UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 22, 2014
ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware | 333-89756 | 54-2061691 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1750 Tysons Boulevard
Suite 1300
McLean, VA 22102
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (703) 918-4480
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee (the Trustee) of the Alion Science and Technology Corporation (Alion or the Company) Employee Ownership, Savings and Investment Plan (the ESOP), has selected a final value of $2.45 per share for Alions common stock on August 20, 2014 (the Valuation Date). This value is effective for the period ending March 31, 2014 and considers, among other factors, the companys financial performance through March 31, 2014 as well as the terms of the refinancing as disclosed just prior to closing on August 18, 2014.
The Trustee engaged an outside independent third party valuation firm to assist the Trustee in establishing a value for the Companys common stock as of the Valuation Date using the following valuation methods:
| Discounted Cash Flow Method; and |
| Transaction Method (i.e., the use of mergers and acquisitions within Alions industry to derive market-based pricing multiples); and |
| Option Pricing Method. |
Valuations conducted by the valuation firm on behalf of the Trustee prior to September 30, 2011 used the Discounted Cash Flow Method, the Transaction Method and the Guideline Company Method. The valuation firm has not used the Guideline Company Method since the March 31, 2011 valuation analysis. Though pricing multiples have improved for the guideline companies (within Alions industry) between September 30, 2013 and the Valuation Date, they remain below historical norms and are still below pricing multiples implied by recent merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. federal government contracting sector. The gap between the pricing multiples of the guideline companies and recent transactions in the industry suggests that current pricing multiples for non-controlling ownership interests may not be as meaningful for purposes of valuing a controlling ownership interest.
In addition to factors related to this valuation period, the valuation firm considered the effects of Alions refinancing, based on the refinancing terms which were expected as of the time the valuation was prepared.
Some of the notable factors that changed for this valuation period from the September 30, 2013 valuation include the following:
| Alions enterprise value decreased due to a decrease in Alions trailing twelve months revenue and adjusted EBITDA from September 30, 2013 to March 31, 2014. |
| The amount of Alions debt considered for purposes of the valuation included the impact of the refinancing, which increased from September 30, 2013 to March 31, 2014. |
| Alions enterprise value and interest-bearing debt, net of cash and non-operating assets, are reasonably similar. Considering the inherent uncertainties in assessment of the enterprise value, the valuation firm applied the Option Pricing Method, which is premised on the notion that an equity ownership in Alion essentially represents a call option on all or a portion of the value of equity. As a result, the Option Pricing Model was used to value Alions equity. |
| In the refinancing, warrants were issued to holders of the newly-issued second lien notes and to those holders of Alions unsecured notes who exchanged their unsecured notes for Alions new notes and warrants in the refinancing transactions. These warrants have a dilutive impact on the per share value of the Companys common stock. |
The valuation firm prepared a written report, which is solely for the Trustees use in connection with its administration and operation of the ESOP, containing its procedures, analyses, and opinion as to the appropriate value of the Companys common stock. In preparing its report, the valuation firm used various financial and other information provided to the valuation firm by Alions management or obtained from other private and public sources including financial projections prepared by management of the Company, and relied on the accuracy and completeness of this information. There is no assurance that the valuation firm, or any other financial adviser that the Trustee might choose, will utilize the same process of methodologies in connection with future valuations of Alion common stock, or that such advisor(s) will reach conclusions that are consistent with those reached in the valuation firms report.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 29, 2014 | ALION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | |||||
By: | /s/ Barry M. Broadus | |||||
Name: | Barry M. Broadus | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |