William M. Brown
Analyst · Goldman Sachs
Okay, well, thank you, Pam, and good morning, everyone, and welcome to our fourth quarter earnings call. Fiscal '13 was a challenging year but we accomplished a lot. When we started the year, we promised to take out costs to match the tough government spending environment, and we did just that. We said we would maximize free cash flow by doing things like ratcheting down capital spending, which we reduced by 24%, contributing to record free cash flow in the year. And we committed to deploy capital more effectively like returning more cash to shareholders, which we did by using $400 million in cash to repurchase shares, and by increasing the quarterly dividend 12% in fiscal '13 on top of a 32% increase in fiscal '12. These efforts are reflected in the solid results we're reporting today, and illustrated on pages 3 and 4. In the fourth quarter, revenue was down as expected by about 5% to $1.36 billion, with non-GAAP EPS of $1.41, about flat with the prior year. Fourth quarter earnings were a bit stronger than expected as a result of ongoing cost reduction efforts, including fourth quarter restructuring actions and favorable product mix in RF Communications where we also had a $0.04 onetime benefit from the cumulative effect of an accounting correction in the timing of cost recognition. By executing the restructuring actions announced in April faster than expected and expanding their scope somewhat, we generated additional savings in the quarter amounting to $0.07 pickup versus the guidance we provided back in April. For the quarter, restructuring, asset impairment and debt prepayment costs were $127 million and, with the exception of facility consolidations, are largely completed. These actions are now expected to generate annualized cost savings of $60 million versus the $40 million to $50 million originally anticipated. Fourth quarter free cash flow was also substantially better than expected at $273 million, bringing us to a strong $655 million for fiscal '13, up 6% versus prior year and 119% of non-GAAP net income. Orders were solid in the quarter at $1.43 billion, down from prior year, about 105% of revenue, ending the year with funded backlog up 2% sequentially and 4% year-over-year. In RF Communications, we were particularly encouraged by the strong new orders momentum in the international tactical radio market. Tactical book-to-bill was 1.49 and greater than 1 in both international and U.S. markets, and we ended the quarter with a substantial increase in tactical backlog. The international tactical radio market is being driven by 2 factors, a transition to wideband radios and demand for network systems solutions, and Harris is at the forefront of both. In the quarter, we booked a $61 million order for wideband radios from Poland, our largest single international Falcon III wideband order to date. And on the systems front, we booked our largest single order ever in the Middle East, $79 million for an integrated command, control and communications system that combines wideband tactical radios and 4G tactical cellular into a fully integrated system solution. Our extensive line of international radios is designed to operate and interface well together and support a variety of technical requirements, giving us a competitive advantage in international markets that require integrated solutions. We're anticipating capturing additional systems opportunities in fiscal '14. We also had solid wins in the DoD market in the quarter, including a $38 million order from the Air Force for 2-channel Falcon III wideband radios. And we successfully completed government tests, delivering data messages using the wideband networking waveform, WNW, in our MNVR radio offering. While JTRS radio procurements for the Army has slipped to the right, we're encouraged that the major programs, the manpack, the Rifleman and MNVR are well supported in each of the committee markups of the GFY '14 authorization bill, and we're hopeful about a favorable decision on MNVR in September. We're also encouraged that the DoD is proceeding with an effort to replace the previously canceled JTRS airborne radio program known as AMF. The new program, Small Airborne Networking Radio, or SANR, has a potential value of about $700 million. And we expect the RFP to be issued within the next few months and be awarded in late spring of 2015. In Government Communications, we added to our wins on Next-Gen, which is the FAA's initiative to transform the National Airspace System. Following the close of the quarter, we were awarded a 7-year $150 million network services component of the previously won DCIS or Data Communications and Integrated Services program, bringing the total contract value to $481 million. Now if you remember, DCIS will provide digital messaging services between air traffic towers and the cockpit. And we'd made good progress on the program and are reaching agreement with 4 major airlines on DCIS equipage. On our other major Next-Gen win, the National Airspace Voice System program, or NVS, we're on track to install demo systems at FAA facilities in Atlantic City and in Oklahoma City, within the next few months. Now I mentioned progress in these programs because we're performing well and delivering real value to our customer as we need to especially in today's fiscal environment. But it's also important because we're leveraging our strong capabilities and reputation with the FAA to broaden our reach in the global air traffic management market we pursue opportunities in areas such as Brazil, Korea and India and in the global voice switch market. And finally, in the quarter, we were encouraged by the rebound in CapRock's revenue growth to 9%, contributing to high single-digit growth for the year, and by the solid 5% growth in IT Services, a good result in the current environment. I would also add that we continued to reduce losses in Healthcare Solutions and made progress towards an important software release in Q1. For the full fiscal year, orders were down 4%, revenue was down 6%. Book-to-bill was 1.03 and non-GAAP EPS was down 6% to $4.90. Now heading in fiscal '14, we're expecting an environment similar to this year with government operating under continuing resolutions and sequestration. Every indication we've seen points to protracted negotiations, with tax reform and the debt ceiling coming to the mix. But whatever the outcome, we'll continue to focus on executing our strategy, improving our business performance and delivering value to our customers and our shareholders. And with that, I'll turn it over to Gary to comment on segment results and guidance for 2014.