CSRA Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Results

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- CSRA Inc. (NYSE: CSRA), a leading provider of next-generation IT solutions and professional services to government organizations, today announced financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, which ended December 29, 2017.

"CSRA is the clear leader in next-generation IT delivery for the federal government, which is increasingly looking to harness the transformational potential of the cloud," said Larry Prior, CSRA president and CEO. "Our strong third quarter results demonstrate the power of that premise. We delivered robust revenue growth with important new programs and strategic acquisitions while maintaining our industry-leading margins. Our focus on innovation with leading technology partners continues to drive strong business development success, which signals that our long-term model is solid and our foundation is strong."

Summary Operating Results (Unaudited)



      (Dollars in millions,
      except                     Three Months Ended                                 Nine Months Ended
     per share data)

           December 29,                                    December 30,                       December 29,         December 30,
                         2017                                           2016                            2017                  2016
                         ----                                           ----                            ----                  ----

     Revenue                                                                         $1,309                               $1,222         $3,810       $3,739

     Operating income                                                  $128                                   $104                  $398         $346

      Net income attributable
      to CSRA                                                          $188                                   $126                  $341         $267
     common stockholders

     GAAP diluted EPS                                                 $1.14                                  $0.76                 $2.07        $1.62


     Non-GAAP Measures:

     Adjusted EBITDA                                                   $201                                   $188                  $604         $586

     Adjusted diluted EPS                                             $0.56                                  $0.44                 $1.50        $1.43


      Note: All figures are unaudited; refer to Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures at
      the end of this news
      release for a more detailed discussion of management's use of non-GAAP measures and for
      reconciliations to
     GAAP financial measures.

Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 was $1.31 billion, up 7 percent compared to the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, the largest year-over-year increase since the Company was formed in November 2015, reflecting both organic growth and contributions from recent acquisitions. Revenue for the quarter was up 3 percent compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 despite higher seasonal leave-taking, which historically dampens third quarter revenue approximately 3 percentage points.

Operating income for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 of $128 million (9.8 percent operating margin) included $59 million of non-cash depreciation and amortization expense; $4 million of cash expense for acquisition, integration, and other costs; and $8 million of non-cash loss on the sale of the Company's corporate headquarters building (net of $2 million reimbursable portion). Adjusted EBITDA, which excludes these items, was $201 million for the third quarter, up 7 percent year-over-year. The adjusted EBITDA margin of 15.4 percent was above the Company's long-term target range 14 to 15 percent as the result of strong contract performance and disciplined cost management.

Net income attributable to CSRA shareholders for the third quarter of fiscal year 2018 was $188 million, or $1.14 per share, compared to $126 million, or $0.76 per share in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. As a result of the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" of 2017, the effective tax rate for the quarter was (64.1) percent, which includes a benefit of $101 million associated with the estimated net effect of the Act on CSRA's deferred tax liabilities and assets at the end of the period. Absent that adjustment, the Company's provision for current period income taxes was recognized using a prorated statutory rate, which makes the year-to-date rate excluding that benefit equal the effective rate expected for the full fiscal year of 2018.

Adjusted diluted EPS, which excludes the one-time benefit associated with the net deferred tax liabilities; the impact of pension and other post-retirement plans; costs directly associated with acquisition, separation, and merger transactions; and the amortization from acquisition-related intangible assets, was $0.56 for the quarter, up 27% compared to $0.44 in the comparable period in fiscal year 2017. Excluding all impacts of tax reform, including the deferred tax liability adjustments and the lower statutory rate, CSRA's effective tax rate in the third quarter would have been 31.5%, and adjusted diluted EPS would have been $0.49, an increase of 11 percent year-over-year.

Cash Management and Capital Deployment

For the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, operating cash flow was $157 million, and free cash flow was $133 million, or about 1.4 times adjusted net income. The strong cash generation reflected improvements in working capital compared to the first half of the year. Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) for the quarter were 59 days. The $33 million of gross cash proceeds from the sale-leaseback transaction are not included in operating or free cash flow and do not impact DSO.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2018, the Company returned $17 million to shareholders through its regular quarterly cash dividend program. In addition, the Company completed its acquisition of Praxis Engineering Technologies LLC ("Praxis"), a leader in providing mission applications to ensure the success of Intelligence Community customers, for approximately $235 million in cash.

