VSE CORP - Quarter Report: 2014 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarter Ended March 31, 2014       Commission File Number:  0‑3676

VSE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:  (703) 960-4600

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

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 [ ]

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 (section 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 [ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes [ ]    No [x]

Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 21, 2014: 5,355,698.

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VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries

Forward Looking Statements

This report contains statements that, to the extent they are not recitations of historical fact, constitute "forward looking statements" under federal securities laws. All such statements are intended to be subject to the safe harbor protection provided by applicable securities laws. For discussions identifying some important factors that could cause actual VSE Corporation ("VSE," the "Company," "us," "our," or "we") results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements contained in this report, see VSE's discussions captioned "Business," "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" contained in VSE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 7, 2014.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date hereof.  We undertake no obligation to revise publicly these forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.  Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and in the reports and other documents the Company files from time to time with the SEC, including this and other Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q to be filed by us subsequent to our Annual Report on Form 10-K and any Current Reports on Form 8-K we file with the SEC.

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PART I.  Financial Information

Item 1.    Financial Statements

VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands except share and per share amounts)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income

(in thousands except share and per share amounts)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands except share and per share amounts)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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VSE Corporation and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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VSE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2014

(1) Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Our business is focused on providing sustainment services for legacy systems and equipment and professional and technical services to the United States Department of Defense ("DoD"), the United States Postal Service ("USPS"), federal civilian agencies, and other customers. Our operations consist primarily of vehicle fleet parts, supply chain management, vehicle and equipment maintenance and refurbishment, logistics, engineering, energy and environmental, IT solutions, health care IT, and consulting services performed on a contract basis. Substantially all of our contracts are with United States Government ("government") agencies and other government prime contractors.

Our accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.  In our opinion, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.  For further information refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us 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 the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates affecting the financial statements include accruals for contract disallowance reserves, recoverability of goodwill and intangible assets and earn-out obligations.

(2)  Debt

We have a loan agreement with a group of banks that was entered into in June 2011 to fund our acquisition of Wheeler Bros., Inc ("WBI") and provide working capital for our continuing operations. The loan agreement, which expires in June 2016, consists of a term loan facility and a revolving loan facility that also provides us with letters of credit. Financing costs associated with the loan inception of approximately $1.7 million were capitalized and are being amortized over the five-year life of the loan.

The term loan requires quarterly installment payments. Our scheduled term loan payments after March 31, 2014 are $18.7 million in 2014 and $34.4 million in 2015. The amount of our term loan borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2014 was approximately $53.1 million. The amount of term loan borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2013 was approximately $59.4 million.

The maximum amount of credit available to us from the banking group for revolving loans and letters of credit as of March 31, 2014 was $125 million. The loan agreement provides that we may elect to increase this maximum to $175 million. Under the loan agreement terms, we may borrow revolving loan amounts at any time and can repay the borrowings at any time without premium or penalty. We pay an unused commitment fee and fees on letters of credit that are issued. We had approximately $24.7 million in revolving loan amounts outstanding and $573 thousand of letters of credit outstanding as of March 31, 2014. We had approximately $30.3 million in revolving loan amounts outstanding and $573 thousand of letters of credit outstanding as of December 31, 2013.

Total bank loan borrowed funds outstanding as of March 31, 2014, including term loan and revolving loan borrowings, were approximately $77.8 million. Total bank loan borrowed funds outstanding as of December 31, 2013 were $89.7 million. The fair value of outstanding debt under our bank loan facilities as of March 31, 2014 approximates its carrying value using Level 2 inputs based on market data on companies with a corporate rating similar to ours that have recently priced credit facilities.

We pay interest on the term loan borrowings and revolving loan borrowings at LIBOR plus a base margin or at a base rate (typically the prime rate) plus a base margin. As of March 31, 2014, the LIBOR base margin is 2.00% and the base rate base margin is 0.25%. The base margins may increase or decrease in increments as our Total Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio increases or decreases.

We have employed interest rate hedges on a portion of our outstanding borrowings. In July 2011, we purchased a three- year amortizing LIBOR interest rate swap on the term loan debt for a notional amount of $101 million. The swap amount amortizes as the term loan amortizes, with reductions in the swap amount occurring on the same dates and for approximately the same amounts as term loan repayments. With the swap in place, we pay an effective rate of 1.615% plus our base margin through June 2014. The amount of swapped term loan debt outstanding as of March 31, 2014 is $44.8 million.

