial customers, foreign governments and U.S.
federal, state and local government agencies other than the DoD accounting for
the remaining 34.5% of our sales for the year ended December 31, 2002. We
intend to leverage this business profile to expand our merchant supplier
business base.
CAPITALIZE ON STRATEGIC ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES. Recent U.S. defense
industry consolidation has dramatically reduced the number of traditional
middle-tier aerospace and defense companies, which are smaller than the five
dominant prime system contractors and larger than the many smaller publicly and
privately owned companies, as well as the non-core aerospace and defense
businesses of the prime contractors. We intend to enhance our existing product
base through internal research and development efforts and selective
acquisitions that will add new products in areas that complement our present
technologies. We intend to continue acquiring select smaller publicly and
privately owned companies, as well as non-core aerospace and defense businesses
of larger companies, that exhibit the following criteria:
o significant market position(s) in their business area(s);
o product offerings which complement and/or extend our product offerings;
and
o positive future sales growth and earnings and cash flow prospects.
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SELECTED RECENT ACQUISITIONS
During the year ended December 31, 2002, we acquired businesses for an
aggregate purchase price of $1,703.2 million. The purchase price represents the
contractual consideration for the acquired business excluding adjustments for
net cash acquired and acquisition costs. For certain of these acquisitions, the
purchase price may be subject to adjustment based on actual closing date net
assets or net working capital of the acquired business and/or the
post-acquisition financial performance of the acquired business. The table
below summarizes the primary acquisitions.
PURCHASE
PRICE
BUSINESS DATE ACQUIRED ACQUIRED FROM ($ MILLIONS) BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
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Aircraft Integration March 8, 2002 Raytheon Company $1,148.7 Provides products and services
Systems for the global ISR market,
specializing in signals
intelligence (SIGINT) and
communications intelligence
(COMINT) systems, which
provide the unique ability to
collect, decode and analyze
electronic signals from command
centers, communications nodes
and air defense systems for
real-time communication and
response to the warfighter. Also
provides complete aircraft and
mission system engineering
integration, test and support
capability.
Detection Systems June 14, 2002 PerkinElmer, Inc. 110.0 Manufactures a range of
detection and imaging products
used to detect explosives,
concealed weapons, contraband
and illegal narcotics, to inspect
agricultural products and to
examine cargo.
Telos Corporation July 19, 2002 Telos Corporation 22.3 Provides systems engineering
(a California (a Maryland services for the military with
Corporation) Corporation) primary emphasis on
communications, and systems
integration for the U. S.
Government.
ComCept, Inc. July 31, 2002 ComCept 25.5 Provides network-centric warfare
stockholders (NCW) capabilities, including
requirements development,
modeling, simulation,
communications and systems
development and integration for
ISR.
Technology, September 23, 2002 Technology, 51.4 Provides engineering, logistics
Management and Management and and program management
Analysis Corporation Analysis services to various government
stockholders clients. Majority of work is for
the Naval Sea Systems
Command.
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SELECTED RECENT ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED)
PURCHASE
PRICE
BUSINESS DATE ACQUIRED ACQUIRED FROM ($ MILLIONS) BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
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Electron Devices and October 25, 2002 Northrop Grumman 135.0 Electron Devices provides
Displays-Navigation Corporation microwave vacuum electron
Systems-San Diego devices and power modules to
Businesses military and commercial
markets. Displays-Navigation
Systems-San Diego provides
ruggedized displays, computers
and electronic systems for both
military and commercial
applications.
Wolf Coach, Inc. October 31, 2002 Wolf Coach 4.2 Vehicle modification and systems
stockholders integration for mobile
communications platforms used
for television broadcasters and
government/military users.
International November 8, 2002 International 40.7 Provides wireless
Microwave Corporation Microwave communication, enhanced
Corporation remote video surveillance
stockholders systems, network support
systems, information technology
and defense communications.
IMC provides remote video
surveillance systems, the
WatchTower, for the U.S.
Border Patrol.
Westwood Corporation November 13, 2002 Westwood 22.1 Provides electrical generation,
stockholders distribution and automated
control equipment and related
products directly to the U.S.
government and its prime
contractors.
Wescam Inc. November 21, 2002 Wescam 124.3 Designs and manufactures
stockholders wireless visual information
systems that capture images
from mobile platforms and
transmits them in real-time to
tactical command centers for
interpretation or to production
facilities for broadcast.
Ship Analytics Inc. December 19, 2002 Ship Analytics 12.5 Producer of crisis management
stockholders software applications used to
support emergency management
and homeland security
applications.
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PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
SECURE COMMUNICATIONS & ISR
The systems and products, selected applications and selected platforms or
end users of our Secure Communications & ISR segment at December 31, 2002 are
summarized in the table below.
SYSTEMS/PRODUCTS SELECTED APPLICATIONS SELECTED PLATFORMS/END USERS
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Signals Intelligence
o Prime mission systems o Signal processing, airborne radio o USAF Big Safari Fleet, Rivet
integration and sensor frequency applications, antenna Joint, Combat Sent, Cobraball
development technology, real-time process and subsystems for U-2 and EP-3
control and software development
High Data Rate Communications
o Wideband data links and ground o High performance, wideband o Manned and unmanned aircraft,
terminals secure communication links for naval ships, terminals and
relaying of intelligence and satellites
reconnaissance information
Satellite Communication Terminals
o Ground-based satellite o Interoperable, transportable o Remote personnel provided with
communication terminals and ground terminals communication links to distant
payloads forces
Space Communication and Satellite Control
o Satellite communication and o On-board satellite external o International Space Station,
tracking system communications, video systems, Space Shuttle and various
solid state recorders and ground satellites
support equipment
o Satellite command and control o Software integration, test and o U.S. Air Force Satellite Control
sustainment and support maintenance support satellite Network and rocket launch
control network and engineering system
support for satellite launch
system
Military Communications
o Shipboard communications o Internal and external o Naval vessels
systems communications
(radio room)
Information Security Systems
o STE (Secure Terminal o Secure and non-secure voice, data o U.S. Armed services, intelligence
Equipment) and video communication for and security agencies
office and battlefield utilizing
Integrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN) and Automated
Teller Machine (ATM)
commercial network technologies
We believe that we are an established leader in the development,
construction and installation of communication systems for high performance
intelligence collection, imagery processing and ground, air, sea and satellite
communications for the DoD and other U.S. Government agencies. We provide
secure, high data rate, real-time communication systems for surveillance,
reconnaissance and other intelligence collection systems. We also design,
develop, produce and integrate communication systems and support equipment for
space, ground and naval applications, as well as provide communication software
support services to military and related government intelligence markets.
Product lines of the Secure Communications & ISR business include high data
rate communications links, satellite communications terminals, naval vessel
communication systems, space communications and satellite control systems,
signal intelligence information processing systems, information security
systems, tactical battlefield sensor systems and commercial communication
systems.
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Signals Intelligence
We believe that we are a world leader in SIGINT and ISR systems providing
unique, highly specialized fleet management and support for special mission
aircraft, including prime mission systems integration, sensor development,
aircraft modification, maintenance and procurement for a range of customers,
primarily under classified contracts. Our primary mission in this area is to
support the USAF Big Safari fleet, including the Rivet Joint, Combat Sent and
Cobra Ball RC-135 aircraft through long-term sole-source contracts.
High Data Rate Communications
We believe that we are a technology leader in high data rate, covert,
jam-resistant microwave communications used in military and other national
agency reconnaissance and surveillance applications. Our product line covers a
full range of tactical and strategic secure point-to-point and relay data
transmission systems, products and support services that conform to military
and intelligence specifications. Our systems and products are capable of
providing battlefield commanders with real-time, secure surveillance and
targeting information and were used extensively by U.S. armed forces in the
Persian Gulf War and during operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.
Our current family of strategic and tactical data links or CDL (Common
Data Link) systems are considered DoD standards for data link hardware. Our
primary focus is spread spectrum secure communication links technology, which
involves transmitting a data signal with a high-rate noise signal making it
difficult to detect by others, and then re-capturing the signal and removing
the noise. Our data links are capable of providing information at over 300
megabytes per second and use point-to-point and point-to-multipoint
architectures.
We provide these secure high bandwidth products to the U.S. Air Force, the
U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army and various U.S. Government agencies, many through
long-term programs. The scope of these programs include air-to-ground,
air-to-air, ground-to-air and satellite communications such as the U-2 Support
Program, GUARDRAIL, ASTOR and major UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) programs,
such as Predator, Global Hawk and Fire Scout.
We remain the industry leader in the mobile airborne satellite terminal
product market, delivering mobile satellite communication services to many
airborne platforms. These services provide real-time connectivity between the
battlefield and non-local exploiters of ISR data.
Satellite Communication Terminals
We provide ground-to-satellite, high availability, real-time global
communications capability through a family of transportable field terminals
used to communicate with commercial, military and international satellites.
These terminals provide remote personnel with constant and effective
communication capability and provide communication links to distant forces. Our
TSS (TriBand SATCOM Subsystem) employs a 6.25 meter dish with a single point
feed that provides C, Ku and X band communication to support the U.S. Army. We
also offer an 11.3 meter antenna satellite terminal which is transportable on
two C-130 aircraft. The SHF (Super High Frequency) PTS (Portable Terminal
System) is a lightweight (28 pounds), portable terminal, which communicates
through DSCS, NATO or SKYNET satellites and brings connectivity to small
military tactical units and mobile command posts.
We provide System Engineering and Software/Life-cycle support to the Air
Force Satellite control network as well as the eastern and western test
ranges. These contracts were recently won and are scheduled to remain in
effect beyond 2010.
Space Communications and Satellite Control
We have produced and are delivering three communication subsystems for the
ISS (International Space Station). These systems will control all ISS radio
frequency communications and external video activities. We also provide
solid-state recorders and memory units for data capture, storage, transfer and
retrieval for space applications. Our standard NASA tape recorder has completed
over five million hours
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of service without a mission failure. Our recorders are on National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration weather satellites, the Earth Observing Satellite,
AM spacecraft and Landsat-7 Earth-monitoring spacecraft. We have extended this
technology to our Strategic Tactical Airborne Recorder (S/TAR (Trade Mark) )
which was selected for the new Shared Reconnaissance Port (SHARP) Program. We
also provide space and satellite system simulation, satellite operations and
computer system training, depot support, network engineering, resource
scheduling, launch system engineering, support, software integration and test
through cost-plus contracts with the U.S. Air Force.
Military Communications
We provide integrated, computer controlled switching systems for the
interior and exterior voice and data needs of naval vessels. Our products
include the MarCom Integrated Voice Communication Systems for Aegis class
destroyers and for the LPD amphibious ship class. We produced the MarCom
Baseband Switch for Los Angeles class submarines. Our MarCom secure digital
switching system provides an integrated approach to the specialized voice and
data communications needs of shipboard environments, for internal and external
communications, command and control and air traffic control. Along with the
Keyswitch Integrated Terminals, MarCom provides automated switching of
radio/cryptocircuits, which results in significant time savings. Without
MarCom, it would take approximately one hour to switch twelve
radio/cryptocircuits using the previously existing switching system. Our Marcom
secure digital switching system is able to switch the same number of
radio/cryptocircuits in approximately twelve seconds. We also offer on-board,
high data rate communications systems, which provide a data link for carrier
battle groups, which are interoperable with the U.S. Air Force's
Surveillance/reconnaissance terminals. We supply the "communications on the
move" capability needed for the digital battlefield by packaging advanced
communications into the U.S. Army's Interim Brigade Combat Team Commander's
Vehicle.
Information Security Systems
We believe that we are a leader in the development of secure
communications equipment for both military and commercial applications. We are
producing the next generation digital, ISDN-compatible STE (secure telephone
equipment). STE provides clearer voice and approximately thirteen-times faster
data/fax transmission capabilities than the previous generation of secure
telecommunications equipment. STE also supports secure conference calls and
secure video teleconferencing. STE uses a CryptoCard security system which
consists of a small, portable, cryptographic module holding the algorithms,
keys and personalized credentials to identify its user for secure
communications access. We also provide the workstation component of the U.S.
Government's EKMS (Electronic Key Management System), the next generation of
information security systems. EKMS is the government's system to replace
current "paper" encryption keys that are used to secure government
communications with "electronic" encryption keys. The work station component we
provide produces and distributes the electronic keys. We also develop
specialized strategic and tactical signal intelligence systems to detect,
acquire, collect, and process information derived from electronic sources.
These systems are used by classified customers for intelligence gathering and
require high-speed digital signal processing and high-density custom hardware
designs.
TRAINING, SIMULATION & SUPPORT SERVICES
The products and services, selected applications and selected platforms or
end users of our Training, Simulation & Support Services segment at December
31, 2002 are summarized in the table below.
SYSTEMS/PRODUCTS SELECTED APPLICATIONS SELECTED PLATFORMS/END USERS
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Training and Simulation
o Battlefield and Weapon o Missile system modeling and o U.S. Army Missile Command
Simulation simulation
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TRAINING, SIMULATION & SUPPORT SERVICES (CONTINUED)
SYSTEMS/PRODUCTS SELECTED APPLICATIONS SELECTED PLATFORMS/END USERS
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o Design and manufacture custom o U.S. Army Missile Command
ballistic missile targets that are
ground launched and air
launched for threat replication
targets
o Training o Training for soldiers on o DoD
complex command and control
systems
o Training and logistics services o DoD and foreign governments
and training device support
o Human Patient Simulators o Medical Training o Medical schools, nursing
schools, and DoD
Engineering Development and
Integration Support
o System Support o C3ISR (Command, Control, o U.S. Armed services,
Communications, Intelligence, intelligence and security
Surveillance and agencies, MDA, NASA
Reconnaissance), and other U.S. Government
modeling and simulation agencies
o Communication software support o Value-added, critical software o DoD, FAA and NASA
services support for C3I (Command,
Control, Communication and
Intelligence) systems and other
engineering and technical services
o Crisis Incident Management o Emergency operations support o Federal, state, local government
System associated with natural disasters, agencies for homeland defense
industrial accidents and acts of
terrorism
Training and Simulation
We believe that we are a leading provider of training, simulation and
support services to the U.S. and foreign military agencies.
Our products and services are designed to meet customer training
requirements for aircrews, navigators, mission operators, gunners and
maintenance technicians for virtually any platform, including military fixed
and rotary wing aircraft, air vehicles and various ground vehicles. As one of
the leading suppliers of training services, we believe that we are able to
leverage our unique full-service capabilities to develop fully-integrated,
innovative solutions for training systems, to propose and provide program
upgrades and modifications, and to provide hands-on, best-in-class training
operations in accordance with customer requirements in a timely manner. In
addition, we are developing, demonstrating, evaluating and transitioning
training technologies and methods for use by warfighters at the US Air Force's
Fighter Training Research Division.
We also design and develop prototypes of ballistic missile targets for
present and future threat scenarios. We provide high-fidelity custom targets to
the DoD that are complementary to the U.S. Government's growing focus and
priority on national missile defense and space programs. We are the only
provider of ballistic missile targets that has successfully launched a
ballistic missile target from an Air Force Cargo Aircraft.
We also develop and manage extensive programs in the United States and
internationally, focusing on training and education, strategic planning,
organizational design, democracy transition and leadership development. To
provide these services, we utilize a pool of experienced former armed service,
law enforcement and other national security professionals. In the United
States, our personnel are instructors
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in the U.S. Army's Force Management School and other schools and courses and
are also involved in recruiting for the U.S. Army. In addition, we own a
one-third interest in Medical Education Technologies, Inc., which has developed
and is producing human patient simulators for sale to medical teaching and
training institutions and the DoD.
We also produce incident management software to support Emergency
Management and Homeland Security applications for first responders to crisis
situations.
Engineering Development and Integration Support
We believe that we are a premier provider of numerous air campaign
modeling and simulation tools for applications, such as Thunder, Storm and
Brawler, for the U.S. Air Force Studies and Analysis Agency, and of space
science research for NASA. We also provide high-end systems support for the
HAWK and PATRIOT missile systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the
Cooperative Engagement Capacity (CEC) Program, and the F/A-18.
Our products and services specialize in communication systems, training
and simulation equipment and a broad range of hardware and software for the
U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Missile Defense Agency (MDA). As one of the leading suppliers of high-end
engineering and information support, we believe we are able to provide
value-added C3ISR engineering support, wargames simulation and modeling of
battlefield communications.
Our Ilex Systems business provides systems and software engineering
products and services for military applications. We specialize in the
innovative application of state-of-the-art software technology and software
development methodologies to produce comprehensive real-time solutions
satisfying our customers' systems and software needs. We specialize in
providing engineering services to the U.S. Army military intelligence
community, including the Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software
Engineering Center. These engineering services include the development and
maintenance of Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, Fusion and Sensor systems and
software.
AVIATION PRODUCTS & AIRCRAFT MODERNIZATION
The systems and products, selected applications and selected platforms or
end users of our Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization segment at December
31, 2002, are summarized in the table below.
SYSTEMS/PRODUCTS SELECTED APPLICATIONS SELECTED PLATFORMS/END USERS
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Aviation Products
o Solid state crash protected o Voice recorders continuously o Business and commercial
cockpit voice and flight data record the most recent 30-120 aircraft and certain military
recorders minutes of voice and sounds from transport aircraft; sold to both
cockpit and aircraft aircraft manufacturers and
intercommunications. Flight airlines under the Fairchild
data recorders record the last 25 brand name
hours of flight parameters
o TCAS (Traffic Alert and o Reduce the potential for midair o Commercial, business,
Collision Avoidance System) aircraft collisions by providing regional and military transport
visual and audible warnings and aircraft
maneuvering instructions to pilots
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AVIATION PRODUCTS & AIRCRAFT MODERNIZATION (CONTINUED)
SYSTEMS/PRODUCTS SELECTED APPLICATIONS SELECTED PLATFORMS/END USERS
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Display Products
o Cockpit and mission displays o High performance, ruggedized o Military aircraft including
and controls flat panel and cathode ray tube surveillance, fighters and
displays and processors bombers, attack helicopters,
transport aircraft and land
vehicles
Aircraft Modernization
o High end aviation product o Turnkey aviation life cycle o Various military and
modernization services management services including commercial wide body and
installation of special mission rotary wing aircraft
equipment, aircraft navigation
and avionics products
Aviation and Maritime Recorders
We manufacture commercial, solid-state, crash-protected recorders,
commonly known as black boxes, under the Fairchild brand name for the aviation
and maritime industries, and have delivered approximately 57,400 flight
recorders to aircraft manufacturers and airlines around the world. We believe
we are the leading manufacturer of commercial cockpit voice recorders and
flight data recorders. The hardened voyage recorder, launched from our
state-of-the-art aviation technology, and expanded to include cutting edge
internet communication protocols, has taken an early leadership position within
the maritime industry. We offer three types of recorders:
o the cockpit voice recorder, which records the last 30 to 120 minutes of
crew conversation and ambient sounds from the cockpit;
o the flight data recorder, which records the last 25 hours of aircraft
flight parameters, such as speed, altitude, acceleration and thrust from
each engine and direction of the flight in its final moments; and
o the hardened voyage recorder, which stores and protects 12 hours of
voice, radar, radio and shipboard performance data on solid state memory.
Recorders are highly ruggedized instruments, designed to absorb the shock
equivalent to that of an object traveling at 268 knots stopping in 18 inches,
fire resistant to 1,100 degrees centigrade and pressure resistant to 20,000
feet undersea for 30 days. Our recorders are mandated and regulated by various
worldwide agencies for use in commercial airlines and many business aviation
aircraft. In addition, our aviation recorders are certified and approved for
installation at many of the world's leading aircraft original equipment
manufacturers (OEM's), while our maritime recorders are an integral component
of a mandated recording system for numerous vessels that travel on
international waters. The U.S. military requires the installation of black
boxes in military transport aircraft.
We have completed development of a combined voice and data recorder and
are developing an enhanced recorder that monitors engine and other aircraft
parameters for use in maintenance and safety applications.
Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS)
TCAS is an avionics safety system that was developed to reduce the
potential for mid-air collisions. The system is designed to operate
independently from the air traffic control (ATC) system to provide a
complementary supplement to the existing ATC system. TCAS operates by
transmitting interrogations that elicit replies from transponders in nearby
aircraft. The system tracks aircraft within certain range and altitude bands to
determine whether they have the potential to become a collision threat.
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There are two levels of TCAS protection currently in operation: TCAS I and
TCAS II. In the United States, passenger aircraft with 10 to 30 seats must be
equipped with a TCAS I system. The TCAS II system is required for passenger
aircraft with more than 30 seats. These aircraft, as well as aircraft used in
all-cargo operations, must also be equipped with either Mode S or Mode C
transponders. The transponder provides altitude and airplane identification to
TCAS-equipped aircraft as well as to the ATC system.
If the TCAS I system calculates that an aircraft may be a threat, it
provides the pilot with a visual and audible traffic advisory. The advisory
information provides the intruder aircraft's range and relative
altitude/bearing. In addition to traffic advisories, a TCAS II system will
provide the pilot a resolution advisory (RA). This resolution advisory
recommends a vertical maneuver to provide separation from the intruder
aircraft.
TCAS systems have proven to be very effective, with many documented
successful RA's. TCAS II has been in worldwide operation in many aircraft types
since 1990. Today, over 16,000 airline, corporate and military aircraft are
equipped with TCAS II-type systems, logging over 100 million hours of
operation. The number of reported near mid-air collisions in the U.S. has
decreased significantly since 1989, a period during which both passenger and
cargo air traffic has increased substantially.
We introduced our Traffic and Terrain Collision Avoidance System
(T(2)CAS(TRADE MARK)), a safety avionics system that integrates aircraft
performance-based Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS) capability into our
TCAS. Current TCAS II operators can upgrade their existing system to incorporate
the T2CAS capability. Unlike other products, T(2)CAS is a true terrain avoidance
system that bases its operator alerts on an aircraft's actual ability to climb
at a given moment, instead of using predetermined computations. T(2)CAS also
reduces weight, power consumption, space requirements, and wiring because it's a
combined TCAS and TAWS solution. This allows our TCAS customers to simply swap
out the TCAS box for the new T(2)CAS box and use existing power and wiring.
T(2)CAS was certified by the FAA on February 11, 2003. We expect to begin
shipping our T(2)CAS product by the end of the first half of 2003.
All of our TCAS products, including T(2)CAS are sold by Aviation
Communications & Surveillance Systems L.L.C. (ACSS). We own 70% of ACSS, and
accordingly, it is a consolidated subsidiary.
Display Products
We design, develop and manufacture ruggedized displays for military and
high-end commercial applications. Our current product line includes a family of
high performance display processing systems, which use either a cathode ray
tube or an active matrix liquid crystal display. Our displays are used in
numerous airborne, ship-board and ground based platforms and are designed to
survive in military and harsh environments.
Aircraft Modernization
We are dedicated to providing solutions that integrate custom developed
and commercial off-the-shelf products to satisfy military and commercial
aviation requirements. We have a broad range of capabilities in the design,
development, manufacturing, installation and integration of complex special
purpose airborne systems, aircraft modifications and related services on
numerous types of multi-engine aircraft and various rotary platforms for
government and commercial customers. We believe that we are a leader in
maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgrades and maintenance, for both domestic and
international customers.
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SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS
The products, selected applications and selected platforms or end users of
our Specialized Products segment at December 31, 2002 are summarized in the
table below.
PRODUCTS SELECTED APPLICATIONS SELECTED PLATFORMS/END USERS
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Ocean Products
o Airborne dipping sonars o Submarine detection and o Various military helicopters
localization
o Submarine and surface ship o Submarine and surface ship o U.S. Navy and foreign navies
towed arrays detection and localization
o Naval and commercial power o Switching, distribution and o All naval combatants:
delivery and switching products protection, as well as frequency submarines, surface ships and
and voltage conversion aircraft carriers
o Commercial transfer switches, o Production and maintenance of o Federal Aviation
uninterruptible power supplies systems and high-speed switches Administration, internet service
and power products for power interruption providers, financial institutions
prevention and rail transportation
o Shipboard electronic racks, o Ruggedized displays, computers o Naval Vessels and other DoD
rugged computers, rugged and electronic systems applications
displays and communication
terminals
Security Systems
o Explosive detection systems o Rapid scanning of passenger o Airports, embassies, federal/state
checked baggage and carry-on facilities, customs, border patrol
luggage, scanning of large cargo
containers.
o Surveillance products o Remote video surveillance for o Border Patrol, Immigration and
U.S. border and naval ports Naturalization Service and U.S.
Customs
Telemetry, Instrumentation and Space Products
o Aircraft, missile and satellite o Real-time data acquisition, o Aircraft, missiles and satellites
telemetry and instrumentation measurement, processing,
systems simulation, distribution, display
and storage for flight testing
o Global satellite communications o Satellite transmission of voice, o Rural telephony or private
systems video and data networks, direct to home
uplinks, satellite news gathering
and wideband applications
Navigation Products
o GPS (Global Positioning o Location tracking o Guided projectiles and precision
Systems) receivers munitions
o Navigation systems and o Space navigation o Hubble Space Telescope, Delta
subsystems, gyroscopes, reaction IV launch vehicle and satellites
wheels, star sensor
Premium Fuzing Products
o Fuzing Products o Munitions and electronic and o Various DoD and foreign
electro-mechanical safety and military customers
arming devices
(ESADs)
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SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS (CONTINUED)
PRODUCTS SELECTED APPLICATIONS SELECTED PLATFORMS/END USERS
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Microwave Components
o Passive components, switches o Radio transmission, switching o DoD, telephony service
and wireless assemblies and conditioning, antenna and providers and original
base station testing and equipment manufacturers
monitoring, broad-band and
narrow-band applications
(Personal Communications
Services (PCS), cellular,
Specialized Mobile Radio
(SMR) and paging
infrastructure)
o Safety products o Radio frequency monitoring and o Monitor cellular base station and
measurement for safety industrial radio frequency
emissions
o Satellite and wireless o Satellite transponder control, o Communications satellites and
components (channel amplifiers, channel and frequency wireless communications
transceivers, converters, filters separation equipment
and multiplexers)
o Amplifiers and amplifier based o Automated test equipment o DoD and commercial satellite
components (amplifiers, up/down military electronic warfare, operators
converters and Ka assemblies) ground and space
communications
o Traveling wave tubes, power o Microwave vacuum electron o DoD/Foreign, military-
modules, klystrons and digital devices and power modules to manned/unmanned platforms,
broadcast military and commercial markets various missile programs and
commercial broadcast
Antenna Products
o Ultra-wide frequency and o Surveillance and radar detection o Military aircraft including
advanced radar antennas and surveillance, fighters and
rotary joints bombers, attack helicopters and
transport
o Precision antennas serving major o Antennas for high frequency, o Various military and commercial
military and commercial millimeter satellite customers including scientific
frequencies, including Ka band communications astronomers
Training Devices and Motion Simulators
o Military Aircraft Flight o Training for pilots, navigators, o Military fixed and rotary winged
Simulators flight engineers, gunners and aircraft and ground vehicles
operators
Electro-Optical Sensors
o Targeted stabilized camera o Intelligence, Data Collection, o DoD, intelligence and security
systems with integrated sensors Surveillance and Reconnaissance agencies, law enforcement,
and wireless communication manned and unmanned
systems platforms
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Ocean Products
We believe that we are one of the world's leading suppliers of acoustic
undersea warfare systems. Our experience spans a wide range of platforms,
including helicopters, submarines and surface ships. Our products include towed
array sonar, hull mounted sonar, airborne dipping sonar and ocean mapping sonar
for navies around the world.
We believe that we are also a leading provider of state-of-the-art power
electronics systems and electrical power delivery systems and subsystems. We
provide communications and control systems for the military and commercial
customers. We offer the following:
o military power propulsion, distribution and conversion equipment and
components, each of which focus on motor drives switching, distribution
and protection, and also provide engineering design and development,
manufacturing and overhaul and repair services; and
o ship control and interior communications equipment.
We have been able to apply our static transfer switch technology, which we
developed for the U.S. military, to commercial applications. Our commercial
customers for static transfer switches are primarily financial institutions and
internet service providers, including American Express, AOL-Time Warner, AT&T,
Charles Schwab and the Federal Aviation Administration. In addition, we provide
electrical products for rail transportation and utilities businesses.
Telemetry, Instrumentation and Space Products
We believe that we are a leader in the development and marketing of
component products and systems used in telemetry and instrumentation for
airborne applications such as satellites, aircraft, UAVs, launch vehicles,
guided missiles, projectiles and targets. Telemetry involves the collection of
data for various equipment performance parameters and is required when the
object under test is moving too quickly or is of too great a distance to use a
direct connection to collect such data. Telemetry products measure, process,
receive and collect thousands of parameters of a platform's operation,
including heat, vibration, stress and operational performance and transmit this
data to the ground.
Additionally, our satellite telemetry equipment transmit data necessary
for ground processing. These applications demand high reliability of their
components because of the high cost of satellite repair and the need for
uninterrupted service. Telemetry products also provide the data used to
terminate the flight of missiles and rockets under errant conditions and/or at
the end of a mission. These telemetry and command/control products are
currently used for a variety of missile and satellite programs.
We offer value-added solutions that provide our customers with complex
product integration and comprehensive support. Within the satellite ground
segment equipment market, we focus on the telephony, video broadcasting and
multimedia niches. Our customers include foreign communications companies,
domestic and international prime communications infrastructure contractors,
telecommunications and satellite service providers, broadcasters and
media-related companies. We also provide space products for advanced guidance
and control systems, including gyroscopes, controlled momentum devices and star
sensors. These products are used on satellites, launch vehicles, the Hubble
Telescope, the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.
Navigation Products
We provide airborne equipment and data link systems that gather critical
information and then process, format and transmit the data to the ground from
communications satellites, spacecraft, aircraft and missiles. These products
are available in both commercial off-the-shelf and custom configurations and
include software and software engineering services. Our primary customers
include many of the major defense contractors who manufacture aircraft,
missiles, warheads, launch vehicles and munitions. Our ground station
instrumentation receives, encrypts and/or decrypts the serial stream of
combined data in real-time as it is received from the airborne platform. We
believe that we are a leader in digital GPS receiver technology for high
performance military applications. These GPS receivers are currently in use on
aircraft, cruise missiles and precision guided bombs and provide highly
accurate positioning and navigational information. Additionally, we provide
navigation systems for high performance weapon
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pointing and positioning systems for programs such as Multiple Launch Rocket
System (MLRS) and Mortar Fire Control System (MFCS).
Premium Fuzing Products
We believe that we are a leading provider of premium fuzing products,
including proximity fuzes, electronic and electro-mechanical safety and arming
devices (ESADs) and self-destruct/sub-munition grenade fuzes. ESADs prevent the
inadvertent firing and detonation of guided missiles during handling, flight
operations and the initial phases of launch. Our proximity fuzes are used in
smart munitions. All of these are considered to be critical safety and arming
products. Additionally, during missile flight the ESAD independently analyzes
flight conditions and determines safe separation distance after a missile
launch.
Microwave Components
We are a premier worldwide supplier of commercial off-the-shelf and
custom, high performance radio frequency (RF) microwave components, assemblies
and instruments supplying the wireless communications, industrial and military
markets. We are also a leading provider of state-of-the-art space-qualified
commercial satellite and strategic military RF products and millimeter
amplifier based products. We sell many of these components under the
well-recognized Narda brand name through a comprehensive catalog of standard,
stocked hardware. We also sell our products through a direct sales force and an
extensive network of market representatives. Specific catalog offerings include
wireless products, electro-mechanical switches, power dividers and hybrids,
couplers/detectors, attenuators, terminations and phase shifters, isolators and
circulators, adapters, control products, sources, mixers, waveguide components,
RF safety products, power meters/monitors and custom passive products. Passive
components are generally purchased in both narrow and broadband frequency
configurations by wireless equipment manufacturers, wireless service providers
and military equipment suppliers. Commercial applications include cellular and
PCS base station automated test equipment, and equipment for the paging
industry. Military applications include electronic surveillance and
countermeasure systems.
Our space-qualified and wireless components separate various signals and
direct them to sections of the satellites' payload. Our main satellite products
are channel amplifiers and linearizers, payload products, transponders and
antennas. Channel amplifiers amplify the weak signals received from earth
stations, and then drive the power amplifier tubes that broadcast the signal
back to earth. Linearizers, used either in conjunction with a channel amplifier
or by themselves, pre-distort a signal to be transmitted back to earth before
it enters a traveling wave tube for amplification. This pre-distortion is
exactly the opposite of the distortion created at peak power by the traveling
wave tube and, consequently, has a cancellation effect that keeps the signal
linear over a much larger power band of the tube. The traveling wave tube and
area covered by the satellite is significantly increased.
Narda is the world's largest supplier of non-ionizing radiation safety
detection equipment. These devices are used to quantify and alarm of exposure
to excessive RF radiation. This equipment is used by wireless tower operators
and the military to protect personnel, and insure compliance to various
published standards. We design and manufacture both broad and narrow band
amplifiers and amplifier-based products in the microwave and millimeter wave
frequencies. We use these amplifiers in defense and communications
applications. These devices can be narrow band for communication needs or
broadband for electronic warfare.
We offer standard packaged amplifiers for use in various test equipment
and system applications. We design and manufacture millimeter range (at least
20 to 38GHz) amplifier products for use in emerging communication applications
such as back haul radios, LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) and
ground terminals for LEO satellites. Narda filters are sold to some of the
world's leading service providers and base station OEMs. Robust demand
continues for Narda filters due to ongoing system upgrades by service providers
for 2.5G and 3.0G applications geared toward providing higher data rate
capabilities for the commercial cellular and PCS marketplace.
We also design, manufacture and market solid state, broadband wireless
communications infrastructure equipment, subsystems and modules used to provide
point-to-multipoint (PMP) and point-to-point (PTP) terrestrial and
satellite-based distribution services in frequency bands from 24 to 38
Gigahertz. Our
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products include solid-state power amplifiers, hub transmitters, active
repeaters, cell-to-cell relays, Internet access systems and other millimeter
wave-based modules and subsystems. These products are used in various
applications, such as broadband communications, local loop services and Ka-band
satellite communications.
We also provide microwave vacuum electron devices and power modules for
manned and unmanned airborne radars, F-14, F-16, Predator and Global Hawk
platforms and for missile applications for the AMRAAM and Patriot. In addition,
we provide modules for VHF TV transmitters.
Antenna Products
We produce high performance antennas under the Randtron brand name that
are designed for:
o surveillance of high-resolution, ultra-wide frequency bands;
o detection of low radar cross-section targets and low radar cross-section
installations;
o severe environmental applications; and
o polarization diversity.
Our primary product is a sophisticated 24-foot diameter antenna used on
all E-2C surveillance aircraft. This airborne antenna is a rotating aerodynamic
radome containing a UHF surveillance radar antenna, an IFF antenna, and forward
and aft auxiliary antennas. We have been funded to begin the development of the
next generation for this antenna. We also produce broadband antennas for a
variety of tactical aircraft, and rotary joints for the AWAC antenna. We have
delivered over 2,000 sets of antennas for aircraft and have a backlog of orders
through 2004.
We are a leading supplier of ground based radomes used for air traffic
control, weather radar, defense and scientific purposes. These radomes enclose
an antenna system as a protective shield against the environment and are
intended to enhance the performance of an antenna system.
Training Devices and Motion Simulators
Our training devices and motion simulators business designs, develops and
manufacturers advanced virtual reality simulation and high-fidelity
representations of cockpits and mission stations for aircraft and land
vehicles. We have developed flight simulators for most of the U.S. military
aircraft in active operation. We have numerous proprietary technologies and
fully-developed systems integration capabilities that provide us with a
competitive advantage. Our proprietary software is used for visual display
systems, high-fidelity system models, database production, digital radar land
mass image simulation and creation of synthetic environments. We are also a
leader in developing training systems that allow multiple trainees at multiple
sites to engage in networked group, unit and task force training and combat
simulations.
Security Systems
We also design, manufacture and install screening systems to screen
packages for explosives, firearms and contraband in airports, security check
points, cruise lines, and government, commercial and military buildings. In
addition, we provide cargo-screening systems for rapid inspection of incoming
goods through rapidly deployable mobile systems to high-throughput,
high-penetration fixed systems. We also provide remote robust video
surveillance systems (Watch Tower) to monitor the U.S./Canada and U.S./Mexico
border and Naval ports.
Electro Optical Cameras
We also design and manufacture wireless visual information systems that
capture images from mobile platforms and transmit them in real time to tactical
command centers for interpretation or to production facilities for broadcast.
DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL AND CIVIL OPPORTUNITIES
Part of our growth strategy is to identify commercial and non-DoD
applications from select products and technologies that we currently sell to
our defense customers. We have initially identified two vertical markets where
we believe there are significant opportunities to expand our products:
transportation and broadband wireless communications.
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Transportation. Our products are designed to meet strict government
quality and reliability standards and are easily adapted to the commercial and
civil transportation markets. Our aircraft voice recorders, designed to meet
FAA requirements, have been successfully marketed to the cruise ship, marine
shipping and railroad industries. Similarly, our state-of-the-art power
propulsion products, originally designed for the U.S. Navy, meet the needs of
commuter railroads, including Philadelphia's regional rail system and New York
City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Our explosives detection system,
the eXaminer 3DX (Trade Mark) 6000, enables the rapid scanning of passenger
checked baggage at airports using state-of-the-art technology. The
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the U.S. Department of
Transportation, created as a result of the Aviation and Transportation Security
Act enacted by Congress on January 3, 2002, ordered 425 eXaminer units from us
during 2002. TSA accepted 406 of our eXaminer units as of December 31, 2002,
and we expect to complete the remaining shipments during the first quarter of
2003. We are also offering X-ray screening products for cargo, air freight,
port and border security applications.
Communications. The wireless communications technology we developed for
our military customers also meets the needs of the commercial marketplace for
technologically advanced communications products. Some of the products we have
developed or are developing to exploit this market include wireless access
products, transceivers, compression products, remote sensing internet networks,
microwave links and products for microwave base stations. Our PrimeWave
Communications products are an example of our expanding involvement in the
commercial communications industry.
In the broadband wireless commercial communications market, we also have
developed a broad assortment of other products including transponders,
payloads, uplinks, downlinks, fly-away SATCOM terminals, telemetry tracking and
control and test equipment and waveform generators.
These new commercial products are subject to certain risks and may require
us to:
o develop and maintain marketing, sales and customer support capabilities;
o spend additional research and development costs to sustain and enhance
our existing products and to develop new products;
o secure sales and customer support capabilities;
o obtain customer and/or regulatory certification;
o respond to rapidly changing technologies including those developed by
others that may render our products and systems obsolete or
non-competitive; and
o obtain customer acceptance of these products and product performance.
Our efforts to expand our presence in commercial and civil markets require
significant resources, including additional working capital and capital
expenditures, as well as the use of our management's time. Our ability to sell
certain commercial products, particularly our broadband wireless communications
products, depends to a significant degree on the efforts of independent
distributors or communications service providers and on the financial viability
of our existing and target customers, including their ability to obtain
financing. Certain of our existing and target customers are agencies or
affiliates of governments of emerging and under-developed countries or private
business enterprises operating in those countries. In addition, we have made
equity investments in entities that plan to commence operations as
communications service providers using some of our commercial products. We can
give no assurance that these distributors or service providers will be able to
market our products or their services successfully or that we will be able to
realize a return on our investment in them. We also cannot assure you that we
will be successful in addressing these risks or in developing these commercial
and civil business opportunities.