On December 29, 2017, the Company entered into a Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement, which increased borrowings under the Term Loan B facility by $200 million and extended the maturity dates of the Tranche A2 facility and Revolving Credit facility by one year. The additional borrowings under the Term Loan B facility were immediately applied to repay in full the aggregate principal amount of advances outstanding under the Revolving Credit facility, which had been used to fund a portion of the acquisition consideration for NES Associates, LLC and Praxis and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Third Amendment.

At quarter end, the Company had $80 million in cash and cash equivalents and $2.7 billion in debt (excluding capital lease obligations). In December 2017, the Board of Directors declared that the Company would pay a cash dividend of $0.10 per share. Payment of the dividend was made on January 25, 2018 to CSRA stockholders of record at the close of business on January 4, 2018.

Business Development

Bookings in the third quarter totaled $1.6 billion, representing a book-to-bill ratio of 1.3x, the twelfth consecutive quarter with a book-to-bill ratio of 1.0x or higher. Bookings for the trailing twelve months totaled $8.8 billion, representing a book-to-bill ratio of 1.7x.

Included in the quarterly bookings were several particularly important single-award prime contracts:

    --  Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Enterprise Service Desk (ESD). The
        VA awarded CSRA a five-year, $238 million task order to transition 12
        existing national IT service desks to an ESD for enterprise-class IT
        services and support. This project represents the VA's first migration
        of critical services to a managed service environment, which will be
        operated at CSRA's Integrated Technology Center in Bossier City, La.
    --  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Traffic Flow Management System
        (TFMS). Under a $677 million contract extending up to 12 and a half
        years, CSRA will support the system operations, maintenance, and
        development of the TFMS, as it has done since 1981. Under the new
        contract, CSRA will incorporate the FAA's NextGen future technologies
        program that provides air traffic managers the most up-to-date
        situational awareness to minimize delays and increase air safety.
    --  United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Call Center.
        CSRA received a two-year, $62 million task order to provide citizenship
        and immigration information to customers of the USCIS Customer
        Engagement Center (CEC). This award expands CSRA's work with the CEC,
        and CSRA is now the sole provider of these services to the CEC. The CEC
        accepts between 12 million and 14 million phone calls and web chats
        annually.

The Company's backlog of signed business orders at the end of third quarter of fiscal year 2018 was $18.2 billion, of which $2.6 billion was funded.

Forward Guidance

With three quarters of reported performance, the Company is modifying its previously announced guidance ranges for revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted diluted earnings per share for fiscal year 2018 as specified in the table below. Free cash flow guidance is unchanged. The Company elects to provide ranges for certain metrics that are not prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP because it cannot make reliable estimates of key items that would be necessary to provide guidance for its GAAP operating and cash flow measures, including pension and OPEB mark-to-market adjustments and amounts associated with any changes to its receivables purchase agreement.


              Metric                Fiscal Year 2018
              ------                ----------------

        Revenue (millions)             $5,150 - $5,200
        -----------------              ---------------

         Adjusted EBITDA
            (millions)                     $805 - $825
         ---------------                   -----------

    Adjusted Diluted Earnings
             per Share                   $2.00 - $2.05

    Free Cash Flow (millions)              $330 - $380
    -------------------------              -----------

CSRA chief financial officer Dave Keffer commented, "With strong financial performance across the board, we are able to maintain or improve our guidance ranges for all metrics. Our ranges imply strong organic growth in our fourth quarter, and tax reform is helping to drive strong earnings growth and free cash flows."

Conference Call

CSRA executive management will hold a conference call on February 7, 2018, at 5 p.m. Eastern to discuss the financial results and outlook and answer questions. Analysts and institutional investors may participate on the conference call by dialing 877-883-0383 (domestic) or 412-902-6506 (international) and entering pass code 3778101. The conference call will be webcast simultaneously to the public through a link on the Investor Relations section of the CSRA website (https://www.csra.com/investor-relations/). A replay of the conference call will be available on the CSRA website approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call.