After taking into account the impact of hedging instruments, as of March 31, 2014, interest rates on portions of our outstanding debt ranged from 2.15% to 3.62%, and the effective interest rate on our aggregate outstanding debt was 3.14%.

Interest expense incurred on bank loan borrowings and interest rate hedges was approximately $692 thousand and $1.1 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The loan agreement contains collateral requirements by which we pledge our assets as security, restrictive covenants, and other affirmative and negative covenants, conditions and limitations. Restrictive covenants include a limit on annual dividends, a maximum Total Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio, which decreases over time, a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, and a minimum Asset Coverage Ratio, which increases over time. We were in compliance with the financial covenants and other loan agreement terms and conditions at March 31, 2014.

(3) Stock-based Compensation

In January of every year since 2007, we have notified certain employees that they are eligible to receive restricted stock awards under our 2006 Restricted Stock Plan based on the return on stockholders equity for the respective fiscal years.  These awards are expensed and a corresponding liability is recorded ratably over the vesting period of approximately three years.  Upon issuance of restricted stock on each vesting date, the liability is reduced and additional paid-in capital is increased.  On March 2, 2014, the employees eligible for the restricted stock awards based on the financial performance of 2011, 2012 and 2013, received a total of 12,221 shares of restricted common stock.

We also have awarded restricted stock to our non-employee Directors under the 2004 Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan. On January 2, 2014, the non-employee Directors received 10,400 shares of restricted common stock. Compensation expense related to this award was approximately $486 thousand.

The compensation expense related to all restricted stock awards discussed above and included in contract costs for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was approximately $1 million and $667 thousand, respectively.

Employees are permitted to forfeit a certain number of shares to cover their personal tax liability for restricted stock awards. We paid approximately $314 thousand and $257 thousand, to cover this liability during the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These payments are classified as financing cash flows on the consolidated statements of cash flows.

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VSE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2014

(4) Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share ("EPS") have been computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. Shares issued during the period are weighted for the portion of the period that they were outstanding. Our calculation of diluted earnings per common share includes the dilutive effects for the assumed vesting of restricted stock awards.

(5) Commitments and Contingencies

Contingencies

We are one of the primary defendants in a multiple plaintiff wrongful death action in Hawaii related to a fireworks explosion that occurred in April 2011 at a facility operated by one of our subcontractors, which resulted in the death of five subcontractor employees. The litigation is in the early stages, but at this time we believe it is not probable that it will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

On or about March 8, 2013, a lawsuit, Anchorage v. Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation, et al., was filed in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska at Anchorage by the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska against our wholly owned subsidiary Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation ("ICRC") and two former subcontractors of ICRC.  With respect to ICRC, the lawsuit asserts, among other things, breach of contract, professional negligence and negligence in respect of work and services ICRC rendered on the Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion Contract with the Maritime Administration, a federal agency with the United States Department of Transportation.  On or about April 10, 2013, ICRC removed the case to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.  Because of the preliminary stage of this lawsuit, we cannot currently determine whether it will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

In addition to the above-referenced litigation, we have, in the normal course of business, certain claims against us and against other parties and we may be subject to various governmental investigations.  In our opinion, the resolution of these claims and investigations will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position. However, the results of any legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty.

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VSE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2014

(6) Business Segments and Customer Information

Business Segments

Management of our business operations is conducted under four reportable operating segments:

Supply Chain Management Group – Our Supply Chain Management Group supplies vehicle parts primarily through a Managed Inventory Program ("MIP") to USPS and direct sales to other clients.

International Group - Our International Group provides engineering, industrial, logistics and foreign military sales services to the U.S. military and other government agencies.

Federal Group - Our Federal Group provides legacy equipment sustainment, engineering, technical, management, integrated logistics support and information technology services to DoD and other government agencies.

IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group – Our IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group provides technical and consulting services primarily to various civilian government agencies.

These segments operate under separate management teams and financial information is produced for each segment.  The entities within each of the Federal Group, International Group, and IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group reportable segments meet the aggregation of operating segments criteria as defined by the accounting standard for segment reporting.  We evaluate segment performance based on consolidated revenues and operating income. Net sales of our business segments exclude intersegment sales as these activities are eliminated in consolidation.

Our segment information for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows (in thousands):

 

Customer Information

Our revenue by customer is as follows (in thousands):

(7) Goodwill and Intangible Assets

There were no changes in goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Goodwill by operating segment as of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 is as follows (in thousands):

Intangible assets consist of the value of contract-related assets, acquired technologies and trade names. Amortization expense was approximately $2.5 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

(8) Fair Value Measurements

The accounting standard for fair value measurements defines fair value, and establishes a market-based framework or hierarchy for measuring fair value.  The standard is applicable whenever assets and liabilities are measured at fair value.