BACKLOG AND ORDERS
We define funded backlog as the value of funded orders which have not yet
been recognized as sales. We define funded orders as the value of contract
awards received from the U.S. Government, for which the U.S. Government has
appropriated funds, plus the value of contract awards and orders received from
customers other than the U.S. Government. Our funded backlog as of December 31,
2002 was $3,228.6
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million and as of December 31, 2001 was $1,719.3 million. We expect to record
as sales approximately 73.0% of our funded backlog as of December 31, 2002
during 2003. However, there can be no assurance that our funded backlog will
become sales in any particular period, if at all. Funded orders received for
the year ended December 31, 2002 were $4,383.1 million, for the year ended
December 31, 2001 were $2,456.1 million and for the year ended December 31,
2000 were $2,013.7 million.
Our funded backlog does not include the full value of our contract awards,
including those pertaining to multi-year, cost-reimbursable contracts, which
are generally funded on an annual basis. Funded backlog also excludes the sales
value of unexercised contract options that may be exercised by customers under
existing contracts and the sales value of purchase orders that may be issued
under indefinite quantity contracts or basic ordering agreements.
MAJOR CUSTOMERS
For the year ended December 31, 2002, sales to the DoD provided
approximately 65.5% of our sales. Approximately 61% of our sales to the DoD
were directly to the customer, and approximately 39% of our sales to the DoD
were indirect through prime contractors and subcontractors. For the year ended
December 31, 2002, foreign governments provided 9.8% of our sales, and
commercial customers and U.S. federal, state and local government agencies
other than the DoD provided the remaining 24.7% of our sales.
Our U.S. Government sales are predominantly derived from contracts with
agencies of, and prime contractors to, the U.S. Government. Various U.S.
Government agencies and contracting entities exercise independent and
individual purchasing decisions, subject to annual appropriations by the U.S.
Congress. As of December 31, 2002, we had approximately 800 contracts with a
value exceeding $1.0 million. Our largest program represented 8.2% of our sales
for the year ended December 31, 2002 and is a firm fixed- price contract with
the TSA for explosive detection systems used at airports. No other program
represented more than 3.7% of sales for the year ended December 31, 2002. For
the year ended December 31, 2002, sales from our five largest programs amounted
to $815.7 million, or 20.3% of our sales. We expect our total sales for
explosive detection systems in 2003 to decline to about $175 million, including
those for the TSA, primarily because the initial build-out of EDS by TSA for
major U.S. airports was completed in 2002.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
We conduct research and development activities that consist of projects
involving basic research, applied research, development, and systems and other
concept studies. We employ scientific, engineering and other personnel to
improve our existing product-lines and develop new products and technologies.
As of December 31, 2002, we employed approximately 9,200 engineers, a
substantial portion of whom hold advanced degrees. For the year ended December
31, 2002, we incurred $480.9 million on research and development costs for
customer-funded contracts and spent $159.9 million on company-sponsored
research and development projects, including bid and proposal costs. For the
year ended December 31, 2001, we incurred $319.4 million on research and
development costs for customer-funded contracts and spent $107.5 million on
company-sponsored research and development projects, including bid and proposal
costs. For the year ended December 31, 2000, we incurred $299.3 million on
research and development costs for customer-funded contracts and spent $101.9
million on company-sponsored research and development projects, including bid
and proposal costs.
COMPETITION
We encounter intense competition in all of our businesses. We believe that
we are a significant supplier for many of the products that we manufacture and
services we provide in our DoD, government and commercial businesses.
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Defense and Government Business
Our ability to compete for defense contracts depends on a variety of
factors, including:
o the effectiveness and innovation of our technologies and research and
development programs;
o our ability to offer better program performance than our competitors at
a lower cost; and
o the capabilities of our facilities, equipment and personnel to undertake
the programs for which we compete.
In some instances, we are the incumbent supplier or have been the sole
provider for many years for certain programs. We refer to such contracts as
"sole-source" contracts. In such cases, there may be other suppliers who have
the capability to compete for the programs involved, but they can only enter or
reenter the market if the customer chooses to reopen or recompete the
particular program to competition. Sole-source contracts accounted for 58.5%
and competitive contracts accounted for 41.5% of our total sales for the year
ended December 31, 2002. The majority of our sales are derived from contracts
with the U.S. Government and its prime contractors, which are principally
awarded on the basis of negotiations or competitive bids.
We believe that the U.S. defense industry structure contains three tiers
of defense contractors. The first tier is dominated by five large prime system
contractors: The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman
Corporation, Raytheon Company and General Dynamics Corporation, all of whom
compete for major platform programs. The second tier defense contractors
generally are smaller products and niche subsystems contractors and is
comprised of traditional aerospace and defense companies, as well as the
non-core aerospace and defense businesses of certain larger industrial
conglomerates. Some of the defense contractors in the second tier also compete
for platform programs. We believe the second tier includes L-3, Honeywell
International Inc., Rockwell Collins Inc., Harris Corporation, TRW Inc., ITT
Industries, Inc., Alliant Techsystems Inc., United Technologies Corporation,
Computer Science Corporation, Science Applications International Corporation,
Titan Corporation and United Defense Industries Inc. The third tier represents
the vendor base and supply chain for niche products and is comprised of
numerous smaller publicly and privately owned aerospace and defense
contractors.
We believe we are the aerospace and defense "merchant supplier" with the
broadest and most diverse product portfolio. We supply our products to all of
the five prime system contractors and in several cases directly to the end
customers. We primarily compete with third tier contractors and certain of the
second tier contractors and, to a lesser extent, with the prime system
contractors in certain niche areas. Some of the second tier contractors are
larger than we are and have greater resources than we do. We are larger than
all of the third tier contractors and believe we have greater resources than
all of them. We believe that most of our businesses enjoy the number one or
number two competitive position in their respective market niches. We believe
that the primary competitive factors for our businesses are technology,
research and development capabilities, quality, cost, market position and past
performance. In addition, our ability to compete for non "sole source"
contracts often requires us to "team" with one or more of the prime system
contractors that bid and compete for major platform programs. Furthermore, our
ability to "team" with a prime system contractor is often dependent upon the
outcome of a competitive process.
We believe that we will continue to be a successful participant in the
business areas in which we compete, based upon the quality and cost
competitiveness of our products and services.
Commercial Activities
Although our commercial activities continue to comprise a significant
portion of our business mix, our commercial sales declined to approximately
10.7% of our total sales for the year ended December 31, 2002 from
approximately 17.7% for the year ended December 31, 2001. This decline in
commercial sales as a percentage of our total sales was primarily attributable
to our 2002 acquisitions, including the IS acquisition, and, to a lesser
extent, the decline in our commercial aviation and communications sales during
2002. Our 2002 acquisitions were comprised substantially of DoD contractors. We
do not expect our commercial sales as a percentage of sales to appreciably
increase on a relative basis in the future. Our ability to compete for
commercial business depends on a variety of factors, including:
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o Pricing;
o Product features and performance;
o Reliability, scalability and compatibility;
o Customer relationships, service and support; and
o Brand recognition.
In these markets, we compete with various companies, several of which are
listed below:
o Agilent Technologies, Inc.; o Honeywell International Inc.;
o Globecomm Systems, Inc.; o Smiths Industries; and
o ViaSat, Inc.; o Airspan Networks, Inc.
We believe that our sales in these business areas will remain relatively
constant as a percentage of our total sales.
PATENTS AND LICENSES
We do not believe that our patents, trademarks and licenses are material
to our operations. Furthermore, our U.S. Government contracts generally permit
us to use patents owned by others. Similar provisions in U.S. Government
contracts awarded to other companies make it impossible for us to prevent the
use of our patents in most domestic work performed by other companies for the
U.S. Government.
RAW MATERIALS
In manufacturing our products, we use our own production capabilities as
well as a diverse base of third party suppliers and subcontractors. Although
aspects of certain of our businesses require relatively scarce raw materials,
we have not experienced difficulty in our ability to procure raw materials,
components, sub-assemblies and other supplies required in our manufacturing
processes.
CONTRACTS
A significant portion of our sales are derived from strategic, long-term
programs and from sole-source contracts. Approximately 58.5% of our sales for
the year ended December 31, 2002 were generated from sole-source contracts. Our
customer satisfaction and performance record are evidenced by our receipt of
performance-based award fees exceeding 90% of the available award fees on
average during the year ended December 31, 2002. We believe that our customers
will award long-term, sole-source, outsourcing contracts to the most capable
merchant supplier in terms of quality, responsiveness, design, engineering and
program management support, as well as cost. As a consequence of our strong
competitive position, for the year ended December 31, 2002, we won contract
awards at a rate in excess of 55% on new competitive contracts that we bid on,
and at a rate in excess of 95% on the contracts we rebid for which we were the
incumbent supplier.
Generally, contracts are either fixed-price or cost-reimbursable. On a
fixed-price contract, we agree to perform the scope of work required by the
contract for a predetermined contract price. Although a fixed-price contract
generally permits us to retain profits if the total actual contract costs are
less than the estimated contract costs, we bear the risk that increased or
unexpected costs may reduce our profit or cause us to sustain losses on the
contract. Conversely, on a cost-reimbursable contract we are paid our allowable
incurred costs plus a profit which can be fixed or variable depending on the
contract's fee arrangement up to predetermined funding levels determined by our
customers. Therefore, on a cost-reimbursable contract we do not bear the risks
of unexpected cost overruns, provided that we do not incur costs that exceed
the predetermined funded amounts. Generally, a fixed-price contract offers
higher profit margins than a cost-reimbursable contract, which is commensurate
with the greater levels of risk assumed on a fixed-price contract. Our
operating profit margins on fixed-price contracts generally range between 10%
and 25%, while our profit margins on cost-reimbursable contracts generally
range between 7% and 10%.
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We have a diverse business mix with limited reliance on any single
program, a balance of cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contracts, a
significant sole-source follow-on business and an attractive customer profile.
For the year ended December 31, 2002, approximately 34.2% of our sales were
generated from cost-reimbursable contracts and approximately 65.8% from
fixed-price contracts, providing us with a sales mix of predictable
profitability (cost-reimbursable) and higher profit margin (fixed-price)
business. Substantially all of our cost-reimbursable contracts are with the
U.S. Government, including the DoD. Substantially all of our sales to
commercial customers are transacted under fixed-price sales arrangements, and
are included in our fixed-price contract sales.
Most of our U.S. Government business is subject to unique procurement and
administrative rules based on both laws and regulations, including the U.S.
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) that provide various profit and cost
controls, rules for allocations of costs, both direct and indirect, to
contracts and non-reimbursement of unallowable costs such as lobbying expenses,
interest expenses and certain costs related to business acquisitions, including
for example the incremental depreciation and amortization expenses arising from
fair value increases to the historical carrying values of acquired assets. Our
contract administration and cost accounting policies and practices are also
subject to oversight by government inspectors, technical specialists and
auditors.
Companies supplying defense-related equipment to the U.S. Government are
subject to certain additional business risks specific to the U.S. defense
industry. Among these risks are the ability of the U.S. Government to
unilaterally suspend a company from new contracts pending resolution of alleged
violations of procurement laws or regulations. In addition, U.S. Government
contracts are conditioned upon the continuing availability of Congressional
appropriations. Congress usually appropriates funds for a given program on a
September 30 fiscal year basis, even though contract performance may take
years. Consequently, at the outset of a major program, the contract is usually
partially funded, and additional monies are normally committed to the contract
by the procuring agency only as appropriations are made by Congress for future
fiscal years.
U.S. Government contracts are, by their terms, subject to unilateral
termination by the U.S. Government either for its convenience or default by the
contractor if the contractor fails to perform the contracts' scope of work.
Upon termination other than for a contractor's default, the contractor will
normally be entitled to reimbursement for allowable costs and an allowance for
profit. Foreign defense contracts generally contain comparable provisions
permitting termination at the convenience of the government. To date, none of
our significant fixed price contracts have been terminated.
As is common in the U.S. defense industry, we are subject to business
risks, including changes in the U.S. Government's procurement policies (such as
greater emphasis on competitive procurement), governmental appropriations,
national defense policies or regulations, service modernization plans, and
availability of funds. A reduction in expenditures by the U.S. Government for
products and services of the type we manufacture and provide, lower margins
resulting from increasingly competitive procurement policies, a reduction in
the volume of contracts or subcontracts awarded to us or the incurrence of
substantial contract cost overruns could materially adversely affect our
business.
Certain of our sales are under foreign military sales (FMS) agreements
directly between the U.S. Government and foreign governments. In such cases,
because we serve only as the supplier, we do not have unilateral control over
the terms of the agreements. These contracts are subject to extensive legal and
regulatory requirements and, from time to time, agencies of the U.S. Government
investigate whether our operations are being conducted in accordance with these
laws and regulations. Investigations could result in administrative, civil, or
criminal liabilities, including repayments, disallowance of certain costs, or
fines and penalties.
Certain of our sales are direct commercial sales to foreign governments.
These sales are subject to U.S. Government approval and licensing under the
Arms Export Control Act. Legal restrictions on sales of sensitive U.S.
technology also limit the extent to which we can sell our products to foreign
governments or private parties.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Our operations are subject to various environmental laws and regulations
relating to the discharge, storage, treatment, handling, disposal and
remediation of certain materials, substances and wastes used in our operations.
We continually assess our obligations and compliance with respect to these
requirements.
In connection with the Aircraft Integration Systems acquisition, we
assumed responsibility for implementing certain corrective actions, required
under federal law to remediate the Greenville, Texas site location, and to pay
a portion of those remediation costs. The hazardous substances requiring
remediation have been substantially characterized, and the remediation system
has been partially implemented. We have estimated that our share of the
remediation cost will not exceed $2.5 million, and will be incurred over a
period of 25 years. We have established adequate reserves for these costs.
We have also assessed the risk of environmental contamination for the
various manufacturing facilities of our other acquired businesses and, where
appropriate, have obtained indemnification, either from the sellers of those
acquired businesses or through pollution liability insurance. We believe that
our current operations are in substantial compliance with all existing
applicable environmental laws and permits. We believe our current expenditures
will allow us to continue to be in compliance with applicable environmental
laws and regulations. While it is difficult to determine the timing and
ultimate cost to be incurred in order to comply with these laws, based upon
available internal and external assessments, with respect to those
environmental loss contingencies of which we are aware, we believe that even
without considering potential insurance recoveries, if any, there are no
environmental loss contingencies that, individually or in the aggregate, would
be material to our consolidated results of operations, financial position or
cash flows.
Despite our current level of compliance, new laws and regulations,
stricter enforcement of existing laws and regulations, the discovery of
previously unknown contamination or the imposition of new clean-up requirements
may require us to incur costs in the future that could have a negative effect
on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
PENSION PLANS
In connection with our 1997 acquisition of the ten business units from
Lockheed Martin and the formation of L-3, we assumed certain defined benefit
pension plan liabilities for present and former employees and retirees of
certain businesses which were transferred from Lockheed Martin to us. Prior to
this acquisition, Lockheed Martin received a letter from the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC") which requested information regarding the
transfer of such pension plans and indicated that the PBGC believed certain of
such pension plans were underfunded using the PBGC's actuarial assumptions. The
PBGC assumptions result in a larger liability for accrued benefits than the
assumptions used for financial reporting under Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87. The PBGC underfunding is related to the
Communication Systems -- West and Aviation Recorders pension plans (the
"Subject Plans").
With respect to the Subject Plans, Lockheed Martin entered into an
agreement (the "Lockheed Martin Commitment") among Lockheed Martin, L-3
Communications and the PBGC dated as of April 30, 1997. The material terms and
conditions of the Lockheed Martin Commitment include a commitment by Lockheed
Martin to the PBGC to, under certain circumstances, assume sponsorship of the
Subject Plans or provide another form of financial support for the Subject
Plans. The Lockheed Martin Commitment will continue with respect to any Subject
Plan until such time as such Subject Plan is no longer underfunded on a PBGC
basis for two consecutive years or, at any time after May 31, 2002, if we
achieve investment grade credit ratings.
Upon the occurrence of certain events, Lockheed Martin, at its option, has
the right to decide whether to cause us to transfer sponsorship of any or all
of the Subject Plans to Lockheed Martin, even if the PBGC has not sought to
terminate the Subject Plans. Such a triggering event occurred in 1998, but
reversed itself in 1999, relating to a decrease in the PBGC-mandated discount
rate in 1998 that had resulted in an increase in the underlying liability. We
notified Lockheed Martin of the 1998 triggering event, and in February 1999,
Lockheed Martin informed us that it had no present intention to exercise its
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right to cause us to transfer sponsorship of the Subject Plans. If Lockheed
Martin did assume sponsorship of these plans, it would be primarily liable for
the costs associated with funding the Subject Plans or any costs associated
with the termination of the Subject Plans, but we would be required to
reimburse Lockheed Martin for these costs. To date, there has been no impact on
pension expense and funding requirements resulting from this arrangement. In
the event Lockheed Martin assumes sponsorship of the Subject Plans we would be
required to reimburse Lockheed Martin for all amounts that it contributes to,
or costs it incurs with respect to, the Subject Plans. For the year ended
December 31, 2002, we contributed $18.8 million to the Subject Plans. For
subsequent years, our funding requirements will depend upon prevailing interest
rates, return on pension plan assets and underlying actuarial assumptions.
We have performed our obligations under the letter agreement with Lockheed
Martin and the Lockheed Martin Commitment and have not received any
communications from the PBGC concerning actions which the PBGC contemplates
taking in respect of the Subject Plans.
EMPLOYEES
As of December 31, 2002, we employed approximately 27,000 full-time and
part-time employees, the majority of whom are located in the United States. Of
these employees, approximately 11.8% are covered by 35 separate collective
bargaining agreements with various labor unions. We have a continuing need for
skilled and professional personnel to meet contract schedules and obtain new
and ongoing orders for our products. We believe that relations with our
employees are positive.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and, in accordance therewith, file reports and other
information with the SEC. Such reports and other information can be inspected
and copied at the Public Reference Section of the SEC located at Room 1024,
Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington D.C. 20549 and at a
regional public reference facility maintained by the SEC located at Citicorp
Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of
such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at
prescribed rates. Such material may also be accessed electronically by means of
the SEC's home page on the Internet (http://www.sec.gov).
You may also obtain a free copy of our annual reports on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K and amendments
to those reports on the day of filing with the SEC or through our website on
the Internet at http://www.l-3com.com.
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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The table below provides information about our significant facilities and
properties as of December 31, 2002.
LOCATION OWNED LEASED
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(thousands of square feet)
L-3 Corporate Offices, New York, NY .......... -- 40.8
Washington Operations, Arlington, VA ......... -- 8.3
SECURE COMMUNICATION & ISR:
Camden, NJ .................................. -- 575.0
Greenville, TX .............................. -- 3,043.5
Salt Lake City, UT .......................... -- 491.6
Avalon, Australia ........................... -- 151.0
TRAINING, SIMULATION & SUPPORT SERVICES:
Colorado Springs, CO ........................ -- 82.6
Orlando, FL ................................. -- 170.3
Kirkwood, NY ................................ -- 428.0
Arlington, TX ............................... 21.3 47.5
Alexandria, VA .............................. -- 108.8
Arlington, VA ............................... -- 113.4
AVIATION PRODUCTS & AIRCRAFT MODERNIZATION:
Phoenix, AZ ................................. -- 90.0
Sarasota, FL ................................ -- 143.7
Alpharetta, GA .............................. 93.0 --
Rolling Meadows, IL ......................... 45.0 6.7
Lexington, KY ............................... -- 128.5
Waco, TX .................................... 616.1 221.1
Calgary, Canada ............................. 65.5 --
Edmonton, Canada ............................ -- 371.0
SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS:
Anaheim, CA ................................. -- 474.2
Menlo Park, CA .............................. -- 97.5
San Carlos, CA .............................. 191.6 --
San Diego, CA ............................... 196.0 202.6
Sylmar, CA .................................. -- 253.0
Largo, FL ................................... 46.4 60.8
Ocala, FL ................................... 111.7 --
Teterboro, NJ ............................... -- 250.0
Hauppauge, NY ............................... 90.0 150.0
Cinncinatti, OH ............................. 222.6 --
Tulsa, OK ................................... -- 122.7
Lancaster, PA ............................... -- 146.0
Philadelphia, PA ............................ -- 230.0
Williamsport, PA ............................ 208.6 --
Arlington, TX ............................... 60.7 135.1
Grand Prairie, TX ........................... -- 125.0
Burlington, Canada .......................... -- 124.0
Leer, Germany ............................... 32.2 33.2
At December 31, 2002, in the aggregate, we owned approximately 2.1 million
square feet and leased approximately 11.0 million square feet of manufacturing
facilities and properties.
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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time we are involved in legal proceedings arising in the
ordinary course of our business. We believe that there is no litigation pending
that could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated results of
operations, financial condition or cash flows.
On August 6, 2002, Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems, LLC
(ACSS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corporation, was sued by Honeywell
International Inc. and Honeywell Intellectual Properties, Inc. (collectively,
"Honeywell") for alleged infringement of patents that relate to terrain
awareness avionics. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court
for the District of Delaware. In December 2002, Honeywell withdrew without
prejudice the lawsuit against ACSS and agreed to proceed with non-binding
arbitration. If the matter is not resolved through arbitration, Honeywell may
reinstitute the litigation after August 14, 2003. We had previously
investigated the Honeywell patents and believe that ACSS has valid defenses
against Honeywell's patent infringement suit. In addition, ACSS has been
indemnified to a certain extent by Thales Avionics, which provided ACSS with
the alleged infringing technology. Thales Avionics owns 30% of ACSS. In the
opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of Honeywell's pending claim
will not result in a material liability to us.
On November 18, 2002, we initiated a proceeding against OSI Systems, Inc.
(OSI) in the United States District Court sitting in the Southern District of
New York (the "New York action") seeking, among other things, a declaratory
judgment that we had fulfilled all of our obligations under a letter of intent
with OSI (the "OSI Letter of Intent"). Under the OSI Letter of Intent we were
to negotiate definitive agreements with OSI for the sale of certain businesses
we acquired from PerkinElmer, Inc. on June 14, 2002. On December 23, 2002, OSI
responded by filing suit against us in the United States District Court sitting
in the Central District of California (the "California action") alleging, among
other things, that we breached our obligations under the OSI Letter of Intent
and seeking damages in excess of $100 million, not including punitive damages.
On February 7, 2003, OSI filed an answer and counterclaims in the New York
action that asserted substantially the same claims OSI had raised in the
California action. We have filed a motion to have the California action
dismissed in favor of the New York action. Under the OSI Letter of Intent, we
proposed selling to OSI the conventional detection business and the ARGUS
business that we recently acquired from PerkinElmer, Inc. Negotiations with OSI
lasted for almost one year and ultimately broke down over issues regarding,
among other things, intellectual property, product-line definitions, allocation
of employees and due diligence. We believe that the claims asserted by OSI in
its suit are without merit and intend to defend against the OSI claims
vigorously.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
The common stock of L-3 Holdings is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(the "NYSE") under the symbol "LLL". The following table sets forth, for each
of the quarterly periods indicated, the high and low closing price of the
common stock as reported on the NYSE.
PRICE RANGE
OF COMMON STOCK
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HIGH LOW
----------- -----------
FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001:
Quarter Ended:
March 31, 2001 .................. $ 45.00 $ 32.50
June 30, 2001 ................... 44.45 38.04
September 30, 2001 .............. 43.73 31.24
December 31, 2001 ............... 48.24 39.70
FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002:
Quarter Ended:
March 31, 2002 .................. $ 58.23 $ 44.09
June 30, 2002 ................... 65.99 51.35
September 30, 2002 .............. 57.50 42.29
December 31, 2002 ............... 53.75 41.09
On February 28, 2003, the closing price of L-3 Holdings common stock, as
reported by the NYSE, was $36.12 per share and the number of holders of L-3
Holdings' common stock was approximately 67,300.
L-3 Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Holdings.
EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION
The table below sets forth information with respect to shares of L-3
Holdings common stock that may be issued under our equity compensation plans as
of December 31, 2002.
NUMBER OF NUMBER OF SECURITIES
SECURITIES TO BE WEIGHTED- REMAINING AVAILABLE FOR
ISSUED UPON AVERAGE EXERCISE FUTURE ISSUANCE UNDER
EXERCISE OF PRICE OF EQUITY COMPENSATION
OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING PLANS (EXCLUDING
OPTIONS, WARRANTS OPTIONS, WARRANTS SECURITIES REFLECTED IN
PLAN CATEGORY AND RIGHTS AND RIGHTS COLUMN (A))
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(a) (b) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved
by security holders .................. 9,274,063(1) $ 24.71(2) 2,937,099
Equity compensation plans not
approved by security holders ......... -- -- --
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Total ............................. 9,274,063 $ 24.71 2,937,099
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(1) Includes the 1999 Long-term Performance Plan and the 1997 Stock Option
Plan. Included in column (a) are restricted stock awards of 250,520
shares.
(2) The calculation of the weighted average exercise shares price excludes
the effect of the restricted stock awards of 250,520 shares, which have
been granted to employees at no cost.
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DIVIDEND POLICY
L-3 Holdings currently intends to retain its earnings to finance future
growth. Therefore, L-3 Holdings does not anticipate paying any cash dividends
on its common stock in the foreseeable future. Since its formation, L-3
Holdings has not paid any cash dividends to its stockholders. Any determination
as to the payment of dividends will depend upon the future results of
operations, capital requirements and financial condition of L-3 Holdings and
its subsidiaries and such other facts as the Board of Directors of L-3 Holdings
may consider, including any contractual or statutory restrictions on L-3
Holdings' ability to pay dividends. Moreover, L-3 Holdings is a holding company
and its ability to pay dividends is dependent upon receipt of dividends,
distributions, advances, loans or other cash transfers from L-3 Communications.
Certain outstanding debt instruments of L-3 Communications limit its ability to
pay dividends or other distributions on its common stock or to make advances,
loans or other cash transfers to L-3 Holdings.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
We derived the selected financial data presented below at December 31,
2002 and 2001 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2002 from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere
herein. We derived the selected financial data presented below for the years
ended December 31, 1999 and 1998 and at December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 from
our audited consolidated financial statements not included herein. You should
read the selected financial data together with our "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition" and our audited
consolidated financial statements. The results of operations are impacted
significantly by our acquisitions described elsewhere herein.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2002 2001
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(in millions, except per share
data)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Sales ..................................... $4,011.2 $2,347.4
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Operating income .......................... 454.0 275.3(1)
Interest expense, net of interest and other
income ................................... 117.5 84.5
Minority interest ......................... 6.2 4.5
Provision for income taxes ................ 117.9 70.8
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Income before extraordinary loss and
cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle ..................... 212.4 115.5
Extraordinary loss on extinguishment of
debt ..................................... (9.9) --
Cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle ..................... (24.4) --
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Net income ................................ $ 178.1 $ 115.5(2)
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Earnings per common share:
Basic:
Income before extraordinary loss and
accounting change ..................... $ 2.44 $ 1.54(3)
Extraordinary loss ..................... (0.11) --
Accounting change ...................... (0.28) --
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Net income ............................. $ 2.05 $ 1.54(3)
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
--------------------------------------------------------
2000 1999 1998
------------------ ------------------ ------------------
(in millions, except per share data)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Sales ..................................... $1,910.1 $1,405.5 $1,037.0
-------- --------- --------
Operating income .......................... 222.7(1) 150.5(1) 100.3(1)
Interest expense, net of interest and other
income ................................... 88.6 55.1 46.8
Minority interest ......................... -- -- --
Provision for income taxes ................ 51.4 36.7 20.9
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Income before extraordinary loss and
cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle ..................... 82.7 58.7 32.6
Extraordinary loss on extinguishment of
debt ..................................... -- -- --
Cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle ..................... -- -- --
-------- -------- -------
Net income ................................ $ 82.7(2) $ 58.7(2) $ 32.6(2)
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Earnings per common share:
Basic:
Income before extraordinary loss and
accounting change ..................... $ 1.24(3) $ 0.91(3) $ 0.66(3)
Extraordinary loss ..................... -- -- --
Accounting change ...................... -- -- --
--------- ------- -------
Net income ............................. $ 1.24(3) $ 0.91(3) $ 0.66(3)
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
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(in millions, except per share data)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA (CONTINUED):
Diluted:
Income before extraordinary loss and
accounting change ................... $ 2.29 $ 1.47(3) $ 1.18(3) $ 0.88(3) $ 0.63(3)
Extraordinary loss ................... (0.11) -- -- -- --
Accounting change .................... (0.25) -- -- -- --
--------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------
Net income ........................... $ 1.93 $ 1.47(3) $ 1.18(3) $ 0.88(3) $ 0.63(3)
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Weighted average common shares
outstanding:
Basic ................................ 86.9 74.9 66.7 64.2 49.4
Diluted .............................. 97.4 85.4 69.9 67.0 51.8
BALANCE SHEET DATA (AT PERIOD END):
Working capital ......................... $ 942.7 $ 717.8 $ 360.9 $ 255.5 $ 157.8
Total assets ............................ 5,242.3 3,339.2 2,463.5 1,628.7 1,285.4
Long-term debt .......................... 1,847.8 1,315.3 1,095.0 605.0 605.0
Minority interest ....................... 73.2 69.9 -- -- --
Shareholders' equity .................... 2,202.2 1,213.9 692.6 583.2 300.0
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(1) Effective January 1, 2002, we ceased amortizing goodwill. Goodwill
amortization expense recorded in years prior to 2002 was $42.3 million in
2001, $35.0 million in 2000, $20.6 million in 1999 and $13.8 million in
1998.
(2) Net income, as adjusted to exclude goodwill amortization expense, net of
income tax expense, was $149.4 million in 2001, $112.3 million in 2000,
$76.2 million in 1999 and $43.7 million in 1998.
(3) Basic earnings per share, as adjusted, was $1.99 in 2001, $1.68 in 2000,
$1.19 in 1999 and $0.89 in 1998. Diluted earnings per share, as adjusted,
was $1.87 in 2001, $1.61 in 2000, $1.14 in 1999 and $0.84 in 1998.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND
FINANCIAL CONDITION
OVERVIEW
We are a leading merchant supplier of secure communications and
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, training,
simulation and support services, aviation products and aircraft modernization,
as well as specialized products. Our customers include the DoD and prime
contractors thereof, certain U.S. Government intelligence agencies, major
aerospace and defense contractors, foreign governments, commercial customers
and certain other U.S. federal, state and local government agencies. We have
the following four reportable segments: (1) Secure Communications & ISR; (2)
Training, Simulation & Support Services; (3) Aviation Products & Aircraft
Modernization; and (4) Specialized Products.
Our Secure Communications & ISR segment provides products and services for
the global ISR market as well as secure, high data rate communications systems
and equipment primarily for military and other U.S. Government reconnaissance
and surveillance applications. We believe our systems and products are critical
elements of virtually all major communication, command and control,
intelligence gathering and space systems. Our systems and products are used to
connect a variety of airborne, space, ground and sea-based communication
systems and are used in the transmission, processing, recording, monitoring and
dissemination functions of these communication systems. Our Training,
Simulation & Support Services segment produces training systems and related
support services, and provides a wide range of engineering development and
integration support, a full range of teaching, training, logistics and
communication software support services, crisis management software and custom
ballistic targets. Our Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization segment
provides our TCAS products, cockpit voice, flight data and cruise ship hardened
voyage recorders, ruggedized custom displays and specialized aircraft
modernization, upgrade and maintenance services. Our Specialized Products
segment provides ocean
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products, telemetry, instrumentation, space and guidance products, premium
fuzing products, security systems, training devices and motion simulators,
video security and surveillance and electro-optic surveillance systems,
ruggedized commercial-off-the-shelf technology and microwave components.
In recent years, domestic and worldwide political and economic
developments have significantly affected the markets for defense systems,
products and services. Two events in 2001 had a dramatic impact on the domestic
and international political and economic landscape. They impacted L-3 and the
defense industry generally. First, the events of September 11 created
uncertainty and exposed vulnerabilities in the security and the overall defense
of the U.S. homeland. Second, in the conclusions of the U.S. Quadrennial
Defense Review (QDR) completed during 2001 there was a fundamental and
philosophical shift in focus from a "threat-based" model to one that emphasizes
the capabilities needed to defeat a full spectrum of adversaries. Transforming
the nation's defense posture to a capabilities-based approach involves creating
the ability for a more flexible response, with greater force mobility, stronger
space capabilities, missile defense, improved and network-centric
communications and information systems security and an increased emphasis on
homeland defense.
The actual fiscal 2003 DoD budget authority was $365 billion and the DoD
budget request for fiscal years 2004 through 2009 indicate a compounded annual
growth rate of 5.8% with $484 billion for fiscal 2009. More important are the
trends for the "investment account" which is comprised of the procurement and
research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) components of the DoD
budget. We believe the investment account is a better indicator of the portion
of the DoD budget that is applicable to defense contractors. The investment
account increased 15% in fiscal year 2003 to $127 billion and the DoD budget
investment account requests for fiscal years 2004 to 2009 indicate a compounded
annual growth rate of 7.5% with $182 billion in fiscal year 2009. Additionally,
the DoD budgets have experienced increased focus on command, control,
communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR),
precision-guided weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), network-centric
communications, Special Operations Forces (SOF) and missile defense. We believe
L-3 is well positioned to benefit from increased spending in those areas. In
addition, increased emphasis on homeland defense may increase demand for our
capabilities in areas such as security systems, information security, crisis
management, preparedness and prevention services, and civilian security
operations. While there is no assurance that the requested DoD budget increases
will be approved by Congress, after over a decade of downward trends, the
current outlook is one of continued increased DoD spending, which we believe
would positively affect our future orders and sales and favorably affect our
future operating profits because of increased sale volumes.
All of our domestic government contracts and subcontracts are subject to
audit and various cost controls, and include standard provisions for
termination for the convenience of the U.S. Government. Multiyear U.S.
Government contracts and related orders are subject to cancellation if funds
for contract performance for any subsequent year become unavailable. Foreign
government contracts generally include comparable provisions relating to
termination for the convenience of the relevant foreign government.
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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES
The table below summarizes the more significant acquisitions that we have
completed during the three years ended December 31, 2002.
PURCHASE
ACQUIRED BUSINESS DATE ACQUIRED PRICE(1)
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(in millions)
Training Devices and Training Services (TDTS) business
of Raytheon Company February 10, 2000 $ 158.1 (2)
LNR and EMP businesses of Trex Communications
Corporation February 14, 2000 $ 49.3
Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems business
of Honeywell International Inc. April 28, 2000 $ 239.2
MPRI, Inc. June 30, 2000 $ 39.6
Coleman Research Corporation December 29, 2000 $ 62.3 (3)
KDI Precision Products May 4, 2001 $ 78.9
EER Systems May 31, 2001 $ 124.4
Spar Aerospace Limited November 23, 2001 $ 146.8
Emergent Government Services Group November 30, 2001 $ 39.8 (4)
BT Fuze Products December 19, 2001 $ 51.1 (5)
SY Technology (SY) December 31, 2001 $ 58.5 (6)
Aircraft Integration Systems (AIS) business of
Raytheon Company March 8, 2002 $ 1,148.7 (7)
Detection Systems June 14, 2002 $ 110.0 (8)
Telos Corporation (a California Corporation) July 19, 2002 $ 22.3
ComCept, Inc. July 31, 2002 $ 25.5 (9)(10)
Technology, Management and Analysis Corporation
(TMA) September 23, 2002 $ 51.4 (9)(11)
Electron Devices and Displays-Navigation Systems --
San Diego businesses of Northrop Grumman October 25, 2002 $ 135.0 (9)(12)
Wolf Coach, Inc. October 31, 2002 $ 4.2 (9)(13)
International Microwave Corporation (IMC) November 8, 2002 $ 40.7 (9)(14)
Westwood Corporation November 13, 2002 $ 22.1
Wescam Inc. November 21, 2002 $ 124.3
Ship Analytics, Inc. December 19, 2002 $ 12.5 (9)(15)
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(1) The purchase price represents the contractual consideration for the
acquired business excluding adjustments for net cash acquired and
acquisition costs.
(2) Following the acquisition we changed TDTS's name to L-3 Communications
Link Simulation and Training.
(3) Includes $2.3 million of additional preliminary purchase price yet to be
paid that was based on the financial performance of Coleman for the year
ended December 31, 2001.
(4) Following the acquisition, we changed Emergent Government Services
Group's name to L-3 Communications Analytics.
(5) Excludes additional purchase price, not to exceed $2.5 million, which is
contingent upon the financial performance of BT Fuze Products for the
year ending December 31, 2003.
(6) Excludes additional purchase price, not to exceed $3.0 million, which is
contingent upon the financial performance of SY for the year ended
December 31, 2002 and the year ending December 31, 2003.
(7) Includes $18.7 million related to additional assets contributed by
Raytheon Company (Raytheon) to AIS. Following the acquisition, we changed
AIS's name to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems (IS). The purchase
price is subject to adjustment based on actual closing date tangible net
assets.
(8) Includes a $10.0 million preliminary purchase price adjustment. The
purchase price is subject to further adjustment based on actual closing
date net working capital.
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(9) The purchase price is subject to adjustment based on actual closing date
net assets or net working capital of the acquired business.
(10) The purchase price consists of $14.9 million of cash and 229,494 shares
of L-3 Holdings common stock valued at $10.6 million. Excludes additional
purchase price in the form of L-3 Holdings common stock, which is
contingent upon the financial performance of ComCept for the fiscal years
ending June 30, 2003 and 2004. The maximum additional L-3 Holdings common
stock payable is 219,088 shares.
(11) Excludes additional purchase price, not to exceed $7.0 million, which is
contingent upon the financial performance of TMA for the twelve months
ended September 30, 2003. Following the acquisition, we changed its name
to L-3 Communications TMA Corporation.
(12) Following the acquisition, we changed the name of the Displays-Navigation
Systems -- San Diego business to L-3 Ruggedized Command & Control.
(13) Excludes additional purchase price, not to exceed $4.1 million, which is
contingent upon the financial performance of Wolf Coach for the years
ending December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
(14) Excludes additional purchase price, not to exceed $5.0 million, which is
contingent upon the financial performance of IMC for the year ending
December 31, 2003.
(15) Excludes additional purchase price, not to exceed $13.5 million, which is
contingent upon the financial performance of Ship Analytics for the years
ending December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
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Additionally, we purchased other businesses during 2000, 2001 and 2002,
which individually and in the aggregate were not material to our consolidated
results of operations, financial position or cash flows in the year acquired.
On January 29, 2003 we agreed to acquire Goodrich Avionics Systems, a
division of Goodrich Corporation, for $188.0 million in cash. The acquisition
is subject to customary closing conditions, including clearance under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act. We expect to complete the
acquisition in March 2003.
All of our acquisitions have been accounted for as purchase business
combinations and are included in our consolidated results of operations from
their respective effective dates.
On May 31, 2001, we sold a 30% interest in Aviation Communications and
Surveillance Systems LLC (ACSS), which comprises our TCAS business, to Thales
Avionics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thales (formerly Thomson-CSF), for $75.2
million of cash. We continue to consolidate the financial statements of ACSS.
We regularly evaluate potential acquisitions and joint venture
transactions, but we have not entered into any other agreements with respect to
any material transactions at this time.
