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Unisys to Sell Its U.S. Federal Business to SAIC for $1.2 Billion, or 13x
Adjusted EBITDA, a Significant Premium to Unisys' Trading Multiple; Preliminary
Full-Year 2019 Unisys Results Indicate Company Achieves Guidance on All
Provided Metrics
Based on preliminary results(1), non-GAAP adjusted revenue(2) growth and
non-GAAP operating profit(3) margin expected to be toward upper end of
full-year 2019 guidance ranges of 3% to 7% and 8.25% to 9.25%, respectively;
Adjusted EBITDA(4) margin expected to be at low end of full-year 2019 guidance
range of 14.4% to 16.0%
Transaction to significantly strengthen company's balance sheet and as a result
increase operational flexibility; proceeds are expected to be substantially
tax-free and used to pay down debt and reduce pension obligations; company
adopts tax asset protection plan
Company to leverage strong performance of global Enterprise Solutions business,
continue to drive digital transformation for Government (excludes U.S.
Federal), Commercial and Financial Services clients with innovative solutions
including Unisys Stealth®, CloudForte®, InteliServeT and ClearPath Forward®
BLUE BELL, Pennsylvania, Feb. 6, 2020 -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS), a
leader in digital transformation solutions, today entered into a definitive
agreement to sell the company's U.S. Federal business to Science Applications
International Corp. (SAIC) (NYSE: SAIC) for $1.2 billion. The transaction
multiple of approximately 13x LTM 9/30/19 Adjusted EBITDA(5) represents a
significant premium to Unisys' trading multiple. Net proceeds are largely
expected to be used to pay down debt and reduce pension obligations, thereby
significantly improving Unisys' balance sheet, its U.S. pension funded status
and overall financial flexibility. The transaction was unanimously approved by
the Unisys Board of Directors and is expected to close in the first half of
2020, subject to customary closing conditions.
Unisys' U.S. Federal business represents more than 1,900 associates, with
approximately $689 million in revenue for the LTM period ended September 30,
2019.
"This transaction comes at a significant premium to the Unisys trading
multiple, and is a tribute to the unique and attractive business that our U.S.
Federal colleagues have built over many years," said Unisys Chairman and CEO
Peter Altabef. "Under the leadership of Venkatapathi "PV" Puvvada, we have
become known as a true innovator in the federal market, leveraging powerful
intellectual property and a world-class team. This transaction will allow us to
significantly enhance our balance sheet, which will create increased
operational flexibility that will ultimately position us to better serve our
clients while delivering increased value to investors."
Use of Proceeds
Unisys intends to largely use the net proceeds from the sale to pay down debt
and reduce its U.S. pension obligations by applying a portion of the net
proceeds to its U.S. defined benefit pension plans:
* Pro forma for the transaction, the company's net debt (inclusive of pension
deficit) is expected to be reduced by approximately $1.04 billion.
* The company intends to fully redeem its $440 million of Senior Secured
Notes in accordance with the terms of those notes.
* The remaining net proceeds targeted for net debt reduction ($600 million)
are expected to be contributed to U.S. pension plans and applied toward the
minimum required contributions in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
+ This will effectively remove the requirements to make any cash
contributions to the U.S. plans out of operating cash flow in 2020,
2021 and 2022.
+ This will also increase the funded status of the U.S. pension plans to
allow for potential removal of pension liability through bulk lump sum
offerings and potential annuitization of obligations.
+ Cumulative required contributions into worldwide pension plans from
2020 through 2025 are expected to be reduced to approximately $775
million on a pro forma basis from $1.375 billion based on assumptions
as of year-end 2018.
+ The company will have the flexibility to make additional discretionary
contributions to smooth future funding requirements beyond 2022.
* The company's unfunded pension deficit is expected to be reduced from $1.74
billion as of year-end 2018 to approximately $1.14 billion on a pro forma
basis.
* Pro forma net debt inclusive of pension obligations is expected to be
approximately $860 million, relative to $1.9 billion pre-transaction,
resulting in pro forma net leverage of 2.4x LTM 9/30/19 Adj. EBITDA(6),
relative to 4.2x pre-transaction.
* The company expects to offset any federal taxable gains from the sale with
its existing unrestricted tax assets and expects additional tax assets to
be generated by the aforementioned pension contributions.
