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Cubic Corp. Profits Up 13 Per Cent.


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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2001

San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
:CUB cub

the newborn of a number of animal species as diverse as lion, fox and bear.
) Wednesday Wednesday: see week.  reported a 13 per cent increase in net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2001.

Net income for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2000 was $4,669,000 or 52 cents a share compared to $4,127,000 or 46 cents a share for the same quarter of the prior year. Sales grew to $120,334,000 for the quarter versus $115,398,000 last year.

Cubic Transportation Systems designs and manufactures automatic fare collection systems for public mass transit mass transit, public transportation systems designed to move large numbers of passengers. Types and Advantages


Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public shared transportation, such as buses, streetcars, and ferries, open to all on a
, including rail and buses throughout the world. The Cubic Defense Group produces instrumented air and ground combat training systems for both the U.S. and allied military forces. In addition, the defense group produces avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , data links, and communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. , and provides support for military simulations Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities. Many professional analysts object to the term wargames  and battle command training, and provides product logistical lo·gis·tic   also lo·gis·ti·cal
adj.
1. Of or relating to symbolic logic.

2. Of or relating to logistics.



[Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation
 support.

                           CUBIC CORPORATION
        CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
             (amounts in thousands, except per share data)

                                          Three Months Ended
                                             December 31,
                                     2000                    1999
Revenues:

Sales                              $120,334                $115,398
Other income                          3,375                   1,504

                                    123,709                 116,902

Costs and expenses:

Cost of sales                        94,493                  88,212
Selling, general and
 administrative expenses             18,597                  19,397
Research and development              2,005                   1,328
Goodwill amortization                   661                     521
Interest                                884                     917

                                    116,640                 110,375

Income before income taxes            7,069                   6,527

Income taxes                          2,400                   2,400

Net income                           $4,669                  $4,127

Net income per share                  $0.52                   $0.46

Average shares of common stock
 outstanding                          8,907                   8,907


                           CUBIC CORPORATION
                 CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
                            (in thousands)

                               December 31,            September 30,
                                  2000                     2000
                               (Unaudited)            (See note below)

ASSETS
Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents       $ 59,207                 $ 69,753
Marketable securities,
 available-for-sale                1,496                    3,586
Accounts receivable              136,094                  123,410
Inventories                       25,641                   29,499
Deferred income taxes and other
 current assets                   23,392                   23,495

Total current assets             245,830                  249,743

Property, plant and equipment
 -- net                           37,817                   38,469
Goodwill, less amortization       22,597                   23,193
Other assets                      11,265                   10,945

                               $ 317,509                $ 322,350

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:

Trade accounts payable          $ 10,647                 $ 18,749
Customer advances                 26,022                   29,976
Other current liabilities         36,908                   36,286
Income taxes payable               7,688                    6,265

Total current liabilities         81,265                   91,276

Long-term debt                    50,000                   50,000
Deferred compensation              5,446                    5,051

Shareholders' equity:

Common stock                         234                      234
Additional paid-in capital        12,123                   12,123
Retained earnings                208,306                  203,637
Accumulated other comprehensive
 loss                             (3,802)                  (3,908)
Treasury stock at cost           (36,063)                 (36,063)

                                 180,798                  176,023

                               $ 317,509                $ 322,350


Note: The balance sheet at Sept. 30, 2000 has been derived de·rive  
v. de·rived, de·riv·ing, de·rives

v.tr.
1. To obtain or receive from a source.

2.
 from the audited financial statements at that date.
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