The fair value hierarchy established in the standard prioritizes the inputs used in valuation techniques into three levels as follows:

Level 1 – Observable inputs – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities – includes quoted prices for similar instruments,  quoted  prices  for identical or similar instruments in inactive markets, and amounts derived from valuation models where all significant inputs are observable in active markets; and

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs – includes amounts derived from valuation models where one or more significant inputs are unobservable and require us to develop relevant assumptions.

The following table summarizes the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and the level they fall within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):

Changes in the fair value of the Non-COLI assets held in the deferred supplemental compensation plan, as well as changes in the related deferred compensation obligation, are recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

We account for our interest rate swap agreements under the provisions of ASC 815, and have determined that our swap agreements qualify as highly effective hedges. Accordingly, the fair value of the swap agreements, which is a liability of approximately $156 thousand and $326 thousand at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, has been reported in accrued expenses.  The offset, net of an income tax effect of approximately $60 thousand and $125 thousand, is included in accumulated other comprehensive loss in the accompanying balance sheets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The amounts paid and received on the swap agreements will be recorded in interest expense as yield adjustments in the period during which the related floating-rate interest is incurred. We determine the fair value of the swap agreements based on a valuation model using market data inputs.

Our acquisition of WBI in 2011 may require us to make additional payments to the sellers of up to a total of $40 million over a four-year post closing period ending June 30, 2015 if WBI achieves certain financial performance. WBI earned approximately $219 thousand and $7.1 million based on its financial performance for the earn-out periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Included in earn-out obligations on the March 31, 2014 balance sheet is an earn-out obligation of approximately $8.6 million, net of the current portion of $588 thousand classified in current portion of earn-out obligations, which represents our best estimate of the present value of the earn-out obligation. Changes in the fair value of the earn-out obligations are recorded as contract costs in the period of change through settlement.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of the earn-out obligations measured at fair value on a recurring basis that used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

We utilize the Monte Carlo valuation model for our earn-out obligation. Significant unobservable inputs used to value the contingent consideration include projected EBITDA and the discount rate.  The model used a discount rate of 11.5% as of March 31, 2014.  If a significant increase or decrease in the discount rate occurred in isolation, the result could be a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement.

(9) Discontinued Operations

During 2013 we abandoned the operations of our wholly owned subsidiary Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation ("ICRC"). Prior to our decision to divest operations in December 2012, ICRC participated in an arrangement to provide performance and payment bonding services for certain small business prime contractors associated with ICRC's construction management business. Under the arrangement, ICRC received subcontractor work from the small business prime contractors in exchange for indemnifying the surety company in respect of the performance and payment bonds it provided for the small business prime contractors. In October 2012, the surety company, at ICRC's request, ceased issuing bonds for the small business prime contractors, and in December 2012 ICRC ceased performing all work on construction projects when it discontinued its construction management operations. Bonds issued prior to December 2012 for construction projects that were not yet completed by the small business prime contractors remained in effect until the projects are completed by the small business prime contractors.

As of March 31, 2014, three of the projects that were bonded with ICRC as the indemnitor had not yet been completed and the aggregate bonded amount on these three projects was approximately $4.9 million. These bonded projects are the subject of claims and disputes involving the subcontractors associated with the projects. We have recorded a reserve related to these claims and disputes of approximately $615 thousand, net of tax, which is included in loss from discontinued operations for the three-months ended March 31, 2014. We expect all remaining bonded projects to be completed in 2014.

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ITEM 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Executive Overview

We provide sustainment services for legacy systems and equipment and professional and technical services to the United States Government (the "government"), including the United States Department of Defense ("DoD"), the United States Postal Service ("USPS"), and federal civilian agencies, and to other customers. Our largest customers are the DoD and the USPS. Our operations consist primarily of vehicle fleet parts, supply chain management, vehicle and equipment maintenance and refurbishment, logistics, engineering, energy and environmental, IT solutions, health care IT, and consulting services performed on a contract basis.

Organization and Reporting Segments

Our operations are conducted within four reportable segments aligned with our management groups: 1) Supply Chain Management; 2) International; 3) Federal; and 4) IT, Energy and Management Consulting.

