Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2010

 

 

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Massachusetts   000-23599   04-2741391

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

201 Riverneck Road, Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 256-1300

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The management of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (“Mercury”) will present an overview of Mercury’s business on August 10, 2010, at the Jefferies 6th Annual Global Industrial and A&D Conference in New York, New York. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Report”) is a copy of the slide presentation to be made by Mercury at the conference.

This information is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Report and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and will not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement filed by Mercury under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, unless specifically identified as being incorporated therein by reference. This Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Report that is being disclosed pursuant to Regulation FD.

Please refer to page 1 of Exhibit 99.1 for a discussion of certain forward-looking statements included therein and the risks and uncertainties related thereto, as well as the use of non-GAAP financial measures included therein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

     
99.1    Presentation materials dated August 10, 2010.   

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: August 10, 2010       MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC.
      By:  

/S/    ROBERT E. HULT        

        Robert E. Hult
       

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer, and Treasurer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

     
99.1    Presentation materials dated August 10, 2010.   

 

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Presentation Materials
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Jefferies Annual Global Industrial
and A&D Conference
Mark Aslett
President & CEO
Bob Hult
SVP, CFO
August 10, 2010
Exhibit 99.1


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Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, including those relating to anticipated fiscal 2010 business performance and beyond. You can identify these statements by our use
of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or
anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen
weakness in the Company's markets, effects of continued geopolitical unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology
and methods of marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes
in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued funding of defense
programs, the timing of such funding, changes in the U.S. Government's interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations,
market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with
outsourced components, the inability to fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges
in integrating acquired businesses
and
achieving
anticipated
synergies,
and
difficulties
in
retaining
key
customers.
These
risks and
uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange
Commission,
including
its
Annual
Report
on
Form
10-K
for
the
year
ended
June
30,
2009.
The
Company
cautions
readers not
to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.
Use of Non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) Financial Measures
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, the Company provides
non-GAAP financial measures adjusted to exclude certain specified charges, which the Company believes are useful to help investors
better understand its past financial performance and prospects for the future. However, the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures
is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information provided in accordance with GAAP. Management
believes these non-GAAP financial measures assist in providing a more complete understanding of the Company's underlying operational
results and trends, and management uses these measures, along with their corresponding GAAP financial measures, to manage the
Company's business, to evaluate its performance compared to prior periods and the marketplace, and to establish operational goals. A
reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this presentation is contained in the Company’s most recent
earnings release, which can be found on our website at www.mc.com/mediacenter/pressreleaseslist.aspx.


Mercury is a best-of-breed provider of application
ready ISR subsystem solutions
Founded in 1981
HQ in Massachusetts;
R&D in MA, VA, AL
523 employees
Leading provider of commercial
high-performance signal,
image and sensor processing
Focused on growing
defense ISR market
FY2010 revenues of $200M
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Note:
$200M
Total
Revenue
includes
$5M
interco
eliminations
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Phases of Mercury's transformation
3 Overlapping Phases –
Parallel Execution


5 defense growth drivers
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Prime
Outsourcing
Application
Ready ISR
Subsystems
Missile Defense
UAV Radar
Fighter Radar
UAV EW
UAV EO/IR
Airborne EW
UAV EO/IR   
QRC
UAV EO/IR
Production
MFS Defense                    
ISR Systems          
& Services
ACS Defense              
Product & Market
Expansion
ACS Defense             
Services &
Systems
Integration
New Products
Tech Refresh
New
Customers
New Segments
Commercial
Semiconductor
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Success in semiconductor equipment –
position controller for lithography
Application Requirement:
Low-latency, deterministic
processing for precision control
in Stepper/Scanners
Initial Deal:
$10M pre-production orders booked
and partially shipped
Starting to receive production orders
Integrated platforms for production
(immersion/EUV, new/upgrades)
Advanced processing technology:
AdvancedTCA utilizing serial RapidIO
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Total Opportunity Potential: ~$100M over 5 years
Note:
Potential
is
5
year
probable
value
based
on
customer-supplied
information
at
time
design
win
awarded.
Actual
program value may be higher or lower
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ACS 5-year design win value CAGR 15% FY08-10
Defense CAGR 38%
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Defense Highlights
Aegis –
Naval BMD, C4I
Patriot –
Missile Defense
BAMS –
Airborne SIGINT, Radar
ASIP –
Airborne SIGINT
JCREW –
Ground SIGINT
SEWIP –
Naval SIGINT
FAB-T –
Satcomm
Cobra Ball –
EO/IR
SSEE(F) –
Naval SIGINT
Next Gen Aerial Persistent ISR
Commercial Highlights
ASML –
Semiconductor
Artiza –
4G Test
Hughes –
Satellite Comms
Rapiscan –
Baggage Scanning
Note:
Potential
is
5
year
probable
value
based
on
customer-supplied
information
at time design win awarded. Actual program value may be higher or lower.
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Total 5 year opportunity: $100M
AEGIS BMD radar processing
Selected for BMD Radar
Most powerful deployed embedded computer
for digital beam-forming
Extend to Radar Control System
Addressable market 60 ships out of 92
Plan of Record for ship upgrade:
7
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Total
6
6
6
6-8
6-8
30-34
Additional 8 ships to be built
Upside with sales and additional ships in out years


