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Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report

Reaching 
Forward

Inventing the Future

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2014Contents

Chairman’s Letter

Financial Highlights

Fiscal 2014 Performance Highlights

Our Culture of Innovation 

Integrating Strategy and Technology

Enhancing Analytics and Network Security 

Engineering Products and Solutions

Booz Allen Hamilton Leadership

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Shareholder Information (inside back cover)

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Share Price Information
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation common stock is  
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under ticker 
symbol BAH. The weighted average number of diluted shares 
outstanding for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, was 
148,681,074. Share price information can be found at  
boozallen.com/investors. 

Management’s Certifications
The certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief 
Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act of 2002 have been filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission as exhibits to our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In addition, our Chief Executive Officer provided to the New York 
Stock Exchange the annual Section 303A CEO certification 
regarding our compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s 
corporate governance listing standards.

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 Principal officesLocations where Booz Allen is serving clients on long-term engagementsChaiRman’S LetteR 

“Booz Allen’s capabilities and focus  

on our clients’ core missions, and our 
effective business management, have 
enabled us to succeed despite  
a challenging market.” 

— Dr. Ralph W. Shrader

Dear Colleagues and Shareholders:
Dear Colleagues and Shareholders:

One hundred years ago, Edwin G. Booz had an 
original idea that business leaders could benefit 
from rigorous analysis of markets and operations 
and from objective advice. In 2014, the company he 
founded stands strong as the premier consultancy 
helping government and commercial clients achieve 
their most important missions. As technology 
evolves, missions expand, and budgetary  
pressures persist, Booz Allen Hamilton responds  
with innovative solutions that help organizations 
solve their most complex problems. We engage  
with many of the most important issues of our 
time—national security, healthcare and financial 
reform, immigration, energy and the environment, 
and much more. And our nearly 23,000 people 
create value by pioneering new products and 
technologies, by deriving actionable insights from 
data, by preemptively defeating cyber threats, 
and by applying multidimensional thinking  
to generate unique solutions. 

accomplishment that 100 years later, our people  
who follow in Ed Booz’s footsteps make a 
tremendous difference. 

The Power of Innovation 
In Fiscal 2014, Booz Allen marked its centennial 
anniversary by investing in the future. On January 2,  
2014, we rang the opening bell at the New York 
Stock Exchange, signaling our commitment to 
investors and to the broader financial community. 
We’re sponsoring the Degas/Cassatt exhibition 
at the National Gallery of Art, which explores the 
themes of collaboration and innovation. We’re also 
sponsoring three flagship events at the USS Midway 
Museum in San Diego to commemorate veterans 
and the US military community. And to honor our 
legacy of community engagement, we established 
a Centennial Community Challenge program to 
encourage Booz Allen employees to collectively 
volunteer 100,000 hours in 2014.

Equally important, we approach everything we do 
with a deep commitment of service to our clients, 
to our communities, and to the veterans who have 
served us. We’re able to bring the best of the  
best together to pursue missions in cross-
functional, highly collaborative ways that others 
cannot. Our professionals bring their brains, hearts, 
and values to everything they do. It is a great 

To drive sustainable growth during our second 
century, we moved forward with our Vision 2020 
strategy on two parallel tracks: a set of growth 
platforms tied to specific market opportunities and 
an evolving client base; and enabling initiatives 
to further strengthen our business processes. 
We’re actively designing and building profitable, 
scalable businesses of the future—programs and 

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     1 

technologies focused on solving the big problems 
that many of our government, commercial,  
and international clients confront. Our Strategic 
Innovation Group is helping us nurture a culture 
of innovation that inspires and empowers our 
people to identify and deconstruct client problems 
and develop solutions that create value for our 
clients and the firm. We’re already seeing adjacent 
and transformational innovation in the areas of 
cloud computing, advanced analytics, predictive 
intelligence, and engineering of rapid prototypes. 

Technology and engineering have emerged as 
an especially strong growth platform. With the 
successful integration of the Defense Systems 
Engineering and Support Division of ARINC 
Incorporated, which we renamed Booz Allen Hamilton 
Engineering Services, our expanded capabilities 
now include deployment of advanced technological 
solutions and techniques, scientific exploration, 
rapid prototyping, full-spectrum engineering, 
program development, and integration. Additionally, 
advancements in analytics and predictive intelli-
gence helped us expand our position in the 
commercial and international markets.

FInAnCIAl hIghlIghTS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

Fiscal year ended March 31:

2014

2013

2012

Revenue

Operating Income

$««5,478,693« $««5,758,059 $««5,859,218

460,611

446,234

387,432

Adjusted Operating Income (1)

470,155

467,337

429,219

We also began to build the strategic infrastructure  
to support these platforms. We are deploying 
multiple business models within Booz Allen  
that take us beyond traditional consulting. In  
FY14, we expanded our Cyber4Sight™ managed  
services offering to include new Global4Sight and  
Insider4Sight capabilities, developed specialized  
prototypes for defense and law enforcement  
clients, and introduced our groundbreaking  
Polaris™ real-time project analysis software. And the 
new People Model we rolled out will truly support the  
diverse needs and skills of our employees and our  
business. To respond to an increasingly technical  
market, we created new career paths that include  
separate tracks for traditional management  
consulting and for engineering and technology.  
This model also includes an innovative “functional  
community” concept that promotes collaboration  
while enhancing opportunities to develop and  
deploy valuable intellectual capital. By increasing  
engagement and retention, we can ensure we have  
the elite workforce necessary to compete—and  
excel—as the market evolves.

A Resilient Enterprise
These investments—combined with disciplined  
financial management and continued success in  
such key growth areas as C4ISR, cybersecurity, and  
healthcare analytics—enabled us to overcome  
challenging market conditions and reward our  
investors with solid financial performance. 

• Full-year revenue declined 4.9%, to $5.48 billion, 
due primarily to fewer billable hours and the  
impact of the government shutdown.

• Free cash flow was $311.8 million, compared  

with $431.5 million in the prior year.

EBITDA (1)

532,938

520,243

462,637

• Adjusted net income increased to $241.9 million, 

Adjusted EBITDA (1)

534,032

528,836

488,060

Net Income

232,188

219,058

239,955

Adjusted Net Income (1)

241,946

239,530

227,194

Per Diluted Common Share

  Earnings

$«««÷÷÷÷«1.54 $««÷÷÷÷«1.45 $««÷÷÷÷«1.70

  Adjusted Earnings (1)

$«««÷«÷÷÷1.63 $««÷«÷÷÷1.65 $««÷«÷÷÷1.61

At March 31:

2014

2013

2012

Cash Provided by Operating Activities

$««««««332,718 $««÷«464,654 $««÷«360,046

Free Cash Flow (1)

311,813

431,541

283,121

Total Debt

Total Backlog

1,658,919

1,715,173

965,425

9,838,000

11,535,000

10,804,000

(1)  These measures are non-GAAP financial measures. Please see page 51 of this report for a 

reconciliation of these measures to GAAP and a discussion of why the Company is presenting  
this information.

from $239.5 million in the prior year.

• Total backlog stood at $9.84 billion at March 31, 

2014, compared with $11.54 billion in the  
prior year. 

• Adjusted EBITDA increased by 1% to $534.0 million.
• We delivered $2.40 in dividends during FY14, 

which together with our share price appreciation 
represented a total return to shareholders of  
more than 86% over the 12 months ended  
March 31, 2014.

Our financial discipline served us especially well 
as we confronted continued sequestration and the 
government shutdown that occurred in October 2013. 
By planning ahead and managing resources tightly 
during the first half of our fiscal year, we fulfilled our 
commitment to employees in a way that few if any 
peer institutions could. We believe the funds we 
expended to continue to employ affected staff through 
the 16-day shutdown was money very well spent. 
We also repriced our debt to reduce our interest 
rates for the remaining term of our credit agreement 
and completed a secondary stock offering that was 

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oversubscribed. We will continue to look for ways 
to leverage all our firm’s resources to grow top-line 
revenue and generate the bottom-line results our 
shareholders expect. 

Creating new Opportunity
With Vision 2020, Booz Allen has a solid platform in  
place to accelerate growth when market conditions 
improve. Our diverse and energized executive 
leadership team is working together effectively  
to evolve our business. Together, we coalesced 
around the firm’s Vision 2020 strategy and  
are successfully executing it.

We will miss the valuable contributions of several 
senior executives who announced their retirement 
earlier this year after distinguished careers at 
Booz Allen. Among them are Sam Strickland, who has 
worked by my side to provide valuable counsel and 
outstanding financial leadership for the last 18 years. 
He led our IPO and applied his talent, dedication, 
and core values to help us achieve the financial 
strength and stability we have today. Also retiring 
is Mike McConnell, the former Director of National 
Intelligence, who contributed the deep insights and 
strong external voice that helped Booz Allen build  
our market-leading cybersecurity business. 

Generations of Booz Allen leaders have committed 
themselves to passing on a strengthened heritage 
for our successors, and we are fortunate to have 
many talented and experienced people who will 
be able to lead us for a long time to come. These 
include the Client Service Officers who remain  
the heart and soul of our business. 

Engineering Second-century growth
While the 2014 federal budget resolution creates 
some stability and clarity around how the government 
will spend its available funds, I’m always mindful of 
the potential for discontinuity. This is especially true 
during election cycles, and we are managing our cost 
posture and spending profile accordingly. 

Our relentless focus on client success and our 
disciplined approach to running our business help  
us manage this uncertainty with greater confidence. 
We understand what our business is, what our 
market is, and what kind of organization we are.  
Booz Allen is fortunate to have built a strong 
reputation for being the best at what we do.  
This track record is especially attractive during 
challenging times, when clients look to the premier 
firm to keep its promises and help them meet  
today’s mission and anticipate the future.

On January 1, 2014, Chief Operating Officer horacio D. Rozanski (above left) 
assumed the additional position of President. During his 20-year consulting 
career at Booz Allen, he has played a key role in major strategic initiatives that 
have redefined the firm as a Fortune 500 public company. As a key architect  
of Vision 2020, he is charting the firm’s future by leading efforts to renew  
Booz Allen’s culture of innovation; define new business models; and  
improve productivity, profitability, and service delivery.

Sam Strickland (above right), Booz Allen’s Chief Financial and Administrative 
Officer, announced that he will retire from Booz Allen on June 30, 2014, after  
18 years of senior leadership. He led the major investment in the firm by  
The Carlyle Group in 2008, was the officer-in-charge of Booz Allen’s successful 
initial public offering in November 2010, and most recently led the acquisition and 
integration of what is now Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering Services. His expertise 
in financial and business operations, information services, and infrastructure 
helped Booz Allen grow into the $5 billion-plus enterprise it is today. 

remain an essential partner to the US government, 
developing new capabilities, ensuring leadership 
continuity, and managing our financial resources 
prudently. In FY15, we will begin our second 
century of growth by focusing on three operational 
priorities. We will continue to implement—and 
refine our thinking about—both the growth and 
the infrastructure dimensions of Vision 2020. We 
will continue to manage the day-to-day business 
prudently in the face of market turbulence. And 
we will work to ensure that people across our 
organization understand where we’re going, and 
feel inspired by the journey we’re on. Over the near 
term, we expect to gain market share in areas where 
we have identified strategic opportunity, and scale 
back in other areas that the government is de-
emphasizing. By adhering to our clear strategy, we 
will continue to make a difference for clients around 
the world and help maintain our financial stability 
and generate the attractive returns to extend our 
legacy of success into our second century.

The key themes of this letter define the essence 
of what it takes to secure the future of our firm: 
investing in innovation and our employees, pursuing 
the commercial and international markets as we 

Ralph W. Shrader, Ph.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
June 20, 2014

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Performance Highlights

Opening Bell at NYSE 
Booz Allen marked 100 years of character, 
service, and forward thinking by ringing 
the opening bell at the New York Stock 
Exchange. The event kicks off a yearlong 
celebration that includes sponsorship of 
exhibits at the National Gallery of Art  
and the USS Midway Museum.

US Navy/Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) 
Won a five-year, $52 million order from US Navy/Naval 
Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide advanced 
research and development, engineering and technology, 
and quality and technology management support to  
the Integrated Communications & Information Systems 
(ICIS) Division.

Best Company Awards 
Inducted into Working Mother 
magazine’s Hall of Fame after 
15 consecutive years on the 
publication’s “Working Mother  
100 Best Companies” list. 
Booz Allen was also named to 
various “best” lists by Consulting,  
G.I. Jobs, DiversityINC, and LATINA 
Style magazines, among others.