"In addition to the benefits from a meaningfully improved balance sheet, we
see Unisys as having significant financial upside potential, as Enterprise
Solutions has always represented the key area for improvements to
efficiency and therefore our profitability," said Mike Thomson, senior vice
president and CFO of Unisys. "Unisys will continue to execute on plans
already established for driving improved operating margin, while also
retaining the disciplined focus on cash flow that has been key to our
recent transformation."
Built on Strong Performance, Innovative Solutions
"Our innovative solutions and focus on security have made us a critical
partner to many of the largest, most complex enterprises in the world and
helped improve the financial performance of Enterprise Solutions in recent
periods," Eric Hutto, senior vice president and president, Enterprise
Solutions said. "We will use the same technology-enabled, intellectual
property-based solutions that have helped drive the company's recent
success, such as Unisys Stealth®, CloudForte®, InteliServeT and ClearPath
Forward®. Our increased capital structure flexibility will allow for
further investment in new solutions and more optionality in deal pursuits,
with a disciplined focus on optimizing cash flow and profitability."
Tax Asset Protection Plan
In conjunction with the transaction, Unisys also announced today that it
has adopted a Tax Asset Protection Plan (the "Plan"), which is designed to
protect Unisys' tax assets in contemplation of the sale discussed in this
release. This Plan is similar to tax benefit protection plans adopted by
other public companies with significant tax attributes.
Unisys' ability to use its tax attributes would be significantly limited if
there were an "ownership change" for federal tax law purposes, which
generally occurs when the percentage of Unisys' ownership of one or more 5%
shareholders has increased by more than 50% over the lowest percentage
owned by such shareholders at any time during the prior three years
(calculated on a rolling basis).
The Plan is designed to protect Unisys' valuable tax assets by reducing the
likelihood of an 'ownership change' through actions involving Unisys'
securities.
As part of the Plan, Unisys has declared a dividend of one preferred share
purchase right (a "Right") for each outstanding share of Unisys common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, payable to stockholders of record as of
February 15, 2020 as well as to holders of Unisys common stock issued after
that date. In the Plan, the acquisition of 4.9% or more of the Unisys
common stock would trigger the operation of the Rights. There is no
guarantee, however, that the Plan will prevent Unisys from experiencing an
ownership change.
Unisys' Board of Directors has the discretion under certain circumstances
to exempt acquisitions of Unisys' securities from the provisions of the
Plan. The Plan may be amended by Unisys' Board at any time.
The issuance of the Rights will not affect Unisys' reported earnings per
share and is not taxable to Unisys or its stockholders.
Additional information regarding the Plan will be contained in a Form 8-K
and in a Registration Statement on Form 8-A that Unisys Corporation filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.
Advisors
Centerview Partners LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor and
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is serving as legal advisor to Unisys.
Conference Call
A conference call will be hosted at 8:00am EST on February 6, 2020 to
provide an overview of the transaction and to address questions from the
financial and advisory community. Please use the link below to access the
webcast:
https://services.choruscall.com/links/uis200206.html
(1) The preliminary results set forth in this release are unaudited and
remain subject to completion of the company's financial closing procedures.
The company will report its fourth quarter and full-year 2019 financial
results during its previously announced conference call to be held on
February 25, 2020.
Non-GAAP and Other Information
Although appropriate under generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP"), the company's results reflect revenue and charges that the
company believes are not indicative of its ongoing operations and that can
make its revenue, profitability and liquidity results difficult to compare
to prior periods, anticipated future periods, or to its competitors'
results. These items consist of certain portions of revenue,
post-retirement, debt exchange and cost-reduction and other expenses.
Management believes each of these items can distort the visibility of
trends associated with the company's ongoing performance. Management also
believes that the evaluation of the company's financial performance can be
enhanced by use of supplemental presentation of its results that exclude
the impact of these items in order to enhance consistency and
comparativeness with prior or future period results. The following measures
are often provided and utilized by the company's management, analysts, and
investors to enhance comparability of year-over-year results, as well as to
compare results to other companies in our industry.
(2) Non-GAAP adjusted revenue - In 2018 and 2019, the company's non-GAAP
results reflect adjustments to exclude certain revenue. In 2018, this
includes revenue from software license extensions and renewals, which were
contracted for in 2017 and properly recorded as revenue at that time under
the revenue recognition rules then in effect (ASC 605). Upon adoption of
the new revenue recognition rules (ASC 606) on January 1, 2018, and since
the company adopted ASC 606 under the modified retrospective method whereby
prior periods were not restated, the company was required to include $53
million in the cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings on January
1, 2018. ASC 606 requires revenue related to software license renewals or
extensions to be recorded when the new license term begins, which in the
case of the $53 million was January 1, 2018. The company has excluded
revenue and related profit for these software licenses in its non-GAAP
results since it has been previously reported in 2017. This is a one-time
adjustment and it will not reoccur in future periods. Additionally, the
company's non-GAAP results include adjustments to exclude certain revenue
and related profit relating to reimbursements from the company's
check-processing JV partners for restructuring expenses included as part of
the company's restructuring program.