Supply Chain Management Group – Our Supply Chain Management Group provides sourcing, acquisition, scheduling, transportation, shipping, logistics, data management, and other services to assist our clients with supply chain management efforts. This group consists of our Wheeler Bros., Inc. ("WBI") subsidiary. Significant current work efforts for this group include WBI's ongoing Managed Inventory Program ("MIP") that supplies vehicle parts for the USPS truck fleet and other clients.

International Group - Our International Group provides engineering, industrial, logistics, maintenance, information technology, fleet-wide ship and aircraft support, aircraft sustainment and maintenance, facility operations, storage and disposal support for seized and forfeited general property programs, and foreign military sales services to the U.S. military branches, government agencies, and other customers. This group provides its services to the U.S. Navy, Department of Treasury, Air Force, Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF"), and other customers. Significant work efforts for this group include ongoing assistance to the U.S. Navy in executing its Foreign Military Sales ("FMS") Program for surface ships sold, leased or granted to foreign countries, various task orders under the U.S. Air Force Contract Field Teams ("CFT") Program, and management of Department of Treasury, Department of Justice, and ATF seized and forfeited general property programs ("Seized Asset Programs").

Federal Group - Our Federal Group provides engineering, technical, management, and integrated logistics support services to U.S. military branches, government agencies and other customers. These services include full life cycle engineering, logistics, maintenance, field support, and refurbishment services to extend and enhance the life of existing vehicles and equipment; comprehensive systems and software engineering, systems technical support, configuration management, obsolescence management, prototyping services, technology insertion programs, and technical documentation and data packages; and management and execution of government programs under large multiple award contracts. This group provides its services to the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, Marine Corps, and other customers. Significant current work efforts for this group include our ongoing U. S. Army Reserve vehicle refurbishment program and various vehicle and equipment maintenance and sustainment programs for U. S. Army commands.

IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group – Our IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group consists of our wholly owned subsidiaries Energetics Incorporated ("Energetics") and Akimeka, LLC ("Akimeka"). This group provides technical and consulting services primarily to various DoD and federal civilian agencies, including the United States Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, Commerce, Interior, Labor, Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development; the Social Security Administration; the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; the National Institutes of Health; customers in the military health system; and other government agencies and commercial clients. Energetics provides technical, policy, business, and management support in areas of energy modernization, clean and efficient energy, climate change mitigation, infrastructure protection, and measurement technology. Akimeka offers solutions in fields that include medical logistics, medical command and control, e-health, information assurance, public safety, enterprise architecture development, information assurance/business continuity, program and portfolio management, network IT services, systems design and integration, quality assurance services, and product and process improvement services.

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Management Outlook

Our history and heritage of assisting our clients in optimizing the use of their existing physical assets as an attractive alternative to costly replacement has long provided value. As challenges in our legacy markets continue to adversely impact our revenues, we are responding by adapting our vehicle, ship, and aircraft sustainment, service life extension, and logistics competencies to the needs of adjacent markets. Our success in these markets, including supply chain,  has given us a clear direction for our future. Going forward, our growth initiatives will focus on these more promising markets while we continue to defend and maintain our presence in key legacy markets in anticipation of a future rebound.

Our adjacent markets and new service offerings include managed inventory services centered on vehicle fleet sustainment offered by our Supply Chain Management Group. WBI's USPS MIP provides ongoing mission-critical supply chain support to the USPS, which provides us with a steady revenue and earnings source. This program does not rely on appropriated government spending, as it is primarily self-funded through revenues generated through USPS business operations. This is our largest revenue source and we have seen growth in this program. Additionally, WBI's supply chain and inventory management competencies provide us opportunities to further expand our customer base to new commercial client markets. We are actively marketing these service offerings to commercial clients, and are currently beginning to service large commercial vehicle fleets thereby broadening our addressable markets. Success in WBI's offerings to both traditional and commercial markets has encouraged us to focus our strategic direction on this part of our business and direct financial and management resources toward such efforts.

The challenges we have faced in our legacy markets in recent years have resulted in declining revenues in these markets. We have seen declines in our DoD and IT revenues due to a curtailment of government spending for certain programs and services, changes in government spending priorities, delays in government contract awards and funding, and the expiration of programs without follow-on contract awards. In response to our uncertain legacy business environment, we have aggressively managed our cost structure to retain balance with our workload. We will continue cost balancing efforts wherever feasible to remain competitive and profitable as we go forward.

Despite the challenges, we have key programs in our legacy markets that continue to provide a substantial portion of our business. These programs include our International Group's U.S. Navy FMS Program, and our Federal Group's military vehicle and equipment refurbishment work.