New People Model 
As part of Vision 2020, launched a new 
People Model that creates new career paths 
and a continuous feedback mechanism, 
establishes a Career Center that connects 
staff to job and training opportunities 
throughout the firm, and creates an 
innovative functional communities construct 
that encourages staff to build relationships  
across the firm and grow and deepen 
their functional skills. 

A Passion for Data Science
Published The Field Guide to Data Science, 
an e-book that explores the what, the why, 
the who, and the how of data science. By 
understanding its complex DNA, senior 
leaders and practitioners can expand their 
expertise and learn new tradecraft—the 
process, tools, and technologies for 
humans and computers to work together  
to transform data into insights.

Honoring America’s Veterans
Honored the veteran community throughout 
the month of November 2013 with a series 
of events around the country that included 
a workshop to help veterans translate 
military experience to civilian employment, 
a Thanksgiving food drive for military 
families, and a training session for the 
Wounded Warrior Mentor Program.

Enhancing Our “Innovation Ecosystem”
The Strategic Innovation Group introduced components of a new 
ecosystem designed to propel the best ideas generated within 
the firm into reality. This collection of tools and events creates an 
environment for staff to habitually generate, capture, prototype, and 
deploy fresh processes, products, technologies, and services for 
clients and the firm. One such tool, the Garage, is a virtual platform 
that uses the concepts of ideation and challenge-based innovation 
to help staff develop actionable solutions to critical problems. In 
addition, the annual Ideas Festival celebrated and highlighted the 
untapped insight and expertise of Booz Allen employees with  
an event themed “The Next Century of Innovation.”

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Reimagining Government Reform 
Developed an innovative approach to 
help clients manage the complexity 
and uncertainty of large-scale reform. 
Produced the Reform Playbook, which gives 
agencies the structure, technical expertise, 
and inspiration they need to seize the 
opportunity to reform, and developed the 
Reform Lifecycle, which deconstructs and 
reframes reform to identify a repeatable 
path to success. 

Cyber University Award
Booz Allen’s Cyber University Program was 
named Outstanding Training Initiative of 
2013 by Training magazine. The program 
provides both industry-recognized and 
internally created proprietary training and 
development opportunities for Booz Allen 
employees. It offers an innovative approach 
to training delivery, including a focus on 
virtual and informal training, in order to 
support staff working with cyber clients.

Fiscal 2014

Nine Years at Aspen 
Sponsored the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival, 
during which Booz Allen thought leaders 
contributed to dialog on such important 
societal issues as immigration reform, 
investment of defense dollars, cyber threats, 
economic opportunity in the Middle East, 
and the link between health and the 
affordability of healthcare.

National Science Foundation Contract
Won a $159.8 million single-award contract from 
the Office of Information & Resource Management 
to provide support for transition and transformation, 
program and project management services, enterprise 
services, solution engineering and integration services, 
and solution operations and maintenance. 

Polaris™ Analysis Software
Booz Allen released Polaris, a 
groundbreaking tool to support a 
new generation of program analysis 
by integrating cost, schedule, 
and risk. Built using Booz Allen’s 
RealTime Analytics Technology, 
Polaris is designed to dramatically 
reduce the time and resources 
required to perform sophisticated 
predictive analysis.

Smart Command Series
Hosted nearly 100 defense leaders at a panel 
discussion in which Booz Allen experts discussed 
how a system-of-systems approach can help the 
Department of Defense address budget shortages 
and rapidly put new technologies into the hands 
of warfighters. The series of four town hall sessions 
explored the benefits of adopting an enterprise 
mindset to acquire, develop, and manage 
technology that is integrated from the start.

Centennial Community Challenge
Building on the spirit of service that is 
a cornerstone of the Booz Allen culture, 
the firm initiated the 2014 Centennial 
Community Challenge, urging employees 
to perform 100 hours of service to needy 
organizations, and setting a firmwide 
goal of 100,000 hours of service to the 
communities where we live and work. As 
of mid-June, employees had recorded 
more than 48,000 total hours.

Industry Partnerships 
Established a Strategic Alliance program to foster 
relationships with technology vendors such as Microsoft 
and Amazon to build lasting value for clients. The firm also 
began collaborating with Washington, DC–based incubator 
1776 to help government and commercial organizations 
build cultures of innovation and entrepreneurship, create 
new and distinctive products and services, and provide 
market access to enable high-promise startups to scale.

Senior Executive Promoted to President  
Effective January 1, 2014, Booz Allen Chief 
Operating Officer Horacio D. Rozanski 
assumed the additional position of 
President. His new responsibilities reflect 
his success as COO, and his ongoing 
leadership of the firm’s next-generation 
business strategy.

Middle East Report 
Commissioned an in-depth study with the 
Economist Intelligence Unit to better understand 
the challenges posed by the current employment 
structure and corresponding fiscal realities in Gulf 
Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. In Viewpoint on 
Building a Diversified Economy, Booz Allen shared 
recommendations that can start to inform a roadmap 
by leveraging global best practices adapted for the 
GCC’s unique strengths and opportunities.

Fortune Magazine Award
For the third consecutive year, 
Booz Allen was named to Fortune 
magazine’s list of “The World’s 
Most Admired Companies.” This list 
reflects industry rankings for nine 
criteria, from investment value  
to social responsibility.

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Our Culture 
of Innovation 

Photo left to right: 
Dr. Chad Haynes, Associate, and  
Dr. Pawel Gradzki, Lead Technologist,  
applied their expertise to support 
 ARPA-E investments in new  
energy technologies.

new Energy Technologies Redefine 
America’s Energy Future

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research 
Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) works exclusively in  
the “white space” of energy innovation to address 
our nation’s most pressing security, economic, and 
environmental challenges. Unlike other government-
funded research agencies, it focuses on early-stage 
energy technologies and provides the funding, 
technical support, and technology-to-market 
guidance to help energy innovations succeed.  
Booz Allen has worked with ARPA-E since its 
inception in 2009. Today, a multidisciplinary team 
collaborates with ARPA-E’s distinguished scientists 
and engineers to support program development, 
performance measurement, and creation of 
intellectual capital.

Booz Allen associates Dr. Chad Haynes and  
Dr. Pawel Gradzki are supporting portfolios of 
potentially transformative energy investments at 
critical make-or-break points in their technology 
development cycles. Haynes is applying his 
biofuels expertise to support ARPA-E’s investment 

in a portfolio of projects that aim to create liquid 
fuels using microorganism-based approaches. 
These advanced biofuels would have a smaller 
carbon footprint to provide a clear environmental 
advantage over traditional fuels. Currently, Haynes 
is working with ARPA-E and Booz Allen colleagues 
to perform techno-economic studies to evaluate the 
cost effectiveness of this technology. 

Gradzki is supporting research to create a smarter, 
safer, and more reliable electrical power grid. 
An experienced electrical engineer, he advises 
research teams working to develop the advanced 
high-voltage electrical power conversion devices 
that connect solar panels and wind turbines to 
the power grid. Wide-band semiconductor devices 
made with gallium nitride and silicon carbide can 
switch high voltage faster and more efficiently than 
traditional silicon devices. Such devices have the 
potential to lower energy costs, reduce energy 
consumption, and reduce harmful emissions. 

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Across Booz Allen, we’re focusing on our clients’ biggest problems, viewing them from diverse perspectives, and applying our unique capabilities to build innovative products and services to address those problems. next-generation 
leaders help nonprofit 
Organizations Excel 

Functional Communities 
Unleash Innovative 
Thinking

Booz Allen people are driven, multidimensional 
professionals who engage their minds and hearts 
to serve Booz Allen clients and support the 
communities where they live and work. In 2012, 
the firm launched an innovative program that 
converges leadership development and community 
service to create a “triple win” for Booz Allen, its 
next generation of leaders, and select nonprofit 
organizations. Participants in the Leadership 
Excellence for Senior Associates Program develop 
leadership skills through such multifaceted 
experiences as leadership development residential 
sessions, leadership diagnostics and assessment 
tools, network-building activities, and executive 
coaching. A key component of the program is the 
Community Leadership Project, which brings together 
diverse teams of the best and brightest Booz Allen 
consultants and focuses their talents, expertise, and 
passion on tackling mission-critical challenges in the 
nonprofit arena. Each organization reaps the benefit 
of at least 300 hours of expert consulting services 
focused on enterprise-level board development  
or strategic alignment issues.  

In 2013, one Leadership Excellence team donated 
its time and talents to support the Bob Woodruff 
Foundation. This national nonprofit helps injured 
veterans and their families navigate more than 
40,000 organizations that provide services to them. 
At a time of tight funding, the foundation needed to 
capture and articulate the value and impact of its 
grants in a more systematic and powerful way. The 
Booz Allen team interviewed grantees, recommended 
new metrics, and developed an investment 
evaluation template for all grantees to complete.  
The team also developed a series of qualitative 
impact statements the foundation can use with 
potential donors to highlight its success. 

Booz Allen’s deep matrix of functional capabilities 
creates a competitive advantage in addressing client 
missions. As the firm’s leadership developed the 
Vision 2020 initiative to drive long-term growth, an 
enduring priority remained to mature our functional 
distinction in a way that empowers employees to 
advance the firm’s collaborative culture. In 2013, 
Booz Allen launched 16 innovative Functional 
Communities, each championed by partner sponsors 
who are experts in their disciplines. By affiliating 
with one or more of these communities, employees 
connect with like-minded professionals, grow their 
professional networks, and develop their functional 
expertise. Additionally, they look across the firm to 
discover ideas to apply to their work and develop 
new intellectual capital (IC) that they can contribute 
to the culture of innovation critical to the firm’s  
long-term success. 

For example, members of Booz Allen’s Health 
Functional Community received a $23,000 
investment to show how the 
Military Health System (MHS) 
can leverage data science 
to reduce healthcare costs. 
The team built a dataset 
from simulated MHS and 
publicly available data, and 
derived illustrative predictive 
models of chronic diseases. 
The models examine stages 
of disease progression, 
vulnerable populations, 
demographic clusters, and 
epidemiological patterns. The 
team developed a playbook and data visualization 
portfolio to demonstrate the power of this capability 
and has used this new IC in a military health 
engagement, enabling the client to expand and 
enhance the analysis it provides on behalf of  
the military health community.

Photo left to right: 
Joel Bales, Lead Associate; 
Dr. Mike Krentz, Lead Associate; 
and Dr. Gretchen H. Thompson, 
Associate, members of a team  
that showed how data science  
can reduce healthcare costs.

Vision and Innovation

“the firm’s commitment to diversity today unlocks innovation 
tomorrow and drives market growth in the days ahead.”

— Rashaad C. Owens, Consultant

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Integrating 
Strategy and
Technology 

Transforming the Vaccine 
Management Supply Chain

In 1994, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) launched the Vaccines for Children 
program to address a simple but powerful goal: to 
provide federal funding so that all children—not just 
those who can afford them—could have access to 
crucial recommended childhood immunizations. 
A decade later, the program’s size, cost, and 
complexity had grown exponentially—and its 
outdated technology, inefficient processes, and  
sprawling supply chain were constraining perfor-
mance. After a critical flu vaccine shortage in 2004, 
the CDC launched a 10-year initiative to overhaul 
the program so that Vaccines for Children could 
fulfill its mission more efficiently and respond to  
increased public concern about pandemic 
outbreaks and bioterrorism. 

The CDC initially commissioned Booz Allen to 
conduct the first-ever top-to-bottom review of the 
program’s operating model—a process that led 
to a comprehensive suite of recommendations 

to update IT systems, adopt commercial supply 
chain best practices, create efficiencies, and 

bring more transparency into the $3.7 billion 

annual budget for purchasing and distributing 

vaccines. Working side by side with our 
clients, our cross-functional team 
of experts in IT, analytics, and 
strategy/organization drew 

on its collective skills and 

experience across health, civil, and defense markets 
to create and implement the Vaccine Management 
Business Improvement Project (VMBIP). 

As part of this project, Booz Allen supported the 
CDC with development and deployment of the 
award-winning Vaccine Tracking System (VTrckS), 
an innovative, nationwide Web-based IT solution 
for publicly funded vaccine ordering/forecasting 
and budget/contract management. As a secure, 
recoverable system, VTrckS dramatically enhances 
the CDC’s ability to manage the vaccine supply 
chain in real time, while streamlining manual 
processes and data entry. With VTrckS deployment, 
lead time between vaccine orders and shipment  
to providers was reduced from up to four weeks  
in 1994 to four business days or less today.

