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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Prices Public Offering of Common Stock
SAN DIEGO, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (“Kratos”) (NASDAQ: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense,
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, June 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (“Kratos”) (NASDAQ: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Commercial Markets, today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 12,987,013 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $38.50 per share pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The net proceeds to Kratos from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions, are expected to be approximately $483,750,000. Kratos has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,948,052 shares of common stock. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Kratos. The offering is expected to close on June 27, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. 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. Baird, RBC Capital Markets, Truist Securities and Raymond James are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. B. Riley Securities, The Benchmark Company, Noble Capital Markets, Citizens Capital Markets, and Academy Securities are acting as co-managers for the offering. The securities described above are being offered pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-277222) that was previously filed by Kratos with the SEC and automatically became effective upon filing on February 21, 2024. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. The preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms o...