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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark one)

 

x       ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013

 

OR

 

o          TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from:                          to                          

 

Commission File No. 001-34299

 

DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

31-1420852

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

1601 Dry Creek Drive, Suite 260
Longmont, Colorado

 

80503

(Address of principal executive office)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(303) 684-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

 

New York Stock Exchange

(Title of each class)

 

(Name of each exchange on which registered)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Not Applicable

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.   Yes   x    No   o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.   Yes   o    No   x

 

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   o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post such files).   Yes   x    No   o

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. (See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Large accelerated filer   x

 

Accelerated filer   o

 

Non-accelerated filer   o

 

Smaller reporting company   o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes   o    No   x

 

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the closing sale price of $31.01 as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on June 28, 2013 was $2.3 billion.

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding as of February 18, 2014 (latest practicable date) was 75,426,566 shares.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference: Portions of the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III.

 

 

 



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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

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TRADEMARKS

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PART I

 

 

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS

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ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

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ITEM 1B.

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

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ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES

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ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

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ITEM 4.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

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PART II

 

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

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ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

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ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

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ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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ITEM 9.

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

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ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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ITEM 9B.

OTHER INFORMATION

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PART III

 

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

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ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

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ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

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ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWAR D-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements contained herein and in other of our reports, filings, and public announcements may contain or incorporate forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Forward-looking statements relate to future events or future financial performance. We generally identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” or “looks forward to” or the negative of these terms or other similar words, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words.

 

Any forward-looking statements are based upon our historical performance and on our current plans, estimates and expectations. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us that the future plans, estimates or expectations will be achieved. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and assumptions. A number of important factors could cause our actual results or performance to differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements, including: the loss, reduction or change in terms of any of our primary contracts; the availability of government funding for our products and services both domestically and internationally; changes in government and customer priorities and requirements (including cost-cutting initiatives, the potential deferral of awards, terminations or reduction of expenditures to respond to the priorities of congress and the administration, or budgetary cuts resulting from congressional committee recommendations or automatic sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011); the risk that the anticipated benefits and synergies from the strategic combination of the Company and GeoEye, Inc. cannot be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the outcome of pending or threatened litigation; the loss or impairment of any of our satellites; delays in the construction and launch of any of our satellites; delays in implementation of planned ground system and infrastructure enhancements; loss or damage to the content contained in our imagery archives; interruption or failure of our ground system and other infrastructure; decrease in demand for our imagery products and services; increased competition that may reduce our market share or cause us to lower our prices; our failure to obtain or maintain required regulatory approvals and licenses; changes in U.S. foreign law or regulation that may limit our ability to distribute our imagery products and services; the costs associated with being a public Company; and other important factors, all as described more fully in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any of these forward looking statements.

 

TRADE MARKS

 

“DigitalGlobe,” “GeoEye,” and other trademarks of ours appearing in this annual report are our property. Trade names and trademarks of other companies used in this annual report are for informational purposes only.

 

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ITEM 1.                         BUSINES S

 

Overview

 

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is a leading global provider of geospatial information products and services.  Commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services sourced from our own advanced satellite constellation comprise the majority of our revenue. We also offer higher value information products derived from our imagery and geospatial analytic software and expert services that derive insight from our imagery.  Our products and services support a wide variety of uses, including defense, intelligence and homeland security applications, mapping and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration and infrastructure management. Each day users depend on our data, information, technology and expertise to better understand our changing planet to save lives, resources and time. Our principal customers are governments, including U.S. and foreign defense and intelligence, civil agencies and providers of location-based services, as well as companies in a variety of industry verticals, including financial services, energy, telecommunications, utility, forestry, mining, environmental and agricultural industries. The imagery that forms the foundation of our products, services and analysis is collected daily from our five high-resolution imaging satellites and maintained in our imagery archive, which we refer to as our ImageLibrary. We believe that our ImageLibrary is the largest, most up-to-date and comprehensive archive of high-resolution earth imagery commercially available, containing more than 4.5 billion square kilometers of imagery, an area the equivalent of 30 times the landmass of the earth, accumulated since 1999. As of December 31, 2013, our collection capacity was approximately 1.2 billion square kilometers of imagery per year or the equivalence of roughly eight times the earth’s land surface area and offers intraday revisit around the globe.

 

On January 31, 2013, we completed our acquisition of 100% of the outstanding stock of GeoEye, Inc. (“GeoEye”), a leading provider of geospatial intelligence solutions, in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. Our acquisition of GeoEye broadened our service offerings, enabled us to optimize our satellite orbits and collection of imagery, strengthened our production and analytics capabilities, increased the scale of our existing operations and diversified our customer and product mix. The combined company has five in-orbit satellites, two satellites near completion of construction and additional ground terminals. Refer to Note 4 “Business Acquisitions” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

 

We were originally incorporated as EarthWatch on September 30, 1993 under the laws of the State of Colorado and reincorporated in the State of Delaware on August 21, 1995. On August 22, 2002, we changed our name to DigitalGlobe, Inc. Our common stock has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and traded under the symbol “DGI” since our initial public offering in May 2009.

 

Industry Overview

 

The geospatial information services industry consists of private sector and public sector companies, agencies and research institutions, that produce products, services and information to display, analyze and interpret geospatial information. The geospatial industry is experiencing significant change and growth as geospatial technology is integrated with internet, telecommunication and other information technology systems. Military and intelligence, civil government and commercial customers have been using imagery and analysis products in a wide variety of applications, including:

 

·                   national defense needs;

 

·                   humanitarian and relief support in response to natural disasters;

 

·                   environmental observation and support for climate change monitoring;

 

·                   internet mapping services for desktop and mobile devices;

 

·                   design and planning for infrastructure projects, such as asset management, surveying and charting; and

 

·                   analytic services for industries such as oil and gas, mining, agriculture and financial services.

 

We believe there are significant opportunities for continued growth as customers across a wide range of industries realize the benefits of timely and accurate imagery and geospatial analysis on a global scale. Our growth may be limited, however, by government funding reductions in the United States and by foreign government budgets as many countries are developing and launching their own satellite imagery programs. Our growth may also be limited by an increased use of aerial imagery aircraft, which could reduce the demand for satellite imagery, and by an increase in U.S. export constraints or other regulations.

 

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Competition

 

We compete against various private sector companies and foreign state-sponsored entities that provide satellite and aerial imagery, and related products and services to the commercial market. Our major existing and potential competitors for satellite imagery and information include:

 

·                   companies with satellites including Astrium Geo-Information Services, ImageSat International N.V., Blackbridge AG (previously known as RapidEye), Planet Labs, Skybox Imaging, Inc. and Urthecast;

 

·                   foreign governments including India, South Korea, Taiwan and others that sell their data commercially;

 

·                   companies that provide geospatial analytic information and services;

 

·                   aggregators of imagery and imagery-related products and services, including Apple, Google and Microsoft; and

 

·                   aerial providers of high-resolution imagery, whose offerings provide certain benefits over satellite-based imagery, including better resolution and accuracy.

 

Most of these companies offer high-resolution imagery commercially from their archives of imagery in competition with our ImageLibrary. We compete on the basis of:

 

·                   the technical capabilities of our satellites, such as size of collection area, collection speed, revisit time, resolution, accuracy and spectral diversity;

 

·                   satellite availability for tasked orders;

 

·                   the size, comprehensiveness and relevance of our ImageLibrary;

 

·                   distribution platform and tools that enable customers to easily access and integrate imagery;

 

·                   value added services, including advanced imagery production and analysis;

 

·                   timeliness and ready availability of imagery products and services that can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively; and

 

·                   price.

 

For risks associated with competition, see Item 1A, Risk Factors.

 

Business Strategy

 

Our long-term business strategy includes two components: (1) grow revenue from our core satellite imagery products and services; and (2) grow revenue from our emerging higher value information products derived from our imagery, geospatial analytic software and expert services to obtain insight from our imagery. The key elements that we believe will enable us to achieve our long-term business strategy both through organic growth and through acquisitions include:

 

Realize the full potential of the EnhancedView contract.   The EnhancedView contract (“EnhancedView Contract”) with the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (“NGA”), which we signed in August 2010, contains multiple deliverables, including a Service Level Agreement (“EnhancedView SLA”), infrastructure enhancements and other services. Our EnhancedView Contract has a full potential value of $3.6 billion over the ten year life of the contract.  The services we provide under this contract enable the U.S. Government to serve war-fighters, intelligence officers, first responders and other government users of imagery.  In addition, we expect to continue to add to our capabilities to more deeply integrate ourselves into the U.S. Government’s imagery-related work flow, including more web-based, valued-added imagery services providing an integrated operational connection with the U.S. Government to provide a high level of service and to deliver imagery efficiently and securely. The EnhancedView SLA represented 37.1% of our 2013 net revenue.

 

Profitably grow and diversify our revenue beyond the EnhancedView Contract.   We expect to continue to grow our revenue and reduce our revenue concentration on the EnhancedView Contract by attracting new customers and introducing new products to better meet all of our customers’ needs.

 

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Today, the U.S. Government is our largest customer providing 58.4% of our 2013 net revenue. Our predictive analytics software and expert services have allowed us to provide additional services beyond the EnhancedView Contract. We also serve international government customers in the areas of defense and intelligence and international civil agencies with imagery and related services.  We have cus tomers in our Direct Access Program (“DAP”) located in ten countries, which generated 16.5% of our 2013 net revenue.  Excluding our DAP customers, our international defense and intelligence and international civil government customers totaled 11.0% of our 2013 net revenue. Additionally, we serve internet-based mapping and location-based services customers, which comprised 7.7% of our 2013 net revenue.  We provide our mapping and location-based services customers with imagery and higher-value regional and global basemaps that enhance their products. Finally, we serve a wide array of other commercial customers, which we refer to as industry verticals, comprised of industries such as oil and gas, mining, utilities, agriculture, retail, manufacturing, financial services, and non-government organizations with our imagery, information and insight services. This broad set of customers represented 6.4% of our 2013 net revenue.

 

We will continue to invest in new offerings to enable our customers to gain new insights that will help them better support their business objectives.  We believe that our earth imagery, resolution, accuracy, high-scale image production capabilities and expert personnel establish us as a leader in the production and analysis of imagery. We believe that our ImageLibrary is the largest, most up-to-date and comprehensive archive of high-resolution earth imagery commercially available, containing more than 4.5 billion square kilometers of imagery, an area the equivalent of 30 times the landmass of the earth, accumulated since 1999. Given the scale of our imagery, we are able to offer information products derived from our imagery at scale, including a variety of higher value, web-based regional and global basemaps.  We expect to continue to introduce new information products derived from imagery at scale that enable among other things, automated feature extraction, agriculture boundaries and crop health, land cover classification (e.g., minerals, trees) and seabed mapping.  Additionally, the large scale of our imagery and information enables us to provide analysis services, including predictive analytics, to discover patterns and correlations in data not possible to identify on a smaller scale.  By continuing to address our customers’ needs and integrate our offerings into their workflow, we expect to grow our customer base and revenue.

 

Outperform our competition operationally and in customer satisfaction.  We continue to advance our capabilities, product quality and customer experience enabling growth and margin expansion. We continue to optimize and develop our satellite constellation and ground terminal network in order to increase the capability of our constellation that is made available to the NGA and our other customers. We currently have five in-orbit satellites and two satellites under construction. Following the completion of construction of our two satellites, we intend to launch one of them, WorldView-3, in the summer of 2014 and we intend to place the other, GeoEye-2, in storage until such time as incremental capacity to support higher revenue growth or replacement for an existing satellite is required.  Additionally, we have made investments in our imagery production capabilities that enable us to serve higher quality and quantities of processed imagery via our web services infrastructure, including classified facilities for our U.S. Government customers. We continue to improve our platform capabilities to make imagery and information within our ImageLibrary searchable and easy to access.  We also introduced a quality program that focuses on our products and customer experience on four dimensions, Accuracy, Currency, Completeness and Consistency, aimed at addressing the specific needs of each customer segment that we serve.  Additionally, we instituted a formal customer satisfaction program to measure and track our performance.

 

Behave according to our Purpose, Vision and Values to drive performance.   As shown below, our corporate Purpose is “Seeing a Better World — By giving our customers the power to see the Earth clearly and in new ways, we enable them to make our world a better place.”  We are relentlessly committed to helping our customers save time, resources and lives and achieving our Vision, “By 2020, be the indispensable source of information about our changing planet” to better serve our customers.  Our Values (e.g., integrity, respect, mission and team before self, curiosity and innovation and results matter) guide our actions.  Our Purpose, Vision, and Values unite us, creating a working environment that enables us to perform the best work of our careers.  Our people are paramount to our continued success, and we continue to attract and develop talent to embrace our Purpose, Vision and Values, achieve our strategy and grow our business.

 

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GRAPHIC

 

Products and Services

 

As of December 31, 2013, we offered earth imagery products that were comprised of imagery from our constellation of five high-resolution satellites, as well as aerial imagery that we had acquired from a third party supplier. We also provide geospatial information and insight services in which we combine our earth imagery, analytic expertise, and innovative technology to deliver integrated solutions. We process our imagery to varying levels according to our customers’ specifications and deliver our products using the distribution method that best suits our customers’ needs. Customers can purchase satellite or aerial images that are archived in our ImageLibrary, or place custom orders to task our satellites for a specific area of interest, or as a bundle of imaging and data for a region or type of location, such as cities, ports, harbors or airports.

 

Satellite Imagery

 

Customers specify how they want the imagery content that they are purchasing from us to be produced. We deliver our satellite imagery content at five processing levels as follows:

 

·                   basic imagery with the least amount of processing;

 

·                   standard imagery with radiometric and geometric correction;

 

·                   ortho-rectified imagery with radiometric, geometric and topographic correction. Radiometric correction enables images to appear uniformly illuminated with the appropriate level of brightness. Geometric correction allows a user to identify the latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal location of any point in an image. Topographic correction accounts for terrain and projects images onto the earth as they would be seen by the human eye. In addition, we provide mosaic imagery products. The mosaic process takes multiple imagery scenes, collected at different times and dates, and merges them into a single seamless imagery product;

 

·                   stereo imagery. Stereo imagery products consist of two images collected from two different viewpoints along the satellite orbit track that are produced as basic products, but can be viewed in stereo (“3D”) using specialized software. Stereo imagery products are used for the creation of digital elevation maps, for the more accurate creation of 3D maps and flight simulations; and

 

·                   advanced country coverage.  Advanced country coverage is an orthomosaic of imagery from our ImageLibrary processed to provide visually seamless, largely cloud free and color balanced imagery over country-sized areas.

 

Direct Access Program

 

Customers in our Direct Access Program, or DAP, are able to directly task and receive imagery from our WorldView-1, WorldView-2 IKONOS and GeoEye-1 satellites within certain local and regional geographic boundaries of interest. These customers have the ability to download imagery directly from our satellites as a result of purchasing from us the requisite hardware required to communicate with our satellites and process imagery. The DAP is designed to meet the enhanced information and operational security needs of a

 

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select number of defense and intelligence customers and certain commercial customers. All of our DAP agreements are subject to approval by the U.S. Government.

 

Information Products

 

We offer many customer ready information products that are designed to enable customers to understand and analyze specific geographies of interest.  Examples of these products include Global Basemap, which allows customers to access imagery at various processing levels over our hosted network.  Our pansharpening image processing allows us to combine higher resolution black and white imagery with lower resolution color imagery to create high resolution color imagery, which is included in our Global Basemap product.  Our Advanced Elevation Series consists of digital surface models and digital terrain models with consistent product accuracies and resolutions derived from our ImageLibrary to meet customer requirements to create finished maps and to produce analysis from imagery-based maps.  Precision Aerial imagery products consist of digital aerial orthomosaic imagery covering the contiguous United States and Western Europe allowing our customers to purchase digital imagery with industry-leading accuracy, quality and aesthetics.

 

Insight Products and Services

 

We believe customers are increasingly looking for analytic solutions to derive insights from imagery.  These insight products and services help our customers combine imagery and information derived from imagery with other sources of geospatial information to deliver integrated intelligence solutions.  We provide analytic solutions that accurately document change and enable geospatial modeling and analysis that helps our customers predict where events will occur to help our customers protect lives, make resource allocation decisions and save time.  These services support the U.S. government, international governments, non-government organizations, not-for-profit organizations and other commercial customers.

 

Product Delivery

 

We offer a range of on- and off-line distribution options designed to enable customers to easily access and integrate our imagery into their business operations and applications, including desktop software applications and web services that provide for direct on-line access to our ImageLibrary.  For example, through our Global Basemap and Global Enhanced Geointelligence Delivery services we provide hosted on-line access to our imagery for both commercial and government customers. Other distribution options include File Transfer Protocol (“FTP”), and physical media such as DVD and hard drives.

 

We sell our products and services through a combination of direct and indirect channels, consisting of a global network of resellers, strategic partners, direct enterprise sales and web services. During the year ended December 31, 2013, we generated 87.7% of our net revenue through direct sales and 12.3% of our net revenue from our reseller and partner network.

 

Customers

 

We have one reportable segment in which we provide imagery and imagery information products and services to customers around the world. We sell our imagery and services to two groups of customers: U.S. Government and Diversified Commercial.  U.S. Government net revenue is sourced from multiple U.S. Government agencies, primarily focused on defense and intelligence, with our largest customer being the NGA.  The NGA serves as the primary U.S. Government procurement agency for geospatial information and purchases imagery products and services on behalf of various agencies within the U.S. Government, including defense, intelligence and law enforcement agencies.  The U.S. Government comprised 58.4% of our total 2013 consolidated net revenue.  Diversified Commercial net revenue is sourced from customers in our DAP, location-based services (“LBS”), international civil government and from industry verticals.  In 2013, we generated 41.6% of our net revenue from Diversified Commercial customers.

 

U.S. Government

 

EnhancedView

 

On August 6, 2010, we entered into the EnhancedView Contract with NGA. The EnhancedView Contract has a ten-year term, inclusive of nine one-year options exercisable by NGA and is subject to Congressional appropriations and the right of NGA to terminate or suspend the contract at any time.

 

EnhancedView Service Level Agreement

 

The EnhancedView SLA totals $2.8 billion over the term of the contract, payable as $250.0 million per year ($20.8 million monthly) for the first four contract years commencing September 1, 2010, and $300.0 million per year ($25.0 million monthly) for the

 

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remaining six years of the contract beginning September 1, 2014. We are required to meet certain service level requirements related to the operational performance of the satellites comprising the WorldView constellation and related ground systems. The NGA has exercised the first three options under the EnhancedView SLA, collectively extending the EnhancedView SLA through August 31, 2014.  We believe it is NGA’s intention to exercise the remaining options, subject only to annual appropriation of funding and the federal budget process, which funding contains an inherent level of uncertainty in the current budget environment.

 

We recognize net revenue for the EnhancedView SLA using a proportional performance method. Under this method, net revenue is recognized based on the estimated amount of capacity made available to NGA in any given period compared to the total estimated capacity to be provided over the life of the contract. As increasing levels of capacity are made available to NGA, we recognize EnhancedView SLA revenue in direct proportion to the increased level of capacity made available. The contract requires us to increase the capacity made available to NGA through the addition of our WorldView-3 satellite (scheduled to launch in the summer of 2014) as well as the installation of seven additional remote ground terminals, the last of which was installed in July 2012. We are currently operating all remote ground terminals required by the EnhancedView SLA. Given the significant amount of constellation capacity that will be made available to NGA once WorldView-3 becomes operational, we anticipate a material increase in net revenue once WorldView-3 reaches full operational capability (“FOC”). Accordingly, once WorldView-3 reaches FOC we will begin to earn and recognize previously deferred revenue.

 

During the first and second quarters of 2012, we and NGA agreed to modifications of the EnhancedView Contract that included increasing the amount of capacity made available to NGA and adjustments to the performance penalty (formerly “holdback”). The modifications did not result in a material change to the EnhancedView SLA accounting, and we continue to use the proportional performance method of net revenue recognition.

 

Each monthly EnhancedView SLA payment is subject to a performance penalty ranging from 3% to 10% through February 28, 2013 and 6% thereafter, depending upon the Company’s performance against pre-defined EnhancedView SLA performance criteria. If NGA determines that not all of the EnhancedView SLA performance criteria were met in a given month, a performance penalty is assessed for that month. We retain the full monthly cash payment; however, the penalty amount will be applied to mutually agreeable future products and services, or to a pro-rated extension beyond the current contract period. Accordingly, all penalty amounts will cause us to defer recognition of a corresponding net revenue amount until the performance penalty funds are consumed as described above. There was no penalty during the year ended December 31, 2013. During the year ended December 31, 2012, there was a $0.2 million penalty, or 0.08% of our annual contractual cash receipts, all of which was applied to other products and recognized as net revenue within the year.  Cumulatively over the life of the EnhancedView Contract, we have had total penalties of $0.4 million, or 0.05% of our total cash receipts under the contract, which was applied to other products and has been recognized to date.

 

The NGA has exercised the first three options under the EnhancedView SLA collectively extending the SLA through August 31, 2014.

 

EnhancedView Value Added and Other Services

 

EnhancedView also provided for up to approximately $750.0 million for value added products and services, infrastructure enhancements, and other services including the option for NGA to require the Company to lower the altitude of WorldView-2 from its current altitude of 770 kilometers to an altitude of 496 kilometers. Value added products and services enable us to meet NGA’s more advanced imagery requirements using its production and dissemination capabilities.  In 2013, we recognized $70.6 million in revenue for value-added products and services and a cumulative total of $109.6 million since the inception of the EnhancedView Contract.

 

DigitalGlobe Intelligence Solutions

 

DigitalGlobe Intelligence Solutions, formerly known as GeoEye Analytics, supports a wide range of customers across the U.S. Government who require multiple forms of geospatial intelligence to facilitate decision making.  We work with many defense and intelligence customers to provide embedded analytic services, foundational geospatial data, and unique technology solutions that support military intelligence missions around the globe.  While we primarily support U.S. Government customers, many of our capabilities also support intelligence requirements from international governments, non-government organizations and commercial customers.

 

NextView

 

In connection with our NextView agreement with NGA (which was entered into in September 2003 and was the predecessor to our current EnhancedView Contract) we received $266.0 million from NGA to offset the construction costs of WorldView-1, which was recorded as deferred revenue when received. When WorldView-1 reached FOC in November 2007, we began recognizing the deferred revenue on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of WorldView-1. Based on the current estimated useful life of

 

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WorldView-1, we recognized $25.5 million of net revenue related to the pre-FOC payments for each of the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011. Cumulatively, since WorldView-1 reached FOC, we have recognized $154.3 million of pre-FOC revenue, and at December 31, 2013 had deferred revenue remaining of $111.7 million, expected to be amortized through mid-2018.

 

Diversified Commercial

 

Our Diversified Commercial business consists of DAP customers and other diversified commercial customers comprised of international civil government, international defense and intelligence, LBS and industry verticals.

 

Direct Access Program

 

We earn revenue from sales of the DAP facility hardware and software, as well as service fees to access our satellite constellation. The revenue to access our satellite constellation is recognized over time based on minutes of actual usage. The revenue and costs associated with the sales of a DAP facility are deferred until we commission into operation the ground terminal and can provide contractually specified access to our operational satellites. The revenue and costs are then recognized ratably over the customer relationship period, which is based on the estimated useful life of the satellite being accessed, except when deferred contract costs are in excess of deferred revenue, in which case the excess costs are recognized over the initial contract period. If more than one satellite is used, the satellite with the longest remaining useful life is used as the basis for the amortization of revenue. As of December 31, 2013, we had DAP agreements in ten countries.  In 2013, we generated $100.8 million in net revenue from our currently operational DAP customers representing 16.5% of our total net revenue.

 

Other Diversified Commercial

 

We sell imagery and information services to international civil governments for use in applications such as infrastructure planning, taxation, rescue and recovery services, forestry and agriculture, and to providers of LBS including internet portals, connected devices and digital mapmakers, who use our imagery products and services to expand their products and services.  Customers in industry verticals are represented by oil and gas, mining, utilities, agriculture, retail, manufacturing, financial services, and non-government organizations who purchase our imagery, information and insight services for a wide variety of applications.  We typically sell to the international civil government and industry verticals customers through our global resellers and partners, and we primarily sell directly to international defense and intelligence customers and providers of LBS.  Our diversified commercial net revenue is generated both through purchases of our products and services on an as-needed basis and through annual and multi-year contracts.

 

Satellite and Ground System Operations

 

Our business operations consist primarily of our satellite constellation, related satellite control ground terminals and our image processing facilities.

 

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In-orbit Satellites

 

The following table summarizes the primary characteristics of the satellites in our constellation in operation as of December 31, 2013:

 

Satellite

 

Launch Date

 

Best Ground Resolution

 

Annual Collection
Capacity (million
square kilometers)

 

Orbital Altitude
(kilometers)

WorldView-2

 

October 2009

 

46-centimeters black and white,
or color 1.84-meter multi-spectral

 

427

 

770

WorldView-1

 

September 2007

 

50-centimeters black and white

 

569

 

496

GeoEye-1

 

September 2008

 

41-centimeters black and white,
or color 1.64-meter multi-spectral

 

128

 

681(1)

QuickBird

 

October 2001

 

58-centimeters black and white,
or color 2.32-meter multi-spectral

 

62

 

430(2)

IKONOS

 

September 1999

 

82-centimeters black and white,
or color 3.28-meter multi-spectral

 

36

 

681

 

Satellite

 

Expected End
of Depreciable Life

 

Original Cost
(millions)

 

Net Book Value
(millions)

 

WorldView-2

 

Q4 2020

 

$

463.2

 

$

294.7

 

WorldView-1

 

Q2 2018

 

473.2

 

197.0

 

GeoEye-1

 

Q1 2018

 

211.8

(4)

173.0

 

QuickBird

 

Q2 2014

 

174.4

 

0.6

 

IKONOS(3)

 

Q3 2013

 

1.0

(4)

 

 


(1)          We have requested U.S. Government approval to raise the GeoEye-1 orbit to an altitude of 770 kilometers to operate at a resolution of 46 centimeters, although we may elect not to do so.  As of February 14, 2014, we have not received U.S. Government approval to raise the GeoEye-1 orbit.

(2)          Following National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) approval in the first quarter of 2011, QuickBird was raised to an orbital attitude of 482 kilometers and is slowly de-orbiting.

(3)          IKONOS is fully depreciated.

(4)          Fair value as of January 31, 2013, the acquisition date of GeoEye.

 

Satellites under Construction

 

We have two satellites that are currently under construction:  WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2. The WorldView-3 satellite is nearing the end of its construction and testing and is expected to be launched in the summer of 2014.  We anticipate this satellite will increase our collection capacity by approximately 20%.  This will offset the loss of approximately 5% of our collection capacity when our QuickBird and IKONOS satellites reach the end of their useful lives.

 

We have been enhancing the functionality of the GeoEye-2 satellite since acquiring it, and expect to complete the initial construction and testing of this satellite in the second half of 2014.  Once completed, GeoEye-2 will be stored until it is needed as a replacement for an existing satellite or sooner if necessary to meet higher market demand.  All costs associated with the storage of this satellite, including maintenance, storage, and periodic testing, will be expensed as incurred.

 

Satellite Insurance

 

We procure insurance covering risks associated with our satellite operations including the partial or total impairment of the functional capacity of the satellite. We insure certain satellites in our constellation to the extent that insurance is available at acceptable premiums. We do not insure the IKONOS satellite and in the third quarter of 2013 we stopped insurance coverage for our QuickBird satellite.  Given the late stage of their useful lives, we do not intend to insure either of these satellites for the remainder of their useful lives.  Satellites under construction are insured through the third-parties that are providing the construction services. When the GeoEye-2 satellite is placed into storage at the third party construction site, the insurance will be included in the storage and maintenance fees we receive from the vendor, and will be expensed as incurred.  As of December 31, 2013, we maintained the following insurance coverage on our satellite constellation:

 

Satellite

 

Policy Period

 

Coverage
 (in millions)

 

WorldView-1

 

10/2013-10/2014

 

$

220.0

 

WorldView-2

 

10/2013-10/2014

 

220.0

 

GeoEye-1

 

12/2013-10/2014

 

200.0

 

 

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Satellite insurance premiums, corresponding to the launch and in-orbit commissioning period prior to the satellite reaching FOC, are capitalized in the original cost of the satellite and are amortized over the estimated useful life of the asset. The remainder of the insurance premiums that are not capitalized as part of the satellite are recorded as prepaid expenses and are amortized to expense ratably over the related policy periods and are included in selling, general and administrative costs.

 

Ground Terminals and Image Processing Facilities

 

As of December 31, 2013, we owned or leased 13 operational remote ground terminals (“RGT”) located throughout the world. Each ground terminal is strategically placed to optimize contact with our satellites on their orbital paths.  Each of our satellites orbits the earth approximately 15 times per day, communicating with one or more of our ground terminals. Our image processing facility at our Longmont, Colorado headquarters houses the hardware and software systems and personnel required to operate and control our satellites as well as process, store and distribute our imagery. Operational control of our satellites, and all data related processing, storing and distribution, are primarily managed from our facility in Longmont, Colorado.

 

Intellectual Property

 

We rely on licenses of certain intellectual property to conduct our business operations. Specifically, we license certain proprietary rights from third parties, such as BAE Systems Mission Solutions, Inc., Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., Harris Technical Services Corporation, MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., Orbit Logic and the University of New Brunswick to enable us to operate our satellites, ground terminals, collection systems and other various components of our systems. In addition, we actively pursue internal development of intellectual property. We have registered, and applied for the registration of, U.S. and international trademarks, service marks, domain names, and copyrights. Additionally, we have filed U.S. and international patent applications covering certain of our proprietary technology and processes.

 

Regulation

 

Operations

 

The satellite operations portion of our business is highly regulated. The Department of Commerce (“DoC”), pursuant to the National and Commercial Space Programs Act of 2010 (successor legislation to the 1992 Land Remote Sensing Policy Act, as amended), has the primary regulatory authority over our industry. The DoC delegated responsibility for satellite remote sensing operations to NOAA. Each of our satellites is required to be individually licensed for operation by NOAA. We currently have licenses for our QuickBird, WorldView-1, WorldView-2, WorldView-3, IKONOS, GeoEye-1 and GeoEye-2 satellites, which we refer to as the NOAA licenses. Our NOAA licenses require us to obtain prior approval from NOAA for any significant and substantial foreign agreements and generally require us to operate our satellite system in a manner that is consistent with U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives. Our NOAA license for WorldView-2 requires that all data be resampled to a ground resolution of 0.50 meter black and white and 2.0 meter multispectral before it may be commercially distributed to customers other than the U.S. Government or entities specifically approved by the U.S. Government. In addition, the NOAA licenses allow the U.S. Government to suspend our imaging activities in certain cases, if deemed necessary, for national security reasons. The NOAA licenses are valid for the operational life of the satellites, provided that we comply the licensing terms.

 

The launch of our satellites and the communication links, both uplink and downlink, are regulated by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”). FCC licenses must be obtained for each individual satellite. The FCC is the governmental agency with primary authority in the United States over the commercial use of the satellite frequency spectrum. We currently have the requisite licensing authority from the FCC to operate our QuickBird, WorldView-1,WorldView-2, IKONOS and GeoEye-1 satellites. The FCC has also granted licenses to operate ground terminals for our satellites. The FCC’s rules and regulations and terms of our licenses require that we comply with various operating conditions and requirements. Failure to comply with these or other conditions or requirements could lead to sanctions, up to and including revocation, cancellation or non-renewal of our licenses. In addition to the FCC’s requirements, our satellites must undergo the frequency coordination and registration process of the International Telecommunications Union (“ITU”).

 

Sales

 

Satellite imagery does not require an export license in order to be sold internationally. Our ability to sell certain imagery products and value added services may be subject to sanctions or embargoes imposed by the U.S. Government against particular entities or individuals, against other countries or by foreign government regulation.

 

Direct access to the satellites under the DAP constitute significant and substantial foreign agreements under our NOAA license and require approval from NOAA under the terms of our NOAA license. In addition, we or our suppliers must obtain export licenses from

 

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the Department of State (“DoS”) for the export of certain equipment and related technology necessary to enable the DAP access. The ground terminal equipment and related technology necessary to allow access to the satellites are controlled under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). The approval process for these sales usually takes approximately two to three months, and there is no obligation on the part of either NOAA or the DoS to approve any transaction. In addition to required U.S. Government approvals, the export of equipment from Canada by our DAP equipment supplier, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associated Ltd., is subject to Canadian export license requirements. Our DAP customers may also be required to obtain additional approvals from the government of the country in which the ground terminal is to be operated.

 

Ownership

 

We are obligated under our NOAA licenses to monitor and report increases in foreign ownership of common stock of the Company and any agreement for ownership of 20% or greater of our common stock is subject to NOAA approval. We are also required to report certain common stock foreign ownership levels to the Defense Security Service and to comply with certain rules and regulations to mitigate foreign influence as part of maintaining our facility security clearances. Our facility security clearance allows us to perform work on U.S. Government classified contracts. A transfer to foreign ownership also could trigger other requirements including filings with, and review by, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States pursuant to the Exon-Florio provision. Depending on the country of origin and identity of foreign owners, other restrictions and requirements may also arise.

 

Business Seasonality

 

We have historically experienced higher net revenues in the second half of the year, peaking in the fourth quarter, due in part to the procurement cycles of U.S. and international governments as well as increased demand from commercial customers.  However, historical seasonal patterns should not be considered a reliable indicator of our future net revenues or financial performance.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had 1,235 full-time equivalent employees.

 

We currently do not have any collective bargaining agreements with our employees. We have employment agreements with certain of our key employees.

 

Environmental Regulation

 

Our operations are regulated under various federal, state, local and international laws governing the environment, including laws governing the discharge of pollutants into the soil, air and water, the management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes and the cleanup of contaminated sites. We have infrastructures in place to ensure that our operations are in compliance with all applicable environmental regulations. We do not believe that the costs of compliance with these laws and regulations will have a material adverse effect on our capital expenditures, operating results or competitive position. The imposition of more stringent standards or requirements under environmental laws or regulations or a determination that we are responsible for the release of hazardous substances at our sites could result in expenditures in excess of amounts currently estimated to be required for such matters. While no material exposures have been identified to date that we are aware of, there can be no assurance that additional environmental matters will not arise in the future or that costs will not be incurred with respect to sites as to which no problem is currently known.

 

Company Address and Website

 

Our website can be accessed at http://www.digitalglobe.com.  The website contains information about us and our operations. Through a link on the Investor Relations section of our website, copies of our filings with the SEC on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K can be viewed and downloaded free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable after the reports have been filed with the SEC. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference and is not a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Additionally, the SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding our filings at http://www.sec.gov. Our principal executive offices are located at 1601 Dry Creek Drive, Suite 260, Longmont, Colorado, 80503.

 

ITEM 1A.                RISK F ACTORS

 

Risks

 

Our business is subject to many risks. The occurrence of any of the following risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, prospects, results of operations and cash flows. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that

 

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we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

Risks Related To Our Business

 

The loss or reduction in scope of any one of our primary contracts will materially reduce our net revenue. The majority of our net revenue is currently derived from a single contract with a U.S. Government agency that can be terminated at any time.

 

Approximately 65.5% of our net revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013 was derived from our top five customers, including the NGA, which accounted for 52.9% of our net revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013. These contracts may be terminated in the future, or may not be renewed or extended, and the loss of any one of these customers would materially reduce our net revenue and could have a material adverse effect on our business financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our contracts with U.S. Government agencies are subject to risks of termination or reduction in scope due to changes in U.S. Government policies, priorities or funding level commitments to various agencies. Under the EnhancedView SLA, we are obligated to make a portion of the image tasking capacity of the WorldView constellation available to NGA, including specified priority access rights. To support requirements under the EnhancedView Contract, we began constructing our WorldView-3 satellite in September 2010 and we are investing in infrastructure to integrate certain of our operations more closely with NGA.  Beginning September 1, 2013, NGA has the option to require us to lower the altitude of WorldView-2 from its current altitude of 770 kilometers to an altitude of 496 kilometers, subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals. The lowering of the orbital altitude could result in a decrease in the amount of square kilometers collected by WorldView-2. While we believe the decrease in collection capability would be offset by improved data capture capabilities on the ground resulting from the expansion of our ground terminal network, there can be no assurance that our current collection capability will be maintained. Our ability to service other customers could be negatively impacted if we are unable to maintain our current collection capacity. In addition, any inability on our part to meet the performance requirements of the EnhancedView Contract could result in a breach of our contract with NGA. A breach of our contract with NGA or reduction in service to our other clients could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

NGA may also terminate or suspend our contracts, including the EnhancedView Contract, at any time with or without cause. Although our NGA contracts generally involve fixed annual minimum commitments, such commitments are subject to annual Congressional appropriations and the federal budget process, and as a result, NGA may not continue to fund these contracts at current or anticipated levels. In addition, the sequestration process under the Budget Control Act of 2011 (PL 112-25) could have an adverse impact on the timing and amount of appropriations available for defense programs, including EnhancedView. Under the terms of the Budget Control Act, discretionary spending is capped, and any breach of the caps would result in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts, known as sequestration. The Budget Control Act assumed that spending cap recommendations would be recommended to Congress by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. This Committee failed to come to agreement, and accordingly sequestration was implemented during 2013. Sequestration did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations during 2013, however, future reductions in the current EnhancedView program or other current or future business with the Department of Defense resulting from sequestration could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Any program delays encountered in implementing the infrastructure enhancements required to support the EnhancedView Contract, or in the construction, launch and operational commissioning of our WorldView-3 satellite may affect our ability to meet our obligations under the EnhancedView Contract resulting in a reduction of scope or termination of the contract, and may otherwise require us to increase our reliance on our existing satellites to meet our business needs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

To support requirements under the EnhancedView Contract, we have contracted for and are in the process of building our WorldView-3 satellite. We currently expect to launch WorldView-3 in the summer of 2014 and commission the satellite approximately 90 days after launch.  The manufacturing, testing and launch of satellites involves complex processes and technology. We rely on third party contractors for the manufacturing, testing and launch of our satellites, including WorldView-3. Many factors, including, but not limited to, availability of parts, subcontractor and supplier delays and anomalies discovered during testing, may result in significant delays to the WorldView-3 program. In addition, while we have contracted with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services for the launch of WorldView-3 in the summer of 2014, launch windows and specific dates, once scheduled, are subject to change and may be materially delayed for reasons beyond our control, including intervening launch failures of other satellites, reduced availability of launch facilities and support crew, weather and preemption by certain government launches. After launch, the satellite must be calibrated and tested to confirm operational capability, a commissioning process that typically takes several months. The satellite may not pass the operational commissioning tests or may not otherwise operate as required. For example, satellites may experience technical difficulties communicating with the ground terminals or collecting imagery in the same quality or volume that was intended. The failure to construct and launch WorldView-3 on time or to achieve operational commissioning on time or at all could affect our

 

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ability to meet our obligations under the EnhancedView Contract and may otherwise limit the anticipated volume of imagery products and services available to meet our business needs, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

In addition, the EnhancedView Contract obligates us to meet certain capacity and timeliness of delivery requirements. To meet these requirements, we have expanded our network of ground terminals around the world.