IS Acquisition. In March 2002, L-3 completed its largest and most
significant acquisition since L-3's formation in April 1997, with the
acquisition of the Aircraft Integration Systems (AIS) business from Raytheon
for approximately $1.2 billion in cash. Following the closing of the
acquisition we changed the name of AIS to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems
(IS). The IS acquisition expanded L-3's operations in a critical DoD priority
area that we believe is central to the DoD's transformation to network-centric
warfare, which is a layered communications architecture that enables military
platforms from space, air, sea and ground to share information on a real-time
basis. Both IS and ComCept, which we acquired in July 2002, are leaders in
assisting the DoD in charting the future warfighting activities to achieve the
persistent Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) needed to become
a more mobile, responsive and lethal force. We believe that L-3 is now at the
forefront of assisting in the development of seamless integrated command,
control, communications and ISR (C3ISR).
During the fourth quarter of 2002, L-3 completed its final purchase price
allocation of the acquisition date balance sheet for the IS acquired assets and
assumed liabilities. This allocation reflects the final appraisals and other
valuations of the fair value for the IS acquired assets and assumed
liabilities, as well as the results from the audit of AIS's acquired net assets
that was performed by our independent auditors (See Note 3 to consolidated
financial statements). The adjustments included in the final purchase price
allocation increased the intangible assets (primarily goodwill) that we
initially recorded for the IS acquisition by $140.6 million. This increase to
the IS intangible assets does not include any adjustment for
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the final purchase price of AIS, which will be based on the difference between
AIS's final closing date net tangible book value, as defined in the AIS asset
purchase agreement, and the AIS net tangible book value as of September 30,
2001, which we expect to result in a reduction to the AIS purchase price. We
have submitted our proposed purchase price adjustment in accordance with the
asset purchase agreement to Raytheon, the seller of the AIS business, which
amounts to a reduction of $100 million to the final purchase price submitted by
Raytheon to L-3. We expect to resolve the final purchase price for AIS with
Raytheon in 2003. Any amount received by L-3 for a reduction to the AIS purchase
price will be recorded as a reduction to the IS goodwill.
The most significant adjustments to the initial purchase price allocation
pertain to revisions of $86.1 million to update estimated costs to complete the
AIS acquired contracts as of the date of acquisition to reflect circumstances
that existed prior to the date of acquisition, and $74.5 million of adjustments
resulting from the valuation of acquired contracts in process at their
estimated contract values, less L-3's estimated costs to complete the contracts
and a reasonable profit allowance on L-3's completion effort. The AIS acquired
contracts in process had aggregate contract values of approximately $3.9
billion, including funded and unfunded amounts, with approximately $1.0 billion
of funded backlog at the date of acquisition.
The majority of the revisions to estimated costs to complete acquired
contracts relate to the Sea Sentinel contract, with other amounts relating to
the Extract, Peace Pioneer, SIVAM, SRP and LC-130 contracts. The AIS acquired
contracts in process reflected in L-3's initial purchase price allocation were
based on September 2001 contract estimates prepared by AIS. L-3 updated AIS's
September 2001 contract estimates for the five months of activity and changes in
circumstances, which occurred before the effective date of the acquisition,
March 1, 2002, in order to complete the audit of the AIS acquired net assets and
prepare the final purchase price allocation. L-3 was not able to finalize and
complete its assessments of the estimated costs to complete the AIS contracts
until after we acquired AIS and obtained full access to the data underlying the
contracts enabling us to perform complete "bottoms-up" estimates for all of the
AIS contracts. Most of the revisions related to foreign contracts for which we
do not expect any significant contract renewals after we complete them. The
largest adjustment related to Sea Sentinel which is a $450 million, firm
fixed-price contract with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), that was
awarded to AIS in August 1994. The contract provides the RAAF with upgraded
mission equipment on 18 P-3C RAAF aircraft and the delivery and installation of
an operational mission simulator, a systems engineering laboratory and a mission
replay and analysis module. AIS experienced design, schedule and cost growth
problems on the Sea Sentinel contract for several years. As of March 1, 2002,
AIS had delivered three of the total 18 aircraft required to be delivered under
the contract, none of the aircraft had been accepted by the customer and $435
million of the Sea Sentinel contract value of $450 million had been recognized
as revenue. L-3 believes that it has resolved all of the major performance
issues on Sea Sentinel, and since the acquisition we have delivered four
additional aircraft to the customer and seven aircraft have been accepted by the
customer. We expect to deliver the final aircraft to the customer in February
2005.
We expect to increase the sales and improve the operating margins and cash
flows of the IS acquired business by implementing cost reduction actions and
business processes and controls, which L-3 undertakes for all of its
acquisitions. The cost reduction actions include reducing overhead and
administration costs of our acquired businesses, which we accomplish by
maintaining disciplined cost controls. We also have placed new financial
management at IS and have performed a comprehensive review of all direct and
indirect costs for each department of the business to eliminate non-value added
costs and expenses and staff functions. We also have implemented L-3's
disciplined contract bid and proposal controls to improve competitive contract
award win rates and increase profitability on IS's future contract renewals and
new business. As a result of these undertakings, we expect to increase the
average profit rate that IS earns on the new contracts and contract renewals
awarded after the acquisition date, and by the end of the first half of 2003 we
expect to reduce the annual operating costs and expenses of the IS business by
more than $50 million.
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of sales and costs and expenses during the reporting period. The most
significant of these estimates and assumptions relate to contract estimates of
sales and estimated costs to complete contracts in process, estimates of market
values for inventories reported at lower of cost or market, estimates of
pension and postretirement benefit obligations, recoverability of recorded
amounts of fixed assets, identifiable intangible assets and goodwill, income
taxes, including the valuations of deferred tax assets, litigation and
environmental obligations. Actual amounts will differ from these estimates. We
believe that critical accounting estimates have the following attributes: (1)
we are required to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at
the time of the estimate; and (2) different estimates we could reasonably have
used, or changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur, would
have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations. We
believe the following critical accounting policies contain the more significant
judgements and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements.
Contract Revenue Recognition and Contract Estimates. The substantial
majority of our sales to the U.S. Government and certain of our sales to
foreign governments and commercial customers are made pursuant to written
contractual arrangements or "contracts" to design, develop, manufacture and/or
modify complex products, to the buyers' (customer's) specifications and to
provide services related to the performance of such contracts. These contracts
are within the scope of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Statement of Position 81-1, Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and
Certain Production-Type Contracts (SOP 81-1), and cost-reimbursable contracts
with the U.S. Government are also specifically within the scope of Accounting
Research Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 11, Section A, Government Contracts,
Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee Contracts (ARB 43). Certain of our contracts with the U.S.
Government are multi-year contracts that are funded annually by the customer,
and sales on these multi-year contracts are based on amounts appropriated
(funded) by the U.S. Government.
Sales and profits on fixed-price contracts are recognized using
percentage-of-completion methods of accounting. Sales and profits on
fixed-price production contracts whose units are produced and delivered in a
continuous or sequential process are recorded as units are delivered based on
their selling prices (the "units-of-delivery" method). Sales and profits on
other fixed-price contracts are recorded based on the ratio of total actual
incurred costs to date to the total estimated costs at completion of the
contract for each contract (the "cost-to-cost method"). Under the
percentage-of-completion methods of accounting, a single estimated total profit
margin is used to recognize profit for each contract over its entire period of
performance which can exceed one year.
Accounting for the sales and profit on a fixed-price contract requires
estimates of (1) the contract value or total contract revenue, (2) the total
costs at completion, which is equal to the sum of the actual incurred costs to
date on the contract and the estimated costs to complete the contract's scope
of work and (3) the measurement of progress towards completion. The estimated
profit or loss on a contract is equal to the difference between the total
contract value and the estimated total cost at completion. Under the
units-of-delivery percentage-of-completion method, sales on a fixed-price
contract are recorded as the units are delivered during the period at an amount
equal to the contractual selling price of those units. Under the cost-to-cost
percentage-of-completion method, sales on a fixed-price contract are recorded
at amounts equal to the ratio of cumulative costs incurred to date to total
estimated costs at completion multiplied by the contract value, less the
cumulative sales recognized in prior periods. The profit recorded on a contract
in any period under both the units-of-delivery method and cost-to-cost method
is equal to the current estimated total profit margin for the contract stated
as a percentage of contract revenue multiplied by the cumulative sales recorded
less the cumulative profit previously recorded. Adjustments to original
estimates for a contract's revenues, estimated costs at completion and
estimated total profit are often required as work progresses under a contract,
as experience is gained and as more information is
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obtained, even though the scope of work required under the contract may not
change, or if contract modifications occur. These changes are recorded on a
cumulative catch-up basis in the period they are determined to be necessary.
Sales and profits on a cost-reimbursable contract are recognized as
allowable costs are incurred on the contract and become billable to the
customer, in an amount equal to the allowable costs plus the profit on those
cost which is generally fixed or variable based on the contract fee
arrangement. Thus, cost- reimbursable contracts are generally not subject to
the same estimation risks that affect fixed price contracts.
The impact of revisions in profit estimates on both fixed-price and
cost-reimbursable contracts are recognized on a cumulative catch-up basis in
the period in which the revisions are made. Provisions for anticipated losses
on contracts are recorded in the period in which they become evident. Amounts
representing contract change orders or claims are included in sales only when
they can be reliably estimated and their realization is reasonably assured. The
revisions in contract estimates, if significant, can materially affect our
results of operations and cash flows, as well as our valuations of contracts in
process.
For the year ended December 31, 2002: (1) sales on fixed-price contracts
recognized using the units-of-delivery percentage-of-completion method
accounted for approximately 22.4% of total sales, (2) sales on fixed-price
contracts recognized using the cost-to-cost percentage of completion method
accounted for approximately 32.7% of total sales, and (3) sales on
cost-reimbursable contracts, which are recognized as costs are incurred,
accounted for approximately 34.2% of total sales. The remaining 10.7% of sales
for the year ended December 31, 2002 pertain to fixed-price sales arrangements
principally with commercial customers, which were not within the scope of SOP
81-1 or ARB 43 and were recorded as products are delivered and services are
performed.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets. L-3 reviews goodwill and intangible assets
for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable, and also reviews
goodwill annually in accordance with SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets. In accordance with SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, L-3
recorded identifiable intangible assets, such as customer relationships, that
are acquired in connection with a business acquisition. The value assigned to
identifiable intangible assets are determined based on estimates and judgements
regarding expectations for future contract renewals and their related cash
flows and the life cycle of acquired products and their related cash flows. If
actual future contract renewals, differ significantly from the estimates, we
may be required to record an impairment charge to write down the identifiable
intangible asset to its realizable value. In addition, SFAS No. 142 requires
that goodwill be tested annually using a two-step process. The first step is to
identify any potential impairment by comparing the carrying value of the
reporting unit to its fair value. If a potential impairment is identified, the
second step is to compare the implied fair value of goodwill with its carrying
amount to measure the impairment loss. The fair value of a reporting unit is
estimated using a discounted cash flow valuation approach, and is dependent on
estimates for future sales, operating income, depreciation and amortization,
income tax payments, working capital changes, and capital expenditures, as well
as, expected growth rates for cash flows and long-term interest rates, all of
which are impacted by economic conditions related to the industries in which we
operate as well as conditions in the U.S. capital markets. A decline in
estimated fair value of a reporting unit could result in an unexpected
impairment charge to goodwill, which could have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Pension Plan and Postretirement Benefit Plan Obligations. The obligations
for our pension plans and postretirement benefit plans and the related annual
costs of employee benefits are calculated based on several long-term
assumptions, including discount rates, rates of return on plan assets, expected
annual rates for salary increases for employee participants in the case of
pension plans, and expected annual increases in the costs of medical and other
health care benefits in the case of postretirement benefit obligations. These
long-term assumptions are subject to revision based on changes in interest
rates, financial market conditions, expected versus actual returns on plan
assets, participant mortality rates and other actuarial assumptions, future
rates of salary increases, benefit formulas and levels, and rates of increase
in the costs of benefits. Such changes, if significant, can materially affect
the amount of annual net periodic benefit costs recognized in results of
operations, our liabilities for the pension plans and postretirement benefit
plans, and our annual cash requirements to fund these plans.
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Valuation of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities. At December 31,
2002, we had net deferred tax assets of $290.8 million, including $6.6 million
for net operating loss carryforwards and $38.4 million for tax credit
carryforwards which are subject to various limitations and will expire if
unused within their respective carryforward periods. Deferred income taxes are
determined separately for each of our tax-paying entities in each tax
jurisdiction. The future realization of our deferred income tax assets
ultimately depends on our ability to generate sufficient taxable income of the
appropriate character (for example, ordinary income or capital gain) within the
carryback and carryforward periods available under the tax law, and to a lesser
extent, our ability to execute successful tax planning strategies. Based on our
estimates of the amounts and timing of future taxable income and tax planning
strategies, we believe that we will realize our recorded deferred tax assets. A
change in the ability of our operations to continue to generate future taxable
income, or our ability to implement desired tax planning strategies, could
affect our ability to realize the future tax deductions underlying our net
deferred tax assets, and require us to provide a valuation allowance against
our net deferred tax assets. Such changes, if significant, could have a
material impact in our effective tax rate, results of operations and financial
position in any given period.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following information should be read in conjunction with our
consolidated financial statements. Our results of operations for the periods
presented are impacted significantly by our acquisitions (See Note 3 to the
consolidated financial statements for a discussion of our acquisitions,
including pro forma sales, net income and diluted earnings per share data for
the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001.). We present our sales and cost and
expenses in two categories on the statement of operations, "Contracts,
primarily U.S. Government" and "Commercial, primarily products", which are
based on how we recognize revenue. Sales and costs and expenses for L-3's
businesses that are primarily U.S. Government contractors are presented as
"Contracts, primarily U.S. Government." The sales for L-3's U.S. Government
contractor businesses are transacted using written contractual arrangements or
"contracts" for products and services according to the specifications of the
customer and are within the scope of SOP 81-1 and ARB 43. Sales reported under
"Contracts, primarily U.S. Government" also include certain sales by L-3's U.S.
Government contractor businesses transacted using contracts for domestic and
foreign commercial customers which also are within the scope of SOP 81-1. Sales
and costs and expenses for L-3's businesses whose customers are primarily
commercial customers are presented as "Commercial, primarily products". These
sales to commercial customers are not within the scope of SOP 81-1 or ARB 43,
and are recognized in accordance with SEC SAB No. 101. L-3's commercial
businesses are substantially comprised of Aviation Communication & Surveillance
Systems (ACSS), Aviation Recorders, Microwave components, Detection Systems
business acquired from Perkin Elmer, Inc., Satellite Networks, and PrimeWave
Communications. The tables below provides selected statement of operations data
for L-3's U.S. Government contractor businesses and L-3's commercial
businesses, and for each of L-3's reportable segments for the years ended
December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2002 2001 2000
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(in millions)
SALES:
Contracts, primarily U.S. Government ............... $3,581.1 $1,932.2 $1,584.8
Commercial, primarily products ..................... 430.1 415.2 325.3
-------- -------- --------
Total ........................................... $4,011.2 $2,347.4 $1,910.1
======== ======== ========
OPERATING INCOME:
Contracts, primarily U.S. Government ............... $ 443.6 $ 232.6(1) $ 196.6(1)
Commercial, primarily products ..................... 10.4 42.7(1) 26.1(1)
-------- -------- -------
Total ........................................... $ 454.0 $ 275.3 $ 222.7
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SALES BY REPORTABLE SEGMENT(2):
Secure Communications & ISR ........................ $ 997.8 $ 450.5 $ 393.0
Training, Simulation & Support Services ............ 806.3 596.8 283.4
Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization ......... 733.0 263.3 209.1
Specialized Products ............................... 1,474.1 1,036.8 1,024.6
-------- -------- --------
Total ........................................... $4,011.2 $2,347.4 $1,910.1
======== ======== ========
OPERATING INCOME BY REPORTABLE SEGMENT:
Secure Communications & ISR ........................ $ 104.1 $ 32.0(1) $ 54.1(1)
Training, Simulation & Support Services ............ 96.5 65.7(1) 23.5(1)
Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization ......... 105.1 85.6(1) 66.9(1)
Specialized Products ............................... 148.3 92.0(1) 78.2(1)
-------- -------- -------
Total ........................................... $ 454.0 $ 275.3 $ 222.7
======== ======== =========
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(1) Operating income includes goodwill amortization expense for the years
ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 as follows:
2001 2000
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Contracts, primarily U.S. Government ................ $31.3 $25.0
Commercial, primarily products ...................... 11.0 10.0
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Total ............................................ $42.3 $35.0
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Secure Communications & ISR ......................... $ 3.8 $ 3.7
Training, Simulation & Support Services ............. 7.1 3.6
Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization .......... 7.7 6.5
Specialized Products ................................ 23.7 21.2
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Total ............................................ $42.3 $35.0
===== =====
(2) Sales are after intersegment eliminations. See Note 18 to the
consolidated financial statements.
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002 COMPARED WITH YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
Consolidated sales increased $1,663.8 million to $4,011.2 million for 2002
from $2,347.4 million for 2001. For 2002, sales grew $347.4 million, or 14.8%,
excluding the increase in sales from acquired businesses of $1,316.4 million
discussed below. Had these acquisitions occurred on January 1, 2001, pro forma
sales for 2002 would have been $4,699.1 million, an increase of 13.5% over pro
forma sales of $4,139.6 million for 2001 (See Note 3 to the consolidated
financial statements).
Sales from "Contracts, primarily U.S. Government" increased $1,648.9
million to $3,581.1 million for 2002 from $1,932.2 million for 2001. The
Analytics, BT Fuze, ComCept, EER, Electron Devices, IS, KDI, Ruggedized Command
& Control, Ship Analytics, Spar, SY, Telos, TMA, Wescam and Westwood
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acquired businesses contributed $1,222.5 million of the increase in sales.
Excluding these acquisitions, sales grew $426.4 million, or 22.1%, in 2002.
Volume increased $320.9 million for explosive detection systems, $156.8 million
for secure communication systems, $20.6 million for training services and
devices, $20.1 million for navigation and guidance products and $8.1 million
for military displays products. These sales increases were partially offset by
declines of $17.3 million on naval power equipment and $14.5 million on static
transfer switches used for commercial applications. Sales of ballistic missile
targets and services declined $53.0 million. The remaining decline in sales of
$15.3 million was primarily related to acoustic undersea warfare products
because of lower volume on spares.
Sales from "Commercial, primarily products" increased $14.9 million to
$430.1 million for 2002 from $415.2 million for 2001. The Detection Systems,
IMC and Wolf Coach acquired businesses contributed $93.9 million of the
increase in sales. Excluding these acquisitions, sales declined $79.0 million
or 19.0%. This decrease in sales was due to volume declines of $49.2 million on
commercial aviation products, $31.7 million on microwave components and $11.8
million on PrimeWave communication products. These declines were partially
offset by increases of $5.5 million for maritime voyage recorders and $8.2
million primarily for technical and product support services for commercial
customers.
"Commercial, primarily products" sales declined to 10.7% of total sales
for 2002 from 17.7% for 2001. The decline was primarily attributable to the
acquisitions we completed during 2002, including the IS acquisition, and to a
lesser extent, the decline in our commercial sales. This decline was
attributable to the continued weakness in the commercial aviation and
communications markets. Our 2002 acquisitions were comprised substantially of
DoD contractors. Even if a rebound occurs in the commercial aviation and
communications markets, which we are not anticipating for 2003, we expect our
commercial sales as a percentage of total sales to remain at the current level.
Furthermore, even considering our stated interest in expanding L-3's business
in avionics for both military and commercial applications through select niche
acquisitions, we do not expect to make any substantial acquisitions of
commercial businesses.
Consolidated costs and expenses increased $1,485.1 million to $3,557.2
million for 2002 from $2,072.1 million for 2001, primarily as a result of the
increase in sales. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, on January 1, 2002 we
stopped amortizing our goodwill to expenses. Goodwill amortization expense was
$42.3 million for 2001. SFAS No. 142 also requires that we evaluate the fair
value of our goodwill annually to determine if it has been impaired. We
evaluated the carrying value of our goodwill as of January 1, 2002 in
accordance with the transition provisions of SFAS No. 142 and wrote-off $30.8
million of goodwill related to certain of our space and broadband commercial
communications businesses, which has been reported as a $24.4 million loss
after income taxes for the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle, as discussed below. If we experience any impairments to the carrying
value of our goodwill after January 1, 2002, we will have to report them as a
loss from operations. During 2002, we did not have any other goodwill
impairments. We expect to perform our annual impairment test during the first
quarter of 2003.
Costs and expenses for "Contracts, primarily U.S. Government" increased
$1,437.9 million to $3,137.5 million for 2002 from $1,699.6 million for 2001.
Approximately 75% of the increase is attributable to our acquired businesses.
The remaining increase is primarily attributed to internal growth for explosive
detection systems and secure communication systems. Goodwill amortization
expense was $31.3 million for 2001. Costs and expenses for sales on our direct
and indirect contracts with the U.S. Government include selling, general and
administrative (SG&A) costs, including independent research and development and
bid and proposal costs, because SG&A costs are allowable indirect contract
costs that we allocate to our U.S. Government contracts in accordance with U.S.
Government regulations. Accordingly, we do not report SG&A costs on U.S.
Government contracts as period expenses. SG&A costs allocated to our U.S.
Government contracts were $431.5 million for 2002 and $304.3 million for 2001
(see Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements).
Costs and expenses for "Commercial, primarily products" increased $47.2
million to $419.7 million for 2002 from $372.5 million for 2001. The increase
is primarily due to increased sales as a result of the Detection Systems
acquired business, which was partially offset by lower expenses for microwave
components products due to lower sales volume. Goodwill amortization expense
was $11.0 million for
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2001. SG&A expenses, including research and development (R&D) expenses,
increased $29.2 million to $148.9 million for 2002 from $119.7 million for
2001, primarily because of SG&A expenses incurred by our acquired businesses.
Consolidated operating income increased by $178.7 million to $454.0
million for 2002 from $275.3 for 2001. The increase was due to higher sales for
all of our segments. The impact of not amortizing goodwill increased
consolidated operating income by $42.3 million. Consolidated operating income
as a percentage of sales (operating margin) declined by 0.4 percentage points
to 11.3% for 2002 from 11.7% for 2001. The impact of not amortizing goodwill
increased consolidated operating margin by 1.1 percentage points. Operating
margins compared to operating margins for 2001, excluding goodwill amortization
expense, declined for our Training, Simulation & Support Services, Aviation
Products & Aircraft Modernization and Specialized Products segments, and
increased for our Secure Communications & ISR segment. The changes in the
operating margins for our segments are discussed below.
Operating income for "Contracts, primarily U.S Government" increased
$211.0 million to $443.6 million for 2002 from $232.6 million for 2001.
Operating margin increased 0.4 percentage points to 12.4% for 2002, from 12.0%
for 2001. The impact of not amortizing goodwill increased operating margin by
0.9 percentage points. Operating income for 2002 includes a loss of $3.0
million for the settlement in June 2002 of certain litigations that we assumed
in connection with a business we acquired in 1999, which reduced operating
margin for 2002 by 0.1 percentage points. The remaining decline in operating
margin was due to the absence in 2002 of a favorable performance adjustment
recorded in 2001 on the AVCATT contract. Operating income included
approximately $20 million of losses in both 2002 and 2001 related to our naval
power equipment business that were caused by production problems which reduced
sales volume and related costs to fix manufacturing and quality control
problems. We expect to reduce the losses in our naval power equipment business
to about $5 million for 2003 because of higher sales related to increasing
production levels.
Operating income for "Commercial, primarily products" declined $32.3
million to $10.4 million for 2002 from $42.7 million for 2001. Operating margin
declined 7.9 percentage points to 2.4% for 2002 from 10.3% for 2001. The
decline was principally attributable to lower gross margin contributions from
commercial aviation products, microwave components, and space and broadband
communication products because of volume declines, as well as continued
marketing, selling and development expenses for the PrimeWave business. The
impact of not amortizing goodwill partially offset these decreases in operating
margin by 2.6 percentage points. We expect to reduce our losses from the
PrimeWave Communications business by approximately $20 million in 2003 because
of higher expected sales volume and lower R&D and SG&A expenses for the
business.
Interest expense increased $36.1 million to $122.5 million for 2002 from
$86.4 million for 2001. The increase is attributable to higher outstanding debt
for 2002 primarily related to the financing of the IS acquisition, which was
partially offset by lower interest rates on our debt. Our interest rate swap
agreements which converted the fixed interest rates on $580.0 million of our
senior subordinated notes to variable interest rates reduced our interest
expense for 2002 by $9.6 million because of declining interest rates that the
interest rate swaps enabled us to enjoy. In June 2002, we also redeemed our
$225.0 million 103/8% senior subordinated notes and replaced them with senior
subordinated notes that have a 75/8% fixed interest rate which reduced our
interest expense by $3.1 million. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources --
Financing Activities" below.
Interest and other income increased $3.2 million to $4.9 million for 2002
from $1.7 million for 2001, principally due to interest income earned on our
cash and cash equivalents. Additionally, 2001 included a net gain of $0.6
million comprising a gain on the sale of a 30% interest in the ACSS business,
largely offset by the write-down of the carrying value of an investment in the
common stock of a telecommunications company, because the decline in value for
that common stock was determined to be other than temporary.
The income tax provision for 2002 is based on an effective income tax rate
of 35.7%, compared with an effective income tax rate of 38.0% for the year
ended December 31, 2001. The decrease in the effective income tax rate is
primarily attributable to the adoption of SFAS No. 142. Amortization expense
for
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goodwill that is not deductible for income tax purposes caused an increase in
our effective income tax rate prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 142.
Basic earnings per share (EPS) before extraordinary item and cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principle increased $0.90 to $2.44 for 2002
from $1.54 for 2001. Diluted EPS before extraordinary item and cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principle increased $0.82 to $2.29 for 2002
from $1.47 for 2001. The impact of not amortizing goodwill in 2002 increased
basic EPS before extraordinary item and cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle by $0.45 and diluted EPS before extraordinary item and
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle by $0.40. Excluding the
increase in earnings attributable to not amortizing goodwill, basic EPS before
extraordinary item and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
grew 22.6% and diluted EPS before extraordinary item and cumulative effect of a
change in accounting principle grew 22.5%. Basic EPS was $2.05 and diluted EPS
was $1.93 after an extraordinary loss of $9.9 million ($0.11 per basic and
diluted share) on the early extinguishment of debt arising from the retirement
of our $225.0 million of 10 3/8% senior subordinated notes and a loss of $24.4
million ($0.28 per basic share and $0.25 per diluted share) for the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principle for a goodwill impairment, recorded
effective as of January 1, 2002 in connection with the adoption of SFAS No.
142.
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding increased 14.1% to 97.4
million for 2002 from 85.4 million for 2001. The increase principally reflects
the additional shares outstanding from the sale of 9.2 million shares of our
common stock effective May 2, 2001, and the sale of 14.0 million shares of our
common stock effective June 28, 2002.
The diluted EPS computation for 2002 did not include the dilutive effect
of the 7.8 million shares of L-3 Holdings common stock that are issuable upon
conversion of the CODES (See Notes 8 and 12 to the consolidated financial
statements) because the conditions for their conversion were not satisfied.
However, if the CODES had been convertible, reported diluted EPS would have
decreased by approximately $0.03 for 2002.
SECURE COMMUNICATIONS & ISR
Sales for the Secure Communications & ISR segment increased $547.3 million
to $997.8 million for 2002 from $450.5 million for 2001. The IS-Tactical
Reconnaissance Systems including airborne surveillance & control (TRS) and
ComCept acquired businesses contributed $403.1 million of sales. Excluding
these acquisitions, sales grew $144.2 million or 32.0%. Volumes on secure
communication systems, including Secure Terminal Equipment (STE), secure data
links and military communications products increased $156.8 million because of
greater demand for secure communications from the DoD and U.S. Government
intelligence agencies. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in
sales of $12.6 million primarily due to lower volumes of PrimeWave
communication products. We expect that the demand for our secure communications
systems and ISR products will remain strong for 2003, enabling the segment to
generate sales growth in 2003, excluding acquisitions in excess of 10%.
Operating income increased by $72.1 million to $104.1 million for 2002
from $32.0 million for 2001 because of higher sales and operating margin.
Operating margin improved by 3.3 percentage points to 10.4% for 2002 compared
to 7.1% for 2001. The impact of not amortizing goodwill increased operating
margin by 0.4 percentage points. Increased volume and cost improvements on
secure communication systems increased margins by 1.7 percentage points. Higher
losses for the PrimeWave business in 2002 due to lower sales, higher marketing,
selling and development expenses and a provision to increase the allowance for
doubtful accounts by $3.0 million lowered operating margin by 0.9 percentage
points. The remaining change in operating margins was principally attributable
to margins from the IS-TRS acquired business, which was higher than the segment
operating margin for 2001.
TRAINING, SIMULATION & SUPPORT SERVICES
Sales for the Training, Simulation & Support Services segment increased
$209.5 million to $806.3 million for 2002 from $596.8 million for 2001. The
Analytics, EER, Ship Analytics, SY Technologies, Telos and TMA acquired
businesses contributed $210.9 million of the increase in sales. Excluding these
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acquisitions, sales declined $1.4 million or 0.2%. Sales for ballistic missile
targets and services at our Coleman Research business declined $53.0 million
primarily because of a contract completed in 2002 and the delay in the award of
its follow-on contract, which is related to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's
decision to consolidate the target requirements for all of its major missile
defense programs into a single contract for fiscal year 2003. The decline in
ballistic missile targets and services was largely offset by volume increases
for training services from new contracts with the DoD, contracts competitively
awarded during 2001 and software and systems engineering services. We expect
that the sales growth, excluding acquisitions, for our training, simulation and
support services will be between 6% and 7% in 2003, which is consistent with
the overall increase in the DoD budget. We also expect our sales of ballistic
missile targets and services to increase in 2003.
Operating income increased by $30.8 million to $96.5 million for 2002 from
$65.7 million for 2001 because of higher sales and operating margin. Operating
margin increased by 1.0 percentage points to 12.0% for 2002 compared to 11.0%
for 2001 principally because of the impact of not amortizing goodwill.
AVIATION PRODUCTS & AIRCRAFT MODERNIZATION
Sales for the Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization segment increased
$469.7 million to $733.0 million for 2002 from $263.3 million for 2001. The
IS-Aircraft Modification and Maintenance (AMM) and Spar acquired businesses
contributed $502.0 million to sales. Excluding acquisitions, sales declined
$32.3 million, or 12.3%, because of lower volumes for commercial aviation
recorders and TCAS products that were partially offset by sales increases for
military displays products and commercial maritime voyage recorders. The
decline in commercial aviation products sales was caused by a decline in orders
and customer-directed deferrals of deliveries stemming from the continued
downturn in the commercial aircraft industry that began in 2001 and which
remained weak during 2002. Although we expect the commercial aviation markets
to remain weak during 2003, we do not expect our sales of commercial products
to decline in 2003 because of the introduction of our new T2CAS product, which
we plan to begin shipping by the end of the first half of 2003, and higher
volume for our maritime voyage recorders and transponders. We expect sales from
our aircraft modification services, which are primarily performed for the DoD,
to increase slightly during 2003.
Operating income increased by $19.5 million to $105.1 million for 2002
from $85.6 million for 2001, because of higher sales from acquired businesses.
Operating margin declined by 18.2 percentage points to 14.3% for 2002 from
32.5% for 2001. The impact of not amortizing goodwill increased operating
margin by 1.1 percentage points. Lower volumes on TCAS and aviation recorders,
increased development expenses for a terrain awareness warning system and a
commercial displays product-line reduced operating margin by 5.5 percentage
points. The remaining decrease in operating margin of 13.8 percentage points
was principally attributable to margins from the IS-AMM and Spar acquired
businesses, which averaged 12.0% and were lower than the segment operating
margin for 2001. Margins for our aircraft modification businesses are lower
than the margins for our commercial aviation products businesses, and the
aircraft modification businesses generated 70.5% of the segment's sales for
2002 compared with only 5.7% for 2001, which reduced the overall margin for the
entire segment as we expected.
SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS
Sales for the Specialized Products segment increased $437.3 million to
$1,474.1 million for 2002 from $1,036.8 million for 2001. The BT Fuze,
Detection Systems, Electron Devices, IMC, KDI, Ruggedized Command & Control,
Wescam, Westwood and Wolf Coach acquired businesses contributed $200.4 million
of sales. Excluding these acquisitions, sales increased $236.9 million or
22.8%. Sales of explosive detection systems used in airport security
principally relating to a contract from the Transportation Security
Administration contributed $320.9 million of the increase in sales. Navigation
and guidance products sales also increased by $20.1 million. These increases to
sales were partially offset by volume declines of $17.3 million on naval power
equipment arising from lower shipments caused by production capacity diverted
to fixing quality control problems, $16.8 million on training devices because
certain contracts were completed in 2002, $15.9 million for acoustic undersea
warfare products primarily arising
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from lower spares volume, and $14.5 million for commercial static transfer
switches because of the deterioration of the internet service provider market.
The remaining decline of $39.6 million was principally on microwave components
and telemetry and space products arising from continued softness and declining
demand in the space, broadband and wireless commercial communications markets.
We expect that our sales for EDS in 2003 will decline to about $175 million
primarily because the initial build-out of EDS by TSA for major U.S. airports
was completed in 2002. Excluding the decline in EDS in 2003, we expect the
sales growth, excluding acquisitions, for our Specialized Products to be
between 7% and 8%. The majority of the growth is expected for naval power
equipment for which shipments should increase after fixing the production
problems experienced during 2001 and 2002 and for navigation products and
training devices because of continued strong demand and recent orders.
Operating income increased by $56.3 million to $148.3 million for 2002
from $92.0 million for 2001 because of higher sales and operating margin.
Operating margin improved by 1.2 percentage points to 10.1% for 2002 compared
to 8.9% for 2001. The impact of not amortizing goodwill increased operating
margin by 1.6 percentage points. Higher volumes for explosive detection systems
caused an increase in operating margin of 2.6 percentage points. These
increases were partially offset by declines in operating margin that was
primarily related to lower volumes on naval power equipment, microwave
components and training devices, and the absence in 2002 of a favorable
performance adjustment recorded in 2001 on the AVCATT contract discussed below.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001 COMPARED WITH YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2000
Consolidated sales increased $437.3 million to $2,347.4 million for 2001
compared with 2000. Sales from "Contracts, primarily U.S. Government" increased
$347.4 million to $1,932.2 million for 2001 from $1,584.8 million for 2000. The
MPRI, Coleman, KDI and EER acquisitions contributed $335.6 million of the sales
increase in 2001. The remaining sales increase in 2001 was primarily
attributable to volume increases of (1) $66.0 million on secure telephone
equipment and secure data links, (2) $21.2 million on training devices and
services, (3) $16.2 million on acoustic undersea warfare products and (4) $4.4
million on airport security systems. These sales increases were partially
offset by declines of $56.7 million on naval power equipment due to lower
shipments caused by production quality control problems and customer-directed
reductions in delivery requirements, and volume declines of $39.3 million
primarily on telemetry and space products related to the continued decline in
the telemetry, space and broadband markets. Sales from "Commercial, primarily
products" increased $89.9 million to $415.2 million in 2001 from $325.3 million
in 2000. The increase in 2001 was primarily attributable to volume increases of
(1) $53.1 million on aviation products, (2) $20.8 million in microwave
components and (3) $13.5 million from fixed wireless access products. The
remaining change in sales was due to an increase in network support services,
which was partially offset by declines primarily on telemetry and space
products related to the continued decline in the commercial telemetry, space
and broadband communications markets.
The total increase in costs and expenses of $384.7 million to $2,072.1
million for 2001 from $1,687.4 million for 2000 is consistent with the
increases in sales. For 2001, costs and expenses were $1,699.6 million for
"Contracts, primarily U.S. Government" and $372.5 million for "Commercial,
primarily products".
Operating income increased because of higher sales by $52.6 million to
$275.3 million for 2001 compared with 2000. Operating income as a percentage of
sales ("operating margin") remained unchanged at 11.7%. Operating margins
improved at our Training, Simulation & Support Services segment, our Aviation
Products & Aircraft Modernization segment and our Specialized Products segment.
These margin improvements were offset by a margin decline at our Secure
Communications & ISR segment. The change in operating margin for each of our
segments is discussed below.
Interest expense decreased $6.6 million to $86.4 million for 2001 because
of lower interest rates, changes in the components and levels of our debt, and
savings of $4.1 million from the interest rate swap agreements we entered into
in July 2001 and November 2001. The interest rate swap agreements exchange the
fixed interest rate of 8% on our $200.0 million Senior Subordinated Notes due
2008 and the fixed interest rate of 8 1/2% on our $180.0 million Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2008 to variable interest rates determined using the six
month LIBOR rate. See "-- Liquidity and Capital Resources".
Interest and other income decreased $2.6 million to $1.8 million. Interest
and other income for 2001 includes a net pre-tax gain of $0.6 million ($0.01
per diluted share), consisting of an after-tax gain of $4.3
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million from the sale of a 30% interest in ACSS to Thales Avionics and an
after-tax charge of $3.9 million to write-down the carrying amount of an
investment in common stock of a telecommunications company because the decline
of its value was determined to be other than temporary. Also included in
interest and other income for 2001 is a pre-tax charge of $0.5 million to
account for the increase, in accordance with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, in the fair value assigned to
the embedded derivatives in our $420.0 million 4% Senior Subordinated
Convertible Contingent Debt Securities due 2011 ("CODES"), we sold in the
fourth quarter of 2001 (See "-- Liquidity and Capital Resources"), and a
pre-tax loss of $0.8 million from an equity method investment. Interest and
other income for 2000 includes a net pre-tax gain of $2.5 million ($0.02 per
diluted share), consisting of an after-tax gain of $9.2 million from the sale
of our interests in certain businesses and an after-tax charge of $7.6 million
on the write-down in the carrying amount of an investment in a
telecommunications venture that is no longer a going concern, the carrying
amount of an investment in a telecommunications equipment provider that was
determined to be permanently impaired and a related intangible asset. Excluding
these net gains from both 2001 and 2000, diluted EPS increased 25.9% to $1.46
in 2001 from $1.16 in 2000.
The income tax provision for 2001 is based on an effective income tax rate
of 38.0% which declined slightly from the effective tax rate of 38.3% for 2000.
Basic earnings per share ("EPS") grew 24.2% to $1.54 for 2001 and diluted
EPS grew 24.6% to $1.47 for 2001. Diluted weighted-average common shares
outstanding increased 22.2% for 2001, primarily because of the sale of our
common stock in May 2001, and the dilutive effect of our Convertible Notes we
sold in the fourth quarter of 2000. See "-- Liquidity and Capital Resources".
SECURE COMMUNICATIONS & ISR
Sales within our Secure Communications & ISR segment increased $57.5
million, or 14.6%, to $450.5 million for 2001 compared with 2000. The increase
in sales was attributed to increased sales of $46.4 million from secure
telephone equipment due to an increase in demand for secure communications, and
$13.6 million from PrimeWave fixed wireless access products related to a
contract for a customer in Argentina. The remaining net decrease in sales was
principally attributable to a decline in communication subsystems for the
International Space Station, which was partially offset by higher volume for
secure data links.