Over the past 10 years, Booz Allen has helped 
transform the CDC’s publicly funded vaccine 
management model from decentralized inefficiency 
into a centralized management system that 
enables better oversight. By catalyzing dramatic 
improvements in vaccine order tracking, inventory 
visibility, fiscal/dosage accountability, and safety 
response capability across the supply chain, VMBIP 
has driven a dramatic improvement in our nation’s 
ability to prevent, mitigate, and respond to  
public health crises. 

8     Booz Allen Hamilton 

In an era of rapid technology changes, we’re applying our mission insight to  help clients integrate their technologies  to connect people, improve decision making, and help drive results.Photo left to right:
Heidi Grady, Senior Associate;
Benjamin Herring, Lead Associate;
Shannon Wolfe, Associate;
Linda Wendt, Associate; and
Donovan Sharkey, Senior Consultant, 
helped the CDC develop the award-
winning Vaccine Tracking System used 
to manage the vaccine supply chain. 

long-term Partnership Enhances  
Public health and Safety

Each year, millions of Americans rely on vaccines 
and other biological products to help heal or prevent 
a variety of human diseases, conditions, or injuries. 
But before these products reach physicians and 
consumers, they must be approved by the Food and 
Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation 
and Research (CBER). As congressional mandates 
and electronic submission standards evolve,  
and as clinical genomics-based data expands, the  
center requires robust IT systems, platforms, and 
tools to meet its critical regulatory and public  
health mission.

Over the past 16 years, Booz Allen has partnered 
with CBER to modernize its IT portfolio and give 
reviewers the post-market data and advanced 
analytical capabilities they need to evaluate new 
biological products and respond quickly to emerging 
public health threats. Together with CBER, we 
continue to transform its response capabilities 
through an updated IT infrastructure and integrated 
systems. As a result, industry partners can submit 
applications electronically, reviewers can access 
industry submissions from an electronic document 
repository, and analysts can use innovative post-
market surveillance tools to monitor product safety. 

Our role in supporting the center’s shift from paper-
based to electronic submissions allows CBER to 
receive submissions within hours rather than days, 
making the review cycle more efficient.

In 2014, Booz Allen continues to position CBER 
as a leader in supporting public safety through 
regulatory science and IT solutions. These include 
accepting vaccine adverse 
event submissions in the HL7 
international data standards 
format, using genomics data 
to detect adverse events, 
and designing text mining 
tools to enhance adverse 
event surveillance. We’ve 
also engaged our Strategic 
Innovation Group and functional 
experts to apply a broad range 
of expertise, including business 
process improvement, IT 
modernization, and big data 
analytics. We look forward to 
continuing our long-term partnership with CBER  
to provide innovative and efficient IT solutions  
to shape the organization’s future. 

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Photo left to right:
Terence E. Mandable, Principal;  
Beth Kanter-Leibowitz, Senior Associate;  
Parisa Hashmani, Lead Associate;  
Sean McDonald, Senior Associate;  
Danielle Germain, Senior Associate

“IT Mod” Boosts Workforce Performance 
and Improves Customer Service

With 17,000 employees and 26 mission agencies, 
the US Department of Labor (DOL) faced a daunting 
challenge when federal mandates and internal 
initiatives drove the department to consolidate its 
information technology functions and dramatically 
improve IT services. When DOL launched its new IT  
Modernization Program in 2010, it needed a partner  
to identify evolving needs and motivate the entire 
organization to embrace large-scale change. DOL also 
required broader support that included IT strategy, 
organizational change management, acquisition 
strategy, and project management. Booz Allen 
deployed the subject matter experts necessary to 
build early momentum, keep the program on track, 
and serve the needs of internal customers.

At the outset, Booz Allen worked with DOL 
leadership to understand its stakeholders’ IT needs, 
perceptions, and readiness for change. Through 
a nationwide listening tour reaching 676 and an 
online survey capturing 5,895 responses, the team 
identified immediate opportunities to increase e-mail 
storage, improve remote access and mobility, support 
online collaboration and information sharing, and 
adopt innovative tools. These efforts addressed 
challenges with collaboration across a dispersed 
workforce. Our teams then worked with the CIO 

to design and articulate a vision for DOL’s IT 
infrastructure that promotes a culture of innovation 
and brings technology innovation to customer 
service management. 

In 2014, Booz Allen supported DOL as it prepared 
to consolidate IT infrastructure owned and operated 
by nine mission agencies into a single integrated 
system. We helped redesign the operating 
structure of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer to effectively serve a customer base that 
has grown eightfold since 2010. Specifically, we 
helped establish a new governance structure, 
a new customer advocacy office, and new cost 
management processes. We are also removing 
barriers to collaboration among agencies and 
supporting the acquisition and implementation of 
new business productivity tools that include a cloud-
based e-mail system, a Salesforce.com customer 
relationship management platform, a remote access 
capability, and a shared environment for common 
data sources. The cloud-based e-mail system  
using Microsoft Office 365 provides 400 times the 
storage space and a suite of collaboration tools to 
boost performance across DOL by transforming  
the way staff collaborate and communicate. 

10     Booz Allen Hamilton 

Enterprise Integration Increases 
Mission Effectiveness 

The pace and complexity of military 
threats continue to increase, even 
in today’s fiscally constrained 
environment. And to fulfill their 
missions, warfighters require new 
sensors, networks, and other C4ISR 
(command, control, communications, 
computers, intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance) capabilities. To 
reliably deliver accurate, comprehen-
sive, valuable information, these C4ISR 
solutions need to work together as a 
synchronized, fully interoperable family 
of systems across an “enterprise  
of enterprises.” 

Booz Allen is working across Joint 
Command and Control (JC2) and 
the Distributed Common Ground 
System (DCGS) enterprise, along with other 
C4ISR military programs of record, to integrate 
this family of systems. We are developing an 
enterprise blueprint that clearly identifies inter-
system interfaces and defines standards at 
these interfaces that encourage organizations to 
“bake in” interoperability. By following enterprise 
blueprints, defense agencies can develop, 
deliver, and integrate their mission architectures 
more efficiently, effectively, and securely. The 
result: agile enterprises that reduce operating 
costs, increase mission capabilities, and 

facilitate ongoing mission support. Agencies can 
reuse existing enterprise services, implement 
commoditized core components, and incorporate 
commercially developed information technology 
and computing advances. We are working with 
the Department of Defense to adopt digital 
technologies such as cloud computing, big  
data analytics, and application stores. 

Warfighters today rely on an 
integrated family of systems to 
access the battle-ready information 
they need to complete increasingly 
complex missions. Booz Allen is 
developing enterprise blueprints 
that help the Department of 
Defense reduce operating costs, 
accommodate new technologies, 
and expand mission capabilities.

True interoperability enables the next major  
C4ISR transformation—making data, services, 
and capabilities ubiquitous. By converging existing 
systems into an integrated framework that can 
easily accommodate new technologies, analysts  
will be able to extract more information from  
current C4ISR assets and derive more value from 
the data, so warfighters have instant access to 
battle-ready information.

Vision and Innovation

“innovation empowers us and enables us as a team 
to find strong solutions to difficult problems.”

— Shradha Basnyat, Consultant

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Enhancing Analytics 
and network  
Security

Cloud-based Solution Saves 
US and Coalition lives

Globally deployed conventional and Special 
Operations forces require advanced analytical 
methodologies and tools to protect them from 
increasingly complex improvised explosive device 
(IED) networks. In 2010, the Joint IED Defeat 
Organization (JIEDDO) needed to transform its 
Attack the Network (AtN) line of operation to 
achieve greater scale, efficiency, and analytic power. 
This critical mission would require close contact 
with downrange mission owners, breakthrough 
analytical tools and capabilities, and a cost-effective 
new mission architecture that could push the 
technology envelope while supporting current and 
future solutions. More than 300 Booz Allen experts 
developed, facilitated government accreditation of, 
and integrated an end-to-end IT solution to help the  
Counter-IED Operations/Intelligence Integration 
Center (COIC) enable more precise attacks to  
defeat IED networks across all geographic 
combatant commands. 

To understand evolving enemy tactics, techniques, 
and procedures, a team of skilled Booz Allen 
analysts, technologists, and domain experts 
identified the exposed elements of enemy terrorist 
networks (e.g., enemy actors, potential operating 
areas/locations). They defined new analytic 
methods, developed innovative software solutions, 

and delivered IT infrastructure enhancements that 
would provide decision advantage and arm deployed 
forces with timely access to the information needed 
to effectively target enemy actors. A second team 
turned these recommendations into new AtN 
capabilities that could support the COIC’s global 
user base. The team created 12 new mission 
applications that provide analysts with unparalleled 
access to intelligence data feeds and advanced 
data-mining and analysis techniques, so they can  
make better recommendations and more quickly 
inform battlefield commanders and their forces  
of imminent threats.

To support this critical mission on a global scale,  
Booz Allen upgraded the existing mission architec-
ture to a new cloud-based solution. Leveraging 
internal Booz Allen investments in developing 
cloud-based services for the US government, the 
team designed, developed, tested, accredited, 
and successfully fielded Catapult, a state-of-the- 
art cloud architecture. Catapult handles all data 
storage, processing, and advanced analytics while 
also reducing annual costs by $1.65 million. The 
team continues to provide global, 24/7 on-site 
support for the JIEDDO’s mission architecture  
across 23 partner sites.

12     Booz Allen Hamilton 

We’re applying next-generation technologies to help clients derive greater value from their data, automate business processes, and navigate cyberspace with trusted  and secure networks. Photo left to right:
Sherri Romero Farrell, Senior Associate; 
David Marshalonis, Senior Lead Technologist;  
Gilbert Cortez, Senior Consultant; 
Amita Russell, Associate; and 
Seth Watson, Lead Technologist, helped  
the Joint IED Defeat Organization transform 
its Attack the Network line of operation.

Threat Intelligence Blueprints Keep  
Corporations Ahead of Cyber Adversaries

In 2013, well-publicized data breaches cost 
corporations and financial services organizations 
hundreds of millions in aggregate losses and 
fines—along with reputational damage that 
threatened to erode market value overnight. These 
breaches sent executives and IT teams scrambling 
to diagnose the incident; find the right technology to 
mitigate enterprise risks; and navigate the complex 
web of legal, business process, internal policy, and 
strategic communications issues that required 
urgent attention. As the frequency and complexity 
of cyber attacks continue to increase, corporate 
boards are embracing threat intelligence and 
incident response services to proactively defend 
their enterprises from cyber threats—and respond 
quickly and effectively to control the damage  
when breaches occur.

To address this market need, Booz Allen has 
developed detailed cyber capability blueprints that 
help organizations identify, protect, and control 
their most sensitive information assets. Drawing 
on its in-depth knowledge of business processes, 
advanced analytics, and cyber technologies,  
Booz Allen offers corporate boards and C-level 
executives comprehensive roadmaps for building 

high-grade cybersecurity programs tailored to 
each organization’s real-world needs. 

For example, the Data-Centric 
Protection Services blueprint offers 
a framework of proven practices 
that boost capabilities and reduce 
development time and expense. 
Booz Allen can identify and articulate 
all people, process, and technology 
requirements; implement dynamic 
data masking or data modification 
technologies to enhance data security 
and system performance; assess 
data loss risks; and rapidly deploy 
teams and technologies to eradicate 
a malicious presence and maintain 
the integrity of business operations.

Even the best risk management strategy may 
not protect information assets from cyber 
breaches. But in today’s environment, a proactive 
data-centric protection program combined with 
a deliberate, organized response capability 
can help protect valuable assets and personal 
information—and help maintain public trust. 

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Photo left to right:
Ben Marglin, Principal;  
Juli Dixon, Lead Associate;
Ryan Bolchoz, Senior Associate;
Charles Carriker, Lead Associate;
Katherine Kravchonok, Lead Associate;
David Rubens, Lead Associate 

Cloud-based Technology Brings Social 
Collaboration to the Workplace

As the federal agency responsible for government 
acquisitions and real estate, the General Services 
Administration (GSA) operates as a distributed 
workforce spread across 11 regions. When its Office 
of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) launched a 
groundbreaking initiative to migrate its technology 
platforms to the cloud in 2011, the GSA took on  
the federal government’s largest implementation  
of a cloud-based social collaboration and business 
applications platform to date. While the GSA 
understood the importance of the technology 
infrastructure itself, it quickly realized that only 
disciplined management of the migration process 
would engender the wide acceptance and adoption 
necessary to meet key business transformation  
and cost savings targets. 