 

We face competition that may cause us to have to reduce our prices or to lose market share.

 

Our products and services compete with satellite and aerial imagery and related products and services offered by a range of private and government providers. Our current or future competitors may have greater financial, personnel and other resources than we have. Existing competitors include Astrium Geo-Information Services, ImageSat International N.V., Blackbridge AG (previously known as RapidEye), Planet Labs, Skybox Imaging, Inc., Urthecast, foreign governments including India, South Korea, Taiwan and others that sell their data commercially, as well as numerous aggregators of imagery and imagery-related products and services, including Apple, Google and Microsoft.  In addition, we compete against aerial providers of high-resolution imagery, whose offerings provide certain benefits over satellite-based imagery, including better resolution and accuracy. The value of our imagery may also be diluted by earth imagery that is available free of charge.

 

The U.S. Government and foreign governments also may develop, construct, launch and operate their own imagery satellites, which could reduce their need to rely on commercial suppliers. In addition, such governments could sell or provide free of charge earth imagery from their satellites in the commercial market and thereby compete with our imagery products and services. Also, governments may at times make our imagery freely available for humanitarian purposes, which could impair our revenue growth with non-governmental organizations.  These governments could also subsidize the development, launch and operation of imagery satellites by our current or future competitors.

 

Our competitors or potential competitors with greater resources than ours could, in the future, offer satellite-based imagery or other products and services with more attractive features than our products and services. The emergence of new remote imaging technologies or the continued growth of low-cost imaging satellites, could negatively affect our marketing efforts. More importantly, if competitors develop and launch satellites or other imagery content sources with more advanced capabilities and technologies than ours, or offer services at lower prices than ours, our business and results of operations could be harmed. From time to time, we have experienced decreases in the average sales prices of some of our products and services. Due to competitive pricing pressures, new product introductions by us or our competitors or other factors, the average selling price of our products and services may further decrease. If we are unable to offset decreases in our average selling prices by increasing our sales volumes or by adjusting our product mix, our net revenue and operating margins may decline and our financial position may be harmed.

 

We are dependent on resellers of our imagery for a portion of our revenue. If these resellers fail to market or sell our products and services successfully, our business would be harmed.

 

In 2013, we generated $75.4 million, or 12.3%, of our total net revenue from foreign and domestic resellers. We rely on foreign resellers and partners to market and sell the majority of our products and services in the international market. We have intensified our efforts to further develop our operations in overseas markets, however, our foreign resellers and partners may not have the skill or experience to develop regional commercial markets for our imagery products and services, or may have competing interests that negatively affect their sales of our products and services.  If we fail to enter into reseller agreements on a timely basis or if our resellers and partners fail to market and sell our imagery products and services successfully, these failures could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We rely on a single vendor or a limited number of vendors to provide certain key products or services to us and the inability of these key vendors to meet our needs could have a material adverse effect on our business.

 

Historically, we have contracted with a single vendor or a limited number of vendors to provide certain key products or services to us such as construction of our satellites and launch vehicles, operation of a satellite, and management of certain DAP facilities.  If these vendors are unable to meet our needs because they fail to perform adequately, are unable to match new technological requirements or problems, or are unable to dedicate engineering and other resources necessary to provide the services contracted for, our business, financial position and results of operations may be adversely affected. While alternative sources for these products and services exist, we may not be able to develop these alternative sources quickly and cost-effectively, which could materially impair our ability operate our business. Furthermore, our vendors may request changes in pricing, payment terms or other contractual obligations, which could cause us to make substantial additional investments.

 

Breach of our system security measures or loss of our secure facility clearance and accreditation could result in interruption, delay or suspension of our ability to provide our products and services, and could result in loss of current and future business, including our U.S. Government contracts.

 

A breach of our system security could materially adversely affect our business. Our business involves the transmission and storage of large quantities of electronic data, including the imagery comprising our ImageLibrary. In addition, our business is becoming increasingly web-based, allowing our customers to access and take delivery of imagery from our ImageLibrary over the Internet. From time to time, we have experienced computer viruses and other forms of third party attacks on our systems that, to date, have not had a material adverse effect on our business. We cannot assure you, however, that future attacks will not materially adversely affect our business.

 

Despite the implementation and continued upgrading of security measures, our network infrastructure may be vulnerable to computer viruses, unauthorized third party access or other problems caused by third parties, which could lead to interruptions, delays or suspension of our operations, loss of imagery from our ImageLibrary, as well as the loss or compromise of technical information or customer information. Inappropriate use of the Internet by third parties, including attempting to gain unauthorized access to information or systems — commonly known as “cracking” or “hacking” — could also potentially jeopardize the overall security of our systems and could deter certain customers from doing business with us. In addition, a security breach that involved classified or other sensitive government information or certain controlled technical information, could subject us to civil or criminal penalties and could result in loss of our secure facility clearance and other accreditations, loss of our government contracts, loss of access to classified information, loss of export privileges or debarment as a government contractor.

 

Because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access, or to otherwise infect or sabotage systems change frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. We may also need to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches. The risk that these types of events could seriously harm our business is likely to increase as we expand the number of web based products and services we offer as well as increase the number of countries within which we do business.

 

Changes in U.S. Government policy regarding use of commercial data providers, or material delay or cancellation of planned U.S. Government EnhancedView programs may have a material adverse effect on our net revenue and our ability to achieve our growth objectives.

 

Current U.S. Government policy encourages the U.S. Government’s use of commercial data providers to support U.S. national security objectives. We are considered by the U.S. Government to be a commercial data provider. U.S. Government policy is subject to change and any change in policy away from supporting the use of commercial data providers to meet U.S. Government imagery needs could materially affect our net revenue and our ability to achieve our growth objectives.

 

Interruption or failure of our infrastructure could hurt our ability to effectively perform our daily operations and provide our products and services, which could damage our reputation and harm our operating results.

 

The availability of our products and services depends on the continuing operation of our satellite operations infrastructure, information technology and communications systems. Any downtime, damage to or failure of our systems could result in interruptions in our service, which could reduce our net revenue and profits. Our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from floods, fires, power loss, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, computer denial of service attacks or other attempts to harm our systems. We do not currently maintain a back-up data center from which we can continue to collect, process and deliver imagery in the event of the loss of our primary capabilities. In the event we are unable to collect, process and deliver imagery from our primary facility in Longmont, Colorado, our daily operations and operating results would be materially and adversely affected. In addition, our ground terminal centers are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, intentional bad acts, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, war, terrorist attacks, power losses, hardware failures, systems failures, telecommunications failures and similar events. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could result in lengthy interruptions in our services and/or damage our reputation, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

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If our satellites fail to operate as intended, our ability to collect imagery and market our products and services successfully could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Our satellites employ advanced technologies and sensors that are exposed to severe environmental stresses in space that could affect our satellites’ performance. Hardware component problems in space could lead to deterioration in performance or loss of functionality of a satellite, with attendant costs and net revenue losses. In addition, human operators may execute improper implementation commands that may negatively impact a satellite’s performance. Exposure of our satellites to an unanticipated catastrophic event, such as a meteor shower or a collision with space debris, could reduce the performance of, or completely destroy, the affected satellite.

 

We cannot assure you that our satellites will continue to operate successfully in space throughout their expected operational lives. Even if a satellite is operated properly, technical flaws in that satellite’s sensors or other technical deficiencies or anomalies could significantly hinder its performance, which could materially affect our ability to collect imagery and market our products and services successfully. While some anomalies are covered by insurance policies, others are not or may not be covered, or may be subject to large deductibles .

 

If we suffer a partial or total loss of a deployed satellite, we would need a significant amount of time and would incur substantial expense to replace that satellite. We may experience other problems with our satellites that may reduce their performance. During any period of time in which a satellite is not fully operational, we may lose most or all of the net revenue that otherwise would have been derived from that satellite. In addition, we may not have on hand, or be able to obtain in a timely manner, the necessary funds to cover the cost of any necessary satellite replacement. Our inability to repair or replace a defective satellite or correct any other technical problem in a timely manner could result in a significant loss of net revenue.

 

Satellites have limited operational lives and are expensive to replace. Loss of, or damage to, a satellite may require us to seek additional financing from outside sources, which we may be unable to obtain on favorable terms, if at all.

 

We determine a satellite’s useful life, or its expected operational life, using a complex calculation involving the probabilities of failure of the satellite’s components from design or manufacturing defects, environmental stresses, estimated remaining fuel or other causes. The expected end of the depreciable lives of our in-orbit satellites at December 31, 2013 were as follows:

 

Satellite

 

Expected End of
 Depreciable Life

 

WorldView-2

 

Q4 2020

 

WorldView-1

 

Q2 2018

 

GeoEye-1

 

Q1 2018

 

QuickBird

 

Q2 2014

 

IKONOS

 

Q3 2013

(1)

 


(1)          IKONOS is fully depreciated.

 

The expected operational lives of these satellites are affected by a number of factors, including the quality of design and construction, the supply of fuel, the expected gradual environmental degradation of solar panels, the durability of various satellite components and the orbits and space environments in which the satellites are placed and operated. The failure of satellite components could cause damage to or loss of the use of a satellite before the end of its expected operational life. Electrostatic storms or collisions with other objects could also damage our satellites. We cannot assure you that each satellite will remain in operation until the end of its expected operational life. Furthermore, we expect the performance of each satellite to decline gradually near the end of its expected operational life. We can offer no assurance that our satellites will maintain their prescribed orbits or remain operational.

 

We anticipate using funds generated from operations to fund the construction and launch of any future satellites, including WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2.  If we do not generate sufficient funds from operations, we may need to obtain additional financing from outside sources to deploy any future satellites. If we do not generate sufficient funds from operations and cannot obtain financing, we will not be able to deploy any future satellites or be able to replace any of our operating satellites at the end of their operational lives. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate sufficient funds from operations or raise additional capital on favorable terms or on a timely basis, if at all, to develop or deploy additional high-resolution satellites.

 

Limited insurance coverage and availability may prevent us from obtaining insurance to cover all risks of loss.

 

We intend to insure certain satellites in our constellation to the extent that insurance remains available at acceptable premiums. It is anticipated that the insurance proceeds received in connection with a partial or total impairment of the functional capacity of any of our satellites may not be sufficient to cover the replacement cost, if we choose to do so, of an equivalent high-resolution satellite. In addition, this insurance will not protect us against all losses to our satellites due to specified exclusions, deductibles and material

 

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change limitations and it may be difficult to insure against certain risks, including a partial deterioration in satellite performance and satellite re-entry.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we maintained $220.0 million of insurance coverage on WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 satellites for the policy period October 2013 to October 2014 and $200.0 million of insurance coverage for our GeoEye-1 satellite for the policy period of December 2013 to October 2014. Our IKONOS satellite was excluded from our insurance coverage throughout 2013 and our QuickBird satellite was excluded from our coverage starting mid-October 2013, and both of these satellites will be excluded from our insurance coverage for the remainder of their useful lives.  Satellites under construction are insured through the third-parties who are providing the construction services. When the GeoEye-2 satellite is placed into storage at the third party construction site, the insurance will be included in the storage/maintenance fees we receive from the vendor.

 

The price and availability of insurance has fluctuated significantly since we began offering commercial services in 2001. Although we have historically been able to obtain insurance coverage for our in-orbit satellites, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so in the future. Although we intend to maintain insurance for our operating satellites, any determination we make as to whether to obtain insurance coverage will depend on a variety of factors, including the availability of insurance in the market, the cost of available insurance and the redundancy of our operating satellites. Insurance market conditions or factors outside our control at the time we are in the market for the required insurance, such as failure of a satellite using similar components, could cause premiums to be significantly higher than current estimates and could reduce amounts of available coverage. Higher premiums on insurance policies will increase our costs and consequently reduce our operating income by the amount of such increased premiums. If the terms of in-orbit insurance policies become less favorable than those currently available, there may be limits on the amount of coverage that we can obtain or we may not be able to obtain insurance at all. Even if obtained, our in-orbit operations insurance will not cover any loss in net revenue incurred as a result of a partial or total satellite loss.

 

We are highly dependent upon our ImageLibrary and our failure or inability to protect and maintain the earth imagery content stored in our ImageLibrary could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our operations depend upon our ability to maintain and protect our earth imagery content and our ImageLibrary against damage that may be caused by fire and other natural disasters, power failures, telecommunications failures, terrorist attacks, unauthorized intrusion, computer viruses, equipment malfunction or inadequacy, firewall breach or other events. The satellite imagery content we collect is downloaded directly to our facilities and then stored in our ImageLibrary for sale to customers. Our aerial imagery is collected and processed by our aerial suppliers and then delivered to us to be uploaded to our ImageLibrary. We back up our imagery and permanently store it with a third party data storage provider. Notwithstanding precautions we have taken to protect our ImageLibrary, there can be no assurance that a natural disaster or other event would not result in a prolonged interruption in our ability to provide access to or deliver imagery from our ImageLibrary to our clients. The temporary or permanent loss or disruption of access to our ImageLibrary could impair our ability to supply current and future customers with imagery content, have a negative impact on our net revenue and cause harm to our reputation. Any impairment in our ability to supply our customers with imagery content could affect our ability to retain or attract customers, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The market may not accept our imagery products and services. You should not rely upon our historic growth rates as an indicator of future growth.

 

Our success depends on existing markets accepting our imagery products and services and our ability to develop new markets. Our business plan is based on the assumption that we will generate significant future net revenue from sales of imagery products and services produced from our satellites and our other imagery content sources. The commercial sale of high-resolution earth imagery and related products and services is a relatively new industry. Consequently, it is difficult to predict the ultimate size of the markets and the acceptance by the markets of our products and services. Our business strategy and projections rely on a number of assumptions, some or all of which may be incorrect. Actual markets could vary materially from the potential markets that we have identified.

 

We cannot accurately predict whether our products and services will achieve significant market acceptance or whether there will be a market for our products and services on terms we find acceptable. Market acceptance of our commercial high-resolution earth imagery and related products and services depends on a number of factors, including the quality, scope, timeliness, sophistication, price and the availability of substitute products and services. Lack of significant market acceptance of our offerings, or other products and services that utilize our products and services, delays in acceptance, failure of certain markets to develop or our need to make significant investments to achieve acceptance by the market would negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We may not continue to grow in line with historical rates or at all. If we are unable to achieve sustained growth, we may be unable to execute our business strategy, expand our business or fund other liquidity needs and our prospects, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

Global economic conditions may adversely impact our business, operating results or financial condition.

 

Disruption and volatility in global financial markets may lead to increased rates of default and bankruptcy and may negatively impact consumer spending levels. These macroeconomic developments could adversely affect our business, operating results or financial condition. Current or potential customers, including foreign governments, may delay or decrease spending on our products and services as their business and/or budgets are impacted by economic conditions. The inability of current and potential customers to pay us for our products and services may adversely affect our earnings and cash flows.

 

Our international business exposes us to risks relating to increased regulation and political or economic instability in foreign markets, which could adversely affect our net revenue.

 

In 2013, approximately 30.8% of our net revenue was derived from international sales and we intend to continue to pursue international contracts. International operations are subject to certain risks, such as:

 

·                   changes in domestic and foreign governmental regulations and licensing requirements;

 

·                   deterioration of relations between the United States and a particular foreign country;

 

·                   increases in tariffs and taxes and other trade barriers;

 

·                   changes in political and economic stability, including fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies, which may make payment in U.S. dollars, as provided for under some of our existing contracts, more expensive for foreign customers;

 

·                   effects of austerity programs or similar significant budget reduction programs;

 

·                   potential preferences by prospective customers to purchase from local (non U.S.) sources; and

 

·                   difficulties in obtaining or enforcing judgments in foreign jurisdictions.

 

These risks are beyond our control and could have a material and adverse effect on our business.

 

We depend upon our ability to attract, train and retain employees. Our inability to do so, or the loss of key personnel, would seriously harm our business.

 

Because of the specialized nature of our business, we rely heavily on our ability to attract and retain qualified scientific, technical, sales, marketing and managerial personnel. The loss of one or more of our senior management personnel could result in the loss of knowledge, experience and technical expertise within the satellite imagery sector, which would be detrimental to us if we cannot recruit suitable replacements in a timely manner. The competition for qualified personnel in the commercial high-resolution earth imagery industry is intense. Due to this intense competition, we may be unable to continue to attract and retain the qualified personnel necessary for the development of our business or to recruit suitable replacement personnel. The loss of the services of any member of our senior management or the inability to hire or retain experienced management personnel could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan and harm our operating results.

 

Risks Related to Acquisitions

 

To integrate acquired businesses we must implement our management information systems, operating systems and internal controls and assimilate and manage the personnel of the acquired operations. The integration of acquired businesses may not be successful and could result in disruption to other parts of our business. Also, the integration of acquired businesses may require that we incur significant restructuring charges.

 

Acquisitions involve numerous risks and challenges, including:

 

·                   diversion of management’s attention from the normal operation of our business;

 

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·                   potential loss of key employees and customers of the acquired companies;

 

·                   disruption of business relationships with current customers;

 

·                   uncertainties that may impair our ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel;

 

·                   difficulties managing and integrating operations;

 

·                   the potential for deficiencies in internal controls at acquired companies;

 

·                   increases in our expenses and working capital requirements; and

 

·                   exposure to unanticipated liabilities of acquired companies.

 

Any future acquisitions may require additional equity financing, which could be dilutive to our existing stockholders, or additional debt financing, which could increase our leverage and potentially affect our credit ratings. Any downgrades in our credit ratings associated with an acquisition could adversely affect our ability to borrow by resulting in more restrictive borrowing terms. As a result of the foregoing, we also may not be able to complete acquisitions in the future.

 

These and other factors may harm our ability to achieve anticipated levels of profitability at acquired operations or realize other anticipated benefits of an acquisition, and could adversely affect our business and operating results.

 

Our acquisition of GeoEye resulted in significant goodwill and other intangible assets being recorded on our balance sheet. If the carrying value of our goodwill or intangible assets is not recoverable, an impairment loss may be recognized, which would adversely affect our financial results .

 

As a result of our merger with GeoEye, we recorded goodwill and other intangible assets on our consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2013. It is not possible at this time to determine if any future impairment would result, or if it does, whether such charge would be material to the remaining assets. If such a charge is necessary, it may have a material adverse effect on our financial results.

 

We incurred substantial transaction, integration and restructuring costs in connection with our acquisition of GeoEye.

 

We incurred transaction costs in connection with our acquisition of GeoEye and debt issuance costs in connection with the refinancing of the indebtedness of both companies.  Additional integration and restructuring cost have been incurred in the course of combining the operations DigitalGlobe and GeoEye. We cannot be certain that the elimination of duplicative costs or the realization of other expected efficiencies related to the integration of the two businesses will offset the transaction, integration and restructuring costs in the near term, or at all.

 

Any additional future acquisitions by us would subject us to additional business, operating and financial risks, the impact of which cannot presently be evaluated, and could adversely impact our capital structure or financial position.

 

From time to time in the future we may pursue other acquisition opportunities. To the extent we acquire a business that is highly leveraged or is otherwise subject to a high level of risk, we may be affected by the currently unascertainable risks of that business. Accordingly, there is no current basis for you to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular business or assets that we may acquire. In addition, the financing of any future acquisition completed by us could adversely impact our capital structure or financial position, as any such financing could include the issuance of additional securities or the borrowing of additional funds. Except as required by law or applicable securities exchange listing standards, we do not expect to ask our shareholders to vote on any proposed acquisition.

 

We may pursue acquisitions, investments, strategic alliances and joint ventures, which could affect our results of operations.

 

We may engage in various transactions, including purchases or sales of assets, acquisitions of businesses, or enter into investments or contractual arrangements, such as strategic alliances or joint ventures. These transactions may be intended to result in the realization of cost savings, the generation of cash, the generation of income or the reduction of risk. We cannot assure you that we will be able to identify suitable acquisition, investment, alliance or joint venture opportunities or that we will be able to consummate any such transactions or relationships on terms and conditions acceptable to us, or that such transactions or relationships will be successful.

 

In addition, upon consummation of an acquisition, investment, strategic alliance or joint venture, we may face challenges with integration efforts, including the combination and development of product and service offerings, sales and marketing approaches and

 

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establishment of combined operations. There can be no assurance that an acquired business will perform as expected; that we will not incur unforeseen obligations or liabilities; that the business will generate sufficient cash flow to support the indebtedness, if incurred, to acquire them or the expenditures needed to develop them; or that the rate of return from such businesses will justify the decision to invest the capital. Any future acquisitions, investments, strategic alliances or joint ventures may require additional debt or equity financing, which, in the case of debt financing, would increase our leverage and potentially affect our creditworthiness. Any deterioration in our creditworthiness or our future credit ratings associated with an acquisition could adversely affect our ability to borrow by resulting in more restrictive borrowing terms.

 

Risks Related To Legal And Regulatory Matters

 

Changes in U.S. or foreign laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition.

 

Our industry is highly regulated due to the sensitive nature of satellite technology. We cannot assure you that the laws and regulations governing our business and operations, including the distribution of satellite imagery, will not change in the future. Our business and operating results may be materially and adversely affected if we are required to alter our business operations to comply with such changes or if our ability to sell our products and services on a global basis is reduced or restricted due to increased U.S. or foreign government regulation.

 

Our international operations are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), which generally prohibits U.S. companies and their intermediaries from making corrupt payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business or otherwise obtaining favorable treatment, and requires companies to maintain adequate record-keeping and internal accounting practices to accurately reflect the transactions of the company. The FCPA applies to companies, individual directors, officers, employees and agents. Under the FCPA, U.S. companies may be held liable for actions taken by strategic or local partners or representatives.  If we or our agents fail to comply with the requirements of the FCPA, or similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions, governmental authorities in the United States or elsewhere, as applicable, could seek to impose civil and/or criminal penalties, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

Failure to obtain or maintain regulatory approvals could result in service interruptions or could impede us from executing our business plan.

 

NOAA Approvals.   Our business requires licenses from NOAA. Under our NOAA licenses, the U.S. Government reserves the right to interrupt service or limit our ability to distribute satellite images when foreign policy or U.S. national security interests are affected. In addition, NOAA has the right to review and approve the terms of certain of our agreements with international customers, including our DAP customers. We currently have the necessary approvals for our existing international customers. However, such reviews in the future could delay or prohibit us from executing new international agreements. The inability to get approvals for DAP customers could materially affect our ability to establish and grow our DAP business. In addition, should we not get approvals in a timely manner, our products and services may not be competitive.

 

Export Approvals.   The ground station equipment and related technology that is purchased by certain of our DAP customers is controlled under the ITAR. We, or our suppliers, must obtain export licenses from the Department of State, and in some cases from foreign government agencies, in order to export ground station equipment and related technology to our DAP customers. Export licenses can take up to three months or longer to be processed and neither the Department of State nor any corresponding foreign government agency are obligated to approve any license application. Our inability or the inability of our suppliers to get required export approvals for equipment and technology supporting the DAP could materially affect our ability to establish and grow our DAP business.

 

FCC Approvals.   Our operation of satellites and ground terminals also requires licenses from the FCC. The FCC regulates the construction, launch and operation of our satellites, the use of satellite frequency spectrum and the licensing of our ground terminals located within the United States. We are also subject to the FCC’s rules and regulations and the terms of our licenses, which require us to comply with various operating conditions and requirements. The current licenses of our satellites, except for IKONOS, expire between 2023 and 2024 and those of our ground terminals expire between 2019 and 2024. The current license for IKONOS expires in 2014, however, we have a request pending approval to extend this license until 2024.  While the FCC generally renews licenses routinely, there can be no assurance that our licenses will be renewed at their expiration dates on favorable terms or without adverse conditions. Failure to renew these licenses could have a material and adverse effect on our ability to generate net revenue and conduct our business as currently expected.

 

International Registration and Approvals.   The use of satellite frequency spectrum internationally is subject to the rules and requirements of the ITU. Additionally, satellite operators must abide by the specific laws of the countries in which downlink services

 

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are provided from the satellite to ground terminals within such countries. The FCC has coordinated the operations for each of our satellites pursuant to the ITU requirements.

 

Coordination of our satellites with other satellite systems is required by the ITU to help prevent harmful frequency interference from or into existing or planned satellite operations. We do not expect significant issues relating to the coordination of our satellites due to the nature of satellite imaging operations.

 

Our foreign DAP customers are responsible for securing necessary licenses and operational authority to use the required spectrum in each country into which we will downlink high resolution commercial earth imagery. If such customers are not successful in obtaining the necessary approvals, we will not be able to distribute real-time imagery to those customers. Our inability to offer real-time access service in a significant number of foreign countries could negatively affect our business. In addition, regulatory provisions in countries where we wish to operate may impose unduly burdensome restrictions on our operations. Our business may also be adversely affected if the national authorities where we plan to operate adopt treaties, regulations or legislation unfavorable to foreign companies.

 

Government audits of our contracts could result in a decrease in our earnings and/or have a negative effect on our cash position following an audit adjustment.

 

Our government contracts are subject to cost audits, which may occur several years after the period to which the audit relates. If an audit identifies significant unallowable costs, we could incur a material charge to our earnings or reduction in our cash position.

 

Risks Related To Our Indebtedness And Investment In Our Common Stock

 

We have a substantial amount of indebtedness, which may adversely affect our cash flow and our ability to operate our business, including our ability to incur additional indebtedness.

 

In connection with our acquisition of GeoEye, on January 31, 2013, we entered into a new seven-year $550.0 million senior secured term loan facility, a five-year $150.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility and issued $600.0 million of senior notes, the proceeds of which, along with cash on hand, were used to pay the cash consideration under the merger agreement, to refinance certain of our debt and GeoEye’s outstanding debt assumed in the business combination and pay fees and expenses related to the transactions. Our indebtedness could have several consequences, including:

 

·                   increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic, industry or competitive developments;

 

·                   requiring a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness, therefore reducing our ability to use our cash flow to fund our operations, capital expenditures and future business opportunities;

 

·                   restricting us from making strategic acquisitions;

 

·                   limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, product development, debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; and

 

·                   limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or the industry in which we operate, placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who are less highly leveraged and who, therefore, may be able to take advantage of opportunities that our leverage prevents us from exploiting.

 

Our senior secured credit facility and senior notes contain a number of restrictions and covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, pay dividends or make distributions to our stockholders, grant liens on our assets, sell assets, enter into a new or different line of business, enter into transactions with our affiliates, merge or consolidate with other entities or transfer all or substantially all of our assets and enter into sale and leaseback transactions.

 

Our ability to comply with these restrictions and covenants in the future is uncertain and will be affected by the levels of cash flow from our operations and events or circumstances beyond our control. Our failure to comply with any of the restrictions and covenants under our senior secured credit facilities and senior notes could cause all of our existing indebtedness to be immediately due and payable. If our indebtedness is accelerated, we may not be able to repay our indebtedness or borrow sufficient funds to refinance it. If our indebtedness is in default for any reason, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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As of December 31, 2013, our total indebtedness was $1,145.9 million. Our balance as of December 31, 2013 was $1,142.6 million which was net of discounts of $3.3 million and represented 45.2% of our total capitalization. Our indebtedness increases the possibility that we may be unable to generate sufficient cash to pay, when due, the principal, interest or other amounts due with respect to our indebtedness.

 

We expect that the price of our common stock will fluctuate substantially.

 

The market price of our common stock has been, and is likely to continue to be, volatile. Factors that could contribute to the volatility of our stock include, but are not limited to:

 

·                   termination or expiration of one or more of our key contracts, or a change in scope or purchasing levels under one or more of our contracts, including the EnhancedView Contract, our DAP contracts or other large contracts;

 

·                   unfounded rumors and leaks of information, or formal announcements regarding federal budget cuts, including, but not limited to, reduction in budgets affecting the Department of Defense;

 

·                   failure of our satellites to operate as designed;

 

·                   loss or damage to any of our satellites;

 

·                   changes in U.S. or foreign governmental regulations or in the status of our regulatory approvals, clearances or future applications;

 

·                   our announcements or our competitors’ announcements regarding new products or services, enhancements, significant contracts, acquisitions or strategic investments;

 

·                   changes in the availability of insurance;

 

·                   changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, if any, who cover our common stock;

 

·                   changes in our published forecast of future results of operations;

 

·                   fluctuations in our quarterly financial results or the quarterly financial results of companies perceived to be similar to us;

 

·                   success of competitive products and services;

 

·                   changes in our capital structure, such as future issuances of securities, sales of large blocks of common stock by our stockholders or the incurrence of additional debt;

 

·                   investors’ general perception of us, including any perception of misuse of sensitive information;

 

·                   changes in general global economic and market conditions;

 

·                   changes in industry conditions;

 

·                   changes in regulatory and other dynamics; and

 

·                   our ability to successfully integrate the operations of GeoEye.

 

In addition, in recent years, the stock market has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that have particularly affected the market prices of equity securities of many companies in the technology sector, which have often been unrelated to their operating performance or prospects for future operations. These broad fluctuations may adversely impact the market price of our common stock. Future market movements may materially and adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

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Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws and Delaware law might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our common stock.

 

Provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws and Delaware law may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that stockholders may consider favorable. These provisions may also prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our management. These provisions include: the existence of a classified board of directors; limitations on the removal of directors; advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations; the inability of stockholders to act by written consent or to call special meetings; the ability of our board of directors to make, alter or repeal our by-laws; and provisions that permit the redemption of stock from foreign stockholders where necessary, in the judgment of our board of directors, to protect our licenses and registrations.

 

We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock.

 

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock. In addition, our current credit facilities and indenture place restrictions on our ability to pay any dividends. We anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings, if any, for use in the development and expansion of our business and for general corporate purposes. Any determination to pay dividends on our common stock in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors.

 

ITEM 1B.                UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

None.

 

ITEM 2.                         PROPERTIES

 

The properties used in our operations consist principally of production facilities, administrative and executive offices, and satellite ground terminals.  As of December 31, 2013, we leased or owned approximately 946,000 square feet of office and operations space. This space includes our principal production facilities, administrative and executive offices in Longmont, Colorado, Thornton, Colorado and Herndon, Virginia as well as our future headquarters building in Westminster, Colorado.  We also lease satellite ground terminals, a data center and have smaller administrative offices and sales offices located in the United States and internationally.

 

ITEM 3.                         LEGA L PROCEEDINGS

 

From time to time, we are a party to various litigation matters incidental to the conduct of our business. We are not presently party to any legal proceedings the resolution of which, we believe, would have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition or cash flows.

 

ITEM 4.                         MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5.                         MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Our common stock has been listed on the NYSE and traded under the symbol “DGI” since our initial public offering in May 2009. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low prices in dollars on the NYSE for our common stock based on the daily closing prices.

 

 

 

High

 

Low

 

2013

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth Quarter

 

$

42.09

 

$

29.72

 

Third Quarter

 

34.07

 

30.20

 

Second Quarter

 

32.05

 

26.50

 

First Quarter

 

29.68

 

25.54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth Quarter

 

$

26.33

 

$

20.70

 

Third Quarter

 

21.74

 

14.22

 

Second Quarter

 

16.76

 

11.83

 

First Quarter

 

17.27

 

11.80

 

 

At February 18, 2014, there were approximately 267 stockholders of record of our common stock. This figure does not reflect beneficial ownership of shares held in nominee/street name.

 

Performance Measurement Comparison of Stockholder Return

 

The graph below compares the yearly percentage change in our cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total return of the S&P Composite 500 Stock Index, the Russell 2000 and our peer group, for the period from December 31, 2009 through December 31, 2013. It assumes $100 was invested at market close on December 31, 2009 and that any dividends have been reinvested. Our peer group consists of Acxiom Corporation, The Corporate Executive Board Company, Costar Group, Inc., Equifax, Inc., FactSet Research Systems, Inc., Fair Isaac Corporation, FLIR Systems, Inc., Gartner, Inc., IHS Inc., Iridium Communications Inc., Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., Loral Space & Communications Inc., NCI, Inc., Orbital Sciences Corp., Trimble Navigation Limited, Verisk Analytics, Inc. and ViaSat, Inc.

 

 

Total Return Analysis

 

12/31/2009

 

12/31/2010

 

12/31/2011

 

12/31/2012

 

12/31/2013

 

DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

$

100.00

 

$

131.03

 

$

70.70

 

$

100.99

 

$

170.04

 

Russell 2000

 

100.00

 

126.85

 

121.56

 

141.43

 

196.34

 

S&P 500

 

100.00

 

115.06

 

117.49

 

136.30

 

180.44

 

Peer Group

 

100.00

 

130.44

 

133.51

 

160.34

 

221.72

 

 

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This performance graph shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the  Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of DigitalGlobe, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

 

Dividends

 

Since inception, we have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock. We anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings, if any, for use in the development and expansion of our business and for general corporate purposes. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will be subject to restrictive covenants contained in our financing facilities and dependent on then-existing conditions, including our financial condition and results of operations, contractual restrictions, capital requirements and other factors. In addition, our senior secured credit facilities and senior notes contain certain limitations on our ability to distribute cash dividends to our common stockholders in the future.

 

Cumulative dividends on the Series A convertible preferred stock are payable at a rate of five percent per annum on the $1,000 liquidation preference per share.  At the Company’s option, dividends may be declared and paid in cash out of funds legally available, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee of the Company.  If not paid in cash, an amount equal to the cash dividends due is added to the liquidation preference.  Dividends payable in cash are recorded in current liabilities.  All dividends payable, whether in cash or as an addition to the liquidation preference, are recorded as a reduction to our retained earnings.  We paid quarterly dividends of $1.0 million for each of the three month periods ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013, September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, of which $0.4 million was recorded by GeoEye as a pre-acquisition obligation.  As of December 31, 2013, we had $1.0 million of unpaid dividends.  These dividends were paid on January 2, 2014.

 

ITEM 6.                         SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The selected consolidated financial information set forth below for each of the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 has been derived from our audited Consolidated Financial Statements. The information below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto in Item 8 of this report.

 

Summary Financial Data

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

(in millions, except per share data)

 

2013(1)

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

Net revenue

 

$

612.7

 

$

421.4

 

$

339.5

 

$

322.5

 

$

281.9

 

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

(105.8

)

65.9

 

(46.0

)

6.8

 

78.4

 

Net (loss) income

 

(68.3

)

39.0

 

(28.1

)

2.5

 

47.4

 

Net (loss) income available to common shareholders

 

(71.9

)

39.0

 

(28.1

)

2.5

 

47.4

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.00

)

$

0.85

 

$

(0.61

)

$

0.05

 

$

1.07

 

Diluted

 

$

(1.00

)

$

0.84

 

$

(0.61

)

$

0.05

 

$

1.06

 

Total assets

 

3,203.0

 

1,577.5

 

1,451.6

 

1,268.1

 

1,140.5

 

Capital leases

 

1.0

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, excluding current portion

 

1,137.1

 

478.6

 

481.6

 

346.1

 

343.5

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

1,383.3

 

539.4

 

487.4

 

498.9

 

479.5

 

 


(1)          On January 31, 2013 the Company completed its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding common stock of GeoEye, a provider of geospatial intelligence solutions.  The results of GeoEye’s operations were included in the Company’s consolidated financial results beginning on the acquisition date.

 

ITEM 7.                         MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Overview

 

We are a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services. Sourced from our own advanced satellite constellation, our products and services support a wide variety of uses, including defense, intelligence and homeland security applications, mapping and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, and infrastructure management. Each day users depend on our data, information, technology and expertise to better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time. Our principal customers are governments, including U.S. and foreign defense and intelligence, civil agencies and providers of location-based services (“LBS”). Additionally, we serve a wide variety of companies in industry verticals, such as the financial services, energy, telecommunications, utility, forestry, mining, environmental and agricultural industries. The imagery that forms the foundation of our products and services is collected daily from our five high-resolution imaging satellites and maintained in

 

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our imagery archive, which we refer to as our ImageLibrary. We believe that our ImageLibrary is the largest, most up-to-date and comprehensive archive of high-resolution earth imagery commercially available, containing more than 4.5 billion square kilometers of imagery, an area the equivalent of 30 times the landmass of the earth, accumulated since 1999. As of December 31, 2013, our collection capacity was approximately 1.2 billion square kilometers of imagery per year or the equivalent of roughly eight times the earth’s land surface area.

 

Increasing the capacity of our constellation and adding a new satellite, WorldView-3, which is currently under construction and expected to be ready for launch in the summer of 2014, will enable us to provide customers with superior performance and service and grow our net revenue.  As a result of the significant amount of constellation capacity that will be made available to NGA, we anticipate an increase in net revenue once WorldView-3 becomes operational, which we anticipate achieving approximately 90 days after launch. Despite increasing competition from both commercial and government owned satellites, we anticipate increased demand for our imagery and analysis services used by commercial and civil government customers for mapping applications, information services, and land and environmental management.

 

On January 31, 2013, we completed the acquisition of 100% of the outstanding stock of GeoEye, Inc. (“GeoEye”), a leading provider of geospatial intelligence solutions in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. The acquisition of GeoEye increased the scale of our operations, diversified our customer and product mix, broadened our service offerings, enabled us to optimize our satellite orbits and collection of imagery, and strengthened our production and analytics capabilities. The combined company has five operational satellites in-orbit and, in addition, two satellites nearing end of construction. We incurred the following combination-related costs in conjunction with the acquisition of GeoEye during the year ended December 31, 2013:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2013

 

(in millions)

 

Expensed

 

Capitalized

 

Total

 

Restructuring costs

 

$

40.1

 

$

 

$

40.1

 

Acquisition costs

 

20.6

 

 

20.6

 

Integration costs

 

29.2

 

22.6

 

51.8

 

Debt-related costs

 

17.8

 

36.6

 

54.4

 

Total combination-related costs

 

$

107.7

 

$

59.2

 

$

166.9

 

 

Restructuring costs are costs incurred to realize efficiencies from the acquisition with GeoEye, such as reducing redundant workforce, consolidating facilities and systems, and realigning our ground terminal networks. Acquisition costs are costs incurred to effect the acquisition, such as advisory, legal, accounting, consulting and other professional fees. Integration costs consist primarily of professional fees incurred to assist us with system and process improvements associated with integrating operations. Capitalized costs relating to integration primarily consist of property, equipment and leasehold improvements necessary to consolidate operations. Debt-related costs are related to entering into  a seven-year $550.0 million Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and a five-year $150.0 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (collectively, the “2013 Credit Facility”) and issuing $600.0 million of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2021, the proceeds of which were used to refinance our 2011 $500.0 million senior secured term loan and fund the discharge and redemption of GeoEye’s $400.0 million 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 and $125.0 million 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 we assumed in the acquisition.