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Services and Systems Integration delivered         
119% revenue CAGR FY08-FY10
85% revenue growth FY10        
-
Beginning FY11 backlog $5.7M
Expands addressable market
Outsourcing partner to Defense
Primes given acquisition reform
Best-of-breed application  ready
ISR subsystem solutions
Services led engagement leading
to long-term platform production
annuity streams
Get paid to do engineering work
previously expensed and
leverage output
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Success in Services & System Integration –
Radar Digital Processor
Project Requirement:
Phased Array Radar for Ground
Missile Defense (FMS)
Initial Deal:
$12M engineering services and
system integration
$6M production order (1 country)
Advanced processing technology:
OpenVPX™
embedded computing
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Future Opportunity Potential:
$12M total production for next 2 countries;
~15-20 countries expected to follow
Note:
Potential
is
5
year
probable
value
based
on
customer-supplied
information
at
time
design
win
awarded.
Actual program value may be higher or lower


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95% revenue growth FY10           
-
Beginning FY11 backlog $2.7M
DCAA auditable Defense services
Can perform classified work
Next-generation persistent ISR
program driving growth
Best-of-breed, ISR subsystem
architect, developer & integrator   
(sensing thru exploitation)
Leverages application ready ISR
subsystem solutions from ACS
Transition ISR related intellectual
property from government labs
Current Headcount 12
Mercury Federal Systems (MFS) delivered strong
revenue growth since FY08 startup
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MFS success story –
Wide Area Airborne Surveillance
Project Requirement:
Concurrent near real-time    
situational awareness for
MQ-9 Reaper UAV
Initial Deal:
$10M bookings
1/2 hardware / software
1/2 engineering services
Advanced processing technology:
Embedded GPUs w/IO
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Total Opportunity Potential: ~ $20M
Note:
Potential
is
5
year
probable
value
based
on
customer-supplied
information
at
time
design
win
awarded.
Actual
program value may be higher or lower


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Strength in ACS defense markets
Radar (32% CAGR FY07-10) and EO (29% CAGR) driving growth
12
+17%
+8%
+7%


Key defense platforms and programs driving growth
Representative Program List
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Global Hawk
Predator/Reaper
Rivet Joint
Gorgon Stare
F-16
F-35 JSF
BAMS
MESA
P8-MMA
MP-RTIP
Aegis
RDP -
Ground Missile
Defense Radar
THAAD
JCREW
Software
Defined Jammer
Guardrail
SSEE(F)
CADF
Deepwater
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Military electronics is a market sweet spot
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Retrofit and upgrades remain
strong for legacy programs
Increased need for EW;
intelligence, surveillance,
reconnaissance assets
Networked nodal platforms, 
time to information
Next-gen onboard processing,
exploitation and dissemination
architecture critical
Sources
:
The
Military
Electronics
Briefing,
2008
Ed.
,
The
TEAL
Group,
Frost
&
Sullivan,
U.S
C4ISR
Market
2007
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To the warfighter, time to information is critical
to address the growing gap between:
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What’s analyzed?
What’s collected?
100GB per mission
100TB per mission
Force Protection
Mission Critical
Real-time
Forensics
Last 18 hours
Recent minutes
For decision makers who need timely, actionable,
and relevant information
What’s
actionable?
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Airborne ISR R&D costs
Signal Processing /
Systems Integration
Platform
Sensor
Datalink
Ground
Station
10%
40%
30%
5%
15%
45%
10%
15%
10%
10%
5%
5%
Datalink
Platform
Sensor
Ground Station
Application Acceleration/
Systems Integration
Warfighter
Terminals
Warfighter
Terminals
Broadcast
Provision
Broadcast Provision
Source:  DoD
Budget Request FY93 and FY2008
1993
2008
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Mercury’s
Opportunity
Mercury’s
Opportunity
Budget priorities being realigned to maintain technology edge