Our International Group's U.S. Navy FMS Program is our second largest source of revenue. This program does not rely on appropriated government spending as it is largely funded by foreign government clients. FMS Program revenues for the past few years have been generated primarily from follow on technical services work with very little ship reactivation and transfer work. Due to extended legislation delays in the U.S. Congress, our traditional mainstay of ship reactivation and transfer work continues to be deferred. Our contract supporting this work gives us potential contract coverage of up to $1.5 billion over a five-year period that began in January 2012. This level of contract coverage, combined with the eligibility, upon approval, of multiple U.S. Navy ships for transfer to foreign government clients, presents us with an opportunity for revenue growth from this program if and when a Naval Vessel Transfer Act is passed by Congress.

Follow on technical support work under our FMS Program has generated relatively consistent revenues. These services are provided to a number of foreign client countries, the largest of which is the Egyptian Navy. In July 2013, we evacuated our workforce from Egypt due to significant domestic and political unrest in that country. We continued performing support services for the Egyptian Navy at other locations, but revenue levels associated with this support under these circumstances are lower than when our workforce is located in Egypt. In March and April 2014 we began reinstating some of our workforce in Egypt at lower staffing levels than previously. Our Egyptian Navy support services generated approximately $10 million of revenue for the first quarter of 2014 and approximately $48 million of revenue for a full year in 2013. Operating profit margin on this work is consistent with the reported profit margin of our International Group. We cannot predict the longer range impact that the political situation in Egypt will have on our Egyptian Navy support program.

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Our Federal Group's vehicle and equipment refurbishment work for the U.S. Army Reserve is our third largest source of revenue. Our U.S. Army Reserve contract was re-competed in July 2013 to transition the work from a General Services Administration ("GSA") contract to multiple Army contracts. In August and September 2013, we were awarded three new task orders on our existing Army contracts to continue work on this program for another year. Contractual terms under the new task orders have resulted in lower profit margins for us on this program compared to previous contractual arrangements. This program generated approximately $60 million of revenue in 2013. The U.S. Army Reserve is unlikely to be insulated from DoD and Department of the Army realignment of funding priorities in reaction to large budget reductions. It is uncertain how much of this work will be re-competed, continued or extended upon expiration of our current task orders.

VSE has been the prime contractor for the U.S. Department of Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture general property program since 2006. The follow-on contract for this work was awarded to a competitor, and substantially all of our work on this program was completed as of March 2014. This program generated approximately $8 million of revenue for the first quarter of 2014 and approximately $36 million of revenue for a full year in 2013.

We have used our positive cash flow to reduce our bank debt at a rate that will position us to consider a variety of options to increase stockholder value.

Bookings and Funded Backlog

Our revenues depend on contract funding ("bookings"), and bookings generally occur when contract funding documentation is received. For our revenues that depend on bookings arising from the receipt of contract funding documentation, funded contract backlog is an indicator of potential future revenues. While bookings and funded contract backlog generally result in revenues, occasionally we will have funded contract backlog that expires or is de-obligated upon contract completion and does not generate revenue.

WBI's revenues are driven by maintenance schedules and the rate and timing of parts failure on customer vehicles, and WBI bookings occur at the time of sale instead of the receipt of contract funding documentation. Accordingly, WBI does not generally have funded contract backlog and it is not an indicator of potential future revenues for WBI. Therefore, total funded contract backlog is less of an indicator of our overall potential future revenue than in years prior to our acquisition of WBI.

A summary of our bookings and revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, and funded contract backlog as of March 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require us to make estimates and assumptions. There have been no changes in our critical accounting policies since December 31, 2013. Please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on March 7, 2014 for a full discussion of our critical accounting policies.

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Revenue by Contract Type

Our revenues by contract type were as follows (in thousands):

WBI revenues are classified as fixed-price revenue.

Results of Operations

Our results of operations are as follows (in thousands):

Our revenues were substantially unchanged for the first quarter of March 31, 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013. Revenues from our Supply Chain Management and Federal Groups increased, while revenues from our International and IT, Energy and Management Consulting Groups declined compared to the prior year.

Contract costs consist primarily of direct costs including labor, inventory, material, and supplies used in the performance of our work and delivery of our products, and indirect costs associated with these direct costs. These costs will generally increase or decrease in conjunction with our level of work or products sold and associated revenues.

Our contract costs decreased approximately $1.2 million, or 1%, for the first quarter of March 31, 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013. Reductions to our indirect costs initiated in the second quarter of 2013 contributed to the decrease in contract costs in 2014 as compared to 2013. Contract costs from our Supply Chain Management and Federal Groups increased, while contract costs from our International, and IT, Energy and Management Consulting Groups decreased compared to the prior year.