 

The GeoEye acquisition has increased our revenue and assets, as well as diversified our customer base. By optimizing orbits, coordinating scheduling and optimizing collection of imagery, we expect to increase satellite imaging capacity and improve timelines and revisit rates. We expect to reduce capital expenditures as a result of having five operational satellites, of which we intend to only maintain a constellation of three satellites over the longer term, allowing us to delay construction of additional satellites. Following completion of the two satellites under construction, we currently intend to place one of them, GeoEye-2, in storage until such time as incremental capacity to support higher revenue growth or replacement for an existing satellite is required. We currently expect to complete and launch WorldView-3 in the summer of 2014.  The satellite is anticipated to reach full operational capacity (“FOC”) approximately 90 days after launch.

 

We anticipate that the full operating expense synergies associated with the GeoEye transaction will be realized primarily within the 18 months following the close of the acquisition. We expect cost savings and efficiencies to come from actions we will take principally with respect to labor cost reductions and operational infrastructure savings. We may initiate additional restructuring activities in the future.

 

The amount of imagery capacity available from our satellite constellation is a factor in determining cash flow forecasts and potential future revenue.  We intend to launch and place into service our GeoEye-2 satellite when additional capacity is needed for forecasted growth in demand or to replace capacity lost as satellites currently in-orbit are decommissioned. We are currently completing enhancements to the satellite and anticipate that those will be completed in the second half of 2014. Capitalization of all costs associated with this satellite will cease during the period in which the satellite is in storage and during which no additional

 

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enhancements are made. Storage costs and all other incremental costs that result from placing the satellite into storage will be expensed as incurred.  Costs associated with enhancements to satellite capability will be capitalized.

 

When we place the GeoEye-2 satellite into service, all costs associated with removing the satellite from storage and other incremental costs that result from the storage process will be expensed as incurred. However, costs incurred to launch the satellite and perform in-orbit testing prior to the satellite reaching its FOC will be capitalized as these costs are necessary to place the satellite into service. After the satellite has been successfully placed into service, it will be removed from construction-in-process and recorded as a fixed asset. While satellite technology is highly sophisticated, satellite imaging technology has not changed significantly over time. As a result, we do not anticipate that the imaging technology and capabilities of the GeoEye-2 satellite will experience any significant obsolescence during the satellite storage period and, therefore, we do not anticipate commencing depreciation of the satellite until it is placed into service.

 

Our satellites under construction are expected to have useful lives similar to or longer than those of our most recently launched satellites. We include the GeoEye-2 satellite in our assessment of impairment of our satellite constellation long-lived assets group. All of our assets, including our satellites and ground terminals, comprise a single asset group as separately identifiable cash flows attributable to any given satellite or other asset cannot be derived. Accordingly, our impairment testing is performed at the DigitalGlobe entity level. Our impairment analysis includes anticipated future cash flows from our satellite constellation as well as costs necessary to complete the construction of our satellites. We test this long-lived asset group for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset group’s carrying amount may not be recoverable.

 

Backlog

 

The following table represents our backlog as of December 31, 2013:

 

 

 

Backlog to be recognized

 

(in millions)

 

Next 12 Months

 

Life of Contracts

 

U.S. Government:

 

 

 

 

 

EnhancedView SLA

 

$

263.4

 

$

2,164.7

 

Amortization of pre-FOC payments related to NextView

 

25.5

 

111.7

 

Other revenue and value added services

 

75.0

 

146.8

 

Total U.S. Government

 

363.9

 

2,423.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Commercial:

 

 

 

 

 

DAP

 

53.9

 

121.7

 

Other Diversified Commercial(1)

 

87.8

 

137.8

 

Total Diversified Commercial

 

141.7

 

259.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Backlog

 

$

505.6

 

$

2,682.7

 

 


(1)          Other Diversified Commercial backlog consists of firm orders, minimum commitments under signed customer contracts, remaining amounts under pre-paid subscriptions, firm fixed price reimbursement and funded and unfunded task orders from Diversified Commercial customers.

 

Backlog consists of all contractual commitments, including those under the anticipated ten-year term of the EnhancedView contract (the “EnhancedView Contract”) with the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (“NGA”), amounts committed under Direct Access Program (“DAP”) agreements, firm orders, remaining pre-paid subscriptions and task orders from our government customers. Our backlog also includes amounts of obligated funding on indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (“IDIQ”) contracts on which we participate for products and services that we believe we are qualified to provide.

 

The EnhancedView Contract is structured as a ten-year term, inclusive of nine annual renewal options that may be exercised by the NGA. The EnhancedView Contract contains multiple deliverables, including a service level agreement portion (“EnhancedView SLA”) described below, infrastructure enhancements and other services.  Although NGA may terminate the contract at any time and is not obligated to exercise any of the remaining six option years, we include the full remaining term in backlog, because we believe it is NGA’s intention to exercise the remaining options, subject only to annual appropriation of funding and the federal budget process, which funding contains an inherent level of uncertainty in the current budget environment.

 

The amortization of pre-FOC payments related to our NextView agreement with NGA will be recognized over the 10.5 years from FOC of WorldView-1. We recognize it ratably over the estimated customer relationship period for which the estimated WorldView-1 satellite useful life is the proxy. The recognition of this revenue has no effect on our ability to generate additional revenue from the usage of the satellite and we do not consider it a reduction in our capacity to generate additional sales. Additionally, if the life of

 

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WorldView-1 were to be modified, the amortization of deferred revenue would be modified and either reduced in the event that the life of WorldView-1 is extended, or increased in the event the life of WorldView-1 is reduced.

 

Although backlog reflects business that is considered to be firm, terminations, amendments or cancellations may occur, which could result in a reduction in our total backlog. In addition, failure to receive task orders under IDIQ contracts could also result in a reduction in our total backlog. Any such terminations, amendments or cancellations of contractual commitments, or failure to receive task orders under IDIQ contracts may also negatively impact the timing of our realization of backlog.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following tables summarize our historical results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Historical results of operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government net revenue

 

$

358.1

 

$

259.6

 

$

205.9

 

Diversified Commercial net revenue

 

254.6

 

161.8

 

133.6

 

Total net revenue

 

612.7

 

421.4

 

339.5

 

Cost of revenue excluding depreciation and amortization

 

175.3

 

81.6

 

64.9

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

257.3

 

149.2

 

130.2

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

224.8

 

114.6

 

117.1

 

Restructuring charges

 

40.1

 

 

 

(Loss) income from operations

 

(84.8

)

76.0

 

27.3

 

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

 

(17.8

)

 

(51.8

)

Other income (expense), net

 

0.2

 

(1.0

)

0.2

 

Interest expense, net

 

(3.4

)

(9.1

)

(21.7

)

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

(105.8

)

65.9

 

(46.0

)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

37.5

 

(26.9

)

17.9

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(68.3

)

$

39.0

 

$

(28.1

)

 

Net Revenue

 

The following tables summarize net revenue as percentage of total for U.S. Government and Diversified Commercial customers:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Net Revenue as a Percent of Total:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government

 

58.4

%

61.6

%

60.6

%

Diversified Commercial

 

41.6

 

38.4

 

39.4

 

Total net revenue

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

 

Total U.S. and international revenues were as follows:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Net Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S.

 

$

423.8

 

$

295.8

 

$

228.3

 

International

 

188.9

 

125.6

 

111.2

 

Total net revenue

 

$

612.7

 

$

421.4

 

$

339.5

 

 

The following table summarizes our percentage of direct sales and reseller and partner sales:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Direct and Reseller Sales:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

87.7

%

85.4

%

85.3

%

Reseller and Partner

 

12.3

 

14.6

 

14.7

 

Total net revenue

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

 

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Our principal source of net revenue is the licensing of our earth imagery products and services to end users and to resellers and partners.

 

In connection with the GeoEye acquisition, the chief operating decision maker re-evaluated the information used to manage our business and concluded during the first quarter of 2013 that we now operate in a single segment, in which we provide imagery, imagery information products and services to customers around the world. In order to serve our customers, we use a common infrastructure and technology to collect, process and distribute those imagery products and services to all customers.

 

We have organized our sales leadership and marketing efforts around two customer groups: (i) U.S. Government and (ii) Diversified Commercial. Revenue recognized for services provided to U.S. Government customers consist primarily of the EnhancedView SLA, amortization of pre-FOC payments related to the NextView agreement and other value added services. Diversified Commercial revenue consists of DAP revenue, international defense and intelligence revenue, revenue from civil governments, providers of LBS and industry verticals.

 

Our imagery products and services are comprised of imagery that we process to varying levels according to our customer’s specifications. We deliver our products and services using the distribution method suited to our customers’ needs. Customers can purchase satellite or aerial images that are archived in our ImageLibrary. Customers can also order imagery content by placing custom orders, which requires tasking of our satellites, for a specific area of interest or as a bundle of imagery and data for a region or type of location, such as cities, ports, harbors or airports.

 

U.S. Government Net Revenue

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

($ in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

U.S. Government Net Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EnhancedView SLA

 

$

227.3

 

$

201.3

 

$

157.0

 

Other revenue and value added services

 

105.3

 

32.8

 

23.4

 

Amortization of pre-FOC payments related to NextView

 

25.5

 

25.5

 

25.5

 

Total U.S. Government net revenue

 

$

358.1

 

$

259.6

 

$

205.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct and Reseller Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

99.6

%

99.8

%

99.8

%

Reseller and Partner

 

0.4

%

0.2

%

0.2

%

 

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

 

Our U.S. Government customers are principally defense and intelligence agencies of the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government, primarily through NGA, purchases our imagery products and services on behalf of various entities within the U.S. Government, including the military commands and other government agencies. We also sell to other U.S. defense and intelligence customers, including defense and intelligence contractors who provide an additional outlet for our imagery by providing value-added services with our imagery to deliver a final end product to a customer.

 

Our U.S. Government customers focus on image quality, including resolution, accuracy, frequency of area revisit and coverage, as well as ensuring availability of a certain amount of our capacity as they integrate our products and services into their operational planning. Our U.S. Government customers typically operate under contracts with purchase commitments, through which we receive monthly or quarterly payments in exchange for delivering specific orders to the customer. Our net revenue from customers in the U.S. Government has historically been largely from service level agreements and tasking orders, with a smaller portion from sales of imagery from our ImageLibrary and analytic services. We sell to the U.S. Government primarily through direct sales, with sales arising from sub-contract relationships to a lesser extent.

 

Diversified Commercial Net Revenue

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

($ in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Diversified Commercial Net Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAP

 

$

100.8

 

$

54.1

 

$

47.1

 

Other diversified commercial

 

153.8

 

107.7

 

86.5

 

Total commercial net revenue

 

$

254.6

 

$

161.8

 

$

133.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenue as a Percent of Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAP

 

39.6

%

33.4

%

35.3

%

Other diversified commercial

 

60.4

%

66.6

%

64.7

%

 

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct and Reseller Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

70.9

%

62.5

%

64.3

%

Reseller and Partner

 

29.1

%

37.5

%

35.7

%

 

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

 

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Our Diversified Commercial customers are located throughout the world. They purchase our products and services on an as-needed basis, or through contracts that span one or more years, depending on the solution that best suits their application. We sell to these customers through a combination of direct sales and through resellers and partners.

 

We earn revenue from sales of the DAP facility hardware and software, as well as service fees to access our satellite constellation. The revenue to access our satellite constellation is recognized over time based on minutes of actual usage. The revenue and costs associated with the sales of a DAP facility are deferred until we commission into operation the ground terminal and can provide contractually specified access to our operational satellites. The revenue and costs are then recognized ratably over the customer relationship period, which is based on the estimated useful life of the satellite being accessed, except when deferred contract costs are in excess of deferred revenue, in which case the excess costs are recognized over the initial contract period. If more than one satellite is used, the satellite with the longest remaining useful life is used as the basis for the amortization of revenue. We have DAP agreements in 10 countries.

 

Other Diversified Commercial revenue includes revenue from international civil governments, providers of LBS, industry verticals and from international defense and intelligence customers. Our customers are primarily government agencies, energy, telecommunications, utility and agricultural companies who, like our U.S. Government customers, use our content for mapping, monitoring, analysis and planning activities. Providers of LBS include internet portals, connected devices, and digital mapmakers, who use our imagery products and services to create or expand their products and services. Customers in our industry verticals include oil and gas, mining, utilities, agriculture, retail, manufacturing, financial services, and non-government organizations that use our imagery in a wide range of applications. International defense and intelligence consists of customers who are principally defense and intelligence agencies of foreign governments.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

Net revenue increased $191.3 million, or 45.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $612.7  million from $421.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

There was an increase of $98.5 million, or 37.9%, in U.S. Government net revenue during the year ended December 31, 2013 to $358.1 million from $259.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. This increase was the result of $26.0 million of additional net revenue recognized under the EnhancedView SLA due to increased imaging capacity made available to NGA per the EnhancedView Contract and a $72.5 million increase in other revenue and value added services.  The increase in other revenue and value added services is primarily attributable to expanded services being delivered, including daily global imagery collections on an expanded web based service, Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery, and our intelligence solutions services obtained in connection with the GeoEye acquisition.

 

The increase of $92.8 million, or 57.4%, in Diversified Commercial net revenue to $254.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 from $161.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 was primarily due to having generated eleven months of net revenue from customer relationships acquired in the GeoEye acquisition compared to no net revenue from these customer relationships in 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to the year ended December 31, 2012, the increases in both DAP revenue of $46.7 million and Other Diversified Commercial revenue of $46.1 million were primarily as a result of the acquisition of additional customer relationships through the GeoEye acquisition.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Net revenue increased $81.9 million, or 24.1%, for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $421.4 million from $339.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

There was an increase of $53.7 million, or 26.1%, in U.S. Government net revenue during the year ended December 31, 2012 to $259.6 million from $205.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. This increase was the result of $44.3 million of additional

 

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net revenue recognized under the EnhancedView SLA due to increased capacity made available to NGA per the EnhancedView Contract and a $9.4 million increase in value added services from the U.S. Government.

 

The increase of $28.2 million, or 21.1%, in Diversified Commercial net revenue to $161.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 from $133.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2011.  This increase was primarily due to a $7.0 million increase related to growth in our DAP, an $8.8 million increase from international civil government customers, a $7.1 million increase from customers in industry verticals and a $6.1 million increase in net revenue from LBS.

 

Expenses

 

 

 

For the year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Expenses as a percentage of net revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net revenue

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

100.0

%

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

28.6

 

19.4

 

19.1

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

42.0

 

35.4

 

38.4

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

36.7

 

27.2

 

34.5

 

Restructuring charges

 

6.5

 

 

 

(Loss) income from operations

 

(13.8

)

18.0

 

8.0

 

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

 

(2.9

)

 

(15.3

)

Other income (expense), net

 

 

(0.2

)

0.1

 

Interest income (expense), net

 

(0.6

)

(2.2

)

(6.4

)

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

(17.3

)

15.6

 

(13.6

)

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

6.2

 

(6.4

)

5.3

 

Net (loss) income

 

(11.1

)%

9.2

%

(8.3

)%

 

Our net revenue is primarily generated by the sale of products and services comprised of imagery from our satellites. Most of the costs of a satellite are related to the pre-operation capital expenditures required to build and launch a satellite. There is not a significant direct relationship between our cost of revenue and changes in our net revenue. Our cost of revenue consists primarily of the cost of personnel, as well as the cost of operations directly associated with operating our satellites, retrieving information from the satellites and processing the data retrieved. Costs of acquiring aerial imagery from third parties are capitalized and amortized on an accelerated basis as a cost of revenue.

 

Cost of Revenue

 

The following table summarizes our cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

Percentage change

 

($ in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

2013 vs.
2012

 

2012 vs.
2011

 

Labor and labor related costs

 

$

71.5

 

$

30.9

 

$

25.7

 

131.4

%

20.2

%

Facilities, subcontracting and equipment costs

 

79.2

 

34.7

 

26.3

 

128.2

 

31.9

 

Consulting and professional fees

 

10.2

 

1.0

 

0.9

 

*

 

11.1

 

Aerial imagery

 

7.9

 

8.3

 

4.0

 

(4.8

)

107.5

 

Other direct costs

 

6.5

 

6.7

 

8.0

 

(3.0

)

(16.3

)

Total cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

$

175.3

 

$

81.6

 

$

64.9

 

114.8

%

25.7

%

 


*  Not meaningful

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

Cost of revenue increased $93.7 million, or 114.8%, during the year ended December 31, 2013 to $175.3 million from $81.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. This increase was due to additional expense primarily resulting from the acquisition of GeoEye consisting of higher labor related costs of $40.6 million and higher facilities, subcontracting and equipment costs of $44.5 million, which are primarily associated with operating additional ground terminals and DAP facilities. Consulting and professional fees increased $9.2 million primarily related to growth in the business in addition to the integration of GeoEye. Aerial imagery costs consist of amortization of our previously purchased aerial imagery. Inclusive in these changes are integration related costs which totaled approximately $2.1 million, $0.8 million of which related to consulting and professional fees, incurred in 2013.

 

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For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Cost of revenue increased $16.7 million, or 25.7%, during the year ended December 31, 2012 to $81.6 million from $64.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase is primarily attributable to (i) a $5.2 million increase in labor and labor related costs to support the growth in our business; (ii) a $8.4 million increase in facilities, subcontracting and equipment costs due to the addition of three remote ground terminals placed into service during 2012, which satisfied obligations under the EnhancedView Contract to make more imagery available to NGA; and (iii) a $4.3 million increase in aerial imagery cost amortization due to the increased aerial imagery in our ImageLibrary.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

The following table summarizes our selling, general and administrative expenses:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

Percentage change

 

($ in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

2013 vs.
2012

 

2012 vs.
2011

 

Acquisition costs

 

$

20.6

 

$

19.9

 

$

 

3.5

%

*

%

Labor and labor related costs

 

120.8

 

80.4

 

73.8

 

50.2

 

8.9

 

Consulting and professional fees

 

63.5

 

17.8

 

19.2

 

256.7

 

(7.3

)

Rent and facilities

 

14.6

 

7.6

 

7.7

 

92.1

 

(1.3

)

Satellite insurance

 

12.4

 

9.7

 

10.9

 

27.8

 

(11.0

)

Other costs

 

25.4

 

13.8

 

18.6

 

84.1

 

(25.8

)

Total selling, general and administrative

 

$

257.3

 

$

149.2

 

$

130.2

 

72.5

%

14.6

%

 


*  Not meaningful

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $108.1 million, or 72.5%, during the year ended December 31, 2013 to $257.3 million from $149.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. We incurred $20.6 million in acquisition costs incurred to enable the closing of the GeoEye acquisition.  Labor costs increased $40.4 million primarily as a result of the acquisition of GeoEye. Professional fees increased $45.7 million to support the integration of GeoEye and growth of the business.  Rent and facility costs increased $7.0 million primarily due to additional facilities acquired in the GeoEye acquisition. Other costs increased primarily due to higher software licenses, support and maintenance fees of $4.2 million, higher hardware support and maintenance costs of $1.5 million and higher marketing related costs of $1.4 million primarily due to the acquisition of GeoEye.  Inclusive in these changes are integration related costs which totaled approximately $27.1 million, $24.5 million of which related to consulting and professional fees, incurred in 2013.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $19.0 million, or 14.6%, during the year ended December 31, 2012 to $149.2 million from $130.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. This increase in expense was primarily due to $19.9 million in advisory and legal costs associated with our acquisition of GeoEye. Additional increases in expense consisted of a $6.6 million increase in labor related costs, consisting of higher direct labor cost of $4.3 million primarily due to an increased number of employees, a $3.9 million increase in bonus expense, higher commissions of $1.8 million and severance costs of $1.4 million. These increases in labor related costs were partially offset by a $5.4 million decrease in non-cash stock compensation expense primarily resulting from a one-time charge of $5.1 million in 2011 related to costs associated with the departure of our previous chief executive officer. Offsetting these increases was a $3.9 million decrease in bad debt expense. In 2011 we recognized higher expense primarily due to two delinquent customers in Asia. Additionally, we had a $1.4 million decrease in professional fees and a $1.2 million decrease in our satellite insurance expense.

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

Depreciation and amortization consist primarily of depreciation of our satellites and other operating assets.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

Depreciation and amortization increased by $110.2 million, or 96.2%, for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $224.8 million from $114.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase in expense was principally attributable to property, equipment and intangible assets obtained in connection with our acquisition of GeoEye.  In addition, we recognized increased depreciation when certain of our construction in process projects were placed into service during 2013.  The most significant of these new assets was the

 

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infrastructure we activated in the first quarter of 2013 that integrates our infrastructure more securely to the U.S. Government.  In the fourth quarter of 2013, we extended our estimate of the anticipated useful life of the QuickBird by approximately six months, which did not have a material effect on our depreciation.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Depreciation and amortization decreased by $2.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $114.6 million from $117.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. This decrease consisted of $2.7 million related to hardware and software becoming fully depreciated and $1.0 million as a result of an extension to the estimated useful life of our QuickBird satellite. In the fourth quarter of 2012, we revised our estimate of the anticipated useful life of the QuickBird satellite to the second quarter of 2014.  These decreases were partially offset by $1.3 million of additional depreciation expense related to new remote ground terminals placed in service during 2012.

 

Future changes in depreciation and amortization could be affected by commissioning of a new satellite, change in useful life of an existing satellite or introduction of significant new capital assets.

 

Restructuring Charges

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

We recognized restructuring charges of $40.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2013, primarily as a result of our acquisition of GeoEye. The restructuring activities are intended to realign our infrastructure with demand by our customers so as to optimize our operational efficiency. We believe that the restructuring enhances our ability to provide cost-effective customer service offerings, which we anticipate will enable us to retain and expand our existing relationships with customers and attract new business. These restructuring activities primarily consist of reducing redundant workforce, consolidating office and production facilities, consolidating certain ground terminals and systems and other exit costs.

 

Interest Expense, net

 

Our interest charges consist primarily of interest payments on borrowings used to finance satellite construction, which are capitalized as a cost of our satellite construction. During 2013, with the increase in accumulated costs related to capital projects, including WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2, our capitalized interest increased, decreasing our interest expense.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest of $53.7 million and interest income of $0.4 million, decreased by $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to $3.4 million from $9.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2012. This decrease is attributable to approximately 93% of our interest being capitalized to capital projects during the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to 72% during the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest of $24.4 million and interest income of $0.3 million, decreased by $12.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $9.1 million from $21.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2011. This decrease is attributed to approximately 72% of our interest being capitalized during the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to approximately 45% in 2011. This increase in amount capitalized is attributable to the construction in progress of our WorldView-3 satellite, which began during the third quarter of 2010 and is currently expected to continue until anticipated launch and commission of WorldView-3 in the summer of 2014.

 

Income Tax Benefit (Expense)

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

Income tax expense decreased by $64.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 to a $37.5 million benefit compared to an income tax expense of $26.9 million at December 31, 2012. The increase in tax benefit is principally due to having taxable losses for the year ended December 31, 2013 compared to taxable income for the year ended December 31, 2012. For the year ended December 31, 2013, we had an effective overall tax rate of 35.4%. The effective tax rate differed from the statutory federal rate of 35.0% primarily due to state taxes and the effects of non-deductible stock based compensation and discrete items related to the vesting of

 

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equity based compensation, 2012 research and development tax credits resulting from tax law changes enacted in January 2013 and non-deductible costs related to our acquisition of GeoEye.

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2011

 

Income tax expense increased by $44.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $26.9 million compared to an income tax benefit of $17.9 million at December 31, 2011. The increase for the year ended December 31, 2012 is attributable to an increase in pretax income. For the year ended December 31, 2012, we had an effective overall tax rate of approximately 40.8%. The effective tax rate differed from the statutory federal rate of 35.0% primarily due to state taxes and the effects of non-deductible stock-based compensation.

 

Balance Sheet Measures

 

Total assets increased $1.6 billion, or 100.0%, to $3.2 billion at December 31, 2013 from $1.6 billion at December 31, 2012. Total assets increased primarily as a result of acquiring the assets of GeoEye totaling $1.1 billion, consisting primarily of satellites and ground terminals.  We acquired goodwill in connection with our acquisition of GeoEye totaling approximately $0.4 billion.  Property and equipment also increased due to costs to build our WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2 satellites and other infrastructure projects totaling approximately $0.3 billion, offset by depreciation.

 

Total liabilities increased $0.8 billion, or 80.0%, to $1.8 billion at December 31, 2013 from $1.0 billion at December 31, 2012. This increase was primarily due to an increase in long-term debt of $0.7 billion as well as increases in our other liabilities primarily as a result of our acquisition of GeoEye.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had $229.1 million in cash and cash equivalents.  We believe that the combination of funds currently available to us and funds expected to be generated from operations will be adequate to finance our operations and development activities for the next twelve months. The U.S. Government accounted for 58.4% of our consolidated net revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013, of which the EnhancedView SLA comprised 37.1% of our consolidated net revenue. If the U.S. Government were not to renew or extend the EnhancedView SLA at similar levels or similar terms, we believe we would be able to maintain operations at a reduced level with existing cash and cash equivalents for at least the next twelve months.

 

In summary, our cash flows were:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

112.3

 

$

264.5

 

$

142.8

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(794.5

)

(216.0

)

(259.5

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

$

665.1

 

$

(0.8

)

$

135.9

 

 

Operating Activities

 

Cash provided by operating activities decreased $152.2 million to $112.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to $264.5 million of cash provided by operating activities in the year ended December 31, 2012.  The decrease in cash provided by operating activities in 2013 as compared with 2012 was primarily due to the net loss incurred in 2013 of $68.3 million as compared with net income in the year ended December 31, 2012 of $39.0 million. The net loss was primarily due to restructuring and acquisition related costs totaling $89.9 million and loss from extinguishment of debt of $17.8 million in 2013.  We generated cash from operating activities despite recording a net loss primarily as a result of recognizing non-cash expenses, principally depreciation and amortization totaling $224.8 million. In addition, we recognized an increase in deferred revenue of $14.1 million, which contributed to our cash provided by operating activities.  Deferred revenue consists of cash receipts received in advance of revenue recognition totaling $458.8 million, and was partially offset by revenue recognized on deferred revenue totaling $444.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2013.  The deferred revenue will be recognized as the revenue recognition criteria are met.

 

Cash provided by operating activities increased to $264.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 from $142.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. The $121.7 million increase in cash from operating activities was primarily due to growth in the business and strong earnings results.

 

We anticipate realizing operating savings from our integration with GeoEye within the 18 months following the January 31, 2013 closing of the acquisition. We expect these cost savings and efficiencies to come from actions being taken principally with respect to labor cost reductions and infrastructure savings.

 

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Investing Activities

 

Cash used in investing activities increased to $794.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2013 from $216.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2012. The $578.5 million increase was primarily due to cash expenditures for the acquisition of GeoEye, including $596.7 million paid for the discharge and redemption of debt assumed in the acquisition partially offset by net cash received of $76.2 million from GeoEye, and higher capital expenditures related to the construction of the WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2 satellites and related infrastructure.  We anticipate making additional capital expenditures on GeoEye-2 to enhance its capabilities and place it in storage in the second half of 2014.  We will continue to make capital expenditures on WorldView-3 until its completion and launch, which we currently anticipate being in the summer of 2014.  In addition, we expect to incur capital expenditures associated with infrastructure improvements as we continue to integrate GeoEye’s operations with DigitalGlobe’s.

 

As disclosed under “—Contractual Obligations” below, we have $220.0 million that is contractually due to third party vendors. These contractual obligations are primarily related to the procurement and construction of our WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2 satellites, including launch vehicle and related ground systems.

 

Cash used in investing activities decreased to $216.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 from $259.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. The $43.5 million decrease was primarily due to lower capital expenditures related to the construction of the WorldView-3 satellite and related infrastructure.

 

We expect that in 2014 our cash used in investing activities will decrease as a result of completing construction of our WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2 satellites, having paid consideration in 2013 for the acquisition of GeoEye and reduced capital expenditures in 2014 associated with infrastructure improvements.

 

Financing Activities

 

Cash provided by financing activities increased to $665.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to $0.8 million of cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012. The $665.9 million increase in cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to $632.6 million in net proceeds from refinancing our debt in connection with the acquisition of GeoEye, less principal payments of $4.1 million related to the refinanced debt.  In addition, we received $39.6 million in cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options.

 

Cash used in financing activities was $0.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared with cash provided by financing activities of $135.9 million in the year ended December 31, 2011. The $136.7 million decrease was primarily due to a new credit facility entered into on October 12, 2011 partially offset by the repayment of the senior secured notes in 2011.

 

In connection with our acquisition of GeoEye, on January 31, 2013, we entered into the 2013 Credit Facility and issued $600.0 million of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2021. The net proceeds of these transactions were used to pay the cash consideration under the merger agreement with GeoEye, refinance the outstanding balance of our $500.0 million seven-year Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and $100.0 million five-year Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility entered into on October 12, 2011 (collectively, the “2011 Credit Facility”), fund the discharge and redemption of GeoEye’s $400.0 million 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 and $125.0 million 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 and pay fees and expenses associated with the transactions.

 

2013 Credit Facility

 

In connection with the acquisition of GeoEye on January 31, 2013, we entered into the 2013 Credit Facility, which includes a seven-year $550.0 million Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and a five-year $150.0 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility. At the closing of the 2013 Credit Facility, we borrowed the full amount of the Senior Secured Term Loan Facility. As of December 31, 2013, we have not drawn any amounts under the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.  The 2013 Credit Facility requires quarterly principal payments of $1.375 million starting June 30, 2013 with the remaining balance due February 1, 2020. Borrowings under the 2013 Credit Facility bear interest at an adjusted LIBOR rate, plus a 2.75% margin subject to a 1.0% LIBOR floor. The LIBOR margin becomes 2.5% when our ratio of total debt to Adjusted EBITDA is 2.5:1.00 or lower. The Senior Secured Term Loan Facility currently bears interest based upon the LIBOR-based rate. The Company will also pay a commitment fee of between 37.5 to 50.0 basis points, payable quarterly, on the average daily unused amount of the revolving credit facility based on our leverage ratio.

 

Our obligations under the 2013 Credit Facility are guaranteed by certain of our existing and future direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries. Our obligations and the obligations of our guarantor subsidiaries under the 2013 Credit Facility are collateralized by substantially all of our assets and the assets of the guarantor subsidiaries.

 

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The 2013 Credit Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that we believe are usual and customary for a senior secured credit agreement. The negative covenants include, among other things, limitations on asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, indebtedness, liens, dividends, investments and transactions with its affiliates. The 2013 Credit Facility also requires that the Company comply with a maximum leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio. As of December 31, 2013, we were in compliance with our debt covenants.

 

Senior Notes

 

In connection with the acquisition of GeoEye, we issued $600.0 million of Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Senior Notes”), which bear interest at 5.25% per year. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on August 1, 2013. The Senior Notes were issued at par and mature on February 1, 2021. We may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes at any time and from time to time on or after February 1, 2017, at the redemption prices set forth in the offering memorandum. The initial redemption price for the Senior Notes is 102.625% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. We may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes at any time prior to February 1, 2017, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus a “make whole” premium, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, on or prior to February 1, 2016, we may redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes using the net cash proceeds from sales of certain types of capital stock at a redemption price equal to 105.250% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, subject to certain other provisions as set forth in the offering memorandum. If a change of control occurs, we must give holders of the Senior Notes an opportunity to sell us their Senior Notes at a purchase price of 101% of the principal amount of such Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

 

The Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations, ranking equally in right of payment with all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and senior to our existing and future subordinated indebtedness. The Senior Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by all of our existing and certain of our future domestic subsidiaries, including GeoEye and its domestic subsidiaries, which also guarantee our 2013 Credit Facility. Each guarantor’s guarantee ranks pari passu in right of payment with all future senior indebtedness of the guarantor.

 

The Senior Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We agreed to file an exchange offer registration statement or, under certain circumstances, a shelf registration statement, pursuant to a registration rights agreement if the Senior Notes were not freely transferable on February 1, 2014 under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by persons that are not “affiliates” (as defined under Rule 144) of the Company. As of February 1, 2014, the Senior Notes are freely transferable and are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

The net proceeds of the 2013 Credit Facility and Senior Notes were used, along with cash on hand, to refinance the 2011 Credit Facility, to fund the discharge and redemption of GeoEye’s $400.0 million 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 and $125.0 million 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 assumed in connection with the acquisition, to pay the cash consideration under the merger agreement and to pay fees and expenses related to the transactions.

 

Retired 2011 Senior Secured Credit Facility

 

On October 12, 2011, we entered into the 2011 Credit Facility. In connection with the closing of the 2011 Credit Facility and the redemption of our previously outstanding senior secured notes we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $51.8 million during the fourth quarter of 2011.  The 2011 Credit Facility was repaid and retired on January 31, 2013.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements, Contractual Obligations, Guaranty and Indemnification Obligations

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We had no off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2013.

 

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Contractual Obligations

 

We have various contractual obligations impacting our liquidity. The following represents our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2013:

 

 

 

Payments Due by Period

 

($ in millions)

 

Total

 

Less Than
1 Year

 

1-3
Years

 

4-5
Years

 

More Than
5 Years

 

Operating leases

 

$

145.5

 

$

6.8

 

$

15.9

 

$

19.5

 

$

103.3

 

Capital leases

 

4.7

 

1.3

 

1.9

 

1.3

 

0.2

 

2013 Credit Facility principal, excluding interest payments

 

1,145.9

 

5.5

 

11.0

 

11.0

 

1,118.4

 

Interest payments for 2013 Credit Facility

 

346.2

 

52.2

 

103.9

 

103.0

 

87.1

 

Contractual obligations

 

220.0

 

70.9

 

126.2

 

22.9

 

 

Total

 

$

1,862.3

 

$

136.7

 

$

258.9

 

$

157.7

 

$

1,309.0

 

 

Contractual obligations are remaining amounts due on long-term contracts primarily relating to the procurement and construction of our WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2 satellites, including the launch vehicle, and operational commitments related to our ground systems. Our operating leases are primarily for office space in the United States and includes the lease for our future corporate headquarters building in Westminster, Colorado. We generally believe leasing office space is more cost-effective than purchasing real estate for our existing operating locations.

 

We had $11.5 million of uncertain tax positions, which are not reflected in the table above since it is unclear when, or if, these liabilities will be paid.

 

The Senior Secured Term Loan requires quarterly principal payments of $1.375 million starting June 30, 2013. The remaining principal balance is due February 1, 2020. Interest on adjusted LIBOR based loans is due at the end of each interest period as selected by us, but at least quarterly. Interest on base rate loans is due on the last day of each calendar quarter.

 

Guaranty and Indemnification Obligations

 

We enter into agreements in the ordinary course of business with resellers and others. Most of these agreements require us to indemnify the other party against third-party claims alleging that one of our products infringes or misappropriates a patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right. Certain of these agreements require us to indemnify the other party against claims relating to property damage, personal injury or acts or omissions by us, our employees, agents or representatives. In addition, from time to time we have made guarantees regarding the performance of our systems to our customers.

 

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Non-GAAP Disclosures

 

Reconciliation of Net Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Net cash flows provided by operating activities

 

$

112.3

 

$

264.5

 

$

142.8

 

Net cash flows used in investing activities

 

(794.5

)

(216.0

)

(259.5

)

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

 

524.0

 

 

 

Free cash flow

 

$

(158.2

)

$

48.5

 

$

(116.7

)

 

Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less net cash flows used in investing activities (excluding acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired).  Free cash flow is not a recognized term under generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and may not be defined similarly by other companies.  Free cash flow should not be considered an alternative to “Operating income (loss),” “Net income (loss),” Net cash flows provided by operating activities” or any other measure determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.  Since free cash flow includes investments in operating assets, we believe this non-GAAP liquidity measure is useful in addition to the most comparable U.S. GAAP measure — “Net cash flows provided by operating activities” because it provides information about the amount of cash generated after acquisitions of businesses that is then available to repay debt obligations, make investments, fund acquisitions, and for certain other activities.  There are limitations to using non-U.S. GAAP financial measures, including the difficulty associated with comparing companies in different industries that use similar performance measures whose calculations may differ from ours.

 

Reconciliation of Net income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(68.3

)

$

39.0

 

$

(28.1

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

224.8

 

114.6

 

117.1

 

Interest expense, net

 

3.4

 

9.1

 

21.7

 

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

(37.5

)

26.9

 

(17.9

)

EBITDA

 

122.4

 

189.6

 

92.8

 

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

 

17.8

 

 

51.8

 

Restructuring charges (1)

 

40.1

 

 

 

Acquisition costs (1)

 

20.6

 

19.9

 

 

Integration costs (1)

 

29.2

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

230.1

 

$

209.5

 

$

144.6

 

 


(1)          Restructuring, acquisition and integration costs consist of charges related to the acquisition of GeoEye.

 

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized terms under U.S. GAAP and may not be defined similarly by other companies. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered alternatives to net income as indications of financial performance or as alternatives to cash flow from operations as measures of liquidity. There are limitations to using non-U.S. GAAP financial measures, including the difficulty associated with comparing companies in different industries that use similar performance measures whose calculations may differ from ours.

 

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are key measures used in internal operating reports by management and our Board of Directors to evaluate the performance of our operations and are also used by analysts, investment banks and lenders for the same purpose. In 2013 and 2012, EBITDA, excluding certain acquisition costs, was a measure being used as a key element of the company-wide bonus incentive plan.

 

We believe that the presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA enables a more consistent measurement of period to period performance of our operations and facilitates comparison of our operating performance to companies in our industry. We believe that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA measures are particularly important in a capital intensive industry such as ours, in which our current period depreciation is not a good indication of our current or future period capital expenditures. The cost to construct and launch a satellite and to build the related ground infrastructure may vary greatly from one satellite to another, depending on the satellite’s size, type and capabilities. For example, our QuickBird satellite cost significantly less than our WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 satellites. Current depreciation expense is not indicative of the net revenue generating potential of the satellite.

