SRX Sra International

SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX), a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients, today announced operating results for the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2011, which ended September 30, 2010.

Revenue for the quarter was $423.9 million, up 1.7% from $416.7 million in the September 2009 quarter, driven by the recent acquisitions of PQA and Sentech. Operating income for the quarter was $30.0 million, for an operating margin of 7.1%. Income from continuing operations was $18.5 million, for a net margin of 4.4%. Diluted earnings per share (DEPS) from continuing operations for the quarter were $0.32. Operating cash flow was $34.8 million and free cash flow was $31.2 million.

During the quarter the company entered into an agreement to sell the Airport Operations Solutions (AOS) business. The transaction is expected to close in the quarter ending December 31, 2010. The results of the AOS business have been included in discontinued operations in the financial statements.

SRA President and CEO Stan Sloane said, “We are pleased to have achieved quarterly contract awards of over $1 billion for the first time in company history. Our book-to-bill ratio over the past twelve months is now 1.5, and our pipeline of opportunities remains strong, with $2.0 billion pending adjudication.”

Executive Vice President and CFO Rick Nadeau added, “We had strong cash flows from operations in the quarter, driven by further improvement in days sales outstanding to 71 days.”

Contract Awards

SRA won new business in the first quarter with potential value of $1.1 billion, if all option years are exercised, for a book-to-bill ratio of 2.6. As of September 30, 2010, the company’s backlog of signed business orders was $5.0 billion, up 10% year-over-year, and the funded portion of backlog was $1.1 billion, up 29% year-over-year.

Major highlights of competitive contract awards in the quarter include:

• Department of Defense. SRA was awarded a re-compete contract to support the receipt and scientific review of research grant applications for DoD's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. The contract has a potential total value of $100 million over five years, if all options are exercised.
• Classified Contracts. SRA was awarded over $400 million in contract awards in support of classified customers.

SRA was also awarded several multiple-award, IDIQ contracts in the first quarter, which are not included in the company’s quarterly bookings figure, but are expected to drive growth over time. The largest was a prime position on the Management Consulting and Information Management Services domains for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Information Management Services, or CIMS, contract. This multiple-award IDIQ contract has a total value to all awardees of these two domains of $4 billion over 10 years, if all options are exercised.

Forward Guidance

The company is updating revenue and earnings guidance for Fiscal Year 2011 originally provided on August 11, 2010 to reflect the plan to divest the AOS business. The table below represents management’s current expectations about the company’s future financial performance, based on information available at this time. SRA entered an agreement to acquire Platinum Solutions, Inc. in October. The forward guidance does not include any effect for the Platinum acquisition, or any additional acquisitions or divestitures that SRA might make in the future. The guidance assumes that the FY 2011 diluted weighted-average shares outstanding are 58.0 million, excluding unvested restricted stock awards, and that the allocation of earnings to unvested restricted shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share is approximately 1.3% of net income.

      Measure   Fiscal Year Ending

June 30, 2011

Revenue   $1.77 billion to $1.82 billion Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations   $1.37 to $1.45  

Conference Call

SRA senior management will hold a conference call to discuss these operating results and forward guidance today at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties may listen to the conference call by dialing 888-790-3103 (U.S./Canada) or 630-395-0282 (Other) with passcode 1256593. The conference call will be Webcast simultaneously through a link on the SRA Web site (www.sra.com/investors/). A replay of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call on Nov. 2 through Nov. 16 by dialing 800-262-5125 (U.S./Canada) or 402-220-9716 (Other) and entering passcode 1978.

About SRA International, Inc.

SRA and its subsidiaries are dedicated to solving complex problems of global significance for government organizations and commercial clients serving the national security, civil government and global health markets. Founded in 1978, the company and its subsidiaries have expertise in such areas as air surveillance and air traffic management; contract research organization (CRO) services; cyber security; disaster response planning; enterprise resource planning; environmental strategies; IT systems, infrastructure and managed services; learning technologies; logistics; public health preparedness; public safety; strategic management consulting; systems engineering; and wireless integration.

SRA and its subsidiaries employ more than 7,200 employees serving clients from its headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and offices around the world. For additional information on SRA, please visit www.sra.com.

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for SRA, including statements about the estimated value of the contract and work to be performed, and other statements containing the words “estimates,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “will,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent our views as of Nov. 2, 2010. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to Nov. 2, 2010.

    Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (in thousands, except share amounts)   Three Months Ended 30-Sep-10   30-Sep-09 Revenue $ 423,933 $ 416,739 Operating costs and expenses: Cost of services 317,156 316,550 Selling, general and administrative 70,317 62,077 Depreciation and amortization   6,453       7,010   Total operating costs and expenses   393,926       385,637   Operating income 30,007 31,102 Interest expense (163 ) (483 ) Interest income   363       408   Income before income taxes 30,207 31,027 Provision for income taxes 11,738 12,296 Income from continuing operations   18,469       18,731   Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax   (281 )     (681 ) Net Income $ 18,188     $ 18,050     Basic earnings (loss) per share: Continuing operations 0.32 $ 0.33 Discontinued operations   (0.01 )     (0.01 ) Basic earnings per share $ 0.31     $ 0.32     Diluted earnings (loss) per share: Continuing operations 0.32 $ 0.32 Discontinued operations   (0.01 )     (0.01 ) Diluted earnings per share $ 0.31     $ 0.31      

