UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 


FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 0-23599

MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts 04-2741391
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
50 MINUTEMAN ROAD 01810
ANDOVERMA
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
978-256-1300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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.    Yes  x    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  x    No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer x  Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer ¨  Smaller reporting company 
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No  x
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareMRCYThe Nasdaq Stock Market
Shares of Common Stock outstanding as of January 31,April 30, 2020 55,588,70755,598,732 shares
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MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
INDEX
 
  PAGE
NUMBER
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Item 2.
Item 3.
Item 4.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Item 1A.
Item 6.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
December 27, 2019June 30, 2019March 27, 2020June 30, 2019
AssetsAssetsAssets
Current assets:Current assets:Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$182,037  $257,932  Cash and cash equivalents$407,146  $257,932  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,070 and $1,228 at December 27, 2019 and June 30, 2019, respectively132,072  118,832  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,301 and $1,228 at March 27, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectivelyAccounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,301 and $1,228 at March 27, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively127,129  118,832  
Unbilled receivables and costs in excess of billingsUnbilled receivables and costs in excess of billings61,302  57,387  Unbilled receivables and costs in excess of billings86,860  57,387  
InventoryInventory153,642  137,112  Inventory161,858  137,112  
Prepaid income taxesPrepaid income taxes5,454  90  Prepaid income taxes1,129  90  
Prepaid expenses and other current assetsPrepaid expenses and other current assets10,602  10,819  Prepaid expenses and other current assets11,271  10,819  
Total current assetsTotal current assets545,109  582,172  Total current assets795,393  582,172  
Property and equipment, netProperty and equipment, net72,696  60,001  Property and equipment, net78,664  60,001  
GoodwillGoodwill614,648  562,146  Goodwill614,830  562,146  
Intangible assets, netIntangible assets, net224,507  206,124  Intangible assets, net216,546  206,124  
Operating lease right-of-use assetsOperating lease right-of-use assets49,826  —  Operating lease right-of-use assets61,112  —  
Other non-current assetsOther non-current assets5,834  6,534  Other non-current assets5,095  6,534  
Total assetsTotal assets$1,512,620  $1,416,977  Total assets$1,771,640  $1,416,977  
Liabilities and Shareholders’ EquityLiabilities and Shareholders’ EquityLiabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:Current liabilities:Current liabilities:
Accounts payableAccounts payable$35,988  $39,030  Accounts payable$50,089  $39,030  
Accrued expensesAccrued expenses23,906  18,897  Accrued expenses24,727  18,897  
Accrued compensationAccrued compensation31,372  28,814  Accrued compensation34,781  28,814  
Deferred revenues and customer advancesDeferred revenues and customer advances16,618  11,291  Deferred revenues and customer advances12,419  11,291  
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities107,884  98,032  Total current liabilities122,016  98,032  
Deferred income taxesDeferred income taxes18,406  17,814  Deferred income taxes19,166  17,814  
Income taxes payableIncome taxes payable1,397  1,273  Income taxes payable1,751  1,273  
Long-term debtLong-term debt200,000  —  
Operating lease liabilitiesOperating lease liabilities55,257  —  Operating lease liabilities67,028  —  
Other non-current liabilitiesOther non-current liabilities12,620  15,119  Other non-current liabilities12,246  15,119  
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities195,564  132,238  Total liabilities422,207  132,238  
Commitments and contingencies (Note M)Commitments and contingencies (Note M)Commitments and contingencies (Note M)
Shareholders’ equity:Shareholders’ equity:Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstandingPreferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding—  —  Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding—  —  
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 85,000,000 shares authorized; 54,557,551 and 54,247,532 shares issued and outstanding at December 27, 2019 and June 30, 2019, respectively545  542  
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 85,000,000 shares authorized; 54,612,005 and 54,247,532 shares issued and outstanding at March 27, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectivelyCommon stock, $0.01 par value; 85,000,000 shares authorized; 54,612,005 and 54,247,532 shares issued and outstanding at March 27, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively546  542  
Additional paid-in capitalAdditional paid-in capital1,056,238  1,058,745  Additional paid-in capital1,064,698  1,058,745  
Retained earningsRetained earnings261,666  226,743  Retained earnings285,231  226,743  
Accumulated other comprehensive lossAccumulated other comprehensive loss(1,393) (1,291) Accumulated other comprehensive loss(1,042) (1,291) 
Total shareholders’ equityTotal shareholders’ equity1,317,056  1,284,739  Total shareholders’ equity1,349,433  1,284,739  
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equityTotal liabilities and shareholders’ equity$1,512,620  $1,416,977  Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$1,771,640  $1,416,977  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Second Quarters EndedSix Months Ended Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018 March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Net revenuesNet revenues$193,913  $159,089  $371,217  $303,145  Net revenues$208,016  $174,636  $579,233  $477,781  
Cost of revenuesCost of revenues105,407  88,202  204,311  170,675  Cost of revenues114,691  100,789  319,002  271,464  
Gross marginGross margin88,506  70,887  166,906  132,470  Gross margin93,325  73,847  260,231  206,317  
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrativeSelling, general and administrative32,804  27,819  62,774  52,560  Selling, general and administrative33,991  27,411  96,765  79,971  
Research and developmentResearch and development24,660  16,192  46,530  31,140  Research and development24,967  17,439  71,497  48,579  
Amortization of intangible assetsAmortization of intangible assets7,992  6,939  15,011  14,120  Amortization of intangible assets7,848  6,786  22,859  20,906  
Restructuring and other chargesRestructuring and other charges1,101  23  1,749  527  Restructuring and other charges66  46  1,815  573  
Acquisition costs and other related expensesAcquisition costs and other related expenses1,124  53  2,541  452  Acquisition costs and other related expenses111  103  2,652  555  
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses67,681  51,026  128,605  98,799  Total operating expenses66,983  51,785  195,588  150,584  
Income from operationsIncome from operations20,825  19,861  38,301  33,671  Income from operations26,342  22,062  64,643  55,733  
Interest incomeInterest income312  71  1,499  137  Interest income458  205  1,957  342  
Interest expenseInterest expense—  (2,196) —  (4,455) Interest expense(58) (2,473) (58) (6,928) 
Other expense, net(351) (870) (1,785) (1,879) 
Other income (expense), netOther income (expense), net2,186  (328) 401  (2,207) 
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes20,786  16,866  38,015  27,474  Income before income taxes28,928  19,466  66,943  46,940  
Tax provisionTax provision5,110  4,483  3,092  7,612  Tax provision5,363  5,357  8,455  12,969  
Net incomeNet income$15,676  $12,383  $34,923  $19,862  Net income$23,565  $14,109  $58,488  $33,971  
Basic net earnings per shareBasic net earnings per share$0.29  $0.26  $0.64  $0.42  Basic net earnings per share$0.43  $0.30  $1.07  $0.72  
Diluted net earnings per shareDiluted net earnings per share$0.29  $0.26  $0.63  $0.42  Diluted net earnings per share$0.43  $0.29  $1.06  $0.71  
Weighted-average shares outstanding:Weighted-average shares outstanding:Weighted-average shares outstanding:
BasicBasic54,548  47,189  54,468  47,118  Basic54,604  47,258  54,514  47,164  
DilutedDiluted55,001  47,705  55,037  47,696  Diluted55,127  47,958  55,071  47,783  
Comprehensive income:Comprehensive income:Comprehensive income:
Net incomeNet income$15,676  $12,383  $34,923  $19,862  Net income$23,565  $14,109  $58,488  $33,971  
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of taxChange in fair value of derivative instruments, net of tax—  (2,147) —  (2,147) 
Foreign currency translation adjustmentsForeign currency translation adjustments(192) 205  (117) (157) Foreign currency translation adjustments344  (210) 227  (367) 
Pension benefit plan, net of taxPension benefit plan, net of tax (15) 15  (30) Pension benefit plan, net of tax (15) 22  (45) 
Total other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax(184) 190  (102) (187) 
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxTotal other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax351  (2,372) 249  (2,559) 
Total comprehensive incomeTotal comprehensive income$15,492  $12,573  $34,821  $19,675  Total comprehensive income$23,916  $11,737  $58,737  $31,412  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
For the Second Quarter Ended December 27, 2019
For the Third Quarter Ended March 27, 2020
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
SharesAmountRetained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Balance at September 27, 201954,534  $545  $1,049,952  $245,990  $(1,209) $1,295,278  
Balance at December 27, 2019Balance at December 27, 201954,558  $545  $1,056,238  $261,666  $(1,393) $1,317,056  
Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plansIssuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans29  —  —  —  —  —  Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans19  —  —  —  —  —  
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase planIssuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan41   2,392  —  —  2,393  
Purchase and retirement of common stockPurchase and retirement of common stock(5) —  (375) —  —  (375) Purchase and retirement of common stock(6) —  (746) —  —  (746) 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation—  —  6,661  —  —  6,661  Stock-based compensation—  —  6,814  —  —  6,814  
Net incomeNet income—  —  —  15,676  —  15,676  Net income—  —  —  23,565  —  23,565  
Other comprehensive loss—  —  —  —  (184) (184) 
Balance at December 27, 201954,558  $545  $1,056,238  $261,666  $(1,393) $1,317,056  
Other comprehensive incomeOther comprehensive income—  —  —  —  351  351  
Balance at March 27, 2020Balance at March 27, 202054,612  $546  $1,064,698  $285,231  $(1,042) $1,349,433  

For the Second Quarter Ended December 31, 2018For the Third Quarter Ended March 31, 2019
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
SharesAmountRetained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Balance at September 30, 201847,169  $472  $587,788  $187,447  $914  $776,621  
Balance at December 31, 2018Balance at December 31, 201847,249  $472  $594,670  $199,830  $1,104  $796,076  
Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plansIssuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans32  —  —  —  —  —  Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans25   —  —  —   
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan51   1,676  —  —  1,677  
Purchase and retirement of common stockPurchase and retirement of common stock(3) (1) (119) —  —  (120) Purchase and retirement of common stock(9) —  (501) —  —  (501) 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation—  —  5,325  —  —  5,325  Stock-based compensation—  —  5,069  —  —  5,069  
Net incomeNet income—  —  —  12,383  —  12,383  Net income—  —  —  14,109  —  14,109  
Other comprehensive income—  —  —  —  190  190  
Balance at December 31, 201847,249  $472  $594,670  $199,830  $1,104  $796,076  
Other comprehensive lossOther comprehensive loss—  —  —  —  (2,372) (2,372) 
Balance at March 31, 2019Balance at March 31, 201947,265  $473  $599,238  $213,939  $(1,268) $812,382  

For the Six Months Ended December 27, 2019For the Nine Months Ended March 27, 2020
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
SharesAmountRetained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Balance at June 30, 2019Balance at June 30, 201954,248  $542  $1,058,745  $226,743  $(1,291) $1,284,739  Balance at June 30, 201954,248  $542  $1,058,745  $226,743  $(1,291) $1,284,739  
Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plansIssuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans491   (2) —  —   Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans510   (2) —  —   
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase planIssuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan41   2,392  —  —  2,393  
Purchase and retirement of common stockPurchase and retirement of common stock(181) (2) (14,935) —  —  (14,937) Purchase and retirement of common stock(187) (2) (15,681) —  —  (15,683) 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation—  —  12,430  —  —  12,430  Stock-based compensation—  —  19,244  —  —  19,244  
Net incomeNet income—  —  —  34,923  —  34,923  Net income—  —  —  58,488  —  58,488  
Other comprehensive loss—  —  —  —  (102) (102) 
Balance at December 27, 201954,558  $545  $1,056,238  $261,666  $(1,393) $1,317,056  
Other comprehensive incomeOther comprehensive income—  —  —  —  249  249  
Balance at March 27, 2020Balance at March 27, 202054,612  $546  $1,064,698  $285,231  $(1,042) $1,349,433  