 

EBITDA excludes interest income, interest expense and income taxes because these items are associated with our capitalization and tax structures. EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense because these non-cash expenses reflect the impact of prior capital expenditure decisions which are not indicative of future capital expenditure requirements.

 

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Adjusted EBITDA further adjusts EBITDA to exclude the loss on the early extinguishment of debt because this is not related to our primary operations. Additionally, it excludes restructuring costs, acquisition costs and integration costs as these are non-core items. Restructuring costs are costs incurred to realize efficiencies from the acquisition with GeoEye, such as reducing excess workforce, consolidating facilities and systems, and relocating ground terminals. Acquisition costs are costs incurred to effect the acquisition, such as advisory, legal, accounting, consulting and other professional fees. Integration costs consist primarily of professional fees incurred to assist us with system and process improvements associated with integrating operations. Loss on early extinguishment of debt is related to entering into the 2013 Credit Facility and Senior Notes, the proceeds of which were used to refinance our 2011 Credit Facility and fund the discharge and redemption of GeoEye’s $525.0 million senior secured notes we assumed in the acquisition.

 

We use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in conjunction with traditional U.S. GAAP operating performance measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance and we do not place undue reliance on measures as our only measures of operating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as substitutes for other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

We have identified the policies and estimates below as critical to our current and future business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other significant accounting policies see the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These policies and estimates are considered “critical” because they either had a material impact or they have the potential to have a material impact on our financial statements, and because they require significant judgments, assumptions or estimates. The preparation of our financial statements on Annual Report on Form 10-K requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect both the results of operations as well as the carrying values of our assets and liabilities. Some of our accounting policies require us to make difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. We base estimates on historical experience and/or on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions, making it possible that a change in these estimates could occur in the near term. Set forth below is a summary of our most critical accounting policies.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Our principal source of revenue is the licensing of earth imagery products and services for end users and resellers. Revenue is recognized when the following criteria have been met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the fee is fixed or determinable and the collection of funds is reasonably assured. Our revenue is generated from: (i) sales of, or royalties arising from, licenses of imagery; and (ii) subscription services and other service arrangements.

 

Sales of Licenses.   R evenue from sales of imagery licenses is recognized when the images are physically delivered to the customer or, in the case of electronic delivery, when the customer is able to directly download the image from our system. In some customer arrangements, certain acceptance provisions must be satisfied. For these arrangements, revenue is recognized upon acceptance by these customers. Revenue is recognized net of contractually agreed discounts.

 

Royalties .   Revenue from royalties is based on agreements or licenses with third parties that allow the third party to incorporate our product into their value added product for commercial distribution. Revenue from these royalty arrangements is recorded in the period earned or on a systematic basis over the term of the license agreement. For those royalties that are due to third parties based on our net revenue sharing arrangements, royalty revenue is reported on a net basis.

 

Subscriptions .   We sell online subscriptions to our products. These arrangements allow customers access to our hosted products via the internet for a set period of time and a fixed fee. Subscription payments received in advance are recorded as deferred revenue and generally recognized ratably over the subscription period. Revenue is recognized net of discounts.

 

Service Level Agreements .   We recognize service level agreement revenue net of any allowances resulting from failure to meet certain stated monthly performance metrics. Revenue is either recognized ratably over time for a defined and fixed level of service or based on proportional performance when the level of service changes based on certain criteria stated in the agreement.

 

Multiple Deliverable Arrangements .  We enter into revenue arrangements that may consist of multiple deliverables of our product and service offerings based on the needs of our customers. These arrangements may include products or services delivered at the onset of the agreement, as well as products or services that are delivered over multiple reporting periods.

 

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The revenue for the majority of our multiple deliverable arrangements is recognized in accordance with the provisions under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-13, “Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements” and ASU 2009-14, “Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements” which were each concurrently adopted prospectively on January 1, 2011. Our EnhancedView Contract with the NGA and four of our DAP agreements were entered into prior to the January 1, 2011 adoption of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 and none have been subsequently materially modified. As we adopted the new guidance on a prospective basis, these agreements will continue to be accounted for under the pre-adoption guidance unless they are materially modified. Our agreements are accounted for as follows:

 

·                   EnhancedView Contract.   The EnhancedView Contract contains multiple deliverables, including the EnhancedView SLA, infrastructure enhancements and other services. We determined that these deliverables do not qualify as separate units of accounting due to a lack of standalone value for the delivered elements and a lack of objective reliable evidence of fair value for any of the undelivered elements in the arrangement. We recognize revenue on a single unit of accounting using a proportional performance method based on the estimated capacity of our constellation made available to NGA compared to the total estimated capacity to be provided over the life of the contract.

 

·                   Direct Access Program.   The DAP generally includes construction of the direct access facility, an arrangement to allow the customer access to the satellite to task and download imagery. In these arrangements, the facility is generally delivered and accepted at the beginning of the contractual period of performance and access services occur over several subsequent reporting periods. These arrangements have generally been treated as a single unit of accounting due to a lack of standalone value for the facility. Access fees under each arrangement are recognized based on the minutes used by the customer in each period. Any up-front fees are recorded as deferred revenue and amortized ratably over the estimated customer relationship period, which is consistent with the estimated remaining useful life of the satellite being used.

 

Analysis Products and Services. We derive revenue from value-added production services where we combine images with data and imagery from our own library and other sources to create sophisticated solutions for customers. Revenue from these contracts is generally recognized based on time or reimbursable costs incurred during the period.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation and amortization are recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Recognition of certain rent incentives are deferred and are recognized as part of rent expense over the terms of the leases.  Leasehold improvements are amortized ratably over the shorter of the remaining lease term, which includes renewal options that are reasonably assured, or the useful life of the leasehold improvement.

 

The cost of our satellites and related ground systems includes capitalized interest costs incurred during the construction and development period, as well as capitalized costs for internal direct labor. Ground systems are placed into service when they are ready for their intended use. While under construction, the costs of our satellites are capitalized, assuming the eventual successful launch and in-orbit operation of the satellite. If a satellite were to fail during launch or while in-orbit, the resulting loss would be charged to expense in the period in which such loss was to occur. The amount of any such loss would be reduced to the extent of insurance proceeds received as a result of the launch or in-orbit failure.

 

The expected operational life of a satellite is determined once the satellite has been placed into orbit.  A satellite’s expected operational life is determined by considering certain factors including: i) the orbit in which the satellite is placed; ii) the supply of fuel; iii) environmental stress; iv) the anticipated environmental degradation of solar panels and other components; v) the anticipated levels of solar radiation; vi) the probability of design failure of the satellite’s components from design of manufacturing defect; and vii) the quality of the satellite’s construction.

 

We depreciate the cost of a satellite after the satellite has been successfully placed into service over its expected useful life using the straight-line method of depreciation as we anticipate that the satellite will provide consistent levels of imagery over its useful life. The QuickBird and IKONOS satellites are nearing the end of their expected useful lives.

 

Upon retirement or disposition of property, plant and equipment, the costs and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is recorded in earnings.

 

Following each launch, and at least annually thereafter, we review the expected operational life of our satellites. We determine a satellite’s expected operational life using a complex calculation involving the probabilities of failure of the satellite’s components

 

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from design or manufacturing defects, environmental stresses or other causes.  Changes in the estimated useful life of our satellites and the related impact on depreciation expense will be accounted for on a prospective basis and these changes could have a material effect on our financial position and results of operations.

 

We perform the annual assessment of the useful life of our satellites in the second half of the calendar year, corresponding with the timing of our insurance renewals, or when events or circumstances dictate that a reevaluation of the useful life should be done at an earlier date. An adjustment will be made to the estimated depreciable life of the satellite if deemed necessary by the assessment performed. Changes to the estimated useful life of its satellites and related impact on the depreciation expense will be accounted for on a prospective basis as of the date of the change.

 

We capitalize certain costs incurred to develop software for internal use. We expense the costs of developing computer software until the software has reached the application development stage and capitalizes all costs incurred from that time until the software is ready for its intended use, at which time amortization of the capitalized costs begins. Determination of when the software has reached the application development stage is based upon completion of conceptual designs, evaluation of alternative designs and performance requirements. Costs of major enhancements to internal use software are capitalized while routine maintenance of existing software is charged to expense as incurred. The determination of when the software is in the application development stage and the ongoing assessment of the recoverability of capitalized computer software development costs requires considerable judgment by management with respect to certain factors, including, but not limited to, estimated economic life and changes in software and hardware technology.

 

Goodwill, Intangibles and Other Long-Lived Assets

 

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. We evaluate goodwill as a single reporting unit for impairment on an annual basis.  During the year ended December 31, 2013, we changed our annual impairment testing date from December 31 to October 1.  We believe this new date is preferable as it provides additional time prior to our year-end closing to complete the goodwill impairment testing and report the results in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.  We also evaluate goodwill for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Recoverability of goodwill is measured at the reporting unit level by either performing a qualitative assessment in certain circumstances or by comparing the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill, to the fair value of the reporting unit, which is measured based upon, among other factors, a discounted cash flow analysis or the company’s market capitalization. If the recorded value of the assets, including goodwill, and net of liabilities of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss may be required to be recognized. There were no impairments of goodwill recognized during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

 

Intangible assets (identified as technology, customer list, trademarks, U.S. Federal Communications Commission licenses and other) are recorded at fair value at the time of acquisition. Finite-lived intangibles are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is recorded using the straight-line method, which approximates the expected pattern of economic benefit, over the estimated lives of the assets.

 

We review the carrying value of our long-lived tangible and finite-lived intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable. Factors that would require an impairment assessment include, among other things, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, a significant adverse change in the operations of our satellites, a change in government spending or customer demand that could affect the value of the asset group, a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset group or a significant decline in our stock price.

 

All of the our long-lived tangible and finite-lived intangible assets, including our satellites and ground terminals, comprise a single asset group and its impairment testing is performed at the DigitalGlobe entity level as separately identifiable cash flows attributable to any given satellite or other individual asset cannot be derived.  Our impairment analysis includes anticipated future cash flows from its satellite constellation as well as costs necessary to complete the construction of our satellites.

 

Recoverability of long-lived assets is measured by comparing their carrying amount to the projected cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment loss recognized, if any, is the amount by which the carrying amount of the property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets exceeds fair value. There were no impairments of long-lived assets during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

 

Income Taxes

 

The current provision for income taxes represents actual or estimated amounts payable or refundable on tax returns filed each year. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects attributable to the temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as operating loss and

 

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tax credit carryforwards. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in enacted tax laws is recognized as an adjustment to the tax provision or benefit in the period of enactment. The overall change in deferred tax assets and liabilities during the period is equal to the deferred tax expense or benefit for the period. The carrying value of deferred tax assets may be reduced by a valuation allowance if, based upon the judgmental assessment of available evidence, it is deemed more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realizable. The recognition of a valuation allowance would result in a reduction to net income and, if significant, could have a material impact on our effective tax rate, results of operations and financial position in any given period.

 

As of December 31, 2013, there are no income tax positions for which we currently believe that the unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease during the next twelve months. Tax years still open for examination by federal and major state agencies as of December 31, 2013 are 1998 through 2013.

 

Federal and state agencies may disallow research tax carryforwards, net operating loss carryforwards and other carryforwards previously claimed.

 

As of December 31, 2013, we had federal and state net operating loss carryforwards of $355.7 million and $497.0 million, respectively, available to offset future federal and state taxable income. If not used, the net operating loss carryforwards will expire at various times during the period from 2019 to 2033. The Internal Revenue Code places certain limitations on the annual amount of net operating loss carryforwards, which can be utilized, if certain changes in our ownership occur.  A portion of our net operating loss carryforwards are subject to Internal Revenue Code 382 limitations, however we expect to fully utilize all our net operating loss carryforwards in future periods.

 

Recent and Pending Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 2 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements and our expectation of their impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

ITEM 7A.     QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

We are exposed to market risks from changes in interest rates under our 2013 Credit Facility. The 2013 Credit Facility provides for a $550.0 million Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and a $150.0 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility. At the closing of the 2013 Credit Facility, we borrowed the full amount of the Senior Secured Term Loan Facility. As of December 31, 2013, we had not drawn any amounts under the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.

 

Borrowings under the 2013 Credit Facility bear interest at an adjusted LIBOR rate, plus a 2.75% margin subject to a 1.0% LIBOR floor. The LIBOR margin becomes 2.5% when our ratio of total debt to Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the 2013 Credit Agreement) is 2.5:1.00 or lower. The Senior Secured Term Loan Facility currently bears interest based upon the LIBOR-based rate. The Company will also pay a commitment fee of between 37.5 to 50.0 basis points, payable quarterly, on the average daily unused amount of the revolving credit facility based on our leverage ratio.

 

Based upon the amounts outstanding under the Senior Secured Term Loan Facility as of December 31, 2013 and assuming that the Senior Secured Term Loan Facility is outstanding for a full calendar year, a 100 basis point increase in interest rates would result in an increase in our annual interest expense under the Senior Secured Term Loan Facility of approximately $5.5 million. We may decide in the future to engage in various hedging transactions in order to hedge the interest rate risk under our Senior Secured Credit Facility but have not done so at this time.

 

We are exposed to various market risks that arise from transactions entered into in the normal course of business. Certain contractual relationships with customers and vendors mitigate risks from currency exchange rate changes that arise from normal purchasing and normal sales activities.

 

We do not currently have any material foreign currency exposure. Our revenue contracts are primarily denominated in U.S. dollars and the majority of our purchase contracts are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

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ITEM 8.                         FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

Page

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

44

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

45

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

46

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

47

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

48

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

49

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of DigitalGlobe, Inc. and its subsidiaries at December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2013 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (the “1992 Framework”) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting appearing under item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

 

 

Denver, Colorado

 

February 26, 2014

 

 

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DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Net revenue

 

$

612.7

 

$

421.4

 

$

339.5

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

175.3

 

81.6

 

64.9

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

257.3

 

149.2

 

130.2

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

224.8

 

114.6

 

117.1

 

Restructuring charges

 

40.1

 

 

 

(Loss) income from operations

 

(84.8

)

76.0

 

27.3

 

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

 

(17.8

)

 

(51.8

)

Other income (expense), net

 

0.2

 

(1.0

)

0.2

 

Interest expense, net

 

(3.4

)

(9.1

)

(21.7

)

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

(105.8

)

65.9

 

(46.0

)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

37.5

 

(26.9

)

17.9

 

Net (loss) income

 

(68.3

)

39.0

 

(28.1

)

Preferred stock dividends

 

(3.6

)

 

 

Net (loss) income less preferred stock dividends

 

(71.9

)

39.0

 

(28.1

)

Income allocated to participating securities

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income available to common stockholders

 

$

(71.9

)

$

39.0

 

$

(28.1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share

 

$

(1.00

)

$

0.85

 

$

(0.61

)

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

 

$

(1.00

)

$

0.84

 

$

(0.61

)

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

71.8

 

46.1

 

45.9

 

Diluted

 

71.8

 

46.4

 

45.9

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

(in millions, except par value)

 

2013

 

2012

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

229.1

 

$

246.2

 

Restricted cash

 

6.9

 

3.8

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2.4 and $2.9, respectively

 

116.3

 

67.0

 

Prepaid and current assets

 

33.8

 

18.6

 

Deferred taxes

 

43.1

 

43.9

 

Total current assets

 

429.2

 

379.5

 

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $880.6 and $676.2, respectively

 

2,177.5

 

1,115.2

 

Goodwill

 

459.3

 

8.7

 

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $ 8.7 and $0, respectively

 

39.9

 

 

Aerial image library, net of accumulated amortization of $41.3 and $33.4, respectively

 

9.1

 

16.4

 

Long-term restricted cash

 

4.5

 

8.3

 

Long-term deferred contract costs

 

44.9

 

37.3

 

Other assets

 

38.6

 

12.1

 

Total assets

 

$

3,203.0

 

$

1,577.5

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

20.9

 

$

10.2

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

5.5

 

5.0

 

Other accrued liabilities

 

80.3

 

56.3

 

Current portion of deferred revenue

 

81.3

 

42.9

 

Total current liabilities

 

188.0

 

114.4

 

Deferred rev e nue

 

374.6

 

386.8

 

Long-term debt, net of discount

 

1,137.1

 

478.6

 

Long-term deferred tax liability, net

 

117.2

 

55.6

 

Other liabilities

 

2.8

 

2.7

 

Total liabilities

 

$

1,819.7

 

$

1,038.1

 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 15)

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Series A convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 0.08 shares authorized; 0.08 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2013; and no shares authorized, issued and outstanding at December 31, 2012

 

 

 

Common stock; $0.001 par value; 250.0 shares authorized; 75.5 shares issued and 75.3 shares outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 47.2 shares issued and 47.1 shares outstanding at December 31, 2012

 

0.2

 

0.2

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 0.2 shares at December 31, 2013 and 0.1 shares at December 31, 2012

 

(3.5

)

(2.0

)

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,457.5

 

543.8

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(70.9

)

(2.6

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

1,383.3

 

539.4

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

3,203.0

 

$

1,577.5

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(68.3

)

$

39.0

 

$

(28.1

)

Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense

 

224.8

 

114.6

 

117.1

 

Amortization of aerial image library, deferred contract costs and lease incentive

 

16.9

 

17.9

 

10.2

 

Non-cash stock-based compensation expense, net of capitalized stock-based compensation expense

 

23.0

 

9.2

 

14.4

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs and accretion of debt discount and other

 

3.3

 

4.7

 

3.9

 

Write-off of debt issuance costs and debt discount

 

12.8

 

 

12.0

 

Deferred income taxes

 

(31.4

)

17.2

 

(18.5

)

Changes in working capital, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

(10.4

)

(16.3

)

(5.4

)

Other current and non-current assets

 

(21.3

)

(10.9

)

(23.7

)

Accounts payable

 

0.1

 

0.9

 

5.5

 

Accrued liabilities

 

(37.5

)

14.6

 

(4.2

)

Deferred revenue

 

14.1

 

73.6

 

73.6

 

Cash fees paid for early extinguishment of long-term debt and debt discount

 

(13.8

)

 

(14.0

)

Net cash flows provided by operating activities

 

112.3

 

264.5

 

142.8

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction in progress additions

 

(273.8

)

(210.7

)

(255.6

)

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

 

(524.0

)

 

 

Other property and equipment additions

 

(13.3

)

(10.7

)

(6.6

)

Decrease in restricted cash

 

16.6

 

5.4

 

2.7

 

Net cash flows used in investing activities

 

(794.5

)

(216.0

)

(259.5

)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of debt

 

1,150.0

 

 

487.0

 

Repayment of debt

 

(485.3

)

(5.0

)

(341.8

)

Payment of debt issuance costs

 

(36.2

)

 

(11.1

)

Preferred stock dividend payment

 

(3.0

)

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

 

39.6

 

4.2

 

1.8

 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

 

665.1

 

(0.8

)

135.9

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(17.1

)

47.7

 

19.2

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

246.2

 

198.5

 

179.3

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

229.1

 

$

246.2

 

$

198.5

 

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized amounts of $38.1, $24.4 and $18.6, respectively

 

$

 

$

5.4

 

$

23.2

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

13.9

 

$

1.5

 

$

1.7

 

NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changes to non-cash property, equipment and construction in progress accruals, including interest

 

$

(12.9

)

$

9.0

 

$

(0.5

)

Issuance of shares of common and convertible preferred stock for acquisition of business

 

837.8

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation awards issued in acquisition of business, net of income taxes

 

13.4

 

 

 

Non-cash preferred stock dividend accrual

 

(1.0

)

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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DigitalGlobe, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

Treasury Stock

 

Additional

 

Accumulated

 

Total
Stockholders’

 

(in millions)

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Paid-in

 

Deficit

 

Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

 

46.1

 

$

0.2

 

 

$

(0.7

)

$

512.9

 

$

(13.5

)

$

498.9

 

Stock issued upon exercise of stock options and stock grants

 

0.3

 

 

 

 

1.8

 

 

1.8

 

Surrender of common stock to cover employees’ minimum tax liability for vested awards

 

 

 

(0.1

)

(0.5

)

 

 

(0.5

)

Stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures

 

 

 

 

 

15.3

 

 

15.3

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(28.1

)

(28.1

)

Balance at December 31, 2011

 

46.4

 

0.2

 

(0.1

)

(1.2

)

530.0

 

(41.6

)

487.4

 

Stock issued upon exercise of stock options and stock grants

 

0.8

 

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

3.8

 

Surrender of common stock to cover employees’ minimum tax liability for vested awards

 

 

 

 

(0.8

)

 

 

(0.8

)

Stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures

 

 

 

 

 

10.0

 

 

10.0

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

39.0

 

39.0

 

Balance at December 31, 2012

 

47.2

 

0.2

 

(0.1

)

(2.0

)

543.8

 

(2.6

)

539.4

 

Issuance of common stock for acquisition

 

25.9

 

 

 

 

723.8

 

 

723.8

 

Issuance of Series A convertible preferred stock for acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

114.0

 

 

114.0

 

Fair value of vested options and restricted stock assumed in acquisition

 

0.4

 

 

 

 

22.4

 

 

22.4

 

Stock issued upon exercise of stock options and stock grants

 

2.0

 

 

 

 

39.6

 

 

39.6

 

Surrender of common stock to cover employees’ minimum tax liability for vested awards

 

 

 

(0.1

)

(1.5

)

(6.2

)

 

(7.7

)

Stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures

 

 

 

 

 

23.7

 

 

23.7

 

Preferred stock dividends

 

 

 

 

 

(3.6

)

 

(3.6

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(68.3

)

(68.3

)

Balance at December 31, 2013

 

75.5

 

$

0.2

 

(0.2

)

$

(3.5

)

$

1,457.5

 

$

(70.9

)

$

1,383.3

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

NOTE 1.                       General Information

 

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe” or the “Company”) is a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services that support users in a wide variety of fields including defense, intelligence and homeland security, mapping and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration and infrastructure management. Each day these users depend on DigitalGlobe’s data, information, technology and expertise to better understand our changing planet in order to save lives, resources and time. DigitalGlobe owns and operates five in-orbit imagery satellites, which collect panchromatic (black and white) or multispectral (color) imagery using visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The Company offers a range of on-line and off-line distribution options designed to enable customers to easily access and integrate the Company’s imagery into their business operations and applications.

 

On January 31, 2013, DigitalGlobe completed its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding stock of GeoEye, Inc. (“GeoEye”), a leading provider of geospatial intelligence solutions in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. The acquisition of GeoEye broadened the Company’s service offerings, enabled it to optimize satellite orbits and collection of imagery, strengthened its production and analytics capabilities, increased the scale of its existing operations and diversified its customer and product mix. The results of operations of GeoEye have been included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements beginning as of the acquisition date of January 31, 2013.

 

NOTE 2.                       Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

 

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of DigitalGlobe, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. 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 date of the financial statements, and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. However, due to the inherent uncertainties in making estimates, actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Comprehensive Income

 

For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, there were no material differences between net income and comprehensive income.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

Accounts receivable are stated at amounts due from the Company’s U.S. Government, commercial and international customers. DigitalGlobe controls credit risk related to accounts receivable through credit approvals, credit limits and monitoring processes. In making the determination of the appropriate allowance for doubtful accounts, it considers specific accounts, analysis of accounts receivable aging reports, changes in customer payment patterns, historical write-offs, changes in customer demand and relationships and customer creditworthiness.

 

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The following table shows the roll-forward for the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts.

 

(in millions)

 

Balance at
Beginning
of Period

 

Additions
(Reductions)
Charged to
Operations

 

Write-offs
and
Adjustments

 

Balance at
End of
Period

 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2013

 

$

2.9

 

$

0.3

 

$

(0.8

)

$

2.4

 

December 31, 2012

 

3.6

 

2.7

 

(3.4

)

2.9

 

December 31, 2011

 

1.0

 

4.7

 

(2.1

)

3.6

 

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation and amortization are recognized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Recognition of certain rent incentives are deferred and are recognized as part of rent expense over the terms of the leases.  Leasehold improvements are amortized ratably over the shorter of the remaining lease term, which includes renewal options that are reasonably assured, or the useful life of the leasehold improvement.

 

The cost of the Company’s satellites and related ground systems includes capitalized interest costs incurred during the construction and development period, as well as capitalized costs for internal direct labor. Ground systems are placed into service when they are ready for their intended use. While under construction, the costs of the Company’s satellites are capitalized assuming the eventual successful launch and in-orbit operation of the satellite. If a satellite were to fail during launch or while in-orbit, the resulting loss would be charged to expense in the period in which such loss was to occur. The amount of any such loss would be reduced to the extent of insurance proceeds received as a result of the launch or in-orbit failure.

 

The expected operational life of a satellite is determined once the satellite has been placed into orbit.  A satellite’s expected operational life is determined by considering certain factors including: i) the orbit in which the satellite is placed; ii) the supply of fuel; iii) environmental stress; iv) the anticipated environmental degradation of solar panels and other components; v) the anticipated levels of solar radiation; vi) the probability of design failure of the satellite’s components from design of manufacturing defect; and vii) the quality of the satellite’s construction.

 

The Company depreciates the cost of a satellite after the satellite has been successfully placed into service over its expected useful life using the straight-line method of depreciation as the Company anticipates that the satellite will provide consistent levels of imagery over its useful life. The QuickBird and IKONOS satellites are nearing the end of their expected useful lives.

 

Upon retirement or disposition of property, plant and equipment, the costs and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is recorded in earnings.

 

Following each launch, and at least annually thereafter, the Company reviews the expected operational life of its satellites. DigitalGlobe determines a satellite’s expected operational life using a complex calculation involving the probabilities of failure of the satellite’s components from design or manufacturing defects, environmental stresses or other causes.  Changes in the estimated useful life of the Company’s satellites and the related impact on depreciation expense will be accounted for on a prospective basis and these changes could have a material effect on its financial position and results of operations.

 

DigitalGlobe performs the annual assessment of the useful life of its satellites in the second half of the calendar year, corresponding with the timing of its insurance renewals, or when events or circumstances dictate that a reevaluation of the useful life should be done at an earlier date. An adjustment will be made to the estimated depreciable life of the satellite if deemed necessary by the assessment performed. Changes to the estimated useful life of its satellites and related impact on the depreciation expense will be accounted for on a prospective basis as of the date of the change.

 

DigitalGlobe capitalizes certain costs incurred to develop software for internal use. The Company expenses the costs of developing computer software until the software has reached the application development stage and capitalizes all costs incurred from that time until the software is ready for its intended use, at which time amortization of the capitalized costs begins. Determination of when the software has reached the application development stage is based upon completion of conceptual designs, evaluation of alternative designs and performance requirements. Costs of major enhancements to internal use software are capitalized while routine

 

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maintenance of existing software is charged to expense as incurred. The determination of when the software is in the application development stage and the ongoing assessment of the recoverability of capitalized computer software development costs requires considerable judgment by management with respect to certain factors, including, but not limited to, estimated economic life and changes in software and hardware technology.

 

Goodwill, Intangibles and Other Long-Lived Assets

 

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. The Company evaluates goodwill as a single reporting unit for goodwill impairment analysis purposes.  During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company changed its annual impairment testing date from December 31 to October 1.  The Company believes this new date is preferable as it provides additional time prior to its year-end closing to complete the goodwill impairment testing and report the results in its Annual Report on Form 10-K.  The Company also evaluates goodwill for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Recoverability of goodwill is measured at the reporting unit level by either performing a qualitative assessment in certain circumstances or by comparing the reporting unit’s carrying amount, including goodwill, to the fair value of the reporting unit. Fair value is measured based upon, among other factors, either a discounted cash flow analysis or, in the case of the Company, with one reporting unit, the Company’s market capitalization. If the recorded value of the assets, including goodwill, and net of liabilities of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss may be required to be recognized. There were no impairments of goodwill recognized during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

 

Intangible assets (identified as technology, customer list, trademarks, U.S. Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) licenses and other) are recorded at fair value at the time of acquisition. Finite-lived intangibles are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is recorded using the straight-line method, which approximates the expected pattern of economic benefit, over the estimated lives of the assets.

 

The Company reviews the carrying value of its long-lived tangible and finite-lived intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset group may not be recoverable. Factors that would require an impairment assessment include, among other things, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, a significant adverse change in the operations of the Company’s satellites, a change in government spending or customer demand that could affect the value of the asset group, a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset group or a significant decline in the Company’s stock price.

 

All of the Company’s long-lived tangible and finite-lived intangible assets, including its satellites and ground terminals, comprise a single asset group and its impairment testing is performed at the DigitalGlobe entity level as separately identifiable cash flows attributable to any given satellite or other individual asset cannot be derived.  The Company’s impairment analysis includes anticipated future cash flows from its satellite constellation as well as costs necessary to complete the construction of its satellites.

 

Recoverability of long-lived assets is measured by comparing their carrying amount to the projected cash flows the assets are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment loss recognized, if any, is the amount by which the carrying amount of the property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets exceeds fair value. There were no impairments of long-lived assets during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 or 2011.

 

Aerial Image Library

 

The Company’s aerial image library costs are composed of the direct costs of contracting with third parties to collect aerial imagery. The Company’s aerial image library costs are charged to cost of revenue over the estimated economic life of the imagery, which has been estimated to be two to five years. Such costs are charged to cost of revenue on an accelerated basis reflective of the pattern in which the economic benefit of the asset is expected to be realized. Charges to cost of revenue for the aerial imagery library were $7.9 million, $8.3 million and $4.0 million for 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

Deferred Contract Costs

 

DigitalGlobe capitalized certain costs reimbursable under the NextView agreement, incurred in the construction and development of its WorldView-1 satellite and related ground systems during the construction and development period. These costs were related to internal support costs and reimbursable expenditures under the NextView agreement. These costs were not capitalized as fixed assets, but were deferred in accordance with government contract accounting guidelines. Upon the successful launch of the WorldView-1

 

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satellite, the deferred contract costs began being amortized ratably over the expected life of the satellite, or 10.5 years. There were no deferred contract costs capitalized for the Company’s QuickBird or WorldView-2 satellites.

 

DigitalGlobe defers certain direct costs incurred in the construction of direct access facilities built for Direct Access Program (“DAP”) customers, consisting of hardware, software and labor. The direct access facilities allow the Company’s DAP customers to communicate with the Company’s satellites. The deferred contract costs are recognized as expense over the same period that the related net revenue is recognized from up-front payments for the DAP, which is the estimated customer relationship period, except when deferred contract costs are in excess of related net revenues from up-front payments for the DAP, in which case the excess costs are recognized over the initial contract period. The customer relationship period is based on the estimated useful life of the satellite being used. If more than one satellite is being used, the satellite with the longest life is used as the basis for the amortization. The Company has deferred contract costs in excess of related contract deferred net revenue from up-front payments for the DAP for some of its customers.

 

As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, total unamortized deferred contract costs totaled $54.9 million and $45.4 million, respectively. Total deferred contract costs charged to cost of revenue were $10.1 million, $9.6 million and $7.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

Debt Issuance Costs and Debt Discounts

 

Debt issuance costs and debt discounts are deferred and amortized to interest expense using the effective interest method.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

DigitalGlobe’s principal source of revenue is the licensing of earth imagery products and services for end users and resellers. Revenue is recognized when the following criteria have been met: persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the fee is fixed or determinable and the collection of funds is reasonably assured. The Company’s revenue is generated from: (i) sales of or royalties arising from licenses of imagery; and (ii) subscription services and other service arrangements.

 

Sales of Licenses.   Revenue from sales of imagery licenses is recognized when the images are physically delivered to the customer or, in the case of electronic delivery, when the customer is able to directly download the image from the Company’s system. In some customer arrangements, certain acceptance provisions must be satisfied. For these arrangements, revenue is recognized upon acceptance by these customers. Revenue is recognized net of contractually agreed discounts.

 

Royalties.   Revenue from royalties is based on agreements or licenses with third parties that allow the third party to incorporate the Company’s product into their value added product for commercial distribution. Revenue from these royalty arrangements is recorded in the period earned or on a systematic basis over the term of the license agreement. For those royalties that are due to third parties based on the Company’s revenue sharing arrangements, royalty revenue is reported on a net basis.

 

Subscriptions.   DigitalGlobe sells online subscriptions to its products. These arrangements allow customers access to the Company’s hosted products via the internet for a set period of time and a fixed fee. Subscription payments received in advance are recorded as deferred revenue and are generally recognized ratably over the subscription period. Revenue is recognized net of discounts.

 

Service Level Agreements (“SLA”).   The Company recognizes service level agreement revenue net of any allowances resulting from failure to meet certain stated monthly performance metrics. Revenue is either recognized ratably over time for a defined and fixed level of service or based on proportional performance when the level of service changes based on certain criteria stated in the agreement.

 

Multiple Deliverable Arrangements .  DigitalGlobe enters into revenue arrangements that may consist of multiple deliverables of its product and service offerings based on the needs of its customers. These arrangements may include products or services delivered at the onset of the agreement, as well as products or services that are delivered over multiple reporting periods.

 

The revenue for the majority of the Company’s multiple deliverable arrangements is recognized in accordance with the provisions under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-13, “Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements” and ASU 2009-14 “Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements” which were each prospectively adopted as of January 1, 2011. The Company’s EnhancedView contract (the “EnhancedView Contract”) with the

 

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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (“NGA”) and four of the Company’s DAP agreements were entered into prior to the January 1, 2011 adoption of ASU 2009-13 and ASU 2009-14 and none have been subsequently materially modified. As the Company adopted the new guidance on a prospective basis, these agreements will continue to be accounted for under the pre-adoption guidance unless they are materially modified. The Company’s agreements are accounted for as follows:

 

·                   EnhancedView Contract.   The EnhancedView Contract contains multiple deliverables, including an SLA (“EnhancedView SLA”), infrastructure enhancements and other services. DigitalGlobe determined that these deliverables do not qualify as separate units of accounting due to a lack of standalone value for the delivered elements and a lack of objective reliable evidence of fair value for any of the undelivered elements in the arrangement. The Company recognizes revenue on a single unit of accounting using a proportional performance method based on the estimated capacity of its constellation made available to NGA compared to the total estimated capacity to be provided over the life of the contract.

 

·                   Direct Access Program.   The DAP generally includes construction of the direct access facility and an arrangement to allow the customer access to the satellite to task and download imagery.  In these arrangements, the facility is generally delivered and accepted at the beginning of the contractual period of performance and access services occur over several subsequent reporting periods.  These arrangements have generally been treated as a single unit of accounting due to a lack of standalone value for the facility. Access fees under each arrangement are recognized based on the minutes used by the customer in each period.  Any up-front fees are recorded as deferred revenue and amortized ratably over the estimated customer relationship period, which is consistent with the estimated remaining useful life of the satellite being used.

 

Analysis Products and Services. The Company derives revenue from value-added production services where it combines images with data and imagery from its own library and other sources to create sophisticated solutions for customers. Revenue from these contracts is generally recognized based on time and reimbursable costs incurred during the period.

 

Satellite Insurance

 

As of December 31, 2013, DigitalGlobe maintained the following insurance coverage on its satellites:

 

Satellite

 

Policy Period

 

Coverage
(in millions)

 

WorldView-1

 

10/2013 — 10/2014

 

$

220.0

 

WorldView-2

 

10/2013 — 10/2014

 

220.0

 

GeoEye-1

 

12/2013 — 10/2014

 

200.0

 

 

The Company procures insurance covering risks associated with its satellite operations including the partial or total impairment of the functional capacity of the satellite. Satellite insurance premiums, corresponding to the launch and in-orbit commissioning period prior to the satellite reaching full operational capacity (“FOC”), are capitalized in the original cost of the satellite and are amortized over the estimated useful life of the asset. The remainder of the insurance premiums that are not capitalized to the cost of the satellite are recorded as prepaid expenses and amortized to expense ratably over the related policy periods and are included in selling, general and administrative costs.

 

Research and Development Costs

 

DigitalGlobe records as research and development expense all engineering costs, consisting primarily of internal labor and consulting fees, where the Company maintains the risk associated with design failure. The Company incurred $6.2 million, $1.7 million and $2.0 million in research and development costs for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

Earnings Per Share (“EPS”)

 

Basic (loss) earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net (loss) income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period excluding issued, but unvested, restricted shares. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive potential common shares for the period. Securities that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and are required to be included in the computation of basic EPS and diluted EPS pursuant to the two-class method.  Shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock are participating securities.  The Company includes as potential

 

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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

common shares the weighted-average dilutive effects of outstanding stock options and restricted shares using the treasury stock method.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

Stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense over the requisite service period. See Note 9 for further information regarding the Company’s stock-based compensation expense and underlying assumptions.

 

Income Taxes

 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects attributable to the temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases as well as operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in enacted tax laws is recognized as an adjustment to the tax provision or benefit in the period of enactment. The carrying value of deferred tax assets may be reduced by a valuation allowance if, based upon the judgmental assessment of available evidence, it is deemed more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realizable.

 

The Company utilizes a two-step approach to recognizing and measuring uncertain tax positions (tax contingencies). The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes. The second step is to measure the tax benefit as the largest amount which is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company considers many factors when evaluating and estimating its tax positions and tax benefits, which may require periodic adjustments and which may not accurately forecast actual outcomes. The Company includes interest and penalties related to its tax contingencies as part of the provision for income taxes.

 

Fair Values of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value guidance establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:

 

·                   Level 1 — quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

 

·                   Level 2 — quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

 

·                   Level 3 — unobservable inputs when little or no market data is available.

 

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

 

The following table provides information about the assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and indicates the valuation technique utilized by the Company to determine the fair value.

 

(in millions)

 

Total
Carrying
Value

 

Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Cash equivalents at December 31, 2013

 

$

79.1

 

$

79.1

 

$

 

$

 

Cash equivalents at December 31, 2012

 

174.1

 

174.1

 

 

 

 

The Company’s cash equivalents consist of investments acquired with maturity dates of less than 90 days, are quoted from market rates, and are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company’s cash equivalents consisted of funds held in U.S. Treasury money markets. The Company does not have any Level 2 or Level 3 financial instruments as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.

 

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The fair value of the Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and the Senior Notes (each as defined below) were based upon trading activity among lenders.

 

(in millions)

 

Total Carrying
Value

 

Principal

 

Estimated
Fair Value

 

Senior Secured Term Loan Facility at December 31, 2013

 

$

543.8

 

$

545.9

 

$

547.9

 

Senior Notes at December 31, 2013

 

598.8

 

600.0

 

585.0

 

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are maintained in or with various financial institutions. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk in this area. For a discussion of credit risk with significant customers see Note 16.