A cross-functional Booz Allen team has provided the  
comprehensive support required to modernize the  
GSA’s technology portfolio to sustain a contemporary  
workplace. For example, the team managed the 
successful deployment of a hybrid enterprise-wide  
cloud conferencing solution in 2011 before migrating 
the GSA to a fully cloud-based solution in 2014 that 
offers next-generation collaboration through virtual 
screen sharing and whiteboard technology. 

Booz Allen also helped the agency’s workforce 
adopt its new Salesforce.com Chatter collaboration 
platform, increasing business process efficiency 

and improving virtual collaboration on projects  
and cross-agency initiatives. Employees have 
started using Chatter to locate experts within the 
agency, identify colleagues working on similar 
projects, and employ lessons learned from across 
the agency. The Booz Allen team helped manage 
and moderate the Great Ideas Hunt ideation 
campaign, which enabled the GSA to harness the 
intelligence of its greatest resource—its people—to 
crowdsource solutions to GSA-specific business 
problems. Implementation of five of the ideas 
generated $5.5 million in savings. 

Today, the agency leverages its shared cloud 
architecture and data sets to lower operating costs. 
This best-of-breed software-as-a-service approach 
improved customer satisfaction while empowering 
the agency to deploy new capabilities in days  
or weeks. The success of this innovative effort 
has been broadly acknowledged outside of the 
agency. Based on the multiyear “Drive to the Cloud” 
initiative, InformationWeek selected the GSA as one 
of the Top-10 government innovators of 2013. The 
initiative also received the 2013 “Excellence  
in Innovation: Digital Government” award at  
the 12th annual ACT-IAC Excellence.gov Awards. 
Most recently, the GSA was ranked 12th among the 
2014 InformationWeek Elite 100 for its multiyear 
strategy to move the agency to the cloud.

14     Booz Allen Hamilton 

Oil and gas companies in the 
Middle East need proactive 
strategies to protect themselves 
from cyber attacks. “ADCO always 
looks for partners, not just 
vendors,” says Reimer Brouwer, 
head of IT security for ADCO.  
“Booz Allen truly understood our 
core operations and the specific 
role of cybersecurity within the oil 
and gas industry. Through excellent 
knowledge transfer, they helped  
us empower our security team  
and prepared us for future  
cyber challenges.”

Security Framework Keeps Oil 
Flowing in the Middle East

Oil represents a large majority of Abu Dhabi’s  
gross domestic product, and protecting this natural 
resource is critical to the sustained well-being and 
prosperity of the United Arab Emirates. In a recent 
survey conducted by Gulf Business Machines, 
45 percent of all Gulf Cooperation Council IT 
professionals admitted that IT security incidents 
had in some way impacted their operations in the 
12 months before September 2013; however, the 
extent of these impacts was never fully publicized. 
When several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) oil and 
gas producers were subjected to a series of highly 
publicized cyber attacks, the Abu Dhabi Company 
for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) took a proactive 
position in managing its risk exposure to cyber 
threats. Needing an understanding of risk exposure 
within the critical production environment, and a 
roadmap to drive a strategic cybersecurity agenda, 
ADCO engaged Booz Allen to perform this analysis 
and to create a blueprint to consolidate security 
across its field production environment and create an  
innovative enterprise security program, with the goal of 
achieving compliance with the ISO 27001 standard.

Reaching across its US and international resources, 
Booz Allen assembled a cross-functional team of 

subject matter experts in cybersecurity, forensic 
analysis, mission assurance, and strategy. To 
establish a security baseline, the team reviewed 
security documentation and completed in-depth 
assessments of governance/risk management 
structures, organization and people, operations 
and technical controls, and the key processes that 
connect them. The team then created the framework 
for a single information security management system  
that creates risk transparency across the organiza-
tion and establishes a shared security agenda.  
It also recommended specific changes to network 
architecture to enable enterprise-wide cyber risk 
management, and deployed a dynamic proprietary  
tool that manages risk across multiple field sites  
and tracks implementation of the cybersecurity 
roadmap and all associated action plans.

ADCO’s new system is generating significant  
business value. The new framework helps identify 
and prioritize security requirements so executives 
can make good business decisions and maximize 
business investments. Achieving ISO 27001 
certification will cultivate the trust and confidence  
of stakeholders. And the company’s new management 
system combined with increased training and aware-
ness has measurably reduced ADCO’s risk exposure 
in today’s highly dynamic cyber threat environment. 

Vision and Innovation

“excellence is achieved through a commitment to innovation, 
empowered by diversity in thought and the strength to take action.”

— Jeni Fan, Lead Associate

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Engineering 
Products and 
Solutions

Mesh Technology Sets new Performance 
Standard for Wireless Communications 

For more than a decade, US Army Logistics 
relied on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) 
tracking technology to collect location data on 
vehicles, containers, and other assets. But this 
technology presented critical limitations in global 
scalability, wireless coverage range, battery power, 
performance data collection, and network security. 
The US Army Logistics Innovation Agency needed 
a new paradigm that could deliver near-real-time 
global tracking, in-transit asset visibility, and the 
ability to extend tracking below the distribution 
platform level and into the business process. 

To support this mission, a Booz Allen team 
evaluated wireless mesh network solutions 
available in the marketplace and determined that 
only a custom wireless mesh network protocol 
could satisfy the unique challenges of military 
logistics. The team developed the protocol  
based on a current industry standard and built  
in significant advances in power reduction, security, 
and scalability. It then developed and demonstrated 
multiple applications and devices and tested them 
in real-world operational environments.

Today, US Army Logistics is achieving greater 
efficiency through the Next Generation Wireless 

Communications (NGWC) mesh network. This 
significant breakthrough in low-power mesh 
networking greatly improves the richness and 
timeliness of data used to locate and maintain 
assets. This cost-effective solution increases 
tracking range by enabling devices not in range 
of a transponder to communicate by relaying 
messages through other mesh devices. The mesh 
technology can also transport data collected from 
remote sensor applications, so logistics personnel 
can monitor transporting vehicle status and read 
diagnostics such as mileage, engine hours, fault 
codes, fuel level, and position. Other sensor 
applications include physical security (intrusion), 
bridge stress, power distribution/generation, and 
personnel monitoring. A key benefit is the security 
of the mesh and the low probability of interception, 
because data is encrypted in transport and at rest, 
and radio transmissions are spread across the 
spectrum and hop among channels.

The NGWC mesh technology is transforming 
multiple aspects of the logistics environment and 
paving the way for ubiquitous applications across 
many aspects of life. Mesh technology promises to  
make many applications currently performed by 
human operators less costly and more accurate. 

16     Booz Allen Hamilton 

From rapid prototyping to acquisitions and program management, we extend our enhanced engineering and operations capabilities across entire program life cycles to help deliver mission-critical programs on time and on budget.Photo left to right:
Todd Hayward, Senior Principal Engineer;
Kevin Cybert, Chief Engineer;
Susan Lewis, Senior Consultant;
 Dan Caughran, Staff Engineer; and
Jim Potter, Chief Engineer,
developed the mesh technology  
used to collect and transmit  
data on military vehicles.

Engineering Solutions Deliver Mission 
Insight and Technical Expertise

To stay ahead of adversaries and mission 
challenges, security, defense, and civil clients 
require highly sophisticated engineered solutions 
that span the entire product life cycle—from 
computer-aided design and prototype development 
to production, training, and implementation support. 
At a time when the pace of emerging threats 
continues to accelerate, clients must act quickly to 
give users and operators the immediate solutions 
they need to keep their missions on track. 

With the 2012 formation of Booz Allen Hamilton 
Engineering Services, Booz Allen now offers a 
distinctive blend of consulting and mission support 
backed by enhanced engineering capabilities. Today, 
thousands of professionals with expertise in rapid 
prototyping, systems engineering and integration, 
C4ISR (command, control, communications, 
computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnais-
sance), and applied sciences are working at the 
intersection of science and innovation to address  
a broad range of engineering challenges. Many work 
on-site in more than 35 Department of Defense 
secure facilities around the country. Others work  
in Booz Allen’s five laboratory facilities that support 
research, development, prototyping, testing, and 
manufacturing in such areas as biometric and 
forensic development and engineering; signal 

processing; rapid technology development 
and fielding; and systems engineering and 
integration, fabrication, and assembly. 

Booz Allen engineers draw on expertise 
gained from working closely with government 
clients in virtually every department and 
agency. They also follow proven, efficient, 
standard processes; use professional 
tools and infrastructure; and execute under 
disciplined governance. In the defense arena, 
engineers are focused on C4ISR systems, 
developing and integrating sensors, radios, 
and networks that help identify and counter 
emerging threats that include radio-controlled 
improvised explosive devices and weapons 
of mass destruction. In the rapid prototyping 
area, Booz Allen activities include the reverse 
engineering, design modification, and limited 
production of improved capabilities for aircraft, 
ground vehicles, and deployable facilities. And in 
the biometrics arena, Booz Allen has introduced 
OBSERVE™—or Obfuscated Search Retrieval and 
Verification for face recognition—a remote facial 
recognition tool that specializes in identifying 
subjects in disguise, in poor lighting, or with 
partially obstructed faces. 

Booz Allen Hamilton Engineering 
Services provides support to the 
Prototype Integration Facility at 
Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, 
Alabama, delivering engineering 
and manufacturing solutions 
that keep aircraft current and 
operationally ready.

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Tactical Systems Support Intelligence 
Mission in Afghanistan

The US Air Force MC-12 serves as eyes and ears  
in the skies over Afghanistan, creating tactical 
advantage by giving ground combat forces real-
time decision-making capability. Operators of this 
specially equipped high-performance intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft 
require highly technical tactical training to achieve  
precise effectiveness. Faced with funding, manpower,  
and resource constraints, the Air Force ISR Agency 
required a system to simulate aircraft flight 
operations and sophisticated on-board tactical 
systems operator (TSO) intelligence systems, and  
to emulate a realistic signal environment for mission 
training and rehearsal operations. In April 2013, the 
agency turned to Booz Allen to design and develop 
a tactical systems emulator prototype to create a 
dynamic and realistic training environment that can 
be readily adapted to new adversary communication 
technologies and worldwide mission requirements. 

To drive the emulator, Booz Allen rapidly engineered 
a prototype of the Mobile Network Optimization in 
Discrete-Time Environment (MobiNODE) tool in just 
six months. This real-time radio frequency simulation 
engine accurately predicts the performance of signal  
parameters at multiple layers relative to specific 

technology networks. It also employs radio 
frequency refraction and reflection models to 
emulate signal loss with terrain, and incorporates 
antenna directional gain calculations. The team 
also developed a hybrid integration and visualization 
engine (HIVE) and the BlueMax flight simulator, and 
tied these components with MobiNODE to emulate 
the MC-12’s TSO operating system, adversary 
technologies, and physical environment. With 
the success of this prototype, Booz Allen is now 
engaged in full development of the emulator, which 
includes integrating the newest radio frequency 
modeling and networks. 

In partnership with the Air Force ISR Agency,  
Booz Allen operational and training experts have 
also completed multiple in-flight instruction 
missions focused on MC-12 TSO crewmembers 
deploying for combat operations since 2009. More 
than 900 personnel across all Department of 
Defense services from 30 units and nine different 
commands have completed certification with a pass 
rate of 99 percent. These operators have flown 
more than 60,000 combat sorties leading to the 
kill or capture of multiple terrorists across all 
Combatant Command regions.

Photo left to right:
Hosame Abu-Amara, Lead Engineer;
Paul Cummings, Lead Associate;
Matthew Carrell, Staff Technologist; 
Kevin Legett, Senior Associate;
Karen Huntsberger, Associate

18     Booz Allen Hamilton 

Directed Energy Technology  
Supports Peacekeeping Missions

In peacekeeping missions and urban conflicts, 
restrictive rules of engagement limit the use of 
traditional kinetic weapons. To give warfighters 
the unique capabilities they need, the US Navy’s 
chief of operations is investing in new research 
projects that explore the potential of directed energy 
weapon systems. This technology uses light or 
electromagnetic energy to engage and defeat  
targets without touching them—and often  
without physically destroying them. 