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2018For the Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Common StockAdditional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
SharesAmountRetained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shareholders’
Equity
Balance at June 30, 2018Balance at June 30, 201846,924  $469  $590,163  $179,968  $1,291  $771,891  Balance at June 30, 201846,924  $469  $590,163  $179,968  $1,291  $771,891  
Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plansIssuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans414   (4) —  —  —  Issuance of common stock under employee stock incentive plans439   (5) —  —  —  
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase planIssuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan51   1,676  —  —  1,677  Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan51   1,676  —  —  1,677  
Purchase and retirement of common stockPurchase and retirement of common stock(140) (2) (6,930) —  —  (6,932) Purchase and retirement of common stock(149) (2) (7,432) —  —  (7,434) 
Stock-based compensationStock-based compensation—  —  9,765  —  —  9,765  Stock-based compensation—  —  14,836  —  —  14,836  
Net incomeNet income—  —  —  19,862  —  19,862  Net income—  —  —  33,971  —  33,971  
Other comprehensive lossOther comprehensive loss—  —  —  —  (187) (187) Other comprehensive loss—  —  —  —  (2,559) (2,559) 
Balance at December 31, 201847,249  $472  $594,670  $199,830  $1,104  $796,076  
Balance at March 31, 2019Balance at March 31, 201947,265  $473  $599,238  $213,939  $(1,268) $812,382  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended Nine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018 March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:Cash flows from operating activities:Cash flows from operating activities:
Net incomeNet income$34,923  $19,862  Net income$58,488  $33,971  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization expenseDepreciation and amortization expense23,928  23,254  Depreciation and amortization expense36,579  34,830  
Stock-based compensation expenseStock-based compensation expense12,190  9,963  Stock-based compensation expense19,004  14,836  
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxesProvision (benefit) for deferred income taxes593  (1,943) Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes1,174  (1,054) 
Gain on sale of investmentGain on sale of investment(3,810) —  
Other non-cash itemsOther non-cash items1,255  2,144  Other non-cash items2,402  2,715  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of businesses acquired:Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of businesses acquired:Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of businesses acquired:
Accounts receivable, unbilled receivables, and costs in excess of billingsAccounts receivable, unbilled receivables, and costs in excess of billings(13,512) (20,845) Accounts receivable, unbilled receivables, and costs in excess of billings(34,254) (22,081) 
InventoryInventory(5,371) (9,422) Inventory(13,525) (13,770) 
Prepaid income taxesPrepaid income taxes(5,356) 2,995  Prepaid income taxes(1,046) 3,761  
Prepaid expenses and other current assetsPrepaid expenses and other current assets1,137  (340) Prepaid expenses and other current assets508  (724) 
Other non-current assetsOther non-current assets(63) 118  Other non-current assets(165) 137  
Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and accrued compensationAccounts payable, accrued expenses, and accrued compensation(425) 7,215  Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and accrued compensation17,968  15,610  
Deferred revenues and customer advancesDeferred revenues and customer advances6,650  9,480  Deferred revenues and customer advances2,446  (2,065) 
Income taxes payableIncome taxes payable(2,803) 1,872  Income taxes payable(2,485) 4,795  
Other non-current liabilitiesOther non-current liabilities3,230  977  Other non-current liabilities3,174  587  
Net cash provided by operating activitiesNet cash provided by operating activities56,376  45,330  Net cash provided by operating activities86,458  71,548  
Cash flows from investing activities:Cash flows from investing activities:Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquiredAcquisition of business, net of cash acquired(96,502) (45,029) Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired(96,502) (81,529) 
Purchases of property and equipmentPurchases of property and equipment(20,919) (10,802) Purchases of property and equipment(31,788) (17,862) 
Proceeds from sale of investmentProceeds from sale of investment4,310  —  
Net cash used in investing activitiesNet cash used in investing activities(117,421) (55,831) Net cash used in investing activities(123,980) (99,391) 
Cash flows from financing activities:Cash flows from financing activities:Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from employee stock plansProceeds from employee stock plans3�� 1,677  Proceeds from employee stock plans2,396  1,677  
Borrowings under credit facilitiesBorrowings under credit facilities200,000  81,500  
Purchase and retirement of common stockPurchase and retirement of common stock(14,937) (6,932) Purchase and retirement of common stock(15,683) (7,434) 
Borrowings under credit facilities—  45,000  
Payments of deferred financing and offering costsPayments of deferred financing and offering costs—  (1,851) Payments of deferred financing and offering costs—  (1,851) 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities(14,934) 37,894  
Net cash provided by financing activitiesNet cash provided by financing activities186,713  73,892  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalentsEffect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents84  (11) Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents23  (55) 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(75,895) 27,382  
Net increase in cash and cash equivalentsNet increase in cash and cash equivalents149,214  45,994  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of periodCash and cash equivalents at beginning of period257,932  66,521  Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period257,932  66,521  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of periodCash and cash equivalents at end of period$182,037  $93,903  Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$407,146  $112,515  
Cash paid during the period for:Cash paid during the period for:Cash paid during the period for:
InterestInterest$—  $5,648  Interest$—  $8,163  
Income taxesIncome taxes$10,454  $4,308  Income taxes$10,457  $5,179  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands except per share data)
(Unaudited)
A.Description of Business
Mercury Systems, Inc. (the “Company” or “Mercury”) is the leader in making trusted, secure mission-critical technologies profoundly more accessible to aerospace and defense. Operating at the intersection of high-tech and defense, Mercury specializes in engineering, adapting and manufacturing purpose-built solutions to meet current and emerging high-tech needs. Mercury’s innovative solutions power more than 300 mission-critical aerospace, commercial aviation, defense, security and intelligence programs, including Aegis, Patriot, LTAMDS, SEWIP, F-35, JLTV, Global Hawk and Stormbreaker, delivering Innovation That Matters®.
Headquartered in Andover, MA, Mercury has pioneered a transformational defense electronics business model specifically designed to provide end-users with trusted and secure leading-edge technology, affordably and with significantly shorter lead times. Mercury’s relationships with key commercial processing technology providers, such as Intel, NVIDIA and Xilinx, coupled with its commitment to open standards architecture (“OSA”), allow it to develop products that are optimized for customer success and upgradeability. A proven portfolio of advanced capability, a demonstrated model for accelerated development and a commitment to its cultures and values, uniquely position Mercury to deliver Innovation That Matters®Matters® from chip-scale to system-scale.
Investors and others should note that the Company announces material financial information using its website (www.mrcy.com), SECSecurities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings, press releases, public conference calls, webcasts, and social media, including Twitter (twitter.com/mrcy and twitter.com/mrcy_CEO) and LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/company/mercury-systems). Therefore, the Company encourages investors and others interested in Mercury to review the information the Company posts on the social media and other communication channels listed on its website.
B. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to the Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations; however, in the opinion of management the financial information reflects all adjustments, consisting of adjustments of a normal recurring nature, necessary for fair presentation. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 which are contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)SEC on August 15, 2019. The results for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Effective July 1, 2019, the Company's fiscal year has changed to the 52-week or 53-week period ending on the Friday closest to the last day in June. All references to the secondthird quarter of fiscal 2020 are to the quarter ending DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020. There were approximately 13-weeks during the secondthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively. There were approximately 26-weeks39-weeks during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively. There have been no reclassifications of prior comparable periods due to this change.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP 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 dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
The Company utilizes the acquisition method of accounting under ASC 805, Business Combinations, (“ASC 805”), for all transactions and events which it obtains control over one or more other businesses, to recognize the fair value of all assets
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and liabilities acquired, even if less than one hundred percent ownership is acquired, and in establishing the acquisition date fair
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value as the measurement date for all assets and liabilities assumed. The Company also utilizes ASC 805 for the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and accounting, and disclosure of assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in business combinations.
FOREIGN CURRENCY
Local currencies are the functional currency for the Company’s subsidiaries in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Spain and Canada. The accounts of foreign subsidiaries are translated using exchange rates in effect at period-end for assets and liabilities and at average exchange rates during the period for results of operations. The related translation adjustments are reported in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (“AOCI”) in shareholders’ equity. Gains (losses) resulting from non-U.S. currency transactions are included in other expense,income (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income and were immaterial for all periods presented.
LEASES
Effective July 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASC 842, Leases, (“ASC 842”), which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease liability for most lease arrangements. The Company has adopted ASC 842 using the optional transition method and, as a result, there have been no reclassifications of prior comparable periods due to this adoption.
The Company has arrangements involving the lease of facilities, machinery and equipment. Under ASC 842, at inception of the arrangement, the Company determines whether the contract is or contains a lease and whether the lease should be classified as an operating or a financing lease. This determination, among other considerations, involves an assessment of whether the Company can control the underlying asset and have the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits or outputs from the asset.
The Company recognizes ROU assets and lease liabilities as of the lease commencement date based on the net present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. ASC 842 requires lessees to use the rate implicit in the lease unless it is not readily determinable and then it may use its incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) to discount the future minimum lease payments. Most of the Company's lease arrangements do not provide an implicit rate; therefore, the Company uses its IBR to discount the future minimum lease payments. The Company determines its IBR with its credit rating and current economic information available as of the commencement date, as well as the identified lease term. During the assessment of the lease term, the Company considers its renewal options and extensions within the arrangements and the Company includes these options when it is reasonably certain to extend the term of the lease.
The Company has lease arrangements with both lease and non-lease components. Consideration is allocated to lease and non-lease components based on estimated standalone prices. The Company has elected to exclude non-lease components from the calculation of its ROU assets and lease liabilities. In the Company's adoption of ASC 842, leases with an initial term of 12 months or less will not result in recognition of a ROU asset and a lease liability and will be expensed as incurred over the lease term. Leases of this nature were immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The Company has lease arrangements that contain incentives for tenant improvements as well as fixed rent escalation clauses. For contracts with tenant improvement incentives that are determined to be a leasehold improvement that will be owned by the lessee and the Company is reasonably certain to exercise, it records a reduction to the lease liability and amortizes the incentive over the identified term of the lease as a reduction to rent expense. The Company records rental expense on a straight-line basis over the identified lease term on contracts with rent escalation clauses.
Finance leases are not material to the Company's consolidated financial statements and the Company is not a lessor in any material lease arrangements. There are no material restrictions, covenants, sale and leaseback transactions, variable lease payments or residual value guarantees in the Company's lease arrangements. Operating leases are included in Operating lease right-of-use assets, Accrued expenses, and Operating lease liabilities in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheets. The standard had no impact on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. See Note N to the consolidated financial statements for more information regarding the adoption of this standard.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, (“ASC 606”). The Company is a leading commercial provider ofthe leader in making trusted, secure sensormission-critical technologies profoundly more accessible to aerospace and safety-critical mission processing subsystems.defense. Revenues are derived from the sales of products that are grouped into one of the following three categories: (i) components; (ii) modules and sub-assemblies; and (iii) integrated subsystems. The Company also generates revenues from the performance of services, including systems engineering support, consulting, maintenance and other support, testing and installation. Each promised good or service within a contract is accounted for separately under the guidance of ASC 606 if they are distinct. Promised goods or services not meeting the criteria for being a distinct performance obligation are bundled into a single performance obligation
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single performance obligation with other goods or services that together meet the criteria for being distinct. The appropriate allocation of the transaction price and recognition of revenue is then determined for the bundled performance obligation.
Revenue recognized at a point in time generally relates to contracts that include a combination of components, modules and sub-assemblies, integrated subsystems and related system integration or other services. Contracts with distinct performance obligations recognized at a point in time, with or without an allocation of the transaction price, totaled 79%70% and 76%74% of revenues for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, respectively. Contracts with distinct performance obligations recognized at a point in time, with or without an allocation of the transaction price, totaled 76%74% and 78%76% of revenues for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively.
The Company also engages in long-term contracts for development, production and service activities and recognizes revenue for performance obligations over time. These long-term contracts involve the design, development, manufacture, or modification of complex modules and sub-assemblies or integrated subsystems and related services. Long-term contracts include both fixed-price and cost reimbursable contracts. The Company’s cost reimbursable contracts typically include cost-plus fixed fee and time and material contracts.
Total revenue recognized under long-term contracts over time was 21%30% and 24%26% of total revenues for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, respectively. Total revenue recognized under long-term contracts over time was 24%26% and 22%24% of total revenues for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively.
The Company generally does not provide its customers with rights of product return other than those related to assurance warranty provisions that permit repair or replacement of defective goods over a period of 12 to 36 months. The Company accrues for anticipated warranty costs upon product shipment. The Company does not consider activities related to such assurance warranties, if any, to be a separate performance obligation. The Company does offer separately priced extended warranties which generally range from 12 to 36 months that are treated as separate performance obligations. The transaction price allocated to extended warranties is recognized over time in proportion to the costs expected to be incurred in satisfying the obligations under the contract.
All revenues are reported net of government assessed taxes (e.g., sales taxes or value-added taxes). Refer to Note L for disaggregation of revenue for the period.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 
Accounts receivable, net, represents amounts that have been billed and are currently due from customers. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to provide for the estimated amount of receivables that will not be collected. The Company provides credit to customers in the normal course of business. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and limits the amount of credit extended as necessary. The allowance is based upon an assessment of the customers’ credit worthiness, history with the customer, and the age of the receivable balance. The Company typically invoices a customer upon shipment of the product (or completion of a service) for contracts where revenue is recognized at a point in time. For contracts where revenue is recognized over time, the invoicing events are typically based on specified performance obligation deliverables or milestone events, or quantifiable measures of performance.
CONTRACT BALANCES 
Contract balances result from the timing of revenue recognized, billings and cash collections, and the generation of contract assets and liabilities. Contract assets represent revenue recognized in excess of amounts invoiced to the customer and the right to payment is not subject to the passage of time. Contract assets are presented as unbilled receivables and costs in excess of billings on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Contract liabilities consist of deferred product revenue, billings in excess of revenues, deferred service revenue, and customer advances. Deferred product revenue represents amounts that have been invoiced to customers, but are not yet recognizable as revenue because the Company has not satisfied its performance obligations under the contract. Billings in excess of revenues represents milestone billing contracts where the billings of the contract exceed recognized revenues. Deferred service revenue primarily represents amounts invoiced to customers for annual maintenance contracts or extended warranty contracts, which are recognized over time in proportion to the costs expected to be incurred in satisfying the obligations under the contract. Customer advances represent deposits received from customers on an order. Contract liabilities are included in deferred revenue and the long-term portion of deferred revenue is included within other non-current liabilities on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Contract balances are reported in a net position on a contract-by-contract basis.
The contract asset balances were $61,302$86,860 and $57,387 as of DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and June 30, 2019, respectively. The contract asset balance increased due to growth in revenue recognized under long-term contracts over time during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020. The contract liability balances were $19,388$14,858 and $12,362 as of DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and June 30, 2019, respectively. The increase was due to advanced billings across multiple programs.
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Revenue recognized for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 that was previously included in the contract liability balance at June 30, 2019 was $2,898$1,564 and $8,274,$9,838, respectively. Revenue recognized for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20182019 that was included in the contract liability balance at June 30, 2018 was $1,617$1,173 and $8,983,$10,156, respectively.
REMAINING PERFORMANCE OBLIGATIONS
The Company includes in its computation of remaining performance obligations customer orders for which it has accepted signed sales orders. The definition of remaining performance obligations excludes contracts with original expected durations of less than one year, as well as those contracts that provide the customer with the right to cancel or terminate the order with no substantial penalty, even if the Company’s historical experience indicates the likelihood of cancellation or termination is remote. As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $297,593.$262,425. The Company expects to recognize approximately 77%60% of its remaining performance obligations as revenue in the next 12 months and the balance thereafter.
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE SHARES
Weighted-average shares were calculated as follows:
Second Quarters Ended  Six Months EndedThird Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Basic weighted-average shares outstandingBasic weighted-average shares outstanding54,548  47,189  54,468  47,118  Basic weighted-average shares outstanding54,604  47,258  54,514  47,164  
Effect of dilutive equity instrumentsEffect of dilutive equity instruments453  516  569  578  Effect of dilutive equity instruments523  700  557  619  
Diluted weighted-average shares outstandingDiluted weighted-average shares outstanding55,001  47,705  55,037  47,696  Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding55,127  47,958  55,071  47,783  
Equity instruments to purchase 4193 and 297136 shares of common stock were not included in the calculation of diluted net earnings per share for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, because the equity instruments were anti-dilutive. Equity instruments to purchase 3111 and 481244 shares of common stock were not included in the calculation of diluted net earnings per share for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, because the equity instruments were anti-dilutive.
C. Acquisitions
AMERICAN PANEL CORPORATION ACQUISITION
On September 23, 2019, the Company acquired American Panel Corporation (“APC”). Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, APC is a leading innovator in large area display technology for the aerospace and defense market. APC's capabilities are deployed on a wide range of next-generation platforms. The Company acquired APC for an all cash purchase price of $100,000, prior to net working capital and net debt adjustments. The Company funded the acquisition with cash on hand.
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The following table presents the net purchase price and the fair values of the assets and liabilities of APC on a preliminary basis:
Amounts
Consideration transferred
Cash paid at closing$100,826  
Working capital and net debt adjustment(5,952) 
Liabilities assumed2,454  
Less cash acquired(826) 
Net purchase price$96,502  
Estimated fair value of tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Cash$826  
Accounts receivable3,726  
Inventory11,51011,271  
Fixed assets690  
Other current and non-current assets3,494  
Accounts payable(1,554) 
Accrued expenses(1,070)(1,013) 
Other current and non-current liabilities(5,749) 
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired11,87311,691  
Estimated fair value of identifiable intangible assets33,200  
Estimated goodwill52,25552,437  
Estimated fair value of net assets acquired97,328  
Less cash acquired(826) 
Net purchase price$96,502  
The amounts above represent the preliminary fair value estimates as of DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and are subject to subsequent adjustment as the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period and finalizes its fair value estimates. The preliminary identifiable intangible asset estimate includes customer relationships of $20,400 with a useful life of 11 years, completed technology of $10,400 with a useful life of 11 years and backlog of $2,400 with a useful life of two years. Any subsequent adjustments to these fair value estimates occurring during the measurement period will result in an adjustment to goodwill.
The goodwill of $52,255$52,437 largely reflects the potential synergies and expansion of the Company's offerings across product lines and markets complementary to the Company's existing products and markets. The goodwill from this acquisition is reported under the Sensor and Mission Processing (“SMP”) reporting unit. Since APC was a qualified subchapter S subsidiary, the acquisition is treated as an asset purchase for tax purposes. The Company has estimated the tax value of the intangible assets from this transaction and is amortizing the amount over 15 years for tax purposes. As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company had $52,357$51,686 of goodwill deductible for tax purposes. The Company has not furnished pro forma information relating to APC because such information is not material to the Company's financial results.
The revenues and income before income taxes from APC included in the Company's consolidated results for the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 were $9,653$7,600 and $1,495,$103, respectively. The revenues and income before income taxes from APC included in the Company's consolidated results for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 were $10,596$18,196 and $1,802,$1,905, respectively. The APC results include expenses resulting from purchase accounting which include amortization of intangible assets and inventory step-up.
THE ATHENA GROUP ACQUISITION
On April 18, 2019, the Company acquired The Athena Group, Inc. (“Athena”), a privately-held company based in Gainesville, Florida and a leading provider of cryptographic and countermeasure IP vital to securing defense computing systems. The Company acquired Athena for an all cash purchase price of $34,000, prior to net working capital and net debt adjustments, which was funded through the revolving credit facility (“the Revolver”).
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The following table presents the net purchase price and the fair values of the assets and liabilities of Athena on a preliminary basis:
Amounts
Consideration transferred
Cash paid at closing$34,049  
Working capital and net debt adjustment(446) 
Less cash acquired(49) 
Net purchase price$33,554  
Estimated fair value of tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Cash$49  
Accounts receivable726  
Fixed assets74  
Other current and non-current assets260  
Accounts payable(48) 
Accrued expenses(143) 
Other current and non-current liabilities(600) 
Deferred tax liability(6,414) 
Estimated fair value of net tangible liabilities acquired(6,096) 
Estimated fair value of identifiable intangible assets23,700  
Estimated goodwill15,999  
Estimated fair value of net assets acquired33,603  
Less cash acquired(49) 
Net purchase price$33,554  
The amounts above represent the preliminary fair value estimates as of DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and are subject to subsequent adjustment as the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period and finalizes its fair value estimates. The preliminary identifiable intangible asset estimate includes completed technology of $23,700 with a useful life of 11 years. Any subsequent adjustments to these fair value estimates occurring during the measurement period will result in an adjustment to goodwill.
The goodwill of $15,999 largely reflects the potential synergies and expansion of the Company's offerings across product lines and markets complementary to the Company's existing products and markets and is not tax deductible. The goodwill from this acquisition is reported under the Mercury Defense Systems (“MDS”) reporting unit. The Company has not furnished pro forma information relating to Athena because such information is not material to the Company's financial results.
SYNTONIC MICROWAVE LLCLLC ACQUISITION
On April 18, 2019, the Company acquired Syntonic Microwave LLC (“Syntonic”), a privately held company based in Campbell, California and a leading provider of advanced synthesizers, wideband phase coherent tuners and microwave converters optimized for signals intelligence and electronic intelligence applications demanding frequency coverage up to 40 GHz with 2 GHz instantaneous bandwidth. The Company acquired Syntonic for an all cash purchase price of $12,000, prior to net working capital and net debt adjustments, which was funded through the Revolver.
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The following table presents the net purchase price and the fair values of the assets and liabilities of Syntonic on a preliminary basis:
Amounts
Consideration transferred
Cash paid at closing$13,118  
Less cash acquired(1,118) 
Net purchase price$12,000  
Estimated fair value of tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed
Cash$1,118  
Accounts receivable281  
Inventory482  
Fixed assets31  
Other current and non-current assets 
Accounts payable(71) 
Accrued expenses(61) 
Estimated fair value of net tangible assets acquired1,786  
Estimated fair value of identifiable intangible assets7,100  
Estimated goodwill4,232  
Estimated fair value of net assets acquired13,118  
Less cash acquired(1,118) 
Net purchase price$12,000  
The amounts above represent the preliminary fair value estimates as of DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and are subject to subsequent adjustment as the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period and finalizes its fair value estimates. The preliminary identifiable intangible asset estimates include customer relationships of $4,200 with a useful life of 10 years, completed technology of $2,500 with a useful life of nine years and backlog of $400 with a useful life of one year. Any subsequent adjustments to these fair value estimates occurring during the measurement period will result in an adjustment to goodwill.
The goodwill of $4,232 largely reflects the potential synergies and expansion of the Company's offerings across product lines and markets complementary to the Company's existing products and markets. The goodwill from this acquisition is reported under the Advanced Microelectronic Solutions (“AMS”) reporting unit. Since Syntonic was a limited liability company, the acquisition is treated as an asset purchase for tax purposes. The Company has estimated the tax value of the intangible assets from this transaction and is amortizing the amount over 15 years for tax purposes. As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company had $2,988$2,936 of goodwill deductible for tax purposes. The Company has not furnished pro forma information relating to Syntonic because such information is not material to the Company's financial results.
GECO AVIONICS AQUISITION
On January 29, 2019, the Company announced that it had acquired GECO Avionics, LLC (“GECO”), a privately held company in Mesa, Arizona, with over twenty years of experience designing and manufacturing affordable safety-critical avionics and mission computing solutions. The Company acquired GECO for an all cash purchase price of $36,500, which was funded through the Revolver.
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The following table presents the net purchase price and the fair values of the assets and liabilities of GECO on a preliminary basis:GECO:
Amounts
Consideration transferred
Cash paid at closing$36,500  
Net purchase price$36,500  
    