 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

 

Upon the closing of the acquisition of GeoEye, the Company issued 80,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) with a par value of $0.001 per share to Cerberus Satellite, LLC. Cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are payable at a rate of five percent per annum of the $1,000 liquidation preference per share. At the Company’s option, dividends may be declared and paid in cash out of funds legally available when declared by the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee of the Company. If not paid in cash, an amount equal to the cash dividends due is added to the liquidation preference. Dividends payable in cash are recorded in current liabilities.  All dividends payable, whether in cash or as an addition to the liquidation preference, are recorded as a reduction to the Company’s equity. The Company declared dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock of $1.0 million during the three months ended December 31, 2013, which was included in accounts payable at December 31, 2013. The Company declared dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock of $4.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2013, of which $0.4 million was recorded by GeoEye as a pre-acquisition obligation.  The Series A Preferred Stock is convertible at the option of the holders, at a conversion price of $26.17 per common share, which would convert to 3.1 million shares of common stock of the Company. If at any time after September 22, 2016 the weighted average price of the Company’s common stock exceeds $45.80 per share, in effect for 30 consecutive trading days, the Company has the right to redeem at its option all, but not less than all, of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at an amount equal to the liquidation preference plus accrued dividends as of the redemption date. The Series A Preferred Stock is classified as equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

From time to time, the FASB or other standard setting bodies issue new accounting pronouncements. Updates to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) are communicated through issuance of an ASU.  During the year ended December 31, 2013, there have been no new pronouncements issued that would have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

NOTE 3.       Deferred Revenue

 

Deferred revenue represents cash received in advance of revenue recognition.  The Company’s period-end deferred revenue balance varies based on the timing of revenue recognition and the timing of payments within each period presented.  The Company has $455.9 million of deferred revenue recorded on its balance sheet as of December 31, 2013. This balance is primarily attributable to the Company’s EnhancedView Contract and NextView contract with the NGA, with the remaining balance arising from upfront payments received from the Company’s DAP, imagery hosting arrangements, or arrangements which require that we refresh previously delivered imagery.  The Company evaluates revenue recognition for each arrangement on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the related accounting literature. A roll forward of the deferred revenue balance from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2013 is as follows:

 

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U.S. Government

 

Diversified Commercial

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Enhanced
View SLA

 

Value Added
Services

 

Pre-FOC
Payments
Related To
NextView

 

DAP

 

Other

 

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

 

$

173.4

 

$

67.4

 

$

137.2

 

$

45.5

 

$

6.2

 

$

429.7

 

Deferred revenue acquired in GeoEye acquisition (Note 4)

 

 

 

 

12.1

 

 

12.1

 

Cash collections

 

248.1

 

101.8

 

 

69.0

 

39.9

 

458.8

 

Revenue recognized from deferred revenue

 

(227.2

)

(69.9

)

(25.5

)

(80.9

)

(41.2

)

(444.7

)

Balance, December 31, 2013

 

$

194.3

 

$

99.3

 

$

111.7

 

$

45.7

 

$

4.9

 

$

455.9

 

 

EnhancedView Contract and EnhancedView SLA

 

On August 6, 2010, DigitalGlobe entered into the EnhancedView Contract with NGA. The EnhancedView Contract has a ten-year term, inclusive of nine one-year options exercisable by NGA, and is subject to Congressional appropriations and the right of NGA to terminate or suspend the contract at any time. The NGA has exercised the first three options under the EnhancedView SLA, collectively extending the SLA through August 31, 2014.

 

The EnhancedView SLA totals $2.8 billion over the term of the contract, payable as $250.0 million per year ($20.8 million monthly) for the first four contract years commencing on September 1, 2010, and $300.0 million per year ($25.0 million monthly) for the remaining six years of the contract beginning on September 1, 2014. The Company is required to meet certain service level requirements related to the operational performance of the WorldView constellation and related ground systems.

 

The Company recognizes net revenue for the EnhancedView SLA using a proportional performance method. Under this method, net revenue is recognized based on the estimated amount of capacity made available to NGA in any given period compared to the total estimated capacity to be provided over the life of the contract. As increasing levels of capacity are made available to NGA, EnhancedView SLA revenue increases proportionally. The contract requires DigitalGlobe to increase the capacity made available to NGA through the addition of its WorldView-3 satellite (scheduled to launch in the summer of 2014) as well as the installation of seven additional remote ground terminals. The Company installed all remote ground terminals required to increase the capacity available under the EnhancedView SLA as of July 31, 2012. The Company anticipates a material increase in net revenue once WorldView-3 reaches full operational capability (“FOC”) as a result of the significant increase in satellite capacity across the constellation that will be made available to NGA at that time. Accordingly, when WorldView-3 reaches FOC, approximately 90 days following the launch, the Company will begin to earn and recognize previously received cash payments that are classified as deferred revenue.

 

During the first and second quarters of 2012, DigitalGlobe and NGA agreed to modifications of the EnhancedView Contract that included increasing the amount of capacity made available to NGA and adjustments to the performance penalty (formerly “holdback”). The modifications did not result in a material change to the EnhancedView SLA accounting and the Company continues to use the proportional performance method of net revenue recognition.

 

Each monthly EnhancedView SLA payment is subject to a performance penalty ranging from 3% to 10% through February 28, 2013 and 6% thereafter, depending upon the Company’s performance against pre-defined EnhancedView SLA performance criteria. A performance penalty is assessed in any month that NGA determines that not all of the EnhancedView SLA performance criteria were met. The Company retains the full monthly cash payment; however, the penalty amount will be applied to mutually agreeable future products and services or to a pro-rated extension of the EnhancedView SLA beyond the current contract period. Accordingly, all penalty amounts will cause the Company to defer recognition of a corresponding net revenue amount until the performance penalty funds are consumed as described above. During the year ended December 31, 2013, there were no holdbacks for penalties. During each of the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company incurred a penalty of $0.2 million.

 

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U.S. Government Value Added Services

 

U.S. Government value added services arrangements include arrangements whereby the Company meets NGA’s more advanced imagery requirements using its production and dissemination capabilities. Value added services contracts generally include production and hosting of imagery for specified periods of time.

 

NextView

 

In connection with the Company’s NextView agreement with NGA (which was entered into September 2003 and was the predecessor to the current EnhancedView Contract), the Company received $266.0 million from NGA to offset the construction costs of WorldView-1, which was recorded as deferred revenue when received. When WorldView-1 reached FOC in November 2007, the Company began recognizing the deferred revenue on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of WorldView-1. If the life of WorldView-1 were to be modified, the amortization of deferred revenue would be modified accordingly. Based on the current estimated useful life of WorldView-1, the Company recognized $25.5 million of net revenue related to the pre-FOC payments for each of the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

 

DAP

 

Under the DAP, up-front fees are paid by the customer for the initial facility construction and delivery.  The up-front payments are recognized ratably over the estimated customer relationship period, for which the estimated life of the longest-lived satellite accessed by the DAP customer is used. Customers also generally pre-pay for their access minutes resulting in deferred revenue until the minutes are consumed.

 

Other Agreements

 

The Company enters into various commercial relationships that sometimes include obligations that are paid for in advance and recognized over a contractual period of performance.  These obligations are typically related to the hosting of imagery or the obligation to refresh previously delivered imagery.

 

NOTE 4.       Business Acquisitions

 

GeoEye

 

On January 31, 2013, DigitalGlobe completed its acquisition of 100% of the outstanding stock of GeoEye, Inc. DigitalGlobe is considered the acquirer and has accounted for the transaction under the acquisition method in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The acquisition of GeoEye broadened the Company’s service offerings, enabled the Company to optimize its satellite orbits and collection of imagery, strengthened its production and analytics capabilities, increased the scale of its existing operations and diversified its customer and product mix.

 

GeoEye common stockholders received, in the aggregate, approximately 25.9 million shares of DigitalGlobe’s common stock, which included 0.2 million shares of restricted stock which vested upon the change in control, and $92.8 million in cash in exchange for their shares of GeoEye common stock. In addition, each share of GeoEye’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was converted into one newly-designated share of Series A Preferred Stock and $4.10 in cash for each share of GeoEye common stock into which such share of GeoEye Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was convertible. As a result, DigitalGlobe issued 80,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and paid approximately $11.0 million in cash to GeoEye’s Series A Convertible Preferred stockholder. The Company also assumed the awards outstanding under GeoEye’s equity incentive plans. Immediately following the acquisition, the former GeoEye stockholders owned approximately 35% of DigitalGlobe’s common stock. The Company incurred total acquisition costs of $33.5 million related to the acquisition of GeoEye of which $20.6 million was incurred during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

In accordance with the terms of the GeoEye Senior Secured Notes agreements, the Company redeemed the outstanding balances of GeoEye’s $400.0 million 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 and $125.0 million 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 and paid fees and expenses associated with the redemption totaling approximately $55.3 million and accrued interest of $16.4 million.

 

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The total purchase price for the acquisition of GeoEye was as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

Amount

 

Net cash received

 

$

(76.2

)

DigitalGlobe common stock

 

723.8

 

DigitalGlobe Series A convertible preferred stock

 

114.0

 

DigitalGlobe equity awards issued to replace GeoEye equity awards

 

22.4

 

Long-term debt issued to redeem GeoEye’s long-term debt including early termination penalties and accrued interest

 

596.7

 

Aggregate purchase price

 

$

1,380.7

 

 

Pursuant to the acquisition method of accounting, the fair value of each share of DigitalGlobe common stock issued was $27.97, which was the Company’s closing share price on January 31, 2013.

 

The following represents the classifications of the cash flows received, which are included within the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:

 

(in millions)

 

Amount

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

Acquisition of business (1)

 

$

76.2

 

Redemption of GeoEye debt (2)

 

(596.7

)

Total cash used in acquisition of business

 

$

(520.5

)

 


(1)          Includes $103.8 million of cash paid to GeoEye common and convertible preferred stockholders, offset by cash acquired of $180.0 million.

(2)          Includes cash paid to settle GeoEye’s outstanding long-term debt at the acquisition date, including principal of $525.0 million and accrued interest of $16.4 million that was replaced by new debt (See Note 8). As a result of the discharge and redemption of GeoEye’s debt, DigitalGlobe incurred early termination penalties of approximately $55.3 million.

 

The Company has recognized the assets and liabilities of GeoEye based on their acquisition date fair values. The fair value of GeoEye’s property and equipment was estimated using a market approach. A market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving comparable assets. The fair value of GeoEye’s satellites was estimated using a replacement cost approach and was based on the amount that would be required to replace the service capacity of the assets. Under the replacement cost approach, the Company estimated the cost of a similar satellite having the nearest equivalent utility to the satellite being valued. The Company then adjusted this value, as necessary, for physical depreciation, functional obsolescence or economic obsolescence. As of the acquisition date, identifiable intangible assets, excluding technology, were measured at fair value primarily using various “income approaches,” which required a forecast of expected future cash flows, either for the use of a relief-from royalty method or a multi-period excess earnings method. Technology was valued using a cost approach.

 

The determination of the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities (and the related determination of estimated lives of depreciable tangible and identifiable intangible assets) requires significant judgment. The aggregate purchase price exceeds the aggregate estimated fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities by $447.3 million, which amount has been recognized as goodwill. None of the goodwill associated with this acquisition is deductible for income tax purposes.

 

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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

The following is DigitalGlobe’s assignment of the aggregate consideration:

 

(in millions)

 

December 31, 
2013

 

Current assets, net of cash acquired

 

$

88.3

 

Property, plant and equipment, including satellite constellation

 

975.4

 

Identifiable intangible assets:

 

 

 

Technology

 

26.0

 

Customer relationships

 

14.0

 

Trademarks

 

5.0

 

FCC licenses and other

 

2.5

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

4.6

 

Current liabilities

 

(51.1

)

Deferred revenue

 

(12.1

)

Long-term deferred tax liability, net

 

(119.2

)

Fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities

 

933.4

 

Goodwill

 

447.3

 

Aggregate purchase price

 

$

1,380.7

 

 

The Company has retrospectively adjusted its reported assignment of the aggregate DigitalGlobe consideration for changes to its original estimates of the fair value of certain items at the acquisition date. These changes are the result of additional information obtained during the one-year measurement period.  Due to these revisions of its estimates, (i) identifiable intangible assets increased due to a $14.0 million increase in its customer relationships valuation, (ii) property, plant and equipment decreased by $25.3 million primarily due to write-offs of software and equipment due to NGA restrictions on repurposing assets and a revision to the valuation of its buildings, (iii)  Long-term deferred tax liability decreased by $14.8 million primarily due to changes in tax liabilities associated with equity awards and a true-up to GeoEye’s provision for income taxes, and (iv) other assets and liabilities, net decreased by $3.7 million primarily as a result of a $2.5 million increase in current liabilities. Goodwill increased by $9.7 million as an offset the above-mentioned changes.

 

The results of GeoEye’s operations have been included in the Company’s Consolidated Results of Operations beginning as of the acquisition date of January 31, 2013. During the period February 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013, the Company recognized an incremental $115.3 million of revenue and $139.3 million of net loss from continuing operations attributable to GeoEye’s operations since the date of the acquisition, which includes restructuring and integration costs. The following unaudited pro forma financial information presents the combined results of DigitalGlobe and GeoEye for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 as though the acquisition had been consummated as of January 1, 2012.

 

 

 

Pro Forma (unaudited)

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

(in millions, except per share data)

 

2013

 

2012

 

Operating revenue

 

$

622.5

 

$

882.3

 

Net (loss) income

 

( 63.4

)

65.0

 

Net (loss) income available to common stockholders

 

( 67.4

)

63.6

 

Basic (loss) income per common share

 

$

(0.91

)

$

0.88

 

Diluted (loss) income per common share

 

$

(0.91

)

$

0.87

 

 

This pro forma information reflects certain adjustments to DigitalGlobe’s previously reported operating results, primarily:

·                   Transaction costs are reflected as if they occurred on January 1, 2012;

·                   increased amortization of stock-based compensation;

·                   increased amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets recorded as part of the acquisition;

·                   changes to depreciation expense as a result of the fair value adjustment to property and equipment;

·                   decreased interest expense due to lower interest rates on long-term debt; and

·                   related income tax effects.

 

The pro forma information for the year ended December 31, 2012 includes approximately $ 288.0 million of revenue from GeoEye’s major contracts, principally the EnhancedView SLA with NGA, which ended in the fourth quarter of 2012. The pro forma information does not reflect the actual results of operations had the acquisition been consummated at January 1, 2012, nor is it necessarily indicative of present or future operating results. The pro forma information does not give effect to any potential revenue enhancements, cost synergies or other operating efficiencies that could result from the acquisition (other than those realized subsequent to the January 31, 2013 acquisition date).

 

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On the acquisition date, the Company assumed GeoEye’s contingencies. For more information on these acquired contingencies and those that relate to the acquisition, see Note 15 — Commitments and Contingencies.

 

Tomnod Acquisition

 

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company acquired Tomnod, Inc. for $4.0 million, consisting of $3.5 million of cash and $0.5 million of accrued liabilities. The Company has recognized the assets and liabilities of Tomnod based on its preliminary estimates of their acquisition date fair values. The determination of the fair values of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities (and the related determination of estimated lives of depreciable tangible and identifiable intangible assets) requires significant judgment. DigitalGlobe expects to complete its final determinations no later than the first quarter of 2014. The final determinations may be significantly different than those reflected in its Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2013.

 

Based on the Company’s preliminary estimates, the aggregate purchase price exceeds the aggregate estimated fair value of the acquired assets and assumed liabilities by $ 3.3 million, which amount has been recognized as goodwill. None of the goodwill associated with this acquisition is deductible for income tax purposes. In addition, the Company recorded $1.1 million of technology and other intangible assets and $0.4 million of deferred tax liability as part of its purchase price allocation.

 

NOTE 5.                       Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment was comprised of the following:

 

 

 

Depreciable Life

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

(in years)

 

2013

 

2012

 

Satellites

 

0.5 12

 

$

1,323.6

 

$

1,110.8

 

Construction in progress

 

 

1,283.9

 

486.8

 

Computer equipment and software

 

3

 

307.7

 

140.6

 

Machinery and equipment, including ground terminals

 

5

 

98.6

 

32.7

 

Furniture, fixtures and other

 

3 7

 

37.9

 

20.2

 

Land and buildings

 

34

 

6.4

 

0.3

 

Total property and equipment

 

 

 

3,058.1

 

1,791.4

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

( 880.6

)

(676.2

)

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

$

2,177.5

 

$

1,115.2

 

 

The Company operates a constellation of five in-orbit satellites.  The net book value of each satellite is as follows:

 

 

 

Depreciable Life

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

(in years)

 

2013

 

2012

 

QuickBird

 

12.2

 

$

0.6

 

$

1.9

 

WorldView-1

 

10.5

 

197.0

 

242.0

 

WorldView-2

 

11

 

294.7

 

336.9

 

IKONOS

 

0.5(1)

 

 

 

GeoEye-1

 

5(1)

 

173.0

 

 

Satellites, net

 

 

 

$

665.3

 

$

580.8

 

 


(1)          Remaining depreciable life determined as of January 31, 2013, the acquisition date of GeoEye.

 

Depreciation expense for property and equipment was $216.1 million, $114.6 million and $116.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

Construction in progress includes the WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2 satellites, ground station construction, infrastructure projects, certain internally developed software costs and capitalized interest.  The IKONOS, GeoEye-1, and GeoEye-2 satellites were added from our acquisition of GeoEye.  The depreciable lives of the IKONOS and GeoEye-1 satellites were their estimated remaining useful lives determined as of the date of the acquisition. The Company currently expects to complete construction and testing and launch WorldView-3 in the summer of 2014.

 

Commencing on March 21, 2011, the Company initiated an increase in the altitude of the QuickBird satellite. The change in altitude was completed April 7, 2011 and resulted in an increase in the anticipated useful life of the QuickBird satellite by approximately 17 months through the third quarter of 2013. As of October 1, 2012, the Company revised its estimate of the anticipated useful life of the

 

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QuickBird satellite and extended it through May 2014. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the October 1, 2012 change resulted in reduced depreciation expense and a corresponding increase in income before income taxes of $0.2 million, an increase in net income of $0.1 million and had no impact on diluted earnings per share. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the change in the estimated life of QuickBird resulted in reduced depreciation expense and a corresponding decrease in loss before income taxes of $2.2 million, a decrease in net loss of $1.3 million and had a $0.03 impact on diluted earnings per share.

 

The Company intends to place GeoEye-2 in storage until such time as additional capacity is needed for forecasted growth in demand or to replace capacity lost as satellites currently in-orbit are decommissioned. The Company is currently completing enhancements to the satellite and anticipates that those will be completed in the second half of 2014.  Costs, including interest, associated with enhancements to satellite capability, will be capitalized.  Capitalization of all costs associated with this satellite will cease during the period in which it is in storage and during which no additional enhancements are made. Storage costs and all other incremental costs that result from placing the satellite into storage will be expensed as incurred.

 

When the Company places the GeoEye-2 satellite into service, all costs associated with removing it from storage and other incremental costs that result from the storage process will be expensed as incurred. However, costs incurred to launch the satellite and perform in-orbit testing prior to the satellite reaching its FOC will be capitalized as these costs are necessary to place the satellite into service. After the satellite has been successfully placed into service, it will be removed from construction-in-process and recorded as a fixed asset.

 

The capitalized costs of the Company’s satellites and related ground systems include internal and external direct labor costs, internally developed software and direct material costs which support the construction and development of the satellites and related ground systems. The cost of DigitalGlobe’s satellites also includes capitalized interest incurred during the construction, development and initial in-orbit testing period. The portion of the launch insurance premium allocable to the period from launch through in-orbit calibration and commissioning has been capitalized as part of the cost of the satellites and is amortized over the useful life of the satellites.

 

The expected operational life of a satellite is determined once the satellite has been placed into orbit. A satellite’s expected operational life is determined by considering certain factors including: (i) the orbit in which the satellite is placed; (ii) the supply of fuel; (iii) environmental stress; (iv) the anticipated environmental degradation of solar panels and other components; (v) the anticipated levels of solar radiation; (vi) the probability of design failure of the satellite’s components from design or manufacturing defect; and (vii) the quality of the satellite’s construction. The Company depreciates the cost of a satellite, after the satellite has been successfully placed into service, over its expected useful life using the straight-line method of depreciation as the Company anticipates that the satellite will provide consistent levels of imagery over its useful life.  The QuickBird and IKONOS satellites are nearing the end of their expected useful lives.

 

If a satellite were to fail to launch or fail while in orbit, the resulting loss would be charged to expense in the period in which such loss was to occur.  The amount of any such loss would be reduced to the extent of insurance proceeds received as a result of the launch or in-orbit failure.

 

NOTE 6.                       Goodwill and Intangibles

 

The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s goodwill account during the year ended December 31, 2013:

 

(in millions)

 

Amount

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

 

$

8.7

 

Acquisitions

 

450.6

 

Balance, December 31, 2013

 

$

459.3

 

 

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The following table summarizes the Company’s intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2013:

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2013

 

(in millions)

 

Useful Life
(in years)

 

Gross
Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Net Carrying
Amount

 

Intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

3 — 5

 

$

26.9

 

$

(5.0

)

$

21.9

 

Customer relationships

 

12

 

14.0

 

(1.1

)

12.9

 

Trademarks

 

3

 

5.0

 

(1.5

)

3.5

 

FCC licenses and other

 

1 - 20

 

2.7

 

(1.1

)

1.6

 

Total

 

 

 

$

48.6

 

$

(8.7

)

$

39.9

 

 

The gross carrying amounts of intangible assets are removed when the recorded amounts have been fully amortized. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company added approximately $47.5 million of intangible assets that were related to its acquisition of GeoEye and $1.1 million of intangible assets related to its acquisition of Tomnod.

 

Total intangible amortization expense recognized was $ 8.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2013, and none during the year ended December 31, 2012. The estimated future annual amortization expense for acquired intangible assets is as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

Fiscal Years Ending December 31,

 

Amount

 

2014

 

$

9.4

 

2015

 

8.5

 

2016

 

6.6

 

2017

 

6.4

 

2018

 

1.6

 

Thereafter

 

7.4

 

Total amortization expense

 

$

39.9

 

 

NOTE 7.                       Other Accrued Liabilities

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

Compensation and other employee benefits

 

$

23.0

 

$

16.4

 

Accrued taxes

 

2.6

 

9.2

 

Accrued interest payable

 

13.2

 

0.1

 

Accrued restructuring costs

 

2.4

 

 

Construction in progress accruals

 

19.0

 

7.1

 

Other accrued expense

 

20.1

 

23.5

 

Total other accrued liabilities

 

$

80.3

 

$

56.3

 

 

Compensation and other employee benefits include payroll, accrued bonus expense and vacation accrual. Restructuring accruals primarily relate to reducing headcount as part of the GeoEye acquisition. Construction in progress accruals include amounts for milestone payments due on the procurement and construction of the WorldView-3 and GeoEye-2 satellites. Other accruals consist of third party commission expense, professional fees, remote ground terminal maintenance, deferred contract costs and the current portion of deferred lease incentives.

 

NOTE 8.                       Debt

 

2013 Credit Facility

 

In connection with the acquisition of GeoEye on January 31, 2013, the Company entered into a seven-year $550.0 million Senior Secured Term Loan Facility and a five-year $150.0 million Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility (collectively, the “2013 Credit Facility”). The 2013 Credit Facility requires quarterly principal payments of $1.375 million starting June 30, 2013 with the remaining balance due February 1, 2020. Term loan borrowings under the 2013 Credit Facility bear interest at an adjusted LIBOR rate, plus a 2.75% margin subject to a 1.0% LIBOR floor. The LIBOR margin becomes 2.5% when the ratio of total debt to Adjusted EBITDA is 2.5:1.00 or lower. The Company will also pay a commitment fee of between 37.5 to 50.0 basis points, payable quarterly, on the

 

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average daily unused amount of the revolving credit facility based on the Company’s leverage ratio. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had not drawn any amounts under the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility.

 

The Company’s obligations under the 2013 Credit Facility are guaranteed by certain of its existing and future direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries. The Company’s obligations and the obligations of the guarantor subsidiaries under the 2013 Credit Facility are collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of the guarantor subsidiaries.

 

The 2013 Credit Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants that the Company believes are usual and customary for a senior secured credit agreement. The negative covenants include, among other things, limitations on asset sales, mergers and acquisitions, indebtedness, liens, dividends, investments and transactions with its affiliates. The 2013 Credit Facility also requires that the Company comply with a maximum leverage ratio and minimum interest coverage ratio. The Company was in compliance with its debt covenants as of December 31, 2013.

 

Senior Notes

 

Also in connection with the acquisition of GeoEye on January 31, 2013, the Company issued $600.0 million of Senior Notes (“Senior Notes”), which bear interest at 5.25% per year. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on August 1, 2013. The Senior Notes were issued at par and mature on February 1, 2021. The Company may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes at any time and from time to time on or after February 1, 2017, at the redemption prices set forth in the indenture governing the Senior Notes. The initial redemption price for the Senior Notes is 102.625% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The Company may redeem some or all of the Senior Notes at any time prior to February 1, 2017, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus a “make whole” premium, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In addition, on or prior to February 1, 2016, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes using the net cash proceeds from sales of certain types of capital stock at a redemption price equal to 105.250% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, subject to certain other provisions as set forth in the indenture governing the Senior Notes. If a change of control occurs, the Company must give holders of the Senior Notes an opportunity to sell the Company their Senior Notes at a purchase price of 101% of the principal amount of such Senior Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.

 

The Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations, ranking equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and are senior to its existing and future subordinated indebtedness. The Senior Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by all of the Company’s existing and certain of its future direct and indirect wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries. Each guarantor’s guarantee ranks pari passu in right of payment with all future senior indebtedness of the guarantor.

 

The Senior Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company agreed to file an exchange offer registration statement or, under certain circumstances, a shelf registration statement, pursuant to a registration rights agreement if the Senior Notes are not freely transferable on February 1, 2014 under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), by persons that are not “affiliates” (as defined under Rule 144) of the Company. As of February 1, 2014, the Senior Notes were freely transferable and are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

The Company paid $41.6 million of underwriting and other fees and expenses in connection with the 2013 Credit Facility and the Senior Notes, of which $5.0 million was included in “Loss on early extinguishment of debt” because a portion of the refinancing was accounted for as a “modification” and $36.6 million was capitalized as debt issuance costs and included in other assets.

 

The following table represents the Company’s future debt payments as of December 31, 2013:

 

(in millions)

 

Long-term debt 
(excluding interest 
payments)

 

2014

 

$

5.5

 

2015

 

5.5

 

2016

 

5.5

 

2017

 

5.5

 

2018

 

5.5

 

Thereafter

 

1,118.4

 

Total

 

$

1,145.9

 

 

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The net proceeds of the 2013 Credit Facility and Senior Notes were used, along with cash on hand, to refinance the Company’s 2011 $500.0 million senior secured term loan and $100.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (collectively, the “2011 Credit Facility”), to fund the discharge and redemption of GeoEye’s $400.0 million 9.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 and $125.0 million 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 assumed in connection with the acquisition of GeoEye, to pay the cash consideration under the merger agreement with GeoEye and to pay fees and expenses related to the foregoing transactions.

 

Interest Expense, net

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s interest expense, accretion of debt discount, amortization of the deferred financing fees and interest capitalized.

 

 

 

For the years ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Interest

 

$

50.6

 

$

29.5

 

$

35.6

 

Accretion of debt discount, deferred financing amortization and line of credit fees

 

6.9

 

4.3

 

5.1

 

Capitalized interest

 

(53.7

)

(24.4

)

(18.8

)

Interest expense

 

3.8

 

9.4

 

21.9

 

Interest income

 

(0.4

)

(0.3

)

(0.2

)

Interest expense, net

 

$

3.4

 

$

9.1

 

$

21.7

 

 

Retired 2011 Senior Secured Credit Facility

 

On October 12, 2011, the Company entered into the 2011 Credit Facility. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had a net unamortized debt discount of $12.5 million and deferred financing costs of approximately $7.8 million relating to the 2011 Credit Facility. On January 31, 2013, in connection with the acquisition of GeoEye, the Company entered into the 2013 Credit Facility and issued the Senior Notes and repaid and retired the 2011 Credit Facility. DigitalGlobe’s entrance into the 2013 Credit Facility, issuance of the Senior Notes and payoff of DigitalGlobe’s pre-combination outstanding debt were assessed in accordance with ASC 470-50, Debt — Modifications and Extinguishments. As a result of the repayment and retirement of the 2011 Credit Facility, the Company performed an analysis of the holders of the Company’s debt before and after the transaction. The Company determined that 33% of the Company’s outstanding debt before the transaction was held by common debt holders after the transaction and that the terms of the new debt were not substantially different from the terms of the old debt. Accordingly, this portion of the debt was accounted for as a modification of debt and as a result, the Company allocated $7.5 million of the net unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs to the 2013 Credit Facility and Senior Notes, which will be amortized as interest expense over the respective terms of the debt. The Company recorded a loss of $17.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013 primarily due to the write-off of the remaining $12.8 million of unamortized deferred financing fees and debt discount and approximately $5.0 million of fees paid in connection with the 2013 Credit Facility and Senior Notes.

 

Letters of Credit

 

At December 31, 2013 and 2012, DigitalGlobe had $1.2 million of restricted cash under the lease agreement for its headquarters in Longmont, Colorado. Additionally, at December 31, 2013, the Company had $1.1 million of restricted cash under the lease agreement for its office location in Herndon, Virginia.  At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had $9.1 million and $10.9 million, respectively, in letters of credit and performance guarantees used in the ordinary course of business to support advanced payments from customers under certain of the DAP contracts. These letters of credit are secured by restricted cash. The letters of credit and related restricted cash amounts are released when the respective contractual obligations have been fulfilled by the Company.

 

NOTE 9.                       Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company grants equity compensation awards from the 2007 Employee Stock Option Plan (“2007 Plan”).  Under the 2007 Plan, the following awards may be granted to employees, officers, directors and consultants: qualified and nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, restricted stock, unrestricted shares, stock appreciation rights and shares of the stock itself. To date, issued equity awards have consisted of stock options, restricted stock and unrestricted shares. Options and restricted stock granted pursuant to the 2007 Plan are subject to certain terms and conditions as contained in the 2007 Plan, have a ten-year term and generally vest over a four-year period. Restricted stock grants to the Company’s directors generally vest immediately on date of grant.  For restricted stock awards and restricted stock units where vesting is contingent upon meeting both a service condition

 

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and a performance condition, the Company recognizes expense on the estimated number of shares that are anticipated to vest over the requisite service period. Changes to the number of shares that are anticipated to vest will result in a cumulative catch-up or a reduction of expense in the period in which the change in estimate is made. During May 2012, the Company amended and restated the 2007 Plan, increasing the number of shares authorized for issuance by an additional 3.4 million to an aggregate total of 8.8 million shares including the addition of 0.4 million through implementation of an evergreen provision and extending the plan 10 years from date of the amendment.

 

In connection with the acquisition of GeoEye, the Company issued equity awards to replace the outstanding GeoEye options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards with options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock unit awards, respectively, for the Company’s common stock.  During the year ended December 31, 2013, other than the options assumed in connection with the acquisition of GeoEye, the Company did not grant stock options but did grant restricted stock units.

 

The number of shares available for grant at December 31, 2013 and 2012 was 3.3 million for each year.  Non-cash compensation expense for the equity awards is calculated based on the fair value of the award on the date of grant and amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.

 

The Company recognized total stock-based compensation during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 of $23.7 million, $10.0 million and $15.3 million, respectively. Stock-based compensation capitalized to assets under construction for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $0.7 million, $0.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

 

Stock Options

 

The Company estimates the fair value of stock options granted using the Black-Scholes options-pricing model. This fair value is amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite vesting periods of the awards. There were no options granted to employees during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

The fair value of the Company’s stock options granted to employees during the years 2012 and 2011 was estimated using the following assumptions:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

Expected dividend yield

 

0.0%

 

0.0%

 

Expected stock price volatility

 

51.8-53.0%

 

49.3-51.1%

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

0.7-0.9%

 

0.9-1.9%

 

Expected life of options (years)

 

5.0

 

5.0

 

 

Expected Dividend Yield .  The Company has not paid dividends on its common stock in the past nor does the Company expect to do so; as such, the dividend yield used was zero.

 

Expected Stock Price Volatility .  The expected volatility was determined based on a weighted-average of several comparable companies within the Company’s industry and the Company’s own volatility covering a look back period of five years.

 

Risk-free Interest Rate .  The risk-free rate was based on the five-year Treasury note rate.

 

Expected Life of Options .  The expected term of options granted was determined based on the Company’s historical experience with similar awards.

 

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A summary of stock option activity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is presented below:

 

 

 

Options Outstanding

 

 

 

Number
of Options

(in millions)

 

Weighted-Average 
Exercise Price

 

Weighted-
Average 
Remaining 
Contractual 
Term (in 
years)

 

Aggregate Intrinsic 
Value (in millions)(1)

 

Outstanding — December 31, 2010

 

3.0

 

$

22.96

 

7.65

 

$

22.8

 

Granted

 

0.7

 

25.97

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(0.1

)

20.68

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited/Expired

 

(0.1

)

27.14

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding — December 31, 2011

 

3.5

 

23.49

 

7.11

 

$

0.3

 

Granted

 

1.0

 

11.97

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(0.3

)

14.29

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited/Expired

 

(0.5

)

22.24

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding — December 31, 2012

 

3.7

 

21.06

 

7.09

 

$

16.9

 

Granted in GeoEye acquisition (Note 4)

 

1.4

 

17.69

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(2.2

)

19.56

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited/Expired

 

(0.3

)

23.21

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding — December 31, 2013

 

2.6

 

20.23

 

6.15

 

$

54.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested and Expected to Vest — December 31, 2013

 

2.6

 

20.23

 

6.15

 

$

54.4

 

Exercisable — December 31, 2013

 

1.7

 

22.26

 

5.28

 

$

31.5

 

 


(1)                                  Represents the total pretax intrinsic value for stock options with an exercise price less than the Company’s calculated common stock price as of December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, that option holders would have realized had they exercised their options as of that date.

 

The weighted-average grant-date fair values for option awards granted was $12.38, $5.38 and $12.28 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

The intrinsic value of stock options exercised (calculated as the difference between the exercise price and the market price on date of grant) during the year ended December 31, 2013 was $22.6 million, of which $14.2 million related to stock options assumed in the GeoEye acquisition.  The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $2.0 million and $0.5 million, respectively.  As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, there was a total of $5.3 million and $10.5 million of unrecognized expense remaining to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 and 2.5 years, respectively.

 

Restricted Stock Awards

 

The fair value of restricted stock awards is the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the respective vesting period.

 

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A summary of restricted stock activity for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 is presented below:

 

 

 

Number
of Shares
(in millions)

 

Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Value

 

Non-vested at December 31, 2010

 

0.2

 

$

30.45

 

Granted

 

0.3

 

25.48

 

Forfeited

 

 

 

Vested

 

(0.1

)

28.61

 

Non-vested at December 31, 2011

 

0.4

 

27.55

 

Granted

 

0.5

 

14.61

 

Forfeited

 

(0.1

)

21.32

 

Vested

 

(0.2

)

26.84

 

Non-vested at December 31, 2012

 

0.6

 

17.52

 

Granted in GeoEye acquisition (Note 4)

 

0.5

 

27.97

 

Forfeited

 

(0.1

)

23.65

 

Vested

 

(0.5

)

24.80

 

Non-vested at December 31, 2013

 

0.5

 

18.25

 

 

As of December 31, 2013, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock awards was approximately $6.2 million. This cost will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.1 years.  The total intrinsic value of restricted stock awards vested during the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $15.9 million, $3.8 million and $2.3 million, respectively.

 

Restricted Stock Units

 

The fair value of restricted stock units is the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the respective vesting period.  A summary of restricted stock unit activity for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 is shown below:

 

(in millions, except for weighted average grant date fair values)

 

Number
of Shares

 

Weighted-
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

 

Non-vested at December 31, 2011

 

 

$

 

Granted

 

0.1

 

15.82

 

Forfeited/Canceled

 

 

 

Non-vested at December 31, 2012

 

0.1

 

15.82

 

Granted

 

0.8

 

30.73

 

Granted in GeoEye acquisition (Note 4)

 

0.3

 

27.97

 

Forfeited/Canceled

 

 

 

Vested

 

(0.4

)

28.11

 

Non-vested at December 31, 2013

 

0.8

 

31.12

 

 

As of December 31, 2013, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested restricted stock units, including units with a performance condition measured at target, was approximately $21.3 million. This cost will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.7 years.  The total fair value of restricted stock units vested during the year ended December 31, 2013 was $10.6 million.

 

Of the non-vested restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2013 and 2012, approximately 0.2 million and 0.1 million shares, respectively, are performance share units where vesting is contingent upon meeting both a service requirement and either a Company financial performance condition or a Company stock market performance condition.  The number of shares granted with the financial performance condition that ultimately will vest are based on a measurement of the Company’s average annual return on invested capital as determined over the three year vesting period of the awards.  The number of shares granted with the Company stock market condition that ultimately will vest are based on a measurement of the change in the Company’s average stock price compared to the change in value in the Russell 2000 stock index as determined over the three year vesting period of the awards. The awards granted with a stock market performance condition were valued at the grant date at $47.32 per share using a Monte Carlo simulation.  For both

 

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types of awards, the number of shares that ultimately vest could range from 50% to 200% of the target amount, or zero percent if the minimum threshold is not achieved.

 

During the second quarter of 2013, as a result of the acquisition of GeoEye, management projected that the Company’s average return on invested capital would decrease below the minimum threshold necessary for vesting in the awards with the financial performance condition that were granted in 2012.  The financial performance condition did not contemplate the acquisition of GeoEye when the awards were granted.  As a result, in the second quarter of 2013, approximately $0.4 million of cumulative compensation expense previously recognized for these awards through March 31, 2013 was reversed.  In July 2013, in accordance with the terms of the financial performance based awards, the Company’s compensation committee modified the targets for the vesting of these awards to align the awards in a manner consistent with their contemplated financial objectives.  The modification to the awards resulted in the awards being re-valued as of the date of the modification from the original grant date fair value of $15.82 per share to $32.92 per share.  During the fourth quarter of 2013 management projected that the Company’s average return on invested capital would decrease below the minimum threshold necessary for vesting in the financial performance based awards granted in both 2012 and 2013.  As a result, in the fourth quarter of 2013, approximately $0.4 million of cumulative compensation expense previously recognized for these awards through September 30, 2013 was reversed.  Changes to the number of shares expected to vest granted with the financial performance condition will result in a cumulative catch up or reduction of expense in the period in which the change in estimate is made.