Operating income decreased by $22.1 million to $32.0 million for 2001 from
$54.1 million for 2000 because of lower operating margins that were partially
offset by higher operating income from higher sales. Operating margin declined
6.7 percentage points from 13.8% in 2000 to 7.1% in 2001. Negative contract
margins and increased SG&A and development expenditures and bad debt provisions
associated with our PrimeWave business reduced operating margin by 3.7
percentage points. Volume declines and cost overruns related to design and
manufacturing problems on certain signal collection and processing equipment
reduced operating margin by 1.7 percentage points. The remaining decline in
operating margin was principally attributable to lower volumes on certain
military communication systems programs caused by contract deliveries that were
completed or approaching completion in 2001. The declines were partially offset
by higher operating margins on secure telephone equipment attributable to
increased volumes and cost improvements.
TRAINING, SIMULATION & SUPPORT SERVICES
Sales within our Training, Simulation & Support Services segment increased
$313.4 million, or 110.6%, to $596.8 million for 2001 compared with 2000. The
Coleman, MPRI, and EER acquisitions contributed $277.0 million of the increase
in sales. The remaining increase in sales was attributable to various training,
simulation and communications software support services.
Operating income increased by $42.2 million to $65.7 million for 2001
because of higher sales and operating margins. Operating margin increased 2.7
percentage points from 8.3% in 2000 to 11.0% for 2001. Volume increases and
cost improvements from the Link Training Services business increased operating
margin by 1.6 percentage points. The remaining increase was principally
attributable to higher margins from acquired businesses.
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AVIATION PRODUCTS & AIRCRAFT MODERNIZATION
Sales within our Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization segment
increased $54.2 million, or 25.9%, to $263.3 million for 2001 compared with
2000. Volume increased $44.9 million on TCAS products and was attributable to
increased customer demand and the timing of the TCAS acquisition completed in
April 2000. Volume also increased by $8.2 million for aviation recorders
because of commercial customer retrofit deliveries. The remaining increase was
primarily attributable to the Spar Aerospace business acquired in November 2001
offset by volume declines of $8.7 million for displays sold to military
customers related to the timing of contractual shipments.
Operating income increased by $18.7 million to $85.6 million for 2001 from
$66.9 million for 2000 primarily because of higher sales. Operating margin
increased 0.5 percentage points from 32.0% for 2000 to 32.5% for 2001.
Operating margin increased by 5.2 percentage points because of higher volume of
TCAS products with higher gross margin contributions. Lower margins on display
products related to volume declines reduced operating margin by 3.3 percentage
points. Lower margins from the Spar Aerospace acquired business, which we
expected, caused the remaining change in the operating margin.
SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS
Sales within our Specialized Products segment increased $12.2 million, or
1.2%, to $1,036.8 million for 2001 compared with 2000. The increase in sales
was principally attributable to the KDI acquired business and increases in
volume for microwave components and acoustic undersea warfare products,
partially offset by decreases in sales of telemetry and space products and
naval power equipment.
Operating income increased by $13.8 million for 2001 to $92.0 million
because of higher operating margin. Operating margin increased 1.3 percentage
points to 8.9% for 2001 from 7.6% for 2000. Reductions in contract costs
related to favorable performance on the AVCATT contract, arising from
engineering design changes, material sourcing changes and unit price reductions
on several parts in the contract bill of materials that occurred during 2001
increased operating margin by 1.3 percentage points. Cost improvements from
increased volume and product sales mix on microwave components resulted in an
increase of 1.0 percentage points. Higher margins from fuzing products resulted
in an increase of 0.7 percentage points. The remaining increase in operating
margin was primarily attributable to overhead cost reductions and other cost
improvements for training devices, volume increases for explosives detection
systems and reduced losses on voice and data communication products. These
improvements in operating margin were partially offset by continued unfavorable
performance on certain contracts and lower production levels for naval power
equipment which caused a decrease of 3.2 percentage points in operating margin.
PENSION PLANS
We maintain defined benefit pension plans covering employees at certain of
our businesses. At December 31, 2002, our balance sheet included an aggregate
$205.1 million liability for pension benefits, an increase of $142.8 million
from $62.3 million at December 31, 2001. The increase was primarily caused by
the $77.1 million of pension liabilities that we assumed as part of the IS
acquisition and the increase in the minimum liability of $75.4 million. Our
total estimated projected benefit obligation, including projected future salary
increases for covered employees was $713.9 million at the end of 2002, and
exceeded the fair value of our pension plan assets of $431.8 million by $282.1
million. The difference between this amount and the pension liability recorded
on our balance sheet of $205.1 million is attributable to the deferred
recognition of actuarial gains and losses and accumulated differences between
the assumed and actual rates of return on plan assets which increased by $115.2
million to $184.9 million from $69.7 million. During 2002, our pension plan
assets experienced a loss of $27.8 million, primarily due to the declines in
equity capital markets while the expected rate of return on plan assets which
was included in the determination of pension cost was $40.7 million, a
difference of $68.5 million. In addition, $50.0 million of the increase in our
benefit obligation resulted from changes in the actuarial assumptions and
differences between actuarial assumptions and actual results. In accordance with
SFAS No. 87, Employer's Accounting for Pensions, unrecognized losses that our
pension plans experienced in 2002 were not included in pension expense for 2002.
Instead, they will be amortized to pension expense in future
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years over the estimated average remaining service periods of the covered
employees (See Notes 3 and 16 to our consolidated financial statements.)
Our pension expense for 2002 was $41.9 million. We expect pension expense
for 2003 to increase by a non-cash amount of between $20.0 million and $25.0
million over our 2002 pension expense, primarily because of the amortization of
unrecognized losses through December 31, 2002, and the reductions that we made
in 2002 to our discount rate from 7.25% to 6.75% and rate of return on plan
assets from 9.5% to 9.0%. We made pension plan contributions for the full year
2002 of $47.4 million, which exceeded our original planned contributions for
2002 by more than $30 million. We expect to make pension plan contributions of
between $40 million and $50 million in 2003. A substantial portion of our
pension plan contributions for L-3's businesses that are U.S. Government
contractors are recoverable as allowable indirect contract costs at amounts
generally equal to the annual pension contributions. Our actual pension expense
for 2003 will be based upon a number of other factors, including the effect of
any additional acquisitions for which we assume liabilities for pension
benefits, actual pension plan contributions and changes (if any) to our pension
assumptions for 2003, including the discount rate, asset return rate and salary
increases.
Our shareholders' equity at December 31, 2002, reflects a non-cash charge
of $45.6 million (net of tax) to record the increase for the year ended
December 31, 2002 in the minimum pension liability in accordance with SFAS No.
87. This non-cash charge had no effect on our compliance with the financial
covenants of our debt agreements and did not impact our results of operations
for 2002.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
BALANCE SHEET
Contracts in process increased $516.2 million to $1,318.0 million at
December 31, 2002 from $801.8 million at December 31, 2001. The increase
included $441.2 million related to acquired businesses and $75.0 million
principally from:
o increases of $98.0 million in billed receivables due to higher sales for
aircraft modifications, explosive detection systems, secure communications
equipment and ISR systems;
o increases of $2.1 million in unbilled contract receivables, net of
unliquidated progress payments, due to higher sales from explosive
detection systems, ISR systems, secure data links, training devices and
fuzing products, partially offset by shipments of ocean products and
display systems as well as higher billings of aircraft modifications and
training and support services;
o decreases of $8.7 million in inventoried contract costs due to liquidations
of aircraft modifications and secure terminal equipment inventories,
partially offset by increases for naval power equipment, secure data links,
ocean products and fuzing products; and
o decreases of $16.4 million in inventories recorded at lower of cost or
market due to declines for PrimeWave and security systems that were
partially offset by increases for aviation products.
L-3's days sales outstanding (DSO) was 68.9 at December 31, 2002 compared
with 80.4 at December 31, 2001. We calculate our DSO by dividing (a) our
aggregate end of period billed receivables and net unbilled contract
receivables, by (b) our sales for the last twelve month period adjusted on a
pro forma basis for the acquisitions that we completed as of the end of the
period, divided by 365. Our DSO increased to 94.3 for the twelve-month period
ended March 31, 2002 primarily, because of the IS business, which we acquired
on March 8, 2002, and remained relatively constant at 93.7 for June 30, 2002
and 90.2 for September 30, 2002. L-3's DSO declined substantially in the fourth
quarter of 2002 because of higher sales volume and the final purchase price
allocation adjustments for the IS acquisition. Excluding the IS acquisition,
L-3's DSO would have been 79.2 at December 31, 2002.
Included in contracts in process at December 31, 2002 are net billed
receivables of $11.4 million and net inventories of $18.2 million for our
PrimeWave business. At December 31, 2001, we had $15.8 million of net billed
receivables and $30.2 million of net inventories related to our PrimeWave
business.
The increase in property, plant and equipment (PP&E) during 2002 was
principally related to the acquisition of IS. The percentage of depreciation
expense to average gross PP&E declined to 13.0% for
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2002 from 14.6% for 2001. The decline was attributable to (1) the impact from
current acquisitions, for which the balance sheet reflects all of the PP&E of
the acquired businesses, but the statement of operations only includes
depreciation expense from the date of acquisition rather than for the entire
period, and (2) fully depreciated PP&E used in certain of our operations
despite having net carrying amounts of zero (after accumulated depreciation)
and which are not removed from the balance sheet until they are retired or
otherwise disposed.
Goodwill increased $1,086.8 million to $2,794.5 million at December 31,
2002 from $1,707.7 million at December 31, 2001. The increase was principally
due to acquisitions with the largest increase for the IS acquired business.
The increases in accrued employment costs and accrued interest were
primarily due to the timing of payments, as well as our acquisitions completed
in 2002. The increases in accounts payable, accrued expenses, other current
liabilities and pension and postretirement liabilities were primarily due to
our acquisitions completed in 2002. The increase in other current liabilities
was partially offset by the payment in January 2002 of $43.6 million for the
remaining outstanding common stock of Spar that was not tendered to L-3 as of
December 31, 2001. The increase in postretirement liabilities was also
attributable to an increase of $75.4 million of our additional minimum pension
liability, as discussed above. The increase in other liabilities was primarily
due to notes payables assumed in connection with our acquisitions completed in
2002, and the deferred gain portion of cash proceeds received upon termination
of the interest rate swap transactions we entered in 2002 and 2001, as
discussed below.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Our cash position at December 31, 2002 was $134.9 million, $361.0 million
at December 31, 2001 and $32.7 million at December 31, 2000. The table below
provides a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2002 2001 2000
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(IN MILLIONS)
Net cash from operating activities ............ $ 318.5 $ 173.0 $ 113.8
Net cash used in investing activities ......... (1,810.5) (424.9) (608.2)
Net cash from financing activities ............ 1,265.9 580.3 484.3
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Net increase (decrease) in cash ............... $ (226.1) $ 328.4 $(10.1)
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
We generated $318.5 million of cash from our operating activities during
2002, an increase of $145.5 million from the $173.0 million generated during
2001. Earnings adjusted for non-cash expenses for 2002 and deferred income
taxes increased $126.0 million to $409.5 million in 2002 from $283.5 million in
2001. Deferred income taxes for 2002 compared with 2001 increased primarily
because of larger estimated tax deductions arising from our recently completed
acquisitions, including our acquisition of IS. Other non-cash items consist
primarily of contributions of common stock to savings plans. During 2002, our
working capital and operating assets and liabilities increased $91.0 million,
compared with an increase of $110.5 million in 2001. Our cash flows from
operating activities during 2002 reflect increases in billed and unbilled
receivables, other current assets and other assets. The use of cash related to
customer advances was due to liquidations on certain foreign contracts. The use
of cash for other current liabilities was to fund contracts in a loss position
for which estimated costs exceed the estimated billings, and was partially
offset by an increase in accrued warranty costs primarily for explosive
detection systems delivered in 2002. The timing of payments to employees for
salaries and wages, as well as the timing of interest payments, was a source of
cash. The source of cash in other liabilities was primarily due to deferred
gains on the termination of our swap agreements, discussed below. Pension plan
contributions in 2002 amounted to $47.4 million.
During 2001, we generated $173.0 million of cash from our operating
activities, an increase of $59.2 million from the $113.8 million generated
during 2000. Earnings adjusted for non-cash items and deferred
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income taxes increased $83.2 million to $283.5 million in 2001 from $200.3
million in 2000. During 2001, our working capital and operating assets and
liabilities increased $110.5 million compared with an increase of $86.5 million
in 2000.
In 2001, we used cash for increases in inventories, receivables and
negative operating margins related to our PrimeWave business and naval power
equipment products, as well as for incurred contract costs in excess of
billings for the continued effort on the AVCATT contract. These uses of cash
were partially offset by a settlement of certain items related to a services
agreement and lower income tax payments.
Our cash from operating activities includes interest payments on debt of
$109.3 million for 2002, $81.6 million for 2001, and $81.4 million for 2000.
Our interest expense also includes amortization of deferred debt issue costs
which is a non-cash expense.
Our cash from operating activities includes income tax payments, net of
refunds of $2.1 million for 2002, $4.9 million for 2001, and $10.1 million for
2000. Our income tax payments were substantially less than our provisions for
income taxes reported on our statements of operations primarily because income
tax benefits arising from our acquisitions, as well as reductions to current
income taxes payable for compensation expense tax deductions arising from the
exercise of employee stock options which are credited directly to shareholders'
equity and excluded from income (see Note 13 to our consolidated financial
statements). Specifically, the difference of $115.8 million between our income
tax payments during 2002 and our provision for income taxes for the year ended
December 31, 2002 is comprised of deferred income tax provisions of $79.1
million, $13.3 million of employee stock options compensation expense tax
deductions and an increase of $23.4 million to our accrued income taxes, net of
certain reclassifications of deferred income tax assets and liabilities.
L-3 receives substantial income tax deductions from its acquisitions of
businesses that are structured as asset purchases for income tax purposes. The
effect of these income tax deductions is that our cash payments for income
taxes are less than our provision for income taxes reported on the statement of
operations. The difference is presented as deferred income tax provisions on
our statement of cash flows. The deferred income tax provisions primarily
result from deducting goodwill amortization from the "asset" acquisitions on
L-3's income tax returns over 15 years, in accordance with tax rules and
regulations, while no amortization is recorded for financial reporting
purposes, in accordance with SFAS No. 142. One of the impacts of SFAS No. 142
was an increase to these income tax benefits because prior to adopting the
provisions of SFAS No. 142, goodwill was also amortized for financial reporting
purposes, although over longer periods of generally 40 years. We expect that
the acquisitions L-3 has completed through December 31, 2002, excluding any
additional acquisitions, will continue to generate deferred tax benefits, from
2003 to 2016, with amounts for 2003 to 2005 approximating L-3's deferred tax
benefits for 2002. While these income tax deductions are reported as increases
or decreases to deferred income tax liabilities and assets, they are not
differences that are scheduled to reverse in future periods through normal
operations. Rather, they will only reverse if L-3 sells its acquired
businesses. Presently, L-3 has no plans to make any material dispositions of
its acquired businesses.
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
During 2002, we invested $1,742.1 million to acquire businesses, including
IS, Detection Systems, Telos, ComCept, TMA, Electron Devices, Ruggedized
Command & Control, Wolf Coach, IMC, Westwood, Wescam and Ship Analytics, and
$43.6 million for the remaining outstanding common stock of Spar which was not
tendered to L-3 at December 31, 2001. The cash invested in acquisitions for
2002 also includes acquisition costs and payments for contingent purchase price
and closing date net assets or net working capital purchase price adjustments
for certain acquisitions completed prior to 2002. During 2001, we invested
$446.9 million to acquire businesses. During 2000, we invested $599.6 to
acquire businesses.
The IS acquisition was financed using approximately $229.0 million of cash
on hand, borrowings under our senior credit facilities of $420.0 million and a
$500.0 million senior subordinated bridge loan. We used a portion of the
proceeds from the sale in June 2002 of $750.0 million of senior subordinated
notes and 14.0 million shares of common stock to repay borrowings under the
senior credit facilities and the senior subordinated bridge loan as discussed
below in Financing Activities. All of the other acquisitions were financed
using cash on hand.
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On May 31, 2001, we sold a 30% interest in ACSS to Thales Avionics for
$75.2 million in cash. In 2000, we sold our interests in two businesses for net
cash proceeds of $19.6 million. The cash proceeds from these transactions are
included in other investing activities.
We make capital expenditures for the improvement of manufacturing
facilities and equipment. We expect that our capital expenditures for the year
ending December 31, 2003 will be between $80 million and $90 million.
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
DEBT
At December 31, 2002, the senior credit facilities were comprised of a
$500.0 million five-year revolving credit facility maturing on May 15, 2006 and
a $250.0 million 364-day revolving facility maturing on February 25, 2003 under
which at the maturity date we may, (1) at our request and subject to approval
of the lenders, extend the maturity date, in whole or in part, for an
additional 364-day period or (2) at our election, convert the outstanding
principal amount thereunder into a term loan which would be repayable in a
single payment two years from the conversion date. On February 25, 2003, the
Company's lenders approved an extension of the maturity date of the 364-day
revolving facility to February 24, 2004.
At December 31, 2002, available borrowings under our senior credit
facilities were $661.4 million, after reductions for outstanding letters of
credit of $88.6 million. There were no outstanding borrowings under our senior
credit facilities at December 31, 2002.
In June 2002, L-3 Communications sold $750.0 million of 75/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due June 15, 2012 (the "June 2002 Notes") with interest
payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year commencing
December 15, 2002. The net proceeds from that offering amounted to $731.8
million after underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering
expenses.
The net proceeds from the June 2002 Notes and the simultaneous sale of
14.0 million shares of our common stock, discussed below under "-- Equity,"
were used to (1) repay $500.0 million borrowed on March 8, 2002, under our
senior subordinated bridge loan facility, (2) repay the indebtedness
outstanding under our senior credit facilities, (3) repurchase and redeem the
103/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (discussed in the following
paragraph) and (4) increase cash and cash equivalents.
On June 6, 2002 we commenced a tender offer to purchase any and all of our
$225.0 million aggregate principal amount of 103/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2007. The tender offer expired on July 3, 2002. On June 25, 2002 we sent a
notice of redemption for all of our 103/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
that remained outstanding after the expiration of the tender offer. Upon
sending the notice, the remaining notes became due and payable at the
redemption price as of July 25, 2002. During 2002, we recorded a pre-tax
extraordinary loss of $16.2 million ($9.9 million after-tax), comprised of
premiums, fees and other transaction costs of $12.5 million and $3.7 million to
write-off the remaining balance of unamortized debt issue costs relating to
these notes.
In the fourth quarter of 2001, L-3 Holdings sold $420.0 million of 4%
Senior Subordinated Convertible Contingent Debt Securities due 2011 (CODES).
The net proceeds from this offering amounted to approximately $407.5 million
after underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.
Interest is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year
commencing March 15, 2002. The CODES are convertible into L-3 Holdings' common
stock at a conversion price of $53.81 per share (7,804,878 shares) under any of
the following circumstances: (1) during any Conversion Period (defined below)
if the closing sales price of the common stock of L-3 Holdings is more than
120% of the conversion price ($64.58) for at least 20 trading days in the 30
consecutive trading-day period ending on the first day of the respective
Conversion Period, (2) during the five business day period following any 10
consecutive trading-day period in which the average of the trading prices for
the CODES was less than 105% of the conversion value, (3) if the credit ratings
assigned to the CODES by either Moody's or Standard & Poor's are below certain
specified ratings, (4) if they have been called for redemption by us, or (5)
upon the occurrence of certain specified corporate transactions. A Conversion
Period is the period from and including the thirtieth trading day in a fiscal
quarter to, but not including, the thirtieth trading day of the immediately
following fiscal quarter. There are four
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Conversion Periods in each fiscal year. Additionally, holders of the CODES have
a right to receive contingent interest payments, not to exceed a per annum rate
of 0.5% of the outstanding principal amount of the CODES, which will be paid on
the CODES during any six-month period following a six-month period in which the
average trading price of the CODES is above 120% of the principal amount of the
CODES. The contingent interest payment provision was triggered for the period
beginning September 15, 2002 to March 14, 2003 and resulted in additional
interest for that period of $0.8 million. The contingent interest payment
provision as well as the ability of the holders of the CODES to exercise the
conversion features as a result of changes in the credit ratings assigned to
the CODES have been accounted for as embedded derivatives.
In the fourth quarter of 2000, L-3 Holdings sold $300.0 million of 51/4%
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "Convertible Notes"). The
net proceeds from this offering amounted to $290.5 million after underwriting
discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, and were used to repay
revolver borrowings outstanding under our senior credit facilities. The
Convertible Notes may be converted at any time into L-3 Holdings common stock
at a conversion price of $40.75 per share (7,361,964 shares).
In June and August of 2002, we terminated the interest rate swap
agreements we entered into in 2001 on $380.0 million of our Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2008 and received cash proceeds of $9.3 million. In connection with
the termination, we recorded a reduction in interest expense for 2002 of $4.6
million, which represented the interest savings for the period prior to the
termination of the swap agreements earned from the differences between the
average variable interest rates of 4.6% that we paid under the swap agreements
which were lower than the average fixed interest rate of 8.2% on the notes
subject to the swaps. The remaining $4.7 million represented the future value
of the swap agreements at the termination date and was recorded as a deferred
gain in accordance with SFAS No. 133 and will be amortized as a reduction of
interest expense over the remaining terms of the $380.0 million of Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2008 at an amount equal to $0.2 million per quarter, or
$0.8 million annually. We recorded an additional reduction of interest expense
for 2002 of $2.5 million relating to interest savings for interest periods
which ended prior to the period during which we terminated of the interest rate
swap agreements. In June 2002, we entered into interest rate swap agreements on
$200.0 million of our 75/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012. These swap
agreements exchanged the fixed interest rate for a variable interest rate on
$200.0 million of the $750.0 million principal amount outstanding. On September
30, 2002, we terminated these interest rate swap agreements and received cash
proceeds of $13.9 million in October 2002. In connection with the termination,
we recorded a reduction of interest expense for 2002 of $1.8 million, which
represented interest savings based on the variable interest rate of 4.1% that
L-3 paid in accordance with the terms of the swap for the period prior to the
termination of these swap agreements. The remaining $12.1 million represented
the future value of the swap agreements at the termination date and was
recorded as a deferred gain and will be amortized as a reduction of interest
expense over the remaining term of the 75/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012
at an amount of $0.3 million per quarter, or $1.3 million annually. All of the
cash proceeds received from the swap agreements are included in cash from
operating activities on L-3's statement of cash flows. L-3's earnings plan for
2002 included anticipated interest expense savings from the swap agreements
because we expected the variable rates payable on the swaps would be lower than
the fixed interest rates on our senior subordinated notes. L-3 may enter into
new interest rate swap agreements in the future if we believe that financial
market conditions are favorable.
The senior credit facilities, senior subordinated notes, Convertible Notes
and CODES agreements contain financial covenants and other restrictive
covenants which remain in effect so long as we owe any amount or any commitment
to lend exists thereunder. We are in compliance with those covenants in all
material respects. The borrowings under the senior credit facilities are
guaranteed by L-3 Holdings and by substantially all of the material domestic
subsidiaries of L-3 Communications on a senior basis. The payments of principal
and premium, if any, and interest on the senior subordinated notes are
unconditionally guaranteed, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, jointly
and severally, by all of L-3 Communications' restricted subsidiaries other than
its foreign subsidiaries. The guarantees of the senior subordinated notes are
junior to the guarantees of the senior credit facilities and rank pari passu
with each other and the guarantees of the Convertible Notes and the CODES. The
Convertible Notes and CODES
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are unconditionally guaranteed, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis,
jointly and severally, by L-3 Communications and substantially all of its
direct and indirect material domestic subsidiaries. These guarantees rank
junior to the guarantees of the senior credit facilities and rank pari passu
with each other and the guarantees of the senior subordinated notes. The senior
credit facilities also limit the payment of dividends by L-3 Communications to
L-3 Holdings except for payment of franchise taxes, fees to maintain L-3
Holdings' legal existence, income taxes up to certain amounts, interest accrued
on the Convertible Notes and CODES or to provide for operating costs of up to
$1.0 million annually. Under the covenant, L-3 Communications may also pay
permitted dividends to L-3 Holdings from its excess cash, as defined, up to a
cumulative amount of $5.0 million, provided that the debt ratio is no greater
than 3.5 to 1 as of the most recent fiscal quarter. As a result, at December
31, 2002, $5.0 million of L-3 Communications net assets were available for
payment of dividends to L-3 Holdings. See Note 8 to our consolidated financial
statements for a description of our debt and related financial covenants at
December 31, 2002.
EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAXES, DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION (EBITDA)
Our EBITDA was $529.9 million for 2002, $362.3 million for 2001 and $297.0
million for 2000. We define EBITDA as operating income plus depreciation
expense and amortization expense. Other than our amount of debt and interest
expense, EBITDA is the major component in the calculation of the debt ratio and
interest coverage ratio which are part of the financial covenants for our debt.
The debt ratio is defined as the ratio of consolidated total debt to
consolidated EBITDA. The interest coverage ratio is equal to the ratio of
consolidated EBITDA to consolidated cash interest expense. The higher our
EBITDA is on a relative basis to our outstanding debt, the lower our debt ratio
will be. A lower debt ratio indicates a higher borrowing capacity. Similarly,
an increase in our EBITDA on a relative basis to consolidated cash interest
expense, results in a higher interest coverage ratio, which indicates a greater
capacity to service debt.
EBITDA is presented as additional information because we believe it to be
a useful indicator of an entity's debt capacity and its ability to service its
debt. EBITDA is not a substitute for operating income, net income or cash flows
from operating activities as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States of America. EBITDA is not a complete
net cash flow measure because EBITDA is a financial performance measurement
that does not include reductions for cash payments for an entity's obligation
to service its debt, fund its working capital and capital expenditures and pay
its income taxes. Rather, EBITDA is one potential indicator of an entity's
ability to fund these cash requirements. EBITDA as we defined it may differ
from similarly named measures used by other entities and, consequently could be
misleading unless all entities calculate and define EBITDA in the same manner.
EBITDA is also not a complete measure of an entity's profitability because it
does not include costs and expenses for depreciation and amortization, interest
and income taxes.
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND CONTINGENT COMMITMENTS
The tables below present our contractual obligations and contingent
commitments at December 31, 2002.
YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31,
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2006 AND
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS: TOTAL 2003 2004 2005 THEREAFTER
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(in millions)
Principal amount of L-3 Communications
Corporation's long-term debt ........... $1,130.0 $ -- $ -- $ -- $1,130.0
Principal amount of L-3 Holdings Inc.'s
long-term debt ......................... 720.0 -- -- -- 720.0
Non-cancelable operating leases ......... 565.1 71.3 64.6 80.7 348.5
Capital leases .......................... 2.2 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.2
-------- ----- ----- ----- ----------
Total .................................. $2,417.3 $72.0 $65.4 $81.2 $2,198.7
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YEARS ENDING DECEMBER 31,
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2006 AND
CONTINGENT COMMITMENTS: TOTAL 2003 2004 2005 THEREAFTER
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(in millions)
Outstanding letters of credit under our senior
credit facilities ........................... $ 88.6 $ 77.7 $ 5.4 $ 5.5 $ --
Other outstanding letters of credit .......... 71.1 65.7 0.7 0.2 4.5
Acquisition earnouts (1) ..................... 35.1 1.5 21.9 5.9 5.8
Guarantees of affiliate debt ................. 1.0 1.0 -- -- --
Capital contributions for limited partnership
investments ................................. 5.0 5.0 -- -- --
------- ------- ------ ------ -----
Total ....................................... $ 200.8 $ 150.9 $ 28.0 $ 11.6 $ 10.3
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(1) Represents contingent purchase price payments or "earnouts" for certain
of our acquisitions that are contingent upon the post-acquisition
financial performance of those acquired businesses. Any amount that we
pay for the earnouts will be reported as cash paid for acquisition of
business within investing activities on the statement of cash flows and
will be recorded as an increase to goodwill for the acquisition.
EQUITY. On June 28, 2002, we sold 14.0 million shares of L-3 Holdings
common stock in a public offering for $56.60 per share. Upon closing, we
received net proceeds of $766.8 million after deducting underwriting discounts
and commissions and other offering expenses. As mentioned above, the net
proceeds from this sale and the simultaneous sale of the June 2002 Notes were
used to (1) repay $500.0 million borrowed on March 8, 2002, under our senior
subordinated bridge loan facility, (2) repay the indebtedness outstanding under
our senior credit facilities, (3) repurchase and redeem the 103/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2007 discussed above and (4) increase cash and cash
equivalents.
On April 23, 2002, we announced that our Board of Directors had authorized
a two-for-one stock split on all shares of our common stock. The stock split
entitled all shareholders of record at the close of business on May 6, 2002 to
receive one additional share of our common stock for every share held on that
date. The additional shares were distributed to shareholders in the form of a
stock dividend on May 20, 2002. Upon completion of the stock spilt, we had
approximately 80 million shares of common stock outstanding.
On May 2, 2001, we sold 9.2 million shares of L-3 Holdings common stock in
a public offering for $40.00 per share. In addition, as part of the
transaction, other selling stockholders, including affiliates of Lehman
Brothers Inc., sold 4.7 million secondary shares. Upon closing, we received net
proceeds of $353.6 million, which we used to repay borrowings outstanding under
our senior credit facilities, pay for the KDI and EER acquisitions and increase
cash and cash equivalents.
Based upon our current level of operations, we believe that our cash from
operating activities, together with available borrowings under the senior
credit facilities, will be adequate to meet our anticipated requirements for
working capital, capital expenditures, commitments, research and development
expenditures, contingent purchase prices, program and other discretionary
investments, and interest payments for the foreseeable future. There can be no
assurance, however, that our business will continue to generate cash flow at
current levels, or that currently anticipated improvements will be achieved. If
we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to service our
debt, we may be required to sell assets, reduce capital expenditures, refinance
all or a portion of our existing debt or obtain additional financing. Our
ability to make scheduled principal payments or to pay interest on or to
refinance our indebtedness depends on our future performance and financial
results, which, to a certain extent, are subject to general conditions in or
affecting the defense industry and to general economic, political, financial,
competitive, legislative and regulatory factors beyond our control. There can
be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available to enable us to service
our indebtedness, to make necessary capital expenditures and to make
discretionary investments.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Included in our derivative financial instruments are foreign currency
forward contracts and the embedded derivatives related to the issuance of our
CODES. All of our derivative financial instruments that are sensitive to market
risk are entered into for purposes other than trading.
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EMBEDDED DERIVATIVES. The contingent interest payment and contingent
conversion features of the CODES are embedded derivatives which we bifurcated
from the CODES and separately recorded on our balance sheet. On the date of
issuance of the CODES, we ascribed $2.5 million of the net proceeds from the
CODES to those embedded derivatives which represented their aggregate fair
value, and recorded it as a liability in accordance with SFAS No. 133. The
subsequent increases (decreases) to the fair values of the embedded derivatives
are recorded as losses (gains) in the statement of operations. Their fair
values at December 31, 2002 were $3.1 million which represents a liability.
INTEREST RATE RISK. Our financial instruments that are sensitive to
changes in interest rates include borrowings under the senior credit facilities
all of which are denominated in U.S. dollars. There were no outstanding
borrowings under our senior credit facilities. The interest rates on the Senior
Subordinated Notes, Convertible Notes and CODES are fixed-rate and are not
affected by changes in interest rates. Depending on the interest rate
environment we may enter into interest rate swap agreements to convert the
fixed interest rates on our notes to variable interest rates or terminate any
existing agreements. At December 31, 2002, we do not have any interest swap
agreements in place.
When we enter into interest rate agreements, we attempt to manage exposure
to counterparty credit risk by only entering into agreements with major
financial institutions that are expected to be able to fully perform under the
terms of such agreements. Cash payments between us and the counterparties are
made in accordance with the terms of the interest rate swap agreements. Such
payments are recorded as adjustments to interest expense. Additional data on
our debt obligations, our applicable borrowing spreads included in the interest
rates we pay on borrowings under the senior credit facilities and interest rate
agreements are provided in Notes 8 and 9 to our consolidated financial
statements.
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RISK. We conduct some of our operations outside
the U.S. in functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Additionally,
some of our U.S. operations have contracts with foreign customers denominated
in foreign currencies. To mitigate the risk associated with certain of these
contracts denominated in foreign currency we have entered into foreign currency
forward contracts. At December 31, 2002, the notional value of foreign currency
forward contracts was $6.0 million and the fair value of these contracts was
$0.5 million, which represents a liability. We account for these contracts as
cash flow hedges.
EQUITY PRICE RISK. Our equity investments in common stocks and limited
partnerships are subject to equity price risk. The fair values of our
investments are based on quoted market prices, as available, and on historical
cost for investments in cases in which it is not practicable to estimate fair
value. Both the carrying values and estimated fair values of such instruments
amounted to $24.7 million at the end of 2002.
BACKLOG AND ORDERS
We define funded backlog as the value of funded orders which have not yet
been recognized as sales. We define funded orders as the value of contract
awards received from the U.S. Government, for which the U.S. Government has
appropriated funds, plus the value of contract awards and orders received from
customers other than the U.S. Government. Our funded backlog as of December 31,
2002 was $3,228.6 million and as of December 31, 2001 was $1,719.3 million. We
expect to record as sales approximately 73.0% of our December 31, 2002 funded
backlog during 2003. However, there can be no assurance that our funded backlog
will become sales in any particular period, if at all. Funded orders received
were $4,383.1 million for 2002, $2,456.1 million for 2001 and $2,013.7 million
for 2000.
Our funded backlog does not include the full value of our contract awards
including those pertaining to multi-year, cost-plus reimbursable contracts,
which are generally funded on an annual basis. Funded backlog also excludes the
sales value of unexercised contract options that may be exercised by customers
under existing contracts and the sales value of purchase orders that we may
receive under indefinite quantity contracts or basic ordering agreements.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Company-sponsored research and development costs, including bid and
proposal costs were $159.9 million for 2002, $107.5 million for 2001 and $101.9
million for 2000. Customer-funded research and development costs were $480.9
million for 2002, $319.4 million for 2001 and $299.3 million for 2000.
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CONTINGENCIES
We are engaged in providing products and services under contracts with the
U.S. Government and, to a lesser degree, under foreign government contracts,
some of which are funded by the U.S. Government. All such contracts are subject
to extensive legal and regulatory requirements, and, periodically, agencies of
the U.S. Government investigate whether such contracts were and are being
conducted in accordance with these requirements. Under government procurement
regulations, an indictment by a federal grand jury could result in the
suspension for a period of time from eligibility for awards of new government
contracts. A conviction could result in debarment from contracting with the
federal government for a specified term. Additionally, in the event that U.S.
Government expenditures for products and services of the type we manufacture
and provide are reduced and not offset by greater commercial sales or other new
programs or products or acquisitions, there may be a reduction in the volume of
contracts or subcontracts awarded to us.
We continually assess our obligations with respect to applicable
environmental protection laws. While it is difficult to determine the timing
and ultimate cost to be incurred in order to comply with these laws, based upon
available internal and external assessments, with respect to those
environmental loss contingencies of which we are aware, we believe that even
without considering potential insurance recoveries, if any, there are no
environmental loss contingencies that, individually or in the aggregate, would
be material to our consolidated financial position, results of operations or
cash flows. Also, we have been periodically subject to litigation, claims or
assessments and various contingent liabilities incidental to our business. We
accrue for these contingencies when it is probable that a liability has been
incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.
In connection with the IS acquisition, we assumed responsibility for
implementing certain corrective actions, required under federal law to
remediate the Greenville, Texas site location, and to pay a portion of those
remediation costs. The hazardous substances requiring remediation have been
substantially characterized, and the remediation system has been partially
implemented. We have estimated that our share of the remediation cost will not
exceed $2.5 million, and will be incurred over a period of 25 years. We have
established adequate reserves for these costs.
On August 6, 2002, ACSS was sued by Honeywell International Inc. and
Honeywell Intellectual Properties, Inc. (collectively, "Honeywell") for alleged
infringement of patents that relate to terrain awareness avionics. The lawsuit
was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In
December 2002, Honeywell withdrew without prejudice the lawsuit against ACSS
and agreed to proceed with non-binding arbitration. If the matter is not
resolved through arbitration, Honeywell may reinstitute the litigation after
August 14, 2003. We had previously investigated the Honeywell patents and
believe that ACSS has valid defenses against Honeywell's patent infringement
suit. In addition, ACSS has been indemnified to a certain extent by Thales
Avionics, which provided ACSS with the alleged infringing technology. Thales
Avionics owns 30% of ACSS. In the opinion of management, the ultimate
disposition of Honeywell's pending claim will not result in a material
liability to us.
On November 18, 2002, we initiated a proceeding against OSI Systems, Inc.
(OSI) in the United States District Court sitting in the Southern District of
New York (the "New York action") seeking, among other things, a declaratory
judgment that we had fulfilled all of our obligations under a letter of intent
with OSI (the "OSI Letter of Intent"). Under the OSI Letter of Intent, we were
to negotiate definitive agreements with OSI for the sale of certain businesses
we acquired from PerkinElmer, Inc. on June 14, 2002. On December 23, 2002, OSI
responded by filing suit against us in the United States District Court sitting
in the Central District of California (the "California action") alleging, among
other things, that we breached our obligations under the OSI Letter of Intent
and seeking damages in excess of $100 million, not including punitive damages.
On February 7, 2003, OSI filed an answer and counterclaims in the New York
action that asserted substantially the same claims OSI had raised in the
California action. We have filed a motion to have the California action
dismissed in favor of the New York action. Under the OSI Letter of Intent, we
proposed selling to OSI the conventional detection business and the ARGUS
business that we recently acquired from PerkinElmer, Inc. Negotiations with OSI
lasted for almost one year and ultimately broke down over issues regarding,
among other things, intellectual property, product-line definitions, allocation
of employees and due diligence. We believe that the claims asserted by OSI in
its suit are without merit and intend to defend against the OSI claims
vigorously.
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With respect to those investigative actions, items of litigation, claims
or assessments of which we are aware, we are of the opinion that the
probability is remote that, after taking into account certain provisions that
have been made with respect to these matters, the ultimate resolution of any
such investigative actions, items of litigation, claims or assessments will
have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results
of operations or cash flows.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations. SFAS No. 143 applies to legal obligations associated
with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets that result from the
acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of a long-lived
asset, except for certain obligations of lessees. This statement does not apply
to obligations that arise solely from a plan to dispose of a long-lived asset.
SFAS No. 143 requires that estimated asset retirement costs be measured at
their fair values and recognized as assets and depreciated over the useful life
of the related asset. Similarly, liabilities for the present value of asset
retirement obligations are to be recognized and accreted as interest expense
each year to their estimated future value until the asset is retired. These
provisions will be applied to existing asset retirement obligations as of the
adoption date as a cumulative-effect of a change in accounting policy. SFAS No.
143 is effective for our fiscal years beginning January 1, 2003. SFAS No. 143
is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated results of
operations and financial position.
In May 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, Rescission of SFAS Nos. 4, 44
and 64, Amendment of SFAS No. 13, and Technical Corrections as of April 2002.