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of costs and expenses that are not chargeable or reimbursable on our operating unit contracts. These expenses include legal costs associated with contract protests and other matters.

Our operating income increased approximately $1.4 million, or 14% for the first quarter of March 31, 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013. Operating income from our Supply Chain Management, International, and IT, Energy and Management Consulting Groups increased, while operating income from our Federal Group decreased compared to the same period of 2013.

Changes in revenues, costs and expenses, and income are further discussed in the summaries of our segment results that follow.

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Interest expense decreased approximately $380 thousand for the first quarter of March 31, 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013 due to reductions in our level of borrowing as we pay down our bank loan. Interest expense also includes interest associated with capitalized construction costs related to our executive and administrative headquarters facility lease. The amount of interest expense associated with this capital lease in the first quarter of 2014 was approximately $420 thousand, as compared to $432 thousand for the same period of 2013.

Our effective income tax rate was 38.3% for the first quarter of March 31, 2014 as compared to 37.0% for the same period of 2013. Our tax rate is affected by discrete items that may occur in any given year, but may not be consistent from year to year. In addition to state income taxes, certain tax credits and other items can impact the difference between our statutory tax rates and our effective tax rate. Federal tax credits that lowered our 2013 effective tax rates expired at the end of 2013 and did not benefit our 2014 effective tax rate.

Supply Chain Management Group Results

The results of operations for our Supply Chain Management Group are as follows (in thousands):

Revenues for our Supply Chain Management Group increased approximately $2.9 million or 8% for the first quarter of 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013. The revenue increase resulted primarily from an increase in WBI's USPS MIP revenues of approximately $4.5 million. Contract costs increased by approximately $1.3 million or 4% and operating income increased by approximately $1.7 million or 27%. Contract costs and operating income increases resulted primarily from the increase in USPS MIP revenues. The profit percentage increase resulted from the USPS MIP revenue increase and a decrease in lower margin sales to DoD. Operating income for this segment was reduced by approximately $174 thousand in the first quarter of 2014 and approximately $277 thousand in the first quarter of 2013 for an increase to our accrued earn-out obligations associated with our acquisition of WBI.

International Group Results

The results of operations for our International Group are as follows (in thousands):

Revenues for our International Group decreased approximately $675 thousand or 2%, and contract costs decreased approximately $1.4 million or 4% for the first quarter of 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013. The revenue decrease resulted primarily from 1) a decrease in revenues from our Seized Assets Programs of approximately $1.4 million; 2) a decrease in revenues from our CFT Program of approximately $700 thousand; 3) a decrease in other work of approximately $400 thousand; and 4) and a partial offsetting increase in revenues from our FMS Program of approximately $1.9 million. The decrease in contract costs is attributable to the lower level of work associated with our revenue decline. Operating income increased by approximately $700 thousand or 41%. Operating income and profit percentage increases resulted primarily from the elimination of losses on our CFT Program work, a reduction in losses on other jobs, and an improvement in margin on our Seized Asset Program work. Profit margins in this group can vary due to fluctuations in contract activity and the timing of contract award fees associated with our FMS Program.

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Federal Group Results

The results of operations for our Federal Group are as follows (in thousands):

Revenues for our Federal Group increased approximately $984 thousand or 4%, and contract costs increased approximately $1.8 million or 7% for the first quarter of 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013. The revenue and contract cost increases resulted primarily from a task order performed in 2014 that started after the first quarter of 2013. Revenue for this task order in 2014 was approximately $8 million. This task order has a completion date of October 31, 2016 with a funded backlog of approximately $8 million as of March 31, 2014. The increases from this task order were partially offset by a decline in our Army Reserve vehicle refurbishment work of approximately $6 million and declines in some smaller projects. Operating income decreased by approximately $800 thousand or 71%. Operating income and profit percentage decreases resulted primarily due to a decrease in profits associated with the decline in Army Reserve work.

IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group Results

The results of operations for our IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group are as follows (in thousands):

Revenues for our IT, Energy and Management Consulting Group decreased approximately $3 million or 16%, and contract costs decreased approximately $3.2 million or 18% for the first quarter of 2014, as compared to the same period of 2013. The revenue and contract cost decreases resulted primarily from a reduction in services performed due to contract expirations and a decline in services ordered by clients on continuing contracts. Operating income increased by approximately $200 thousand or 17%. Operating income and profit percentage increases resulted primarily from indirect cost reductions and efficiencies associated with combining our Akimeka and G&B subsidiaries.