 

Treasury Stock

 

During 2013, 2012 and 2011, certain participants elected to have the Company withhold shares to pay for minimum taxes due at the time their restricted stock vested.  Under the DigitalGlobe equity compensation plans shares withheld to pay taxes is accounted for as treasury stock.  Under the terms of the equity compensation plans assumed from GeoEye, shares tendered or withheld to pay the employees’ minimum tax liability are cancelled and made available for re-issuance, thus classified as a reduction in additional paid-in capital.  The quantity and value of the shares withheld were immaterial. The Company made no open market repurchases of its common stock during 2013, 2012 or 2011.

 

NOTE 10.                Earnings Per Share

 

Basic earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net (loss) income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period excluding issued, but unvested, restricted shares. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive potential common shares for the period. Securities that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and are required to be included in the computation of basic EPS and diluted EPS pursuant to the two-class method.  Shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock are participating securities.  The Company includes as potential common shares the weighted-average dilutive effects of outstanding stock options and restricted shares using the treasury stock method.

 

The following table sets forth the number of weighted-average shares used to compute basic and diluted EPS:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

 

$

(68.3

)

$

39.0

 

$

(28.1

)

Preferred stock dividends

 

(3.6

)

 

 

Net (loss) income less preferred stock dividends

 

(71.9

)

39.0

 

(28.1

)

Income allocated to participating securities

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income available to common stockholders

 

$

(71.9

)

$

39.0

 

$

(28.1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

 

71.8

 

46.1

 

45.9

 

Weighted-average common share equivalents from stock options, restricted stock and convertible preferred stock

 

 

0.3

 

 

Diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

 

71.8

 

46.4

 

45.9

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.00

)

$

0.85

 

$

(0.61

)

Diluted

 

$

(1.00

)

$

0.84

 

$

(0.61

)

 

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The number of options, non-vested restricted stock awards and potential common shares from the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock that were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS, because the effects thereof were anti-dilutive, were 7.5 million, 3.9 million and 3.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

NOTE 11.                Income Taxes

 

Accounting for income taxes requires deferred tax assets and liabilities to be recognized for temporary differences between the tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities, computed at the expected tax rates for the periods in which the assets or liabilities will be realized, as well as for the expected tax benefit of net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.

 

The benefit (expense) for income taxes reflected in the statements of operations consisted of:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

State

 

8.2

 

(8.7

)

1.2

 

Foreign

 

(2.1

)

(0.9

)

(1.8

)

Total current

 

6.1

 

(9.6

)

(0.6

)

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

30.0

 

(20.8

)

18.3

 

State

 

1.4

 

3.5

 

0.2

 

Total deferred

 

31.4

 

(17.3

)

18.5

 

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

$

37.5

 

$

(26.9

)

$

17.9

 

 

The Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following:

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

Current deferred tax assets (liabilities), net:

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation accruals

 

$

6.9

 

$

7.8

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

37.2

 

26.5

 

Other

 

(1.0

)

9.6

 

Total current deferred tax asset

 

43.1

 

43.9

 

Long-term deferred tax assets (liabilities), net

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

98.9

 

11.1

 

Research and development tax credits

 

26.2

 

11.8

 

Deferred revenue

 

131.9

 

104.9

 

Fixed and intangible assets

 

(381.9

)

(190.9

)

Other

 

10.3

 

7.5

 

Valuation allowance

 

(2.6

)

 

Total long-term deferred tax (liabilities), net

 

(117.2

)

(55.6

)

Net deferred tax liability

 

$

(74.1

)

$

(11.7

)

 

At December 31, 2013, the Company had net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards for federal and state income tax purposes of approximately $355.7 million and $497.0 million, respectively. Included in this NOL is approximately $14.2 million attributable to tax deductions related to equity compensation in excess of compensation recognized for financial reporting. If unused, the NOL carryforwards will begin to expire during the years 2019 to 2033.  A portion of our net operating loss carryforwards are subject to the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) 382 limitations, however we expect to fully utilize all our net operating loss carryforwards in future periods.

 

At December 31, 2013, the Company had approximately $6.0 million of foreign tax credit (“FTC”) carryforwards, and federal and state research and development tax credits (“R&D”) of approximately $24.7 million and $1.5 million, respectively.  If not used, the FTC carryforwards will expire between 2019 and 2023, and the R&D credit carryforwards will expire between 2019 and 2033.  We believe that it is more likely than not that we will fully realize our FTC and federal R&D tax credit assets.  A valuation allowance has been placed on the state R&D credit asset as we believe it is not more likely than not that these credits will be realized.

 

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The valuation allowance on deferred tax assets increased by $2.6 million in 2013. The increase is attributable to certain acquired state net operating losses, tax credits, and other deferred tax assets for which there is no objective evidence that certain state taxable income will be generated or tax liabilities incurred in the future or that these assets will be realized in the future.  All of the current year increase in the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets relates to deferred tax assets acquired from GeoEye, Inc.

 

The Company’s effective tax rate was 35.4%, 40.8% and 38.9% for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  The benefit (expense) for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% to income or loss before income taxes as follows:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Federal income tax benefit (expense)

 

$

37.0

 

$

(23.0

)

$

16.1

 

Non-deductible stock-based compensation

 

(1.1

)

(1.3

)

(1.4

)

State income tax benefit (expense), net of federal impact

 

1.9

 

(1.8

)

1.4

 

State tax benefit due to tax ruling

 

5.3

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation shortfalls

 

(2.1

)

(0.8

)

(0.2

)

Research and experimentation tax credit

 

1.4

 

0.6

 

2.2

 

Non-deductible acquisition costs

 

(5.9

)

 

 

Other

 

1.0

 

(0.6

)

(0.2

)

Income tax benefit (expense)

 

$

37.5

 

$

(26.9

)

$

17.9

 

 

The tax years 1998 through 2013 remain open to examination by the United States taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as a component of tax expense. The Company did not have any accrued interest or penalties recorded at December 31, 2013. The Company does not anticipate a material change to the amount of uncertain tax positions within the next 12 months. If any of the uncertain tax positions were recognized it would affect the effective tax rate.

 

A reconciliation of the Company’s uncertain tax positions is as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

Balance as of January 1

 

$

5.7

 

$

5.4

 

$

4.5

 

Current year additions

 

0.6

 

0.3

 

0.9

 

Current year additions due to acquisitions

 

5.2

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31

 

$

11.5

 

$

5.7

 

$

5.4

 

 

While management believes the Company has adequately provided for all tax positions, amounts asserted by taxing authorities could materially differ from its accrued positions as a result of uncertain and complex application of tax regulations. Additionally, the recognition and measurement of certain tax benefits includes estimates and judgment by management and inherently includes subjectivity. Accordingly, additional provisions on tax-related matters could be recorded in the future as revised estimates are made or the underlying matters are settled or otherwise resolved.

 

NOTE 12.                Restructuring Charges

 

The Company has initiated a series of restructuring activities intended to improve its operational efficiency as a result of its acquisition of GeoEye. The restructuring enhances the Company’s ability to provide cost-effective offerings to customers. The restructuring enables the Company to retain and expand its existing relationships with customers and attract new business. These restructuring activities primarily consist of reducing redundant workforce, consolidating office and production facilities, consolidating certain ground terminals and systems and other exit costs, including contract termination charges to affect the restructuring activities.

 

The restructuring costs totaled $40.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, respectively. The restructuring liability is included in current other accrued liabilities.

 

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The components of the restructuring liability were as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

Severance

 

Facilities

 

Other costs

 

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Provision for restructuring charges (1) (2)

 

26.0

 

0.5

 

4.1

 

30.6

 

Cash payments

 

(23.7

)

(0.5

)

(4.0

)

(28.2

)

Balance, December 31, 2013

 

$

2.3

 

$

 

$

0.1

 

$

2.4

 

 


(1)          Restructuring charges for the year ended December 31, 2013 excludes $8.1 million of share-based compensation associated with the accelerated vesting of stock awards as such charges are not components of the restructuring liability.

(2)          Excludes $1.4 million of non-cash asset impairment charges.

 

NOTE 13.                Benefit Plan

 

The Company maintains a 401(k) Savings and Retirement Plan (the “401(k) Plan”), a tax-qualified plan covering substantially all of the Company’s employees. Employees may elect to contribute, subject to certain limitations, up to 60% of their annual compensation to the 401(k) plan. The 401(k) Plan provides that the Company may contribute matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan at the discretion of the Company’s management as approved by the board of directors. The Company recorded approximately $2.5 million, $2.2 million and $2.0 million of matching contribution expense for the years December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

NOTE 14.                Related Party Transactions

 

Cerberus Agreement

 

On July 22, 2012, DigitalGlobe entered into an agreement (the “Cerberus Agreement”) with Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., Cerberus Partners II, L.P., Cerberus Series Four Holdings, LLC, and Cerberus Satellite LLC (collectively, the “Cerberus Parties”). The Cerberus Agreement provides, among other things, that for a period of time the Cerberus Parties and their respective affiliates (i) will not hold beneficial ownership in excess of 19.9% of the outstanding DigitalGlobe common stock, including the DigitalGlobe Series A Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis, and (ii) will vote their shares in accordance with the recommendations of the DigitalGlobe Board of Directors. As a result of the acquisition of GeoEye, the Company issued 80,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to Cerberus Satellite, LLC.  Dividends accrued by the Company and paid to Cerberus totaled $3.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

Pursuant to the Cerberus Agreement, the Cerberus Parties also held the right to appoint one director to the DigitalGlobe Board of Directors, with a term to expire at the 2014 DigitalGlobe annual meeting of stockholders. General Michael P.C. Carns, the Cerberus Parties’ designee, was appointed to the DigitalGlobe Board of Directors effective January 31, 2013 in connection with the closing of the acquisition of GeoEye.

 

Hitachi, Ltd./Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.

 

Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Hitachi, Ltd., one of the Company’s stockholders, was granted certain international distribution rights for its imagery products, including exclusive distribution rights for the Company’s imagery products in Japan. In October 2010, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. was merged into Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., and all contractual rights were assigned to Hitachi Solutions.

 

Pursuant to a data distribution agreement dated January 28, 2005, Hitachi Solutions has the rights to act as a reseller of the Company’s products and services, including the rights to sell access time to the Company’s WorldView-2 satellite to agencies within the government of Japan. In addition, the Company is party to a direct access facility purchase agreement dated March 23, 2007. Under the direct access facility purchase agreement, the Company has constructed and sold to Hitachi Software Engineering, now Hitachi Solutions and a direct access facility, which allows an end-customer of Hitachi Solutions to directly access and task the Company’s WorldView-2 satellite.

 

In 2013, 2012 and 2011, the Company received $28.2 million, $28.6 million and $27.9 million, respectively, from Hitachi under the data distribution agreement and the direct access facility purchase agreement. As of December 31, 2013, the Company estimated that it would be entitled to receive from Hitachi minimum payments of approximately $47.7 million over the remaining life of the data distribution and access agreements.

 

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Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

Under the data distribution agreement, Hitachi Solutions also earns commissions on sales of the Company’s products and services made by the Company or others within the non-exclusive distribution territory granted to Hitachi Solutions under the data distribution agreement. In 2013, 2012 and 2011, Hitachi Solutions earned sales commissions of approximately $1.9 million, $2.1 million and $1.7 million, respectively. DigitalGlobe had accounts payable owed to Hitachi Solutions of $0.3 million  for each of the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

 

During 2013, 2012 and 2011, Hitachi Solutions also purchased approximately $5.2 million, $4.2 million and $4.0 million, respectively, of the Company’s products and services for distribution within their territory. Amounts owed to DigitalGlobe by Hitachi Solutions totaled $7.6 million and $8.0 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

Investment in Joint Venture

 

In June 2012, the Company made an investment of approximately $0.3 million for a less than 20% ownership interest in a joint venture in China. During 2013 and 2012 the joint venture purchased approximately $11.3 million and $14.7 million, respectively, in products and services from the Company. Amounts owed to the Company by the joint venture at December 31, 2013 and 2012 were $6.7 million and $7.6 million, respectively.

 

NOTE 15.                Commitments and Contingencies

 

The Company is obligated under certain non-cancelable operating leases for office space and equipment. As of December 31, 2013, the Company leased approximately 946,000 square feet of office and operations space.  This space includes the Company’s principal production facilities, administrative and executive offices in Longmont, Colorado, Thornton, Colorado and Herndon, Virginia, as well as the Company’s future headquarters building in Westminster, Colorado.  The Company also leases satellite terminals, a data center and has smaller administrative offices and sales offices located in the United States and internationally.

 

Rent expense, net of sublease income, approximated $7.5 million, $3.4 million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

The Company enters into agreements in the ordinary course of business with resellers and others. Most of these agreements require the Company to indemnify the other party against third-party claims alleging that one of its products infringes or misappropriates a patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right. Certain of these agreements require the Company to indemnify the other party against claims relating to property damage, personal injury or acts or omissions by the Company, its employees, agents or representatives. In addition, from time to time the Company has made guarantees regarding the performance of its systems to its customers. The majority of these agreements do not limit the maximum potential future payments the Company could be obligated to make. The Company evaluates and estimates potential losses from such indemnification based on the likelihood that the future event will occur. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such obligations and has not accrued any material liabilities related to such indemnification and guarantees in the Company’s financial statements.

 

Future minimum lease payments under all non-cancelable capital and operating leases (net of aggregate future minimum non-cancelable sublease rentals) are summarized below:

 

(in millions)
For the year ending December 31,

 

Capital
Leases

 

Operating
Leases

 

Other
Commitments

 

2014

 

$

1.3

 

$

7.0

 

$

70.9

 

2015

 

1.0

 

7.2

 

62.8

 

2016

 

0.9

 

8.8

 

63.4

 

2017

 

0.9

 

9.7

 

22.9

 

2018

 

0.4

 

9.8

 

 

2019 and thereafter

 

0.2

 

103.3

 

 

Subtotal

 

4.7

 

145.8

 

220.0

 

Sublease rentals

 

 

(0.3

)

 

Total

 

$

4.7

 

$

145.5

 

$

220.0

 

 

In addition to operating lease commitments, other contractual commitments related to the manufacture and delivery of key components for the Company’s EnhancedView program are included in the table above.

 

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DigitalGlobe, Inc.

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

The Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company defends itself vigorously against any such claims. Although the outcome of these matters is currently not determinable, management does not expect that the ultimate costs to resolve these matters will have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

NOTE 16.                Significant Customers and Geographic Information

 

With the acquisition of GeoEye on January 31, 2013, the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) evaluated the information used to manage the business and has concluded that the Company operates in a single segment, in which it provides imagery and imagery information products and services to customers around the world. The Company uses common infrastructure and technology to collect, process and distribute its imagery products and services to all customers. The Company measures performance based on consolidated operating results and achievement of individual performance goals.

 

DigitalGlobe has organized its sales leadership and marketing efforts around two customer groups (i) U.S. Government and (ii) Diversified Commercial. Revenue recognized for services provided to U.S. Government customers consist primarily of the EnhancedView SLA, amortization of pre-FOC payments related to the NextView agreement and other value added services. Diversified Commercial revenue consists of the Company’s DAP revenue, international defense and intelligence revenue and revenue from customers, including civil governments, providers of location-based services and other industry vertical markets. The following table summarizes net revenue for these two groups:

 

($ in millions)

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

Net revenue

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

U.S. Government

 

$

358.1

 

$

259.6

 

$

205.9

 

Diversified Commercial

 

254.6

 

161.8

 

133.6

 

Total

 

$

612.7

 

$

421.4

 

$

339.5

 

 

Total U.S. and international sales were as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

Net revenue

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

U.S.

 

$

423.8

 

$

295.8

 

$

228.3

 

International

 

188.9

 

125.6

 

111.2

 

Total

 

$

612.7

 

$

421.4

 

$

339.5

 

 

Net revenue percentages from all customers whose net revenue exceeded 10% of the total Company net revenue were as follows:

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31,

 

Customer

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

U.S. Government

 

58.4

%

61.6

%

60.6

%

 

Percentages of accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts) for all customers whose receivable exceeded 10% of the net accounts receivable:

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

Customer

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

U.S. Government (1)

 

43.3

%

31.7

%

30.9

%

 


(1)          U.S. Government accounts receivable does not include amounts due from third-party U.S. Government contractors.

 

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DigitalGlobe, Inc.

Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

NOTE 17.                Quarterly Results from Operations (unaudited)

 

The following table relates to the Company’s results of operations for each quarter of the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012. Net (loss) income available to common stockholders and net (loss) earnings per share is computed independently for each quarter presented. Therefore, the sum of the quarterly earnings (loss) per share does not equal the total (loss) earnings per share amounts for the year.

 

 

 

2013

 

 

 

For the Quarters Ended

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

March 31,

 

June 30,

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

Net revenue

 

$

127.6

 

$

150.6

 

$

164.8

 

$

169.7

 

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

40.9

 

47.3

 

46.7

 

40.4

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

79.8

 

64.5

 

60.6

 

52.4

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

47.3

 

59.0

 

59.4

 

59.1

 

Restructuring charges

 

20.3

 

13.6

 

3.1

 

3.1

 

(Loss) income from operations

 

(60.7

)

(33.8

)

(5.0

)

14.7

 

Loss from early extinguishment of debt

 

(17.8

)

 

 

 

Other income (expense), net

 

0.3

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

(0.3

)

Interest (expense) income, net

 

(1.4

)

(1.4

)

(0.7

)

0.1

 

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

(79.6

)

(35.1

)

(5.6

)

14.5

 

Income tax benefit

 

19.0

 

14.1

 

3.8

 

0.6

 

Net (loss) income

 

(60.6

)

(21.0

)

(1.8

)

15.1

 

Preferred stock dividends

 

(0.6

)

(1.0

)

(1.0

)

(1.0

)

Net (loss) income less preferred stock dividends

 

(61.2

)

(22.0

)

(2.8

)

14.1

 

Income allocated to participating securities

 

 

 

 

(0.5

)

Net (loss) income available to common stockholders

 

$

(61.2

)

$

(22.0

)

$

(2.8

)

$

13.6

 

(Loss) earnings per share — basic

 

$

(0.96

)

$

(0.30

)

$

(0.04

)

$

0.18

 

(Loss) earnings per share — diluted

 

$

(0.96

)

$

(0.30

)

$

(0.04

)

$

0.18

 

 

 

 

2012

 

 

 

For the quarters ended

 

(in millions, except per share amounts)

 

March 31,

 

June 30,

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

Net revenue

 

$

87.0

 

$

101.8

 

$

107.2

 

$

125.4

 

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

 

18.0

 

20.0

 

21.5

 

22.1

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

29.8

 

33.5

 

40.1

 

45.8

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

29.1

 

28.5

 

28.9

 

28.1

 

Income from operations

 

10.1

 

19.8

 

16.7

 

29.4

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

(0.4

)

(0.7

)

0.1

 

Interest expense, net

 

(3.2

)

(2.6

)

(1.9

)

(1.4

)

Income before income taxes

 

6.9

 

16.8

 

14.1

 

28.1

 

Income tax expense

 

(3.1

)

(7.2

)

(5.6

)

(11.0

)

Net income

 

$

3.8

 

$

9.6

 

$

8.5

 

$

17.1

 

Earnings per share — basic

 

$

0.08

 

$

0.21

 

$

0.18

 

$

0.37

 

Earnings per share — diluted

 

$

0.08

 

$

0.21

 

$

0.18

 

$

0.36

 

 

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ITEM 9.                         CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A.                CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision of and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of December 31, 2013. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2013 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act was recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and such information was accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of DigitalGlobe’s Consolidated Financial Statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework” (the “1992 Framework”) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2013.

 

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

During the three months ended December 31, 2013 we made the following changes in our internal control over financial reporting:

 

·                   We added new processes and controls surrounding our acquisition accounting process.

 

·                   We integrated our acquisition of GeoEye, Inc. into our existing internal control structure and added new internal controls where considered necessary.

 

Other than described above, there have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended December 31, 2013 which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

 

Internal control over financial reporting has inherent limitations; it is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting also can be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, internal control over financial reporting cannot prevent or detect all misstatements, whether unintentional errors or fraud. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.

 

ITEM 9B.                OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10.                  DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

Information regarding our directors, including the audit committee and audit committee financial experts and executive officers and compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act will be included in our definitive proxy statement for the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

We have adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct that governs our senior officers, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and employees. Copies of our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct are available on our website at www.digitalglobe.com. We will post to our website any amendments to the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of either the SEC or the NYSE. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference and is not a part of this report.

 

Copies of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee are available on our website.

 

ITEM 11.                  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

The information required by this item will be included in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 12.                  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

The information required by this item, including information relating to security ownership of certain beneficial owners of our common stock and of our management, will be included in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 13.                  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

 

The information required by this item, including information under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in the Proxy Statement and information regarding director independence, will be included in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 14.                  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

The information required by this item, including information under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Services” in the Proxy Statement, will be included in the Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15.                  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a)          List of documents filed as part of this report:

 

(1)          Consolidated Financial Statements and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. See the Index to Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this report.

 

(2)          Financial Statement Schedules

 

“Schedule II — Valuation and Qualifying Accounts” is included in the financial statements, see Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”  and income tax valuation allowance in Note 11, “Income Taxes” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

 

(b) Exhibits

 

The exhibit list required by this Item is incorporated by reference to the Exhibit Index filed as part of this report.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

 

 

DigitalGlobe, Inc.

February 26, 2014

 

 

By:

/s/ Yancey L. Spruill

 

 

Name: Yancey L. Spruill

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President,

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey R. Tarr

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

February 26, 2014

Jeffrey R. Tarr

 

(Principal Executive Officer),

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Yancey L. Spruill

 

Executive Vice President,

 

February 26, 2014

Yancey L. Spruill

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Susan M. Fox

 

Chief Accounting Officer

 

February 26, 2014

Susan M. Fox

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael P.C. Carns

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

Michael P.C. Carns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Nick S. Cyprus

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

Nick S. Cyprus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ General Howell M. Estes III

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

General Howell M. Estes III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Martin C. Faga

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

Martin C. Faga

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Lawrence A. Hough

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

Lawrence A. Hough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Warren C. Jenson

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

Warren C. Jenson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Kimberly Till

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

Kimberly Till

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ James M. Whitehurst

 

Director

 

February 26, 2014

James M. Whitehurst

 

 

 

 

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

The agreements included as exhibits to this report contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.

 

We acknowledge that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, the Company is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this report not misleading.

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporated by Reference

 

Filed

Exhibit No

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

2.1**

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 22, 2012, by and among DigitalGlobe, Inc., 20/20 Acquisition Sub, Inc., WorldView, LLC and, GeoEye, Inc.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

2.1

 

7/23/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.2

 

Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 30, 2012, by and among DigitalGlobe, Inc., 20/20 Acquisition Sub, Inc., WorldView, LLC and, GeoEye, Inc.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

2.1

 

8/30/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of DigitalGlobe, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of the State of Delaware.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

3.1

 

02/24/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of DigitalGlobe, Inc., effective October 22, 2013.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

3.1

 

10/28/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.3

 

Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of DigitalGlobe, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of the State of Delaware.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

3.1

 

01/31/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

 

Specimen Common Stock Certificate of DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

S-1

 

333-150235

 

4.1

 

05/13/09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2013, among DigitalGlobe, Inc., certain subsidiaries of DigitalGlobe, Inc., as guarantors thereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

4.1

 

1/31/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of 5.25% Senior Note due 2021 (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

4.2

 

1/31/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2013, among DigitalGlobe, Inc., certain subsidiaries of DigitalGlobe, Inc., and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers of the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2021 of DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

4.3

 

1/31/13

 

 

 

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Incorporated by Reference

 

Filed

Exhibit No

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

10.1.1#

 

EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Contract #HM021010C0002, dated August 6, 2010, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

 

10-Q/A

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

5/24/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.2#

 

Amendment to EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Contract #HM021010C0002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, dated July 25, 2011.

 

10-Q/A

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

2/24/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.3#

 

Amendment to EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Contract #HM021010C0002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, dated October 31, 2011.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.4

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.4#

 

Amendment to EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Contract #HM021010C0002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, dated February 15, 2012.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.46

 

5/1/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.5#

 

Modification P00024 to Contract #HM021010C0002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, dated as of July 24, 2012.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.52

 

10/31/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.6#

 

Modification P00032 to Contract #HM021010C0002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, dated as of December 26, 2012.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.53

 

2/26/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.7#

 

Modifications Nos. P00033 and P00034 to Contract #HM021010C0002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.56

 

5/7/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.8#

 

Modification Nos. P00035-38 to Contract #HM021010C002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.60

 

8/6/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.9#

 

EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Contract #HM021010CN002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, dated September 1, 2013 and Modification P00001

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.2

 

10/31/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.1.10#

 

Modification P00002 to Contract #HM021010CN002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

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Incorporated by Reference

 

Filed

Exhibit No

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

10.1.11#

 

Modification P00003 to Contract #HM021010CN002, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.1#

 

WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, dated September 1, 2010, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-Q/A

 

001-34299

 

10.2

 

5/24/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.2#

 

Amendment No. 1 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.5.1

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.3 #

 

Amendment No. 3 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.5.2

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.4 #

 

Amendment No. 4 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. .

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.5.3

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.5 #

 

Amendment No. 5 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.5.4

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.6#

 

Amendment No. 6 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.45

 

5/1/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.7 #

 

Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.5.5

 

2/26/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.8 #

 

Amendments No. 9 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.5.6

 

5/7/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.2.9 #

 

Amendment No. 10 to WorldView-3 Satellite Purchase Agreement #60150, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.5.7

 

8/6/13

 

 

 

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Filed

Exhibit No

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

10.3.1#

 

WorldView-3 Instrument Purchase Agreement #60151, dated September 1, 2010, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and ITT Space Systems, LLC.

 

10-Q/A

 

001-34299

 

10.3

 

5/24/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3.2#

 

Modifications #1-5 and 7-12 to WorldView-3 Instrument Purchase Agreement #60151, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and ITT Space Systems, LLC.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.6.1

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3.3#

 

Modifications #13, 14, 16 and 17 to WorldView-3 Instrument Purchase Agreement #60151, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and ITT Space Systems, LLC.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.6.2

 

2/26/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3.4#

 

Modifications Nos. 18, 19 and 20 to WorldView-3 Instrument Purchase Agreement #60151, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and ITT Space Systems, LLC.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.6.3

 

5/7/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3.5#

 

Modifications Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 to WorldView-3 Instrument Purchase Agreement #60151, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and ITT Space Systems, LLC.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.6.4

 

8/6/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.3.6#

 

Modifications No. 26 to WorldView-3 Instrument Purchase Agreement #60151, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and ITT Space Systems, LLC.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

10/31/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.4

 

Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated October 12, 2011, among DigitalGlobe, Inc., the guarantors and lenders named therein, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

10/13/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.5

 

Office Lease, dated March 19, 2008, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and K/B Fund IV.

 

S-1

 

333-150235

 

10.6

 

4/14/08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.6

 

First Amendment to Office Lease, dated September 10, 2004, by and between K/B Fund IV and DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.7

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.7

 

First Amendment to Lease, dated April 18, 2005, by and between Hub Properties Trust and DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.8

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.8

 

First Amendment to Lease dated October 14, 2011, by and between Hub Properties Trust and DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.10

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.9*

 

Employment Agreement by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Yancey L. Spruill, dated as of June 1, 2008.

 

S-1

 

333-150235

 

10.11

 

3/24/09

 

 

 

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Incorporated by Reference

 

Filed

Exhibit No

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

10.10*

 

Employment Agreement by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Jeffrey R. Tarr, dated as of February 22, 2011.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.11*

 

Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

S-1

 

333-150235

 

10.18

 

4/14/08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.12*

 

2007 Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.26

 

2/29/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.13*

 

Amended and Restated 2007 Employee Stock Option Plan.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

5/25/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.14*

 

Form of Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.2

 

10/29/10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.15*

 

Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement, 25% vest on the first year anniversary of the grant date and monthly thereafter.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.29

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.16*

 

Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement, 25% vest annually.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.30

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.17*

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement, 25% vest on the first year anniversary of the grant date and monthly thereafter.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.31

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.18*

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement, 25% vest annually.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.32

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.19*

 

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement, 25% vest annually.

 

10-K

 

001-34299

 

10.33

 

2/28/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.20*

 

Executive Compensation and Equity Awards.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.21*

 

Executive Success Sharing Plan, effective as of January 1, 2012.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.2

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.22*

 

Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.3

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.23*

 

Form of Incentive Stock Option Award Agreement with double trigger acceleration.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.4

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.24*

 

Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.5

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.25*

 

Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Award Agreement with double trigger acceleration

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.6

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

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Incorporated by Reference

 

Filed

Exhibit No

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

10.26*

 

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.7

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.27*

 

Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement with double trigger acceleration

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.8

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.28*

 

Form of Performance Share Unit Award Agreement

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.9

 

3/12/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.29

 

Cerberus Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2012, by and among DigitalGlobe, Inc., Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., Cerberus Partners II, L.P., Cerberus Series Four Holdings, LLC, and Cerberus Satellite LLC.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

7/23/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.30

 

Voting Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2012, by and among DigitalGlobe, Inc., Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., Cerberus Partners II, L.P., Cerberus Series Four Holdings, LLC, and Cerberus Satellite LLC.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.2

 

7/23/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.31

 

Voting Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2012 by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Lt. General James A. Abrahamson, USAF (Ret.)

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.3

 

7/23/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.32

 

Voting Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2012, by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc. and Matthew M. O’Connell.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.4

 

7/23/12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.33

 

Credit Agreement, dated January 31, 2013, by and among DigitalGlobe, Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the lenders named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and as collateral agent.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

1/31/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.34

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 31, 2013 by and between DigitalGlobe, Inc., Cerberus Satellite LLC, Cerberus Partners II, L.P., and Cerberus Series Four Holdings, LLC.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.2

 

1/31/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.35*

 

GeoEye, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

10-K

 

001-33015

 

10.22

 

3/15/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.36*

 

Amendment to GeoEye, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

10-Q

 

001-33015

 

10.1

 

8/2/11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.37*

 

2006 Omnibus Stock and Performance Incentive Plan Of ORBIMAGE Holdings Inc.

 

10-K

 

001-33015

 

10.1

 

3/15/07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.38*

 

Form of Indemnification Agreements for Directors and Executive Officers.

 

8-K

 

001-34299

 

10.1

 

10/3/13

 

 

 

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Filed

Exhibit No

 

Exhibit Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

Filing Date

 

Herewith

10.39*

 

Form of Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement.

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.3

 

10/3/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.40*

 

Form of Performance Share Unit Award Agreement .

 

10-Q

 

001-34299

 

10.4

 

10/3/13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.41*

 

Deferred Compensation Plan, effective October 1, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21.1

 

Subsidiaries of the Registrant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey R. Tarr, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Yancey L. Spruill, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Jeffrey R. Tarr, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Yancey L. Spruill, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. T he following materials for the DigitalGlobe, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed on February 26, 2014, Commission File No. 001-34299, formatted in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i.) Audited Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101

 

(ii.) Audited Consolidated Balance Sheets (iii.) Audited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (iv.) Audited Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (v.) Related notes, tagged or blocks of text

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 


#                                          Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted by redacting a portion of the text. This exhibit has been filed separately with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

*                                          Management contract or compensatory plan arrangement.

**                                   This filing excludes schedules and exhibits pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, which the registrant agrees to furnish supplementally to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

 

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Exhibit 10.1.10

 

FOIA CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

PORTIONS OF THE EXHIBIT MARKED BY [**Redacted**] HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

UNCLASSIFIED

 

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

 

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

PAGE OF PAGES

 

 

 

1

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2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

 

 

 

P00002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

 

 

 

09/01/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. ISSUED BY

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HM0210

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7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)

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[**REDACTED**]

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

Attn: DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

1601 DRY CREEK DRIVE SUITE 260

LONGMONT CO 805036493

 

CODE

1CGQ7

FACILITY CODE

 

 

 

x

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

 

 

 

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

 

 

x

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

 

HM021013CN002

 

 

 

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

 

07/30/2013

 

 

 

 

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

 

 

 

 

o  The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

o  is extended,    o  is not extended.

 

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning                     copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

 

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

Not Applicable

 

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

 

CHECK ONE

 

o

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

 

 

o

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

 

 

o

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

 

 

x

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) FAR 45.102 & DoD PGI 245.103-71

 

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor o is not, x is required to sign this document and return 1 copies to the issuing office.

 

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible. )

 

Tax ID Number: 31-1420852

DUNS Number: 789638418

 

The purpose of this modification is to (1) document the transfer of government furnished equipment (GFE) FROM GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems, Inc. (GeoEye) EnhancedView Contract HM0210-10-C-0003 (reference Modification P00031) and FROM GeoEye EnhancedView Other Transaction For Prototype Project Agreement (Agreement) HM0210-10-9-0001 (reference Modification P00006) TO DigitalGlobe, Inc. Contract HM0210-13-C-N002; (2) Add GeoEye-1 and IKONOS Satellite tokens for new collections (revising the EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Statement of Work (Contract Attachment 1)); and (3) Update the Key Personnel list in Special Contract Requirement H.4.

 

Continued   . . .

 

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15C. DATE SIGNED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16C. DATE SIGNED

 

 

 

10/29/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

Previous edition unusable

 

 

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)
Prescribed by GSA
FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

 



 

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CONTINUATION SHEET

REFERENCE NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED

PAGE OF

 

HM021013CN002/P00002

 

2

3

 

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

 

ITEM NO.
(A)

 

SUPPLIES/SERVICES
(B)

 

QUANTITY
(C)

 

UNIT
(D)

 

UNIT PRICE
(E)

 

AMOUNT
(F)

 

 

The transfer of GFE accountability is being accomplished in accordance with FAR 45.102 and DoD PGI 245.103-71, wherein in consideration for the transfer of accountability for the items identified DigitalGlobe shall provide NGA access to the GeoEye-1 and IKONOS satellites for new collections through the use of sixty-four (64) tokens per month.

 

1. Under Section H, Special Contract Requirements:

 

a. Under H.4, NGA: Key Personnel (SEP 2003) (Modified), the table of key personnel is revised as indicated on change page 39. Change page 39 is attached hereto.

 

b. New Special Contract Requirement H.33, GeoEye-1 and GeoEye-2 Satellite Government Furnished Equipment And NGA Sponsorship is hereby added. Change pages 19 and 20 (Contract Table of Contents) and change page 49 (H.33) are attached hereto.

 

2. Under Section J- List of Attachments:

 

a. Under Attachment 1, EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Statement of work (SOW) dated April 23, 2013 is revised to change the date to October 10, 2013. Change page 64 is attached hereto.

 

b. Under Attachment 3, Government Furnished Property List, the following items are hereby transferred FROM Agreement HM0210-10-9-0001 and FROM Contract HM0210-10-C-0003, TO Contract HM0210-13-C-N002 and are added to Attachment 3: [**REDACTED**] .

 

3. Under Attachment 1, EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Statement of work (SOW), the following changes are made:

 

a. On the Title Page, the date is changed to 10 October 2013. Change page Title Page is attached hereto.

 

b. Under Appendix B, Baseline Imagery Period Service Level Agreement Schedule, Table 16 Continued ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSN 7540-01-152-8067

 

 

OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)
Sponsored by GSA
FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

 



 

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CONTINUATION SHEET

REFERENCE NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED

PAGE OF

 

HM021013CN002/P00002

 

3

3

 

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

 

ITEM NO.
(A)

 

SUPPLIES/SERVICES
(B)

 

QUANTITY
(C)

 

UNIT
(D)

 

UNIT PRICE
(E)

 

AMOUNT
(F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baseline SLA Schedule, Delivery, and Pricing, GeoEye-1 and IKONOS Tasking Tokens are added as indicated in the Tables 16-3, 16-4 and 16-5 and Table 16 Notes. Change pages 44 through 47 are attached hereto.

 

4. The Contractor shall take such actions as required to document the above transfer of accountability in accordance with Special Contract Requirement H.l3, NGA: 5X45.102-9000 Government Furnished Accountable Property (MAY 2003).