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division 
(NSWCDD) has positioned itself at the forefront of 
electronic attack, leading the way in cutting-edge 
directed energy research, development, testing, 
and evaluation. Booz Allen is collaborating with 
NSWCDD scientists and engineers to develop 
prototype systems in a number of areas. One such 
system is the Navy’s Laser Weapon System, which 
will incorporate currently available industrial laser 
technology into a future naval weapon system. 
Starting with the project’s inception in 2007,  
Booz Allen has contributed to research, develop-
ment, systems engineering, testing, evaluation, 
project planning, and stakeholder engagement. 

The emergence of nontraditional warfare has also 
increased demand for research in support of high-
power microwave weapons for electronic attacks. 
Booz Allen is also supporting the NSWCDD in 
research to develop new non-kinetic devices and 
weapon systems that radiate electromagnetic energy 
in the radio frequency or microwave spectrums. These 
nonlethal weapons are explicitly designed to disrupt 
personnel or materiel while minimizing undesired 
damage. High-power electromagnetic waves move 
through the air, penetrate exterior structures of small 
vessels and motorized vehicles, and stop them 
by interfering with critical electronic components, 
software, and processes.

With Booz Allen’s engineering 
support, the Naval Surface 
Warfare Center is developing 
prototypes of directed energy 
weapon systems like the Navy’s 
Laser Weapon System.

A demonstration of the  
Pre-emplaced Electric Vehicle 
Stopper, which uses electrical 
impulses to disable a vehicle’s 
engine without harming passengers.  
Booz Allen provided technology 
development and testing support.

Vision and Innovation

“innovation is not easy—it takes a focused, concerted effort 
to develop new insights and products. But it is essential for 
success in an increasingly complex and competitive world.”

— Mark B. Alter, Senior Associate

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     19 

 
Booz Allen hamilton leadership
Booz Allen hamilton leadership

From left to right:

Ralph W. Shrader 
Chairman and 
Chief Executive Officer

Horacio D. Rozanski 
President and
Chief Operating Officer

Samuel R. Strickland 
Chief Financial Officer and  
Chief Administrative Officer

Board of Directors

Executive Management Committee

Ralph W. Shrader  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  
Booz Allen Hamilton

Joan Lordi C. amble 

Peter Clare  
The Carlyle Group 

ian Fujiyama  
The Carlyle Group 

mark Gaumond

allan m. holt  
The Carlyle Group 

arthur e. Johnson

Philip a. Odeen 

Charles O. Rossotti

Samuel R. Strickland  
Booz Allen Hamilton

Ralph W. Shrader 

Karen m. Dahut

Lloyd W. howell, Jr.

nancy Laben

Joseph Logue

John D. mayer

John m. (mike) mcConnell

horacio D. Rozanski 

Samuel R. Strickland

elizabeth thompson

Richard J. Wilhelm

20     Booz Allen Hamilton 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Booz Allen 
Hamilton Holding Corporation

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance 
sheets of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation as of 
March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated 
statements of operations, comprehensive income, 
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three 
years in the period ended March 31, 2014. These financial 
statements are the responsibility of the Company’s 
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion  
on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards 
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United 
States). Those standards require that we plan and perform 
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An 
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting 
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An 
audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used 
and significant estimates made by management, as well as 
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We 
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above 
present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated 
financial position of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation at 
March 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated results of its 
operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the 
period ended March 31, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally 
accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the 
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation’s internal control over 
financial reporting as of March 31, 2014, based on criteria 
established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by 
the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission (1992 framework) and our report dated May 22, 
2014 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

McLean, Virginia
May 22, 2014

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     21 

Con SoLiDATE D  F inAnCiAL   STATE mE nTS

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

March 31,

Assets
Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net of allowance
Deferred income taxes
Prepaid expenses and other current assets

Total current assets

Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
Deferred income taxes
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization
Goodwill
Other long-term assets

Total assets

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:

Current portion of long-term debt
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses
Accrued compensation and benefits
Deferred income taxes
Other current liabilities

Total current liabilities

Long-term debt, net of current portion
Income tax reserve
Deferred income taxes
Other long-term liabilities

Total liabilities

Commitments and contingencies (Note 20)
Stockholders’ equity:

Common stock, Class A – $0.01 par value – authorized, 600,000,000 shares; issued, 143,962,073 shares at  

March 31, 2014 and 136,457,444 shares at March 31, 2013; outstanding, 143,352,448 shares at March 31, 2014 
and 136,051,601 shares at March 31, 2013

Non-voting common stock, Class B – $0.01 par value – authorized, 16,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding,  

582,080 shares at March 31, 2014 and 1,451,600 shares at March 31, 2013

Restricted common stock, Class C – $0.01 par value – authorized, 5,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding,  

935,871 shares at March 31, 2014 and 1,224,319 shares at March 31, 2013

Special voting common stock, Class E – $0.003 par value – authorized, 25,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding, 

4,424,814 shares at March 31, 2014 and 7,478,522 shares at March 31, 2013

Treasury stock, at cost – 609,625 shares at March 31, 2014 and 405,843 shares at March 31, 2013
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive loss

Total stockholders’ equity

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

22     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

2014 

2013

$«÷259,994
916,737
29,687
49,559

1,255,977
129,427
–
220,887
1,273,789
60,738

$÷«350,384
1,029,586
–
44,382

1,424,352
166,570
10,032
236,220
1,277,369
62,985

$2,940,818

$3,177,528

$÷÷«73,688
488,807
331,440
–
23,169

917,104
1,585,231
57,406
8,231
201,210

$÷÷«55,562
451,065
385,433
10,286
62,300

964,646
1,659,611
57,018
–
269,460

2,769,182

2,950,735

1,440

1,364

6

9

13
(10,153)
144,269
42,688
(6,636)

171,636

15

12

22
(6,444)
120,836
124,775
(13,787)

226,793

$2,940,818

$3,177,528

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

Revenue
Operating costs and expenses:

Cost of revenue
Billable expenses
General and administrative expenses
Depreciation and amortization
Restructuring charge

Total operating costs and expenses

Operating income
Interest expense
Other, net

Income before income taxes
Income tax expense

Net income

Earnings per common share (Note 3):

Basic

Diluted

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

2014

2013

2012

$5,478,693

$5,758,059

$5,859,218

2,716,113
1,487,115
742,527
72,327
–

2,871,240
1,532,590
833,986
74,009
–

2,934,378
1,542,822
903,721
75,205
15,660

5,018,082

5,311,825

5,471,786

460,611
(78,030)
(1,794)

380,787
148,599

446,234
(70,284)
(7,639)

368,311
149,253

387,432
(48,078)
4,520

343,874
103,919

$÷«232,188

$÷«219,058

$÷«239,955

$÷÷÷÷«1.62

$÷÷÷÷«1.56

$÷÷÷÷«1.83

$÷÷÷÷«1.54

$÷÷÷÷«1.45

$÷÷÷÷«1.70

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     23 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Amounts in thousands)

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

Net income
Change in postretirement plan costs, net of tax

Comprehensive income

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

2014

2013

2012

$232,188
7,151

$219,058
(5,072)

$239,955
(3,262)

$239,339

$213,986

$236,693

24     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Amounts in thousands)

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

Cash flows from operating activities
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization
Stock-based compensation expense
Deferred income taxes
Excess tax benefits from the exercise of stock options
Amortization of debt issuance costs and loss on extinguishment
Losses on dispositions and impairments
Gain on sales of businesses
Changes in assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable
Income taxes receivable / payable
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Other long-term assets
Accrued compensation and benefits
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses
Accrued interest
Income tax reserves
Other current liabilities
Other long-term liabilities

Net cash provided by operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment
Cash paid for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
Proceeds from sales of businesses
Escrow receipts

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
Stock option exercises
Excess tax benefits from the exercise of stock options
Repurchases of common stock
Cash dividends paid
Dividend equivalents paid to option holders
Debt issuance costs
Repayment of debt
Proceeds from debt issuance

Net cash used in financing activities
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents––beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents––end of year

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid during the period for:

Interest

Income taxes

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

2014

2013

2012

$«232,188

$÷÷219,058

$239,955

72,327
20,065
(26,371)
(38,185)
11,682
1,024
–

110,308
(1,903)
(5,923)
(4,773)
(72,881)
39,178
–
388
(1,090)
(3,316)

332,718

(20,905)
3,563
–
3,786

(13,556)

5,078
14,620
38,185
(3,709)
(345,802)
(56,138)
(6,223)
(355,563)
300,000

(409,552)
(90,390)
350,384

74,009
24,841
(48,088)
(26,860)
17,224
1,106
(254)

125,125
104,877
10,006
2,723
(26,832)
(23,760)
(3,563)
1,736
11,367
1,939

75,205
31,263
74,785
(16,461)
5,880
376
(4,082)

25,275
(31,832)
7,622
(6,250)
(35,287)
35,390
(11,801)
(35,192)
(2,373)
7,573

464,654

360,046

(33,113)
(157,964)
625
–

(190,452)

6,373
14,977
26,860
(1,067)
(1,122,457)
(49,765)
(29,607)
(993,250)
1,739,750

(408,186)
(133,984)
484,368

(76,925)
–
23,332
–

(53,593)

8,757
7,349
16,461
(5,377)
(11,906)
–
–
(30,000)
–

(14,716)
291,737
192,631

$«259,994

$÷÷350,384

$484,368

$÷«61,050

$÷÷÷58,847

$÷53,993

$«178,411

$÷÷÷90,146

$÷89,314

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     25 

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

Class A  
Common Stock 

Class B Non-Voting 
Common Stock 

Class C Restricted 
Common Stock 

Class E Special Voting 
Common Stock 

Treasury Stock 

Shares 

Amount 

Shares  Amount 

Shares  Amount 

Shares  Amount 

Shares 

Amount 

Additional 
Paid-In  
Capital 

Retained 
Earnings

Accumu- 
lated Other 
 Compre- 
hensive  
Income  
(Loss) 

Total  
Stock- 
holders’ 
Equity 

122,784,835 $1,227

3,053,130

$«31

2,028,270

$20 12,348,860

$37

0 $÷÷÷÷÷– $«840,058 $÷«71,330 $÷(5,453) $÷÷907,250

1,080,245

3,799,989

0

1,061,255

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

38

–

11

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

(566,005)

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

(6)

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

(495,250)

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

(5)

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

(2,208,793)

–

(7)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

(333,775)

(5,377)

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

8,749

7,315

16,461

–

–

(5,305)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

239,955

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

8,760

7,346

16,461

–

(5,377)

(5,305)

239,955

–

(3,262)

(3,262)

(11,906)

31,263

–

236,693

(11,906)

31,263

–

–

128,726,324 $1,287

2,487,125

$«25

1,533,020

$15 10,140,067

$30

(333,775) $÷(5,377) $«898,541 $«299,379 $÷(8,715) $«1,185,185

1,182,004

5,204,890

0

1,344,226

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

52

–

13

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

–

–

–

0

0

0

(1,035,525)

(10)

(308,701)

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

(3)

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

(2,661,545)

–

(8)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

(72,068)

(1,067)

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

6,361

14,933

26,860

–

–

(121,905)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

219,058

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

6,373

14,977

26,860

–

(1,067)

(121,905)

219,058

–

(5,072)

(5,072)

(728,795)

(393,662)

24,841

–

213,986

(1,122,457)

24,841

–

–

136,457,444 $1,364

1,451,600

$«15

1,224,319

$12

7,478,522

$22

(405,843) $÷(6,444) $«120,836 $«124,775 $(13,787) $÷÷226,793

1,047,160

5,299,501

0

1,157,968

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

54

–

12

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

(869,520)

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

(9)

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

(288,448)

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

(3)

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

(3,053,708)

–

(9)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

(203,782)

(3,709)

0

0

0

0

0

–

–

–

–

–

5,068

14,575

38,185

–

–

(22,933)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

232,188

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5,078

14,620

38,185

–

(3,709)

(22,933)

232,188

–

7,151

7,151

(31,527)

(314,275)

20,065

–

239,339

(345,802)

20,065

–

–

143,962,073 $1,440

582,080

$÷«6

935,871

$÷9

4,424,814

$13

(609,625) $(10,153) $«144,269 $÷«42,688 $÷(6,636) $÷÷171,636

(Amounts in thousands,  
except share data)

Balance at  

march 31, 2011

Issuance of common stock

Stock options exercised

Excess tax benefits from 
the exercise of stock 
options

Share exchange

Repurchase of common 

stock

Recognition of liability 

related to future stock 
option exercises

Net income

Change in postretirement 
plan costs, net of tax

Comprehensive income

Dividends paid

Stock-based compensa-

tion expense

Balance at  

march 31, 2012

Issuance of common stock

Stock options exercised

Excess tax benefits from 
the exercise of stock 
options

Share exchange

Repurchase of common 

stock

Recognition of liability 

related to future stock 
option exercises 
(Note 17)

Net income

Change in postretirement 
plan costs, net of tax

Comprehensive income

Dividends paid (Note 16)

Stock-based compensation 

expense

Balance at  

march 31, 2013

Issuance of common stock

Stock options exercised

Excess tax benefits from 
the exercise of stock 
options

Share exchange

Repurchase of common 

stock

Recognition of liability 

related to future stock 
option exercises 
(Note 17)

Net income

Change in postretirement 
plan costs, net of tax

Comprehensive income

Dividends paid (Note 16)

Stock-based compensation 

expense

Balance at  

march 31, 2014

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.