Financial Condition

Our financial condition did not change materially in the first quarter of 2014. Changes to asset and liability accounts were due primarily to our earnings, our level of business activity, contract delivery schedules, subcontractor and vendor payments required to perform our work, and the timing of associated billings to and collections from our customers.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

Cash and cash equivalents increased approximately $137 thousand during the first quarter of 2014.

Cash provided by operating activities decreased approximately $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the first quarter of 2013. The change is primarily attributable to a decrease of approximately $2 million due to changes in the levels of operating assets and liabilities, an increase of approximately $396 thousand in cash provided by net income, and an increase of approximately $271 thousand in depreciation and amortization and other non-cash operating activities. Our largest assets are our accounts receivable and inventories. Our largest operating liabilities are our accounts payable and accrued expenses. A significant portion of our accounts receivable and accounts payable result from the use of subcontractors to perform work on our contracts and from the purchase of materials to fulfill our contract obligations. Accordingly, our levels of accounts receivable and accounts payable may fluctuate depending on the timing of services ordered, government funding delays, the timing of billings received from subcontractors and materials vendors, and the timing of payments received for services. Such timing differences have the potential to cause significant increases and decreases in our accounts receivable and accounts payable in short time periods. Our levels of inventories and accrued expenses tend to vary in accordance with our levels revenues and services performed.

Cash used in investing activities decreased approximately $772 thousand in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the first quarter of 2013. Cash used in investing activities consisted of purchases of property and equipment.

Cash used in financing activities decreased approximately $775 thousand in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the first quarter of 2013. Cash used in financing activities consisted primarily of repayments on our bank loan and dividends.

We used approximately $481 thousand in cash to pay a dividend of $0.09 per share during the first quarter of 2014. Pursuant to our bank loan agreement, our payment of cash dividends is subject to annual rate restrictions. We have paid cash dividends each year since 1973 and have increased our dividend each year since 2004.

Liquidity

Our internal sources of liquidity are primarily from operating activities, specifically from changes in our level of revenues and associated accounts receivable and accounts payable, and from profitability. Significant increases or decreases in revenues and accounts receivable and accounts payable can impact our liquidity. Our accounts receivable and accounts payable levels can be affected by changes in the level of the work we perform, by the timing of large materials purchases and subcontractor efforts used in our contracts, and by delays in the award of contractual coverage and funding and payments. Government funding delays can cause delays in our ability to invoice for revenues earned, presenting a potential negative impact on our days sales outstanding.

We also purchase property and equipment and invest in expansion, improvement, and maintenance of our operational and administrative facilities. In March 2013, we purchased a building to support our Federal Group operations for approximately $1 million. From time to time, we may also invest in the acquisition of other companies.

Our external financing consists of a loan agreement with a bank group that provides for a term loan, revolving loans, and letters of credit, until June 2016 when the loan agreement is scheduled to expire.

The term loan requires quarterly installment payments. Our scheduled term loan payments after March 31, 2014 are $18.7 million in 2014 and $34.4 million in 2015. The amount of our term loan borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2014 was approximately $53.1 million.

The maximum amount of credit available to us from the banking group for revolving loans and letters of credit as of March 31, 2014 was $125 million and under the loan agreement we may elect to increase this maximum availability up to $175 million. We may borrow and repay the revolving loan borrowings as our cash flows require or permit. We pay an unused commitment fee and fees on letters of credit that are issued. We had approximately $24.7 million in revolving loan amounts outstanding and $573 thousand of letters of credit outstanding as of March 31, 2014. During the first quarter of 2014, the highest outstanding revolving loan amount was $36 million and the lowest was $17 million. The timing of payments made and collections received associated with our subcontractor and materials requirements and other operating expenses can cause fluctuations in our outstanding revolving loan amounts. Delays in government funding of our work performed can also cause additional borrowing requirements.

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We pay interest on the term loan borrowings and revolving loan borrowings at LIBOR plus a base margin or at a base rate (typically the prime rate) plus a base margin. As of March 31, 2014, the LIBOR base margin is 2.00% and the base rate base margin is 0.25%. The base margins increase or decrease in steps as our Total Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio increases or decreases.

We have employed interest rate hedges on a portion of our outstanding borrowings. After taking into account the impact of hedging instruments, as of March 31, 2014, interest rates on portions of our outstanding debt ranged from 2.15% to 3.62%, and the effective interest rate on our aggregate outstanding debt was 3.14%.