SFAS No. 145 rescinds SFAS No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from
Extinguishment of Debt, and SFAS No. 64, Extinguishments of Debt Made to
Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements. Under the provisions of SFAS No. 145, gains
and losses from extinguishment of debt can only be classified as extraordinary
items if they meet the criteria in APB Opinion No. 30. The provisions of this
Statement related to the rescission of SFAS No. 4 shall be applied in fiscal
years beginning after May 15, 2002. Earlier application is permitted. This
statement also amends SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases, to eliminate an
inconsistency between the accounting for sale-leaseback transactions and
certain lease modifications that have economic effects that are similar and is
effective for transactions occurring after May 15, 2002. This Statement also
amends other existing authoritative pronouncements to make various technical
corrections, clarify meanings, or describe their applicability under changed
conditions and are effective for financial statements issued on or after May
15, 2002. SFAS No. 145 is not expected to have a material effect on our
consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows. However,
in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 145, beginning on January 1,
2003, the loss on the extinguishment of debt of $16.2 million ($9.9 million
after-tax) that we recorded in June 2002 (see Note 8 to the consolidated
financial statements) will be included in income from continuing operations and
not be reported as an extraordinary item.
In July 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs
Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. SFAS No. 146 replaces the FASBs'
Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) No. 94-3, Liability Recognition for Certain
Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including
Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring). SFAS No. 146 requires companies to
recognize costs associated with exit or disposal activities when they are
incurred rather than at the date of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan as
was required by EITF No. 94-3. Examples of costs covered by SFAS No. 146
include lease termination costs and certain employee severance costs that are
associated with a restructuring, discontinued operation, plant closing, or
other exit or disposal activity. SFAS No. 146 is to be applied to exit or
disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. SFAS No. 146 is not
expected to have a material effect on our consolidated results of operations
and financial position.
In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor's
Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect
Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others (FIN 45). This interpretation addresses
the disclosures to be made by a guarantor in its interim and annual financial
statements about its obligations under guarantees and clarifies when a
liability for the obligation undertaken should be recognized. The initial
measurement of the liability is the fair value of the guarantee at its
inception. This interpretation does not prescribe a specific account for the
guarantor's offsetting entry when it recognizes the liability at the inception
of a guarantee nor does it specify the subsequent
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measurement of the guarantors recognized liability. The initial recognition and
measurement provisions shall be applied on a prospective basis to guarantees
issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The disclosure requirements are
included in Notes 6 and 15 to the consolidated financial statements. FIN 45 is
not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated results of operations
and financial position.
In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation -- Transition and Disclosure -- an amendment of FASB Statement No.
123. This Statement amends FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation, to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary
change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee
compensation. In addition, this Statement amends the disclosure requirements of
Statement No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in both annual and interim
financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee
compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. The
amendments to Statement No. 123 that relate to annual financial statements are
effective for our 2002 annual financial statements. The amendments to Statement
No. 123 that relate to interim financial statements are effective for our March
31, 2003 financial statements. We do not intend to adopt the fair value based
method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation which would require
us to record a non-cash expense for the estimated fair value of stock-based
compensation grants. Instead we will continue to apply the disclosure-only
provisions of SFAS No. 123 (see Notes 2 and 14 to the consolidated financial
statements). Therefore, SFAS No. 148 is not expected to have a material effect
on our consolidated results of operations and financial position.
In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities (FIN 46). This interpretation provides guidance
on the identification of, and financial reporting for, entities over which
control is achieved through means other than voting rights. Such entities have
been termed by FIN 46 as variable interest entities (VIE). Once effective, FIN
46 will be the guidance that determines (1) whether consolidation is required
under the "controlling financial interest" model of ARB Bulletin No. 51,
Consolidated Financial Statements, or (2) whether the variable-interest model
under FIN 46 should be used to account for existing and new entities. FIN 46
includes guidance for identifying the enterprise that will consolidate a VIE,
which is the enterprise that is exposed to the majority of an entity's risks or
receives the majority of the benefits from an entity's activities. FIN 46 also
requires that the enterprises that hold a significant variable interest in a
VIE make new disclosures in their financial statements. The transitional
disclosures of FIN 46, which are effective immediately, require an enterprise
to identify the entities in which it holds a variable interest if the
enterprise believes that those entities might be considered VIEs upon the
adoption of FIN 46. The implementation and remaining disclosure requirements of
FIN 46 are effective immediately for VIE's created after January 31, 2003, and
on July 1, 2003, for all VIE's created before January 31, 2003. We do not
believe that we hold any interests in VIEs, however, we are currently
evaluating whether we hold a variable interest in entities that might be
considered VIEs.
INFLATION
The effect of inflation on our sales and earnings has not been
significant. Although a majority of our sales are made under long-term
contracts, the selling prices of such contracts, established for deliveries in
the future, generally reflect estimated costs to be incurred in these future
periods. In addition, some of our contracts provide for price adjustments
through cost escalation clauses.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain of the matters discussed concerning our operations, cash flows,
financial position, economic performance, and financial condition, including in
particular, the likelihood of our success in developing and expanding our
business and the realization of sales from backlog, include forward- looking
statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act and Section
21E of the Exchange Act.
Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to
events or conditions or that include words such as "expects," "anticipates,"
"intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar expressions are
forward-looking statements. Although we believe that these statements are based
upon reasonable assumptions, including projections of orders, sales, operating
margins, earnings, cash flow,
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research and development costs, working capital, capital expenditures and other
projections, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties, and
therefore, we can give no assurance that these statements will be achieved.
Such statements will also be influenced by factors such as:
o our dependence on the defense industry and the business risks peculiar
to that industry including changing priorities or reductions in the U.S.
Government defense budget;
o our reliance on contracts with a limited number of agencies of, or
contractors to, the U.S. Government and the possibility of termination of
government contracts by unilateral government action or for failure to
perform;
o our ability to obtain future government contracts on a timely basis;
o the availability of government funding and changes in customer
requirements for our products and services;
o our significant amount of debt and the restrictions contained in our
debt agreements;
o collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes;
o the business and economic conditions in the markets that we operate,
including those for the commercial avation and communications markets;
o economic conditions, competitive environment, international business and
political conditions, timing of international awards and contracts;
o our extensive use of fixed-price contracts as compared to
cost-reimbursable contracts;
o our ability to identify future acquisition candidates or to integrate
acquired operations;
o the rapid change of technology and high level of competition in the
communication equipment industry;
o our introduction of new products into commercial markets or our
investments in commercial products or companies;
o pension, environmental or legal matters or proceedings and various other
market, competition and industry factors, many of which are beyond our
control; and
o the fair values of our assets including identifiable intangible assets
and the estimated fair value of the goodwill balances for our reporting
units which can be impaired or reduced by the other factors discussed
above.
Readers of this document are cautioned that our forward-looking statements
are not guarantees of future performance and the actual results or developments
may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking
statements.
As for the forward-looking statements that relate to future financial
results and other projections, actual results will be different due to the
inherent uncertainties of estimates, forecasts and projections and may be
better or worse than projected. Given these uncertainties, you should not place
any reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements also represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date
that they were made. We expressly disclaim a duty to provide updates to these
forward-looking statements, and the estimates and assumptions associated with
them, after the date of this filing to reflect events or changes or
circumstances or changes in expectations or the occurrence of anticipated
events.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Data regarding quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to our
market risk sensitive financial instruments are presented in (1) "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition --
Liquidity and Capital Resources -- Derivative Financial Instruments" included
herein under Item 7 and (2) in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements.
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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See Financial Statements beginning on page F-1.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
Not applicable.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table provides information concerning the directors and
executive officers of the Registrants as of March 7, 2003.
NAME AGE POSITION
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Frank C. Lanza .................... 71 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Robert V. LaPenta ................. 57 President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
Michael T. Strianese .............. 46 Senior Vice President, Finance
Christopher C. Cambria ............ 44 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Charles J. Schafer ................ 55 Senior Vice President -- Business Operations and
President, Products Group
Jimmie V. Adams ................... 66 Vice President -- Washington D.C. Operations
David T. Butler III ............... 46 Vice President -- Planning
Ralph G. D'Ambrosio ............... 35 Vice President -- Controller
Joseph S. Paresi .................. 47 Vice President -- Product Development
Robert W. RisCassi ................ 67 Vice President -- Washington D.C. Operations
Stephen M. Souza .................. 50 Vice President -- Treasurer
Dr. Jill J. Wittels ............... 53 Vice President -- Business Development
Thomas A. Corcoran(1) ............. 58 Director
Robert B. Millard(2) .............. 52 Director
John E. Montague(2) ............... 49 Director
John M. Shalikashvili(1) .......... 66 Director
Arthur L. Simon(1) ................ 70 Director
Alan H. Washkowitz(2) ............. 62 Director
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(1) Member of the Audit Committee.
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee.
All Executive Officers serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
The remaining information called for by Item 10 is incorporated herein by
reference to the definitive proxy statement relating to Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of L-3 Holdings, to be held on April 22, 2003. L-3 Holdings will
file such definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to regulation 14A within 120 days after the end of the
fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information called for by Item 11 is incorporated herein by reference
to the definitive proxy statement referred to above in Item 10.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information called for by Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference
to the definitive proxy statement referred to above in Item 10.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The information called for by Item 13 is incorporated herein by reference
to the definitive proxy statement referred to above in Item 10.
ITEM 14. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, our Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer and our President and Chief Financial Officer evaluated
the effectiveness of the design and operation
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of our "disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a -- 14(c) and 15(d) -- 14(c)). Based on that
evaluation, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and our President and
Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by
us in the reports that we file and submit under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported as and when required, and are effective to
ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management,
including our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and our President and Chief
Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. There have been no significant changes in our internal control or
in other factors which could significantly affect internal controls subsequent
to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(A) 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS REPORT:
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Report of Independent Auditors ....................................................... F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 ............ F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and
2000 ................................................................................ F-4
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2002,
2001 and 2000 ....................................................................... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and
2000 ................................................................................ F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ........................................... F-7
(A) 2. FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Not applicable
(B) REPORTS FILED ON FORM 8-K
None
(C) EXHIBITS
Exhibits identified in parentheses below are on file with the SEC and are
incorporated herein by reference to such previous filings.
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrants' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended June 30, 2002).
3.2 By laws of L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 No. 333-46975).
3.3 Certificate of Incorporation of L-3 Communications Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to L-3 Communications Corporation's Registration Statement on
Form S-4 (File No. 333-31649)).
3.4 Bylaws of L-3 Communications Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to
L-3 Communications Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.
333-31649)).
4.1 Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 No. 333-46975).
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EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.6 Employment Agreement dated April 30, 1997 between Frank C. Lanza and L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 No. 333-46975).
10.7 Employment Agreement dated April 30, 1997 between Robert V. LaPenta and L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.51 to the
Registrant Statement on Form S-1 No. 333-46975).
10.11 1997 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11
to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-70125).
10.12 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated as of April 30, 1997 by and between L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc. and Frank C. Lanza (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.12 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-70125).
10.13 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated as of April 30, 1997 by and between L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc. and Robert V. LaPenta (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.13 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-70125).
10.15 Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of L-3 Communication's Holdings, Inc
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K,
filed on March 31, 1999).
10.16 1999 Long Term Performance Plan dated as of April 27, 1999 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.16 to Registrant's Registration annual report on Form 10-K filed on March
30, 2000).
10.20 L-3 Communications Corporation Pension Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.10 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-46975).
10.25 L-3 Communications Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by
reference to Appendix A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed April 2,
2001).
10.31 Indenture dated as of May 22, 1998 ("May 1998 Indenture") between L-3
Communications Corporation and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.6 to L-3 Communications Corporation's Registration Statement
on Form S-4 No. 333-70199).
10.32 Indenture dated as of December 11, 1998 ("December 1998 Indenture") among L-3
Communications Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and the Bank of New
York, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.32 to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-70125).
10.33 Indenture dated as of November 21, 2000 ("2000 Indenture") among L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc., the Guarantors named therein and the Bank of New
York, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 of the Registrants' Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000).
10.40 Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 16, 2001 among L-3
Communications Corporation, the lenders named therein and the other parties thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.40 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
10.41 Second Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of May 16, 2001
among L-3 Communications Corporation, the lenders named therein and the other
parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 of the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
10.42 First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
October 17, 2001 among L-3 Communications Corporation, the lenders named therein
and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.42 of the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
62
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
---------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.43 First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement dated
as of October 17, 2001 among L-3 Communications Corporation, the lenders named
therein and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.43 of the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
10.44 Second Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
February 25, 2002 among L-3 Communications Corporation, the lenders named therein
and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.44 of the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
10.45 Consent and Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit
Agreement dated as of February 25, 2002 among L-3 Communications Corporation, the
lenders named herein and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.45 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2001).
**10.46 Consent, Waiver and Omnibus Amendment Regarding Third Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement dated as of February 25, 2003 among L-3 Communications
Corporation, the lenders named therein and the other parties thereto.
**10.47 Consent, Waiver and Omnibus Amendment Regarding Second Amended and Restated
364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of February 25, 2003 among L-3 Communications
Corporation, the lenders named therein and the other parties thereto.
10.51 Indenture dated as of March 8, 2002 among L-3 Communications Corporation, The
Bank of New York, as trustee, and the guarantors named therein (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.51 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001).
10.53 Indenture dated as of October 24, 2001 ("2001 Indenture") among L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc., the guarantors named therein and Lehman Brothers Inc., Bear Stearns &
Co., and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation as initial purchasers (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.f of the Registrant's Registration Statement on form S-3, No.
333-75558).
**10.55 Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 10, 2003 among L-3 Communications
Corporation, The Bank of New York, as trustee, and the guarantors named therein to
the May 1998 Indenture.
**10.56 Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 10, 2003 among L-3 Communications
Corporation, The Bank of New York, as trustee, and the guarantors named therein to
the December 1998 Indenture.
**10.57 Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 10, 2003 among L-3 Communications
Corporation, L-3 Holdings, Inc., The Bank of New York, as trustee, and the guarantors
named therein to the 2000 Indenture.
**10.58 Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 10, 2003 among L-3 Communications
Corporation, L-3 Holdings, Inc., The Bank of New York, as trustee, and the guarantors
named therein to the 2001 Indenture.
10.59 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of January 11, 2002 among Raytheon Company,
Raytheon Australia Pty Ltd. and L-3 Communications Corporation (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.59 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001).
10.60 Amendment dated as of March 8, 2002 among Raytheon Company, Raytheon Australia
Pty Ltd., L-3 Communications Corporation, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems L.P.
and L-3 Communications Australia Pty Ltd to the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as
of January 11, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.60 of the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
63
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10.91 Asset Purchase Agreement relating to the Honeywell TCAS Business by and among
Honeywell Inc., L-3 Communications Corporation and, solely in respect of the Guaranty
in Article XIV, Honeywell International Inc. dated as of February 10, 2000 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.91 of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2001).
10.92 Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated January 7, 2000 by and between L-3
Communications Corporation and Raytheon Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.92 of the Registrants' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000).
10.93 Indenture dated as of June 28, 2002, ("2002 Indenture") among L-3 Communications
Corporation, the guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of L-3 Communications Corporation's
Registration Statement on Form S-4, No. 333-99757).
**10.94 Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 10, 2003 among L-3 Communications
Corporation, The Bank of New York, as trustee, and the guarantors named therein to
the 2002 Indenture.
*11 L-3 Communications Holding, Inc. Computation of Basic Earnings Per Share and
Diluted Earnings Per Share.
**12 Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
**21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant.
**23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
**99.1 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
**99.2 Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
----------
* The information required in this exhibit is presented on Note 12 to the
Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2002 in accordance
with the provisions of SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share.
** Filed herewith
64
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrants have duly caused this report to be signed
on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on March 10,
2003.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Robert V. LaPenta
---------------------------------
Title: President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrants on
March 10, 2003 and in the capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE
-------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------
/s/ Frank C. Lanza
----------------------------- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Frank C. Lanza Executive Officer) and Director
/s/ Robert V. LaPenta
----------------------------- President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Robert V. LaPenta Officer) and Director
/s/ Michael T. Strianese
----------------------------- Senior Vice President, Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)
Michael T. Strianese
/s/ Thomas A. Corcoran
----------------------------- Director
Thomas A. Corcoran
/s/ Robert B. Millard
----------------------------- Director
Robert B. Millard
/s/ John E. Montague
----------------------------- Director
John E. Montague
/s/ John M. Shalikashvili
----------------------------- Director
John M. Shalikashvili
/s/ Arthur L. Simon
----------------------------- Director
Arthur L. Simon
/s/ Alan H. Washkowitz
----------------------------- Director
Alan H. Washkowitz
65
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Frank C. Lanza, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. and L-3 Communications Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual
report;
4. The registrants' other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrants and we have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this annual report is being
prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants' disclosure controls and
procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of
the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrants' other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation, to the registrants' auditors and the audit
committee of the registrants' board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the registrants' ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrants' auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants' internal
controls; and
6. The registrants' other certifying officer and I have indicated in this
annual report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal
controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including
any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.
Date: March 10, 2003
/s/ Frank C. Lanza
------------------------------
Frank C. Lanza
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
66
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Robert V. LaPenta, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of L-3 Communications
Holdings, Inc. and L-3 Communications Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this annual report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
the registrants as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual
report;
4. The registrants' other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrants and we have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the registrants, including their consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this annual report is being
prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants' disclosure controls and
procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this
annual report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of
the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrants' other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation, to the registrants' auditors and the audit
committee of the registrants' board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent function):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect the registrants' ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the
registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrants' internal
controls; and
6. The registrants' other certifying officer and I have indicated in this
annual report whether or not there were significant changes in internal
controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal
controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation, including
any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses.
Date: March 10, 2003
/s/ Robert V. LaPenta
------------------------------
Robert V. LaPenta
President and Chief Financial Officer
67
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.
Report of Independent Auditors ....................................................... F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2001 ............ F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and
2000 ................................................................................ F-4
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2002,
2001 and 2000 ....................................................................... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and
2000 ................................................................................ F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ........................................... F-7
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of L-3
Communications Holdings, Inc. ("L-3 Holdings") and L-3 Communications
Corporation ("L-3 Communications") and subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Company") as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the
three years ended December 31, 2002. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatements. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of L-3
Holdings and L-3 Communications and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and
2001 and their respective consolidated results of operations and cash flows for
each of the three years ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
As indicated in Note 5 to the financial statements, in 2002 the Company adopted
the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
January 27, 2003
F-2
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------------
2002 2001
-------------- --------------
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents ................................. $ 134,856 $ 361,022
Contracts in process ...................................... 1,317,993 801,824
Deferred income taxes ..................................... 143,634 62,965
Other current assets ...................................... 42,891 16,590
----------- -----------
Total current assets .................................... 1,639,374 1,242,401
----------- -----------
Property, plant and equipment, net ......................... 458,639 203,374
Goodwill ................................................... 2,794,548 1,707,718
Intangible assets .......................................... 90,147 3,833
Deferred income taxes ...................................... 147,190 97,883
Deferred debt issue costs .................................. 48,839 40,190
Other assets ............................................... 63,571 43,850
----------- -----------
Total assets ............................................ $ 5,242,308 $ 3,339,249
=========== ===========
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable, trade ................................... $ 167,240 $ 129,538
Accrued employment costs .................................. 187,754 126,981
Accrued expenses .......................................... 56,763 38,823
Customer advances ......................................... 71,751 74,060
Accrued interest .......................................... 20,509 13,288
Income taxes .............................................. 33,729 16,768
Other current liabilities ................................. 158,893 125,113
----------- -----------
Total current liabilities ............................... 696,639 524,571
----------- -----------
Pension and postretirement benefits ........................ 343,527 155,052
Other liabilities .......................................... 78,947 60,585
Long-term debt ............................................. 1,847,752 1,315,252
----------- -----------
Total liabilities ....................................... 2,966,865 2,055,460
----------- -----------
Commitments and contingencies
Minority interest .......................................... 73,241 69,897
----------- -----------
Shareholders' equity:
L-3 Holdings' common stock; $.01 par value; authorized
300,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding 94,577,331 and
78,496,626 shares (L-3 Communications' common stock;
$.01 par value, 100 shares authorized, issued and
outstanding) ............................................ 1,794,976 939,037
Retained earnings ......................................... 479,827 301,730
Unearned compensation ..................................... (3,302) (3,205)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss ...................... (69,299) (23,670)
----------- -----------
Total shareholders' equity ................................. 2,202,202 1,213,892
----------- -----------
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity .............. $ 5,242,308 $ 3,339,249
=========== ===========
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-3
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
-------------- ---------------- ----------------
Sales:
Contracts, primarily U.S. Government ........................ $ 3,581,102 $ 1,932,205 $ 1,584,824
Commercial, primarily products .............................. 430,127 415,217 325,237
----------- ------------ ------------
Total sales .............................................. 4,011,229 2,347,422 1,910,061
----------- ------------ ------------
Costs and expenses:
Contracts, primarily U.S. Government ........................ 3,137,561 1,699,617 1,388,263
Commercial, primarily products:
Cost of sales ............................................. 270,800 252,790 204,989
Selling, general and administrative expenses .............. 114,052 93,238 70,039
Research and development expenses ......................... 34,837 26,447 24,052
----------- ------------ ------------
Total costs and expenses ................................. 3,557,250 2,072,092 1,687,343
----------- ------------ ------------
Operating income ............................................ 453,979 275,330 222,718
Interest and other income ................................... 4,921 1,739 4,393
Interest expense ............................................ 122,492 86,390 93,032
Minority interest ........................................... 6,198 4,457 --
----------- ------------ ------------
Income before income taxes, extraordinary loss and
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle ..... 330,210 186,222 134,079
Provision for income taxes .................................. 117,885 70,764 51,352
----------- ------------ ------------
Income before extraordinary loss and cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principle ................ 212,325 115,458 82,727
Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt,
net of income taxes of $6,329 (Note 8) ................... (9,858) -- --
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle,
net of income taxes of $6,428 (Note 5) ................... (24,370) -- --
----------- ------------ ------------
Net income .................................................. $ 178,097 $ 115,458 $ 82,727
=========== ============ ============
L-3 Holdings' earnings per common share:
Basic:
Income before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ................................................. $ 2.44 $ 1.54 $ 1.24
Extraordinary loss ....................................... ( 0.11) -- --
Accounting change ........................................ ( 0.28) -- --
----------- ------------ ------------
Net income ............................................... $ 2.05 $ 1.54 $ 1.24
=========== ============ ============
Diluted:
Income before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ................................................. $ 2.29 $ 1.47 $ 1.18
Extraordinary loss ....................................... ( 0.11) -- --
Accounting change ........................................ ( 0.25) -- --
----------- ------------ ------------
Net income ............................................... $ 1.93 $ 1.47 $ 1.18
=========== ============ ============
L-3 Holdings' weighted average common shares
outstanding:
Basic ..................................................... 86,943 74,880 66,710
=========== ============ ============
Diluted ................................................... 97,413 85,438 69,906
=========== ============ ============
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-4
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
(IN THOUSANDS)
L-3 HOLDINGS'
---------------- ADDITIONAL
SHARES PAR PAID-IN RETAINED
ISSUED VALUE CAPITAL EARNINGS
-------- ------- -------------- ------------
Balance December 31, 1999 ................................ 65,590 $ 655 $ 483,039 $ 103,545
Comprehensive income:
Net income .............................................. 82,727
Minimum pension liability, net of ($553) tax benefit. ...
Foreign currency translation adjustment .................
Unrealized loss on securities, net of ($2,316)
tax benefit ............................................
Shares issued:
Employee savings plans .................................. 469 5 12,637
Exercise of stock options ............................... 1,154 12 18,050
Grant of restricted stock ................................ 1,512
Amortization of unearned compensation ....................
Other .................................................... 16
------ ----- ----------- ---------
Balance December 31, 2000 ................................ 67,213 672 515,254 186,272
Comprehensive income:
Net income .............................................. 115,458
Minimum pension liability, net of ($11,955)
tax benefit ............................................
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of ($164)
tax benefit ............................................
Unrealized loss on securities, net of ($111) tax benefit
Unrealized loss on securities reclassified to net income
from other comprehensive loss, net of $2,274 of
taxes ..................................................
Unrealized losses on hedging instruments, net of
($100) tax benefit .....................................
Shares issued:
Sale of common stock .................................... 9,150 92 353,530
Employee savings plans .................................. 418 4 16,864
Acquisition consideration ............................... 588 6 17,351
Exercise of stock options ............................... 1,128 11 28,253
Employee stock purchase plan contributions ............... 4,861
Grant of restricted stock ................................ 2,118
Amortization of unearned compensation ....................
Other .................................................... 21
------ ----- ----------- ---------
Balance December 31, 2001 ................................ 78,497 785 938,252 301,730
Comprehensive income:
Net income .............................................. 178,097
Minimum pension liability, net of ($29,859)
tax benefit ............................................
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of
($1,626) tax benefit ...................................
Unrealized losses on hedging instruments reclassified
to net income from other comprehensive loss, net of
$198 of taxes ..........................................
Unrealized losses on hedging instruments, net of
($275) tax benefit .....................................
Shares issued:
Sale of common stock .................................... 14,000 140 766,640
Employee savings plans .................................. 529 5 28,133
Acquisition consideration ............................... 229 2 10,605
Exercise of stock options ............................... 970 10 30,665
Employee stock purchase plan contributions .............. 352 4 17,474
Grant of restricted stock ................................ 2,231
Amortization of unearned compensation ....................
Other .................................................... 30
------ ----- ----------- ---------
Balance December 31, 2002 ................................ 94,577 $ 946 $ 1,794,030 $ 479,827
====== ===== =========== =========
ACCUMULATED
OTHER
UNEARNED COMPREHENSIVE
COMPENSATION INCOME (LOSS) TOTAL
-------------- -------------- ---------------
Balance December 31, 1999 ................................ $ (1,661) $ (2,403) $ 583,175
Comprehensive income:
Net income .............................................. 82,727
Minimum pension liability, net of ($553) tax benefit. ... (819) (819)
Foreign currency translation adjustment ................. (1,222) (1,222)
Unrealized loss on securities, net of ($2,316)
tax benefit ............................................ (2,728) (2,728)
---------- ---------- -----------
77,958
Shares issued:
Employee savings plans .................................. 12,642
Exercise of stock options ............................... 18,062
Grant of restricted stock ................................ (1,512) --
Amortization of unearned compensation .................... 716 716
Other .................................................... 16
---------- ---------- -----------
Balance December 31, 2000 ................................ (2,457) (7,172) 692,569
Comprehensive income:
Net income .............................................. 115,458
Minimum pension liability, net of ($11,955)
tax benefit ............................................ (19,519) (19,519)
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of ($164)
tax benefit ............................................ (268) (268)
Unrealized loss on securities, net of ($111) tax benefit (180) (180)
Unrealized loss on securities reclassified to net income
from other comprehensive loss, net of $2,274 of
taxes .................................................. 3,632 3,632
Unrealized losses on hedging instruments, net of
($100) tax benefit ..................................... (163) (163)
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98,960
Shares issued:
Sale of common stock .................................... 353,622
Employee savings plans .................................. 16,868
Acquisition consideration ............................... 17,357
Exercise of stock options ............................... 28,264
Employee stock purchase plan contributions ............... 4,861
Grant of restricted stock ................................ (2,118) --
Amortization of unearned compensation .................... 1,370 1,370
Other .................................................... 21
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Balance December 31, 2001 ................................ (3,205) (23,670) 1,213,892
Comprehensive income:
Net income .............................................. 178,097
Minimum pension liability, net of ($29,859)
tax benefit ............................................ (45,580) (45,580)
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of
($1,626) tax benefit ................................... 65 65
Unrealized losses on hedging instruments reclassified
to net income from other comprehensive loss, net of
$198 of taxes .......................................... 323 323
Unrealized losses on hedging instruments, net of
($275) tax benefit ..................................... (437) (437)
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132,468
Shares issued:
Sale of common stock .................................... 766,780
Employee savings plans .................................. 28,138
Acquisition consideration ............................... 10,607
Exercise of stock options ............................... 30,675
Employee stock purchase plan contributions .............. 17,478
Grant of restricted stock ................................ (2,231) --
Amortization of unearned compensation .................... 2,134 2,134
Other .................................................... 30
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Balance December 31, 2002 ................................ $ (3,302) $ (69,299) $ 2,202,202
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See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2002 2001 2000
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income .......................................................... $ 178,097 $ 115,458 $ 82,727
Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of debt .................. 9,858 -- --
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle ............... 24,370 -- --
Goodwill amortization ............................................... -- 42,356 34,994
Depreciation ........................................................ 66,230 40,362 36,158
Amortization of intangibles and other assets ........................ 9,630 4,233 3,102
Amortization of deferred debt issue costs (included in interest
expense) ........................................................... 7,392 6,388 5,724
Minority interest ................................................... 6,198 4,457 --
Deferred income tax provision ....................................... 79,092 52,638 25,103
Other non-cash items, principally contributions to employee savings
plans in L-3 Holdings' common stock ................................ 28,653 17,576 12,517
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of amounts acquired:
Contracts in process ............................................... (75,031) (40,652) (66,402)
Other current assets ............................................... (15,257) 1,643 (2,599)
Other assets ....................................................... (16,641) (12,033) (416)
Accounts payable ................................................... (21,904) (43,165) 38,065
Accrued employment costs ........................................... 30,100 11,931 6,239
Accrued expenses ................................................... (2,581) (20,300) 2,274
Customer advances .................................................. (11,272) 12,627 (17,087)
Accrued interest ................................................... 7,199 (3,047) 3,637
Income taxes ....................................................... 37,181 14,431 13,161
Other current liabilities .......................................... (41,206) (37,555) (59,286)
Pension and postretirement benefits ................................ (1,670) 4,550 (7,214)
Other liabilities .................................................. 20,517 1,423 1,959
All other operating activities ..................................... (495) (353) 1,149
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Net cash from operating activities .................................. 318,460 172,968 113,805
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired ..................... (1,742,133) (446,911) (599,608)
Proceeds from sale of interest in subsidiary ........................ -- 75,206 --
Capital expenditures ................................................ (62,058) (48,121) (33,580)
Disposition of property, plant and equipment ........................ 3,548 1,237 18,060
Other investing activities .......................................... (9,885) (6,301) 6,905
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Net cash used in investing activities ............................... (1,810,528) (424,890) (608,223)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Borrowings under revolving credit facility .......................... 566,000 316,400 858,500
Repayment of borrowings under revolving credit facility ............. (566,000) (506,400) (668,500)
Borrowings under bridge loan facility ............................... 500,000 -- --
Repayment of borrowings under bridge loan facility .................. (500,000) -- --
Proceeds from sale of senior subordinated notes ..................... 750,000 420,000 300,000
Redemption of senior subordinated notes ............................. (237,468) -- --
Proceeds from sale of L-3 Holdings' common stock, net ............... 766,780 353,622 --
Debt issuance costs ................................................. (19,759) (16,671) (12,916)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options ............................. 17,372 16,325 8,954
Employee stock purchase plan contributions .......................... 17,478 4,861 --
Distributions to minority interest .................................. (2,854) (2,530) --
Other financing activities .......................................... (25,647) (5,343) (1,728)
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Net cash from financing activities .................................. 1,265,902 580,264 484,310
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Net increase (decrease) in cash ..................................... (226,166) 328,342 (10,108)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period ...................... 361,022 32,680 42,788
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ............................ $ 134,856 $ 361,022 $ 32,680
============ ========== ==========
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. conducts its operations and derives all
its operating income and cash flow through its wholly owned subsidiary, L-3
Communications Corporation ("L-3 Communications"). L-3 Communications Holdings,
Inc. ("L-3 Holdings" and together with its subsidiaries, "L-3" or "the Company")
is a merchant supplier of secure communications and intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, training, simulation and support services,
aviation products and aircraft modernization, as well as specialized products.
The Company's customers include the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and prime
contractors thereof, certain U.S. Government intelligence agencies, major
aerospace and defense contractors, foreign governments, commercial customers and
certain other U.S. federal, state and local government agencies. The Company has
the following four reportable segments: (1) Secure Communications & ISR, (2)
Training, Simulation & Support Services; (3) Aviation Products & Aircraft
Modernization; and (4) Specialized Products.
Secure Communications & ISR. The businesses in this segment provide products and
services for the global ISR market, specializing in signals intelligence
(SIGINT) and communications intelligence (COMINT) systems. These products and
services provide to the warfighter in real-time the unique ability to collect
and analyze unknown electronic signals from command centers, communication nodes
and air defense systems for real-time situation awareness and response. This
segment also provides secure, high data rate communications systems for military
and other U.S. Government and foreign government reconnaissance and surveillance
applications. These systems and products are critical elements of virtually all
major communication, command and control, intelligence gathering and space
systems. The Company's systems and products are used to connect a variety of
airborne, space, ground and sea-based communication systems and are used in the
transmission, processing, recording, monitoring and dissemination functions of
these communication systems. The major secure communication programs and systems
include:
o secure data links for airborne, satellite, ground and sea-based remote
platforms for real-time information collection and dissemination to
users;
o highly specialized fleet management and support, including procurement,
systems integration, sensor development, modifications and maintenance
for signals intelligence and ISR special mission aircraft and airborne
surveillance systems;
o strategic and tactical signals intelligence systems that detect,
collect, identify, analyze and disseminate information;
o secure telephone and network equipment and encryption management; and
o communication systems for surface and undersea vessels and manned space
flights.
Training, Simulation & Support Services. The businesses in this segment
provide a full range of training, simulation and support services, including:
o services designed to meet customer training requirements for aircrews,
navigators, mission operators, gunners and maintenance technicians for
virtually any platform, including military fixed and rotary wing
aircraft, air vehicles and various ground vehicles;
o communication software support, information services and a wide range
of engineering development services and integration support;
o high-end engineering and information support services used for command,
control, communications and ISR architectures, as well as for air
warfare modeling and simulation tools for applications used by the DoD,
Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Government intelligence
agencies, including missile and space systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) and military aircraft;
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
o developing and managing extensive programs in the United States and
internationally that focus on teaching, training and education,
logistics, strategic planning, organizational design, democracy
transition and leadership development;
o producing crisis management software and providing command and control
for homeland security applications; and
o design, prototype development and production of ballistic missile
targets for missile defense applications, including present and future
threat scenarios.
Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization. The businesses in this segment
provide aviation products and aircraft modernization services, including:
o airborne traffic and collision avoidance systems (TCAS) for commercial
and military applications;
o commercial, solid-state, crash-protected cockpit voice recorders,
flight data recorders and maritime hardened voyage recorders;
o ruggedized custom displays for military and high-end commercial
applications;
o turnkey aviation life cycle management services that integrate custom
developed and commercial off-the-shelf products for various military
and commercial wide-body and rotary wing aircraft, including heavy
maintenance and structural modifications and Head-of-State and
commercial interior completions; and
o engineering, modification, maintenance, logistics and upgrades for U.S.
Special Operations Command aircraft, vehicles and personnel equipment.
Specialized Products. The businesses in this segment supply products,
including components, subsystems and systems, to military and commercial
customers in several niche markets. These products include:
o ocean products, including acoustic undersea warfare products for mine
hunting, dipping and anti-submarine sonars and naval power
distribution, conditioning, switching and protection equipment for
surface and undersea platforms;
o ruggedization and integration of commercial-off-the-shelf technology
for displays, computers and electronic systems for military and
commercial applications;
o integrated video security and surveillance systems that provide
perimeter security used by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service and U.S. Border Patrol to monitor and protect U.S. borders;
o security systems for aviation, port and border applications to detect
explosives, concealed weapons, contraband and illegal narcotics, to
inspect agricultural products and to examine cargo;
o telemetry, instrumentation, space and navigation products, including
tracking and flight termination;
o premium fuzing products;
o microwave components used in radar communication satellites, wireless
communication equipment, electronic surveillance, communication and
electronic warfare applications and counter measure systems;
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
o high performance antennas and ground based radomes;
o training devices and motion simulators which produce advanced virtual
reality simulation and high-fidelity representations of cockpits and
mission stations for fixed and rotary wing aircraft and land vehicles;
and
o precision stabilized electro-optic surveillance systems, including high
magnification lowlight, daylight and forward looking infrared sensors,
laser range finders, illuminators and designators, and digital and
wireless communication systems.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PRESENTATION: The accompanying financial statements comprise the
consolidated financial statements of L-3 Holdings and L-3 Communications. L-3
Holdings' only asset is its investment in the common stock of L-3
Communications, its wholly-owned subsidiary, and its only obligations are its
5 1/4% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 and its 4% Senior
Subordinated Convertible Contingent Debt Securities due 2011 (CODES). L-3
Holdings has also guaranteed the borrowings under the senior credit facilities
of L-3 Communications. L-3 Holdings' obligations have been jointly, severally,
fully and unconditionally guaranteed by L-3 Communications and certain of its
domestic subsidiaries, and accordingly, such debt has been reflected as debt of
L-3 Communications in its consolidated financial statements in accordance with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin
(SAB) No. 54. In addition, all issuances of equity securities including grants
of stock options and restricted stock by L-3 Holdings to employees of L-3
Communications have been reflected in the consolidated financial statements of
L-3 Communications. As a result, the consolidated financial positions, results
of operations and cash flows of L-3 Holdings and L-3 Communications are
substantially the same. See Note 20 for additional information.
SALES AND COSTS AND EXPENSES PRESENTATION: The Company presents its sales
and cost and expenses in two categories in the statement of operations,
"Contracts, primarily U.S. Government" and "Commercial, primarily products",
which are based on how the Company recognizes revenue. Sales and costs and
expenses for the Company's businesses that are primarily U.S. Government
contractors are presented as "Contracts, primarily U.S. Government." The sales
for the Company's U.S. Government contractor businesses are transacted using
written contractual arrangements or "contracts" for products and services
according to the specifications of the customer and are within the scope of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position 81-1,
Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and certain Production-Type
Contracts (SOP 81-1) and Accounting Research Bulletin No. 43, Chapter 11,
Section A, Government Contracts, Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee Contracts (ARB 43). Sales
reported under "Contracts, primarily U.S. Government" also include certain
sales by the Company's U.S. Government contractor businesses transacted using
contracts for domestic and foreign commercial customers which also are within
the scope of SOP 81-1. Sales and costs and expenses for the Company's
businesses whose customers are primarily commercial customers are presented as
"Commercial, primarily products". These sales to commercial customers are not
within the scope of SOP 81-1 or ARB 43, and are recognized in accordance with
the SEC's SAB No. 101, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements. The
Company's commercial businesses are substantially comprised of Aviation
Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), Aviation Recorders, Microwave
components, Detection Systems business acquired from PerkinElmer, Inc.,
Satellite Networks, and PrimeWave Communications.
During 2002, certain commercial businesses of L-3 were combined with other
larger L-3 businesses, which are primarily U.S. Government contractors. Sales
and costs and expenses for these commercial businesses are now presented under
the caption "Contracts, primarily U.S. Government." The Company has
reclassified sales and costs and expenses for all prior periods presented to
conform to the 2002 presentation.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION: The consolidated financial statements of the
Company include all wholly-owned and significant majority-owned subsidiaries.
All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Investments over which the Company has significant influence but does not have
voting control are accounted for by the equity method.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid
investments with a maturity of three months or less at time of purchase.