About CSRA Inc.

CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) solves our nation's hardest mission problems as a bridge from mission and enterprise IT to Next Gen, from government to technology partners, and from agency to agency. CSRA is tomorrow's thinking, today. For our customers, our partners, and ultimately, all the people our mission touches, CSRA is realizing the promise of technology to change the world through next-generation thinking and meaningful results. CSRA is driving towards achieving sustainable, industry-leading organic growth across federal and state/local markets through customer intimacy, rapid innovation, and outcome-based experience. CSRA has over 19,000 employees and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia. To learn more about CSRA, visit www.csra.com. Think Next. Now.

Forward-looking Statements

All statements in this press release that do not directly and exclusively relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements represent CSRA's intentions, plans, expectations, and beliefs, including statements about earnings, revenue, cash flow, future acquisitions, dividends, debt repayment, share repurchases and other future financial business performance and strategies. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as, but not limited to, "estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "believes," "plans," and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should," "would," and "could." The forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are outside the control of CSRA. These factors could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements. For a written description of these factors, see the sections titled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in CSRA's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2017 and any updating information in subsequent SEC filings. CSRA disclaims any intention or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of subsequent event or otherwise.


                                                                CSRA INC.

                                                CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

                                                               (Unaudited)


                                                                                 As of

    (Dollars in millions, shares in thousands)                      December 29,                 March 31,
                                                                            2017                       2017
    ---                                                                     ----                       ----

    Current assets

    Cash and cash equivalents                                                                $80              $126

    Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful
     accounts of $26 and                                                     945                        748
                                                            $24, respectively

    Prepaid expenses and other current assets                                119                        126
                                                                             ---                        ---

    Total current assets                                                   1,144                      1,000
                                                                           -----                      -----


    Intangible and other assets

    Goodwill                                                               2,522                      2,335

    Customer-related and other intangible
     assets, net of accumulated                                              854                        775
    amortization of $284 and $244, respectively

    Software, net of accumulated amortization of
     $103 and $89,                                                            72                         81
    respectively

    Other assets                                                              86                         87
                                                                             ---                        ---

    Total intangible and other assets                                      3,534                      3,278
                                                                           -----                      -----


    Property and equipment, net of accumulated
     depreciation of $669                                                    622                        610
    and $694, respectively


    Total assets                                                                          $5,300            $4,888
                                                                                          ======            ======


    Current liabilities

    Accounts payable                                                                        $120              $187

    Accrued payroll and related costs                                        212                        181

    Accrued expenses and other current
     liabilities                                                             611                        487

    Current capital lease liability                                           50                         44

    Current maturities of long-term debt                                      86                         72

    Dividends payable                                                         17                         21
                                                                             ---                        ---

    Total current liabilities                                              1,096                        992
                                                                           -----                        ---


    Long-term debt, net of current maturities                              2,651                      2,511

    Noncurrent capital lease liability                                       210                        172

    Deferred income tax liabilities                                          170                        272

    Other long-term liabilities                                              522                        582


    Equity

    Stockholders' equity:

    Common stock, $0.001 par value, 750,000
     shares authorized,                                                        -                         -
    164,350 and 163,570 shares issued, and 163,827 and 163,216
    shares outstanding, respectively

    Additional paid-in capital                                               141                        134

    Accumulated earnings                                                     456                        165

    Accumulated other comprehensive income                                    28                         31
                                                                             ---                        ---

    Total stockholders' equity                                               625                        330

    Noncontrolling interests                                                  26                         29
                                                                             ---                        ---

    Total equity                                                             651                        359

    Total liabilities and equity                                                          $5,300            $4,888
                                                                                          ======            ======


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                                                                        CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                                                                                            (Unaudited)


                                                            Three Months Ended                              Nine Months Ended

    (Dollars in millions, except per share
     amounts)                                       December 29,             December 30,               December 29,            December 30,
                                                            2017                      2016                        2017                     2016
    ---                                                     ----                      ----                        ----                     ----