The loan agreement contains collateral requirements by which we pledge our assets as security, restrictive covenants, and other affirmative and negative covenants, conditions and limitations. Restrictive covenants include a limit on annual dividends, a maximum Total Funded Debt/EBITDA Ratio, that decreases over time, a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, and a minimum Asset Coverage Ratio, that increases over time. We were in compliance with the financial covenants and other loan agreement terms and conditions at March 31, 2014.

We currently do not use public debt security financing.

Indemnity Obligations

Prior to ceasing operations in December 2012, ICRC participated in an arrangement to provide performance and payment bonding services for certain small business prime contractors associated with ICRC's construction management business. Under the arrangement, ICRC received subcontractor work from the small business prime contractors in exchange for indemnifying the surety company in respect of the performance and payment bonds it provided for the small business prime contractors. In October 2012, the surety company, at ICRC's request, ceased issuing bonds for the small business prime contractors, and in December 2012, ICRC ceased performing all work on construction projects when it discontinued its construction management operations. Bonds issued prior to December 2012 for construction projects that were not yet completed by the small business prime contractors remained in effect until the projects are completed by the small business prime contractors.

As of March 31, 2014, three of the bonded projects had not yet been completed and the aggregate bonded amount on these projects was approximately $4.9 million. There have been claims and disputes made by subcontractors associated with the bonded projects. Under the Miller Act (40 U.S.C. Section 3131 to 3134), a subcontractor or material supplier may bring an action against a bond up to one year after the day on which the last of the labor was performed or material was supplied. We have recorded a reserve related to these claims and disputes of approximately $615 thousand, net of tax,  which is included in loss from discontinued operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2014. We expect all remaining bonded projects to be completed in 2014.

Inflation and Pricing

Most of our contracts provide for estimates of future labor costs to be escalated for any option periods, while the non-labor costs in our contracts are normally considered reimbursable at cost. Our property and equipment consists principally of computer systems equipment, furniture and fixtures, shop and warehouse equipment, and land and improvements. We do not expect the overall impact of inflation on replacement costs of our property and equipment to be material to our future results of operations or financial condition.

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Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rates

Our bank loans provide available borrowing to us at variable interest rates. Accordingly, future interest rate changes could potentially put us at risk for a material adverse impact on future earnings and cash flows. To mitigate the risks associated with future interest rate movements we have employed interest rate hedges to fix the rate on a portion of our outstanding borrowings for various periods of time. The resulting fixed rates on this portion of our debt are higher than the variable rates and have increased our net effective rate, but have given us protection us against interest rate increases.

In July 2011, we entered into a three-year amortizing LIBOR interest rate swap on our term loan with a notional amount of $101 million. The swap amount amortizes as the term loan amortizes, with reductions in the swap amount occurring on the same dates and for approximately the same amounts as term loan principal repayments. With the swap in place, we pay an effective rate of 1.615% plus our base margin through June 2014. The amount of swapped term loan debt outstanding as of March 31, 2014 is $45 million.

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Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks

See "Disclosures About Market Risk" in Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, based on management's evaluation, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d - 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our first quarter of fiscal 2014 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II.   Other Information

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

On or about March 8, 2013, a lawsuit, Anchorage v. Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation, et al., was filed in the Superior Court for the State of Alaska at Anchorage by the Municipality of Anchorage against our wholly owned subsidiary Integrated Concepts and Research Corporation ("ICRC") and two former subcontractors of ICRC, PND Engineers, Inc. and CH2M Hill Alaska, Inc.  With respect to ICRC, the lawsuit asserts, among other things, breach of contract, professional negligence and negligence in respect of work and services ICRC rendered on the Port of Anchorage Intermodal Expansion Contract with the Maritime Administration, a federal agency with the United States Department of Transportation.  ICRC's contract with the Maritime Administration expired on May 31, 2012.

On or about April 10, 2013, ICRC, joined by PND Engineers, Inc. and with the consent of CH2M Hill Alaska, Inc., removed the case to the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Because of the preliminary stage of this lawsuit, we cannot currently determine whether it will have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

We did not purchase any of our equity securities during the period covered by this report.

Under our bank loan agreement dividends may be paid in an annual aggregate amount of $.60 per share, provided there is no default under the loan agreement.

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Item 6.    Exhibits

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has omitted all other items contained in "Part II. Other Information" because such other items are not applicable or are not required if the answer is negative or because the information required to be reported therein has been previously reported.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.