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Mercury's new Converged Sensor Network™
(CSN™)
vision for persistent ISR
A revolutionary open architecture that combines
Radar
Video
SIGINT
Become the government’s trusted partner for next-generation
ISR platform signal processing and computing
Signal
Processing
Signal
Processing
Image
Processing
Information
Dissemination
Data
Exploitation
Transformational
Access to
Information in the
Tactical Edge
Global
Information
Grid
Information
Management
Technologies
Multi-Sensor
Signal
Processing
SAN


Government/DoD
frustration leads to defense
procurement reform
Today’s Model
Government frustrated
with current model
Platform-centric approach
Proprietary closed system
architectures
Significant cost overruns
Significant schedule slips
Emerging Model
Best-of-breed model
emerging
More commercial items
Open platform-independent
architectures
QRC –
rapid deployment,
lower cost and risk
Likely to occur for signal
processing and computing
Budget pressure and significant schedule slippage is leading
to Defense procurement reforms that could benefit Mercury
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Positioned for growth
Focused on growing ISR market segment –
strong
position on important, well funded defense programs
Outsourcing partner to the primes –
best-of-breed
application ready ISR subsystem solutions provider
Unique capabilities in commercial high-performance
embedded signal, image and sensor processing
Government amenable business model aligned with
expected defense procurement reform
Delivering strong organic growth in defense with robust
target business model
Will pursue complementary ISR acquisitions to scale
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Financial Overview


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FY07 –
FY10: Restored profitability & growth
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Note:
All
historical
income
statement
figures
are
as
reported
in
the
Company’s
earnings
press
release
at
the
end
of
the
applicable
fiscal
year
and have not been restated for operations that have been discontinued subsequent to that time.


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Strong defense revenue
22
Note:
All
historical
figures
adjusted
for
discontinued
operations
FY07 –
FY10
12% Defense CAGR
(22%) Commercial CAGR
0% Total CAGR
Revenue ($M)
Commercial
Defense


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Growth in bookings and backlog
FY07-FY10:
Total Company
7% Bookings CAGR
14% Backlog CAGR
18% 12-mo CAGR
Defense
10% Bookings CAGR
10% Backlog CAGR
18% 12-mo CAGR
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23
Note:
Historical figures adjusted for discontinued operations
Def
$107
Def
$58
Def
$145
Def
$67
Def
$174
Def
$94
Def
$142
Def
$77
Def
$38
Def
$62
Def
$62
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Improved working capital efficiencies
Supply chain  
transformation
-
Operational efficiencies
-
Manufacturing lead times
-
Cost of quality
-
Competitive advantage
for Mercury and
customers
-
Inventory reduced $11M
from Q3 FY08 to Q4 FY10
Customer satisfaction
-
Blue chip customers
-
End-of-quarter
shipment skew
24
24
4.1
3.4
3.9
3.8
4.5
5.4
5.5
4.6
3.7
6.6
7.5
$22.4
$24.7
$21.0
$21.0
$18.9
$16.8
$14.7
$16.9
$20.1
$17.6
FY07
FY08
Q109
Q209
Q309
Q409
Q110
Q210
Q310
Q410
Model
Inventory Turns
Inventory ($M)
Inventory
61
63
49
47
60
53
67
62
63
62
50
FY07
FY08
Q109
Q209
Q309
Q409
Q110
Q210
Q310
Q410
Model
Days Sales Outstanding


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Much improved cash conversion cycle
25
Note:
Cash
conversion
calculation
=
DSO’s
+
Inventory
Days
A/P
Days
141
128
124
97
102
99
83
106
96
117
110
84
-
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Q108
Q208
Q308
Q408
Q109
Q209
Q309
Q409
Q110
Q210
Q310
Q410
Cash Conversion Trend (days)


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Repaid debt, settle ARS’s
resulting in improved cash balance
($33)
$92
$5
$11
$74
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
FY09 Ending
Cash & Sec Bal
ARS Debt
Payment
Put Option   
on ARS
FCF/Other
FY10 Ending
Cash & Sec Bal
$47M
Net
Usable
Cash
$M
ARS
$45
ARS Loan
$33
Cash
$14


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Robust target business model
Notes:
Target Business Model assumes organic growth. ACS /MFS approx 90%/10% revenue split
Adj
EBITDA adjusts for Depreciation  2-3% of revenue and Stock Based Comp 2-3% of revenue 
Target
Business
Model