Estimated fairFair value of tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed   
Accounts receivable$1,320  
Inventory1,454  
Fixed assets459  
Accounts payable(217) 
Accrued expenses(239) 
Estimated fairFair value of net tangible assets acquired2,777  
Estimated fairFair value of identifiable intangible assets12,700  
Estimated goodwillGoodwill21,023  
Estimated fairFair value of net assets acquired
36,500  
Net purchase price$36,500  
The amounts above represent the preliminary fair value estimates as of December 27, 2019 and are subject to subsequent adjustment as the Company obtains additional information duringOn January 29, 2020, the measurement period and finalizes its fair value estimates.for GECO expired. The preliminary identifiable intangible asset estimatesassets include customer relationships of $6,900 with a useful life of 11 years, completed technology of $4,800 with a useful life of 10 years and backlog of $1,000 with a useful life of two years. Any subsequent adjustments to these fair value estimates occurring during the measurement period will result in an adjustment to goodwill.
The goodwill of $21,023 largely reflects the potential synergies and expansion of the Company's offerings across product lines and markets complementary to the Company's existing products and markets. The goodwill from this acquisition is reported under the SMP reporting unit. Since GECO was a limited liability company, the acquisition is treated as an asset purchase for tax purposes. The Company has estimated the tax value of the intangible assets from this transaction and is amortizing the amount over 15 years for tax purposes. As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company had $20,300$19,939 of goodwill deductible for tax purposes. The Company has not furnished pro forma information relating to GECO because such information is not material to the Company's financial results.
GERMANE SYSTEMS AQUISITION
On July 31, 2018, the Company announced that it had entered into a membership interest purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and acquired Germane Systems, LC (“Germane”) pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
Based in Chantilly, Virginia, Germane is an industry leader in the design, development and manufacturing of rugged servers, computers and storage systems for command, control and intelligence (“C2I”) applications. The Company acquired Germane for an all cash purchase price of $45,000, prior to net working capital and net debt adjustments. The Company funded the acquisition with borrowings obtained under the Revolver. On December 12, 2018 the Company and former owners of Germane agreed to post-closing adjustments totaling $1,244, which decreased the Company's net purchase price.
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The following table presents the net purchase price and the fair values of the assets and liabilities of Germane:
Amounts 
Consideration transferred   
Cash paid at closing$47,166  
Working capital and net debt adjustment(1,244) 
Less cash acquired(193) 
Net purchase price$45,729  
    
Fair value of tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed   
       Cash$193  
       Accounts receivable4,277  
       Inventory8,575  
       Fixed assets867  
       Other current and non-current assets596  
       Accounts payable(3,146) 
       Accrued expenses(1,394) 
       Other current and non-current liabilities(514) 
Fair value of net tangible assets acquired9,454  
Fair value of identifiable intangible assets12,910  
Goodwill23,558  
Fair value of net assets acquired45,922  
Less cash acquired
(193) 
Net purchase price$45,729  
On July 31, 2019, the measurement period for Germane expired. The identifiable intangible assets include customer relationships of $8,500 with a useful life of 11 years, completed technology of $4,200 with a useful life of eight years and backlog of $210 with a useful life of one year.
The goodwill of $23,558 largely reflects the potential synergies and expansion of the Company's offerings across product lines and markets complementary to the Company's existing products and markets. The goodwill from this acquisition is reported under the MDS reporting unit. Since Germane was a limited liability company, the acquisition is treated as an asset purchase for tax purposes. The Company has estimated the tax value of the intangible assets from this transaction and is amortizing the amount over 15 years for tax purposes. As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company had $21,763$21,363 of goodwill deductible for tax purposes.
D.Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at DecemberMarch 27, 2019:2020: 
Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements
December 27, 2019Level 1Level 2Level 3 March 27, 2020Level 1Level 2Level 3
Assets:Assets:Assets:
Certificates of depositCertificates of deposit$31,781  $—  $31,781  $—  Certificates of deposit$99,905  $—  $99,905  $—  
TotalTotal$31,781  $—  $31,781  $—  Total$99,905  $—  $99,905  $—  
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, including money market funds, restricted cash, accounts receivable and payable, and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term maturities of these assets and liabilities. The fair value of the Company’s certificates of deposit are determined through quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active or are directly or indirectly observable.
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During the third quarter ended March 27, 2020 the Company received gross proceeds and recorded a gain on sale of a cost-method investment of $4,310 and $3,810, respectively. The gain on sale of investment is included within Other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the third quarter and nine months ended March 27, 2020. The Company's cost-method investment did not have a readily determinable fair value and was recorded at cost within Other non-current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet prior to its sale.
E. Inventory
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or net realizable value, and consists of materials, labor and overhead. On a quarterly basis, the Company uses consistent methodologies to evaluate inventory for net realizable value. Once an item is written down, the value becomes the new inventory cost basis. The Company reduces the value of inventory for excess and obsolete inventory, consisting of on-hand inventory in excess of estimated usage. The excess and obsolete inventory evaluation is based upon assumptions about future demand, historical usage, product mix and possible alternative uses. Inventory was comprised of the following:
December 27, 2019June 30, 2019March 27, 2020June 30, 2019
Raw materialsRaw materials$89,191  $84,561  Raw materials$95,054  $84,561  
Work in processWork in process48,465  38,525  Work in process49,127  38,525  
Finished goodsFinished goods15,986  14,026  Finished goods17,677  14,026  
TotalTotal$153,642  $137,112  Total$161,858  $137,112  