    Total revenue                                                   $1,309                                               $1,222                 $3,810  $3,739


    Cost of services                                       1,063                                 1,000                                   3,064    3,023

    Selling, general and administrative
     expenses                                                 56                                    52                                     156      163

    Acquisition, integration, and other
     costs                                                     3                                     5                                      17       18

    Depreciation and amortization                             59                                    61                                     175      189
                                                             ---                                   ---                                     ---      ---

    Operating expense                                      1,181                                 1,118                                   3,412    3,393
                                                           -----                                 -----                                   -----    -----


    Operating income                                         128                                   104                                     398      346

    Net benefit of defined benefit plans                      20                                   137                                      61      186

    Interest expense, net                                   (29)                                 (36)                                   (88)    (95)

    Other expense, net                                       (2)                                  (1)                                    (5)     (3)
                                                             ---                                   ---                                     ---      ---

    Income from continuing operations
     before taxes                                            117                                   204                                     366      434

    Income tax (benefit) expense                            (75)                                   76                                      16      158
                                                             ---                                   ---                                     ---      ---

    Net income                                               192                                   128                                     350      276

    Less: noncontrolling interests                             4                                     2                                       9        9
                                                             ---                                   ---                                     ---      ---

    Net income attributable to CSRA common
     stockholders                                                     $188                                                 $126                   $341    $267
                                                                      ====                                                 ====                   ====    ====


    Earnings per common share:

    Basic                                                            $1.15                                                $0.77                  $2.08   $1.63

    Diluted                                                          $1.14                                                $0.76                  $2.07   $1.62


    Common share information (weighted averages, in
     thousands):

    Common shares outstanding - basic                    163,780                               163,325                                 163,570  163,413

    Dilutive effect of stock options and
     equity awards                                         1,364                                 1,563                                   1,490    1,388
                                                           -----                                 -----                                   -----    -----

    Common shares outstanding - diluted                  165,144                               164,888                                 165,060  164,801
                                                         =======                               =======                                 =======  =======


    Cash dividend per common share                                   $0.10                                                $0.10                  $0.30   $0.30


                                                                                           CSRA INC.

                                                                      CONSOLIDATED AND CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                                                                                           (Unaudited


    (Dollars in millions)                           Three Months Ended                              Nine Months Ended
    --------------------

                                             December 29,            December 30,               December 29,            December 30,
                                                     2017                     2016                        2017                     2016
                                                     ----                     ----                        ----                     ----

    Cash flows from operating activities:

    Net income                                                $192                                                $128                     $350  $276

    Adjustments to reconcile net income to
     cash provided by operating activities:

    Depreciation and
     amortization                                      59                                   60                                     175       191

    Pension settlement and
     actuarial gains                                    -                               (114)                                      -    (114)

    Stock based compensation                            3                                   18                                      11        25

    Excess tax benefit from
     stock based compensation                           -                                 (1)                                    (2)      (3)

    Deferred income taxes                           (101)                                   -                                  (102)        -

    Net loss on dispositions
     on business and assets                            10                                    2                                      10         2

    Other non-cash items, net                           8                                    -                                     14         1

    Changes in assets and liabilities, net
     of acquisitions and dispositions:

    (Increase) decrease in
     assets                                          (52)                                  82                                    (91)       26

    Decrease in defined
     benefit plan liability                          (19)                                (21)                                   (59)     (68)

        Increase in other
         liabilities                                   59                                   72                                       7        98

    Other operating
     activities, net                                  (2)                                   1                                       3         4
                                                      ---                                  ---                                     ---       ---

    Cash provided by
     operating activities                             157                                  227                                     316       438
                                                      ---                                  ---                                     ---       ---


    Cash flows used in investing activities:

    Purchases of property and
     equipment                                       (45)                                (30)                                   (94)     (98)

    Software purchased and
     developed                                        (2)                                 (8)                                   (11)     (16)

    Payments for
     acquisitions, net of
     cash acquired                                  (234)                                   -                                  (335)        -

    Proceeds from disposals
     of assets                                         29                                  (1)                                     36         9

