Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Announces Completion of Public Offering of $575 Million of Common Stock at $38.50 Per Share
SAN DIEGO, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (“Kratos”) (NASDAQ: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Commercial Markets, today announced that it has completed its previously announced offering of Kratos common stock, raising $575,000,000 in gross proceeds, at a public offering price of $38.50 per share, for a total of 14,935,065 shares of common stock, which includes the exercise of the underwriters option to purchase additional shares. Net proceeds from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and related fees, are approximately $556 million.
Kratos expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to (i) fund investments and capital expenditures to scale and successfully execute on large, mission critical National Security priorities related to existing programs, recent program awards and significant high-probability pipeline opportunities; (ii) to finance important customer and program targeted acquisitions; (iii) and for general corporate purposes, including pay-down of debt and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the offering.
Eric DeMarco, Kratos’ President and CEO, said, “There is a generational, global recapitalization of technologically advanced strategic weapon systems underway, which Kratos is uniquely positioned to successfully execute on. We raised this capital to ensure that Kratos has the capability to move quickly, scale and successfully execute on large mission critical, National Security priorities. We have a significant number of new, substantial opportunities we expect to be successful on over the next 12 months, we expect our opportunity pipeline to continue to grow – and we must be ready.”
The securities described above were offered by Kratos pursuant to an effective registration statement previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions
Kratos Defense &
Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS) is a technology, products, system
and software company addressing the defense, national security, and
commercial markets. Kratos makes true internally funded research,
development, capital and other investments, to rapidly develop, produce and
field solutions that address our customers’ mission critical needs and
requirements. At Kratos, affordability is a technology, and we seek to
utilize proven, leading edge approaches and technology, not unproven
bleeding edge approaches or technology, with Kratos’ approach designed to
reduce cost, schedule and risk, enabling us to be first to market with cost
effective solutions. We believe that Kratos is known as an innovative
disruptive change agent in the industry, a company that is an expert in
designing products and systems up front for successful rapid, large
quantity, low cost future manufacturing which is a value add competitive
differentiator for our large traditional prime system integrator partners
and also to our government and commercial customers. Kratos intends to
pursue program and contract opportunities as the prime or lead contractor
when we believe that our probability of win (PWin) is high and any
investment required by Kratos is within our capital resource comfort level.
We intend to partner and team with a large, traditional system integrator
when our assessment of PWin is greater or required investment is beyond
Kratos’ comfort level. Kratos’ primary business areas include
virtualized ground systems for satellites and space vehicles including
software for command & control (C2) and telemetry, tracking and control
(TT&C), jet powered unmanned aerial drone systems, hypersonic vehicles
and rocket systems, propulsion systems for drones, missiles, loitering
munitions, supersonic systems, space craft and launch systems, C5ISR and
microwave electronic products for missile, radar, missile defense, space,
satellite, counter UAS, directed energy, communication and other systems,
and virtual & augmented reality training systems for the
warfighter.
Notice Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press
release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements
relate to a variety of matters including, without limitation, Kratos’
expectations regarding the use of the proceeds from the public offering,
the pipeline for opportunities, and Kratos’ success with respect to such
opportunities, as well as other statements that are not purely statements
of historical fact. These forward-looking statements are made on the basis
of the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of the management of
Kratos and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. Investors are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking
statements. All such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date
they are made, and Kratos undertakes no obligation to update or revise
these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise. Although Kratos believes that the expectations reflected in
these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve
many risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially from what may be expressed or implied in these forward-looking
statements including, but not limited to: risks and uncertainties related
to market conditions as well as general economic factors. For a further
discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as
risks relating to the business of Kratos in general, see the risk
disclosures in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kratos for the year
ended December 29, 2024 and in subsequent reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K
and other filings made with the SEC by Kratos.
Press Contact:
Claire Burghoff
claire.burghoff@kratosdefense.com
Investor Information:
877-934-4687
investor@kratosdefense.com