F.Goodwill
The following table sets forth the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reporting unit for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019:2020:
SMPAMSMDSTotalSMPAMSMDSTotal
Balance at June 30, 2019Balance at June 30, 2019$140,783  $222,379  $198,984  $562,146  Balance at June 30, 2019$140,783  $222,379  $198,984  $562,146  
Goodwill adjustment for the Germane acquisitionGoodwill adjustment for the Germane acquisition—  —  447  447  Goodwill adjustment for the Germane acquisition—  —  447  447  
Goodwill adjustment for the GECO acquisitionGoodwill adjustment for the GECO acquisition(200) —  —  (200) Goodwill adjustment for the GECO acquisition(200) —  —  (200) 
Goodwill arising from the APC acquisitionGoodwill arising from the APC acquisition52,255  —  —  52,255  Goodwill arising from the APC acquisition52,437  —  —  52,437  
Balance at December 27, 2019$192,838  $222,379  $199,431  $614,648  
Balance at March 27, 2020Balance at March 27, 2020$193,020  $222,379  $199,431  $614,830  
In the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, there were no triggering events, as defined by ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, which required an interim goodwill impairment test. The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year.
G.Restructuring
The following table presents the detail of activity for the Company’s restructuring plans:
Severance &
Related
Facilities
& Other
TotalSeverance &
Related
Facilities
& Other
Total
Restructuring liability at June 30, 2019Restructuring liability at June 30, 2019$ $—  $ Restructuring liability at June 30, 2019$ $—  $ 
Restructuring and other chargesRestructuring and other charges1,716  33  1,749  Restructuring and other charges1,740  75  1,815  
Cash paidCash paid(700) (33) (733) Cash paid(892) (75) (967) 
Restructuring liability at December 27, 2019$1,020  $—  $1,020  
Restructuring liability at March 27, 2020Restructuring liability at March 27, 2020$852  $—  $852  
During the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company incurred net restructuring and other charges of $1,749.$1,815. Restructuring and other charges are typically related to acquisitions and organizational redesign programs initiated as part of discrete post-acquisition integration activities.
All of the restructuring and other charges are classified as operating expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income and any remaining severance obligations are expected to be paid within the next twelve months. The restructuring liability is classified as accrued expenses in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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H.Income Taxes
The Company recorded an income tax provision of $5,110$5,363 and $4,483$5,357 on income from operations before income taxes of $20,786$28,928 and $16,866$19,466 for the secondthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively. The Company recorded an income tax provision of $3,092$8,455 and $7,612$12,969 on income from operations before income taxes of $38,015$66,943 and $27,474$46,940 for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively.
During the secondthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, the Company recognized a discrete tax benefit of $353$159 and $67,$143, respectively, related to excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation. During the nine months ended March 27, 2020 and March 31, 2019, the Company recognized a discrete tax benefit of $6,639 and $1,858, respectively, related to excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation.
The Company recognized a discrete tax benefit of $1,005, net of a $251 tax reserve, related to research and development credits and an $813 discrete tax benefit from a release of a valuation allowance on a capital loss carryforward, during the third quarter and nine months ended March 27, 2020.
The effective tax rate for the
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second third quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 20182019 differed from the Federal statutory rate primarily due to Federal research and development credits, excess tax benefits related to stockstock-based compensation, a release of a valuation allowance on a capital loss carryforward, a modified territorial tax system and a minimum tax on certain foreign earnings, and state taxes.
During the six months ended December 27, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company recognized a discrete tax benefit of $6,480 and $1,716, respectively, related to excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation. The effective tax rate for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 20182019 differed from the Federal statutory rate primarily due to Federal research and development credits, excess tax benefits related to stockstock-based compensation, a release of a valuation allowance on a capital loss carryforward, a modified territorial tax system and a minimum tax on certain foreign earnings, and state taxes.
DuringThe Company recorded an increase to its unrecognized tax positions of $251 related to research and development credits claimed on an amended Federal tax return during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019, there were no material changes made2020.
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was enacted in response to the Company’s unrecognizedcoronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID”) pandemic. The CARES Act, among other things, permits immediate expensing of Qualified Improvement Property for tax positions.purposes. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the CARES Act on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, and the Company expects that it will result in a cash benefit.
I.Debt
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
On September 28, 2018, the Company amended the Revolver to increase and extend the borrowing capacity to a $750,000, 5-year revolving credit line, with the maturity extended to September 28, 2023. As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company's outstanding balance of unamortized deferred financing costs was $5,041,$4,705, which is being amortized to other expense,Other income (expense), net on a straight line basis over the term of the Revolver. During the third quarter ended March 27, 2020, the Company drew $200,000 to provide access to capital and flexibility in managing its operations during this time of uncertainty due to COVID.
As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company was in compliance with all covenants and conditions under the Revolver and there were no outstanding borrowings of $200,000 against the Revolver.Revolver, resulting in interest expense of $58 for both the third quarter and nine months ended March 27, 2020. There were outstanding letters of credit of $1,106$904 as of DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020.
J.Employee Benefit Plan
PENSION PLAN
The Company maintains a defined benefit pension plan (the “Plan”) for its Swiss employees, which is administered by an independent pension fund. The Plan is mandated by Swiss law and meets the criteria for a defined benefit plan under ASC 715, Compensation—Retirement Benefits (“ASC 715”), because participants of the Plan are entitled to a defined rate of return on contributions made. The independent pension fund is a multi-employer plan with unrestricted joint liability for all participating companies for which the Plan’s overfunding or underfunding is allocated to each participating company based on an allocation key determined by the Plan.
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The Company recognizes a net asset or liability for the Plan equal to the difference between the projected benefit obligation of the Plan and the fair value of the Plan’s assets as required by ASC 715. The funded status may vary from year to year due to changes in the fair value of the Plan’s assets and variations on the underlying assumptions of the projected benefit obligation of the Plan. The Plan's funded status at DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 was a net liability of $9,343,$9,583, which is recorded in otherOther non-current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Company recorded a net gain of $8$7 and $15$22 in AOCI during the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, respectively. The Company recorded a net loss of $15 and $30$45 in AOCI during the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018, respectively. The Company recognized net periodic benefit costs of $296 and $592 associated with the Plan for the second quarter and six months ended December 27, 2019, respectively. The Company recognized net periodic benefit costs of $200$304 and $402$896 associated with the Plan for the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2020, respectively. The Company recognized net periodic benefit costs of $197 and $599 associated with the Plan for the third quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2018,2019, respectively. The Company's total expected employer contributions to the Plan during fiscal 2020 are $822.
K.Stock-Based Compensation
STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS
The aggregate number of shares authorized for issuance under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2018 Plan”) is 2,862 shares, with an additional 710 shares rolled into the 2018 Plan that were available for future grant under the Company’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “2005 Plan”) at the time of shareholder approval of the 2018 Plan. The 2018 Plan replaced the 2005 Plan. On November 6, 2019, an additional 184 shares from the 2005 Plan were rolled into the 2018 Plan as a result of forfeiture, cancellation, or termination (other than by exercise) of previously-made grants under the 2005 Plan. The shares authorized for issuance under the 2018 Plan will continue to be increased by any future cancellations, forfeitures or terminations (other than by exercise) of awards under the 2005 Plan. The foregoing does not affect any outstanding awards under the 2005 Plan, which remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. The 2018 Plan provides for the grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options, restricted stock, stock
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appreciation rights and deferred stock awards to employees and non-employees. All stock options are granted with an exercise price of not less than 100% of the fair value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and the options generally have a term of seven years. There were 2,6812,656 shares available for future grant under the 2018 Plan at DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020.
As part of the Company's ongoing annual equity grant program for employees, the Company grants performance-based restricted stock awards to certain executives and employees pursuant to the 2018 Plan. Performance awards vest based on the requisite service period subject to the achievement of specific financial performance targets. Based on the performance targets, some of these awards require graded vesting which results in more rapid expense recognition compared to traditional time-based vesting over the same vesting period. The Company monitors the probability of achieving the performance targets on a quarterly basis and may adjust periodic stock compensation expense accordingly based on its determination of the likelihood for reaching targets. The performance targets generally include the achievement of internal performance targets in relation to a peer group of companies.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
The aggregate number of shares authorized for issuance under the Company’s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated (“ESPP”), is 1,800 shares. Under the ESPP, rights are granted to purchase shares of common stock at 85% of the lesser of the market value of such shares at either the beginning or the end of each six-month offering period. The ESPP permits employees to purchase common stock through payroll deductions, which may not exceed 10% of an employee’s compensation as defined in the ESPP. There were no shares issued under the ESPP during the six months ended December 27, 2019. There were41 and 51 shares issued under the ESPP during the sixnine months ended March 27, 2020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019, respectively. Shares available for future purchase under the ESPP totaled 11877 at DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020.
STOCK OPTION AND AWARD ACTIVITY
The following table summarizes activity of the Company’s stock option plans since June 30, 2019:
Options Outstanding Options Outstanding
Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(Years)
Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Term
(Years)
Outstanding at June 30, 2019Outstanding at June 30, 2019 $5.52  2.13Outstanding at June 30, 2019 $5.52  2.13
GrantedGranted—  —  Granted—  —  
ExercisedExercised(1) 5.52  Exercised(1) 5.52  
CanceledCanceled—  —  Canceled—  —  
Outstanding at December 27, 2019 $5.52  1.63
Outstanding at March 27, 2020Outstanding at March 27, 2020 $5.52  1.38
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The following table summarizes the status of the Company’s non-vested restricted stock awards and deferred stock awards since June 30, 2019:
 Non-vested Restricted Stock Awards
 Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Outstanding at June 30, 20191,046  $39.62  
Granted474  81.52  
Vested(491) 29.95  
Forfeited(26) 50.05  
Outstanding at December 27, 20191,003  $59.51  
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 Non-vested Restricted Stock Awards
 Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Outstanding at June 30, 20191,046  $39.62  
Granted500  81.05  
Vested(510) 30.73  
Forfeited(40) 54.22  
Outstanding at March 27, 2020996  $60.00  
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE
The Company recognizes expense for its share-based payment plans in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). The Company had $481 and $241 of capitalized stock-based compensation expense on the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the periods ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and June 30, 2019, respectively. Under the fair value recognition provisions of ASC 718, stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and is recognized as expense over the service period, net of estimated forfeitures.
The following table presents share-based compensation expenses included in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income:
Second Quarters EndedSix Months Ended Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018 March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Cost of revenuesCost of revenues$200  $159  $341  $411  Cost of revenues$341  $188  $682  $599  
Selling, general and administrativeSelling, general and administrative5,384  4,542  10,027  8,426  Selling, general and administrative5,476  4,039  15,503  12,465  
Research and developmentResearch and development947  583  1,822  1,126  Research and development997  646  2,819  1,772  
Stock-based compensation expense before taxStock-based compensation expense before tax6,531  5,284  12,190  9,963  Stock-based compensation expense before tax6,814  4,873  19,004  14,836  
Income taxesIncome taxes(1,698) (1,427) (3,169) (2,690) Income taxes(1,772) (1,316) (4,941) (4,006) 
Stock-based compensation expense, net of income taxesStock-based compensation expense, net of income taxes$4,833  $3,857  $9,021  $7,273  Stock-based compensation expense, net of income taxes$5,042  $3,557  $14,063  $10,830  

L.Operating Segment, Geographic Information and Significant Customers
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise evaluated regularly by the Company's chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company is comprised of 1 operating and reportable segment. The Company utilized the management approach for determining its operating segment in accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting.
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The geographic distribution of the Company’s revenues as determined by order origination based on the country in which the Company's legal subsidiary is domiciled is summarized as follows:
U.S.EuropeAsia PacificEliminationsTotal
SECOND QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 27, 2019
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$181,381  $11,721  $811  $—  $193,913  
Inter-geographic revenues654  817  —  (1,471) —  
Net revenues$182,035  $12,538  $811  $(1,471) $193,913  
SECOND QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$145,669  $13,200  $220  $—  $159,089  
Inter-geographic revenues803  345  —  (1,148) —  
Net revenues$146,472  $13,545  $220  $(1,148) $159,089  
SIX MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 27, 2019
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$343,377  $26,161  $1,679  $—  $371,217  
Inter-geographic revenues1,626  1,468  —  (3,094) —  
Net revenues$345,003  $27,629  $1,679  $(3,094) $371,217  
SIX MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$277,018  $24,638  $1,489  $—  $303,145  
Inter-geographic revenues2,450  703  —  (3,153) —  
Net revenues$279,468  $25,341  $1,489  $(3,153) $303,145  
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U.S.EuropeAsia PacificEliminationsTotal
THIRD QUARTER ENDED MARCH 27, 2020
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$196,158  $11,408  $450  $—  $208,016  
Inter-geographic revenues389  754  —  (1,143) —  
Net revenues$196,547  $12,162  $450  $(1,143) $208,016  
THIRD QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2019
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$158,715  $15,280  $641  $—  $174,636  
Inter-geographic revenues2,984  314  —  (3,298) —  
Net revenues$161,699  $15,594  $641  $(3,298) $174,636  
NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 27, 2020
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$539,535  $37,569  $2,129  $—  $579,233  
Inter-geographic revenues2,015  2,222  —  (4,237) —  
Net revenues$541,550  $39,791  $2,129  $(4,237) $579,233  
NINE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2019
Net revenues to unaffiliated customers$435,733  $39,918  $2,130  $—  $477,781  
Inter-geographic revenues5,434  1,017  —  (6,451) —  
Net revenues$441,167  $40,935  $2,130  $(6,451) $477,781  
In recent years, the Company completed a series of acquisitions that changed its technological capabilities, applications and end markets. As these acquisitions and changes occurred, the Company increased the proportion of its revenue derived from the sale of components in different technological areas, and also increased the amount of revenue associated with combining technologies into more complex and diverse products including modules, sub-assemblies and integrated subsystems. The following tables present revenue consistent with the Company's strategy of expanding its technological capabilities and program content. As additional information related to the Company’s products by end user, application and/or product grouping is attained, the categorization of these products can vary over time. When this occurs, the Company reclassifies revenue by end user, application and/or product grouping for prior periods. Such reclassifications typically do not materially change the sizing of, or the underlying trends of results within, each revenue category.
The following table presents the Company's net revenue by end user for the periods presented:
Second Quarters Ended  Six Months Ended   Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018 March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Domestic(1)
Domestic(1)
$171,624  $142,906  $329,099  $273,485  
Domestic(1)
$187,560  $153,634  $516,659  $427,119  
International/Foreign Military Sales(2)
International/Foreign Military Sales(2)
22,289  16,183  42,118  29,660  
International/Foreign Military Sales(2)
20,456  21,002  62,574  50,662  
Total Net RevenueTotal Net Revenue$193,913  $159,089  $371,217  $303,145  Total Net Revenue$208,016  $174,636  $579,233  $477,781  
(1) Domestic revenues consist of sales where the end user is within the U.S., as well as sales to prime defense contractor customers where the ultimate end user location is not defined. 
(2) International/Foreign Military Sales consist of sales to U.S. prime defense contractor customers where the end user is known to be outside the U.S., foreign military sales through the U.S. government, and direct sales to non-U.S. based customers intended for end use outside of the U.S.
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The following table presents the Company's net revenue by end application for the periods presented:
Second Quarters Ended  Six Months Ended  Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018 March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Radar(1)
Radar(1)
$48,328  $42,008  $86,247  $82,987  
Radar(1)
$78,113  $40,674  $164,360  $123,661  
Electronic Warfare(2)
Electronic Warfare(2)
36,139  25,697  72,196  49,751  
Electronic Warfare(2)
40,221  36,569  112,417  86,320  
Other Sensor & Effector(3)
Other Sensor & Effector(3)
26,512  21,455  54,402  35,113  
Other Sensor & Effector(3)
26,278  28,364  80,680  63,477  
Total Sensor & EffectorTotal Sensor & Effector110,979  89,160  212,845  167,851  Total Sensor & Effector144,612  105,607  357,457  273,458  
C4I(4)
C4I(4)
57,778  47,276  106,789  91,500  
C4I(4)
47,351  46,217  154,140  137,717  
Other(5)
Other(5)
25,156  22,653  51,583  43,794  
Other(5)
16,053  22,812  67,636  66,606  
Total Net RevenueTotal Net Revenue$193,913  $159,089  $371,217  $303,145  Total Net Revenue$208,016  $174,636  $579,233  $477,781  
        (1) Radar includes end-use applications where radio frequency signals are utilized to detect, track, and identify objects.
        (2) Electronic Warfare includes end-use applications comprising the offensive and defensive use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
        (3) Other Sensor & Effector products include all Sensor & Effector end markets other than Radar and Electronic Warfare.
        (4) C4I includes rugged secure rackmount servers that are designed to drive the most powerful military processing applications.
        (5) Other products include all component and other sales where the end use is not specified.
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The following table presents the Company's net revenue by product grouping for the periods presented:
Second Quarters Ended  Six Months Ended  Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018 March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Components(1)
Components(1)
$60,381  $40,914  $113,800  $81,314  
Components(1)
$56,786  $52,372  $170,586  $133,686  
Modules and Sub-assemblies(2)
Modules and Sub-assemblies(2)
56,427  42,397  102,514  93,989  
Modules and Sub-assemblies(2)
46,069  36,153  148,583  130,142  
Integrated Subsystems(3)
Integrated Subsystems(3)
77,105  75,778  154,903  127,842  
Integrated Subsystems(3)
105,161  86,111  260,064  213,953  
Total Net RevenueTotal Net Revenue$193,913  $159,089  $371,217  $303,145  Total Net Revenue$208,016  $174,636  $579,233  $477,781  
(1) Components include technology elements typically performing a single, discrete technological function, which when physically combined with other components may be used to create a module or sub-assembly. Examples include, but are not limited to, power amplifiers and limiters, switches, oscillators, filters, equalizers, digital and analog converters, chips, MMICs (monolithic microwave integrated circuits), and memory and storage devices.
(2) Modules and Sub-assemblies include combinations of multiple functional technology elements and/or components that work together to perform multiple functions but are typically resident on or within a single board or housing. Modules and sub-assemblies may in turn be combined to form an integrated subsystem. Examples of modules and sub-assemblies include, but are not limited to, embedded processing modules, embedded processing boards, switch fabric boards, high speed input/output boards, digital receiver boards, graphics and video processing and Ethernet and IO (input-output) boards, multi-chip modules, integrated radio frequency and microwave multi-function assemblies, tuners, and transceivers.
(3) Integrated Subsystems include multiple modules and/or sub-assemblies combined with a backplane or similar functional element and software to enable a solution. These are typically but not always integrated within a chassis and with cooling, power and other elements to address various requirements and are also often combined with additional technologies for interaction with other parts of a complete system or platform. Integrated subsystems also include spare and replacement modules and sub-assemblies sold as part of the same program for use in or with integrated subsystems sold by the Company.
The geographic distribution of the Company’s identifiable long-lived assets is summarized as follows:
U.S.EuropeAsia PacificEliminationsTotalU.S.EuropeAsia PacificEliminationsTotal
December 27, 2019$67,493  $5,195  $ $—  $72,696  
March 27, 2020March 27, 2020$73,549  $5,108  $ $—  $78,664  
June 30, 2019June 30, 2019$54,952  $5,037  $12  $—  $60,001  June 30, 2019$54,952  $5,037  $12  $—  $60,001  
Identifiable long-lived assets exclude ROU assets, goodwill, and intangible assets.
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Customers comprising 10% or more of the Company’s revenues for the periods shown are as follows:
Second Quarters EndedSix Months Ended Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018 March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
16 %13 %17 %11 %Lockheed Martin Corporation
17 %24 %17 %16 %
Raytheon CompanyRaytheon Company16 %25 %15 %22 %Raytheon Company17 %19 %15 %21 %
Northrop Grumman Corporation10 % 10 % 
L3Harris TechnologiesL3Harris Technologies  11 % L3Harris Technologies  10 % 
42 %38 %53 %33 %34 %43 %42 %37 %
* Indicates that the amount is less than 10% of the Company's revenue for the respective period.
While the Company typically has customers from which it derives 10% or more of its revenue, the sales to each of these customers are spread across multiple programs and platforms. ProgramsThere were no programs comprising 10% or more of the Company's revenue for the periods shown are as follows:third quarters and nine months ended March 27, 2020 and March 31, 2019.
 Second Quarters EndedSix Months Ended
 December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018
F-35 11 % 11 %
— %11 %— %11 %
* Indicates that the amount is less than 10% of the Company's revenue for the respective period.
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M.Commitments and Contingencies
LEGAL CLAIMS
The Company is subject to litigation, claims, investigations and audits arising from time to time in the ordinary course of its business. Although legal proceedings are inherently unpredictable, the Company believes that it has valid defenses with respect to any matters currently pending against the Company and intends to defend itself vigorously. The outcome of these matters, individually and in the aggregate, is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s cash flows, results of operations, or financial position.
INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS
The Company’s standard product sales and license agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business typically contain an indemnification provision pursuant to which the Company indemnifies, holds harmless, and agrees to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party in connection with any patent, copyright or other intellectual property infringement claim by any third party with respect to the Company’s products. Such provisions generally survive termination or expiration of the agreements. The potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is, in some instances, unlimited.
PURCHASE COMMITMENTS
As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company has entered into non-cancelable purchase commitments for certain inventory components and services used in its normal operations. The purchase commitments covered by these agreements are for less than one year and aggregate to $97,083.$110,203.
OTHER
As part of the Company's strategy for growth, the Company continues to explore acquisitions or strategic alliances. The associated acquisition costs incurred in the form of professional fees and services may be material to the future periods in which they occur, regardless of whether the acquisition is ultimately completed.
The Company may elect from time to time to purchase and subsequently retire shares of common stock in order to settle employees’ tax liabilities associated with vesting of a restricted stock award or exercise of stock options. These transactions would be treated as a use of cash in financing activities in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
N.Leases
The Company enters into lease arrangements to facilitate its operations, including manufacturing, storage, as well as engineering, sales, marketing, and administration resources. As described in Note B to the consolidated financial statements, effective July 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASC 842 using the optional transition method and, as a result, did not recast prior period unaudited consolidated comparative financial statements. As such, all prior period amounts and disclosures are presented under ASC 840, Leases (Topic 840). Finance leases are not material to the Company's consolidated financial statements and therefore are excluded from the following disclosures.
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SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION
Supplemental operating lease balance sheet information is summarized as follows:
As of
DecemberMarch 27, 20192020
Operating lease right-of-use assets$49,82661,112  
Accrued expenses(1)
$7,3016,805  
Operating lease liabilities55,25767,028  
Total operating lease liabilities$62,55873,833  
        (1) The short term portion of the Operating lease liabilities is included within Accrued expenses on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
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OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Other supplemental operating lease information is summarized as follows:
SixNine Months Ended
DecemberMarch 27, 20192020
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities
$3,5245,251  
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities (1)