26     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

(Amounts in tables in thousands, except share and per share data or unless otherwise noted)

1. Business Overview

our  B u Sin E S S

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, including its wholly 
owned subsidiaries, or Holding or the Company, is an affiliate of 
The Carlyle Group, or Carlyle, and was incorporated in Delaware 
in May 2008. The Company provides management consulting, 
technology, and engineering services to the U.S. government 
in the defense, intelligence, and civil markets. Additionally, the 
Company provides its management and technology consulting 
services to major corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit 
organizations. The Company reports operating results and 
financial data in one operating segment. The Company is 
headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with approximately 22,700 
employees as of March 31, 2014.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

BASiS  o F  Pr E SE nTATion

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the 
accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and 
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles 
generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. All 
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated 
in consolidation.

The Company’s fiscal year ends on March 31 and unless 
otherwise noted, references to fiscal year or fiscal are for 
fiscal years ended March 31. The accompanying consolidated 
financial statements present the financial position of the Company 
as of March 31, 2014 and 2013 and the Company’s results of 
operations for fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, and fiscal 2012.

u SE  o F  E STimATE S

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with 
U.S. GAAP requires management 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 revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Areas 
of the financial statements where estimates may have the 
most significant effect include allowance for doubtful accounts, 
contractual and regulatory reserves, valuation and lives of 
tangible and intangible assets, impairment of long-lived assets, 
accrued liabilities, revenue recognition, bonus and other 
incentive compensation, stock-based compensation, realization 
of deferred tax assets, provisions for income taxes, and 
postretirement obligations. Actual results experienced by the 
Company may differ materially from management’s estimates.

rE vE nuE rEC ogniTion

Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is derived from 
services and solutions provided to the U.S. government and 
its agencies, primarily by the Company’s consulting staff and, 
to a lesser extent, subcontractors. The Company generates its 
revenue from the following types of contractual arrangements: 
cost-reimbursable-plus-fee contracts, time-and-materials 
contracts, and fixed-price contracts.

Revenue on cost-reimbursable-plus-fee contracts is recognized 
as services are performed, generally based on the allowable 
costs incurred during the period plus any recognizable earned 
fee. The Company considers fixed fees under cost-reimbursable- 
plus-fee contracts to be earned in proportion to the allowable 
costs incurred in performance of the contract. For cost-
reimbursable-plus-fee contracts that include performance-based 
fee incentives, which are principally award fee arrangements, 
the Company recognizes income when such fees are probable 
and estimable. Estimates of the total fee to be earned are 
made based on contract provisions, prior experience with 
similar contracts or clients, and management’s evaluation of 
the performance on such contracts. Contract costs, including 
indirect expenses, are subject to audit by the Defense Contract 
Audit Agency, or DCAA, and, accordingly, are subject to possible 
cost disallowances. We recognize as revenue, net of reserves, 
executive compensation that we determine, based on 
management’s estimates, to be allowable; management’s 
estimates in this regard are based on a number of factors that 
may change over time, including executive compensation survey 
data, our and other government contractors’ experiences with 
the DCAA audit practices in our industry and relevant decisions 
of courts and boards of contract appeals.

Revenue for time-and-materials contracts is recognized as 
services are performed, generally on the basis of contract 
allowable labor hours worked multiplied by the contract-defined 
billing rates, plus allowable direct costs and indirect cost 
allocations associated with materials used and other direct 
expenses incurred in connection with the performance of  
the contract.

Revenue on fixed-price contracts is recognized using 
percentage-of-completion based on actual costs incurred 
relative to total estimated costs for the contract. These 
estimated costs are updated during the term of the contract, 
and may result in revision by the Company of recognized 
revenue and estimated costs in the period in which they are 
identified. Profits on fixed-price contracts result from the 
difference between incurred costs and revenue earned.

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     27 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsContract accounting requires significant judgment relative to 
assessing risks, estimating contract revenue and costs, and 
making assumptions for schedule and technical issues. Due 
to the size and nature of many of the Company’s contracts, 
developing total revenue and cost at completion estimates 
requires the use of significant judgment. Contract costs 
include direct labor and billable expenses, an allocation of 
allowable indirect costs, and warranty obligations. Billable 
expenses is comprised of subcontracting costs and other 
“out of pocket” costs that often include, but are not limited 
to, travel-related costs and telecommunications charges. The 
Company recognizes revenue and billable expenses from these 
transactions on a gross basis. Assumptions regarding the 
length of time to complete the contract also include expected 
increases in wages and prices for materials. Estimates of total 
contract revenue and costs are monitored during the term of the 
contract and are subject to revision as the contract progresses. 
Anticipated losses on contracts are recognized in the period 
they are deemed probable and can be reasonably estimated.

The Company’s contracts may include the delivery of a 
combination of one or more of the Company’s service offerings. 
In these situations, the Company determines whether such 
arrangements with multiple service offerings should be treated 
as separate units of accounting based on how the elements are 
bid or negotiated, whether the customer can accept separate 
elements of the arrangement, and the relationship between the 
pricing on the elements individually and combined.

CASH A nD  CASH  EquivALE nTS

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and highly 
liquid investments having an original maturity of three months 
or less. The Company’s investments consist primarily of 
institutional money market funds. The Company maintains its 
cash and cash equivalents in bank accounts that, at times, 
exceed the federally insured limits. The Company has not 
experienced any losses in such accounts.

vALuATion  oF  A CCounTS rECE ivAB LE

The Company maintains allowances for doubtful accounts 
against certain billed receivables based upon the latest 
information regarding whether invoices are ultimately 
collectible. Assessing the collectability of customer receivables 
requires management judgment. The Company determines 
its allowance for doubtful accounts by specifically analyzing 
individual accounts receivable, historical bad debts, customer 
credit-worthiness, current economic conditions, and accounts 
receivable aging trends. Valuation reserves are periodically 
re-evaluated and adjusted as more information about the 

ultimate collectability of accounts receivable becomes available. 
Upon determination that a receivable is uncollectible, the 
receivable balance and any associated reserve are written off.

ConCE nTr ATion S  oF  CrE Di T ri Sk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company 
to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash 
equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company’s cash 
equivalents are generally invested in Prime or U.S. government 
money market funds, which minimizes the credit risk. The 
Company believes that credit risk, with respect to accounts 
receivable, is limited as the receivables are primarily with the 
U.S. government.

ProPE rT y A nD  Equi PmE nT

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, and the balances 
are presented net of accumulated depreciation. The cost of 
software purchased or internally developed is capitalized. 
Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method 
over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Furniture and 
equipment is depreciated over five to ten years, computer 
equipment is depreciated over four years, and software 
purchased or developed for internal use is depreciated over 
three to five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over 
the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the lease term. 
Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. 

Rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the 
life of the respective lease. The difference between the cash 
payment and rent expense is recorded as deferred rent in either 
accounts payable and other accrued expenses or other long-
term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets, depending 
on when the amounts will be recognized. The Company receives 
incentives for tenant improvements on certain of its leases. The 
cash expended on such improvements is recorded as property 
and equipment and amortized over the life of the associated 
asset, or lease term, whichever is shorter. Incentives for 
tenant improvements are recorded as deferred rent in either 
accounts payable and other accrued expenses or other long-
term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets, and are 
amortized on a straight line basis over the lease term.

B uSin E S S  ComB inATion S

The Company has engaged in business acquisition activity. The 
accounting for business combinations requires management 
to make judgments and estimates of the fair value of assets 
acquired, including the identification and valuation of intangible 
assets, as well as liabilities and contingencies assumed. Such 
judgments and estimates directly impact the amount of goodwill 
recognized in connection with each acquisition, as goodwill 

28     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statementsrepresents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired 
business over the fair value of its net tangible and identifiable 
intangible assets.

gooDwiLL

The Company assesses goodwill for impairment on at least 
an annual basis on January 1 unless interim indicators of 
impairment exist. Goodwill is considered to be impaired when 
the net book value of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair 
value. The Company operates as a single operating segment 
and as a single reporting unit for the purpose of evaluating 
goodwill. As of January 1, 2014, the Company performed its 
annual impairment test of goodwill by comparing the fair value 
of the Company (primarily based on market capitalization) to 
the carrying value of equity, and concluded that the fair value of 
the reporting unit was greater than the carrying amount. During 
the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 the 
Company did not record any goodwill impairment. 

inTAngiB LE  AS SE TS

Intangible assets consist of trade name and customer 
relationships. Customer relationships are amortized on an 
accelerated basis over the expected backlog life based on 
projected future cash flows of approximately five to nine years. 
The trade name is not amortized, but is tested on at least 
an annual basis as of January 1 unless interim indicators of 
impairment exist. The trade name is considered to be impaired 
when the net book value exceeds its estimated fair value. As of 
January 1, 2014 the Company performed its annual impairment 
test of the trade name, and concluded that the fair value of 
the trade name was greater than the carrying amount. The 
Company used the relief from royalty method for valuation. The 
fair value of the asset is the present value of the license fees 
avoided by owning the asset, or the royalty savings. 

Long - LivE D  AS SE TS

The Company reviews its long-lived assets, including property 
and equipment and intangible assets, for impairment whenever 
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying 
amounts of the assets may not be fully recoverable. If the total 
of the expected undiscounted future net cash flows is less than 
the carrying amount of the asset, a loss is recognized for any 
excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the asset. 
During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 
the Company did not record any impairment charges.

in ComE  TA xE S

The Company provides for income taxes as a “C” corporation 
on income earned from operations. The Company is subject to 
federal, state, and foreign taxation in various jurisdictions.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded to recognize the 
expected future tax benefits or costs of events that have been, 
or will be, reported in different years for financial statement 
purposes than for tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and 
liabilities are computed based on the difference between the 
financial statement carrying amount and tax basis of assets 
and liabilities using enacted tax rates and laws for the years 
in which these items are expected to reverse. If management 
determines that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset is 
not “more likely than not” to be realized, a valuation allowance 
is recorded as a component of the income tax provision to 
reduce the deferred tax asset to an appropriate level in that 
period. In determining the need for a valuation allowance, 
management considers all positive and negative evidence, 
including historical earnings, projected future taxable income, 
future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, 
taxable income in prior carryback periods, and prudent, feasible 
tax-planning strategies.

The Company periodically assesses its tax positions for all 
periods open to examination by tax authorities based on the 
latest available information. Where it is not more likely that not 
that the Company’s tax position will be sustained, the Company 
records its best estimate of the resulting tax liability, penalties 
and interest in the consolidated financial statements. These 
uncertain tax positions are recorded as a component of income 
tax expense. As uncertain tax positions in periods open to 
examination are closed out, or as new information becomes 
available, the resulting change is reflected in the recorded 
liability and income tax expense. Penalties and interest 
recognized related to the reserves for uncertain tax positions 
are recorded as a component of income tax expense.

ComP rE HE n SivE i nComE

Comprehensive income is the change in equity of a business 
enterprise during a period from transactions and other events 
and circumstances from nonowner sources, and is presented 
in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income. 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of March 31, 
2014 and 2013 consisted of unrealized gains (losses) on the 
Company’s defined and postretirement benefit plans.