REVENUE RECOGNITION: The substantial majority of the Company's direct and
indirect sales to the U.S. Government and certain of the Company's sales to
foreign governments and commercial customers are made pursuant to written
contractual arrangements or "contracts" to design, develop, manufacture and/or
modify complex products, and to the specifications of the buyers (customers) or
to provide services related to the performance of such contracts. These
contracts are within the scope of SOP 81-1, and sales and profits on them are
recognized using percentage-of-completion methods of accounting. Sales and
profits on fixed-price production contracts whose units are produced and
delivered in a continuous or sequential process are recorded as units are
delivered based on their selling prices (the "units-of-delivery" method). Sales
and profits on other fixed-price contracts are recorded based on the ratio of
total actual incurred costs to date to the total estimated costs for each
contract (the "cost-to-cost method"). Amounts representing contract change
orders or claims are included in sales only when they can be reliably estimated
and their realization is reasonably assured. Losses on contracts are recognized
in the period in which they are determined. The impact of revisions of contract
estimates, which may result from contract modifications, performance or other
reasons, are recognized on a cumulative catch-up basis in the period in which
the revisions are made.
Revenue recognition on sales arrangements that are cost-reimbursable
contracts with the U.S. Government are also specifically within the scope of
ARB 43, in addition to SOP 81-1. Sales and profits on a cost-reimbursable
contract are recognized as allowable costs are incurred on the contract and
become billable to the customer, in an amount equal to the allowable costs plus
the profit on those cost which is generally fixed or variable based on the
contract fee arrangement.
Sales on arrangements that are not within the scope of SOP 81-1 or ARB 43
are recognized in accordance with the SEC's SAB No. 101. Sales are recognized
when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred or
services have been performed, the selling price to the buyer is fixed or
determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.
CONTRACTS IN PROCESS: Contracts in process include receivables and
inventories for contracts that are within the scope of SOP 81-1, as well as
receivables and inventories related to other contractual arrangements. Billed
Receivables represent the uncollected portion of amounts recorded as sales and
billed to customers, including those amounts for sales arrangements that are
not within the scope of SOP 81-1. Unbilled Contract Receivables represent
accumulated incurred costs and earned profits or losses on contracts in process
that have been recorded as sales, but have not yet been billed to customers.
Inventoried Contract Costs represent incurred costs on contracts in process
that have not been recognized as costs and expenses and which are recoverable
under contracts. Incurred contract costs include direct costs and overhead
costs. In accordance with SOP 81-1 and the AICPA Audit and Accounting
Guidelines, Audits of Federal Government Contractors, the Company's inventoried
contract costs for U.S. Government contracts, and contracts with prime
contractors or subcontractors of the U.S. Government, also include allocated
general and administrative costs, independent research and development costs
and bid and proposal costs. Contracts in Process may contain amounts relating
to contracts and programs with long performance cycles, a portion of which may
not be realized within one year. Provisions for contracts in a loss position in
excess of the amounts included in Contracts in Process are reported in
Estimated Costs in Excess of Billings to Complete Contracts in Process, which
is a component of Other Current Liabilities and Other Liabilities. Under the
contractual arrangements on certain contracts with the U.S.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
Government, the Company receives progress payments as it incurs costs. The U.S.
Government has a security interest in the Unbilled Contract Receivables and
Inventoried Contract Costs to which progress payments have been applied, and
such progress payments are reflected as a reduction of the related Unbilled
Contract Receivables and Inventoried Contract Costs. Customer Advances are
classified as current liabilities.
Inventories other than Inventoried Contract Costs are stated at the lower
of cost or market primarily using the average cost method.
The Company values its acquired contracts in process on the date of
acquisition at contract value less the Company's estimated costs to complete
the contract and a reasonable profit allowance on the Company's completion
effort commensurate with the profit margin that the Company earns on similar
contracts.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS: In connection with its risk management
and financial derivatives, the Company has entered into interest rate swap
agreements, interest rate cap and floor contracts and foreign currency forward
contracts. Derivative financial instruments also include embedded derivatives.
The Company's interest rate swap agreements are accounted for as fair value
hedges. The difference between the variable interest rates paid on the interest
rate swap agreements and the fixed interest rate on the debt instrument
underlying the swap agreements is recorded as increases or decreases to
interest expense. Upon termination of an interest rate swap agreement, the cash
received or paid that relates to the future value of the swap agreements at the
termination date is a deferred gain or loss, which is recognized as a decrease
or increase to interest expense over the remaining term of the underlying debt
instrument. The foreign currency forward contracts are accounted for as cash
flow hedges. Upon settlement, gains and losses on foreign currency forward
contracts are reported as a component of the underlying transaction within
contracts in process. The embedded derivatives related to the issuance of the
Company's debt are recorded at fair value with changes reflected in the
statement of operations.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT: Property, plant and equipment are stated at
cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed by applying
principally the straight-line method to the estimated useful lives of the
related assets. Useful lives range substantially from 10 to 40 years for
buildings and improvements and 3 to 10 years for machinery, equipment,
furniture and fixtures. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter
of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the improvements. When
property or equipment is retired or otherwise disposed of, the net book value
of the asset is removed from the Company's balance sheet and the net gain or
loss is included in the determination of income.
DEBT ISSUANCE COSTS: Costs incurred to issue debt are deferred and
amortized as interest expense over the term of the related debt using a method
that approximates the effective interest method.
IDENTIFIABLE INTANGIBLES: Identifiable intangibles include contracts and
customer relationships, unpatented technology and non-compete agreements.
Effective January 1, 2002, the initial measurement of these intangible assets
has been based on their fair values. Fair value for customer relationships and
non-compete agreements are derived using the present value of estimated future
cash flows, net of income taxes, that are expected to result from the programs.
Identifiable intangibles are amortized over their useful lives, which range
from 5 to 20 years.
GOODWILL: Effective January 1, 2002, the Company accounts for goodwill in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142,
Goodwill and other Intangible Assets. The carrying value of goodwill and
indefinite lived identifiable intangible assets are not amortized, but are
tested for impairment based on their estimated fair values using discounted
cash flows valuation at the beginning of each year, and whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may
not be recoverable. Prior to January 1, 2002, goodwill was amortized on a
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
straight-line basis over periods ranging from 15 to 40 years except for
goodwill related to acquisitions consummated after June 30, 2001. Prior to the
adoption of SFAS No. 142, the Company evaluated the carrying amount of goodwill
by reference to current and estimated profitability and undiscounted cash
flows.
INCOME TAXES: The Company provides for income taxes using the liability
method. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities reflect tax carryforwards
and the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts
of assets and liabilities for financial reporting and income tax purposes, as
determined under enacted tax laws and rates. The effect of changes in tax laws
or rates is accounted for in the period of enactment.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: Independent research and development costs
sponsored by the Company include bid and proposal costs, and relate to both
U.S. Government products and services and those for commercial and foreign
customers. The independent research and development (IRAD) and bid and proposal
costs (B&P) for the Company's businesses that are U.S. Government contractors
are allowable indirect contract costs that are allocated to our U.S. Government
contracts in accordance with U.S. Government regulations. In accordance with
SOP 81-1 and the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide, Audits of Federal Government
Contractors, the Company reports IRAD and B&P costs allocated to U.S.
Government contracts as costs of sales when the related contract sales are
recognized, and are not accounted for as period expenses. Research and
development costs for the Company's businesses that are not U.S. Government
contractors are expensed as incurred in accordance with SFAS No. 2, Accounting
for Research and Development Costs.
Customer-funded research and development costs, including software
development costs, are incurred pursuant to contracts under which the customer
directs the scope of work and are accounted for as direct contract costs, which
are not research and development expenses under SFAS No. 2.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE COSTS. The Company's software development costs for
computer software to be sold, leased or marketed that are incurred after
establishing technological feasibility for the computer software are
capitalized as other assets and amortized on a product by product basis using
the amount that is the greater of the straight-line method over the useful life
or the ratio of current revenues to total estimated revenues in accordance with
SFAS No. 86, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to Be Sold, Leased
or Otherwise Marketed. Capitalized software development costs, net of
accumulated amortization, was $25,724 at December 31, 2002 and $16,025 at
December 31, 2001, and is included in other assets on the consolidated balance
sheets.
STOCK OPTIONS: The Company accounts for stock options under the
recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board (APB)
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. Compensation expense
for incentive stock options is recognized in income based on the excess, if
any, of L-3 Holdings' fair value of the stock at the grant date of the award or
other measurement date over the amount an employee must pay to acquire the
stock. When the exercise price for incentive stock options granted to employees
equals or exceeds the fair value of the L-3 Holdings common stock at the date
of grant, the Company does not recognize compensation expense. The table below
presents pro forma net income and L-3 Holdings EPS had the Company elected to
recognize compensation expense in accordance with the fair value approach of
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No.
148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation -- Transition and Disclosure -- an
amendment of SFAS No. 123.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-----------------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
-------------- -------------- -------------
Net income:
As reported ............ $ 178,097 $ 115,458 $ 82,727
Pro forma .............. 160,079 107,573 75,064
L-3 Holdings Basic EPS:
As reported ............ $ 2.05 $ 1.54 $ 1.24
Pro forma .............. 1.84 1.44 1.13
L-3 Holdings Diluted EPS:
As reported ............ $ 1.93 $ 1.47 $ 1.18
Pro forma .............. 1.75 1.38 1.07
The assumptions used to calculate the fair value of stock options at their
grant dates are presented in Note 14.
PRODUCT WARRANTIES: Product warranty costs are accrued when the covered
products are shipped to customers. Product warranty expense is recognized based
on the terms of the product warranty and the related estimated costs. Accrued
warranty costs are reduced as these costs are incurred.
USE OF ESTIMATES: The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
sales and costs and expenses during the reporting period. The most significant
of these estimates and assumptions relate to contract estimates of sales and
estimated costs to complete contracts in process, estimates of market values
for inventories reported at lower of cost or market, estimates of pension and
postretirement benefit obligations, recoverability of recorded amounts of fixed
assets and goodwill, income taxes, litigation and environmental obligations.
Actual amounts will differ from these estimates.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations. SFAS No. 143 applies to
legal obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets
that result from the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation
of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees. This
statement does not apply to obligations that arise solely from a plan to
dispose of a long-lived asset. SFAS No. 143 requires that estimated asset
retirement costs be measured at their fair values and recognized as assets and
depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Similarly, liabilities
for the present value of asset retirement obligations are to be recognized and
accreted as interest expense each year to their estimated future value until
the asset is retired. These provisions will be applied to existing asset
retirement obligations as of the adoption date as a cumulative-effect of a
change in accounting policy. SFAS No. 143 is effective for the Company's fiscal
years beginning January 1, 2003. SFAS No. 143 is not expected to have a
material effect on the Company's consolidated results of operations and
financial position.
In May 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, Rescission of SFAS Nos. 4, 44
and 64, Amendment of SFAS No. 13, and Technical Corrections as of April 2002.
SFAS No. 145, rescinds SFAS No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from
Extinguishment of Debt, and SFAS No. 64, Extinguishments of Debt Made to
Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements. Under the provisions of SFAS No. 145, gains
and losses from extinguishment of debt can only be classified as extraordinary
items if they meet the criteria in APB Opinion No. 30. The provisions of this
Statement related to the rescission of SFAS No. 4 shall be applied in fiscal
years beginning after May 15, 2002. Earlier application is permitted. This
statement also amends SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases, to eliminate an
inconsistency between the accounting for sale-leaseback transactions and
certain lease modifications that have economic effects that are similar, and is
effective for transactions occurring after May 15, 2002. This Statement also
amends other existing
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authoritative pronouncements to make various technical corrections, clarify
meanings, or describe their applicability under changed conditions and are
effective for financial statements issued on or after May 15, 2002. SFAS No.
145 is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated
results of operations, financial position or cash flows. However, in accordance
with the provisions of SFAS No. 145, beginning on January 1, 2003, the loss on
the extinguishment of debt of $16,187 ($9,858 after-tax) that the Company
recorded in June 2002 (see Note 8) will be included in income from continuing
operations and not be reported as an extraordinary item.
In July 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs
Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. SFAS No. 146 replaces FASBs'
Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) No. 94-3 Liability Recognition for Certain
Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including
Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring). SFAS No. 146 requires companies to
recognize costs associated with exit or disposal activities when they are
incurred rather than at the date of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan as
was required by EITF No. 94-3. Examples of costs covered by SFAS No. 146
include lease termination costs and certain employee severance costs that are
associated with a restructuring, discontinued operation, plant closing, or
other exit or disposal activity. SFAS No. 146 is to be applied to exit or
disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. SFAS No. 146 is not
expected to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated results of
operations and financial position.
In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor's
Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect
Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others (FIN 45). This interpretation addresses
the disclosures to be made by a guarantor in its interim and annual financial
statements about its obligations under guarantees and clarifies when a
liability for the obligation undertaken should be recognized. The initial
measurement of the liability is the fair value of the guarantee at its
inception. This interpretation does not prescribe a specific account for the
guarantor's offsetting entry when it recognizes the liability at the inception
of a guarantee nor does it specify the subsequent measurement of the guarantors
recognized liability. The initial recognition and measurement provisions shall
be applied on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after
December 31, 2002. The disclosure requirements are included in Notes 6 and 15.
FIN 45 is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated
results of operation and financial position.
In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation -- Transition and Disclosure -- an amendment of FASB Statement No.
123. This Statement amends FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation, to provide alternative methods of transition for a voluntary
change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee
compensation. In addition, this Statement amends the disclosure requirements of
Statement No. 123 to require prominent disclosures in both annual and interim
financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee
compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. The
amendments to Statement No. 123 that relate to annual financial statements are
effective for the Company's 2002 annual financial statements. The amendments to
Statement No. 123 that relate to interim financial statements are effective for
the Company's March 31, 2003 financial statements. The Company does not intend
to adopt the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee
compensation which would require the Company to record a non-cash expense for
the estimated fair value of stock-based compensation grants. Instead the
Company will continue to apply the disclosure-only provisions of SFAS No. 123
(see accounting policy for stock options above and Note 14). Therefore, SFAS
No. 148 is not expected to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated
results of operations and financial position.
In January 2003, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities (FIN 46). This interpretation provides guidance
on the identification of, and financial reporting for, entities over which
control is achieved through means other than voting rights. Such entities have
been termed by FIN 46 as variable interest entities (VIE). Once effective, FIN
46 will be the guidance that
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determines (1) whether consolidation is required under the "controlling
financial interest" model of ARB Bulletin No. 51, Consolidated Financial
Statements, or (2) whether the variable-interest model under FIN 46 should be
used to account for existing and new entities. FIN 46 includes guidance for
identifying the enterprise that will consolidate a VIE, which is the enterprise
that is exposed to the majority of an entity's risks or receives the majority
of the benefits from an entity's activities. FIN 46 also requires that the
enterprises that hold a significant variable interest in a VIE make new
disclosures in their financial statements. The transitional disclosures of FIN
46, which are effective immediately, require an enterprise to identify the
entities in which it holds a variable interest if the enterprise believes that
those entities might be considered VIEs upon the adoption of FIN 46. The
implementation and remaining disclosure requirements of FIN 46 are effective
immediately for VIE's created after January 31, 2003, and on July 1, 2003 for
all VIE's created before January 31, 2003. The Company does not believe that it
holds any interests in VIEs, however, the Company is currently evaluating
whether it holds a variable interest in entities that might be considered VIEs.
RECLASSIFICATIONS: Certain reclassifications have been made to conform
prior-year amounts to the current-year presentation.
3. ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
ACQUISITIONS
Aircraft Integration Systems. On March 8, 2002, the Company acquired the
assets of Aircraft Integration Systems ("AIS"), a division of Raytheon Company
(Raytheon), for $1,148,700 in cash, which includes $1,130,000 for the original
contract purchase price, and an increase to the contract purchase price of
$18,700 related to additional net assets received at closing, plus acquisition
costs. Following the acquisition, the Company changed AIS's name to L-3
Communications Integrated Systems ("IS"). The purchase price is subject to
adjustment based on the IS closing date net tangible book value, as defined. The
acquisition was financed using approximately $229,000 of cash on hand,
borrowings under the Company's senior credit facilities of $420,000 and a
$500,000 senior subordinated bridge loan (See Note 8.). The Company acquired IS
because it is a long-standing supplier of critical COMINT, SIGINT and unique
sensor systems for special customers within the U.S. Government. The Company
believes that IS has excellent operating prospects as its major customers
increasingly focus on intelligence gathering and information distribution to the
battlefield. The Company also believes there are significant opportunities to
apply its proven business integration and cost control skills to further enhance
IS's operating and financial performance. The Company also believes that IS
creates significant opportunities for the sale of the Company's secure
communications and aviation products, including communication links, signal
processing, antennas, data recorders, displays and traffic control and collision
avoidance systems.
The table below presents a summary of (1) the initial purchase price
allocation for the IS acquired assets and assumed liabilities as was reported
in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of
March 31, 2002, (2) the adjustments made to the initial purchase price
allocation during the nine months ended December 31, 2002, and (3) the final
purchase price allocation for IS, which includes the results from the audit of
AIS's acquired net assets that was performed by the Company's independent
auditors and the final appraisals and other valuations of fair value for the IS
acquired assets and assumed liabilities. The AIS acquired contracts in process
reflected in the Company's initial purchase price allocation for IS was based
on the accounting records of AIS, which reflected September 2001 contract
estimates prepared by AIS. In order to complete the audit of AIS's acquired net
assets and prepare the Company's final purchase price allocation for IS as of
March 1, 2002, the effective date of acquisition, the Company updated those
September 2001 contract estimates for the five months of activity and changes
in circumstances that occurred from September 2001 to March 1, 2002.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
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IS PURCHASE PRICE ALLOCATION
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INITIAL ADJUSTMENT(a) FINAL
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Contracts in process ........................ $ 360,567 $ (157,245) $ 203,322 (b)
Other current assets ........................ 1,678 81,844 83,522 (c)
Property, plant and equipment ............... 182,307 20,408 202,715 (d)
Goodwill .................................... 663,215 99,155 762,370 (e)
Intangible assets ........................... 16,894 41,486 58,380 (f)
Other non-current assets .................... 37,958 47,710 85,668 (c)
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Total assets acquired ...................... 1,262,619 133,358 1,395,977
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Other current liabilities ................... 17,020 100,425 117,445 (g)
Pension and postretirement benefits ......... 95,000 24,606 119,606 (h)
Other long-term liabilities ................. 1,279 3,334 4,613 (i)
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Total liabilities assumed .................. 113,299 128,365 241,664
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Net assets acquired ...................... $1,149,320 $ 4,993 $1,154,313
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(a) The adjustments to the initial purchase price allocation include the
preliminary adjustments recorded by the Company in September 2002
that were reported in the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 2002.
(b) The reduction to contracts in process includes $86,149 to update
estimated costs to complete the AIS acquired contracts as of the
date of acquisition to reflect changes in circumstances that
occurred prior to the date of acquisition; $74,517 to value acquired
contracts in process at estimated contract value less the Company's
estimated costs to complete the contracts and a reasonable profit
allowance on the Company's completion effort commensurate with the
profit margin that the Company earns on similar contracts in
accordance with SFAS 141, paragraph 37(c); $12,000 to reduce the
estimated net realizable value of an assumed claim against an AIS
subcontractor; $9,535 to properly translate receivables, inventoried
contract costs and estimated billings and costs to complete a foreign
contract from Australian dollars to U.S. dollars; $19,799 primarily
to reduce the value of unbilled contract receivables and inventoried
contract costs related to inactive and completed contracts for which
there is no remaining contract value, to record the results of
physical inventory counts and to adjust excess and obsolete
inventories for amounts that will not be used on acquired contracts;
$7,816 to reduce the percentage of completion sales on certain
acquired contracts in process in order to reconcile them to AIS's
September 2001 contract estimates at completion contained in the
accounting records of AIS; and, $24,856 to record adjustments made by
Raytheon prior to the Company's acquisition of AIS which were not
reflected in the accounting records of AIS primarily relating to
contracts and receivables retained by Raytheon. The AIS acquired
contracts in process had an aggregate contract value of approximately
$3,900,000, including funded and unfunded amounts, with approximately
$1,000,000 of funded backlog at the date of acquisition. The majority
of the revisions to estimated costs to complete acquired contracts
relate to the Sea Sentinel contract, with other amounts relating to
the Extract, Peace Pioneer, SIVAM, SRP and LC-130 contracts. The
Company's aggregate adjustments to contracts in process discussed in
this item (b) amounted to $234,672. In addition, the Company
reclassified $77,427 of negative balances in contracts in process to
other current liabilities (see item (g) below).
(c) The increases to other current assets and other non-current assets
primarily represents estimated deferred income tax assets related to
the differences between financial statement amounts and income tax
basis amounts included in the final IS acquisition balance sheet and
tax purchase price allocations for the acquired assets and assumed
liabilities.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
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(d) The increase to property, plant and equipment includes a valuation
adjustment of $26,719 to increase the carrying value of land and
buildings to fair value based on an independent appraisal, partially
offset by a reduction to internal-use software costs and other fixed
assets included in the AIS historical net assets that will not be
used by the IS business.
(e) The increase to goodwill represents the effect of the final
adjustments to the purchase price allocation. Goodwill in the amount
of $518,412 was assigned to the Secure Communications & ISR segment
and $243,958 was assigned to the Aviation Products & Aircraft
Modernization segment. Approximately $508,350 of the IS goodwill is
expected to be deductible for income tax purposes, which is less
than the amount of goodwill for financial reporting purposes because
of differences in the financial statement amounts and income tax
basis amounts for certain of the acquired asset and liabilities,
pertaining primarily to contracts in process, property, plant and
equipment, other current liabilities and pension and postretirement
benefits.
(f) The increase to intangible assets is to value identifiable
intangible assets relating to acquired contracts and
customer-relationships and a non-compete agreement based on an
independent valuation, reduced by $16,894 for certain technology
rights included in the AIS historical net assets that will not be
used by the IS business.
(g) The increase to other current liabilities is comprised of reclasses
of $77,427 from contracts in process for contracts with credit
balances (see item (b) above); $3,254 for employee termination
costs; and $19,744 for accounts payable, accrued employment costs
and accrued expenses assumed in the AIS acquisition that were not
recorded in the accounting records of AIS.
(h) The increase to pension and postretirement benefits is based on the
final actuarial valuation for the assumed liabilities.
(i) The increase to other long-term liabilities represents environmental
remediation liabilities assumed in the IS acquisition that were not
recorded in the accounting records of AIS.
The final IS purchase price allocation does not include an adjustment for
the final purchase price of AIS which will be based on the difference between
AIS's final closing date net tangible book value, as defined in the AIS asset
purchase agreement, and AIS's net tangible book value as of September 30, 2001.
The Company has submitted its proposed purchase price adjustment in accordance
with the asset purchase agreement to the Raytheon Company, the seller of the
AIS business, which amounts to a reduction of $100,000 to the final purchase
price submitted by Raytheon to the Company. The Company expects to resolve the
final purchase price for AIS with the seller in 2003. Any amount received by
the Company for a reduction to the AIS purchase price will be recorded as a
reduction to the goodwill for IS.
The cash required to fund the revisions that the Company made to the
estimated costs to complete the AIS acquired contracts in process and estimated
costs in excess of billings on the acquired contracts in a loss position will
be reported as reductions to cash flows from operating activities on the
Company's statement of cash flows as the costs are incurred.
Detection Systems. On June 14, 2002, the Company completed the acquisition
of the detection systems business of PerkinElmer ("Detection Systems") for
$110,000 in cash, which includes $100,000 for the original contract purchase
price, and an increase to the contract purchase price of $10,000 related to a
preliminary purchase price adjustment, plus acquisition costs. The purchase
price is subject to final adjustment based on closing date net working capital,
as defined. Detection Systems offers X-ray screening for several major security
applications, including: (1) aviation systems for checked and oversized
baggage, break bulk cargo and air freight; (2) port and border applications
including pallets, break bulk and air freight; and (3) facility protection such
as parcels, mail and cargo. Detection Systems has a broad range of systems and
technology, and an installed base of over 16,000 units. Detection Systems'
customer base includes major airlines and airports, a number of domestic
agencies, such as the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of
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State, and international authorities throughout Europe, Asia and South America.
The acquisition broadens the Company's capabilities and product offerings in
the rapidly growing areas of airport security and other homeland defense
markets, including explosive detection systems (EDS). The acquisition provides
the Company with enhanced manufacturing and marketing capabilities, which will
be used as the Company works to meet growing demand for its EDS products. Based
on the preliminary purchase price allocation for Detection Systems, goodwill of
$59,942 was assigned to the Specialized Products segment and is not expected to
be deductible for income tax purposes.
Telos, ComCept and TMA. During the third quarter of 2002, in separate
transactions the Company acquired three businesses for an aggregate
consideration of $99,274, which was comprised of $88,667 in cash, 229,494
shares of L-3 Holdings common stock for part of the ComCept purchase price
valued at $10,607, plus acquisition costs. The purchase prices for ComCept and
Technology, Management and Analysis Corporation are subject to adjustment based
on the closing date net assets or net working capital of the acquired
businesses. The Company acquired:
o all of the outstanding common stock of Telos Corporation (Telos), a
business incorporated in California, which provides software development
for command, control and communications and other related services for
military and national security requirements, on July 19, 2002;
o all of the outstanding common stock of ComCept, Inc. (ComCept), a company
with network-centric warfare capabilities, including requirements
development, modeling, simulation, communications and systems development
and integration for ISR, on July 31, 2002. This acquisition is subject to
additional consideration not to exceed 219,088 shares of L-3 Holdings
common stock which is contingent upon the financial performance of ComCept
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2003 and 2004; and which will be
accounted for as goodwill; and
o all of the outstanding common stock of Technology, Management and Analysis
Corporation (TMA), a provider of professional services to the DoD,
primarily in support of the Naval surface and combat fleet, on September
23, 2002. The core competencies of TMA include engineering, logistics, ship
test and trials, network engineering and support and hardware and software
products. This acquisition is subject to additional purchase price not to
exceed $7,000 which is contingent upon the financial performance of TMA for
the twelve months ending September 30, 2003 and which will be accounted for
as goodwill.
Based on the preliminary purchase price allocations, the goodwill
recognized for the acquisitions of Telos, ComCept and TMA was $87,109, of which
$46,707 is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Goodwill of
$22,421 was assigned to the Secure Communications & ISR segment and $64,688 was
assigned to the Training, Simulation & Support Services segment.
Northrop Grumman's Electron Devices and Displays - Navigation Systems -
San Diego Businesses, Wolf Coach Inc., International Microwave Corporation,
Westwood Corporation, Wescam Inc. and Ship Analytics, Inc. During the fourth
quarter of 2002, in separate transactions the Company acquired seven businesses
for an aggregate purchase price of $338,766 in cash plus acquisition costs.
Except for Westwood Corporation and Wescam Inc., the purchase prices are
subject to adjustment based on the closing date net assets or net working
capital of the acquired businesses. The Company acquired:
o the net assets of Northrop Grumman's Electron Devices and Displays -
Navigation Systems - San Diego businesses on October 25, 2002. Electron
Devices is a supplier of microwave power devices to all major prime
contractors on key military programs, including missile seekers, aircraft
navigation and landing systems, airborne and ground radar's and electronic
warfare and communications systems. Following the acquisition, the Company
changed Electron Devices name to L-3 Communications Electron Devices
(Election Devices). Displays - Navigation Systems is a supplier of
ruggedized displays and computer and electronic systems for both military
and commercial
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
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applications. Following the acquisition, the Company changed Displays -
Navigation Systems name to L-3 Communications Ruggedized Command and
Control Solutions (Ruggedized C&C;
o all of the outstanding common shares of Wolf Coach, Inc. (Wolf Coach), a
producer of mobile communications vehicles, for customers in the television
industry, the military and for the homeland defense market, on November 1,
2002. The acquisition is subject to additional purchase price not to exceed
$4,100 which is contingent upon the financial performance of Wolf Coach for
the years ending December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and which will be
accounted for as goodwill;
o all of the outstanding common stock of International Microwave Corporation
(IMC), a global communications company that provides wireless
communications, network support services, information technology, defense
communications and enhanced surveillance systems, on November 8, 2002. The
acquisition is subject to additional purchase price not to exceed $5,000
which is contingent upon the financial performance of IMC for the year
ending December 31, 2003, and which will be accounted for as goodwill;
o all of the outstanding common stock of Westwood Corporation (Westwood), a
supplier of shipboard power control, switchgear and power distribution
systems to the United States Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard, on
November 13, 2002;
o all of the outstanding common stock of Wescam Inc. (Wescam), a designer and
manufacturer of systems for defense applications that capture images from
mobile platforms and transmit them in real time to tactical command centers
for interpretation and for commercial broadcast applications to production
facilities. On November 21, 2002, the Company purchased approximately 78%
of the outstanding common shares of Wescam. As of December 23, 2002, the
Company had purchased all of the outstanding common shares of Wescam; and
o all of the outstanding common stock of Ship Analytics, Inc (Ship
Analytics), a producer of crisis management software, providing command and
control for homeland security applications, on December 19, 2002. Ship
Analytics also designs, manufactures and operates real-time simulation
systems for critical shipboard operations for commercial maritime and naval
customers. The acquisition is subject to additional purchase price not to
exceed $13,500 which is contingent upon the financial performance of Ship
Analytics for the years ending December 31, 2003, 2004 and 2005, and which
will be accounted for as goodwill.
Based on the preliminary purchase price allocations, the goodwill
recognized for the acquisitions of Electron Devices, Ruggedized C&C, Wolf
Coach, IMC, Westwood, Wescam and Ship Analytics was $199,038, of which $41,174
is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Goodwill of $195,575 was
assigned to the Specialized Products segment and $3,463 was assigned to the
Training, Simulation & Support Services segment.
Spar Aerospace. At December 31, 2001, the Company had acquired 70.3% of
the outstanding common stock of Spar Aerospace Limited (Spar), a leading
provider of high-end aviation product modernization, for $103,172 in cash, plus
acquisition costs and acquired control of Spar and the ability to require the
remaining stockholders to tender their shares. The Company acquired control of
Spar on November 23, 2001 after an initial tender offer under which the Company
acquired 65.8% of the outstanding common stock of Spar. During January 2002,
the Company completed the acquisition and paid $43,641 for the remaining
outstanding common stock of Spar which was not tendered to the Company at
December 31, 2001.
SY Technology, BT Fuze and Emergent. During the fourth quarter of 2001, in
separate transactions the Company acquired three other businesses for an
aggregate purchase price of $149,273 in cash plus acquisition costs, including
net purchase price increases of $10,183 based on the closing date balance
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
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sheets of the acquired businesses and $1,800 of additional purchase price based
on the financial performance of the acquired companies for the year ended
December 31, 2001. The Company acquired:
o the net assets of SY Technology, Inc. (SY), a provider of air warfare
simulation services, on December 31, 2001. This acquisition is subject to
additional purchase price not to exceed $3,000 which is contingent upon the
financial performance of SY for the year ended December 31, 2002 and the
year ending December 31, 2003 and which will be accounted for as goodwill;
o the net assets of Bulova Technologies, a producer of military fuzes that
prevent the inadvertent firing and detonation of weapons during handling,
on December 19, 2001. Bulova Technologies was later renamed BT Fuze
Products (BT Fuze). This acquisition is subject to additional purchase
price not to exceed $2,500 which is contingent upon the financial
performance of BT Fuze for the year ending December 31, 2003 and which will
be accounted for as goodwill; and
o all of the outstanding common stock of Emergent Government Services Group
(Emergent), a provider of engineering and information services to the
U.S. Air Force, Army, Navy and intelligence agencies, on November 30, 2001.
Following the acquisition, the Company changed Emergent's name to L-3
Communications Analytics (L-3 Analytics).
Based on the final purchase price allocations, the goodwill recognized in
the acquisitions of Spar, SY, BT Fuze and Emergent was $199,916, of which
78,497 is expected to be fully deductible for tax purposes. Goodwill of
$103,804 was assigned to the Aviation Products & Aircraft Modernization
segment, $61,075 was assigned to the Training, Simulation & Support Services
segment and $35,037 was assigned to the Specialized Products segment.
KDI and EER. On May 4, 2001, the Company acquired all of the outstanding
common stock of KDI Precision Products (KDI) for $78,862 in cash plus
acquisition costs. On May 31, 2001, the Company acquired all of the outstanding
common stock of EER Systems (EER) for $119,392 in cash plus acquisition
costs. The purchase price for EER was increased on December 31, 2002 by $5,000,
which will be paid to the EER shareholders in 2003, for a purchase price
adjustment that was based on the financial performance of EER for the year
ended December 31, 2002.
TDTS, TrexCom, TCAS, MPRI and Coleman. On February 10, 2000, the Company
acquired the assets of the Training Devices and Training Services (TDTS)
business of Raytheon Company for $160,000 in cash plus acquisition costs.
Following the acquisition, the Company changed TDTS's name to L-3
Communications Link Simulation and Training ("Link Simulation and Training").
On February 14, 2000, the Company acquired the assets of the LNR and EMP
businesses of Trex Communications Corporation (TrexCom) for $49,310 in cash
plus acquisition costs. On April 28, 2000, the Company acquired the Traffic
Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) product line from Honeywell Inc.
for a purchase price of $239,200 in cash plus acquisition costs. On June 30,
2000, the Company acquired all the outstanding common stock of MPRI Inc. (MPRI)
for $39,606 in cash plus acquisition costs. On December 29, 2000, the Company
acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Coleman Research Corporation
(Coleman), a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation, for $60,000 in cash
plus acquisition costs, and additional purchase price not to exceed $5,000
which is contingent upon the financial performance of Coleman for the year
ended December 31, 2001.
Additionally, during the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the
Company purchased other businesses, which individually and in the aggregate
were not material to its consolidated results of operations, financial position
or cash flows in the year acquired.
Substantially all of the acquisitions were initially financed with cash on
hand or borrowings on the Company's bank credit facilities.
All of the Company's acquisitions have been accounted for as purchase
business combinations and are included in the Company's results of operations
from their respective effective dates. The assets and
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
liabilities recorded in connection with the purchase price allocations for the
acquisitions of Detection Systems, Telos, ComCept, TMA, Electron Devices and
Display -- Navigation Systems -- San Diego, Wolf Coach, IMC, Westwood, Wescam
and Ship Analytics are based upon preliminary estimates of fair values for
contracts in process, inventories, estimated costs in excess of billings to
complete contracts in process, identifiable intangibles and deferred income
taxes. Actual adjustments will be based on the final purchase prices and final
appraisals and other analyses of fair values which are in process. The Company
does not expect the differences between the preliminary and final purchase
price allocations for the acquisitions to be material. The Company expects to
complete the purchase price allocations during the first half of 2003.
Pro Forma Statement of Operations Data. Had the acquisitions of IS,
Detection Systems, Telos, ComCept, TMA, Electron Devices, Ruggedized C&C, Wolf
Coach, IMC, Westwood, Wescam and Ship Analytics and the related financing
transactions occurred on January 1, 2002, the unaudited pro forma sales, net
income and diluted earnings per share would have been approximately $1,353,400,
$76,600 and $0.76 for the three months ended December 31, 2002, and $4,699,100,
$167,800 and $1.71 for the year ended December 31, 2002.
Had the acquisitions of KDI, EER, SY, BT Fuze, L-3 Analytics, Spar, IS,
Detection Systems, Telos, ComCept, TMA, Electron Devices, Ruggedized C&C, Wolf
Coach, IMC, Westwood, Wescam and Ship Analytics and the related financing
transactions occurred on January 1, 2001, the unaudited pro forma sales, net
income and diluted earnings per share would have been approximately $1,157,700,
$20,300 and $0.22 for the three months ended December 31, 2001, and $4,139,600,
$113,900 and $1.21 for the year ended December 31, 2001.
The pro forma results disclosed in the preceding paragraphs are based on
various assumptions and are not necessarily indicative of the result of
operations that would have occurred had the Company completed the acquisitions
and the related financing transactions on January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2002.
Goodrich Avionics Systems. On January 29, 2003, the Company announced that
it had agreed to acquire Goodrich Avionics Systems of Goodrich Corporation, for
$188,000 in cash. Goodrich Avionics Systems develops and produces avionics
products for commercial and military applications which are focused on aircraft
safety and situational awareness, and include collision avoidance systems,
display systems, weather avoidance systems, terrain awareness and warning
systems, navigation systems and power supply and conditioning systems. Goodrich
Avionics Systems also has a service, repair and overhaul operation. The
acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to be
completed in March 2003.
DIVESTITURE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS
On May 31, 2001, the Company sold a 30% interest in Aviation
Communications and Surveillance Systems LLC (ACSS) which comprised the
Company's TCAS business to Thales Avionics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Thales
(formerly Thomson-CSF), for $75,206 of cash. L-3 continues to consolidate the
financial statements of ACSS.
Interest and other income for the year ended December 31, 2001 includes a
gain of $6,966 from the sale of a 30% interest in ACSS which was largely offset
by a $6,341 write-down in the carrying amount of an investment in common stock.
Also included in interest and other income for 2001 is a charge of $515 to
account for the increase, in accordance with SFAS No. 133, in the fair value
assigned to the embedded derivatives in L-3 Holdings' $420,000 4% Senior
Subordinated Contingent Debt Securities due 2011 sold in the fourth quarter of
2001, and a loss of $751 from an equity method investment. Interest and other
income for the year ended December 31, 2000 includes gains of $14,940 from the
sales of the Company's interests in certain businesses. These gains were
largely offset by losses of $12,456 on the write-down in the carrying value of
certain investments and intangible assets. The net proceeds from the sales were
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
$19,638, and are included in Other Investing Activities on the Statement of
Cash Flows. In March 2001, the Company settled certain items with a third party
provider related to an existing services agreement. In connection with the
settlement, L-3 received a net cash payment of $14,200. The payment represents
a credit for fees being paid over the term of the services agreement and
incremental costs incurred by the Company over the same period arising from
performance deficiencies under the services agreement. These incremental costs
include additional operating costs for material management, vendor replacement,
rework, warranty, manufacturing and engineering support, and administrative
activities. The $14,200 cash receipt was recorded as a reduction of costs and
expenses in 2001.
4. CONTRACTS IN PROCESS
The components of contracts in process are presented in the table below.
The unbilled contract receivables, inventoried contract costs and unliquidated
progress payments are principally related to contracts with the U.S. Government
and prime contractors or subcontractors of the U.S. Government.
DECEMBER 31,
-----------------------------
2002 2001
------------- -------------
Billed receivables, less allowances of $12,801 and $11,649 ......... $ 568,382 $ 330,795
---------- ----------
Unbilled contract receivables ...................................... 490,678 353,262
Less: unliquidated progress payments ............................... (171,457) (102,739)
---------- ----------
Unbilled contract receivables, net ................................ 319,221 250,523
---------- ----------
Inventoried contract costs, gross .................................. 320,043 122,211
Less: unliquidated progress payments ............................... (13,507) (6,575)
---------- ----------
Inventoried contract costs, net ................................... 306,536 115,636
---------- ----------
Inventories at lower of cost or market ............................. 123,854 104,870
---------- ----------
Total contracts in process ........................................ $1,317,993 $ 801,824
========== ==========
The Company believes that approximately 93% of the unbilled contract
receivables at December 31, 2002 will be billed and collected within one year.
The selling, general and administrative (SG&A) cost data presented in the
table below pertains to the Company's businesses that are primarily U.S.
