Combination transforms Luna into a global fiber optic leader; creates a distributed fiber sensing powerhouse
- Acquisition combines two global leaders in fiber optic sensing solutions
- OptaSense’s market-leading position in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) combined with Luna’s suite of sensing products forms the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio
- OptaSense’s diverse, blue-chip customer base aligns well with Luna’s; presents a significant opportunity for expansion of offerings into both customer groups
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Transformative acquisition allows Luna to cost-effectively establish a strong international presence and adds to its
U.S. leadership position - OptaSense allows for expansion into high-growth markets such as security and perimeter detection, smart infrastructure monitoring and oil and gas; expected to accelerate Luna’s data services and IOT strategy
- Acquisition expected to be accretive in 2021
"The acquisition of OptaSense marks an incredibly important milestone in Luna’s history and will further support our growth trajectory," said
The acquisition provides Luna with important distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) intellectual property and products, which strongly complement Luna’s existing portfolio, and provides algorithm-development expertise, critical for AI and machine learning. OptaSense’s research and development talent and highly skilled salesforce, combined with more than 150 active and pending patents, will also enhance Luna’s existing experienced team and broaden its intellectual property portfolio.
OptaSense will become a fully owned subsidiary of
Compelling Strategic Benefits
Luna expects that this transformative acquisition will:
- Provide Luna with important Distributed Acoustic Sensing (“DAS”) intellectual property, products and expertise. DAS strongly complements Luna’s existing offerings, and provides algorithm development expertise, critical for AI and machine learning.
- Bring a diverse, blue-chip customer base with limited crossover with Luna’s customer base. This represents a significant opportunity for expansion into both customer groups.
- Enhance Luna’s existing sales team and broad intellectual property portfolio through its R&D expertise and highly skilled salesforce, combined with more than 150 patents active and pending.
- Allow Luna to cost-effectively establish a strong operational presence internationally, building upon its already strong international customer base and sales capability.
- Rapidly generate expansion opportunities into high-growth markets such as security and perimeter detection, smart infrastructure monitoring and oil and gas,
- Realize efficiencies and leverage the combination of OptaSense and Luna to grow rapidly Luna’s operations, customer base, offerings, and financial profile.
Transaction Terms and Financing
Luna is acquiring OptaSense for £29 million, which required approximately
2020 Full-Year Outlook
Luna is reaffirming its full-year 2020 guidance:
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Total revenues of
$81M to$83M -
Adjusted EBITDA of
$10M to$12M
The company expects to provide an additional outlook as well as additional qualitative detail on its fourth quarter and year-end 2020 earnings call, the date for which will be announced early next year.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In evaluating the operating performance of its business, Luna’s management considers Adjusted EBITDA, which excludes certain charges and credits that are required by GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA provide[s] useful information to both management and investors by excluding the effect of certain non-cash expenses and items that Luna believes may not be indicative of its operating performance, because either they are unusual and Luna does not expect them to recur in the ordinary course of its business, or they are unrelated to the ongoing operation of the business in the ordinary course. Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results.
Conference Call Information
Luna will conduct an investor conference call at
About Luna
About QinetiQ
QinetiQ is a leading science and engineering company operating primarily in the defense, security and critical infrastructure markets. We work in partnership with our customers to solve real world problems through innovative solutions delivering operational and competitive advantage. Visit our website www.QinetiQ.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @QinetiQ. Visit our blog www.QinetiQ-blogs.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this release that are not historical facts constitute “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include Luna's expectations regarding its projected 2020 financial results and outlook, the integration of OptaSense’s employees, intellectual property and offerings, and the expected benefits of the acquisition, including the acquisition being accretive to Luna’s non-GAAP EPS in 2021 and increasingly accretive thereafter, the ability to expand offerings to Luna’s and OptaSense’s customer groups, the ability to establish a strong international presence, and the ability to expand into additional high-growth markets, the continuation of trends such as 5G, lightweighting and infrastructure monitoring, the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business, operations and financial results, and growth potential. Management cautions the reader that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to a number of both known and unknown risks and uncertainties, and actual results, performance, and/or achievements of Luna may differ materially from the future results, performance, and/or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors. These factors include, without limitation, uncertainties regarding integration of the companies’ respective employee bases, offerings and business operations, potential adverse reactions or uncertainties regarding the acquisition among the companies’ customers, potential unknown liabilities and unforeseen expenses associated with the acquisition, potential performance shortfalls as a result of the diversion of management’s attention caused by completing the acquisition and integrating the companies’ operations, failure of demand for Luna's products and services to meet expectations, failure of target market to grow and expand, technological and strategic challenges, uncertainties related to the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and those risks and uncertainties set forth in Luna’s Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended
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