SHArE - BASE D  PAymE nTS

Share-based payments to employees are recognized in the 
consolidated statements of operations based on their grant 
date fair values with the expense recognized on an accelerated 
basis over the vesting period. The Company uses the Black-
Scholes option-pricing model to determine the fair value of its 
awards at the time of the grant.

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     29 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsDE F inE D  B E nE F iT  P L An A nD oTHE r  PoSTrE TirE mE nT 

B E nE F iTS

The Company recognizes the underfunded status of defined 
benefit plans on the consolidated balance sheets. Gains 
and losses and prior service costs and credits that have not 
yet been recognized through net periodic benefit cost are 
recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, net 
of tax effects, and will be amortized as a component of net 
periodic cost in future periods. The measurement date, the 
date at which the benefit obligations and plan assets are 
measured, is the Company’s fiscal year end.

SE LF - F unDE D mE Di CAL  PL An S

The Company maintains self-funded medical insurance.  
Self-funded plans include a health maintenance organization, 
preferred provider organization, point of service, qualified 
point of service, and traditional choice. Further, self-funded 
plans also include prescription drug and dental benefits. The 
Company records an incurred but unreported claim liability in 
the accrued compensation and benefits line of the consolidated 
balance sheets for self-funded plans based on an actuarial 
valuation. Data that drives this estimate is primarily based on 
claims and enrollment data provided by a third party valuation 
firm for medical and pharmacy related costs.

DE F E rrE D  ComPE n SATion  PL An

The Company accounts for its deferred compensation plan in 
accordance with the terms of the underlying plan agreement. 
To the extent the terms of the contract attribute all or a portion 
of the expected future benefit to an individual year of the 
employee’s service, the cost of the benefits are recognized in 
that year. Therefore, the Company estimates the cost of future 
benefits that are expected to be paid and expenses the present 
value of those costs in the year as services are provided.

FAir vAL uE mE AS urE mE nTS

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset 
or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between 
market participants at the measurement date. In determining 
fair value, we consider the principal or most advantageous 
market in which the asset or liability would transact, and if 
necessary, consider assumptions that market participants 
would use when pricing the asset or liability.

The accounting standard for fair value measurements 
establishes a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the 
inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: observable 
inputs such as quoted prices in active markets (Level 1); inputs 

other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable 
either directly or indirectly (Level 2); and unobservable inputs 
in which there is little or no market data, which requires the 
Company to develop its own assumptions (Level 3).

The fair values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents 
(including money market funds), trade accounts receivable 
and accounts payable, approximates their carrying values at 
March 31, 2014 and 2013 because of the short-term nature 
of these amounts. The fair values of the Company’s debt 
instruments approximates their carrying value at March 31, 2014 
and 2013. The fair value of debt is determined based on interest 
rates available for debt with terms and maturities similar to the 
Company’s existing debt arrangements (Level 2 inputs).

rECE nT   ACCounT ing  PronounCE mE nTS

Recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB during 
fiscal 2014 and through the filing date did not and are not believed 
by management to have a material impact on the Company’s 
present or historical consolidated financial statements.

3. Earnings Per Share

The Company computes basic and diluted earnings per share 
amounts based on net income for the periods presented.  
The Company uses the weighted average number of common 
shares outstanding during the period to calculate basic 
earnings per share, or EPS. Diluted EPS adjusts the weighted 
average number of shares outstanding to include the dilutive 
effect of outstanding common stock options and other stock-
based awards.

The Company currently has outstanding shares of Class A 
Common Stock, Class B Non-Voting Common Stock, Class C 
Restricted Common Stock, and Class E Special Voting Common 
Stock. Class E Special Voting Common Stock shares are not 
included in the calculation of EPS as these shares represent 
voting rights only and are not entitled to participate in dividends 
or other distributions. Unvested Class A Restricted Common 
Stock holders are entitled to participate in non-forfeitable 
dividends or other distributions. These unvested shares 
participated in the Company’s dividends declared and paid each 
quarter in fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, and the fourth quarter 
of fiscal 2012. As such, EPS is calculated using the two-class 
method whereby earnings are reduced by distributed earnings 
as well as any available undistributed earnings allocable to 
holders of unvested restricted shares. 

30     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsA reconciliation of the income used to compute basic and diluted EPS for the periods presented are as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

Earnings for basic computations (1)
Weighted-average Class A Common Stock outstanding
Weighted-average Class B Non-Voting Common Stock outstanding
Weighted-average Class C Restricted Common Stock outstanding

Total weighted-average common shares outstanding for basic computations

Earnings for diluted computations (1)

Dilutive stock options and restricted stock
Average number of common shares outstanding for diluted computations

Earnings per common share

Basic

Diluted

2014

2013

2012

$÷÷÷«229,082
139,275,596
1,019,051
1,019,897

141,314,544
$÷÷÷«229,082
7,366,530
148,681,074

$÷÷÷«209,994
131,068,847
2,080,050
1,253,832

134,402,729
$÷÷÷«209,994
10,451,995
144,854,724

$÷÷÷«238,761
125,894,644
2,791,917
1,459,128

130,145,689
$÷÷÷«238,761
10,666,323
140,812,012

$÷÷÷÷÷÷«1.62

$÷÷÷÷÷÷«1.56

$÷÷÷÷÷÷«1.83

$÷÷÷÷÷÷«1.54

$÷÷÷÷÷÷«1.45

$÷÷÷÷÷÷«1.70

(1)  During fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012 approximately 1.3 million, 1.2 million, and 787,000 shares of participating securities were paid dividends totaling $3.1 million, $9.1 million, and $71,000, 

respectively. Additionally, for fiscal 2012 there were undistributed earnings of $1.1 million allocated to the participating class of securities in basic and diluted earnings per share. The allocated earnings 
and the dividends paid for fiscal 2012 comprise the difference from net income presented on the consolidated statements of operations, while only dividends paid for fiscal 2014 and 2013 comprise the 
difference from net income presented on the consolidated statements of operations, as there were no excess undistributed earnings.

The EPS calculation for fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012 excludes 1,072,000, 328,000 and 2,529,000 options as their impact was 
anti-dilutive. 

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     31 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements4. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

gooDwiLL

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, goodwill was $1,273.8 million and $1,277.4 million, respectively. The decrease in the carrying 
amount of goodwill is primarily attributable to the settlement of various FIN 48 tax contingencies indemnified by the DPO, as 
defined and explained in greater detail in Note 9. During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company did 
not record any goodwill impairment. Further, the Company does not consider any of the goodwill at risk of impairment. 

inTAngiB LE  AS SE TS

Intangible assets consisted of the following:

Amortizable intangible assets

Customer relationships

Total
Unamortizable intangible assets

Trade name

Total

gross Carrying value

Accumulated 
Amortization

net Carrying value

Gross Carrying Value

As of march 31, 2014

As of March 31,2013

Accumulated 
Amortization

Net Carrying Value

$187,758

$157,071

$÷30,687

$187,758

$141,738

$÷46,020

$187,758

$157,071

$÷30,687

$187,758

$141,738

$÷46,020

$190,200

$÷÷÷÷÷«–

$190,200

$190,200

$÷÷÷÷÷«–

$190,200

$377,958

$157,071

$220,887

$377,958

$141,738

$236,220

Intangible assets are primarily amortized on an accelerated 
basis over periods ranging from 7 years to 9 years. The 
weighted-average remaining period of amortization for all 
customer relationships is 4.6 years. 

The Company performed an annual impairment test of the trade 
name as of January 1, 2014 and 2013, noting no impairment.

Amortization expense for fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012 was 
$14.8 million, $14.8 million, and $16.4 million, respectively. 
The following table summarizes the estimated annual 
amortization expense for future periods indicated below:

For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Thereafter

Total amortization expense

$÷9,617
8,643
7,696
2,523
1,577
631

$30,687

5. Accounts Receivable, Net

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following:

March 31,

Current

Accounts receivable–billed
Accounts receivable–unbilled
Allowance for doubtful accounts

Accounts receivable, net
Long-term

Unbilled receivables

2014

2013

$395,509
522,685
(1,457)

$÷«431,770
598,004
(188)

916,737

1,029,586

22,877

19,779

Total accounts receivable, net

$939,614

$1,049,365

32     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Unbilled amounts represent sales for which billings have not 
been presented to customers at year-end. These amounts are 
usually billed and collected within one year. Long-term unbilled 
receivables not anticipated to be billed and collected within 
one year, which are primarily related to retainage, holdbacks, 
and long-term rate settlements to be billed at contract 
closeout, are included in other long-term assets as accounts 
receivable in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. 
The Company recognized a provision for doubtful accounts 
(including certain unbilled reserves) of $1.3 million, $544,000, 
and $2.7 million for fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. 
Because the Company’s accounts receivable are primarily with 
U.S. Government and its agencies, the Company does not have 
material exposure to accounts receivable credit risk.

6. Property and Equipment, Net

The components of property and equipment, net were as 
follows:

March 31,

Furniture and equipment
Computer equipment
Software
Leasehold improvements

Total
Less: Accumulated depreciation and 

amortization

2014

2013

$«104,463
49,469
25,380
201,166

$«135,281
46,872
36,690
154,167

380,478

373,010

(251,051)

(206,440)

Property and equipment, net

$«129,427

$«166,570

Property and equipment, net, includes $6.6 million, and 
$9.7 million of internally developed software, net of 
depreciation as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsDepreciation and amortization expense relating to property and 
equipment for fiscal 2014, 2013, and 2012 was $57.6 million, 
$59.5 million, and $58.8 million, respectively. During fiscal 
2014 and 2013, the Company reduced the gross cost and 
accumulated depreciation and amortization by $17.3 million 
and $22.9 million, respectively, for zero net book value assets 
deemed no longer in service.

7. Accounts Payable and Other Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable and other accrued expenses consisted of the 
following:

March 31,

Vendor payables
Accrued expenses

Total accounts payable and other  

accrued expenses

2014

2013

$265,079
223,728

$248,471
202,594

$488,807

$451,065

Accrued expenses consisted primarily of the Company’s reserve 
related to potential cost disallowance in conjunction with 
government audits. Refer to Note 20 for further discussion of 
this reserve.

8. Accrued Compensation and Benefits

Accrued compensation and benefits consisted of the following:

March 31,

2014

2013

Bonus
Retirement
Vacation
Stock-based compensation liability (Note 17)
Deferred Compensation (1)
Other

$÷75,423
43,405
117,626
39,922
27,547
27,517

$÷89,389
83,071
136,528
48,468
–
27,977

Total accrued compensation and benefits

$331,440

$385,433

(1)  The Company maintains a deferred compensation plan, or EPP, established in January 2009, for 
the benefit of certain employees. The EPP allows eligible participants to defer all or a portion of 
their annual performance bonus, reduced by amounts withheld for the payment of taxes or other 
deductions required by law. The Company makes no contributions to the EPP, but maintains 
participant accounts for deferred amounts and interest earned. The deferred balance generally 
will be paid within 180 days of the final determination of the interest to be accrued for 2014, 
upon retirement, or termination. The deferred balance will be paid prior to December 31, 2014, 
and as such, the entire deferred compensation balance of $27.5 million as of March 31, 2014 is 
classified as a component of accrued compensation and benefits.

9. Deferred Payment Obligation

Pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, or the Merger 
Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008, and subsequently 
amended, The Carlyle Group indirectly acquired all of the issued 
and outstanding stock of the Company. In connection with 
this transaction, on July 31, 2008 the Company established 
a Deferred Payment Obligation, or DPO, of $158.0 million, 
payable 8.5 years after the Closing Date, less any settled 
claims. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, $78.0 million of the 
$158.0 million DPO was required to be paid in full to the selling 
shareholders. On December 11, 2009, in connection with a 
recapitalization transaction, $100.4 million was paid to the 
selling shareholders, of which $78.0 million was the repayment 
of that portion of the DPO, with approximately $22.4 million 
representing accrued interest.

The remaining $80.0 million is available to indemnify the 
Company for certain pre-acquisition tax contingencies, 
related interest and penalties, and other matters pursuant 
to the Merger Agreement. Any amounts remaining after 
the settlement of claims will be paid out to the selling 
shareholders. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company 
has recorded $56.8 million and $55.8 million, respectively, for 
pre-acquisition uncertain tax positions, of which approximately 
$19.6 million and $18.5 million, respectively, may be 
indemnified under the remaining available DPO. During fiscal 
2014, the Company accrued additional interest for certain 
pre-acquisition uncertain tax positions, thereby increasing 
the estimated amount to be indemnified under the remaining 
available DPO and decreasing the DPO amount to be paid 
to the selling shareholders. Offsetting this decrease in the 
DPO amount is interest accrued at a rate of 5% per six-month 
period on the unpaid DPO balance, net of any settled claims 
or payments, which was $80.0 million as of March 31, 2014 
and 2013. Accordingly, the $61.7 million and $62.8 million 
DPO balance recorded as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, 
respectively, within other long-term liabilities, except the current 
portion of accrued interest expense which is recorded within 
short-term liabilities, represents the residual balance estimated 
to be paid to the selling shareholders based on consideration 
of contingent tax claims, accrued interest and other matters. 