$5,60618,675  
Weighted average remaining lease term9.29.4 years
Weighted average discount rate4.844.89 %
(1) This balance includes $2,485 of Right-of-use assets associated with the acquisition of APC on September 23, 2019. 
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MATURITIES OF LEASE COMMITMENTS
Maturities of operating lease commitments as of DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 were as follows:
Fiscal YearFiscal YearTotalsFiscal YearTotals
2020(1)
2020(1)
$5,231  
2020(1)
$2,583  
202120219,638  20218,902  
202220228,989  202210,642  
202320238,139  20239,897  
202420247,153  20248,951  
ThereafterThereafter39,924  Thereafter53,580  
Total lease paymentsTotal lease payments79,074  Total lease payments94,555  
Less: imputed interestLess: imputed interest(16,516) Less: imputed interest(20,722) 
Present value of operating lease liabilitiesPresent value of operating lease liabilities$62,558  Present value of operating lease liabilities$73,833  
        (1) Excludes the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020.
As previously disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, future minimum lease payments for non-cancelable operating leases were as follows:
Fiscal YearTotals
2020$10,205  
20218,949  
20228,280  
20237,414  
20246,496  
Thereafter28,286  
Total minimum lease payments$69,630  
During the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, the Company recognized operating lease expense of $2,375$2,550 and $4,991,$7,541, respectively. There were no material restrictions, covenants, sale and leaseback transactions, variable lease payments or residual value guarantees imposed by the Company's leases at DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020.
O.Subsequent Events
The Company has evaluated subsequent events from the date of the Consolidated Balance Sheet through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued.
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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
From time to time, information provided, statements made by our employees or information included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) may contain statements that are not historical facts but that are “forward-looking statements,” which involve risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the use of the words “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “continue,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “likely,” “forecast,” “probable,” “potential,” 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, continued funding of defense programs, the timing and amounts of such funding, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in the Company’s markets, effects of epidemics and pandemics such as COVID, effects of any U.S. Federal government shutdown or extended continuing resolution, 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, changes in, or in the U.S. Government’s interpretation of, Federal export control or procurement rules and regulations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays or unanticipated expenses due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions and restructurings, or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, increases in interest rates, changes to interest rate swaps or other cash flow hedging arrangements, changes to industrial security and cyber-security regulations and requirements, changes in tax rates or tax regulations, changes to generally accepted accounting principles, difficulties in retaining key employees and customers, unanticipated costs under fixed-price service and system integration engagements, and various other factors beyond our control. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as set forth under Part I-Item 1A (Risk Factors) in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.2019, and as updated herein. We caution readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.
OVERVIEW
Mercury Systems, Inc. is the leader in making trusted, secure mission-critical technologies profoundly more accessible to aerospace and defense. Our innovative solutions power more than 300 aerospace, commercial aviation, defense, security and intelligence programs, configured and optimized for mission success in some of the most challenging and demanding environments. Headquartered in Andover, MA,Massachusetts, with manufacturing and design facilities around the world, Mercury specializes in engineering, adapting and manufacturing new solutions purpose-built to meet current and emerging high-tech needs. Our products and solutions have been successfully deployed with over 25 different defense prime contractors, a testament to our deep domain expertise and our commitment to Innovation thatThat Matters®.
Our unique capabilities, technology and R&D investment strategy combine to differentiate Mercury in our industry. Our technologies and capabilities include secure embedded processing modules and subsystems, mission computers, secure and rugged rack-mount servers, safety-critical avionics, radio frequency (“RF”) components, multi-function assemblies and subsystems. We maintain our technological edge by investing in critical capabilities and intellectual property (“IP” or “building blocks”) in processing and RF, leveraging open standards and open architectures to quickly adapt those building blocks into solutions for highly data-intensive applications for the sensor processing chain, all the way from the sensor to the network. This can encompass multiple sensor and mission processing functions - including emerging needs in artificial intelligence (“AI”). We leverage the Company’s building blocks to design, build and manufacture integrated sensor processing subsystems - often including classified application-specific software and IP - for the C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) and electronic warfare (“EW”) markets. These subsystems are deployed by our customers - defense and commercial aerospace companies, defense prime contractors and the U.S. Department of Defense (“DoD”) - in a variety of mission-critical applications. An important component of adapting these technologies and IP for these applications is our investment in specialized packaging, ruggedization and cooling to address size, weight and power (“SWaP”) challenges. These investments, coupled with our domestic design, development, and manufacturing capabilities in mission computing, safety-critical avionics and platform management solutions;solutions and RF, microwave and millimeter wave components and subsystems bringsbring significant domain expertise to our customers.
Since we conduct much of our business with our defense customers via commercial items, requests by customers are a primary driver of revenue fluctuations from quarter to quarter. Customers specify delivery date requirements that coincide with their need for our products. Because these customers may use our products in connection with a variety of defense programs or other projects of different sizes and durations, a customer’s orders for one quarter generally do not indicate a trend for future
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orders by that customer. Additionally, order patterns do not necessarily correlate amongst customers and, therefore, we generally cannot identify sequential quarterly trends.
As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, we had 1,8051,884 employees. Our consolidated revenues, acquired revenues, net income, diluted net earnings per share, adjusted earnings per share (“adjusted EPS”), and adjusted EBITDA for the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 were $193.9$208.0 million, $16.3$16.5 million, $15.7$23.6 million, $0.29, $0.54,$0.43, $0.60, and $42.8$47.1 million, respectively. Our consolidated revenues, acquired revenues, net income, diluted net earnings per share, adjusted EPS, and adjusted EBITDA for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 were $371.2$579.2 million, $35.6$52.1 million, $34.9$58.5 million, $0.63, $0.98,$1.06, $1.58, and $79.5$126.6 million, respectively. See the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section for a reconciliation to our most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
OUR RESPONSE TO COVID
The coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID”) pandemic continues to impact people and countries around the world. This is a time of extraordinary uncertainty. It is also a time when the work we do in support of strategic national priorities is recognized as critical.
At Mercury, we remain focused on the four goals we established at the outset of the COVID crisis: to protect the health, safety, and livelihoods of our people; to mitigate or reduce operational and financial risks to the Company; to continue to deliver on our commitments to customers and shareholders; and to continue the mission-critical work Mercury does every day to support the ongoing security of our nation, our brave men and women in uniform, and the communities in which we all live.
To protect the health, safety, and livelihoods of our employees, we took immediate action on several fronts, instituting a variety of new policies and programs including, but not limited to, additional sick leave for COVID-related circumstances, a work-from-home policy for all employees who can perform their duties remotely as well as increasing overtime pay for eligible employees. We also established a relief fund, with an initial $1 million budget, to assist eligible Mercury employees, including temporary agency employees, experiencing unexpected financial burdens as a result of the COVID crisis. The intent of the Mercury COVID Relief Fund is to provide financial assistance to employees who may otherwise be unable to pay for basic necessities, unexpected care for immediate family members, or other urgent needs that promote their health and safety during the current COVID crisis.
As we have been designated an “essential business” as a part of the defense industrial base, during the quarter, our facilities continued to operate while complying with social distancing requirements consistent with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) guidelines and requirements. We implemented numerous preventive measures to maximize the safety of our facilities, including but not limited to, establishing physical segregation areas, implementing environmental cleaning and disinfection protocols in compliance with CDC guidelines and requirements, temperature testing, and limiting non-essential site visits by internal and external visitors.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:
Results of operations for the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 include full period results from the acquisitions of GECO Avionics, LLC (“GECO”), The Athena Group, Inc. (“Athena”), Syntonic Microwave LLC (“Syntonic”) and American Panel Corporation (“APC”). Results of operations for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 include full period results from the acquisitions of Germane Systems, LC (“Germane”), GECO, Athena, Syntonic and only the results from acquisition date for APC which was acquired subsequent to June 30, 2019. Results of operations for six monthsthe third quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, include only results from the acquisition date for Germane.GECO. Results of operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2019, include only results from the acquisition date for Germane and GECO. Accordingly, the periods presented below are not directly comparable.
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The secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 compared to the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 20182019
The following table set forth, for the secondthird quarter ended indicated, financial data from the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income:
(In thousands)(In thousands)December 27, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
December 31, 2018As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
(In thousands)March 27, 2020As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
March 31, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
Net revenuesNet revenues$193,913  100.0 %$159,089  100.0 %Net revenues$208,016  100.0 %$174,636  100.0 %
Cost of revenuesCost of revenues105,407  54.4  88,202  55.4  Cost of revenues114,691  55.1  100,789  57.7  
Gross marginGross margin88,506  45.6  70,887  44.6  Gross margin93,325  44.9  73,847  42.3  
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrativeSelling, general and administrative32,804  16.9  27,819  17.5  Selling, general and administrative33,991  16.3  27,411  15.7  
Research and developmentResearch and development24,660  12.7  16,192  10.2  Research and development24,967  12.0  17,439  10.0  
Amortization of intangible assetsAmortization of intangible assets7,992  4.1  6,939  4.4  Amortization of intangible assets7,848  3.8  6,786  3.9  
Restructuring and other chargesRestructuring and other charges1,101  0.6  23  —  Restructuring and other charges66  —  46  —  
Acquisition costs and other related expensesAcquisition costs and other related expenses1,124  0.6  53  —  Acquisition costs and other related expenses111  0.1  103  0.1  
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses67,681  34.9  51,026  32.1  Total operating expenses66,983  32.2  51,785  29.7  
Income from operationsIncome from operations20,825  10.7  19,861  12.5  Income from operations26,342  12.7  22,062  12.6  
Interest incomeInterest income312  0.2  71  —  Interest income458  0.2  205  0.1  
Interest expenseInterest expense—  —  (2,196) (1.4) Interest expense(58) —  (2,473) (1.4) 
Other expense, net(351) (0.2) (870) (0.5) 
Other income (expense), netOther income (expense), net2,186  1.0  (328) (0.1) 
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes20,786  10.7  16,866  10.6  Income before income taxes28,928  13.9  19,466  11.2  
Tax provisionTax provision5,110  2.6  4,483  2.8  Tax provision5,363  2.6  5,357  3.1  
Net incomeNet income$15,676  8.1 %$12,383  7.8 %Net income$23,565  11.3 %$14,109  8.1 %
REVENUES
Total revenues increased $34.8$33.4 million, or 21.9%19.1%, forto $208.0 million during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, as compared to $174.6 million during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 20182019 including “acquired revenue” which represents net revenue from acquired businesses that have been part of Mercury for completion of four full quarters or less (and excludes any intercompany transactions). After the completion of four fiscal quarters, acquired businesses will be treated as organic for current and comparable historical periods. The increase was primarily due to $18.5$19.3 million of additional organic revenues which were predominantly driven by increased demand for componentsintegrated subsystems and modules and sub-assemblies across the radar and electronic warfare (“EW”) applications. The organic revenues increase were driven by a classified radar program, as well as the Filthy Badger, F16/SABRP8 and P8Aegis programs, which were partially offset by decreases in a classified missile program and the F-35WIN-T program. Total revenues also increased $16.3$14.1 million from acquired revenues due to a full period of results for GECO, and results for Athena, Syntonic and APC, which were all acquired following DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. See the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section for a reconciliation to our most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
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GROSS MARGIN
Gross margin was 45.6%44.9% for the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, an increase of 100260 basis points from the 44.6%42.3% gross margin achieved during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The higher gross margin was primarily driven by program mix, including a higher volume of secure processing programs, and operational efficiencies, as well as a decreaseincluding higher utilization. The gross margin improvement was partially offset by an increase in Customer Funded Research and Development (“CRAD”). The Athena and APC acquisitions also contributed$0.5 million of higher inventory step-up amortization associated with our acquired businesses, as compared to the increasesame period in gross margin.fiscal 2019. CRAD primarily represents engineering labor associated with long-term contracts for customized development, production and service activities. Due to the nature of these efforts, they typically carry a lower margin. These products are predominately grouped within integrated subsystems and to a lesser extent modules and sub-assemblies. The gross margin improvement was partially offset by $0.6 million of inventory step-up related to the APC acquisition for the second quarter ended December
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SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $5.0$6.6 million, or 18.0%24.1%, to $32.8$34.0 million during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, as compared to $27.8$27.4 million in the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase was primarily related to additional headcount from organic growth as well as the acquisitions of GECO, Athena, Syntonic and APC.our recent acquisitions. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreasedincreased as a percentage of revenue to 16.9%16.3% for the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 from 17.5%15.7% for the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018, primarily due to improved operating leverage.2019.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research and development expenses increased approximately $8.5$7.6 million, or 52.5%43.7%, to $24.7$25.0 million during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, as compared to $16.2$17.4 million during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase was primarily due to increasedadditional headcount from organic growth and our recent acquisitions. Research and development expenses accounted for 12.7%12.0% and 10.2%10.0% of our revenues for second quarterthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and second quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively. The increase as a percentage of revenue was primarily driven by the continued investment in internal R&D during the third quarter ended March 27, 2020 to promote future growth of the business for the second quarter ended December 27, 2019.business.
RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES
Restructuring and other charges increased $1.1 millionwere consistent during the second quarterthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019, as compared to the second quarter ended December2020 and March 31, 2018.2019. Restructuring and other charges are typically related to acquisitions and organizational redesign programs initiated as part of discrete post-acquisition integration activities.
ACQUISITION COSTS AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES
We incurred $1.1 million of acquisitionAcquisition costs and other related expenses were consistent during the second quarterthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019, as compared to $0.1 million during the second quarter ended December2020 and March 31, 2018. The second quarter ended December 27, 2019 included acquisition costs and other related expenses related to the acquisition of APC, as well as costs associated with our evaluation of other acquisition opportunities.2019. We expect to incur acquisition costs and other related expenses periodically in the future as we continue to seek acquisition opportunities to expand our technological capabilities and especially within the sensor and effector and C4I markets. Transaction costs incurred by the acquiree prior to the consummation of an acquisition would not be reflected in our historical results of operations.
INTEREST INCOME
Interest income increased to $0.3$0.5 million induring the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020. This was driven by higher average balances of cash on hand during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020, as compared to the prior year.
INTEREST EXPENSE
There was noWe incurred $0.1 million of interest expense incurred during the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019, as there were no2020, related to outstanding borrowings of $200.0 million on our revolving credit facility (“the Revolver”) during the period. We drew against the Revolver during the third quarter ended March 27, 2020 to provide access to capital and flexibility in managing operations during this time of uncertainty due to the outbreak of COVID.
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSEXPENSE), NET
Other income (expense), net increased $2.5 million, to $2.2 million of other income during the third quarter ended March 27, 2020, as compared to $0.3 million of other expense net decreased $0.5for the third quarter ended March 31, 2019. The increase was driven by a $3.8 million gain on the sale of cost-method investment, partially offset by foreign currency translation losses of $1.2 million for the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019, as2020, compared to the second quarter ended December 31, 2018. The decrease was driven by additional$0.2 million foreign currency translation gain of $0.5 million for the secondthird quarter ended December 27, 2019, compared to the second quarter ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019.
INCOME TAXES
We recorded an income tax provision of $5.1$5.4 million and $4.5$5.4 million on income before income taxes of $20.8$28.9 million and $16.9$19.5 million for the secondthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 2020 and March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.
During the second
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third quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, we recognized a discrete tax benefit of $0.4$0.2 million and $0.1 million related to excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation. We also recognized a discrete tax benefit of $1.0 million, net of a $0.3 million tax reserve, related to research and development credits and a $0.8 million discrete tax benefit from a release of a valuation allowance on a capital loss carryforward during the third quarter ended March 27, 2020.
The effective tax rate for the secondthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 20182019 differed from the Federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to Federal research and development credits, excess tax benefits related to stockstock-based compensation, a release of a valuation allowance on a capital loss carryforward, a modified territorial tax system and a minimum tax on certain foreign earnings, and state taxes.
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The Company recorded an increase to its unrecognized tax positions of $0.3 million related to research and development credits during the third quarter ended March 27, 2020.
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was enacted in response to COVID. The CARES Act, among other things, permits immediate expensing of Qualified Improvement Property (“QIP”) for tax purposes. While we are currently evaluating the impact of the CARES Act on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, we expect that it will result in a cash benefit.
Within the calculation of our annual effective tax rate we have used assumptions and estimates that may change as a result of future guidance and interpretation from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”).
SixNine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 compared to the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 20182019
The following tables set forth, for the sixnine month periods indicated, financial data from the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income:
(In thousands)(In thousands)December 27, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
December 31, 2018As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
(In thousands)March 27, 2020As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
March 31, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
Net revenuesNet revenues$371,217  100.0 %$303,145  100.0 %Net revenues$579,233  100.0 %$477,781  100.0 %
Cost of revenuesCost of revenues204,311  55.0  170,675  56.3  Cost of revenues319,002  55.1  271,464  56.8  
Gross marginGross margin166,906  45.0  132,470  43.7  Gross margin260,231  44.9  206,317  43.2  
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrativeSelling, general and administrative62,774  16.9  52,560  17.3  Selling, general and administrative96,765  16.7  79,971  16.7  
Research and developmentResearch and development46,530  12.5  31,140  10.3  Research and development71,497  12.3  48,579  10.2  
Amortization of intangible assetsAmortization of intangible assets15,011  4.0  14,120  4.7  Amortization of intangible assets22,859  3.9  20,906  4.4  
Restructuring and other chargesRestructuring and other charges1,749  0.5  527  0.2  Restructuring and other charges1,815  0.3  573  0.1  
Acquisition costs and other related expensesAcquisition costs and other related expenses2,541  0.8  452  0.1  Acquisition costs and other related expenses2,652  0.5  555  0.1  
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses128,605  34.7  98,799  32.6  Total operating expenses195,588  33.7  150,584  31.5  
Income from operationsIncome from operations38,301  10.3  33,671  11.1  Income from operations64,643  11.2  55,733  11.7  
Interest incomeInterest income1,499  0.4  137  —  Interest income1,957  0.3  342  0.1  
Interest expenseInterest expense—  —  (4,455) (1.4) Interest expense(58) —  (6,928) (1.5) 
Other expense, net(1,785) (0.5) (1,879) (0.6) 
Other income (expense), netOther income (expense), net401  0.1  (2,207) (0.5) 
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes38,015  10.2  27,474  9.1  Income before income taxes66,943  11.6  46,940  9.8  
Tax provisionTax provision3,092  0.8  7,612  2.5  Tax provision8,455  1.5  12,969  2.7  
Net incomeNet income$34,923  9.4 %$19,862  6.6 %Net income$58,488  10.1 %$33,971  7.1 %
REVENUES
Total revenues increased $68.1$101.4 million, or 22.5%21.2%, forto $579.2 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020, as compared to $477.8 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase is primarily due to $41.5$60.8 million of additional organic revenues related to increased demand primarily for integrated subsystems and components across theradar, EW and other sensor and effector and C4I applications. The increases in organic revenues were primarily driven by the SEWIP Block IIP8, AIDEWS and AIDEWSFilthy Badger programs, and a classified missile program, which were partially offset by decreases into the F-35WIN-T and WIN-TF-35 programs. Total revenues also increased due to $26.6$40.7 million of additional acquired revenues from the Germane, GECO, Athena, Syntonic and APC acquisitions. See the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section for a reconciliation to our most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
GROSS MARGIN
Gross margin was 45.0%44.9% for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, an increase of 130170 basis points from the 43.7%43.2% gross margin achieved during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The higher gross margin was primarily driven by program mix, including lower CRAD,a higher volume of secure processing programs, operational efficiencies, including higher utilization, and acquired businesses of Athena and APC.lower CRAD. The sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019 and six months ended December 31, 2018, both include2020 includes $0.5 million of higher inventory step-up amortization of $0.6 million relatedassociated with our acquired businesses, as compared to the APC and Germane acquisitions, respectively.same period in fiscal 2019.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $10.2$16.8 million, or 19.4%21.0%, to $62.8$96.8 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, as compared to $52.6$80.0 million induring the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase was primarily
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related to additional headcount from organic growth as well as the acquisitions of GECO, Athena, Syntonic and APC.our recent acquisitions. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased as a percentage of revenues to 16.9% duringwas 16.7% for both the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019 from 17.3% during the six months ended December2020 and March 31, 2018, primarily due to operating leverage.2019.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research and development expenses increased $15.4$22.9 million, or 49.5%47.1%, to $46.5$71.5 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, as compared to $31.1$48.6 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase was primarily duerelated to increasedadditional headcount from organic growth and our recent acquisitions. Research and development expenses increased as a percentage of revenues to 12.5%12.3% during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 from 10.3%10.2% during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase was driven by continued investment in internal R&D during the nine months ended March 27, 2020 to promote future growth of the business during the six months ended December 27, 2019.business.
RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES
Restructuring and other charges were $1.7$1.8 million for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, as compared to $0.5$0.6 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. Restructuring and other charges are typically related to acquisitions and organizational redesign programs initiated as part of discrete post-acquisition integration activities.
ACQUISITION COSTS AND OTHER RELATED EXPENSES
We incurred $2.5 million of acquisitionAcquisition costs and other related expenses during the six months ended December 27, 2019, compared to $0.5were $2.7 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2020, as compared to $0.6 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2018.2019. The acquisition costs and other related expenses we incurred during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 were related to the acquisition of APC as well as costs associated with our evaluation of other acquisition opportunities. We expect to incur acquisition costs and other related expenses periodically in the future as we continue to seek acquisition opportunities to expand our capabilities and new end markets within the sensor processing chain. Transaction costs incurred by the acquiree prior to the consummation of an acquisition would not be reflected in our historical results of operations.
INTEREST INCOME
Interest income increased $1.7 million, to $1.5$2.0 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2020, as compared to $0.3 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2019. This was driven by higher average balances of cash on hand during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020 compared to the prior period.
INTEREST EXPENSE
There was noWe incurred $0.1 million of interest expense incurred during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019, as there were no2020, related to outstanding borrowings of $200.0 million on our Revolver during the period. We drew against the Revolver during the period.third quarter ended March 27, 2020 to provide access to capital and flexibility in managing operations during this time of uncertainty due to the outbreak of COVID.
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSEXPENSE), NET
Other expense,income (expense), net was $1.8$0.4 million of other income during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, compared to $1.9$2.2 million of other expense during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The decrease in other expense, netincrease was due to a $0.3$3.8 million foreign exchange gains duringgain on the six months ended December 27, 2019, compared tosale of a $0.3 million foreign exchange loss during the six months ended December 31, 2018. The increase in foreign exchange gains, wascost-method investment, partially offset by an additional $0.2foreign exchange losses of $0.8 million ofduring the nine months ended March 27, 2020. There were additional financing and registration fees andof $0.3 million of litigation and settlement expenses during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019, respectively.2020, as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2019.
INCOME TAXES
We recorded an income tax provision of $3.1$8.5 million and $7.6$13.0 million on income from operations before income taxes of $38.0$66.9 million and $27.5$46.9 million for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2020 and March 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.
During the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, we recognized a discrete tax benefitsbenefit of $6.5$6.6 million and $1.7$1.9 million, respectively, related to excess tax benefits on stock-based compensation. We also we recognized a discrete tax benefit of $1.0 million, net of a $0.3 million tax reserve, related to research and development credits and a $0.8 million discrete tax benefit from a release of a valuation allowance on a capital loss carryforward during the nine months ended March 27, 2020.
The effective tax rate for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 20182019 differed from the Federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to Federal research and development credits, excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, a release of a valuation allowance on a capital loss carryforward, a modified territorial tax system and a minimum tax on certain foreign earnings, and state taxes.
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On March 27, 2020, the CARES Act was enacted in response to COVID. The CARES Act, among other things, permits immediate expensing of QIP for tax purposes. While we are currently evaluating the impact of the CARES Act on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures, we expect that it will result in a cash benefit.
Within the calculation of our annual effective tax rate we have used assumptions and estimates that may change as a result of future guidance and interpretation from the IRS.
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our primary sources of liquidity come from existing cash and cash generated from operations, our Revolver and our ability to raise capital under our universal shelf registration statement. Our near-term fixed commitments for cash expenditures consist primarily of payments under operating leases and inventory purchase commitments. We plan to invest in improvements to our facilities, including the expansion of our trusted custom microelectronics business during fiscal 2020.
Based on our current plans, and business conditions, including the COVID pandemic, and essential business status, we believe that existing cash and cash equivalents, our available Revolver, cash generated from operations, and our financing capabilities will be sufficient to satisfy our anticipated cash requirements for at least the next twelve months. Refer to Item 1A - “Risk Factors” herein for a risk factor related to health epidemics, pandemics and similar outbreaks.
Shelf Registration Statement
On August 28, 2017, we filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR with the SEC. The shelf registration statement, which was effective upon filing with the SEC, registered each of the following securities: debt securities, preferred stock, common stock, warrants and units. We intend to use the proceeds from financings under the shelf registration statement for general corporate purposes, which may include the following:
the acquisition of other companies or businesses;
the repayment and refinancing of debt;
capital expenditures;
working capital; and
other purposes as described in the prospectus supplement.
We have an unlimited amount available under the shelf registration statement. Additionally, as part of the shelf registration statement, we have entered into an equity distribution agreement which allows us to sell an aggregate of up to $200.0 million of our common stock from time to time through our agents. The actual dollar amount and number of shares of common stock we sell pursuant to the equity distribution agreement will be dependent on, among other things, market conditions and our fund raising requirements. The agents may sell the common stock by any method deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including without limitation sales made directly on Nasdaq, on any other existing trading market for the common stock or to or through a market maker. In addition, our common stock may be offered and sold by such other methods, including privately negotiated transactions, as we and the agents may agree.
Revolving Credit Facility
On September 28, 2018, we amended the Revolver to increase and extend the borrowing capacity to a $750.0 million, 5-year revolving credit line, with the maturity extended to September 2023. During the third quarter ended March 27, 2020, we drew $200.0 million to provide access to capital and flexibility in managing operations during this time of uncertainty due to the outbreak of COVID. As of DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, we had no outstanding borrowings of $200.0 million on the Revolver. See Note I in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the Revolver.
CASH FLOWS
As of and For the Six Months Ended, As of and For the Nine Months Ended,
(In thousands)(In thousands)December 27, 2019December 31, 2018(In thousands)March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Net cash provided by operating activitiesNet cash provided by operating activities$56,376  $45,330  Net cash provided by operating activities$86,458  $71,548  
Net cash used in investing activitiesNet cash used in investing activities$(117,421) $(55,831) Net cash used in investing activities$(123,980) $(99,391) 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities$(14,934) $37,894  
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents$(75,895) $27,382  
Net cash provided by financing activitiesNet cash provided by financing activities$186,713  $73,892  
Net increase in cash and cash equivalentsNet increase in cash and cash equivalents$149,214  $45,994  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of periodCash and cash equivalents at end of period$182,037  $93,903  Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$407,146  $112,515  
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Our cash and cash equivalents decreasedincreased by $75.9$149.2 million from June 30, 2019 to DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, primarily as the result of $86.5 million provided by operating activities. We had borrowings under the Revolver of $200.0 million, which was drawn to provide access to capital and flexibility in managing operations during this time of uncertainty due to the outbreak of COVID. We used $96.5 million of cash on hand used to fund the acquisition of APC, $20.9invested $31.8 million invested in purchases of property and equipment and $14.9used $15.7 million used in the purchase and retirement of common stock to settle individual employees' tax liabilities associated with vesting of restricted stock awards These decreases were partially offset by $56.4 million provided by operating activities.
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awards.
Operating Activities
During the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, we generated $56.4$86.5 million in cash from operating activities, an increase of $11.0$15.0 million, whenas compared to the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase in cash generated by operating activities was primarily the result of higher comparable net income higher cash collections on outstanding accounts receivable and lower inventory purchases. These increases were partially offset by increased prepaid income taxes, decreased accounts payable, accrued expenses and income taxes payable andhigher deferred revenue and customer advances. This increase was partially offset by greater unbilled receivables driven by our growth in revenue related to contracts with customers recognized over time during the nine months ended March 27, 2020, as compared to the same period of fiscal 2019. The nine months ended March 27, 2020 also included higher income tax payments, as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2019.
Investing Activities
During the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, we invested $117.4$124.0 million, an increase of $24.6 million, as compared to $55.8 million during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. The increase was driven by the acquisition of APC during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019 and2020. There was an additional $10.1$13.9 million invested in purchases of property and equipment, primarily related to the build out of our trusted custom microelectronics business during the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, as compared to the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. These investments in the business were partially offset by $4.3 million of proceeds from the sale of investment during the nine months ended March 27, 2020.
Financing Activities
During the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, we had $14.9 million in cash used in financing activities compared to $37.9$186.7 million in cash provided by financing activities, an increase of $112.8 million, as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2019. During the nine months ended March 27, 2020, we had borrowings under the Revolver of $200.0 million, which was drawn to provide access to capital and flexibility in managing operations during this time of uncertainty due to the outbreak of COVID. Cash provided by financing activities during the sixnine months ended December 31, 2018. The $52.8 million decreaseMarch 27, 2020 was primarily due to no borrowings on the Revolver and $8.0partially offset by $8.2 million of additional payments related to the purchase and retirement of common stock used to settle individual employees’ tax liabilities associated with vesting of restricted stock awards, during the six months ended December 27, 2019, as compared to the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018.2019. Cash provided by financing activities was primarily used to fund our growth strategy through mergers and acquisitions in fiscal 2019.
COMMITMENTS, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND CONTINGENCIES
The following is a schedule of our commitments and contractual obligations outstanding at DecemberMarch 27, 2019:2020:
(In thousands)(In thousands)TotalLess Than
1 Year
1-3
Years
3-5
Years
More Than
5 Years
(In thousands)TotalLess Than
1 Year
1-3
Years
3-5
Years
More Than
5 Years
Purchase obligationsPurchase obligations$97,083  $97,083  $—  $—  $—  Purchase obligations$110,203  $110,203  $—  $—  $—  
Operating leasesOperating leases79,051  10,074  25,509  20,007  23,461  Operating leases94,555  9,173  20,578  17,929  46,875  
$176,134  $107,157  $25,509  $20,007  $23,461  $204,758  $119,376  $20,578  $17,929  $46,875  
Purchase obligations represent open non-cancelable purchase commitments for certain inventory components and services used in normal operations. The purchase commitments covered by these agreements are for less than one year and aggregated approximately $97.1$110.2 million at DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020.
We have a liability at DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 of $1.4$1.8 million for uncertain tax positions that have been taken or are expected to be taken in various income tax returns. We do not know the ultimate resolution on these uncertain tax positions and as such, do not know the ultimate timing of payments related to this liability. Accordingly, these amounts are not included in the above table.
Our standard product sales and license agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business typically contain an indemnification provision pursuant to which we indemnify, hold harmless, and agree to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred in connection with certain intellectual property infringement claims by any third party with respect to our products. Such provisions generally survive termination or expiration of the agreements. The potential amount of future payments we could be required to make under these indemnification provisions is, in some instances, unlimited.
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As part of our strategy for growth, we continue to explore acquisitions or strategic alliances. The associated acquisition costs incurred in the form of professional fees and services may be material to the future periods in which they occur, regardless of whether the acquisition is ultimately completed.
We may elect from time to time to purchase and subsequently retire shares of common stock in order to settle employees’ tax liabilities associated with vesting of a restricted stock award or exercise of stock options. These transactions would be treated as a use of cash in financing activities in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
Other than certain indemnification provisions in the normal course of business, we do not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or liabilities, guarantee contracts, retained or contingent interests in transferred assets, or any obligation arising out of a material variable interest in an unconsolidated entity. We do not have any majority-owned subsidiaries that are not consolidated in the financial statements. Additionally, we do not have an interest in, or relationships with, any special purpose entities.
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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
In our periodic communications, we discuss certain important measures that are not calculated according to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including adjusted EBITDA, adjusted income, adjusted EPS, free cash flow, organic revenue and acquired revenue.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before other non-operating adjustments, interest income and expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, restructuring and other charges, impairment of long-lived assets, acquisition and financing costs, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting, litigation and settlement income and expense, COVID related expenses, and stock-based and other non-cash compensation expense. We use adjusted EBITDA as an important indicator of the operating performance of our business. We use adjusted EBITDA in internal forecasts and models when establishing internal operating budgets, supplementing the financial results and forecasts reported to our board of directors, determining the portion of bonus compensation for executive officers and other key employees based on operating performance, evaluating short-term and long-term operating trends in our operations and allocating resources to various initiatives and operational requirements. We believe that adjusted EBITDA permits a comparative assessment of our operating performance, relative to our performance based on our GAAP results, while isolating the effects of charges that may vary from period to period without any correlation to underlying operating performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial adjustments are useful to investors because they allow investors to evaluate the effectiveness of the methodology and information used by management in our financial and operational decision-making. We believe that trends in our adjusted EBITDA are valuable indicators of our operating performance.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information provided in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP financial measure may not be computed in the same manner as similarly titled measures used by other companies. We expect to continue to incur expenses similar to the adjusted EBITDA financial adjustments described above, and investors should not infer from our presentation of this non-GAAP financial measure that these costs are unusual, infrequent or non-recurring.
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The following table reconciles our net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to our adjusted EBITDA:
Second Quarters EndedSix Months Ended Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
(In thousands)(In thousands)December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018(In thousands)March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Net incomeNet income$15,676  $12,383  $34,923  $19,862  Net income$23,565  $14,109  $58,488  $33,971  
Other non-operating adjustments, netOther non-operating adjustments, net(549) (18) (248) 347  Other non-operating adjustments, net(3,138) (502) (3,386) (155) 
Interest (income) expense, netInterest (income) expense, net(312) 2,125  (1,499) 4,318  Interest (income) expense, net(400) 2,268  (1,899) 6,586  
Income tax provisionIncome tax provision5,110  4,483  3,092  7,612  Income tax provision5,363  5,357  8,455  12,969  
DepreciationDepreciation4,555  4,769  8,917  9,134  Depreciation4,803  4,790  13,720  13,924  
Amortization of intangible assetsAmortization of intangible assets7,992  6,939  15,011  14,120  Amortization of intangible assets7,848  6,786  22,859  20,906  
Restructuring and other charges(1)
Restructuring and other charges(1)
1,101  23  1,749  527  
Restructuring and other charges(1)
66  46  1,815  573  
Impairment of long-lived assetsImpairment of long-lived assets—  —  —  —  Impairment of long-lived assets—  —  —  —  
Acquisition and financing costsAcquisition and financing costs1,882  762  4,118  1,805  Acquisition and financing costs891  787  5,009  2,592  
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(2)
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(2)
600  —  600  620  
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(2)
600  93  1,200  713  
Litigation and settlement expense, netLitigation and settlement expense, net142  179  455  179  Litigation and settlement expense, net174  146  629  325  
COVID related expenses(3)
COVID related expenses(3)
397  —  397  —  
Stock-based and other non-cash compensation expenseStock-based and other non-cash compensation expense6,639  5,338  12,415  10,081  Stock-based and other non-cash compensation expense6,917  4,914  19,332  14,995  
Adjusted EBITDAAdjusted EBITDA$42,836  $36,983  $79,533  $68,605  Adjusted EBITDA$47,086  $38,794  $126,619  $107,399  
(1) Restructuring and other charges are typically related to acquisitions and organizational redesign programs initiated as part of discrete post-acquisition integration activities. We believe these items are non-routine and may not be indicative of ongoing operating results.
(2) For the secondthird quarter and sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting relate to APC inventory step-up amortization. For the sixthird quarter ended March 31, 2019, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting relate to GECO inventory step-up amortization. For the nine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting relate to Germane and GECO inventory step-up amortization.
(3) Effective as of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company has added back incremental COVID related expenses.
Adjusted income and adjusted EPS exclude the impact of certain items and, therefore, have not been calculated in accordance with GAAP. We believe that exclusion of these items assists in providing a more complete understanding of our underlying results and trends and allows for comparability with our peer company index and industry. These non-GAAP financial measures may not be computed in the same manner as similarly titled measures used by other companies. We use these measures along with the corresponding GAAP financial measures to manage our business and to evaluate our performance compared to prior periods and the marketplace. We define adjusted income as net income before other non-operating adjustments, amortization of intangible assets, restructuring and other charges, impairment of long-lived assets, acquisition and financing costs, fair value
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adjustments from purchase accounting, litigation and settlement income and expense, COVID related expenses, and stock-based and other non-cash compensation expense. The impact to income taxes includes the impact to the effective tax rate, current tax provision and deferred tax provision. Adjusted EPS expresses adjusted income on a per share basis using weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
Adjusted income and adjusted EPS are non-GAAP financial measures and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information provided in accordance with GAAP. We expect to continue to incur expenses similar to the adjusted income and adjusted EPS financial adjustments described above, and investors should not infer from our presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures that these costs are unusual, infrequent or non-recurring.
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The following tables reconcile net income and diluted earnings per share, the most directly comparable GAAP measures, to adjusted income and adjusted EPS:
Second Quarters EndedThird Quarters Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)(In thousands, except per share data)December 27, 2019December 31, 2018(In thousands, except per share data)March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Net income and diluted earnings per shareNet income and diluted earnings per share$15,676  $0.29  $12,383  $0.26  Net income and diluted earnings per share$23,565  $0.43  $14,109  $0.29  
Other non-operating adjustments, net(1)
Other non-operating adjustments, net(1)
(3,138) (502) 
Amortization of intangible assetsAmortization of intangible assets7,992  6,939  Amortization of intangible assets7,848  6,786  
Restructuring and other charges(1)
1,101  23  
Restructuring and other charges(2)
Restructuring and other charges(2)
66  46  
Impairment of long-lived assetsImpairment of long-lived assets—  —  Impairment of long-lived assets—  —  
Acquisition and financing costsAcquisition and financing costs1,882  762  Acquisition and financing costs891  787  
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(2)
600  —  
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(3)
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(3)
600  93  
Litigation and settlement expense, netLitigation and settlement expense, net142  179  Litigation and settlement expense, net174  146  
COVID related expenses(4)
COVID related expenses(4)
397  —  
Stock-based and other non-cash compensation expenseStock-based and other non-cash compensation expense6,639  5,338  Stock-based and other non-cash compensation expense6,917  4,914  
Impact to income taxes(3)
(4,504) (3,009) 
Impact to income taxes(5)
Impact to income taxes(5)
(4,048) (2,722) 
Adjusted income and adjusted earnings per shareAdjusted income and adjusted earnings per share$29,528  $0.54  $22,615  $0.47  Adjusted income and adjusted earnings per share$33,272  $0.60  $23,657  $0.49  
Diluted weighted-average shares outstandingDiluted weighted-average shares outstanding55,001  47,705  Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding55,127  47,958  
(1) Effective as of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company has revised its definition of adjusted income and adjusted earnings per share to incorporate other non-operating adjustments, which includes gains or losses on foreign currency remeasurement, investments and fixed assets sales or disposals among other adjustments. Adjusted EPS for prior periods has been recast for comparative purposes.
(2) Restructuring and other charges are typically related to acquisitions and organizational redesign programs initiated as part of discrete post-acquisition integration activities. We believe these items are non-routine and may not be indicative of ongoing operating results.
(2)(3) For the secondthird quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting relate to APC inventory step-up amortization. For the third quarter ended March 31, 2019, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting relate to GECO inventory step-up amortization.
(3)(4) Effective as of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company has added back incremental COVID related expenses.
(5) Impact to income taxes is calculated by recasting income before income taxes to include the add-backs involved in determining adjusted income and recalculating the income tax provision using this adjusted income from operations before income taxes. The impact to income taxes includes the impact to the effective tax rate, current tax provision and deferred tax provision.