Government contractors and have been used in the determination of the Company's
costs and expenses for "Contracts, primarily U.S. Government", which are
presented on the Company's statements of operations.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
---------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
----------- ----------- -----------
SG&A costs included in inventoried contract costs at
December 31, ............................................. $ 52,253 $ 19,970 $ 24,396
SG&A costs included in inventoried contract costs
related to businesses acquired during the period ......... 34,417 1,575 3,066
SG&A incurred costs ....................................... 429,386 298,317 256,470
SG&A included in costs and expenses for Contracts,
primarily U.S. Government ................................ 431,520 304,318 258,777
Independent research and development, including bid
and proposal costs included in SG&A incurred
costs .................................................... 125,108 81,019 77,831
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The cost data in the table above does not include the SG&A and research
and development expenses for the Company's businesses that are primarily not
U.S. Government contractors, which are separately presented on the Company's
statement of operations under costs and expenses for "Commercial, primarily
products".
5. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Effective January 1, 2002, the Company ceased recording goodwill
amortization expense and began testing goodwill for impairment based on
estimated fair values at the beginning of the year using a discounted cash
flows valuation. Based on the estimated fair values of the Company's reporting
units as of January 1, 2002, the goodwill for certain space and broadband
commercial communications businesses included in the Specialized Products
segment was impaired. In the first quarter of 2002, the Company completed its
valuation of the assets and liabilities for these businesses and has recorded
an impairment charge of $24,370, net of a $6,428 income tax benefit. The
impairment charge was recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle effective January 1, 2002, in accordance with the adoption provisions
of SFAS No. 142.
The table below presents net income and basic and diluted EPS for the year
ended December 31, 2002 compared with those amounts for the same period in 2001
and 2000, adjusted to exclude goodwill amortization, net of income taxes for
2001 and 2000.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
-------------- -------------- --------------
Reported income before extraordinary loss and
accounting change ................................ $ 212,325 $ 115,458 $ 82,727
Add: Goodwill amortization, net of income taxes and
minority interest ................................ -- 33,899 29,617
---------- ---------- ----------
Adjusted income before extraordinary loss and
accounting change ................................ $ 212,325 $ 149,357 $ 112,344
========== ========== ==========
Adjusted net income ............................... $ 178,097 $ 149,357 $ 112,344
========== ========== ==========
BASIC EPS:
Reported before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ........................................... $ 2.44 $ 1.54 $ 1.24
Goodwill amortization, net of income tax and
minority interest ................................ -- 0.45 0.44
---------- ---------- ----------
Adjusted before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ........................................... $ 2.44 $ 1.99 $ 1.68
========== ========== ==========
Adjusted net income ............................... $ 2.05 $ 1.99 $ 1.68
========== ========== ==========
DILUTED EPS:
Reported before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ........................................... $ 2.29 $ 1.47 $ 1.18
Goodwill amortization, net of income tax
and minority interest ............................ -- 0.40 0.43
---------- ---------- ----------
Adjusted before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ........................................... $ 2.29 $ 1.87 $ 1.61
========== ========== ==========
Adjusted net income ............................... $ 1.93 $ 1.87 $ 1.61
========== ========== ==========
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The table below presents the changes in goodwill allocated to the
reportable segments during the year ended December 31, 2002.
TRAINING AVIATION
SECURE SIMULATION & PRODUCTS &
COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT AIRCRAFT SPECIALIZED CONSOLIDATED
& ISR SERVICES MODERNIZATION PRODUCTS TOTAL
---------------- -------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
BALANCE JANUARY 1, 2002 ........... $ 181,215 $ 377,127 $ 371,222 $ 778,154 $ 1,707,718
Acquisitions ..................... 540,920 68,300 249,067 259,341 1,117,628
Impairment losses ................ -- -- -- (30,798) (30,798)
--------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2002 ......... $ 722,135 $ 445,427 $ 620,289 $ 1,006,697 $ 2,794,548
========= ========= ========= =========== ===========
The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization balances of the
Company's other intangible assets that are subject to amortization are
presented in the tables below.
DECEMBER 31, 2002
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GROSS
CARRYING ACCUMULATED NET CARRYING
AMOUNT AMORTIZATION AMOUNT
---------- -------------- -------------
Intangible assets that are subject to amortization:
Customer relationships ........................... $ 80,826 $ 600 $ 80,226
Unpatented technology ............................ 9,825 1,844 7,981
Non-compete agreements ........................... 2,000 60 1,940
-------- ------- --------
Total .......................................... $ 92,651 $ 2,504 $ 90,147
======== ======= ========
DECEMBER 31, 2001
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GROSS
CARRYING ACCUMULATED NET CARRYING
AMOUNT AMORTIZATION AMOUNT
---------- -------------- -------------
Intangible assets that are subject to amortization:
Unpatented technology ............................ $ 5,000 $ 1,167 $ 3,833
======= ======= =======
The Company recorded $1,337 and $333 of other intangible asset
amortization for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Other intangible assets amortization, based on gross carrying amounts at
December 31, 2002, is estimated to be $5,861 for 2003, $8,580 for 2004, $9,250
for 2005, $8,538 for 2006, and $8,197 for 2007.
6. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES AND OTHER LIABILITIES
The components of other current liabilities are presented in the table
below.
DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------
2002 2001
----------- -----------
Accrued product warranty .................................... $ 56,487 $ 15,968
Negative balances in contracts in process ................... 36,841 --
Estimated cost in excess of billings to complete contracts in
process in a loss position ................................ 12,451 17,859
Spar purchase price payable ................................. -- 43,641
Other ....................................................... 53,114 47,645
-------- ---------
Total other current liabilities ........................... $158,893 $ 125,113
======== =========
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The table below presents the changes in the Company's accrual for product
warranties for the year ended December 31, 2002.
Balance January 1, 2002 ........................................... $ 15,968
Acquisitions during this period ................................... 14,185
Accruals for product warranties issued during the period .......... 34,016
Accruals related to pre-existing product warranties ............... 2,231
Settlements made during the period ................................ (9,913)
--------
Balance December 31, 2002 ......................................... $ 56,487
========
At December 31, 2002 and 2001, other liabilities include $13,303 and
$18,814 for the non-current portion of estimated costs in excess of billings to
complete contracts in process in a loss position.
7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------
2002 2001
----------- -----------
Land ..................................................... $ 33,876 $ 12,947
Buildings and improvements ............................... 121,830 38,544
Machinery, equipment, furniture and fixtures ............. 372,602 260,338
Leasehold improvements ................................... 121,814 29,232
-------- ---------
Gross property, plant and equipment ..................... 650,122 341,061
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization .......... 191,483 137,687
-------- ---------
Property, plant and equipment, net ...................... $458,639 $ 203,374
======== =========
Depreciation expense for property, plant and equipment was $66,230 for
2002, $40,362 for 2001 and $36,158 for 2000.
8. DEBT
The components of long-term debt and a reconciliation to the carrying
amount of long-term debt are presented in the table below.
DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------------
2002 2001
-------------- --------------
L-3 Communications:
Borrowings under Senior Credit Facilities .................... $ -- $ --
10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 .................. -- 225,000
8 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 ................... 180,000 180,000
8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 ........................ 200,000 200,000
7 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 ................... 750,000 --
---------- ----------
1,130,000 605,000
L-3 Holdings:
5 1/4% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 ....... 300,000 300,000
4% Senior Subordinated Convertible Contingent Debt Securities
due 2011 (CODES) ............................................ 420,000 420,000
---------- ----------
Principal amount of long-term debt ........................... 1,850,000 1,325,000
Less: Unamortized discount on CODES .......................... 2,248 2,502
Fair value of interest rate swap agreements ............... -- 7,246
---------- ----------
Carrying amount of long-term debt ............................ $1,847,752 $1,315,252
========== ==========
On February 26, 2002, the Company's lenders approved a $150,000 increase
in the amount of the Senior Credit Facilities. The five-year revolving credit
facility, which matures on May 15, 2006, was
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
increased by $100,000 to $500,000 and the 364-day revolving credit facility
increased by $50,000 to $250,000. On February 25, 2003, the maturity date of
the $250,000 364-day revolving credit facility was extended to February 24,
2004.
At December 31, 2002, available borrowings under the Company's Senior
Credit Facilities were $661,405, after reductions for outstanding letters of
credit of $88,595. There were no outstanding borrowings under the Senior Credit
Facilities at December 31, 2002.
Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities bear interest, at L-3
Communications' option, at either: (i) a "base rate" equal to the higher of
0.50% per annum above the latest federal funds rate and the Bank of America
"reference rate" (as defined) plus a spread ranging from 2.00% to 0.50% per
annum depending on L-3 Communications' Debt Ratio at the time of determination
or (ii) a "LIBOR rate" (as defined) plus a spread ranging from 3.00% to 1.50%
per annum depending on L-3 Communications' Debt Ratio at the time of
determination. The Debt Ratio is defined as the ratio of Consolidated Total
Debt to Consolidated EBITDA. Consolidated Total Debt is equal to outstanding
debt plus capitalized lease obligations minus the lesser of actual unrestricted
cash or $50,000. Consolidated EBITDA is equal to consolidated net income
(excluding extraordinary gains and losses, and gains and losses in connection
with asset dispositions and discontinued operations) for the most recent four
quarters, plus consolidated interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and
amortization minus depreciation and amortization related to minority interest.
At December 31, 2002, there were no borrowings outstanding under the Senior
Credit Facilities. L-3 Communications pays commitment fees calculated on the
daily amounts of the available unused commitments under the Senior Credit
Facilities at a rate ranging from 0.50% to 0.30% per annum, depending on L-3
Communications' Debt Ratio in effect at the time of determination. L-3
Communications pays letter of credit fees calculated at a rate ranging from
1.50% to 0.75% per annum for performance letters of credit and 3.00% to 1.50%
for all other letters of credit, in each case depending on L-3 Communications'
Debt Ratio at the time of determination.
In June 2002, L-3 Communications sold $750,000 of 7 5/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due June 15, 2012 (the "June 2002 Notes") with interest
payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year commencing
December 15, 2002. The net proceeds from this offering and the concurrent sale
of common stock by L-3 Holdings (see Note 10) were used to (1) repay $500,000
borrowed on March 8, 2002, under the Company's senior subordinated bridge loan
facility, (2) repay the indebtedness outstanding under the Company's senior
credit facilities, (3) repurchase and redeem the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2007 and (4) increase cash and cash equivalents. The June 2002 Notes
are general unsecured obligations of L-3 Communications and are subordinated in
right of payment to all existing and future senior debt of L-3 Communications.
The June 2002 Notes are subject to redemption at any time, at the option of L-3
Communications, in whole or in part, on or after June 15, 2007 at redemption
prices (plus accrued and unpaid interest) starting at 103.813% of the principal
amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest) during the 12-month period beginning
June 15, 2007 and declining annually to 100% of principal (plus accrued and
unpaid interest) on June 15, 2010 and thereafter. Prior to June 15, 2005, L-3
Communications may redeem up to 35% of the June 2002 Notes with the proceeds of
certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 107.625% of the principal
amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest).
In the fourth quarter of 2001, L-3 Holdings sold $420,000 of 4% Senior
Subordinated Convertible Contingent Debt Securities (CODES) due September 15,
2011. The net proceeds from this offering amounted to approximately $407,450
after underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.
Interest is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year
commencing March 15, 2002. The CODES are convertible into L-3 Holdings' common
stock at a conversion price of $53.813 per share (7,804,878 shares) under any
of the following circumstances: (1) during any Conversion Period (defined
below) if the closing sales price of the common stock of L-3 Holdings is more
than 120% of the conversion price ($64.58) for at least 20 trading days in the
30 consecutive trading-day period ending on the first day of the respective
Conversion Period; (2) during the five business day period
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
following any 10 consecutive trading-day period in which the average of the
trading prices for the CODES was less than 105% of the conversion value; (3) if
the credit ratings assigned to the CODES by either Moody's or Standard & Poor's
are below certain specified ratings, (4) if they have been called for
redemption by the Company, or (5) upon the occurrence of certain specified
corporate transactions. A Conversion Period is the period from and including
the thirtieth trading day in a fiscal quarter to, but not including, the
thirtieth trading day of the immediately following fiscal quarter. There are
four Conversion Periods in each fiscal year. The CODES are subject to
redemption at any time at the option of L-3 Holdings, in whole or in part, on
or after October 24, 2004 at redemption prices (plus accrued and unpaid
interest -- including contingent interest) starting at 102% of principal (plus
accrued and unpaid interest -- including contingent interest) during the 12
month period beginning October 24, 2004 and declining annually to 100% of
principal (plus accrued and unpaid interest -- including contingent interest)
on September 15, 2006. The CODES are general unsecured obligations of L-3
Holdings and are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future
senior debt of L-3.
Additionally, holders of the CODES have a right to receive contingent
interest payments, not to exceed a per annum rate of 0.5% of the outstanding
principal amount of the CODES, which will be paid on the CODES during any
six-month period following a six-month period in which the average trading
price of the CODES exceeds 120% of the principal amount of the CODES. The
contingent interest payment provision was triggered for the period beginning
September 15, 2002 to March 14, 2003 and resulted in additional interest for
that period of $840.
The contingent interest payment provision as well as the ability of the
holders of the CODES to exercise the conversion features as a result of changes
in the credit ratings assigned to the CODES have been accounted for as embedded
derivatives. The initial aggregate fair values assigned to the embedded
derivatives was $2,544, which was also recorded as a discount to the CODES. The
carrying values assigned to the embedded derivatives were recorded in other
liabilities and are adjusted periodically through other income (expense) for
changes in their fair values.
In the fourth quarter of 2000, L-3 Holdings sold $300,000 of 5 1/4%
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes (Convertible Notes) due June 1, 2009. The
net proceeds from this offering amounted to approximately $290,500 after
underwriting discounts and other offering expenses. Interest is payable
semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing June 1, 2001.
The Convertible Notes may be converted at any time into L-3 Holdings common
stock at a conversion price of $40.75 per share. If all the Convertible Notes
were converted, an additional 7,361,964 shares of L-3 Holdings common stock
would have been outstanding at December 31, 2002. The Convertible Notes are
general unsecured obligations of L-3 Holdings and are subordinated in right of
payment to all existing and future senior debt of L-3 Holdings and L-3
Communications. The Convertible Notes are subject to redemption at any time, at
the option of L-3 Holdings, in whole or in part, on or after December 1, 2003
at redemption prices (plus accrued and unpaid interest) starting at 102.625% of
principal (plus accrued and unpaid interest) during the 12-month period
beginning December 1, 2003 and declining annually to 100% of principal (plus
accrued and unpaid interest) on December 1, 2005 and thereafter.
In December 1998, L-3 Communications sold $200,000 of 8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2008 (December 1998 Notes) with interest
payable semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year commencing
February 1, 1999. The December 1998 Notes are general unsecured obligations of
L-3 Communications and are subordinated in right of payment to all existing and
future senior debt of L-3 Communications. The December 1998 Notes are subject
to redemption at any time, at the option of L-3 Communications, in whole or in
part, on or after August 1, 2003 at redemption prices (plus accrued and unpaid
interest) starting at 104% of principal (plus accrued and unpaid interest)
during the 12-month period beginning August 1, 2003 and declining annually to
100% of principal (plus accrued and unpaid interest) on August 1, 2006 and
thereafter.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
In May 1998, L-3 Communications sold $180,000 of 8 1/2% Senior Subordinated
Notes due May 15, 2008 (May 1998 Notes) with interest payable semi-annually on
May 15 and November 15 of each year commencing November 15, 1998. The May 1998
Notes are general unsecured obligations of L-3 Communications and are
subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future senior debt of L-3
Communications. The May 1998 Notes are subject to redemption at any time, at
the option of L-3 Communications, in whole or in part, on or after May 15, 2003
at redemption prices (plus accrued and unpaid interest) starting at 104.250% of
principal (plus accrued and unpaid interest) during the 12-month period
beginning May 15, 2003 and declining annually to 100% of principal (plus
accrued and unpaid interest) on May 15, 2006 and thereafter.
In April 1997, L-3 Communications sold $225,000 of 10 3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due May 1, 2007 (1997 Notes) with interest payable
semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year commencing November 1, 1997.
On June 6, 2002, L-3 Communications commenced a tender offer to purchase any
and all of the $225,000 aggregate principal amount of 10 3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2007. The tender offer expired on July 3, 2002. On June
25, 2002, L-3 Communications sent a notice of redemption for all of its
$225,000 aggregate principal amount of 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2007 that remained outstanding after the expiration of the tender offer. Upon
sending the notice, the remaining notes became due and payable at the
redemption price as of July 25, 2002. At December 31, 2002, L-3 Communications
had purchased and paid cash for all of these notes plus accrued interest, and
premiums, fees and other transaction costs of $12,469. For the year ended
December 31, 2002, L-3 Communications recorded a pre-tax extraordinary loss of
$16,187 ($9,858 after-tax), comprising premiums, fees and other transaction
costs of $12,469 and $3,718 to write-off the remaining balance of debt issue
costs relating to these notes.
Collectively the May 1998 Notes, December 1998 Notes and June 2002 Notes
comprise the "Senior Subordinated Notes". The maturities on the Senior
Subordinated Notes, Convertible Notes and CODES are $380,000 in 2008, $300,000
in 2009, $420,000 in 2011 and $750,000 in 2012.
In June and August of 2002, L-3 Communications terminated the interest
rate swap agreements entered into in 2001 on $380,000 of its Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2008 and received cash of $9,302. In connection with the
termination, L-3 Communications recorded a reduction in interest expense for
the year ended December 31, 2002 of $4,632, which represented interest
reductions related to the period prior to the termination of these swap
agreements. The remaining $4,670 was recorded as a deferred gain and will be
amortized as a reduction of interest expense over the remaining terms of the
$380,000 of Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 at an amount of $191 per
quarter, or $764 annually. L-3 Communications recorded an additional reduction
of interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2002 of $2,504 relating to
interest savings for interest periods which ended prior to the termination of
these interest rate swap agreements.
In June 2002, L-3 Communications entered into interest rate swap
agreements on $200,000 of its 7 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012. These
swap agreements exchanged the fixed interest rate for a variable interest rate
on $200,000 of the $750,000 principal amount outstanding. On September 30,
2002, L-3 Communications terminated these interest rate swap agreements and
received cash of $13,935 in October 2002. In connection with the termination,
L-3 Communications recorded a reduction of interest expense for the year ended
December 31, 2002 of $1,762, which represented interest reductions related to
the period prior to the termination of these swap agreements. The remaining
$12,173 was recorded as a deferred gain and will be amortized as a reduction of
interest expense over the remaining term of the 7 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2012 at an amount of $313 per quarter, or $1,254 annually.
The Senior Credit Facilities, Senior Subordinated Notes, Convertible Notes
and CODES agreements contain financial and other restrictive covenants that
limit, among other things, the ability of the Company to borrow additional
funds, dispose of assets, or pay cash dividends. The Company's most restrictive
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
covenants are contained in the Senior Credit Facilities, as amended. The
covenants require that (1) the Company's Debt Ratio be less than or equal to
4.25 for the quarters ended December 31, 2002 through September 30, 2003,
thereafter declining to less than or equal to 3.50 for the quarters ending
December 31, 2004 and thereafter, and (2) the Company's Interest Coverage Ratio
be greater than or equal to 2.75 for the quarter ended December 31, 2002, and
that the minimum allowable Interest Coverage Ratio thereafter increase to
greater than or equal to 3.00 for the quarters ending December 31, 2003 and
thereafter. The Interest Coverage Ratio is equal to the ratio of Consolidated
EBITDA to Consolidated Cash Interest Expense. Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense is equal to interest expense less the amortization of deferred debt
issue costs included in interest expense. For purposes of calculating the
financial covenants under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Convertible Notes
and CODES are considered debt of L-3 Communications. The Senior Credit
Facilities also limit the payment of dividends by L-3 Communications to L-3
Holdings except for payment of franchise taxes, fees to maintain L-3 Holdings'
legal existence, income taxes up to certain amounts, interest accrued on the
Convertible Notes and CODES or to provide for operating costs of up to $1,000
annually. Under the covenant, L-3 Communications may also pay permitted
dividends to L-3 Holdings from its excess cash flow, as defined, a cumulative
amount of $5,000, provided that the Debt Ratio is no greater than 3.5 to 1 as
of the most recent fiscal quarter. As a result, at December 31, 2002, $5,000 of
L-3 Communications net assets were available for payment of dividends to L-3
Holdings. Through December 31, 2002, the Company was in compliance with these
covenants at all times.
In connection with the Senior Credit Facilities, the Company has granted
the lenders a first priority lien on the stock of L-3 Communications and
substantially all of its material domestic subsidiaries. The borrowings under
the Senior Credit Facilities are guaranteed by L-3 Holdings and by
substantially all of the material domestic subsidiaries of L-3 Communications
on a senior basis. The payment of principal and premium, if any, and interest
on the Senior Subordinated Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, on an
unsecured senior subordinated basis, jointly and severally, by substantially
all of L-3 Communications' restricted subsidiaries other than its foreign
subsidiaries. The guarantees of the Senior Subordinated Notes are junior to the
guarantees of the Senior Credit Facilities and rank pari passu with each other
and the guarantees of the Convertible Notes and the CODES. Additionally, the
Convertible Notes and CODES are unconditionally guaranteed, on an unsecured
senior subordinated basis, jointly and severally, by L-3 Communications and
substantially all of its restricted subsidiaries other than its foreign
subsidiaries. These guarantees rank junior to the guarantees of the Senior
Credit Facilities and rank pari passu with each other and the guarantees of the
Senior Subordinated Notes.
9. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Fair Value of Financial Instruments. The Company's financial instruments
consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, billed receivables,
investments, trade accounts payable, customer advances, Senior Credit
Facilities, Senior Subordinated Notes, Convertible Notes, CODES, foreign
currency forward contracts, interest rate cap and floor contracts, interest
rate swap agreements and embedded derivatives related to the issuance of the
CODES. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, billed receivables,
trade accounts payable, Senior Credit Facilities, and customer advances are
representative of their respective fair values because of the short-term
maturities or expected settlement dates of these instruments. The Company's
investments are stated at fair value, which is based on quoted market prices,
as available, and on historical cost for investments for which it is not
practicable to estimate fair value. Adjustments to the fair value of
investments, which are classified as available-for-sale, are recorded, as an
increase or decrease in shareholders' equity and are included as a component of
accumulated other comprehensive income. The Senior Subordinated Notes are
registered, unlisted public debt which are traded in the over-the-counter
market and their fair values are based on quoted trading activity. The fair
values of the Convertible Notes and CODES are based on quoted prices for the
same or similar issues. The fair value of foreign currency forward contracts
were estimated based on exchange rates at December
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
31, 2002 and 2001. The fair values of the interest rate cap and floor
contracts, interest rate swap agreements and the embedded derivatives were
estimated by discounting expected cash flows using quoted market interest
rates. The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company's
financial instruments are presented in the table below.
DECEMBER 31,
--------------------------------------------------------
2002 2001
--------------------------- --------------------------
CARRYING ESTIMATED CARRYING ESTIMATED
AMOUNT FAIR VALUE AMOUNT FAIR VALUE
------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
Equity investments account for using the
cost-method ............................... $ 16,140 $ 16,140 $ 13,305 $ 13,305
Equity investments method accounted for
using the equity .......................... 8,481 8,481 3,027 3,027
Securities available-for-sale .............. 100 100 100 100
Senior Subordinated Notes .................. 1,130,000 1,170,500 597,754 630,925
Convertible Notes .......................... 300,000 385,500 300,000 387,000
CODES ...................................... 417,752 469,350 417,498 432,600
Interest rate caps ......................... -- -- -- --
Interest rate floor ........................ -- -- (432) (432)
Foreign currency forward contracts ......... (454) (454) 258 258
Interest rate swaps ........................ -- -- (7,246) (7,246)
Embedded derivatives ....................... (3,087) (3,087) (3,060) (3,060)
Interest Rate Risk Management. To mitigate risks associated with changing
interest rates on borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities, the Company
entered into interest rate cap and interest rate floor contracts. The interest
rate caps and floors were denominated in U.S. dollars and had designated
maturities which occurred every three months until the interest rate cap and
floor contracts expired in March 2002. In 2001 and 2002, the Company entered
into interest rate swap agreements on certain of its Senior Subordinated Notes
to take advantage of the current low interest rate environment. These swap
agreements exchanged the fixed interest rate for a variable interest rate on a
notional amount equal to either a portion or the entire principal amount of the
hedged notes, were denominated in U.S. dollars and had designated maturities
which occurred on the interest payment dates of the related Senior Subordinated
Notes. Collectively the interest rate cap and floor contracts and interest rate
swap agreements are herein referred to as the ("interest rate agreements").
Cash payments received from or paid to the counterparties on the interest rate
agreements are the difference between the amount that the reference interest
rates are greater than or less than the contract rates on the designated
maturity dates, multiplied by the notional amounts underlying the respective
interest rate agreements. Cash payments or receipts between the Company and
counterparties were recorded as a component of interest expense. The initial
cost or receipt of the interest rate cap and floor contracts were deferred and
amortized as a component of interest expense over the term of the interest rate
cap and floor contracts. The Company manages exposure to counterparty credit
risk by entering into the interest rate agreements only with major financial
institutions that are expected to fully perform under the terms of such
agreements. The notional amounts are used to measure the volume of these
agreements and do not represent exposure to credit loss. There were no
outstanding interest rate agreements at December 31, 2002.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk Management. Some of the Company's U.S.
operations have contracts with foreign customers which are denominated in
foreign currencies. To mitigate the risk associated with certain of these
contracts denominated in foreign currency, the Company has entered into foreign
currency forward contracts. The Company's activities involving foreign currency
forward contracts are designed to hedge the foreign denominated cash paid or
received, primarily Euro and British Pound.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The Company manages exposure to counterparty credit risk by entering into
foreign currency forward contracts only with major financial institutions that
are expected to fully perform under the terms of such contracts. The notional
amounts are used to measure the volume of these contracts and do not represent
exposure to foreign currency losses.
Information with respect to the interest rate agreements and foreign
currency forward contracts is presented in the table below.
DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------------------------------
2002 2001
------------------------- --------------------------
UNREALIZED
NOTIONAL UNREALIZED NOTIONAL GAINS
AMOUNT LOSSES AMOUNT (LOSSES)
---------- ------------ ------------ -----------
Interest rate swaps ........................ $ -- $ -- $ 380,000 $ --
Interest rate caps ......................... -- -- 100,000 (107)
Interest rate floor ........................ -- -- 50,000 (414)
Foreign currency forward contracts ......... 6,048 (454) 7,138 258
10. L-3 HOLDINGS COMMON STOCK
On April 23, 2002, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had
authorized a two-for-one stock split on all shares of L-3 Holdings common
stock. The stock split entitled all shareholders of record at the close of
business on May 6, 2002 to receive one additional share of L-3 Holdings common
stock for every share held on that date. The additional shares were distributed
to shareholders in the form of a stock dividend on May 20, 2002. Upon
completion of the stock split, L-3 Holdings had approximately 80 million shares
of common stock outstanding. All of L-3 Holdings' historical share and earnings
per share (EPS) data have been restated to give effect to the stock split.
On April 23, 2002, the Company's shareholders approved an increase in the
number of authorized shares of L-3 Holdings common stock from 100,000,000 to
300,000,000 and an increase in the number of authorized shares of L-3 Holdings
preferred stock from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000.
On June 28, 2002, L-3 Holdings sold 14,000,000 shares of its common stock
in a public offering for $56.60 per share. Upon closing, L-3 Holdings received
net proceeds after deducting discounts, commissions and estimated expenses of
$766,780. The net proceeds of this offering, which were contributed to L-3
Communications, and the concurrent sale of senior subordinated notes by L-3
Communications (see Note 8) were used to (1) repay $500,000 borrowed on March
8, 2002, under the Company's senior subordinated bridge loan facility, (2)
repay the indebtedness outstanding under the Company's Senior Credit
Facilities, (3) repurchase and redeem the 10 3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2007 and (4) increase cash and cash equivalents.
On June 29, 2001, the Company established the L-3 Communications
Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) and registered 3,000,000 shares
of L-3 Holdings common stock, which may be purchased by employees of L-3
Communications Corporation and its U.S. subsidiaries through payroll
deductions. In general, an eligible employee who participates in the ESPP may
purchase L-3 Holdings' common stock at a fifteen percent discount. The ESPP is
not subject to the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended. The Company received $17,478 and $4,861 of employee contributions for
the ESPP in 2002 and 2001, respectively. These contributions were recorded as a
component of shareholders' equity in the consolidated balance sheet. During
2002, L-3 Holdings issued 352,054 shares of its common stock to the trustee of
the ESPP relating to contributions received during the period July 1, 2001 to
June 30, 2002. In January 2003, the Company issued 260,027 shares of L-3
Holdings' common stock to the trustee of the ESPP relating to contributions
received during the period July 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
On May 2, 2001, L-3 Holdings sold 13,800,000 shares of common stock in a
public offering for $40.00 per share. L-3 Holdings sold 9,150,000 shares and
other selling stockholders, including affiliates of Lehman Brothers Inc., sold
4,650,000 secondary shares. Upon closing, L-3 Holdings received net proceeds
after underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses of
$353,622. The net proceeds were contributed to L-3 Communications and were used
to repay borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities, pay for the KDI and EER
acquisitions and to increase cash and cash equivalents.
As additional consideration for the ILEX acquisition, L-3 Holdings issued
588,248 shares of its common stock valued at $17,357 in April 2001 based on the
financial performance of ILEX in 1999 and 2000. There is no remaining
contingent consideration for the ILEX acquisition.
11. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
The changes in the Company's accumulated other comprehensive balances for
each of the three years ended December 31, 2002 are presented in the table
below.
FOREIGN UNREALIZED ACCUMULATED
CURRENCY UNREALIZED LOSSES ON MINIMUM OTHER
TRANSLATION GAINS (LOSSES) HEDGING PENSION LIABILITY COMPREHENSIVE
ADJUSTMENTS ON SECURITIES INSTRUMENTS ADJUSTMENTS LOSS
------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------------- --------------
Balance at January 1, 2000 ...... $ (1,362) $ (970) $ -- $ (71) $ (2,403)
Period change ................... (1,222) (2,728) -- (819) (4,769)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance at December 31, 2000..... (2,584) (3,698) -- (890) (7,172)
Period change ................... (268) 3,452 (163) (19,519) (16,498)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance at December 31, 2001..... (2,852) (246) (163) (20,409) (23,670)
Period change ................... 65 -- (114) (45,580) (45,629)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance at December 31, 2002..... $ (2,787) $ (246) $ (277) $(65,989) $(69,299)
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
12. L-3 HOLDINGS EARNINGS PER SHARE
A reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) is
presented in the table below.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
--------------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
--------- --------- ---------
BASIC:
Income before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ................................................ $ 212,325 $ 115,458 $ 82,727
Extraordinary loss, net of income taxes ................ (9,858) -- --
Accounting change, net of income taxes ................. (24,370) -- --
--------- --------- ---------
Net income ............................................. $ 178,097 $ 115,458 $ 82,727
========= ========= =========
Weighted average common shares outstanding ............. 86,943 74,880 66,710
========= ========= =========
Basic earnings per share before extraordinary loss
and accounting change ................................. $ 2.44 $ 1.54 $ 1.24
========= ========= =========
Basic earnings per share ............................... $ 2.05 $ 1.54 $ 1.24
========= ========= =========
DILUTED:
Income before extraordinary loss and accounting
change ................................................ $ 212,325 $ 115,458 $ 82,727
After-tax interest expense savings on the assumed
conversion of Convertible Notes ....................... 10,316 10,502 --
--------- --------- ---------
Income before extraordinary loss and accounting
change, including assumed conversion of
Convertible Notes ..................................... 222,641 125,960 82,727
Extraordinary loss, net of income taxes ................ (9,858) -- --
Accounting change, net of income taxes ................. (24,370) -- --
--------- --------- ---------
Net income, including assumed conversion of
Convertible Notes ..................................... $ 188,413 $ 125,960 $ 82,727
========= ========= =========
Common and potential common shares:
Weighted average common shares outstanding ............ 86,943 74,880 66,710
Assumed exercise of stock options ..................... 7,750 7,692 7,880
Assumed purchase of common shares for treasury ........ (4,642) (4,496) (4,684)
Assumed conversion of Convertible Notes ............... 7,362 7,362 --
--------- --------- ---------
Common and potential common shares .................... 97,413 85,438 69,906
========= ========= =========
Diluted earnings per share before extraordinary
item .................................................. $ 2.29 $ 1.47 $ 1.18
========= ========= =========
Diluted earnings per share ............................. $ 1.93 $ 1.47 $ 1.18
========= ========= =========
The 7,804,878 shares of L-3 Holdings' common stock that are issuable upon
conversion of the CODES were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for
the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 because the conditions required for
the CODES to become convertible have not been met.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
13. INCOME TAXES
Pre-tax income of the Company was $330,210 for 2002, $186,222 for 2001 and
$134,079 for 2000, substantially all of which was derived from domestic
operations. The components of the Company's provision for income taxes are
presented in the table below.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
------------ ----------- -----------
Current income tax provision, primarily federal ......... $ 38,793 $ 18,126 $ 26,249
Deferred income tax provision:
Federal ................................................ 67,524 43,965 23,130
State and local ........................................ 11,568 8,673 1,973
--------- -------- --------
Subtotal ............................................. 79,092 52,638 25,103
--------- -------- --------
Total provision for income taxes ........................ $ 117,885 $ 70,764 $ 51,352
========= ======== ========
A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective
income tax rate of the Company is presented in the table below.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
---------- ---------- ----------
Statutory federal income tax rate ...................... 35.0% 35.0% 35.0%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income
tax benefit ........................................... 3.9 5.3 4.4
Foreign sales corporation and extra territorial income
benefits .............................................. (1.8) (3.6) (2.6)
Nondeductible goodwill amortization and other
expenses .............................................. -- 4.8 6.8
Research and experimentation and other tax credits ..... (2.5) (5.0) (6.1)
Other, net ............................................. 1.1 1.5 0.8
---- ----- -----
Effective income tax rate .............................. 35.7% 38.0% 38.3%
==== ===== =====
The provision for income taxes excludes current tax benefits related to
compensation expense deductions for income tax purposes arising from the
exercise of stock options that were credited directly to shareholders' equity
of $13,303 for 2002, $11,939 for 2001, and $9,108 for 2000. These tax benefits
reduced current income taxes payable.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The significant components of the Company's net deferred tax assets and
liabilities are presented in the table below.
DECEMBER 31,
------------------------
2002 2001
--------- --------
Deferred tax assets:
Inventoried costs .................................. $ 43,678 $ 8,520
Compensation and benefits .......................... 15,796 11,460
Pension and postretirement benefits ................ 136,699 59,397
Property, plant and equipment ...................... 33,669 16,579
Income recognition on contracts in process ......... 59,663 16,670
Net operating loss carryforwards ................... 6,579 32,480
Tax credit carryforwards ........................... 38,385 31,943
Other, net ......................................... 24,533 21,555
--------- ---------
Total deferred tax assets ........................ 359,002 198,604
--------- ---------
Deferred tax liabilities:
Goodwill ........................................... (49,317) (26,493)
Other, net ......................................... (18,861) (11,263)
--------- ---------
Total deferred tax liabilities ................... (68,178) (37,756)
--------- ---------
Net deferred tax assets ......................... $ 290,824 $ 160,848
========= =========
The following table presents the classification of the Company's net
deferred tax assets.
Current deferred tax assets ......................... $ 143,634 $ 62,965
Long-term deferred tax assets ....................... 147,190 97,883
--------- ----------
Total net deferred tax assets .................... $ 290,824 $ 160,848
========= ==========
At December 31, 2002, the Company had $10,596 of federal net operating
losses, $46,474 of state net operating losses and $38,385 of tax credit
carryforwards primarily related to U.S. and state research and experimentation
credits and state investment tax credits. The net operating losses, some of
which are subject to limitation, expire if unused between 2011 and 2021. The
tax credit carryforwards expire, if unused, primarily beginning in 2012. The
Company believes that it will generate sufficient taxable income to utilize
these net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards before they expire.
14. STOCK OPTIONS
In April 1999, the Company adopted the 1999 Long Term Performance Plan
(1999 Plan). Awards under the 1999 Plan may be granted to any employee or to
any other individual who provides services to or on behalf of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, subject to the discretion of the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors. Awards under the 1999 Plan may be in the
form of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock
appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock and other incentive awards,
consistent with the 1999 Plan. In April 1997, the Company adopted the 1997
Stock Option Plan (1997 Plan). The 1997 Plan authorizes the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors to grant incentive stock options to key
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. Awards under both plans are in
the form of L-3 Holdings common stock. At December 31, 2002, the number of
shares of L-3 Holdings' common stock authorized for grant under the 1999 Plan
and 1997 Plan was 16,611,630, of which 2,937,099 shares were available for
awards under these plans. The price at which
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
incentive stock options may be granted shall not be less than 100% of the fair
market value of L-3 Holdings' common stock on the date of grant. In general,
options expire after 10 years and are exercisable ratably over a 3 year period.
At December 31, 2002, the Company has granted restricted stock awards of
282,358 shares, of which 31,838 shares have been forfeited. The Company awarded
54,960 shares on January 1, 2002, 60,928 shares on January 1, 2001 and 85,792
shares on January 1, 2000. The aggregate fair values of the restricted stock
awards on their grant dates were $2,473 in 2002, $2,346 in 2001 and $1,713 in
2000. The restricted stock awards granted on January 1, 2002 and January 1,
2001 vest over three years. The restricted stock award granted on January 1,
2000 vests over five years. Compensation expense charged against earnings for
these restricted stock awards was $2,134 in 2002, $1,370 in 2001 and $716 in
2000. Shareholders' Equity has been reduced by $3,302 at December 31, 2002 for
unearned compensation on these restricted stock awards.
The table below presents the Company's incentive stock option activity
over the past three years under the 1999 Plan and 1997 Plan.
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE
NUMBER EXERCISE
OF OPTIONS PRICE
--------------- -----------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Outstanding at January 1, 2000 ............................... 7,530 $ 8.51
Options granted .............................................. 1,322 23.87
Options exercised ............................................ (1,154) 7.76
Options cancelled ............................................ (442) 19.91
--------
Outstanding at January 1, 2001 (3,858 exercisable) ........... 7,256 10.71
Options granted .............................................. 2,214 35.81
Options exercised ............................................ (1,128) 14.57
Options cancelled ............................................ (362) 21.23
--------
Outstanding at January 1, 2002 (4,216 exercisable) ........... 7,980 16.68
Options granted .............................................. 2,169 52.02
Options exercised ............................................ (970) 17.99
Options cancelled ............................................ (155) 35.62
--------
Outstanding at December 31, 2002 (5,216 exercisable) ......... 9,024 $ 24.71
========
The table below summarizes information about the Company's incentive stock
options outstanding at December 31, 2002.