    Other investing
     activities, net                                   30                                   12                                      23      (13)
                                                      ---                                  ---                                     ---       ---

    Cash used in investing
     activities                                     (222)                                (27)                                  (381)    (118)
                                                     ----                                  ---                                    ----      ----


    Cash flows (used in) provided by
     financing activities:

    Borrowings on revolving
     credit facility                                  165                                    -                                    220         -

    Repayment of revolving
     credit facility                                (220)                                   -                                  (220)     (50)

    Borrowings of long term
     debt                                             200                                  234                                     384       234

    Payments of long-term
     debt                                            (21)                               (281)                                  (233)    (379)

    Debt issuance cost                                (2)                                 (4)                                    (4)      (4)

    Proceeds from stock
     options and other stock
     activity, net                                      1                                  (5)                                      3         2

    Repurchase of common
     stock                                              -                                (21)                                   (16)     (29)

    Dividends paid                                   (17)                                (17)                                   (50)     (51)

    Payments on lease
     liability                                       (10)                                (15)                                   (30)     (32)

    Payments to
     noncontrolling interest                         (12)                                 (4)                                   (12)      (8)

    Other financing
     activities                                      (30)                                   7                                    (23)       29
                                                      ---                                  ---                                     ---       ---

    Cash (used in) provided
     by financing activities                           54                                (106)                                     19     (288)
                                                      ---                                 ----                                     ---      ----


    Net (decrease) increase
     in cash and cash
     equivalents                                     (11)                                  94                                    (46)       32

    Cash and cash equivalents
     at beginning of period                            91                                   68                                     126       130
                                                      ---                                  ---                                     ---       ---

    Cash and cash equivalents
     at end of period                                          $80                                                $162                      $80  $162
                                                               ===                                                ====                      ===  ====


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                                                               Supplemental Cash Flow Information

                                                                           (Unaudited)


    (Dollars in
     millions)                     Three Months Ended                            Nine Months Ended
    -----------

                           December 29,            December 30,             December 29,           December 30,
                                   2017                     2016                      2017                    2016
                                   ----                     ----                      ----                    ----

    Supplemental cash flow
     information:

      Cash paid for
       income taxes                          $32                                              $14                  $99  $61

      Cash paid for
       interest                      32                                 25                                     81    79

      Capital
       expenditures in
       accounts payable
       and other
       liabilities                    4                                  1                                     18    10

      Capital
       expenditures
       through capital
       lease obligations             24                                 65                                     79    85

Segment Operating Results (Unaudited)

CSRA delivers IT, mission, and operations-related services across the U.S. federal government through two reportable segments-Defense and Intelligence, which supports customers in the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community, and Civil, which supports customers in homeland security, law enforcement, healthcare, and other civil agencies as well as certain state and local government agencies. The following table summarizes revenue and segment operating income by reportable segment:



                              Three Months Ended                                  Nine Months Ended

      (Dollars in
      millions;
      unaudited)    December 29,                 December 30,               December 29,            December 30,
                             2017                         2016                        2017                     2016
                             ----                         ----                        ----                     ----

     Revenue

                     Defense and
                     Intelligence                        $605                                                $556         $1,687  $1,699

                    Civil                  704                                        666                           2,123   2,040


      Segment
      operating
      income(a)

                     Defense and
                     Intelligence           70                                         37                             203     149

                    Civil                   88                                         91                             283     270


     Notes:

      (a) Excludes segment operating income (loss) for the Corporate segment as well as
      acquisition, integration, and other costs.

For the three months ended December 29, 2017, Defense and Intelligence segment revenues increased by $49 million, or 9 percent, compared to revenues from the same period of the prior year. The primary drivers of the increase were the acquisitions of NES and Praxis and increased work scope on a contract to provide logistics and maintenance support for Army Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, partially offset by declines in the Army Logistics Modernization Program and the U.S. Strategic Command Information Technology Capabilities Contract, which were completed in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017. Third quarter fiscal year 2018 Civil segment revenues increased by $38 million, or 6 percent compared to revenues from the same period of the prior year, driven by the expansion of recent program wins at several agencies, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Office of Personnel Management, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and Environmental Protection Agency.