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Six Months Ended  Nine Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)(In thousands, except per share data)December 27, 2019December 31, 2018(In thousands, except per share data)March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Net income and earnings per shareNet income and earnings per share$34,923  $0.63  $19,862  $0.42  Net income and earnings per share$58,488  $1.06  $33,971  $0.71  
Other non-operating adjustments, net(1)
Other non-operating adjustments, net(1)
(3,386) (155) 
Amortization of intangible assetsAmortization of intangible assets15,011  14,120  Amortization of intangible assets22,859  20,906  
Restructuring and other charges(1)
1,749  527  
Restructuring and other charges(2)
Restructuring and other charges(2)
1,815  573  
Impairment of long-lived assetsImpairment of long-lived assets—  —  Impairment of long-lived assets—  —  
Acquisition and financing costsAcquisition and financing costs4,118  1,805  Acquisition and financing costs5,009  2,592  
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(2)
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(2)
600  620  
Fair value adjustments from purchase accounting(2)
1,200  713  
Litigation and settlement expense, netLitigation and settlement expense, net455  179  Litigation and settlement expense, net629  325  
COVID related expenses(4)
COVID related expenses(4)
397  —  
Stock-based and other non-cash compensation expenseStock-based and other non-cash compensation expense12,415  10,081  Stock-based and other non-cash compensation expense19,332  14,995  
Impact to income taxes(3)
(15,353) (6,082) 
Impact to income taxes(5)
Impact to income taxes(5)
(19,341) (8,892) 
Adjusted income and adjusted earnings per shareAdjusted income and adjusted earnings per share$53,918  $0.98  $41,112  $0.86  Adjusted income and adjusted earnings per share$87,002  $1.58  $65,028  $1.36  
Diluted weighted-average shares outstandingDiluted weighted-average shares outstanding55,037  47,696  Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding55,071  47,783  
(1) Effective as of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company has revised its definition of adjusted income and adjusted earnings per share to incorporate other non-operating adjustments, which includes gains or losses on foreign currency remeasurement, investments and fixed assets sales or disposals among other adjustments. Adjusted EPS for prior periods has been recast for comparative purposes.
(2) Restructuring and other charges are typically related to acquisitions and organizational redesign programs initiated as part of discrete post-acquisition integration activities. We believe these items are non-routine and may not be indicative of ongoing operating results.
(2)(3) For the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 2019,2020, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting relate to APC inventory step-up amortization. For the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, fair value adjustments from purchase accounting relate to Germane and GECO inventory step-up amortization.
(3)(4) Effective as of the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company has added back incremental COVID related expenses.
(5) Impact to income taxes is calculated by recasting income before income taxes to include the add-backs involved in determining adjusted income and recalculating the income tax provision using this adjusted income from operations before income taxes. The impact to income taxes includes the impact to the effective tax rate, current tax provision and deferred tax provision.

Free cash flow, a non-GAAP measure for reporting cash flow, is defined as cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures for property and equipment, which includes capitalized software development costs. We believe free cash flow provides investors with an important perspective on cash available for investments and acquisitions after making capital investments required to support ongoing business operations and long-term value creation. We believe that trends in our free cash flow can be valuable indicators of our operating performance and liquidity.
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial information provided in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP financial measure may not be computed in the same manner as similarly titled measures used by other companies. We expect to continue to incur expenditures similar to the free cash flow adjustment described above, and investors should not infer from our presentation of this non-GAAP financial measure that these expenditures reflect all of our obligations which require cash.
The following table reconciles cash provided by operating activities, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, to free cash flow:
Second Quarters EndedSix Months Ended Third Quarters EndedNine Months Ended
(In thousands)(In thousands)December 27, 2019December 31, 2018December 27, 2019December 31, 2018(In thousands)March 27, 2020March 31, 2019March 27, 2020March 31, 2019
Cash provided by operating activitiesCash provided by operating activities$32,066  $25,301  $56,376  $45,330  Cash provided by operating activities$30,082  $26,218  $86,458  $71,548  
Purchase of property and equipmentPurchase of property and equipment(11,324) (7,075) (20,919) (10,802) Purchase of property and equipment(10,869) (7,060) (31,788) (17,862) 
Free cash flowFree cash flow$20,742  $18,226  $35,457  $34,528  Free cash flow$19,213  $19,158  $54,670  $53,686  
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Organic revenue and acquired revenue are non-GAAP measures for reporting financial performance of our business. We believe this information provides investors with insight as to our ongoing business performance. Organic revenue represents total company revenue excluding net revenue from acquired companies for the first four full quarters since the entities’ acquisition date (which excludes intercompany transactions). Acquired revenue represents revenue from acquired companies for the first four full quarters since the entities' acquisition date (which excludes intercompany transactions). After the completion of four full fiscal quarters, acquired revenue is treated as organic for current and comparable historical periods.
The following table reconciles the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to the non-GAAP financial measure for the secondthird quarters ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively:
(In thousands)(In thousands)December 27, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
December 31, 2018As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
$ Change% Change(In thousands)March 27, 2020As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
March 31, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
$ Change% Change
Organic revenueOrganic revenue$177,583  92 %$159,089  100 %$18,494  12 %Organic revenue$191,473  92 %$172,159  99 %$19,314  11 %
Acquired revenueAcquired revenue16,330  %—  — %16,330  100 %Acquired revenue16,543  %2,477  %14,066  568 %
Total revenuesTotal revenues$193,913  100 %$159,089  100 %$34,824  22 %Total revenues$208,016  100 %$174,636  100 %$33,380  19 %