OUTSTANDING EXERCISABLE
--------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
WEIGHTED WEIGHTED
AVERAGE WEIGHTED AVERAGE WEIGHTED
RANGE OF NUMBER REMAINING AVERAGE NUMBER REMAINING AVERAGE
EXERCISE OF CONTRACTUAL EXERCISE OF CONTRACTUAL EXERCISE
PRICES OPTIONS LIFE (YEARS) PRICE OPTIONS LIFE (YEARS) PRICE
-------------------------- --------- -------------- ---------- --------- -------------- -----------
$3.24 .................... 3,487 4.5 $ 3.24 3,487 4.5 $ 3.24
$11.00 ................... 128 5.3 $ 11.00 128 5.3 $ 11.00
$16.38 -- $19.84 ......... 521 6.7 $ 18.80 518 6.7 $ 18.80
$20.25 -- $23.13 ......... 516 6.6 $ 20.85 362 6.4 $ 20.65
$29.00 ................... 283 7.6 $ 29.00 151 7.6 $ 29.00
$32.50 -- $35.00 ......... 1,121 8.3 $ 33.31 293 8.3 $ 33.42
$39.70 ................... 837 8.9 $ 39.70 277 8.9 $ 39.70
$49.00 -- $53.75 ......... 2,131 9.4 $ 52.05 -- -- $ --
----- -------- ----- --------
Total ................... 9,024 6.9 $ 24.71 5,216 5.4 $ 10.56
===== ======== ===== ========
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The weighted average fair values of incentive stock options at their grant
date during 2002, 2001 and 2000, where the exercise price equaled the market
price (estimated fair value) on the grant date were $18.75, $14.87 and $10.10,
respectively. In accordance with APB No. 25, no compensation expense was
recognized.
For purposes of determining the impact of adopting SFAS No. 123, the
estimated fair value of options granted was calculated using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing valuation model. The weighted average assumptions used in the
valuation models are presented in the table below.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
-------- -------- --------
Expected holding period (in years) ......... 4.0 5.0 5.0
Expected volatility ........................ 39.2% 39.5% 35.8%
Expected dividend yield .................... -- -- --
Risk-free interest rate .................... 4.0% 4.5% 6.4%
15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company leases certain facilities and equipment under agreements
expiring at various dates through 2028. The following table presents future
minimum payments under non-cancelable operating leases with initial or
remaining terms in excess of one year at December 31, 2002.
REAL ESTATE EQUIPMENT TOTAL
------------- ----------- -----------
2003 ................ $ 61,572 $ 9,752 $ 71,324
2004 ................ 56,871 7,759 64,630
2005 ................ 74,704 6,012 80,716
2006 ................ 41,667 5,490 47,157
2007 ................ 36,909 5,133 42,042
Thereafter .......... 197,217 62,050 259,267
--------- -------- --------
Total ............... $ 468,940 $ 96,196 $565,136
========= ======== ========
Real estate lease commitments have been reduced by minimum sublease rental
income of $1,622 due in the future under non-cancelable subleases. Leases
covering major items of real estate and equipment contain renewal and/or
purchase options. Rent expense, net of sublease income was $65,277 for 2002,
$41,370 for 2001 and $34,123 for 2000.
On December 31, 2002, the Company entered into two real estate lease
agreements, as lessee, with an unrelated lessor which expire on December 31,
2005, and which are accounted for as operating leases. On or before the lease
expiration date, the Company can exercise options under the lease agreements to
either renew the leases, purchase both properties for $28,000, or sell both
properties on behalf of the lessor (the "Sale Option"). If the Company elects
the Sale Option, the Company must pay the lessor a residual guarantee amount of
$22,673 for both properties, on or before the lease expiration date, and at the
time both properties are sold, the Company must pay the lessor a supplemental
rent equal to the gross sales proceeds in excess of the residual guarantee
amount not to exceed $5,327.
For the real estate lease agreements discussed above, if the gross sales
proceeds are less than the sum of the residual guarantee amount and the
supplemental rent, the Company is required to pay a supplemental rent to the
extent the reduction in the fair value of the properties are demonstrated by an
independent appraisal to have been caused by the Company's failure to properly
maintain the properties. Accordingly, the aggregate residual guarantee amounts
of $22,673 has been included in the non-cancelable real estate operating lease
payments relating to the expiration of such leases.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
On December 28, 2000, the Company entered into a sale-leaseback
transaction on its facility located in Hauppauge, NY. The facility was sold for
$13,650. The lease agreement which is accounted for as an operating lease, has
an initial term of 14 years with an annual rent that increases 2.5% annually.
The Company has the option to extend the lease term for an additional 3 terms
of 5 years each. The gain of $4,110 on the sale of the facility has been
deferred and will be recognized ratably over the term of the lease.
The Company has a contract to provide and operate for the U.S. Air Force
(USAF) a full-service training facility, including simulator systems near a
USAF base. The Company acted as the construction agent on behalf of the
owner-lessors for procurement and construction for the simulator systems which
were completed and delivered in August 2002. On December 31, 2002, the Company,
as lessee, entered into an operating lease agreement for a term of 15 years for
one of the simulator systems with the owner-lessor. At the end of the lease
term, the Company may elect to purchase the simulator system at fair market
value, which can be no less than $2,552 and no greater than $6,422. If the
Company does not elect to purchase the simulator system, then on the date of
expiration, the Company shall pay to the lessor, as additional rent $2,552 and
return the simulator system to the lessor. The aggregate non-cancelable rental
payments under this operating lease is $32,480, including the additional rent
of $2,552. On February 27, 2003, the Company, as lessee, entered into an
operating lease agreement for a term of 15 years for the remaining simulation
systems with the owner-lessor. At the end of the lease term, the Company may
elect to purchase the simulator systems at fair market value, which can be no
less than $4,146 and no greater than $14,544. If the Company does not elect to
purchase the simulator systems, then on the date of expiration, the Company
shall return the simulator systems to the lessor. The aggregate non-cancelable
rental payments under this operating lease is $53,254.
The Company is engaged in providing products and services under contracts
with the U.S. Government and to a lesser degree, under foreign government
contracts, some of which are funded by the U.S. Government. All such contracts
are subject to extensive legal and regulatory requirements, and, from time to
time, agencies of the U.S. Government investigate whether such contracts were
and are being conducted in accordance with these requirements. Under U.S.
Government procurement regulations, an indictment of the Company by a federal
grand jury could result in the Company being suspended for a period of time
from eligibility for awards of new government contracts. A conviction could
result in debarment from contracting with the federal government for a
specified term. Additionally, in the event that U.S. Government expenditures
for products and services of the type manufactured and provided by the Company
are reduced, and not offset by greater commercial sales or other new programs
or products, or acquisitions, there may be a reduction in the volume of
contracts or subcontracts awarded to the Company.
In connection with the acquisition on March 8, 2002 of the Aircraft
Integration Systems business from Raytheon, the Company assumed responsibility
for implementing certain corrective actions, required under federal law to
remediate the Greenville, Texas site location, and to pay a portion of those
remediation costs. The hazardous substances requiring remediation have been
substantially characterized, and the remediation system has been partially
implemented. The Company has estimated that its share of the remediation cost
will not exceed $2.5 million, and will be incurred over a period of 25 years.
The Company has established adequate reserves for these costs in the purchase
price allocation for this acquisition.
The Company has been periodically subject to litigation, claims or
assessments and various contingent liabilities incidental to its business.
Management continually assesses the Company's obligations with respect to
applicable environmental protection laws. While it is difficult to determine
the timing and ultimate cost to be incurred by the Company in order to comply
with these laws, based upon available internal and external assessments, with
respect to those environmental loss contingencies of which management is aware,
the Company believes that even without considering potential insurance
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AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
recoveries, if any, there are no environmental loss contingencies that,
individually or in the aggregate, would be material to the Company's
consolidated results of operations. The Company accrues for these contingencies
when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the
loss can be reasonably estimated.
On August 6, 2002, ACSS was sued by Honeywell International Inc. and
Honeywell Intellectual Properties, Inc. (collectively, "Honeywell") for alleged
infringement of patents that relate to terrain awareness avionics. The lawsuit
was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. In
December 2002, Honeywell withdrew without prejudice the lawsuit against ACSS
and agreed to proceed with non-binding arbitration. If the matter is not
resolved through arbitration, Honeywell may reinstitute the litigation after
August 14, 2003. The Company had previously investigated the Honeywell patents
and believes that ACSS has valid defenses against Honeywell's patent
infringement suit. In addition, ACSS has been indemnified to a certain extent
by Thales Avionics, which provided ACSS with the alleged infringing technology.
Thales Avionics is the Company's joint venture partner in ACSS. In the opinion
of management, the ultimate disposition of Honeywell's pending claim will not
result in a material liability to the Company.
On November 18, 2002, the Company initiated a proceeding against OSI
Systems, Inc. (OSI) in the United States District Court sitting in the Southern
District of New York (the "New York action") seeking, among other things, a
declaratory judgment that the Company had fulfilled all of its obligations
under a letter of intent with OSI (the "OSI Letter of Intent"). Under the OSI
Letter of Intent, the Company was to negotiate definitive agreements with OSI
for the sale of certain businesses the Company acquired from PerkinElmer, Inc.
on June 14, 2002. On December 23, 2002, OSI responded by filing suit against
the Company in the United States District Court sitting in the Central District
of California (the "California action") alleging, among other things, that the
Company breached its obligations under the OSI Letter of Intent and seeking
damages in excess of $100,000, not including punitive damages. On February 7,
2003, OSI filed an answer and counterclaims in the New York action that asserted
substantially the same claims OSI had raised in the California action. The
Company has filed a motion to have the California action dismissed in favor of
the New York action. Under the OSI Letter of Intent, the Company proposed
selling to OSI the conventional detection business and the ARGUS business that
the Company recently acquired from PerkinElmer, Inc. Negotiations with OSI
lasted for almost one year and ultimately broke down over issues regarding,
among other things, intellectual property, product-line definitions, allocation
of employees and due diligence. The Company believes that the claims asserted by
OSI in its suit are without merit and intends to defend against the OSI claims
vigorously.
With respect to those investigative actions, items of litigation, claims
or assessments of which it is aware, management of the Company is of the
opinion that the probability is remote that, after taking into account certain
provisions that have been made with respect to these matters, the ultimate
resolution of any such investigative actions, items of litigation, claims or
assessments will have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
16. PENSIONS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The Company maintains a number of pension plans, both contributory and
non-contributory, covering employees at certain locations. Eligibility for
participation in these plans varies and benefits are generally based on the
participant's compensation and/or years of service. The Company's funding
policy is generally to contribute in accordance with cost accounting standards
that affect government contractors, subject to the Internal Revenue Code and
regulations thereon. Plan assets are invested primarily in U.S. Government and
U.S. Government agency obligations and listed stocks and bonds.
The Company also provides postretirement medical and life insurance
benefits for retired employees and dependents at certain locations.
Participants are eligible for these benefits when they retire from
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
active service and meet the eligibility requirements for the Company's pension
plans. These benefits are funded primarily on a pay-as-you-go basis with the
retiree generally paying a portion of the cost through contributions,
deductibles and coinsurance provisions.
The following table summarizes the balance sheet impact, as well as the
benefit obligations, assets, funded status and rate assumptions associated with
the pension and postretirement benefit plans.
POSTRETIREMENT
PENSION PLANS BENEFIT PLANS
--------------------------------- --------------------------------
2002 2001 2002 2001
--------------- --------------- --------------- --------------
CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATION:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year ................ $ 533,451 $ 415,483 $ 87,143 $ 68,538
Service cost ........................................... 35,825 18,516 3,777 1,709
Interest cost .......................................... 43,108 31,428 7,779 4,746
Participants' contributions ............................ 260 62 720 607
Amendments ............................................. (2,554) -- (10,032) --
Actuarial loss ......................................... 49,990 22,277 4,411 4,043
Acquisitions ........................................... 77,066 63,793 41,639 12,369
Benefits paid .......................................... (23,221) (18,108) (6,031) (4,869)
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------
Benefit obligation at end of year ...................... $ 713,925 $ 533,451 $ 129,406 $ 87,143
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------
CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year ......... $ 430,915 $ 391,263 $ -- $ --
Actual return on plan assets ........................... (27,819) (13,754) -- --
Acquisitions ........................................... 4,250 63,344 -- --
Employer contributions ................................. 47,386 8,108 5,311 4,262
Participants' contributions ............................ 260 62 720 607
Benefits paid .......................................... (23,221) (18,108) (6,031) (4,869)
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------
Fair value of plan assets at end of year ............... $ 431,771 $ 430,915 $ -- $ --
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------
FUNDED STATUS OF THE PLANS ............................. $ (282,154) $ (102,536) $ (129,406) $ (87,143)
Unrecognized actuarial loss (gain) ..................... 184,894 69,697 (188) (5,032)
Unrecognized prior service cost ........................ 560 3,426 (8,877) (547)
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------
Net amount recognized .................................. $ (96,700) $ (29,413) $ (138,471) $ (92,722)
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------
AMOUNTS RECOGNIZED IN THE BALANCE SHEETS
CONSIST OF:
Accrued benefit liability .............................. $ (205,056) $ (62,330) $ (138,471) $ (92,722)
Accumulated other comprehensive income ................. 108,356 32,917 -- --
------------ ----------- ----------- ----------
Net amount recognized .................................. $ (96,700) $ (29,413) $ (138,471) $ (92,722)
============ =========== =========== ==========
RATE ASSUMPTIONS:
Discount rate .......................................... 6.75% 7.25% 6.75% 7.25%
Rate of return on plan assets .......................... 9.00% 9.50% n.a. n.a.
Salary increases ....................................... 4.50% 4.50% 4.50% 4.50%
The annual increase in cost of benefits ("health care cost trend rate") is
assumed to be an average of 10.00% in 2002 and is assumed to gradually decrease
to a rate of 4.5% thereafter. Assumed health care cost trend rates have a
significant effect on amounts reported for postretirement medical benefit
plans. A one percentage point decrease in the assumed health care cost trend
rates would have the effect of decreasing the aggregate service and interest
cost by $711 and the postretirement medical obligations by
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
$6,406. A one percentage point increase in the assumed health care cost trend
rate would have the effect of increasing the aggregate service and interest
cost by $940 and the postretirement medical obligations by $7,980.
The following table summarizes the components of net periodic pension and
postretirement medical costs.
PENSION PLANS POSTRETIREMENT PENSION PLANS
--------------------------------------- ------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000 2002 2001 2000
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------
COMPONENTS OF NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST:
Service cost ............................... $ 35,825 $ 18,516 $ 16,343 $ 3,777 $ 1,709 $ 1,670
Interest cost .............................. 43,108 31,428 28,029 7,779 4,746 4,754
Amortization of prior service cost ......... 312 351 351 (1,701) (99) (99)
Expected return on plan assets ............. (40,663) (37,716) (39,109) -- -- --
Recognized actuarial (gain) loss ........... 3,246 (424) (3,981) (530) (887) (865)
Recognition due to settlement .............. 62 -- 307 -- -- --
--------- --------- --------- -------- ------- -------
Net periodic benefit cost .................. $ 41,890 $ 12,155 $ 1,940 $ 9,325 $ 5,469 $ 5,460
========= ========= ========= ======== ======= =======
The accumulated benefit obligation, projected benefit obligation, and fair
value of plan assets for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in
excess of plan assets were $565,904, $696,968 and $406,809, respectively, as of
December 31, 2002 and $300,072, $324,840 and $247,383, respectively, as of
December 31, 2001.
In connection with the Company's acquisition in 1997 of the ten business
units from Lockheed Martin and the formation of the Company, the Company
assumed certain defined benefit plan liabilities for present and former
employees and retirees of certain businesses which we acquired from Lockheed.
Lockheed Martin also has provided the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
("PBGC") with commitments to assume sponsorship or other forms of financial
support under certain circumstances with respect to the Company's pension plans
for Communication Systems -- West and Aviation Recorders (the "Subject Plans").
Upon the occurrence of certain events, Lockheed Martin, at its option, has the
right to decide whether to cause the Company to transfer sponsorship of any or
all of the Subject Plans to Lockheed Martin, even if the PBGC has not sought to
terminate the Subject Plans. Such a triggering event occurred in 1998, but
reversed in 1999, relating to a decrease in the PBGC-mandated discount rate in
1998 that had resulted in an increase in the underlying liability. The Company
notified Lockheed Martin of the 1998 triggering event, and in February 1999,
Lockheed Martin informed the Company that it had no present intention to
exercise its right to cause the Company to transfer sponsorship of the Subject
Plans. If Lockheed Martin did assume sponsorship of these plans, it would be
primarily liable for the costs associated with funding the Subject Plans or any
costs associated with the termination of the Subject Plans but L-3
Communications would be required to reimburse Lockheed Martin for these costs.
To date, the impact on pension expense and funding requirements resulting from
this arrangement has not been significant. However, should Lockheed Martin
assume sponsorship of the Subject Plans or if these plans were terminated, the
impact of any increased pension expenses or funding requirements could be
material to the Company. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company
contributed $18,753 to the Subject Plans. The Company has performed its
obligations under the letter agreement with Lockheed Martin and the Lockheed
Martin Commitment and has not received any communications from the PBGC
concerning actions which the PBGC contemplates taking in respect of the Subject
Plans.
Employee Savings Plans. Under its various employee savings plans, the
Company matches the contributions of participating employees up to a designated
level. The extent of the match, vesting terms
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
and the form of the matching contributions vary among the plans. Under these
plans, the Company's matching contributions in L-3 Holdings common stock and
cash were $36,120 for 2002, $21,462 for 2001 and $15,201 for 2000.
17. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
------------ ----------- -----------
Interest paid .......................................... $ 109,301 $ 81,552 $ 81,390
Income tax payments, net of refunds .................... 2,127 4,904 10,052
Noncash transactions:
Common stock issued related to acquisition ............ 10,607 17,357 --
Contribution in common stock to savings plans ......... 28,138 16,868 12,642
18. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company has four reportable segments: (1) Secure Communications & ISR,
(2) Training, Simulation & Support Services, (3) Aviation Products & Aircraft
Modernization and (4) Specialized Products, which are described in Note 1. The
Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments and reportable
segments based on their sales and operating income. All corporate expenses are
allocated to the Company's divisions using an allocation methodology prescribed
by U.S. Government regulations for government contractors. Accordingly, all
costs and expenses are included in the Company's measure of segment
profitability.
TRAINING AVIATION ELIMINATION
SECURE SIMULATION & PRODUCTS & OF
COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT AIRCRAFT SPECIALIZED INTERSEGMENT CONSOLIDATED
& ISR SERVICES MODERNIZATION PRODUCTS CORPORATE SALES TOTAL
---------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- ----------- -------------- -------------
2002
Sales .................... $ 998,843 $ 826,286 $ 733,300 $ 1,479,996 $ -- $ (27,196) $ 4,011,229
Operating income ......... 104,054 96,513 105,075 148,337 453,979
Total assets ............. 1,149,016 648,554 965,038 1,940,982 538,718 5,242,308
Capital expenditures ..... 19,350 4,957 14,035 23,542 174 62,058
Depreciation and
amortization ............ 23,692 6,857 15,513 29,798 75,860
2001
Sales .................... $ 452,152 $ 597,029 $ 263,450 $ 1,040,753 $ -- $ (5,962) $ 2,347,422
Operating income ......... 31,975 65,715 85,602 92,038 275,330
Total assets ............. 366,482 497,368 545,517 1,382,010 547,872 3,339,249
Capital expenditures ..... 11,561 2,999 9,625 23,657 279 48,121
Depreciation and
amortization ............ 13,839 13,207 12,064 47,841 86,951
2000
Sales .................... $ 405,379 $ 283,407 $ 209,207 $ 1,028,802 $ -- $ (16,734) $ 1,910,061
Operating income ......... 54,174 23,491 66,854 78,199 222,718
Total assets ............. 293,023 295,139 360,469 1,325,108 189,805 2,463,544
Capital expenditures ..... 6,405 2,762 2,145 21,667 601 33,580
Depreciation and
amortization ............ 13,093 6,401 10,085 44,675 74,254
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
Corporate assets not allocated to the reportable segments primarily
include cash and cash equivalents, corporate office fixed assets, deferred
income tax assets and deferred debt issuance costs.
Substantially all of the Company's operations are domestic. The Company's
foreign operations are not material to the Company's results of operations,
cash flows or financial position. Sales to principal customers are summarized
in the table below.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
-------------- -------------- --------------
U.S. Government agencies .................... $ 3,107,271 $ 1,614,858 $ 1,284,379
Foreign governments ......................... 395,062 200,913 144,274
Commercial export ........................... 179,948 218,971 172,101
Other (principally U.S. commercial) ......... 328,948 312,680 309,307
----------- ----------- -----------
Consolidated sales ......................... $ 4,011,229 $ 2,347,422 $ 1,910,061
=========== =========== ===========
The Company's sales by product and services are summarized in the table
below.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
---------------------------------------------------
2002 2001 2000
--------------- --------------- ---------------
Aircraft modification and maintenance .......................... $ 517,309 $ 15,067 $ --
Security and detection systems ................................. 431,325 18,058 13,624
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance products ......... 410,412 -- --
Telemetry and instrumentation .................................. 243,420 254,664 295,266
Military and high data rate communications ..................... 306,650 231,895 230,478
Ocean products ................................................. 280,564 299,684 342,861
Avionics products .............................................. 229,734 254,983 219,307
Information security systems ................................... 201,934 140,153 95,342
Training devices and motion simulators ......................... 144,310 160,549 148,394
Fuzing products ................................................ 142,135 62,973 --
Navigation products ............................................ 141,778 128,690 133,821
Space and commercial communications, satellite control
and tactical sensor systems ................................... 106,084 88,225 85,247
Microwave components ........................................... 93,365 112,896 92,767
----------- ----------- -----------
Sub total products ............................................ 3,249,020 1,767,837 1,657,107
----------- ----------- -----------
Simulation and support services ................................ 569,351 378,186 123,742
Training services .............................................. 256,935 218,843 159,665
----------- ----------- -----------
Subtotal services ............................................. 826,286 597,029 283,407
----------- ----------- -----------
Intercompany eliminations ...................................... (64,077) (17,444) (30,453)
----------- ----------- -----------
Total ......................................................... $ 4,011,229 $ 2,347,422 $ 1,910,061
=========== =========== ===========
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
19. UNAUDITED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited summarized financial data by quarter for the years ended
December 31, 2002 and 2001 is presented in the table below.
MARCH 31 JUNE 30 SEPTEMBER 30 DECEMBER 31
------------ ------------ ---------------- ----------------
2002
Sales ....................................... $ 696,840 $ 955,189 $ 1,053,613 $ 1,305,587
========= ========= ============ ============
Operating income ............................ $ 71,307 $ 97,688 $ 127,387 $ 157,597
========= ========= ============ ============
Income before extraordinary loss and
cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle .................................. $ 29,279 $ 41,498 $ 61,760 $ 79,788
Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of
debt, net of income taxes .................. -- (9,858) -- --
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle, net of income taxes ............. (24,370) -- -- --
--------- --------- ------------ ------------
Net income .................................. $ 4,909 $ 31,640 $ 61,760 $ 79,788
========= ========= ============ ============
Basic EPS:
Income before extraordinary loss and
accounting change .......................... $ 0.37 $ 0.52 $ 0.66 $ 0.84
Extraordinary loss .......................... -- ( 0.12) -- --
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle .................................. ( 0.31) -- -- --
--------- --------- ------------ ------------
Net income .................................. $ 0.06 $ 0.40 $ 0.66 $ 0.84
========= ========= ============ ============
Diluted EPS:
Income before extraordinary loss and
accounting change .......................... $ 0.36 $ 0.49 $ 0.62 $ 0.79
Extraordinary loss .......................... -- ( 0.11) -- --
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principle .................................. ( 0.30) -- -- --
--------- --------- ------------ ------------
Net income .................................. $ 0.06 $ 0.38 $ 0.62 $ 0.79
========= ========= ============ ============
2001
Sales ....................................... $ 461,901 $ 561,560 $ 618,164 $ 705,797
Operating income ............................ 46,869 60,467 75,208 92,786
Net income .................................. 14,158 23,336 33,435 44,529
Basic EPS ................................... $ 0.21 $ 0.31 $ 0.43 $ 0.57
Diluted EPS ................................. $ 0.20 $ 0.30 $ 0.41 $ 0.53
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
20. FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF L-3 COMMUNICATIONS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
The shareholders' equity of L-3 Communications equals that of L-3 Holdings
but its components of the common stock and additional paid-in capital accounts
are different. The table below presents information regarding the balances and
changes in common stock and additional paid-in capital of L-3 Communications
for each of the three years ended December 31, 2002.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS
COMMON STOCK
--------------------
ADDITIONAL
SHARES PAR PAID-IN
ISSUED VALUE CAPITAL TOTAL
-------- --------- --------------- ---------------
Balance at December 31, 1999 ............. 100 $ -- $ 483,694 $ 483,694
Contributions from L-3 Holdings ......... 322,732 322,732
Push down of Convertible Notes .......... (290,500) (290,500)
--- ------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 31, 2000 ............. 100 -- 515,926 515,926
Contributions from L-3 Holdings ......... 830,561 830,561
Push down of CODES ...................... (407,450) (407,450)
--- ------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 31, 2001 ............. 100 -- 939,037 939,037
Contributions from L-3 Holdings ......... 855,939 855,939
--- ------- ----------- -----------
Balance at December 31, 2002 ............. 100 $ -- $ 1,794,976 $ 1,794,976
=== ====== =========== ===========
The net proceeds received by L-3 Holdings from the sale of its common
stock, exercise of L-3 Holdings employee stock options and L-3 Holdings common
stock contributed to the Company's savings plans are contributed to L-3
Communications. The net proceeds from the sale of the Convertible Notes and
CODES by L-3 Holdings were also contributed to L-3 Communications and are
reflected as indebtedness of L-3 Communications. See Notes 2 and 8.
The debt of L-3 Communications, including the Senior Subordinated Notes
and borrowings under amounts drawn against the Senior Credit Facilities are
guaranteed, on a joint and several, full and unconditional basis, by certain of
its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries (the "Guarantor Subsidiaries"). See Note
8. The foreign subsidiaries and certain domestic subsidiaries of L-3
Communications (the "Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries") do not guarantee the debt of
L-3 Communications. None of the debt of L-3 Communications has been issued by
its subsidiaries. There are no restrictions on the payment of dividends from
the Guarantor Subsidiaries to L-3 Communications.
In lieu of providing separate audited financial statements for the
Guarantor Subsidiaries, the Company has included the accompanying condensed
combining financial statements based on Rule 3-10 of SEC Regulation S-X. The
Company does not believe that separate financial statements of the Guarantor
Subsidiaries are material to users of the financial statements.
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
The following condensed combining financial information present the
results of operations, financial position and cash flows of (i) L-3 Holdings
excluding L-3 Communications, (ii) L-3 Communications excluding its
consolidated subsidiaries (the "Parent") (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries, (iv)
the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries and (v) the eliminations to arrive at the
information for L-3 Communications on a consolidated basis.
L-3 NON- CONSOLIDATED
COMMUNICATIONS GUARANTOR GUARANTOR L-3
L-3 HOLDINGS (PARENT) SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS COMMUNICATIONS
------------- ---------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------
CONDENSED COMBINING
BALANCE SHEETS:
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2002:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents .... $ -- $ 126,421 $ (7,248) $ 15,683 $ -- $ 134,856
Contracts in process ......... -- 524,500 630,351 163,142 -- 1,317,993
Other current assets ......... 155,387 28,319 2,819 -- 186,525
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Total current assets ....... -- 806,308 651,422 181,644 -- 1,639,374
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Goodwill ...................... -- 753,672 1,702,384 338,492 -- 2,794,548
Other assets .................. -- 372,207 355,866 80,313 -- 808,386
Investment in and amounts
due from consolidated
subsidiaries ................. 2,919,954 2,688,750 398,282 53,779 (6,060,765) --
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Total assets ............... $2,919,954 $4,620,937 $3,107,954 $654,228 $ (6,060,765) 5,242,308
========== ========== ========== ======== ============ ==========
Current liabilities ........... -- 322,747 298,646 75,246 -- 696,639
Long-term debt ................ 717,752 1,847,752 -- -- (717,752) 1,847,752
Other long-term liabilities ... -- 248,236 166,188 8,050 -- 422,474
Minority interest ............. -- -- -- 73,241 -- 73,241
Shareholders' equity .......... 2,202,202 2,202,202 2,643,120 497,691 (5,343,013) 2,202,202
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity ...... $2,919,954 $4,620,937 $3,107,954 $654,228 $ (6,060,765) $5,242,308
========== ========== ========== ======== ============ ==========
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2001:
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents .... $ -- $ 320,210 $ (4,412) $ 45,224 $ -- $ 361,022
Contracts in process ......... -- 390,040 300,996 110,788 -- 801,824
Other current assets ......... 76,248 4,001 (694) -- 79,555
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Total current assets ....... -- 786,498 300,585 155,318 -- 1,242,401
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Goodwill ...................... -- 694,221 631,648 381,849 -- 1,707,718
Other assets .................. -- 271,345 70,239 47,546 -- 389,130
Investment in and amounts
due from consolidated
subsidiaries ................. 1,931,390 1,229,572 150,580 43,236 (3,354,778) --
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Total assets ............... $1,931,390 $2,981,636 $1,153,052 $627,949 $ (3,354,778) $3,339,249
========== ========== ========== ======== ============ ==========
Current liabilities ........... -- 278,598 136,579 109,394 -- 524,571
Long-term debt ................ 717,498 1,315,252 -- -- (717,498) 1,315,252
Other long-term liabilities ... -- 173,894 31,080 10,663 -- 215,637
Minority interest ............. -- -- -- 69,897 -- 69,897
Shareholders' equity .......... 1,213,892 1,213,892 985,393 437,995 (2,637,280) 1,213,892
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ------------ ----------
Total liabilities and
shareholders' equity ...... $1,931,390 $2,981,636 $1,153,052 $627,949 $ (3,354,778) $3,339,249
========== ========== ========== ======== ============ ==========
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
L-3
COMMUNICATIONS
L-3 HOLDINGS (PARENT)
-------------- ----------------
CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2002:
Sales .................................... $ -- $ 1,875,389
Costs and expenses ....................... -- 1,622,200
--------- -----------
Operating income ......................... -- 253,189
Interest and other income (expense) ...... 11,202
Interest expense ......................... 35,499 120,774
Minority interest ........................ -- --
Provision (benefit) for income taxes ..... (13,880) 51,271
Extraordinary loss on early
extinguishment of debt .................. -- (9,858)
Cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principal .................... -- (14,749)
Equity in net income of consolidated
subsidiaries ............................ 199,716 110,358
--------- -----------
Net income ............................... $ 178,097 $ 178,097
========= ===========
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2001:
Sales .................................... $ -- $ 1,328,702
Costs and expenses ....................... -- 1,109,329
--------- -----------
Operating income ......................... -- 219,373
Interest and other income (expense) ...... 8,335
Interest expense ......................... 20,400 86,024
Minority interest ........................ -- --
Provision (benefit) for income taxes ..... (7,976) 53,840
Equity in net income of consolidated
subsidiaries ............................ 127,882 27,614
--------- -----------
Net income ............................... $ 115,458 $ 115,458
========= ===========
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2000:
Sales .................................... -- $ 1,313,998
Costs and expenses ....................... -- 1,107,318
--------- -----------
Operating income ......................... -- 206,680
Interest and other income ................ 3,061
Interest expense ......................... 1,638 92,633
Provision (benefit) for income taxes ..... (640) 44,852
Equity in net income of consolidated
subsidiaries ............................ 83,725 10,471
--------- -----------
Net income ............................... $ 82,727 $ 82,727
========= ===========
NON- CONSOLIDATED
GUARANTOR GUARANTOR L-3
SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS COMMUNICATIONS
-------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2002:
Sales .................................... $1,895,410 $ 260,799 $ (20,369) $ 4,011,229
Costs and expenses ....................... 1,736,233 219,186 (20,369) 3,557,250
---------- --------- ----------- -----------
Operating income ......................... 159,177 41,613 -- 453,979
Interest and other income (expense) ...... (286) 262 (6,257) 4,921
Interest expense ......................... 1,622 6,353 (41,756) 122,492
Minority interest ........................ -- 6,198 -- 6,198
Provision (benefit) for income taxes ..... 56,145 10,469 13,880 117,885
Extraordinary loss on early
extinguishment of debt .................. -- -- -- (9,858)
Cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principal .................... -- (9,621) -- (24,370)
Equity in net income of consolidated
subsidiaries ............................ -- -- (310,074) --
---------- --------- ----------- -----------
Net income ............................... $ 101,124 $ 9,234 $ (288,455) $ 178,097
========== ========= =========== ===========
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2001:
Sales .................................... $ 854,094 $ 168,558 $ (3,932) $ 2,347,422
Costs and expenses ....................... 823,857 142,838 (3,932) 2,072,092
---------- --------- ----------- -----------
Operating income ......................... 30,237 25,720 -- 275,330
Interest and other income (expense) ...... (515) (6,081) 1,739
Interest expense ......................... 51 315 (20,400) 86,390
Minority interest ........................ -- 4,457 -- 4,457
Provision (benefit) for income taxes ..... 11,275 5,649 7,976 70,764
Equity in net income of consolidated
subsidiaries ............................ -- -- (155,496) --
---------- --------- ----------- -----------
Net income ............................... $ 18,396 $ 9,218 $ (143,072) $ 115,458
========== ========= =========== ===========
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2000:
Sales .................................... $ 441,677 $ 159,735 $ (5,349) $ 1,910,061
Costs and expenses ....................... 435,922 149,452 (5,349) 1,687,343
---------- --------- ----------- -----------
Operating income ......................... 5,755 10,283 -- 222,718
Interest and other income ................ 264 1,068 4,393
Interest expense ......................... 149 250 (1,638) 93,032
Provision (benefit) for income taxes ..... 2,248 4,252 640 51,352
Equity in net income of consolidated
subsidiaries ............................ -- -- (94,196) --
---------- --------- ----------- -----------
Net income ............................... $ 3,622 $ 6,849 $ (93,198) $ 82,727
========== ========= =========== ===========
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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
L-3
COMMUNICATIONS
L-3 HOLDINGS (PARENT)
------------- ----------------
CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOWS:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2002:
Net cash from operating activities ........ $ -- $ 137,837
----------- ----------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of businesses, net of
cash acquired .......................... -- (146,913)
Other investing activities ............... (855,939) (1,627,853)
----------- -----------
Net cash used in investing activities ..... (855,939) (1,774,766)
----------- -----------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of senior
subordinated notes ..................... -- 750,000
Redemption of senior
subordinated notes ..................... -- (237,468)
Proceeds from sale of L-3
Holdings' common stock, net ............ 766,780 --
Other financing activities ............... 89,159 930,608
----------- -----------
Net cash from financing activities ........ 855,939 1,443,140
----------- -----------
Net decrease in cash ...................... -- (193,789 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period ................................ -- 320,210
----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period ................................... -- $ 126,421
=========== ===========
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2001:
Net cash from operating activities ........ -- $ 104,169
----------- -----------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of businesses, net of
cash acquired .......................... -- (112,691)
Other investing activities ............... (830,561) (357,400)
----------- -----------
Net cash used in investing activities ..... (830,561) (470,091)
----------- -----------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of borrowings under
senior credit facilities ............... -- (190,000)
Proceeds from sale of senior
subordinated notes ..................... 420,000 --
Proceeds from sale of L-3
Holdings' common stock, net ............ 353,622 --
Other financing activities ............... 56,939 857,424
----------- -----------
Net cash from financing activities ........ 830,561 667,424
----------- -----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash ........... -- 301,502
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period ................................ -- 18,708
----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period ................................... $ -- $ 320,210
=========== ===========
NON- CONSOLIDATED
GUARANTOR GUARANTOR L-3
SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS COMMUNICATIONS
--------------- -------------- --------------- ---------------
CONDENSED COMBINING STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOWS:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2002:
Net cash from operating activities ........ $ 169,221 $ 11,402 $ -- $ 318,460
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of businesses, net of
cash acquired .......................... (1,499,891) (95,329) -- (1,742,133)
Other investing activities ............... (27,130) (8,632) 2,451,159 (68,395)
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Net cash used in investing activities ..... (1,527,021) (103,961) 2,451,159 (1,810,528)
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of senior
subordinated notes ..................... -- -- -- 750,000
Redemption of senior
subordinated notes ..................... -- -- -- (237,468)
Proceeds from sale of L-3
Holdings' common stock, net ............ -- -- -- 766,780
Other financing activities ............... 1,354,964 63,018 (2,451,159) (13,410)
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Net cash from financing activities ........ 1,354,964 63,018 (2,451,159) 1,265,902
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Net decrease in cash ...................... (2,836) (29,541) -- (226,166)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period ................................ (4,412) 45,224 -- 361,022
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period ................................... $ (7,248) $ 15,683 $ -- $ 134,856
============= =========== ============= =============
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2001:
Net cash from operating activities ........ $ 30,014 $ 38,785 $ -- $ 172,968
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of businesses, net of
cash acquired .......................... (212,556) (121,664) -- (446,911)
Other investing activities ............... (14,643) 59,844 1,164,781 22,021
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Net cash used in investing activities ..... (227,199) (61,820) 1,164,781 (424,890)
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of borrowings under
senior credit facilities ............... -- -- -- (190,000)
Proceeds from sale of senior
subordinated notes ..................... -- -- -- 420,000
Proceeds from sale of L-3
Holdings' common stock, net ............ -- -- -- 353,622
Other financing activities ............... 187,862 59,198 (1,164,781) (3,358)
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Net cash from financing activities ........ 187,862 59,198 (1,164,781) 580,264
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Net increase (decrease) in cash ........... (9,323) 36,163 -- 328,342
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period ................................ 4,911 9,061 -- 32,680
------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period ................................... $ (4,412) $ 45,224 $ -- $ 361,022
============= =========== ============= =============
F-48
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
AND L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
L-3
COMMUNICATIONS
L-3 HOLDINGS (PARENT)
------------- ----------------
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2000:
Net cash from (used in) operating
activities ............................... -- $ 108,726
-- ----------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of businesses, net of
cash acquired .......................... -- (570,270)
Other investing activities ............... (322,732) (37,309)
-------- ----------
Net cash used in investing activities ..... (322,732) (607,579)
-------- ----------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of senior
subordinated notes ..................... -- 300,000
Borrowings under senior credit
facilities ............................. -- 190,000
Other financing activities ............... 322,732 (6,476)
-------- ----------
Net cash from (used in) financing
activities ............................... 322,732 483,524
-------- ----------
Net (decrease) increase in cash ........... -- (15,329)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period ................................ -- 34,037
-------- ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period ................................... -- $ 18,708
======== ==========
NON- CONSOLIDATED
GUARANTOR GUARANTOR L-3
SUBSIDIARIES SUBSIDIARIES ELIMINATIONS COMMUNICATIONS
-------------- -------------- -------------- ---------------
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2000:
Net cash from (used in) operating
activities ............................... $ (10,504) $ 15,583 $ -- $ 113,805
---------- --------- ----------- ----------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Acquisition of businesses, net of
cash acquired .......................... (15,624) (13,714) -- (599,608)
Other investing activities ............... (6,195) 5,551 352,070 (8,615)
---------- --------- ----------- ----------
Net cash used in investing activities ..... (21,819) (8,163) 352,070 (608,223)
---------- --------- ----------- ----------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of senior
subordinated notes ..................... -- -- -- 300,000
Borrowings under senior credit
facilities ............................. -- -- -- 190,000
Other financing activities ............... 32,070 (1,946) (352,070) (5,690)
---------- --------- ----------- ----------
Net cash from (used in) financing
activities ............................... 32,070 (1,946) (352,070)) 484,310
---------- --------- ----------- ----------
Net (decrease) increase in cash ........... (253) 5,474 -- (10,108)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning
of period ................................ 5,164 3,587 -- 42,788
---------- --------- ----------- ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of
period ................................... $ 4,911 $ 9,061 $ -- $ 32,680
========== ========= =========== ==========
F-49