Defense and Intelligence segment operating margin for the quarter increased to 11.5% from 6.7% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017, driven in part by exceptional performance on a large fixed price program. Conversely, Civil segment operating margin decreased to 12.5% from 13.7% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017; the decrease is primarily due to higher direct costs associated with software license fees that were partially offset by lower indirect costs related to depreciation and amortization.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The following tables illustrate the items and means to reconcile non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. CSRA management believes that adjusted diluted EPS, adjusted EBITDA and margin, and free cash flow provide useful additional information to investors regarding the Company's financial condition and results of operations, as they provide additional measures of the Company's profitability and ability to service its debt. In addition, these measures are considered important measures by financial analysts covering CSRA, and are used in determining executive compensation.

Our non-GAAP measures may be calculated differently than similarly named measures reported by other companies. In addition, using non-GAAP measures may have limited value as they exclude certain items that may have a material impact on reported financial results and cash flows. When analyzing CSRA's performance, it is important to evaluate each adjustment in our reconciliation and use adjusted measures in addition to, and not as an alternative to, GAAP measures.

The major adjustments to GAAP to derive adjusted metrics are summarized below:

    --  Plan Impacts. At the time of the Spin-off on November 27, 2015, CSRA
        assumed the assets and obligations of the pension and other
        post-retirement plans from CSC. The recurring net non-cash benefits
        associated with these plans are excluded from all quarters. The
        mark-to-market effect in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017 is
        excluded in the adjusted metrics; there were no other plan
        remeasurements in the current or year-ago quarterly or year-to-date
        periods.
    --  Acquisition, Integration, and Other Costs. Costs directly associated
        with acquisitions, including integration costs and costs associated with
        the separation and merger transactions, are excluded from adjusted
        diluted EPS, adjusted EBITDA, and free cash flow.
    --  Acquisition-related Intangible Amortization. All amortization associated
        with acquisition-related intangible assets is excluded from adjusted
        diluted EPS.
    --  Net Deferred Tax Liabilities. On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government
        enacted the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" of 2017. The Company is required to
        evaluate its deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 29, 2017
        using the new statutory rates. The benefit of approximately $101 million
        associated with the revaluation of the Company's net deferred tax
        liability is excluded from adjusted income tax expense, adjusted net
        income, and adjusted diluted EPS.
    --  Sale-Leaseback Transaction. On November 2, 2017, CSRA closed a
        sale-leaseback transaction with MCPII 3170 Fairview, LLC, pursuant to
        which the Company sold its corporate headquarters property in Falls
        Church, Va. and simultaneously leased back a significant portion of the
        building. The gross sale price was $33 million, and the Company
        recognized a loss of approximately $10 million. The proceeds from the
        sale are excluded from free cash flow, and the $8 million unbillable
        portion of the loss is excluded from adjusted EBITDA and adjusted
        diluted EPS.

Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share


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                                                    ADJUSTED DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (unaudited)


                                            Three Months Ended                               Nine Months Ended

    (Dollars in millions
     except per share
     amounts)             December 29,         December 30,               December 29,            December 30,
                                  2017                  2016                        2017                     2016
    ---                           ----                  ----                        ----                     ----

    Income before income
     taxes                              $117                                                $204                     $366   $434

    Acquisition,
     integration, and
     other costs                     3                                 5                                      17        18

    Other separation-
     related items
     (within SG&A and
     cost of services)(a)            9                                23                                       8        31

    Actuarial and
     settlement (gains)
     losses of the
     defined benefit
     plans ("Plans")                 -                            (114)                                      -    (114)

    Net benefit of
     defined benefit
     plans                        (20)                             (23)                                   (61)     (72)

    Amortization of
     backlog associated
     with SRA
     acquisition(b)                  -                               11                                       -       43

    Other acquisition &
     spin-off-related
     intangible
     amortization(c)                15                                12                                      45        42
                                   ---                               ---                                     ---       ---

    Adjusted income
     before income taxes           124                               118                                     375       382