 

Payment: [ **REDACTED**]

Period of Performance: 09/01/2013 to 08/31/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSN 7540-01-152-8067

 

 

OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)
Sponsored by GSA
FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

 



 

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HM0210-13-C-N002-P00002

 

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

WHEN SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT 1

 

G.1

(U) AUTHORITY AND DESIGNATION OF A CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

31

G.2

(U) NGA: 5X52.232-9000, SUBMISSION OF INVOICE-FEDERAL PAYMENT CENTER (FPC)(MAR 2013)

32

G.3

(U) NGA: GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE (SEP 2003)

32

G.4

(U) NGA: CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (SEP 2003)(MOD)

32

G.5

(U) NGA: PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR MULTIPLE ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION CITATIONS (SEP 2003)

33

G.6

(U) ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

33

(U) SECTION H - Special Contract Requirements

35

H.1

(U) NGA: 5X52.209-9003 PROTECTION OF INFORMATION AND NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS (JULY 2006)

35

H.2

(U) NGA: 5X52.37-9000 CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE DATA FOR ACCESS TO NGA FACILITIES OR SENSITIVE SYSTEMS (OCT 2005)

36

H.3

(U) NGA: 5X45.592-9000 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED LIMITED DISTRIBUTION MATERIALS (JUNE 2004)

37

H.4

(U) NGA: KEY PERSONNEL (SEP 2003) (MODIFIED)

38

H.5

(U) NGA: DISCLAIMER STATEMENT (SEP 2003)

39

H.6

(U) NGA: 5X52.227-9000 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NGA NAME, SEAL, AND INITIALS (JUNE 2006)

39

H.7

(U) ORDERING PROCEDURES (CLIN Series 0x04)

39

H.8

(U) NGA: 5X252.204-7000-90 PUBLIC RELEASE OF INFORMATION (APR 2004)

40

H.9

(U) NON-PUBLICITY

40

H.10

(U) NGA: INSURANCE (SEP 2003)

41

H.11

(U) NGA: PERFORMANCE OF WORK ON GOVERNMENT PREMISES (SEP 2003)

41

H.12

(U) NGA: INTENTION TO USE CONSULTANTS (SEP 2003)

41

H.13

(U) NGA: 5X45.102-9000 GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ACCOUNTABLE PROPERTY (MAY 2003)

41

H.14

(U) NGA: 5X52.227-9001 ACTIVITIES THAT AFFECT U.S. PERSONS (DEC 2004)

43

H.15

(U) NGA: 5X52.207-9000 DOD BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE (APR 2008)

43

H.16

(U) NGA: 5X52.242-9001 OBSERVANCE OF LEGAL HOLIDAYS & CLOSURE OF NGA (OCT 2008) (MODIFIED)

43

H.17

(U) SECURITY REQUIREMENTS - CONTRACT CLASSIFICATION

44

H.18

(U) ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST

44

H.19

(U) SENSITIVE REQUIREMENTS AND PRODUCT HANDLING

44

H.20

(U) WARRANTY

45

H.21

(U) EXPORT CONTROL AND ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL

45

H.22

(U) EMERGENCIES, DISASTERS, AND HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS

45

H.23

(U) NextView IMAGERY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

46

H.24

(U) EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

46

H.25

[**REDACTED**]

47

H.26

[**REDACTED**]

47

H.27

[**REDACTED**]

47

H.28

[**REDACTED**]

47

H.29

[**REDACTED**]

47

H.30

[**REDACTED**]

47

H.31

[**REDACTED**]

47

[**REDACTED**]

 

H.33

(U) GEOEYE-1 AND GEOEYE-2 SATELLITE GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND NGA SPONSORSHIP

49

(U) SECTION I - Contract Clauses

50

I.1

(U) FAR 52.204-2 SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. (AUG 1996)

50

I.2

(U) FAR 52.204-4 PRINTED OR COPIED DOUBLE-SIDED ON RECYCLED PAPER. (AUG 2000)

50

I.3

(U) FAR 52.204-7 CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION. (APR 2008)

50

I.4

(U) FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS. (MAR 2009)

50

I.5

(U) FAR 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS. (MAR 2009) -

 

 

ALTERNATE I (OCT 2008) [( Applicable to CLIN 0x05 and CLIN 0x06 series only )]

50

I.6

(U) FAR 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS. (APR 2010)

50

 

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I.7

(U) FAR 52.215-21 REQUIREMENTS FOR COST OR PRICING DATA OR INFORMATION OTHER THAN

 

 

COST OR PRICING DATA - MODIFICATIONS. (OCT 1997)

54

I.8

(U) FAR 52.216-22 INDEFINITE QUANTITY. (OCT 1995) ( Applicable to CLIN Series 0x04 and 0x05 )

54

I.9

(U) FAR 52.217-9 OPTION TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT. (MAR 2000)

55

I.10

(U) FAR 52.227-1 AUTHORIZATION AND CONSENT. (DEC 2007) Alternative I (APR 1984)

55

I.11

(U) FAR 52.227-2 NOTICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. (DEC 2007)

55

I.12

(U) FAR 52.232-11 EXTRAS. (APR 1984)

55

I.13

(U) FAR 52.243-1 CHANGES - FIXED-PRICE. (AUG 1987)

55

I.14

(U) FAR 52.243-7 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES. (APR 1984)

55

I.15

(U) FAR 52.244-6 SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS. (APR 2010)

57

I.16

(U) FAR 52.245-1 GOVERNMENT PROPERTY. (JUN 2007)

57

I.17

(U) FAR 52.245-9 USE AND CHARGES. (JUN 2007)

58

I.18

(U) FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. (FEB 1998)

58

I.19

(U) FAR 52.253-1 COMPUTER GENERATED FORMS. (JAN 1991)

58

I.20

(U) DFARS 252.201-7000 CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE. (DEC 1991)

58

I.21

(U) DFARS 252.203-7002 REQUIREMENT TO INFORM EMPLOYEES OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS. (JAN 2009)

58

I.22

(U) DFARS 252.204-7000 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. (DEC 1991)

58

I.23

(U) DFARS 252.204-7003 CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL WORK PRODUCT. (APR 1992) 

58

I.24

(U) DFARS 252.204-7004 ALTERNATE A, CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION. (SEP 2007)

58

I.25

(U) DFARS 252.204-7005 ORAL ATTESTATION OF SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES. (NOV 2001)

59

I.26

(U) DFARS 252.204-7006 BILLING INSTRUCTIONS. (OCT 2005)

59

I.27

(U) DFARS 252.209-7004 SUBCONTRACTING WITH FIRMS THAT ARE OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF A TERRORIST COUNTRY. (DEC 2006)

59

I.28

(U) DFARS 252.212-7001 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS APPLICABLE TO DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2010)

59

I.29

(U) DFARS 252.227-7013 RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA—NONCOMMERCIAL ITEMS. (NOV 1995) ( Applicable to CLIN Series 0x06 ) *

61

I.30

(U) DFARS 252.227-7014 RIGHTS IN NONCOMMERCIAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND NONCOMMERCIAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION. (JUN 1995) ( Applicable to CLIN Series 0x06 ) *

61

I.31

(U) DFARS 252.232-7007 LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT’S OBLIGATION. (MAY 2006)

61

I.32

(U) DFARS 252.232-7010 LEVIES ON CONTRACT PAYMENTS. (DEC 2006)

62

I.33

(U) DFARS 252.243-7001 NOTICE OF CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS. (DEC 1991)

62

I.34

(U) SUBCONTRACTING REPORTING SYSTEM

62

I.35

(U) DFARS 252.217-7027 CONTRACT DEFINITIZATION (OCT 1998)

63

I.36

(U) FAR 52.216-24 LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT LIABILITY (APR 1984)

63

(U) SECTION J - List of Documents Exhibits and Other Attachments

64

 

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HM0210-13-C-N002-P00002

 

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This Table is UNCLASSIFIED

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Title

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

H.5            (U) NGA: DISCLAIMER STATEMENT (SEP 2003)

 

(U) The technical report(s) prepared by the Contractor pursuant to this contract must include the following disclaimer: “The views, opinions, and findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of Defense position, policy, or decision, unless so designated by other official documentation.”

 

H.6            (U) NGA: 5X52.227-9000 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NGA NAME, SEAL, AND INITIALS (JUNE 2006)

 

(a) (U) As provided in 10 U.S.C. Section 425, no person may, except with the written permission of the both the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence, knowingly use the words “National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency”, “National Imagery and Mapping Agency” or “Defense Mapping Agency”, the initials “NGA”, “NIMA” or “DMA”, the seal of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, or the Defense Mapping Agency, or any colorable imitation of such words, initials, or seal in connection with any merchandise, retail product, impersonation, solicitation, or commercial activity in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that such use is approved, endorsed, or authorized by both the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence.

 

(b) (U) Whenever it appears to the U. S. Attorney General that any person is engaged or about to engage in an act or practice which constitutes or will constitute conduct prohibited by paragraph (a), the Attorney General may initiate a civil proceeding in a district court of the United States to enjoin such act or practice. Such court shall proceed as soon as practicable to hearing and determination of such action and may, at any time before final determination, enter restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such other action as is warranted, to prevent injury to the United States, or to any person or class of persons for whose protection the action is brought.

 

H.7            (U) ORDERING PROCEDURES (CLIN Series 0x04)

 

(a) (U) Any supplies and services to be furnished under CLIN Series 0x04 this contract shall be ordered by issuance of orders by the individuals designated below. All orders are subject to the terms and conditions of this contract.  In the event of conflict between the order and this contract, the contract shall control. The following individuals are designated as authorized ordering officers under this contract: All NGA Contracting Officers within the ACR Division.

 

(b) (U) General . Orders for supplies or services specified in CLIN Series 0x04 may be issued at any time during the effective period of this contract. The Contractor agrees to accept and perform orders issued by the Contracting Officer within the scope of this contract. It is understood and agreed that the Government has no obligation under the terms of this contract to issue any orders. Except as otherwise provided in any order, the Contractor shall furnish all materials and services necessary to accomplish the work specified in each order issued hereunder; provided, however, that this contract shall not be used for the furnishing of supplies or services which are covered by any “guaranty” or “warranty” clause(s) of the contract(s) under which the supplies were manufactured. All requirements of this contract shall be applicable to all orders issued hereunder. Each order shall be considered a separate binding contract as of its effective date. The Contractor shall segregate the costs incurred in the performance of any order issued hereunder from the costs of all other orders issued under this contract.

 

(c) (U) Ordering . Orders and revisions thereto shall be made in writing and be signed by any authorized Contracting Officer. Each order will:

(1) (U) Set forth detailed specifications or requirements for the supplies or services being ordered;

 

39



 

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HM0210-13-C-N002-P00002

 

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f. (U) [**REDACTED**]

 

g. (U) [**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

H.33                           (U) GEOEYE-1 AND GEOEYE-2 SATELLITE GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT AND NGA SPONSORSHIP

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

49



 

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(U) SECTION J - List of Documents Exhibits and Other Attachments

 

J.1             (U) LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS, AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

 

This Table is UNCLASSIFIED

 

Attachment

 

Description

 

Date

1

 

EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Statement of Work (SOW)

 

October 10, 2013

2

 

DD Form 254, Contract Security Classification Specification, Revision 4

 

June 20, 2013

3

 

Government Furnished Property List

 

July 6, 2010

4

 

Small Business Subcontracting Plan

 

July 6, 2010

5

 

List of Data Delivered with Government Purpose Rights

 

July 6, 2010

6

 

List of Data with Limited Rights

 

July 6, 2010

7

 

Nondisclosure Agreement

 

 

 

64


Exhibit 10.1.11

 

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UNCLASSIFIED

 

2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.

 

 

 

P00003

 

 

1

3

 

 

 

 

3. EFFECTIVE DATE

 

 

 

10/29/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REO. NO.

 

 

 

See Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. ISSUED BY

CODE

HM0210

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)

CODE

[**REDACTED**]

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

Attn: DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

1601 DRY CREEK DRIVE SUITE 260

LONGMONT CO 805036493

 

CODE

1CGQ7

FACILITY CODE

 

 

 

 

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

 

 

 

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

 

 

x

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

 

HM021013CN002

 

 

 

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

 

07/30/2013

 

 

 

 

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

 

 

 

 

o  The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

o  is extended,    o  is not extended.

 

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning                  copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER.  If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

 

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)

See Schedule

 

Net Increase:

[ **REDACTED** ]

 

13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

 

CHECK ONE

 

o

A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

 

 

o

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

 

 

o

C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

 

 

x

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)

Incremental Funding IAW Paragraph B.10

 

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor o is not. x is required to sign this document and return 0 copies to the issuing office.

 

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible. )

 

Tax ID Number: 31-1420852

DUNS Number: 789638418

 

The purpose of this modification is to provide incremental funding in the amount of [**REDACTED**] under CLIN 0301. Total funding obligated under the contract increases by [**REDACTED**] from [**REDACTED**] to [**REDACTED**] . The total value of the contract remains unchanged.

 

1. Under Section B, Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs, Paragraph B.7 Total Contract Price/Total Contract Funding (see change pages 21 and 23)

 

a. Under CLIN Series 0300, CLIN 0301, the Obligated Amount column is increased by

 

Continued   . . .

 

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 1OA, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature of person authorized to sign)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15C. DATE SIGNED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16C. DATE SIGNED

 

 

 

10/29/2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

Previous edition unusable

 

 

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

 



 

FOIA CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

PORTIONS OF THE EXHIBIT MARKED BY [**Redacted**] HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

UNCLASSIFIED

 

CONTINUATION SHEET

REFERENCE NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED

PAGE OF

 

HM021013CN002/P00003

 

2

3

 

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

 

ITEM NO.
(A)

 

SUPPLIES/SERVICES
(B)

 

QUANTITY
(C)

 

UNIT
(D)

 

UNIT PRICE
(E)

 

AMOUNT
(F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0301

 

[**REDACTED**] from [**REDACTED**] to [**REDACTED**] . The Unfunded Amount column is decreased by [**REDACTED**] from [**REDACTED**] to [**REDACTED**] . The Maximum Total Price is unchanged.

 

b. Under CLIN Series 0300, Subtotal Contract Year 4, the Obligated Amount column is increased by [**REDACTED**] from [**REDACTED**] to [**REDACTED**] . The Unfunded Amount column is decreased by [**REDACTED**] from [**REDACTED**] to [**REDACTED**] . The Maximum Total Price is unchanged.

 

e. Under Total Contract Value with Options, the Obligated Amount column is increased by [**REDACTED**] from [**REDACTED**] to [**REDACTED**] . The Unfunded Amount column is decreased by [**REDACTED**] from [**REDACTED**] to [**REDACTED**] . The Maximum Total Price column is unchanged.

 

2. Under Section G, Contract Administration Data, Paragraph G.6, Accounting and Appropriation Data, the table is revised to reflect [**REDACTED**] obligation under CLIN 0301. See change page 33.

 

Discount Terms:

Net 30

Payment:

[**REDACTED**]

 

FOB: Destination

Period of Performance: 09/01/2013 to 08/31/2014

 

Change Item 0301 to read as follows(amount shown is the obligated amount):

 

Commercial Satellite Imagery - Service Level Agreement For Pixel & Imagery Acquisition/Operations (Baseline Collection Capacity).

 

CLIN VALUE$250,000,000.00

Incrementally Funded Amount: [**REDACTED**]

Product/Service Code: 7640

Product/Service Description: MAPS, ATLASES, Continued ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

NSN 7540-01-152-8067

 

 

OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86) Sponsored by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

 



 

FOIA CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

PORTIONS OF THE EXHIBIT MARKED BY [**Redacted**] HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

UNCLASSIFIED

 

CONTINUATION SHEET

REFERENCE NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED

PAGE OF

 

HM021013CN002/P00003

 

3

3

 

NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR

DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

 

ITEM NO.
(A)

 

SUPPLIES/SERVICES
(B)

 

QUANTITY
(C)

 

UNIT
(D)

 

UNIT PRICE
(E)

 

AMOUNT
(F)

 

 

CHARTS,&GLOBES

Requisition No:NS38G83294AS01, NSU8G83197AS29, NSU8G83241AS35

 

Accounting Info:

[**REDACTED**]

 

G-1 Accounting and Appropriation Data

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

NSN 7540-01-152-8067

 

 

OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86) Sponsored by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.110

 



 

FOIA CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

PORTIONS OF THE EXHIBIT MARKED BY [**Redacted**] HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FILED SEPARATELY with the Securities and Exchange Commission

 

HM0210-13-C-N002-P00003

 

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

WHEN SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT 1

 

(U) SECTION A — See Standard Form (SF) 1449, Solicitation, Offer and Award

 

(U) SECTION B - Supplies or Services/Prices

 

«   «   «   «   «   «

 

Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) Series 0000, 0100 and 0200 are “RESERVED” under this reissued contract, HM0210-13-C-N002 . The effort under the aforementioned CLIN Series was accomplished under the predecessor contract, HM0210-10-C-0002 . The remaining CLIN Series, including options, are shown in this reissued contract.

 

«   «   «   «   «   «

 

(U)

 

BASE PERIOD: [**REDACTED**] (Reference Contract HM0210-10-C-0002)

 

 

 

B.1

 

(U) CLINs 0001, 0101 and 0201: [**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

B.2

 

(U) CLINs 0002, 0102 and 0202: [**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

B.3

 

(U) CLINs 0003, 0103 and 0203: [**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

B.4

 

(U) CLINs 0004, 0104 and 0204: [**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

B.5

 

(U) CLINs 0005, 0105 and 0205: [**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

B.6

 

(U) CLINs 0006, 0106 and 0206: [**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

B.7

 

(U) TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE/TOTAL CONTRACT FUNDING

 

This Table is UNCLASSIFIED

 

CLIN

 

Maximum Total Price

 

Obligated Amount

 

Unfunded Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLIN Series 0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contract Year 1: 0001, 0002, 0003, 0004, 0005, 0006 and 0007

 

[**REDACTED**]
(reference Contract HM0210-10-C-0002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLIN Series 0100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contract Year 2: 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, 0105, 0106 and 0107

 

[**REDACTED**]
(reference Contract HM0210-10-C-0002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLIN Series 0200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contract Year 3: 0201, 0202, 0203, 0204, 0205, 0206 and 0207

 

[**REDACTED**]
(reference Contract HM0210-10-C-0002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLIN Series 0300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0301

 

$

250,000,000.00

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0302

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0303

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0304

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0305

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0306

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

[ **REDACTED** ]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

Subtotal Contract Year 4

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

21



 

FOIA CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED

 

PORTIONS OF THE EXHIBIT MARKED BY [**Redacted**] HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FILED SEPARATELY with the Securities and Exchange Commission

 

HM0210-13-C-N002-P00003

 

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

WHEN SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT 1

 

This Table is UNCLASSIFIED

 

CLIN

 

Maximum Total Price

 

Obligated Amount

 

Unfunded Amount

 

CLIN Series 0900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0901

 

$

300,000,000.00

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0902

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0903

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0904

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0905

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

0906

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[**REDACTED**

]

Subtotal Contract Year 10

 

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Contract Value with Options

 

$

2,585,780,000.00

 

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

B.8                                     (U) CLIN DESCRIPTION

 

(U) In accordance with this contract, the Contractor shall furnish all materials, labor, equipment and facilities, except as specified herein to be furnished by the Government, and shall do all that which is necessary or incidental to the satisfactor y and timely performance of CLINs 0301 through 0306 (and Option CLINs if exercised) as stated below.

 

B.9                                     (U) CONTRACT TYPE

 

(U) This is a hybrid Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Time and Material contract (predominately FFP), with base and option periods as specified in Section/Paragraph F.5.

 

(U)                                       OPTION PERIODS

 

B.10                              (U) OPTION CLINs 0301, 0401, 0501, 0601, 0701, 0801 and 0901 — COMMERCIAL SATELLITE IMAGERY - SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT FOR PIXEL & IMAGERY ACQUISITION/OPERATIONS (BASELINE COLLECTION CAPACITY)

 

(U) The scope of this FFP CLIN Series for the acquisition and delivery of imagery and associated imagery support data under a SLA from the Contractor’s satellite constellation is defined in Contract Attachment 1, EnhancedView Imagery Acquisition Statement of Work, and in accordance with Special Contract Requirement H.24, Exercise of Options. This effort is priced at the amounts set forth below.

 

This Table is UNCLASSIFIED

Options: Contract Years 2 through 10

 

CLIN Series 0x01

 

Baseline Quantity
( sqnmi/day )

 

Firm Fixed Price
( 12 Months )

 

Option CLIN 0101 (Contract Year 2)

 

[ **REDACTED** ] (reference HM0210-10-C-0002)

 

Option CLIN 0201 (Contract Year 3)

 

[ **REDACTED** ] (reference HM0210-10-C-0002)

 

Option CLIN 0301 (Contract Year 4)

 

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

250,000,000.00

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

 

 

 

 

Option CLIN 0401 (Contract Year 5) *

 

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

300,000,000.00

 

Option CLIN 0501 (Contract Year 6) *

 

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

300,000,000.00

 

Option CLIN 0601 (Contract Year 7) *

 

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

300,000,000.00

 

Option CLIN 0701 (Contract Year 8) *

 

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

300,000,000.00

 

Option CLIN 0801 (Contract Year 9) *

 

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

300,000,000.00

 

Option CLIN 0901 (Contract Year 10) *

 

[ **REDACTED**

]

$

300,000,000.00

 

 

23



 

PORTIONS OF THE EXHIBIT MARKED BY [**Redacted**] HAVE BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT FILED SEPARATELY with the Securities and Exchange Commission

 

HM0210-13-C-N002-P00003

 

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

WHEN SEPARATED FROM ATTACHMENT 1

 

G.5                             (U) NGA: PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR MULTIPLE ACCOUNTING CLASSIFICATION CITATIONS (SEP 2003)

 

(U) In accordance with DFARS 204.7107, the following instructions are provided for payment of CLINs with multiple lines of accounting: FROM THE OLDEST LINES OF ACCOUNTING FIRST .

 

G.6                             (U) ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA

 

This Table is UNCLASSIFIED

 

Action

 

CLIN

 

ACRN

 

Fund Cite

 

Obligated
Funding

 

Cumulative
Total

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

[**REDACTED**]

 

$

[**REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

[ **REDACTED**

]

 

 

 

33


EXHIBIT 10.41

 

DIGITALGLOBE
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

 

DigitalGlobe, Inc., (the “Company”), hereby adopts the DigitalGlobe Deferred Compensation Plan effective October 1, 2013 (the “Effective Date”).

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of the Plan, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below, unless their context clearly requires a different meaning:

 

Account ” means the bookkeeping account maintained by the Committee on behalf of each Participant pursuant to this Plan.  The sum of each Participant’s Sub-Accounts, in the aggregate, shall constitute his Account.  The Account and each and every Sub-Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be used solely as a device to measure and determine the amounts, if any, to be paid to a Participant or his Beneficiary under the Plan.

 

Affiliated Group ” means (i) the Company, and (ii) all entities with whom the Company would be considered a single employer under Sections 414(b) and 414(c) of the Code, provided that in applying Section 1563(a)(1), (2), and (3) for purposes of determining a controlled group of corporations under Section 414(b) of the Code, the language “at least 50 percent” is used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in Section 1563(a)(1), (2), and (3), and in applying Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(c)-2 for purposes of determining trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that are under common control for purposes of Section 414(c), “at least 50 percent” is used instead of “at least 80 percent” each place it appears in that regulation.   Such term shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the definition of “service recipient” contained in Section 409A of the Code.

 

Base Salary ” means the annual base rate of cash compensation payable by the Affiliated Group to an Eligible Employee during a calendar year, excluding Incentive Compensation, bonuses, commissions, severance payments, Company Contributions, qualified plan contributions or benefits, expense reimbursements, fringe benefits and all other payments for services, and prior to reduction for any deferrals under this Plan or any other plan of the Affiliated Groups under Sections 125 or 401(k) of the Code.   For purposes of this Plan, Base Salary payable after the last day of a calendar year solely for services performed during the final payroll period described in Section 3401(b) of the Code containing December 31 of such year shall be treated as earned during the subsequent calendar year.

 

Beneficiary ” or “ Beneficiaries ” means the person or persons, including one or more trusts, designated by a Participant in accordance with the Plan to receive payment of the remaining balance of the Participant’s Account in the event of the death of the Participant prior to the Participant’s receipt of the entire vested amount credited to his Account.

 

Beneficiary Designation Form ” means the form established from time to time by the Committee (in a paper or electronic format) that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

 

1



 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Change in Control ” means the occurrence of a “change in the ownership,” a “change in the effective control” or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company as defined under Section 409A of the Code.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Commencement Date ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.3.

 

Committee ” means the committee appointed to administer the Plan.  Unless and until otherwise specified, the Committee under the Plan shall be the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan Committee, or its designee.

 

Company ” means DigitalGlobe, Inc. and its successors, including, without limitation, the surviving corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation of DigitalGlobe, Inc. with any other corporation, limited liability company, joint venture, partnership or other entity or entities.

 

Company Contribution ” means the contribution credits described in Section 4.1.

 

Deferral Election ” means the Participant’s election on a form approved by the Committee to defer a portion of his Base Salary, Incentive Compensation and/or Director Fees in accordance with the provisions of Article III and Article IV.

 

Director ” means any individual who is a member of the Board and who is not an employee of the Company or its Affiliated Group.

 

Director Fees ” means the annual retainer for Board and committee service, special assignment fees, meeting fees, committee chair or presiding director fees, and other amounts payable in either cash or vested shares to a Participant for service to the Company as a Director.

 

Eligible Employee ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.1.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Incentive Compensation ” means cash payable pursuant to a bonus, an incentive compensation or retention plan, including but not limited to an annual or long-term incentive compensation plan, or equity awards granted under an equity compensation plan, in each case whether such plan is now in effect or hereafter established by the Affiliated Group, which the Committee may designate from time to time; provided that Incentive Compensation shall not include any stock option.

 

Newly Eligible Participant ” means any Eligible Employee or Director who (i) as of his Commencement Date, is not eligible to participate in an “aggregated plan”, and (ii) if he previously participated in the Plan or an “aggregated plan”, has either (A) received payments of all amounts previously deferred under the Plan and any “aggregated plan” as of the Commencement Date, and on or before the last payment was not eligible to continue

 

2



 

participation in the Plan or any “aggregated plan” for periods after the last payment, or (B) regardless of whether he has received full payment of all amounts deferred under the Plan or an “aggregated plan”, ceased to be eligible to participate in the Plan and any “aggregated plan” (other than the accrual of earnings) for a period of at least 24 consecutive months prior to his new Commencement Date.  For purposes of this definition, an “aggregated plan” is any plan that is required to be aggregated with the Plan under Section 409A of the Code.

 

Participant ” means any Eligible Employee or Director who (i) at any time elected to defer the receipt of Base Salary, Incentive Compensation and/or Director Fees in accordance with the Plan or received a credit to his Company Contribution Sub-Account pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, and (ii) in conjunction with his Beneficiary, has not received a complete payment of the vested amount credited to his Account.

 

Payment Election ” means the Participant’s election on a form approved by the Committee that sets forth the form of payment of the Participant’s applicable Sub-Accounts as provided in Section 3.4.

 

Performance-Based Compensation ” means that portion of a Participant’s Incentive Compensation the amount of which, or the entitlement to which, is contingent on the satisfaction of pre-established organizational or individual performance criteria relating to a Performance Period of at least twelve (12) consecutive months, and which satisfies the requirements for “performance-based compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, including the requirement that the performance criteria be established in writing by not later than (i) ninety (90) days after the commencement of the period of service to which the criteria relates and (ii) the date the outcome ceases to be substantially uncertain.  Where a portion of an amount of Incentive Compensation would qualify as Performance-Based Compensation if the portion were the sole amount available under a designated incentive plan, that portion of the award will not fail to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation if that portion is designated separately by the Committee on the Deferral Election or is otherwise separately identifiable under the terms of the designated incentive plan, and the amount of each portion is determined independently of the other.

 

Performance Period ” means, with respect to Incentive Compensation, the period of time during which such Incentive Compensation is earned.

 

Plan ” means this deferred compensation plan, which shall be known as the DigitalGlobe Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

Separation from Service ” means a termination of employment or service with the Affiliated Group in such a manner as to constitute a “separation from service” as defined under Section 409A of the Code.  For this purpose, the employment relationship is treated as continuing intact while a Participant is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed six (6) months, or if longer, so long as the individual retains a right to reemployment with the Affiliated Group under an applicable statute or by contract.  For purposes of this definition, a leave of absence constitutes a bona fide leave of absence only if there is a reasonable expectation that the Participant will return to perform services for the Affiliated Group.  If the period of leave exceeds six (6) months and the

 

3



 

Participant does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such six-month period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a leave of absence is due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six (6) months, where such impairment causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment, a 29-month period of absence may be substituted for such six-month period.  Upon a sale or other disposition of the assets of the Company or any member of the Affiliated Group to an unrelated purchaser, the Committee reserves the right, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, to determine whether Participants providing services to the purchaser after and in connection with the purchase transaction have experienced a Separation from Service.

 

Sub-Account ” means each bookkeeping Retirement Sub-Account, Scheduled Payment Sub-Account and/or Company Contribution Sub-Account maintained by the Committee on behalf of each Participant pursuant to the Plan.

 

Subsequent Payment Election ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 6.1(c).

 

Unforeseeable Emergency ” means an “unforeseeable emergency” as defined under  Section 409A of the Code.

 

ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY; SUB-ACCOUNTS

 

2.1.                             Selection by Committee .  Participation in the Plan is limited to (a) those employees of the Affiliated Group who are (i) expressly selected by the Committee, in its sole discretion, to participate in the Plan, and (ii) a member of a “select group of management or highly compensated employees,” within the meaning of Sections 201, 301 and 401 of ERISA (the “Eligible Employees”), and (b) Directors.  In lieu of expressly selecting Eligible Employees for Plan participation, the Committee or its designee may establish eligibility criteria (consistent with the requirements of clause (ii) of this Section) providing for participation of all Eligible Employees who satisfy such criteria.  The Committee or its designee may at any time, in its sole discretion, change the eligibility criteria for Eligible Employees, or determine that one or more Participants will cease to be an Eligible Employee; provided that such a determination shall not affect deferrals pursuant to any deferral election theretofore made under the Plan and as to which the deadline to make or change such election has passed.

 

2.2.                             Enrollment Requirements .  As a condition to participation, each selected Eligible Employee and each Director shall complete a Deferral Election, Payment Election and Beneficiary Designation Form no later than the date or dates specified by the Committee in accordance with Article III hereof.  In addition, the Committee may establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary or appropriate.

 

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2.3.                             Commencement Date .

 

(a)                                  Each Eligible Employee and each Director shall commence participation on the date designated by the Committee (the “Commencement Date”).  With respect to each individual who is a Director as of the Effective Date of this Plan, his/her Commencement Date shall be October 1, 2013.  With respect to each individual who is an Eligible Employee as of the Effective Date of this Plan, his/her Commencement Date shall be January 1, 2014.

 

(b)                                  If an Eligible Employee or Director has not satisfied the applicable enrollment requirements of Section 2.2 within thirty (30) days of his Commencement Date (or such earlier date as specified by the Committee), such individual’s Commencement Date shall instead be the first day of the calendar year next following the date that he or she satisfies such enrollment requirements.  An Eligible Employee and Director shall have no right to defer Base Salary, Director Fees, Incentive Compensation or Company Contributions under the Plan with respect to periods of service prior to his Commencement Date (and any such deferral election shall not apply to any compensation for services performed prior to the date such election is filed with the Company as provided in Article III).

 

2.4.                             Sub-Accounts .

 

(a)                                  Establishment .  The Committee shall establish and maintain separate Retirement Sub-Accounts, and, if applicable, one or more Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts for each Participant.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall specify the maximum number of permitted Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts for each Participant.   Amounts credited to a Retirement Sub-Account and any Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) shall commence to be paid as provided in Section 3.4 and Article VI below.

 

(b)                                  Adjustments .

 

(i)                                      A Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account and Schedule Payment Sub-Account shall be credited with deferrals of Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees, if any, in accordance with Article III hereof.  Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees that a Participant elects to defer shall be treated as if it were set aside in the Retirement Sub-Account or, if applicable, one or more Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts on the date the Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees would otherwise have been paid to the Participant; except that any part of any equity award or grant deferred by a Participant under the Plan shall be credited to the Account of the Participant as of the date on which such part of the award or grant would otherwise (but for the deferral election) have been paid to the Participant.

 

(ii)                                   A Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account and Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) shall be credited with Company Contributions, if any, in accordance with Article IV hereof and shall be subject to the payment provisions of the Plan applicable to such Sub-Account.

 

(iii)                                A Participant’s Sub-Accounts shall be credited with gains, losses and earnings as provided in Article V hereof and shall be debited for any payments made to the Participant as provided in Article VI hereof.

 

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2.5.                             Termination .

 

(a)                                  Deferrals .  An individual’s right to defer Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees shall cease with respect to the calendar year (or the Performance Period, as the case may be) following the calendar year (or the Performance Period, as the case may be) in which he ceases to be an Eligible Employee or Director, although such individual shall continue to be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Plan for as long as he remains a Participant.

 

(b)                                  Company Contributions .  An individual’s right to receive credits of Company Contributions shall cease on the date determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

2.6.                                   Share and Equity Award Deferrals .  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, deferrals of equity awards and Director Fees otherwise payable in the form of shares shall be credited to Participants’ Accounts under the Plan in form of stock units and will be paid in shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the terms of the award agreement that evidences such equity award or (in the absence of such an award agreement) the plan or program under which such shares are awarded, as applicable.  Such units will be credited with dividend equivalents if provided in, in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the applicable award agreement or (in the absence of such an award agreement) the plan or program under which such shares are awarded, as applicable, and shall not be subject to Participant investment direction elections under Article V.

 

ARTICLE III

DEFERRAL ELECTIONS

 

3.1                                New Participants.

 

(a)                                  Application .  This Section 3.1 applies to each Eligible Employee or Director who is a Newly Eligible Participant in the portion of the Plan relating to the right to defer Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees and whose Commencement Date occurs after the first day of a calendar year but prior to December 1 of such calendar year (or such earlier or later date as specified by the Committee from time to time).

 

(b)                                  Deferral Election .  An Eligible Employee described in Section 3.1(a) may elect to defer his Base Salary earned during such calendar year or his Incentive Compensation earned during a Performance Period that commences in such calendar year, and a Director described in Section 3.1(a) may elect to defer his Director Fees earned during such calendar year, as the case may be, by filing a Deferral Election with the Committee in accordance with the following rules:

 

(i)                                      Timing; Irrevocability .  The Deferral Election must be filed with the Committee by the thirtieth (30th) day following the Participant’s Commencement Date (and shall be irrevocable on the later of the Commencement Date or the date the election is filed with the Committee or on such other date as specified by the Committee on the Deferral Election).

 

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(ii)                                   Base Salary .  The Deferral Election shall only apply to Base Salary earned during such calendar year beginning with the first payroll period that begins immediately after the date that the Deferral Election becomes irrevocable in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) hereof.

 

(iii)                                Incentive Compensation .  Where a Deferral Election is made in the first year of eligibility but after the commencement of a Performance Period, then, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.2 below, the Deferral Election shall only apply to that portion of Incentive Compensation earned for such Performance Period equal to the total amount of the Incentive Compensation earned during such Performance Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days beginning on the day immediately after the date that the Deferral Election becomes irrevocable in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) and ending on the last day of the Performance Period, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the Performance Period.

 

(iv)                               Director Fees . The Deferral Election shall only apply to Director Fees earned after the date that the Deferral Election becomes irrevocable in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i).  A Deferred Election may, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, be made separately for Director Fees to be paid in cash and Director Fees to be paid in Company stock.

 

3.2                                Annual Deferral Elections .  Unless Section 3.1 applies, each Eligible Employee may elect to defer Base Salary for a calendar year or his Incentive Compensation for a Performance Period, and each Director may elect to defer Director Fees for a calendar year, as the case may be, by filing a Deferral Election with the Committee in accordance with the following rules:

 

(a)                                  Base Salary . The Deferral Election with respect to Base Salary must be filed with the Committee by, and shall become irrevocable as of, December 31 (or such earlier date as specified by the Committee on the Deferral Election) of the calendar year next preceding the calendar year for which such Base Salary would otherwise be earned.

 

(b)                                  Incentive Compensation .  The Deferral Election with respect to Incentive Compensation must be filed with the Committee by, and shall become irrevocable as of, December 31 (or such earlier date as specified by the Committee on the Deferral Election) of the calendar year next preceding the first day of the Performance Period for which such Incentive Compensation would otherwise be earned; provided, however, that if the Incentive Compensation is “fiscal year compensation” as defined under Section 409A of the Code, such Deferral Election must be filed with the Committee by, and shall become irrevocable as of, the close of the Company’s fiscal year (or such earlier date as specified by the Committee on the Deferral Election) next preceding the first day of the Performance Period for which such Inventive Compensation would otherwise be earned.

 

(c)                                   Performance-Based Compensation .

 

(i)                                      Notwithstanding anything contained in this 3.2 to the contrary, and only to the extent permitted by the Committee in its sole discretion, the Deferral Election with

 

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respect to Incentive Compensation that constitutes Performance-Based Compensation may be filed with the Committee at any time prior to, and shall become irrevocable as of, the date that is 6 months before the end of the applicable Performance Period (or such earlier date as specified by the Committee on the Deferral Election), provided that in no event may such Deferral Election be made after such Incentive Compensation has become “readily ascertainable” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(ii)                                   In order to make a Deferral Election under this Section 3.2(c), the Participant must perform services continuously from the later of the beginning of the Performance Period or the date the performance criteria are established through the date a Deferral Election becomes irrevocable under this Section 3.2(c).

 

(iii)                                A Deferral Election made under this Section 3.2(c) shall not apply to any portion of the Performance-Based Compensation that is actually earned by a Participant regardless of satisfaction of the performance criteria.

 

(iv)                               To the extent permitted by the Committee, an Eligible Employee described in Section 3.1(a) hereof shall be permitted to make a Deferral Election with respect to Performance-Based Compensation in accordance with this Section 3.2(c) provided that the Eligible Employee satisfies all of the other requirements of this Section.

 

(d)                                  Director Fees .    The Deferral Election with respect to Director Fees must be filed with the Committee by, and shall become irrevocable as of, December 31 (or such earlier date as specified by the Committee on the Deferral Election) of the calendar year next preceding the calendar year for which such Director Fees would otherwise be earned.  A Deferred Election may, unless otherwise provided by the Committee, be made separately for Director Fees to be paid in cash and Director Fees to be paid in Company stock.

 

(e)                                   Compensation Subject to Vesting .   With respect to Incentive Compensation that is subject to a forfeiture condition requiring the Participant’s continued services for a period of at least twelve (12) months from the date that the Participant obtains a “legally binding right” to such compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), the Deferral Election must be filed with the Committee by, and shall become irrevocable as of, the thirtieth (30th) day following the date that the Participant obtains the legally binding right to such compensation, provided that the election is made at least twelve (12) months in advance of the earliest date at which the forfeiture condition could lapse.   For this purpose, a condition will not be treated as failing to require the Participant to continue to provide services for a period of at least 12 months merely because the condition immediately lapses upon the death or disability (as defined in Section 409A) of the Participant, or upon a Change in Control, provided that if death, disability, or Change in Control occurs and the condition lapses before the end of such 12-month period, the Deferral Election made under this Section 3.2(e) shall not apply to such compensation.  To the extent permitted by the Committee, an Eligible Employee described in Section 3.1(a) hereof shall be permitted to make a Deferral Election in accordance with this Section 3.2(e).

 

3.3                                Amount Deferred .  A Participant shall designate on the Deferral Election the portion of his Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or, if applicable, Director Fees that is to be

 

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deferred in accordance with this Article III.  Unless otherwise determined by the Committee prior to the applicable deferral deadline, a Participant may defer (in 1% increments) up to 90% of his Base Salary for any calendar year, up to 100% of his Director Fees for any calendar year, and up to 100% of his Incentive Compensation for any Performance Period.

 

3.4                                Elections as to Time and Form of Payment .

 

(a)                                  Time of Payment .

 

(i)                                      Allocation to Sub-Accounts .  Each Eligible Employee’s Deferral Election shall contain the Participant’s allocation of deferrals of Base Salary and Incentive Compensation among a Retirement Sub-Account and/or one or more Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts and, with respect to any amounts allocated to a Scheduled Payment Sub-Account, such election shall further specify the year in which payment will commence to be paid from such Sub-Account(s), which year must be at least two years after the year to which such Deferral Election is applicable.