The following table reconciles the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure to the non-GAAP financial measure for the sixnine months ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 and DecemberMarch 31, 2018,2019, respectively:
(In thousands)(In thousands)December 27, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
December 31, 2018As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
$ Change% Change(In thousands)March 27, 2020As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
March 31, 2019As a % of
Total Net
Revenue
$ Change% Change
Organic revenueOrganic revenue$335,637  90 %$294,151  97 %$41,486  14 %Organic revenue$527,110  91 %$466,310  98 %$60,800  13 %
Acquired revenueAcquired revenue35,580  10 %8,994  %26,586  296 %Acquired revenue52,123  %11,471  %40,652  354 %
Total revenuesTotal revenues$371,217  100 %$303,145  100 %$68,072  22 %Total revenues$579,233  100 %$477,781  100 %$101,452  21 %

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, an amendment of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. This ASU eliminates the requirement to measure the implied fair value of goodwill by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all assets and liabilities within that unit (“the Step 2 test”) from the goodwill impairment test. Instead, if the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess, limited by the amount of goodwill in that reporting unit. For public business entities, the new standard is effective for its annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The ASU requires prospective adoption and permits early adoption for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements.
In March 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects for Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, an amendment of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. This ASU permits a company to reclassify the disproportionate income tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 on items within AOCI to retained earnings. The amounts applicable for reclassification should include the effect of the change in the U.S. Federal corporate income tax rate on the gross deferred tax amounts and related valuation allowances, if any, at the date of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 related to the items remaining in AOCI. The effect of the change in the U.S. Federal corporate income tax rate on gross valuation allowances that were originally charged to income from continuing operations shall not be included. The Company has determined that there is no activity that falls within the scope of this ASU.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-14, Compensation—Retirement Benefits—Defined Benefit Plans—General (Topic 715) Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans, an amendment of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The amendments in this ASU remove disclosures that no longer are considered cost-beneficial, clarify the specific requirements of disclosures, and add disclosure requirements identified as relevant. For public business entities, the standard is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020. The ASU requires retrospective adoption and permits early adoption for all entities. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), an amendment of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The ASU provides guidance to determine whether to
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capitalize implementation costs of a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract or expense as incurred. Costs of arrangements that do not include a software license should be accounted for as a service contract and expensed as incurred. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The ASU permits two methods of adoption: prospectively to all implementation costs incurred after the date of adoption, or retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, an amendment of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The amendments in this ASU simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions for intraperiod tax allocations and deferred tax liabilities for equity method investments and adds guidance whether a step-up in tax basis of goodwill relates to a business combination or a separate transaction. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect that ASU 2019-12 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Effective July 1, 2019, we adopted ASC 842, Leases, (“ASC 842”), which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease liability for most lease arrangements. This ASU supersedes existing lease guidance, including ASC 840, Leases (Topic 840). The standard mandates a modified retrospective transition method for all entities and early adoption is permitted. This ASU, among other things, allows companies to elect an optional transition method to apply the new lease standard through a cumulative-effect adjustment in the period of adoption. We adopted ASC 842 using the optional transition method and, as a result, did not recast prior period unaudited consolidated comparative financial statements. All prior period amounts and disclosures remain presented under ASC 840. We elected the package of practical expedients which allows us to not reassess: 1) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases; 2) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases; and 3) initial direct costs for any existing leases. We also elected the hindsight practical expedient, permitting the use of hindsight when determining the lease term and assessing impairment of ROU assets. Adoption of the new standard resulted in additional lease assets and lease liabilities on the Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet with no cumulative impact to retained earnings and did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income or Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.


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ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
There were no material changes in our exposure to market risk from June 30, 2019 to DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020.
ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively), regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of DecemberMarch 27, 2019.2020. We continue to review our disclosure controls and procedures and may from time to time make changes aimed at enhancing their effectiveness and to ensure that our systems evolve with our Company’s business. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended DecemberMarch 27, 20192020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. However, management is in the process of integrating the recently acquired APC business into our overall internal control over financial reporting environment.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are subject to litigation, claims, investigations and audits arising from time to time in the ordinary course of our business. Although legal proceedings are inherently unpredictable, we believe that we have valid defenses with respect to those matters currently pending against us and intend to defend our self vigorously. The outcome of these matters, individually and in the aggregate, is not expected to have a material impact on our cash flows, results of operations, or financial position.
ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS
You should carefully review and consider the information regarding certain factors that could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results set forth under Item 1A (Risk Factors) in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. There have been no material changes fromThe following risk factor should be read in conjunction with the risk factors discloseddescribed in our 2019the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed10-K:
We face various risks related to health epidemics, pandemics and similar outbreaks, which may have material adverse effects on August 15,our business, financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.
We face various risks related to health epidemics, pandemics, and similar outbreaks, including the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 althoughand any future variants of the disease (“COVID”). The continued spread of COVID has resulted in a global health crisis that is adversely affecting the economies and financial markets of many countries, which could result in a severe economic downturn that may negatively affect demand for our products. In response to COVID, we implemented a work-from-home program for all of our employees who could perform their duties from home, limited domestic and international travel and required self-quarantines following travel, limited customer and supplier visits to our sites, implemented social distancing measures and temperature testing within our facilities, and created a $1 million employee relief fund as well as a COVID sick leave policy providing up to 120 hours of paid leave. The extent to which COVID could further impact our business, results of operations and financial condition is highly uncertain. Despite our efforts to manage the adverse impacts of this pandemic, its ultimate impact may disclose changesdepend on various factors beyond our knowledge or control, including the duration and severity of the outbreak and actions taken to contain its spread and mitigate its public health effects. Examples of the actual and potential adverse impacts of COVID on our business include, but are not limited to:

significant portions of our workforce being unable to work effectively, including because of illness, quarantines, government actions, temporary facility closures or other restrictions on our operations such factors or disclose factors from time to timeas the loss of our essential business designation in the event of tighter restrictions on operations of companies in the defense industrial base;
disruptions in our supply chain;
the inability to perform fully on our contracts because of workforce or supply chain constraints;
cost increases that may not be recoverable or adequately covered by our insurance, resulting in lower profitability;
delays or limits on the ability of our customers to perform on their contracts, including in making timely payments to us;
increased volume and effectiveness of cyber-attacks and phishing attempts designed to exploit the pandemic and the large numbers of employees working remotely;
disruption and volatility in capital markets, increasing the cost of capital and adversely impacting our access to capital;
slowdowns in M&A market activity, limiting our ability to execute on our M&A growth strategy;
increased deficit spending in governmental recovery efforts leading to the crowding out of defense spending in future filingsgovernmental budgets; and
litigation related to any of the foregoing.

The uncertainties associated with the Securitiesglobal outbreak of COVID, the foregoing impacts and Exchange Commission.other unforeseen impacts not referenced herein, as well as the ultimate impact of the COVID pandemic, are difficult to predict and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and/or cash flows.
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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS
The following Exhibits are filed or furnished, as applicable, herewith:
  
  
  
101.INS
eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
 + Furnished herewith. This certificate shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
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, in Andover, Massachusetts, on February 4,May 5, 2020.
MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC.
By: 
/S/    MICHAEL D. RUPPERT
 Michael D. Ruppert
 Executive Vice President,
 Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer

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