    Adjusted income tax
     expense(d)                     27                                44                                     119       138
                                   ---                               ---                                     ---       ---

    Adjusted net income             97                                74                                     256       244

    Less: Noncontrolling
     interest                        4                                 2                                       9         9
                                                                                                           ---       ---

    Adjusted net income
     attributable to CSRA
     common stockholders                 $93                                                 $72                     $247   $235
                                         ===                                                 ===                     ====   ====


    Adjusted diluted
     earnings per common
     share                             $0.56                                               $0.44                    $1.50  $1.43


    Notes: Adjusted net income attributable to CSRA
     common stockholders may not equal the sum of
     the component figures due to rounding.

    (a)                                                 The nine
                                                        months ended
                                                        December 29,
                                                        2017 includes
                                                        approximately
                                                        $2 million of
                                                        interest
                                                        expense for
                                                        the write-
                                                        off of
                                                        deferred
                                                        financing
                                                        costs related
                                                        to the
                                                        restructuring
                                                        of the
                                                        Company's
                                                        debt facility
                                                        in the first
                                                        quarter of
                                                        fiscal year
                                                        2018. The
                                                        three and
                                                        nine months
                                                        ended
                                                        December 29,
                                                        2017 includes
                                                        approximately
                                                        $8 million of
                                                        unbilled,
                                                        non-cash
                                                        loss on the
                                                        sale of the
                                                        Company's
                                                        corporate
                                                        headquarters
                                                        building.

    (b)                                                 Total value of
                                                        $65 million
                                                        amortized
                                                        over the
                                                        period
                                                        November 30,
                                                        2015 to
                                                        November 30,
                                                        2016 is
                                                        included in
                                                        Income before
                                                        income taxes.

    (c)                                                 The nine
                                                        months ended
                                                        December 29,
                                                        2017 includes
                                                        $4.9 million
                                                        in
                                                        accelerated
                                                        amortization
                                                        expense
                                                        related to
                                                        software
                                                        acquired in
                                                        the spin-off
                                                        of the North
                                                        American
                                                        Public Sector
                                                        business from
                                                        Computer
                                                        Sciences
                                                        Corporation,
                                                        now known as
                                                        DXC
                                                        Technology,
                                                        ("Spin-off")
                                                        that was
                                                        discontinued
                                                        for further
                                                        use in the
                                                        period.

    (d)                                                 For the nine
                                                        months ended
                                                        December 29,
                                                        2017, the
                                                        adjusted
                                                        income tax
                                                        expense
                                                        utilizes an
                                                        effective
                                                        rate of
                                                        31.85%, which
                                                        reflects the
                                                        projected
                                                        rate for the
                                                        fiscal year,
                                                        absent the
                                                        revaluation
                                                        of deferred
                                                        tax assets
                                                        and
                                                        liabilities
                                                        resulting
                                                        from
                                                        enactment of
                                                        the Tax Act.
                                                        For the three
                                                        and nine
                                                        months ended
                                                        December 30,
                                                        2016, the
                                                        adjusted
                                                        income tax
                                                        utilizes the
                                                        effective tax
                                                        rate for GAAP
                                                        purposes.

Adjusted EBITDA and Margin

During the nine months ended December 29, 2017, CSRA adopted Accounting Standard Update No. 2017-07--Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715), which changes the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement costs. Previously, operating income included net periodic benefits of CSRA's defined benefit pension and postretirement plans. Under the new presentation, operating income excludes this benefit, so it is no longer deducted to compute adjusted EBITDA. The prior periods have been revised to conform with current period presentation.


                                                                       CSRA INC.