Reconciliation Between Reported Net Income and Net Income used in the Calculation of Earnings Per Share (Unaudited)

(in thousands)

  In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) section 260 Earnings Per Share, we are required to allocate a portion of our earnings to any outstanding unvested restricted share awards that qualify as participating securities as defined in that standard. The Company's unvested restricted stock awards are excluded from both the basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.     Three Months Ended 30-Sep-10   30-Sep-09 Income from continuing operations $ 18,469   $ 18,731 Less: allocation of earnings to unvested restricted shares   239     213 Income from continuing operations for the computation of earnings per share $ 18,230   $ 18,518   Basic weighted-average shares outstanding   56,982     56,567 Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding   57,586     57,102   Basic earnings per share from continuing operations $ 0.32   $ 0.33 Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations $ 0.32   $ 0.32       Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (in thousands)   As of 30-Sep-10   30-Jun-10 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 100,565 $ 98,113 Accounts receivable, net 352,324 354,140 Inventories, net 7,370 6,829 Prepaid expenses and other 18,588 25,712 Deferred income taxes 17,073 15,057 Current assets of discontinued operations   1,041     762 Total current assets 496,961 500,613 Property, plant and equipment, net 33,821 33,501 Goodwill 448,801 436,683 Identified intangibles, net 41,189 33,005 Deferred compensation trust 8,065 7,182 Other long-term assets 14,238 18,236 Long-term assets of discontinued operations   4,432     4,495 Total assets $ 1,047,507   $ 1,033,715   Current liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 101,450 $ 101,323 Accrued payroll and employee benefits 113,814 123,334 Billings in excess of revenue recognized 15,855 16,487 Liabilities of discontinued operations   813     1,069 Total current liabilities 231,932 242,213 Deferred compensation liability 8,065 7,182 Deferred income taxes 10,221 7,280 Other long-term liabilities   5,159     5,477 Total liabilities   255,377     262,152   Stockholders' equity   792,130     771,563       Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 1,047,507   $ 1,033,715       Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (in thousands)   Three Months Ended 30-Sep-10   30-Sep-09 Cash flows from operating activities: Net income $ 18,188 $ 18,050 Loss from discontinued operations 281 681 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 4,305 4,353 Amortization of intangible assets 2,556 2,657 Stock-based compensation 2,528 2,466 Deferred income taxes 694 1,788 Loss (gain) realized from forward exchange contracts 3,065 (398 ) Changes in assets and liabilities, net of the effect of acquisitions   3,168       (25,462 ) Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations 34,785 4,135 Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of discontinued operations   (752 )     197   Net cash provided by operating activities   34,033       4,332     Cash flows from investing activities: Capital expenditures (3,576 ) (5,190 ) Acquisitions, net of cash acquired (25,195 ) - Collections on note receivable - 2,000 (Payments for) proceeds from forward exchange contracts   (3,065 )     398   Net cash used in investing activities   (31,836 )     (2,792 )   Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from the exercise of stock options 656 946 Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan 357 341 Excess tax benefits of stock option exercises 88 25 Borrowings under credit facility - 35,000 Repayments under credit facility - (45,000 ) Net borrowings under other short-term credit facilities - 4,715 Purchase of treasury stock   (1,114 )     (857 ) Net cash used in financing activities   (13 )     (4,830 )       Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   268       (915 )   Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 2,452 (4,205 ) Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   98,113       74,683   Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 100,565     $ 70,478       Non-GAAP Financial Measures   The financial measures shown below, organic revenue and free cash flow from continuing operations, are non-GAAP financial measures. These measures are not calculated through the application of GAAP and are not the required form of disclosure by the Securities and Exchange Commission. As such, they should not be considered as substitutes for the most directly comparable GAAP measures and should not be used in isolation, but in conjunction with these GAAP measures. The use of any non-GAAP measure may produce results that vary from the GAAP measure and may not be comparable to a similarly defined non-GAAP measure used by other companies. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included below.     Reconciliation Between Total Revenue and Organic Revenue (Unaudited) (in thousands)   Organic revenue, as presented, is computed by comparing our actual reported revenue in the current period, including revenue attributable to acquired companies, with adjusted revenue from the prior year period. In arriving at prior year revenue, we include the revenue of acquired companies for the prior year periods comparable to the current-year periods for which the companies are included in our actual reported revenue. Revenue from discontinued operations is not included in reported revenue, and therefore, is not considered in our calculation of organic revenue. The resulting rate is intended to represent our organic, or non-acquisitive, growth or decline year-over-year. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information because it allows investors to better assess the underlying growth rate of our business, including the post-acquisition activity of acquired companies.     Three Months Ended   30-Sep-10   30-Sep-09   % Change Revenue from continuing operations, as reported $ 423,933   $ 416,739 1.7 % Plus: Revenue of acquired companies for the comparable prior year period   -     7,927     Organic revenue $ 423,933   $ 424,666   -0.2 %     Reconciliation Between Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities and Free Cash Flow (Unaudited) (in thousands)   We define free cash flow, as presented, as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Cash flows from discontinued operations are excluded from the calculation of free cash flow as these cash flows will not continue in future periods. We believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful for investors in analyzing our ability to generate cash flow for purposes such as repaying debt, funding business acquisitions, and repurchasing our common stock.     Three Months Ended 30-Sep-10   30-Sep-09 Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations $ 34,785   $ 4,135 Less: Capital expenditures   (3,576 )     (5,190 ) Free cash flow from continuing operations $ 31,209     $ (1,055 )