(3) Non-GAAP operating profit - The company recorded pretax post-retirement
expense and pretax charges in connection with cost-reduction activities,
debt exchange and other expenses. For the company, non-GAAP operating
profit excluded these items. The company believes that this profitability
measure is more indicative of the company's operating results and aligns
those results to the company's external guidance, which is used by the
company's management to allocate resources and may be used by analysts and
investors to gauge the company's ongoing performance. During 2018 and 2019,
the company included the non-GAAP adjustments discussed in (2) herein.
(4) EBITDA & adjusted EBITDA - Earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") is calculated by starting with net
income (loss) attributable to Unisys Corporation common shareholders and
adding or subtracting the following items: net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests, interest expense (net of interest income),
provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA
further excludes post-retirement, debt exchange, and cost-reduction and
other expenses, non-cash share-based expense, and other (income) expense
adjustments. In order to provide investors with additional understanding of
the company's operating results, these charges are excluded from the
adjusted EBITDA calculation. During 2018 and 2019, the company included the
adjustments discussed in (2) herein.
(5) Last twelve months effective 9/30/19, derived from Unisys' accounting
records, which are maintained in accordance with GAAP. The U.S. Federal
business has not been run on a standalone basis, and as such, certain
adjustments were based on management's best estimates of standalone
assumptions.
(6) Pro forma adjusted EBITDA excludes last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA
for U.S. Federal business as of 9/30/19.
About Unisys
Unisys is a global information technology company that builds
high-performance, security-centric solutions for the most demanding
businesses and governments. Unisys offerings include security software and
services; digital transformation and workplace services; industry
applications and services; and innovative software operating environments
for high-intensity enterprise computing. For more information on how Unisys
builds better outcomes securely for its clients across the Government,
Commercial and Financial Services markets, visit www.unisys.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this release are not historical facts,
including those regarding future performance, are forward-looking
statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations,
assumptions, anticipated events or trend, beliefs relating to matters that
are not historical in nature and involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ from expectations, all of which are
difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the
company. Actual results may differ materially from the company's current
expectations depending upon a number of factors affecting the company's
business and risks associated with the transaction. These factors include,
among others: the ability to close the transaction on the expected timing
or at all; the ability to obtain required antitrust regulatory approval for
the transaction; the risk that a condition to closing of the transaction
may not be satisfied on a timely basis or at all; the failure of the
transaction to close for any other reason; buyer's access to financing for
the acquisition on a timely basis; the difficulty of predicting the timing
or outcome of pending or future litigation or government investigations;
the ability of the company to achieve the intended benefits of the
transactions (including, without limitation, risks related to the ability
of the company to repay certain indebtedness and reduce pension obligations
following the closing of the transaction); the risk related to the
diversion of management's attention from the company's ongoing business
operations; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction
on the company's business relationships (including, without limitation,
customers and suppliers and other third parties), operating results, and
business generally; the risk related to the change of the company's
business structure and a smaller size of the company following the closing
of the transaction; the effect of the announcement or disruption from the
transaction making it more difficult to retain and hire key personnel; the
risk related to the company's ability to operate its business as a
going-concern following the closing of the transaction. These risks and
uncertainties are discussed in the company's reports filed with the SEC,
including but not limited to the company's annual report on Form 10-K and
in its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and periodic reports on Form 8-K,
and from time to time in the company's other investor communications.
Except as expressly required by law, the company assumes no obligation to
update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances
that occur after the date on which the statement is made.
RELEASE NO.: 0206/9745
Unisys and other Unisys products and services mentioned herein, as well as
their respective logos, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Unisys
Corporation. Any other brand or product referenced herein is acknowledged
to be a trademark or registered trademark of its respective holder.
UIS-C
CONTACT: Investors: Courtney Holben, Unisys, 215-986-3379,
courtney.holben@unisys.com; Media: John Clendening, Unisys, 214-403-1981,
john.clendening@unisys.com or Jared Levy, Sard Verbinnen & Co.,
212-687-8080, Unisys-SVC@sardverb.com
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