ACQUISITIONS

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS

NOTE 2—ACQUISITIONS

On December 20, 2010 we acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Abraxas Corporation (Abraxas), a Herndon, Virginia-based company that provides services that are complementary to our Mission Support Services (MSS) business including risk mitigation services, and subject matter and operational expertise for law enforcement and homeland security clients. The results of Abraxas’ operations have been included in our consolidated financial statements since the acquisition date. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2011 the amounts of Abraxas’ net sales and net loss after taxes included in our consolidated statement of income were $50.0 million and $2.3 million, respectively, including $0.7 million in transaction related costs before applicable income taxes.

We paid $126.0 million in cash from our existing cash resources to acquire Abraxas. The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date (in millions). The excess of the transaction consideration over the identifiable assets and liabilities is recognized as goodwill.

Customer relationships	$	20.1
Backlog	11.5
Corporate trade names	5.7
Non-compete agreements	5.2
Recoverable income taxes	4.3
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(7.6		)
Net tangible assets acquired	5.1
Net identifiable assets acquired	44.3
Goodwill	81.7
Net assets acquired	$	126.0

The estimated fair value of the recoverable income taxes and the deferred tax liabilities are preliminary pending the finalization of our valuation analyses.

The goodwill resulting from the acquisition consists primarily of the synergies expected from combining the operations of Abraxas and our MSS business and the acquired assembled workforce. The anticipated synergies include the ability to expand services offerings and cost reductions. The amount recorded as goodwill has been allocated to our MSS segment and is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

The recoverable income taxes are primarily related to carryback claims for the tax benefit of acquired net operating losses. The net deferred tax liabilities were recorded to reflect the tax impact of the identified intangible assets that will not generate tax deductible amortization expense, net of the future tax benefit of acquired net operating loss carryforwards. The intangible assets, which include trade name, customer relationships, non-compete agreements and backlog, will be amortized using a combination of straight-line and accelerated methods based on the expected cash flows from the assets, over a weighted average useful life of 6 years from the date of acquisition.

For the year ended September 30, 2011, we recorded $8.2 million of amortization expense. The estimated amortization expense related to the intangible assets recorded in connection with our acquisition of Abraxas for fiscal years 2012 through 2016 is as follows (in millions):

Years Ending September 30,
2012	$	9.3
2013	7.8
2014	6.3
2015	4.8
2016	2.4

The estimated fair values of purchased intangibles were determined using the valuation methodology deemed to be the most appropriate for each type of asset being valued. Each of the valuation methodologies used were various methods under the income approach.  The trade names valuation used the relief from royalty approach.  The backlog and customer relationships valuation used the excess earnings approach and the non-compete agreements valuation used the with and without approach.

The following unaudited pro forma information presents our consolidated results of operations as if Abraxas had been included in our consolidated results since October 1, 2009 (in millions):

	Years Ended
	September 30,
	2011		2010
Net sales	$	1,298.6	$	1,252.1
Net income attributable to Cubic	$	84.8	$	70.9

The pro forma information includes adjustments to give effect to pro forma events that are directly attributable to the acquisition and have a continuing impact including the amortization of purchased intangibles and the elimination of interest expense for the repayment of Abraxas’ debt. No adjustments were made for transaction expenses, other adjustments that do not reflect ongoing operations or for operating efficiencies or synergies. The pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what the consolidated financial results of our operations would have been had the acquisition been completed on October 1, 2009, and it does not purport to project our future operating results.

We acquired two small defense systems companies in 2010, which added $4.8 million to goodwill, and $4.3 million to in-process research and development and contract and program intangibles. We believe the purchased intangibles and goodwill acquired in 2010 will be tax deductible over a 15 year amortization period in accordance with U.S. tax regulations.