                                                              ADJUSTED EBITDA (unaudited)


                                           Three Months Ended                               Nine Months Ended

    (Dollars in
     millions)           December 29,        December 30,               December 29,            December 30,
                                 2017                 2016                        2017                     2016
    ---                                              ----                                                ----

    Operating Income                  $128                                                $104                     $398  $346

    Less: other expense,
     net                          (2)                             (1)                                    (5)      (3)

       Other separation-
        related items
        (within SG&A and
        cost of
        services)(a)                9                               15                                       7        22

    Add:

       Acquisition,
        integration and
        other costs(b)              3                                5                                      17        18

       Depreciation and
        amortization               59                               61                                     175       189

       Amortization of
        contract-related
        intangibles                 -                               -                                      -        3

       Stock-based
        compensation                4                                4                                      11        11

       Foreign currency
        loss                        1                                -                                      1         -
                                  ---                              ---                                    ---       ---

    Adjusted EBITDA                   $201                                                $188                     $604  $586
                                      ====                                                ====                     ====  ====

    Adjusted EBITDA
     Margin                     15.4%                           15.4%                                  15.9%    15.7%
                                 ====                             ====                                    ====      ====


    Notes:

    (a)                       The fiscal
                              year 2017
                              periods
                              include $14
                              million of
                              stock-based
                              compensation
                              that was
                              associated
                              with the SRA
                              merger.

    (b)                       Consists of
                              costs
                              directly
                              associated
                              with the
                              Spin-off and
                              the merger
                              with SRA
                              International
                              Inc. ("SRA"),
                              acquisition
                              and one-time
                              integration
                              costs. The
                              nine months
                              ended
                              December 29,
                              2017 includes
                              $4.9 million
                              in
                              accelerated
                              amortization
                              expense
                              related to
                              software
                              acquired in
                              the Spin-off
                              that was
                              discontinued
                              for further
                              use in the
                              period. The
                              nine months
                              ended
                              December 30,
                              2016,
                              includes
                              intangibles
                              amortization
                              expense
                              associated
                              with SRA's
                              funded
                              contract
                              backlog.

Free Cash Flow

CSRA defines free cash flow to be equal to the sum of (1) operating cash flows, (2) investing cash flows, excluding business acquisitions, dispositions, and investments, and (3) payments on capital leases and other long-term asset financings, as further adjusted for certain other cash flow items, such as (i) non-recurring separation-related payments and (ii) the relative fiscal quarter impact of net proceeds arising from the initial sale of billed and/or unbilled receivables under the Master Accounts Receivable Purchase Agreement ("Purchase Agreement").


                                                                       CSRA INC.

                                                              FREE CASH FLOW (unaudited)


                                            Three Months Ended                            Nine Months Ended

    (Amounts in millions)  December 29,        December 30,               December 29,         December 30,
                                   2017                 2016                        2017                  2016
    ---                            ----                 ----                        ----                  ----

    Net cash provided by
     operating activities               $157                                             $227                     $316  $438

    Net cash used in
     investing activities         (222)                            (27)                               (381)    (118)

    Acquisitions, net of
     cash acquired                  234                                -                                 335         -

    Disposition of
     Corporate
     Headquarters(a)               (31)                               -                                (31)        -

    Payments on capital
     lease liabilities             (10)                            (15)                                (30)     (32)

    Separation and merger-
     related payments                 5                                6                                   14        24

    Initial sales of
     qualifying accounts
     receivables(b)                   -                               -                                   -     (46)
                                    ---                             ---                                 ---      ---

    Free cash flow                      $133                                             $191                     $223  $266
                                        ====                                             ====                     ====  ====


                   Notes:

    (a)                       The net
                              proceeds
                              from the
                              sale of the
                              corporate
                              headquarters
                              in the
                              quarter
                              ended
                              December 29,
                              2017 is
                              treated as a
                              non-
                              operating
                              asset
                              disposition
                              and excluded
                              from free
                              cash flow.

    (b)                       Adjustments
                              for the
                              relative
                              impact of
                              the net
                              proceeds
                              arising from
                              the initial
                              sale of
                              billed and/
                              or unbilled
                              receivables
                              under the
                              Purchase
                              Agreement as
                              well as the
                              effect of
                              any new
                              types of
                              sales
                              arising from
                              changes in
                              the Purchase
                              Agreement.
                              For the nine
                              months ended
                              December 30,
                              2016, the
                              amount
                              relates to
                              SRA unbilled
                              receivables
                              under the
                              Purchase
                              Agreement to
                              which SRA
                              was added to
                              during the
                              period.

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