 

Each Director’s Deferral Election shall contain the Director’s allocation of deferrals of Director Fees among one or more Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts and shall specify the year in which payment will commence to be paid from such Sub-Account(s), which year must be at least two years after the year to which such Deferral Election is applicable.  For purposes of clarity, a Director may not allocate deferrals of Director Fees to a Retirement Sub-Account.

 

(ii)                                   Default .  To the extent that a Participant does not designate the Sub-Account to which deferrals of Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees shall be credited on a Deferral Election as provided in this Section 3.4(a) (or such designation does not comply with the terms of the Plan), such deferrals shall be credited to the Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account.  Any attempt to allocate deferrals of Base Salary or Incentive Compensation to a Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) with a payment date that is less than two years after the year in which the Deferral Election becomes irrevocable shall be void, and such amounts shall instead be credited to the Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account.

 

(b)                                  Form of Payment .  The Deferral Election of Base Salary, Incentive Compensation and/or Director Fees shall also contain the Participant’s elections regarding form of payment of the amounts credited to his Retirement Sub-Account and Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) for the year as follows:

 

(i)                                      Retirement Sub-Account .  A Participant may elect on a Deferral Election that allocates Base Salary, Incentive Compensation and/or Director Fees to a Retirement Sub-Account to receive such Retirement Sub-Account in a single lump-sum or in a number of substantially equal annual installments over a specified period not exceeding ten years.  The form of payment designated on that Deferral Election will apply to all amounts credited to the Retirement Sub-Account under the Plan for the year in which the Deferral Election is applicable.  A Participant may change the form of payment for each separate Retirement Sub-Account in accordance with Section 6.1(c).

 

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(ii)                                   Scheduled Payment Sub-Account .  A Participant may elect on a Deferral Election that allocates Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees to a Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) to receive the Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) in a single lump-sum or in a number of substantially equal annual installments over a specified period not exceeding ten years.  The form of payment designated on that Deferral Election will apply to all amounts credited to that Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) under the Plan for the year in which the Deferral Election is applicable.  A Participant may change the form of payment for each separate Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) in accordance with Section 6.1(c).

 

(c)                                   Default .  To the extent that a Participant does not designate the form of payment on a Deferral Election as provided in this Section 3.4(b) (or such designation does not comply with the terms of the Plan) for a Sub-Account, that Sub-Account shall be paid in a single lump-sum.

 

3.5                                Duration and Cancellation of Deferral Elections .

 

(a)                                  Duration .  Once irrevocable, a Deferral Election shall only be effective for the calendar year or Performance Period with respect to which such election was timely filed with the Committee.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Committee may provide, in its sole discretion, that any Deferral Elections shall apply from calendar year to calendar year, or Performance Period to Performance Period, until the Participant’s participation in the Plan terminates or the Participant files a new Deferral Election in accordance with the terms of Section 3.2.  Such “evergreen” Deferral Elections will become effective with respect to an item of Base Salary, Incentive Compensation or Director Fees for a particular year (or Performance Period) on the date such election becomes irrevocable under Section 3.2 for that year (or period).  Except as provided in Section 3.5(b) hereof, a Deferral Election, once irrevocable, cannot be cancelled or modified during a calendar year or Performance Period.  The Committee may determine whether the Deferral Elections may apply from year-to-year until cancelled by the Participant, provided the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that the Deferral Election shall apply until cancelled.

 

(b)                                  Cancellation .

 

(i)                                      The Committee may, in its sole discretion, cancel a Participant’s Deferral Election where such cancellation occurs by the later of the end of the Participant’s taxable year or the 15th day of the third month following the date the Participant incurs a “disability.”  For purposes of this Section 3.5(b)(i), a disability refers to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment resulting in the Participant’s inability to perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially similar position, where such impairment can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months.

 

(ii)                                   The Committee may, in its sole discretion, cancel a Participant’s Deferral Election due to an Unforeseeable Emergency or a hardship distribution pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.401(k)-1(d)(3).

 

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(iii)                                If a Participant’s Deferral Election is cancelled with respect to a particular calendar year or Performance Period in accordance with this Section 3.5(b), he may make a new Deferral Election for a subsequent calendar year or Performance Period only in accordance with Section 3.2.

 

3.6                                Vested Interest in Deferrals .  Each Participant shall at all times have a fully vested and non-forfeitable interest in his Account balance attributable to deferrals of Base Salary, Incentive Compensation and/or Director Fees; provided that deferrals of Incentive Compensation remain subject to any vesting conditions applicable to the particular award.

 

ARTICLE IV
COMPANY CONTRIBUTIONS

 

4.1.                             Company Contributions .  At the conclusion of each calendar year, the Committee may determine, in its sole and complete discretion, to credit additional amounts to one or more Participants’ Company Contributions Sub-Accounts under this Plan.  Any amounts credited under this Section 4.1 need not be made to all Participants’ Accounts, and such additional amounts as are credited, if any, need not be credited in equal amounts or percentages.  The Committee shall have sole and complete discretion in determining the basis for the crediting of additional amounts under this Section 4.1, including, without limitation, the authority to award such amounts on an individual or group basis, as a matching contribution with respect to all or a portion of a Participant’s deferrals under the Plan, or otherwise.  Any amount credited pursuant to this Section 4.1 with respect to a particular year shall be credited to the Participant’s Company Contributions Sub-Account(s) as soon as administratively practicable following such year.  Nothing contained in this Section 4.1 shall be deemed to impose or constitute any obligation on the Committee, the Company or any of its subsidiaries to make any credit hereunder.

 

4.2.                             Payment Elections .  A Participant’s elections regarding allocation to the Retirement Sub-Account and/or one or more Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts and the form of payment applicable to such Sub-Account made on the Deferral Election filed by a Participant with respect to a calendar year in accordance with the provisions of Article III, shall apply with respect to Company Contributions for such calendar year.

 

4.3.                             Vesting .  Each Participant shall at all times have a fully vested and non-forfeitable interest in his Company Matching Contributions Sub-Account(s); provided that the Committee may establish vesting conditions with respect to any particular credit to be made to a Participant’s Company Contributions Sub-Account(s).  Except as otherwise determined by the Company at the time a Nonelective Contribution is made to the Plan on behalf of a Participant, Company Nonelective Contributions shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable.

 

ARTICLE V
CREDITING OF GAINS, LOSSES AND EARNINGS TO ACCOUNTS

 

5.1.                                   Crediting of Gains, Losses and Earnings .  To the extent provided by the Committee, each Participant’s Account (other than the portion of such Account attributable to deferrals of equity awards) will be credited with gains, losses and earnings based on investment directions made by the Participant in accordance with investment deferral crediting options and

 

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procedures established from time to time by the Committee.  The Committee specifically retains the right in its sole discretion to change the investment deferral crediting options and procedures from time to time.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amounts credited to a Participant’s Account attributable to equity awards or grants deferred by a Participant under the Plan shall be subject to Section 2.6.

 

5.2.                             Limitation of Rights with Respect to Investments .  By electing to defer any amount under the Plan (or by receiving or accepting any benefit under the Plan), each Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Affiliated Group is not and shall not be required to make any investment in connection with the Plan, nor is it required to follow the Participant’s investment directions in any actual investment it may make or acquire in connection with the Plan or in determining the amount of any actual or contingent liability or obligation of the Company or any other member of the Affiliated Group thereunder or relating thereto.  Any amounts credited to a Participant’s Account with respect to which a Participant does not provide investment direction shall be credited with gains, losses and earnings as if such amounts were invested in an investment option to be selected by the Committee in its sole discretion (which, in the absence of a selection by the Committee, shall be the money market fund investment option or the investment option that most closely resembles a money market fund).

 

ARTICLE VI
PAYMENTS

 

6.1.                             Date of Payment of Sub-Accounts .  Except as otherwise provided in this Article VI, a Participant’s Sub-Accounts shall commence to be paid as follows:

 

(a)                                  Retirement Sub-Account .  The vested amounts credited to a Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account (including any Company Contribution Sub-Account related thereto) shall commence to be paid in the first day of the calendar month that is six months after the month following the Participant’s Separation from Service.  The amounts credited to the Retirement Sub-Account shall be paid in the form of payment selected by the Participant in accordance with Section 3.4(b); provided however that if the Participant’s Separation from Service occurs prior to the date he has both attained age 60 and completed 5 full years of service with the Affiliated Group, the Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account shall be paid in the form of a single lump sum.

 

(b)                                  Scheduled Payment Sub-Account .

 

(i)                                      The vested amounts credited to a Participant’s Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) (including any Company Contributions Sub-Account(s) related thereto) shall commence to be paid in January of the year specified by the Participant for such Sub-Account in accordance with Section 3.4(a)(i).  Each Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) shall be paid in the form of payment selected by the Participant with respect to that Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts in accordance with Section 3.4(b)(ii).

 

(ii)                                   If a Participant’s Separation from Service occurs after payment of his Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) has commenced, the remaining balance of his Scheduled Payment Sub-Account will continue to be paid to him in accordance with the payment schedule

 

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that has already commenced.  Except in the case of a Participant who is a Director, if a Participant’s Separation from Service occurs prior to the commencement of one or more Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts, then amounts credited to such Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts shall immediately be transferred to the Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account and payment of the transferred amounts shall thereafter be governed by the terms and conditions applicable to the Retirement Sub-Account.

 

(c)                                   Subsequent Payment Elections .  A Participant may elect on a form provided by the Committee to change the time and or form of payment with respect to one or more of his Sub-Accounts (a “Subsequent Payment Election”).  The Subsequent Payment Election shall become irrevocable upon acceptance by the Committee and shall be made in accordance with the following rules:

 

(i)                                      In General .  The Subsequent Payment Election may not take effect until at least twelve (12) months after the date on which it is accepted by the Committee. The Subsequent Payment Election most recently accepted by the Committee with respect to a Sub-Account and that satisfies the requirements of this Section 6.1(c) shall govern the payout of that Sub-Account notwithstanding anything contained in Section 6.1(a) or (b) to the contrary.

 

(ii)                                   Retirement Sub-Account .  A Participant may make a one-time election to change the form of payment of each Retirement Sub-Account to a form otherwise permitted under the Plan.  Except in the event of the death or Unforeseeable Emergency of the Participant, the payment of such Sub-Account may be made (or may commence) no earlier than the fifth (5th) anniversary of the first day of the calendar year that the Sub-Account would otherwise have been paid under the Plan if such Subsequent Payment Election had not been made (or, in the case of installment payments, which are treated as a single payment for purposes of this Section 6.1, the new payment date (or payment commencement date) may be no earlier than the fifth (5th) anniversary of the first day of the calendar year that the first installment payment would have been paid if such Subsequent Payment Election had not been made).

 

(iii)                                Scheduled Payment Sub-Account .  A Participant may make one or more elections to delay the payment date or change the form of payment of one or more Scheduled Payment Sub-Account(s) to a payment date or form permitted for Scheduled Payment Sub-Accounts under the Plan.  Such Subsequent Payment Election must be filed with the Committee at least twelve (12) months prior to the first day of the calendar year that the Sub-Account would otherwise have been paid under the Plan (or, in the case of installment payments, at least twelve (12) months from the first day of the calendar year that the first installment payment was scheduled to be made).  On such Subsequent Payment Election, the Participant must delay the payment date for a period of at least five (5) years after the first day of the calendar year that the Sub-Account would otherwise have been paid under the Plan (or, in the case of installment payments, at least five (5) years from the first day of the calendar year that the first installment payment was scheduled to be made).

 

(iv)                               Acceleration Prohibited .  The Committee shall disregard any Subsequent Payment Election by a Participant to the extent such election would result in an acceleration of the time or schedule of any payment or amount scheduled to be paid under the Plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

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(d)                                  Calculation of Installment Payments .  In the event that a Sub-Account is paid in installments: (i) the first installment shall commence on the date specified in Section 6.1 (subject to Section 6.2), and each subsequent installment shall be paid each anniversary of the date specified in Section 6.1 until the Sub-Account has been fully paid; (ii) the amount of each installment shall equal the quotient obtained by dividing the current value of the Participant’s vested Sub-Account balance by the number of installment payments remaining to be paid at the time of the calculation; and (iii) the amount of such Sub-Account remaining unpaid shall continue to be credited with gains, losses and earnings as provided in Article V.  By way of example, if the Participant elects to receive payments of a Sub-Account in equal annual installments over a period of ten (10) years, the first payment shall equal 1/10 of the vested Sub-Account balance, calculated as described in this Section 6.1(d).  The following year, the payment shall be 1/9 of the vested Sub-Account balance, calculated as described in this Section 6.1(d).

 

6.2.                             Mandatory Six-Month Delay .  Except as otherwise provided under the Plan and permitted by Section 409A of the Code, in no event may payments from a Participant’s Retirement Sub-Account commence prior to the earlier of (i) the date which is six (6) months after the Participant’s Separation from Service for any reason other than death, or (ii) the date of the Participant’s death.  Any amounts otherwise payable to the Participant during the six (6) month period following the Participant’s Separation from Service that are not so paid by reason of this Section 6.2 shall continue to be credited with earnings, gains and losses as provided in Section 5.1 during such period and shall be paid as soon as practicable (and in all events within thirty (30) days) after the date that is six (6) months after the Participant’s Separation from Service (or, if earlier, as soon as practicable, and in all events within thirty (30) days, after the date of the Participant’s death).

 

6.3.                             Death of Participant .

 

(a)                                  Each Participant may file a Beneficiary Designation Form with the Committee at the time the Participant files an initial Deferral Election (or such other date as specified by the Committee and the Beneficiary Designation Form).  A Participant’s Beneficiary Designation Form may be changed at any time prior to his death by the execution and delivery of a new Beneficiary Designation Form. The Beneficiary Designation Form on file with the Committee that bears the latest date at the time of the Participant’s death shall govern.  If a Participant fails to properly designate a Beneficiary in accordance with this Section 6.3(a), then his Beneficiary shall be his estate.

 

(b)                                  In the event of the Participant’s death, the remaining amount of the Participant’s vested Sub-Accounts shall be paid to the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated on a Beneficiary Designation Form, in accordance with the following rules: (i) if a Participant dies after payment of a Sub-Account has commenced, the remaining balance of such Sub-Account will continue to be paid to his Beneficiary or Beneficiaries in a single lump sum within 90 days of the Participant’s death; and (ii) if a Participant dies before payments from a Sub-Account have commenced, such Sub-Account will be paid to his Beneficiary or Beneficiaries in a single lump-sum within 90 days of the Participant’s death.

 

6.4.                             Withdrawal Due to Unforeseeable Emergency .  A Participant shall have the right to request, on a form provided by the Committee, an accelerated payment of all or a portion

 

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of his Account in a lump sum if he experiences an Unforeseeable Emergency.  The Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine, in accordance with the standards under Section 409A of the Code, whether to grant such a request and the amount to be paid pursuant to such request.

 

(a)                                  Determination of Unforeseeable Emergency .  Whether a Participant is faced with an Unforeseeable Emergency permitting a payment under this Section 6.4 is to be determined based on the relevant facts and circumstances of each case, but, in any case, a payment on account of an Unforeseeable Emergency may not be made to the extent that such emergency is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation from insurance or otherwise, by liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not cause severe financial hardship, or by cessation of deferrals under the Plan.  Payments because of an Unforeseeable Emergency must be limited to the amount reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need (which may include amounts necessary to pay any Federal, state, local, or foreign income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the payment).

 

Determinations of amounts reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need must take into account any additional compensation that is available if the Plan provides for cancellation of a Deferral Election upon a payment due to an Unforeseeable Emergency.  However, the determination of amounts reasonably necessary to satisfy the emergency need is not required to take into account any additional compensation that is available from a qualified plan of the Company as defined in Section 409A of the Code (including any amount available by obtaining a loan under such plan), or that due to the Unforeseeable Emergency is available under another nonqualified deferred compensation plan but has not actually been paid (including a plan that would provide for deferred compensation except due to the application of the effective date provisions of Section 409A of the Code).

 

(b)                                  Payment of Account .  Payment shall be made within thirty (30) days following the determination by the Committee that a withdrawal will be permitted under this Section 6.4.

 

6.5.                             Discretionary Acceleration of Payments .  To the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan as provided in this Section.  The provisions of this Section are intended to comply with the exception to accelerated payments under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j) and shall be interpreted and administered accordingly.

 

(a)                                  Domestic Relations Orders .  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan to an individual other than the Participant as may be necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order (as defined in Section 414(p)(1)(B) of the Code).

 

(b)                                  Conflicts of Interest .  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan to the extent necessary for any Federal officer or employee in the executive branch to comply with an ethics agreement with the Federal government.  Additionally, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan to the extent reasonably necessary to avoid the violation of an applicable Federal, state, local, or foreign ethics law or

 

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conflicts of interest law (including where such payment is reasonably necessary to permit the Participant to participate in activities in the normal course of his or her position in which the Participant would otherwise not be able to participate under an applicable rule).

 

(c)                                   Employment Taxes .  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan to pay the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax imposed under Sections 3101, 3121(a), and 3121(v)(2) of the Code, or the Railroad Retirement Act (RRTA) tax imposed under Sections 3201, 3211, 3231(e)(1), and 3231(e)(8) of the Code, where applicable, on compensation deferred under the Plan (the FICA or RRTA amount). Additionally, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment, to pay the income tax at source on wages imposed under Section 3401 of the Code or the corresponding withholding provisions of applicable state, local, or foreign tax laws as a result of the payment of the FICA or RRTA amount, and to pay the additional income tax at source on wages attributable to the pyramiding Section 3401 of the Code wages and taxes. However, the total payment under this acceleration provision must not exceed the aggregate of the FICA or RRTA amount, and the income tax withholding related to such FICA or RRTA amount.

 

(d)                                  Limited Cash-Outs .  Subject to Section 6.2, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, require a mandatory lump sum payment of amounts deferred under the Plan that do not exceed the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code, provided that the payment results in the termination and liquidation of the entirety of the Participant’s interest under the Plan, including all agreements, methods, programs, or other arrangements with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single nonqualified deferred compensation plan under Section 409A of the Code.

 

(e)                                   Payment Upon Income Inclusion Under Section 409A .  Subject to Section 6.2, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan at any time the Plan fails to meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The payment may not exceed the amount required to be included in income as a result of the failure to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

 

(f)                                    Payment of State, Local, or Foreign Taxes . Subject to Section 6.2, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan to reflect payment of state, local, or foreign tax obligations arising from participation in the Plan that apply to an amount deferred under the Plan before the amount is paid or made available to the participant (the state, local, or foreign tax amount). Such payment may not exceed the amount of such taxes due as a result of participation in the Plan.  The payment may be made in the form of withholding pursuant to provisions of applicable state, local, or foreign law or by payment directly to the participant.  Additionally, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan to pay the income tax at source on wages imposed under Section 3401 of the Code as a result of such payment and to pay the additional income tax at source on wages imposed under Section 3401 of the Code attributable to such additional wages and taxes. However, the total payment under this acceleration provision must not exceed the aggregate of the state, local, and foreign tax amount, and the income tax withholding related to such state, local, and foreign tax amount.

 

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(g)                                   Certain Offsets .  Subject to Section 6.2, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan as satisfaction of a debt of the Participant to the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code), where such debt is incurred in the ordinary course of the service relationship between the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) and the Participant, the entire amount of reduction in any of the taxable years of the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) does not exceed $5,000, and the reduction is made at the same time and in the same amount as the debt otherwise would have been due and collected from the Participant.

 

(h)                                  Bona Fide Disputes as to a Right to a Payment .  Subject to Section 6.2, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan where such payments occur as part of a settlement between the Participant and the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) of an arm’s length, bona fide dispute as to the Participant’s right to the deferred amount.

 

(i)                                      Plan Terminations and Liquidations .  Subject to Section 6.2, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for the acceleration of the time or schedule of a payment under the Plan as provided in Section 8.2 hereof.

 

(j)                                     Other Events and Conditions .  Subject to Section 6.2, a payment may be accelerated upon such other events and conditions as the Internal Revenue Service may prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.

 

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Plan, including but not limited to Section 3.5(b), Section 6.1(c), this Section 6.6 and Section 8.2, the Committee may not accelerate the time or schedule of any payment or amount scheduled to be paid under the Plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code.

 

6.6.                             Delay of Payments .  To the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, delay payment under any of the following circumstances, provided that the Committee treats all payments to similarly situated Participants on a reasonably consistent basis:

 

(a)                                  Federal Securities Laws or Other Applicable Law .  A payment may be delayed where the Committee reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will violate federal securities laws or other applicable law; provided that the delayed payment is made at the earliest date at which the Committee reasonably anticipates that the making of the payment will not cause such violation.  For purposes of the preceding sentence, the making of a payment that would cause inclusion in gross income or the application of any penalty provision or other provision of the Code is not treated as a violation of applicable law.

 

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(b)                                  Other Events and Conditions .  A payment may be delayed upon such other events and conditions as the Internal Revenue Service may prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.

 

6.7.                             Actual Date of Payment .  To the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, the Company may delay making payment in the event that it is not administratively possible to make payment on the date (or within the periods) specified in this Article VI or the making of the payment would jeopardize the ability of the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) to continue as a going concern, and in such case, the payment will be treated as made upon the date specified in the Plan if the payment is made during the first calendar year in which the making of the payment would not have such negative economic effect.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, payment must be made no later than the latest possible date permitted under Section 409A of the Code.

 

6.8.                             Discharge of Obligations .  The payment to a Participant or his Beneficiary of his Sub-Account in a single lump sum or the number of installments elected by the Participant pursuant to this Article VI shall discharge all obligations of the Affiliated Group to such Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan with respect to that Sub-Account.

 

ARTICLE VII
ADMINISTRATION

 

7.1.                             General .  The Company (or its designee) shall be responsible for the general administration of the Plan and for carrying out the provisions hereof.  In general, the Committee shall have the full power, discretion and authority to carry out the provisions of the Plan; in particular, the Committee shall have full discretion to (a) interpret all provisions of the Plan, (b) resolve all questions relating to eligibility for participation in the Plan and the amount in the Account of any Participant and all questions pertaining to claims for benefits and procedures for claim review, (c) resolve all other questions arising under the Plan, including any factual questions and questions of construction, (d) determine all claims for benefits, and (e) take such further action as the Company shall deem advisable in the administration of the Plan.  The actions taken and the decisions made by the Committee (or its designee) hereunder shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, including the Company, its shareholders, the other members of the Affiliated Group, employees, Participants, and their estates and Beneficiaries.

 

7.2.                             Compliance with Section 409A of the Code .

 

(a)                                  It is intended that the Plan comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so as to prevent the imputation of any additional tax, penalty or interest under Section 409A yet preserve (to the nearest extent reasonably possible) the intended benefit payable to Participants or Beneficiaries. This Plan shall be construed, administered, and governed in a manner that effects such intent.

 

(b)                                  Although the Committee shall use its best efforts to avoid the imposition of taxation, interest and penalties under Section 409A of the Code, the tax treatment of deferrals under this Plan is not warranted or guaranteed.  Neither the Company, the other members of the

 

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Affiliated Group, their respective directors, officers, employees and advisors, the Board, nor the Committee (nor its designee) shall be held liable for any taxes, interest, penalties or other monetary amounts owed by any Participant, Beneficiary or other taxpayer as a result of the Plan.

 

(c)                                   Any reference in this Plan to Section 409A of the Code will also include any proposed, temporary or final regulations, or any other guidance, promulgated with respect to such Section 409A by the U.S. Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.  For purposes of the Plan, the phrase “permitted by Section 409A of the Code,” or words or phrases of similar import, shall mean that the event or circumstance shall only be permitted to the extent it would not cause an amount deferred or payable under the Plan to be includible in the gross income of a Participant or Beneficiary under Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code.

 

7.3.                             Claims Procedure.  If a Participant or his Beneficiary, as the case may be, disagrees with a decision made regarding his Account or payment from his Account, the Participant or his Beneficiary, as the case may be, should outline his claim in a letter and submit it to the Committee.  A claim must be signed by the Participant, the Participant’s Beneficiary, or the Participant’s authorized representative (the “Claimant”).  In the event that a Claimant’s claim is wholly or in part denied by the Committee (or its designee), the Committee (or its designee) will provide written notice of the denial within 90 calendar days (or within 180 days if special circumstances exist) after it received the claim.  This notice will state, in a manner designed to be understood by the Claimant, the following:

 

The specific reason or reasons for the denial of the claim;

 

Specific reference to the Plan provision(s) on which the denial is based;

 

A description of any additional material or information that the Claimant may need to perfect the claim with an explanation as to why such material or information is necessary;

 

A statement that the Claimant has the right, upon request and free of charge, to review and obtain copies of records and documents relating to his claim which are held by the Company (or its designee); and

 

an explanation of the appeal right and procedure described in the next paragraph, including timelines and a statement of the Claimant’s right to file suit under ERISA §502(a) if the Claimant’s claim is denied on review.

 

If a Claimant’s claim is denied, wholly or in part, the Claimant has the right of an appeal to the Committee for review of the denial.  The following provisions apply to such right of appeal.

 

·                                           The request for review must be filed with the Committee within 60 calendar days following the Claimant’s receipt of written notice of denial of the claim.

 

·                                           The request must be in writing from the Claimant and must state the specific portions of the claim denial that the Committee is asked to review.

 

·                                           The Claimant has the right, upon request and free of charge, to review and obtain

 

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copies of records and documents relating to the Claimant’s claim that are held by the Committee (or its designee).

 

·                                           The Claimant may submit issues, arguments, and other comments in writing to the Committee with any documentary evidence in support of his claim.

 

·                                           The Committee’s review will take into account all information submitted by the Claimant, without regard to whether the information was submitted or considered in the initial benefit determination.

 

·                                           Written notice of the Committee’s decision will be given to the Claimant within 60 calendar days of receipt of the Claimant’s request for review (or within 120 calendar days if special circumstances exist).  This notice will state specific reasons for the decision, including specific reference to the Plan provision(s) on which the decision is based in language designed to be understood by the Claimant.  It will also include a statement that the Claimant is entitled to receive, free of charge and upon request, copies of documents and other information relevant to his claim, and that the Claimant has the right to bring a civil action under ERISA §502(a) if the Committee’s decision on review is adverse to the Claimant.

 

No lawsuit by a Claimant may be filed prior to exhausting the Plan’s administrate appeal process.  Any lawsuit must be filed no later than the earlier of one year after the Claimant’s claim for benefit was denied or the date the cause of action first arose.

 

ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

 

8.1.                             Amendment .  The Company reserves the right to amend, terminate or freeze the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time by action of the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board.  Moreover, the Committee may amend the Plan at any time in its sole discretion to the extent it determines such amendment is advisable to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code or other applicable law or to implement administrative or other ministerial changes to the Plan; provided , however , that such amendments, in the aggregate, may not materially increase the benefit costs of the Plan to the Company.  In no event shall any such action by the Board or Committee adversely affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has an Account, or result in any change in the timing or manner of payment of the amount of any Account (except as otherwise permitted under the Plan), without the consent of the Participant or Beneficiary, unless the Board or the Committee, as the case may be, determines in good faith that such action is necessary to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Code.  To the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, modify the rules applicable to Payment Elections and Subsequent Payment Elections to the extent necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, as amended, 38 U.S.C. 4301-4334.

 

8.2.                             Payments Upon Termination of Plan.   In the event that the Plan is terminated, the amounts allocated to a Participant’s Sub-Accounts shall be paid to the Participant or his Beneficiary on the dates on which the Participant or his Beneficiary would otherwise receive

 

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payments hereunder without regard to the termination of the Plan.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, and subject to Section 6.2:

 

(a)                                  Liquidation; Bankruptcy .  The Board shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Plan and pay each Participant’s entire Account to the Participant or, if applicable, his Beneficiary within twelve (12) months of a corporate dissolution taxed under Section 331 of the Code or with the approval of a bankruptcy court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 503(b)(1)(A), provided that the amounts are included in the Participant’s gross income in the latest of the following years (or, if earlier, the taxable year in which the amount is actually or constructively received):  (i) the calendar year in which the Plan termination and liquidation occurs; (ii) the first calendar year in which the amount is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture as defined under Section 409A of the Code; or (iii) the first calendar year in which the payment is administratively practicable.

 

(b)                                  Change in Control .  The Board shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Plan and pay each Participant’s entire Account to the Participant or, if applicable, his Beneficiary pursuant to an irrevocable action taken by the Board within the 30 days preceding or the 12 months following a Change in Control, provided that this paragraph will only apply if all agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements sponsored by the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) immediately after the time of the Change in Control event with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single plan under Section 409A of the Code are terminated and paid with respect to each Participant that experienced the Change in Control event, so that under the terms of the termination and payment all such Participants are required to receive all amounts of compensation deferred under the terminated agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements within 12 months of the date the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) irrevocably takes all necessary action to terminate and liquidate the agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements.

 

(c)                                   Discretionary Terminations .  The Board shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Plan and pay each Participant’s entire Account to the Participant or, if applicable, his Beneficiary, provided that: (i) the termination and liquidation does not occur proximate to a downturn in the financial health of the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code); (ii) the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) terminates and liquidates all agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements sponsored by the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) that would be aggregated with any terminated and liquidated agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements under Section 409A of the Code if the same Participant had deferrals of compensation under all of the agreements, methods, programs, and other arrangements that are terminated and liquidated; (iii) no payments in liquidation of the Plan are made within 12 months of the date the Board takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Plan other than payments that would be payable under the terms of the Plan if the action to terminate and liquidate the Plan had not occurred; (iv)

 

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all payments are made within 24 months of the date the Board takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Plan; and (v) the Company (or any entity which would be considered to be a single employer with the Company under Section 414(b) or Section 414(c) of the Code) does not adopt a new plan that would be aggregated with any terminated and liquidated plan under Section 409A of the Code if the same Participant participated in both plans, at any time within three years following the date the Board takes all necessary action to irrevocably terminate and liquidate the Plan.

 

(d)                                  Other Events .  The Board shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Plan and pay each Participant’s entire Account to the Participant or, if applicable, his Beneficiary upon such other events and conditions as the Internal Revenue Service may prescribe in generally applicable guidance published in the Internal Revenue Bulletin.

 

ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1.                             Non-alienation of Deferred Compensation .  Except as permitted by the Plan, no right or interest under the Plan of any Participant or Beneficiary shall, without the written consent of the Company, be (i) assignable or transferable in any manner, (ii) subject to alienation, anticipation, sale, pledge, encumbrance, attachment, garnishment or other legal process or (iii) in any manner liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities of the Participant or Beneficiary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and subject to Section 6.5(a) hereof, the Committee shall honor a judgment, order or decree from a state domestic relations court which requires the payment of part or all of a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s interest under this Plan to an “alternate payee” as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code.

 

9.2.                             Participation by Employees of Affiliated Group Members .  Any member of the Affiliated Group may, by action of its board of directors or equivalent governing body and with the consent of the Company’s Board of Directors, adopt the Plan; provided that the Company’s Board of Directors may waive the requirement that such board of directors or equivalent governing body effect such adoption.  By its adoption of or participation in the Plan, the adopting member of the Affiliated Group shall be deemed to appoint the Company its exclusive agent to exercise on its behalf all of the power and authority conferred by the Plan upon the Company and accept the delegation to the Committee of all the power and authority conferred upon it by the Plan. The authority of the Company to act as such agent shall continue until the Plan is terminated as to the participating affiliate.  An Eligible Employee who is employed by a member of the Affiliated Group and who elects to participate in the Plan shall participate on the same basis as an Eligible Employee of the Company.

 

9.3.                             Interest of Participant .

 

(a)                                  The obligation of the Company and any other participating member of the Affiliated Group under the Plan to make payment of amounts reflected in an Account merely constitutes the unsecured promise of the Company (or, if applicable, the participating members of the Affiliated Group) to make payments from their general assets and no Participant or Beneficiary shall have any interest in, or a lien or prior claim upon, any property of the Affiliated

 

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Group.  Nothing in the Plan shall be construed as guaranteeing future employment to Eligible Employees.  It is the intention of the Affiliated Group that the Plan be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.  The Company may create a trust to hold funds to be used in payment of its and the Affiliated Group’s obligations under the Plan, and may fund such trust; provided, however, that any funds contained therein shall remain liable for the claims of the general creditors of the Company and the other participating members of the Affiliated Group.

 

(b)                                  In the event that, in the sole discretion of the Committee, the Company and/or the other members of the Affiliated Group purchases an insurance policy or policies insuring the life of any Participant (or any other property) to allow the Company and/or the other members of the Affiliated Group to recover the cost of providing the benefits, in whole or in part, hereunder, neither the Participants nor their Beneficiaries or other distributees shall have nor acquire any rights whatsoever therein or in the proceeds therefrom.  The Company and/or the other members of the Affiliated Group shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such policy or policies and, as such, shall possess and may exercise all incidents of ownership therein.  A Participant’s participation in the underwriting or other steps necessary to acquire such policy or policies may be required by the Company and, if required, shall not be a suggestion of any beneficial interest in such policy or policies to such Participant or any other person.

 

9.4.                             Claims of Other Persons .  The provisions of the Plan shall in no event be construed as giving any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right as against the Affiliated Group or the officers, employees or directors of the Affiliated Group, except any such rights as are specifically provided for in the Plan or are hereafter created in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan.

 

9.5.                             Severability .  The invalidity and unenforceability of any particular provision of the Plan shall not affect any other provision hereof, and the Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted.

 

9.6.                             Governing Law .  Except to the extent preempted by federal law, the provisions of the Plan shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

9.7.                             Relationship to Other Plans .  The Plan is intended to serve the purposes of and to be consistent with any incentive compensation plan approved by the Committee for purposes of the Plan.

 

9.8.                             Successors .  The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company expressly to assume this Plan.  This Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and any successor of or to the Company, including without limitation any persons acquiring directly or indirectly all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company whether by sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization or otherwise (and such successor shall thereafter be deemed the “Company” for the purposes of this Plan), and the heirs, beneficiaries, executors and administrators of each Participant.

 

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9.9.                             Withholding of Taxes .  Subject to Section 6.5, to the extent required by the law in effect at the time payments are made, the Affiliated Group may withhold or cause to be withheld from any amounts deferred or payable under the Plan all Federal, state, local and other taxes as shall be legally required.  The Affiliated Group shall have the right in its sole discretion to (i) require a Participant to pay or provide for payment of the amount of any taxes that the Affiliated Group may be required to withhold with respect to amounts that the Company credits to a Participant’s Account or (ii) deduct from any amount of salary, bonus, incentive compensation or other payment otherwise payable in cash to the Participant the amount of any taxes that the Company may be required to withhold with respect to amounts that the Company credits to a Participant’s Account.

 

9.10.                      Electronic or Other Media .  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, including any provision that requires the use of a written instrument, the Committee may establish procedures for the use of electronic or other media in communications and transactions between the Plan or the Committee and Participants and Beneficiaries.  Electronic or other media may include, but are not limited to, e-mail, the Internet, intranet systems and automated telephonic response systems.

 

9.11.                      Headings; Interpretation .  Headings in this Plan are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in the construction of the provisions hereof.  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the masculine pronoun wherever used herein shall be construed to include the feminine pronoun.

 

9.12.                      Participants Deemed to Accept Plan .  By accepting any benefit under the Plan, each Participant and each person claiming under or through any such Participant shall be conclusively deemed to have indicated his acceptance and ratification of, and consent to, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan and any action taken under the Plan by the Board, the Committee or the Company or the other members of the Affiliated Group, in any case in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, DigitalGlobe, Inc. has caused this instrument to be executed by its duly authorized officer on this 30 th  day of September, 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel L. Jablonsky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

SVP, General Counsel

 

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Exhibit 21.1

 

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

 

As of December 31, 2013

 

Legal Entity

 

State or
Country of
Incorporation

 

%
Ownership

 

Name Doing
Business As

DG Consents Sub, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

100%

 

DG Consents Sub, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DigitalGlobe International, Inc.

 

Colorado

 

100%

 

DigitalGlobe International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DigitalGlobe China Ventures LLC

 

Colorado

 

100%

 

DigitalGlobe China Ventures LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye, LLC

 

Delaware

 

100%

 

GeoEye, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomnod, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

100%

 

Tomnod, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems Inc.

 

Delaware

 

100%

 

GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye Solutions Holdco Inc.

 

Delaware

 

100%

 

GeoEye Solutions Holdco Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye Solutions Inc.

 

Delaware

 

100%

 

GeoEye Solutions Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DigitalGlobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc.

 

Delaware

 

100%

 

DigitalGlobe Intelligence Solutions, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i5, Inc.

 

Missouri

 

100%

 

i5, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye Missouri Inc.

 

Missouri

 

100%

 

GeoEye Missouri Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Siwei WorldView Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

 

China

 

18%

 

Siwei WorldView Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye Middle East Limited

 

United Arab Emirates

 

100%

 

GeoEye Middle East Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye Netherlands BV

 

Netherlands

 

100%

 

GeoEye Netherlands BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GeoEye Asia Pte. Ltd.

 

Singapore

 

100%

 

GeoEye Asia Pte. Ltd.

 


Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-159373, No. 333-182966, and No. 333-183646) and on Form S-3ASR (No. 333-192882) of DigitalGlobe, Inc. of our report dated February 26, 2014 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in this Form 10-K.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Denver, Colorado

 

February 26, 2014

 

 


Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Section 302 Certification

 

I, Jeffrey R. Tarr, certify that:

 

1)              I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 of DigitalGlobe, Inc.;

 

2)              Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3)              Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4)              The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)              Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)               Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)              Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5)              The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)              All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)              Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 26, 2014

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey R. Tarr

 

Jeffrey R. Tarr

 

Chief Executive Officer & President

 

 


Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Section 302 Certification

 

I, Yancey L. Spruill, certify that:

 

1)              I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 of DigitalGlobe, Inc.;

 

2)              Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3)              Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4)              The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)              Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)              Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)               Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)              Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5)              The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)              All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)              Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 26, 2014

 

 

/s/ Yancey L. Spruill

 

Yancey L. Spruill

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

 

and Treasurer

 

 


Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Section 906 Certification

 

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, the undersigned officer of DigitalGlobe, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies that:

 

1)              the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 which this statement accompanies fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

 

2)              the information contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

Date: February 26, 2014

 

 

 

/s/ Jeffrey R. Tarr

 

Jeffrey R. Tarr

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

 


Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Section 906 Certification

 

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, the undersigned officer of DigitalGlobe, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies that:

 

1)              the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 which this statement accompanies fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

 

2)              the information contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of DigitalGlobe, Inc.

 

Date: February 26, 2014

 

 

 

/s/ Yancey L. Spruill

 

Yancey L. Spruill

 

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer