-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HIMN/OEnPJCJFZfEDjqNSTarkDi9AVgT7SrsV0YxK7Jd5yrKRtROpu9qas2QxNHG 6CcOhdozf+lirnFNvWbGCQ== 0000023082-97-000010.txt : 19970701 0000023082-97-000010.hdr.sgml : 19970701 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000023082-97-000010 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19970623 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 19970623 SROS: NYSE SROS: PSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COMPUTER SCIENCES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000023082 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: 7373 IRS NUMBER: 952043126 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04850 FILM NUMBER: 97628401 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2100 E GRAND AVE CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 BUSINESS PHONE: 3106150311 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2100 EAST GRAND AVE CITY: EL SEGUNDO STATE: CA ZIP: 90245 8-K 1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _________________ FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 23, 1997 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) NEVADA 1-4850 95-2043126 (State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 2100 East Grand Avenue El Segundo, California 90245 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code (310) 615-0311 Not Applicable (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Item 5. Other Events. On June 23, 1997, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 28, 1997. As described in a footnote to the financial statements included within such Annual Report, and in a press release issued on June 23, 1997, the Registrant expects to recognize a net tax credit in the fiscal quarter ending June 27, 1997. A copy of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits. The exhibit listed below is filed as a part of this report: 99.1 Press Release of the Registrant dated June 23, 1997 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized. COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION Dated: June 23, 1997 By /s/ Denis M. Crane -------------------------- Denis M. Crane Vice President and Controller Chief Accounting Officer EXHIBIT 99.1 Contact: Bruce Plowman or FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Spencer Davis Moved On Business Wire 310.615.0311 June 23, 1997 CSC TO RECOGNIZE NET SPECIAL CREDIT EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 23 - Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) expects to recognize a net special credit of $2 million, or 2 cents per share, in the quarter ending June 27, 1997, it was announced by Van B. Honeycutt, CSC's chief executive officer. The net credit will result from a tax benefit, estimated at $135 million, and an after-tax special charge, estimated at $133 million, both of which are related to recent developments at an affiliated joint venture. "These developments will significantly benefit CSC's cash flow for the current year and beyond," Honeycutt said, "and will add substantially to CSC's financial strength." The joint venture, known as CSC Enterprises, was formed in 1990 to operate CSC's credit services operations and to carry out other business strategies through acquisition and investment. The original members of the venture included affiliates of CSC, affiliates of Equifax Inc., and Merel Corporation. During the current fiscal quarter, the Equifax affiliates withdrew from CSC Enterprises. As a result of these withdrawals, CSC Enterprises took actions with respect to its remaining assets that will cause CSC to recognize an increase in the tax basis of certain of these assets. As required by Financial Accounting Standard No. 109, this tax basis increase will result in a deferred tax asset, estimated at $135 million, and a corresponding reduction of the company's provision for income taxes during the current fiscal quarter. Through related income tax deductions, the $135 million should be realized as cash savings over the next three to five years. -more- Computer Sciences Corporation - page 2 June 23, 1997 In connection with these developments, CSC Enterprises reviewed its operations, its market opportunities and the carrying value of its assets. Based on this review, plans were initiated during the current fiscal quarter to eliminate certain offerings and write down assets, primarily within its telecommunications operations. "When we completed this review, it became clear that some of our telecommunications software, products and services required greater levels of future investment than we were prepared to make," said Leon J. Level, CSC's chief financial officer. "Consequently, we decided it would be prudent to stop offering them." As a result of these plans, the company, through CSC Enterprises, will recognize an after-tax special charge, estimated at $133 million, during the current fiscal quarter. This special charge, which is principally non-cash, includes goodwill of $35 million, contract termination costs of $29 million, deferred contract costs and other assets of $24 million, telecommunications software and accruals of $21 million, telecommunications property, equipment and intangible assets of $14 million and other costs of $10 million. CSC Enterprises is currently comprised of affiliates of CSC, one of which is the managing general partner, and Merel Corporation. The joint venture, the tax credit and the special charge are described in footnotes to CSC's financial statements for the year ended March 28, 1997, which were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. CSC had $5.6 billion in revenues for the 12 months ended March 28, 1997. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., and has nearly 44,000 employees in more than 600 offices worldwide providing clients with management consulting, information systems consulting and integration, and operations support. -0- -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----