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Last 12 quarter’s revenues and EPS exceeded
or met the top end of guidance
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2008
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Reported
Guidance
Reported
Guidance
Reported
Guidance
Reported
Guidance
Revenue
($M)
49.2
48.0
52.6
51.0
56.5
53.0-55.0
55.2
53.0-56.0
EPS
($)
0.09
(0.08)
0.04
(0.05)
0.04
(0.04)-0.00
0.01
(0.05)-0.01
2009
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Revenue
($M)
49.1
47.0-49.0
50.7
47.0-49.0
50.6
48.0-50.0
48.4
46.0-48.0
EPS
($)
0.07
(0.07)-(0.03)
0.03
(0.05)-0.00
0.20
0.05-0.09
0.13
0.05-0.08
2010
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Revenue
($M)
47.4
43.0-45.0
45.2
40.0-42.0
43.6
41.0-43.0
63.6
58.0-60.0
EPS
($)
0.19
0.03-0.08
0.08
(0.08)-(0.04)
0.16
(0.15)-(0.11)
0.77
0.25-0.28
Note:
Non-GAAP
GAAP


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Q1’11 Guidance
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Quarter Ending September 30, 2010
Low
High
    Revenues
$48
$50
    GAAP EPS
$0.03
$0.06
    Adj EBITDA
$4.5
$5.8
Note - Adj EBITDA Adjustments:
  Net Income
0.6
1.5
    Stock compensation
1.7
1.7
    Taxes
0.4
0.9
    Amortization
0.3
0.3
    Depreciation
1.5
1.5
  Adj EBITDA
4.5
5.8


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Financial summary
Returned to profitability and top line growth
7%
bookings
and
14%
backlog
growth
(FY07
FY10
CAGR)
Improved working capital efficiencies
Healthy cash flows from operations
Strong balance sheet with zero debt
Closing on robust target business model 17-18% Adj. EBITDA
$100M shelf registration effective
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GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation ($M)
Notes:
1)FY07
FY08 income statement figures are as reported in the Company’s earnings press release at the end of the applicable fiscal period
2)FY09 income statement figures are restated for discontinued operations as reported
3)GAAP related items: stock comp, amortization, restructuring and adjustment to taxes
GAAP net income (loss)
Adjustment to exclude stock-based compensation
Adjustment to exclude inventory write-down
Adjustment to exclude in-process research and development
Adjustment to exclude amortization of acquired intangible assets
Adjustment to exclude impairment of goodwill and long-lived assets
Adjustment to exclude restructuring
Adjustment to exclude gain on sale of long-lived assets
Adjustment for tax impact
Non-GAAP net income (loss)
Adjustment to exclude taxes and other income (expense)
Non-GAAP Income (loss) from operations
GAAP net income (loss)
Adjustment to exclude loss from disco ops, net of income taxes
Adjustment to exclude gain (loss) on sale of disco ops
GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations
Adjustment to exclude GAAP related items
(3)
Non-GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations
Adjustment to exclude taxes and other income (expense)
Non-GAAP Income (loss) from continuing operations
Net income (loss) per share -
Diluted -
GAAP
Net income (loss) per share -
Diluted -
Non-GAAP
Net income (loss) per share -
continuing operations -
Diluted -
GAAP
Net
income
(loss)
per
share
-
continuing
operations
-
Diluted
-
Non-GAAP
Weighted average shares -
Diluted -
GAAP
Weighted average shares -
Diluted -
Non-GAAP
Year Ended
Year Ended
Year Ended
Year Ended
June 30, 2007
(1)
June 30, 2008
(1)
June 30, 2009
(2)
30-Jun-10
($37.8)
($35.4)
($1.3)
$28.4
10.6
10.4
4.6
4.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.2
7.3
2.4
1.7
0.1
18.0
0.0
0.2
5.5
5.2
1.7
0.2
0.0
(3.2)
0.0
0.0
5.2
0.2
(5.6)
(17.8)
($6.2)
$3.3
$1.8
$16.7
7.9
2.8
0.2
0.9
($14.1)
$0.5
$1.6
$15.8
($37.8)
($35.4)
($1.3)
$28.4
(8.9)
(30.0)
(20.3)
0.2
0.0
(1.0)
11.1
0.1
($28.9)
($4.4)
$7.9
$28.1
3.1
(11.7)
$11.0
$16.4
5.5
7.1
$16.5
$23.5
($1.78)
($1.64)
($0.06)
$1.23
($0.29)
$0.15
$0.08
$0.73
($1.36)
($0.21)
$0.35
$1.22
$0.49
$0.71
21.2
21.6
22.4
23.0
21.2
22.0
22.4
23.0