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     33 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsA reconciliation of the principal balance of the DPO to the 
amount recorded in the consolidated balance sheets for the 
periods presented are as follows:

March 31,

Deferred payment obligation
Indemnified pre-acquisition uncertain  

tax positions
Accrued interest

Amount recorded in the consolidated  

balance sheets

2014

2013

$«80,000

$«80,000

(19,556)
1,304

(18,527)
1,304

$«61,748

$«62,777

During fiscal 2014 and 2013, the Company paid $8.0 million 
and $7.4 million, respectively, of accrued interest to the selling 
shareholders.

10. Debt

Debt consisted of the following:

March 31,

2014

interest  
rate

outstanding 
Balance

Interest  
Rate

2013

Outstanding  
Balance

Term Loan A
Term Loan B

2.65%
3.75%

$÷«660,317
998,602

2.70%
4.50%

$÷«706,134
1,009,039

Total
Less: Current portion of  

long-term debt

Long-term debt, net of  

current portion

1,658,919

1,715,173

(73,688)

(55,562)

$1,585,231

$1,659,611

On August 16, 2013, the Company consummated a repricing 
of its outstanding Term Loan B indebtedness, or repricing 
transaction, by entering into the First Amendment to its senior 
secured credit agreement, effective July 31, 2012, or Credit 
Agreement. On July 31, 2012, the Company consummated the 
Recapitalization Transaction which included the refinancing 
and termination of the Company’s existing senior secured 
credit agreement with the proceeds of the borrowings under 
the Company’s new Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement 
provided the Company with a $725.0 million Term Loan A 
and a $1,025.0 million Term Loan B, and a $500.0 million 
revolving credit facility, with a sublimit for letters of credit of 
$100.0 million. The outstanding obligations under the Credit 
Agreement are secured by a security interest in substantially 

all of the assets of the Company, subject to certain exceptions 
set forth in the Credit Agreement and related documentation. 
With no increase in borrowing, the First Amendment reduced 
the interest rate applicable to Term Loan B. The rates for 
Term Loan A loans outstanding under the Company’s Credit 
Agreement, as amended, remain unchanged.

In connection with the August 16, 2013 Repricing Transaction, 
the Company accelerated the amortization of ratable portions 
of the DIC and Original Issue Discount, or OID, associated with 
the prior senior secured term loan facilities of $1.2 million. 
These amounts are reflected in other expense, net in the 
consolidated statements of operations. Furthermore, the 
Company expensed third party debt issuance costs of 
$1.6 million that did not qualify for deferral, which are reflected 
in general and administrative costs in the consolidated 
statements of operations.

We occasionally borrow under our revolving credit facility in 
anticipation of cash demands. On October 15, 2013, the 
Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Booz Allen Hamilton 
Inc. accessed $250.0 million of its $500.0 million revolving 
credit facility to safeguard against the possible consequences 
of a failure by Congress to increase the U.S. government’s 
ability to incur indebtedness in excess of its current limit. On 
October 18, 2013, following the increase of the debt limit by 
Congress, the Company repaid the $250.0 million borrowed 
from the revolving credit facility. On February 27, 2014,  the 
Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. 
accessed $50.0 million of its $500.0 million revolving credit 
facility to provide sufficient available cash given the timing of 
certain cash payments. The Company repaid the $50.0 million 
borrowed from the revolving credit facility on March 6, 2014. 

The Credit Agreement requires quarterly principal payments 
of 1.25% of the stated principal amount of Term Loan A, with 
annual incremental increases to 1.875%, 2.50%, 3.125%, 
and 13.0%, prior to the Term Loan A’s maturity date of 
December 31, 2017, and 0.25% of the stated principal amount 
of Term Loan B, with the remaining balance payable on the Term 
Loan B’s maturity date of July 31, 2019. Both these stated 
principal repayment schedules are reflected in the table below. 
The revolving credit facility matures on December 31, 2017, at 
which time any outstanding principal balance is due in full. 

34     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsThe following table summarizes required future debt principal repayments:

Payments Due By March 31,

Total

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Thereafter

Term Loan A
Term Loan B

Total

$÷«661,563
1,009,625

$63,438
10,250

$81,563
10,250

$233,812
10,250

$282,750
10,250

$÷÷÷÷«–
10,250

$÷÷÷÷÷«–
958,375

$1,671,188

$73,688

$91,813

$244,062

$293,000

$10,250

$958,375

The interest rate on borrowings under Term Loan A is LIBOR 
plus 2.50% spread. The spread ranges from 2.00% to 2.75% 
based on the Company’s total leverage ratio. The interest 
rate on borrowings under Term Loan B is LIBOR plus 3.0% 
spread with a 0.75% floor. The spread ranges from 2.00% to 
3.00% based upon either an ABR or LIBOR borrowing. The 
revolving credit facility margin and commitment fee are subject 
to the leveraged based pricing grid, as set forth in the Credit 
Agreement, as amended. 

During fiscal 2014, interest payments of $19.0 million and 
$41.9 million were made for Term Loan A and Term Loan B, 
respectively. During fiscal 2013, interest payments of 
$18.8 million and $40.0 million were made for Term Loan A and 
Term Loan B, respectively. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, no 
amounts were outstanding on the revolving credit facility. 

The total outstanding debt balance was recorded in the 
accompanying consolidated balance sheets, net of unamortized 
discount of $12.3 million and $11.6 million as of March 31, 
2014 and 2013, respectively. As of March 31, 2014 and 
2013, the Company was in compliance with all of the Credit 
Agreement’s debt covenants.

11. Deferred Financing Costs

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of Debt 
Issuance Costs, or DIC, for the periods presented are as follows:

March 31,

Beginning of year
Amortization
Accelerated amortization of DIC related to 
August 2013 Repricing Transaction and  
July 2012 Recapitalization Transaction
Additional DIC related to August 2013  
Repricing Transaction and July 2012 
Recapitalization Transaction (1)

End of year

2014

2013

$31,820
(6,719)

$16,190
(5,865)

(610)

(5,386)

1,179

26,881

$25,670

$31,820

(1) Included in “Debt issuance costs” in the consolidated statement of cash flows.

Costs incurred in connection with the August 16, 2013 
Repricing Transaction were $2.8 million, of which $1.2 million 
was recorded as other long-term assets and will be amortized 
and reflected in interest expense in the consolidated 
statements of operations over the term of the loans. 
Amortization of these costs will be accelerated to the extent 
that any prepayment is made on the Credit Agreement. The 
remaining amount of $1.6 million, which was not deferred, 
was recorded as general and administrative expenses in the 
consolidated statements of operations in fiscal 2014.

Costs incurred in connection with the July 31, 2012 
Recapitalization Transaction were $29.6 million, of which 
$26.9 million was recorded as other long-term assets and 
will be amortized and reflected in interest expense in the 
consolidated statements of operations over the term of the 
loans. Amortization of these costs will be accelerated to the 
extent that any prepayment is made on the Credit Agreement. 
The remaining amount of $2.7 million, which was not deferred, 
was recorded as general and administrative expenses in the 
consolidated statements of operations in fiscal 2013.

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     35 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsAbsent any prepayment accelerations of DIC or the effect of changes in interest rates, the following table summarizes the 
estimated annual amortization expense of DIC using the effective interest rate method, as a component of interest expense, for 
the future fiscal periods indicated below:

Term Loan A
Term Loan B
Revolver

Total

Total

$÷8,325
9,033
8,312

$25,670

2015

$2,855
1,583
2,213

$6,651

2016

$2,614
1,636
2,219

$6,469

2017

$2,181
1,681
2,213

$6,075

2018

$÷«675
1,734
1,667

$4,076

DIC Amortization Expense 

2019

Thereafter

$÷÷÷«–
1,789
–

$1,789

$÷÷–
610
–

$610

12. Income Taxes

The components of income tax expense were as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

Current

U.S. Federal
State and local

Total current

Deferred

U.S. Federal
State and local

Total deferred

Total

$148,908
26,062

$161,838
35,503

$÷11,893
17,241

174,970

197,341

29,134

(22,540)
(3,831)

(40,652)
(7,436)

71,683
3,102

(26,371)

(48,088)

74,785

$148,599

$149,253

$103,919

A reconciliation of the provision for income tax to the amount 
computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to 
income from continuing operations before income taxes for 
each of the three years ended March 31 is as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

Significant components of the Company’s net deferred income 
tax (liability) asset were as follows:

March 31,

2014

2013

Deferred income tax assets:

Accrued expenses
Accrued compensation
Stock-based compensation
Pension and postretirement insurance
Property and equipment
Net operating loss & Capital loss 

carryforwards

Deferred rent and tenant allowance
Other

Total gross deferred income taxes
Less: Valuation allowance

$÷«96,554
40,198
34,532
31,776
7,753

$÷«78,563
45,031
46,735
33,009
4,086

532
11,256
6,974

229,575
–

721
15,979
5,412

229,536
–

Total net deferred income tax assets

229,575

229,536

Deferred income tax liabilities:

Accrued compensation-IRC Section 481(a)
Unbilled receivables
Intangible assets
Debt issuance costs
Other

(20,086)
(98,129)
(80,054)
(6,650)
(3,200)

(30,090)
(112,876)
(83,279)
(1,449)
(2,096)

Total deferred tax liabilities

(208,119)

(229,790)

Income tax expense computed 
at U.S. federal statutory  
rate (35%)

Increases (reductions)  

resulting from:
Changes in uncertain tax 

positions

State income taxes, net of  
the federal tax benefit
Meals and entertainment
Release of Valuation 

Allowance

Gain on sale of state and local 

transportation business

Other

Income tax expense from 

operations

$133,275

$128,909

$120,356

Net deferred income tax (liability) asset

$÷«21,456

$÷÷÷«(254)

1,838

1,477

(32,528)

13,847
1,135

17,039
1,365

13,431
2,177

–

–

(5,211)

–
(1,496)

–
463

3,772
1,922

$148,599

$149,253

$103,919

Deferred tax balances arise from temporary differences 
between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities and their 
tax basis and are stated at the enacted tax rates in effect for 
the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. A 
valuation allowance is provided against deferred tax assets 
when it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred 
tax asset will not be realized. In determining if the Company’s 
deferred tax assets are realizable, management considers 
all positive and negative evidence, including the history of 
generating book earnings, future reversals of existing taxable 
temporary differences, projected future taxable income, as well 
as any tax planning strategies. The Company believes it is more 
likely than not that the results of future operations will generate 
sufficient taxable income to realize the net deferred tax assets.

36     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsAs of March 31, 2014, the Company has approximately 
$0.4 million of State net operating loss, or NOL, carryforwards. 
The State NOL carryforwards expires in 2028. The Company 
believes that it is more likely than not that the Company will 
generate sufficient taxable income to fully realize the tax 
benefit of our State NOL carryforwards. 

unCE r TAin  T A x  PoSi Tion S

The Company maintains reserves for uncertain tax positions 
related to income tax benefits recognized. These reserves 
involve considerable judgment and estimation and are 
evaluated by management based on the best information 
available including changes in tax laws and other information. 
As of March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 the Company has 
recorded $57.4 million, $57.0 million and $55.3 million 
respectively, of reserves for uncertain tax positions which 
includes potential tax benefits of $55.0 million, $55.7 million 
and $54.9 million respectively, that, if recognized, would impact 
the effective tax rate. Of the $57.4 million, $57.0 million and 
$55.3 million of reserves for uncertain tax positions as of 
March 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 respectively, approximately 
$19.6 million , $18.5 million and $17.5 million respectively, 
may be indemnified under the remaining available DPO.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of potential 
tax benefits for the periods presented are as follows:

March 31,

2014

2013

2012

Beginning of year
Federal benefit from  
change in reserve

Increases in prior year position
Settlements with taxing 

authorities

Lapse of statute of limitations

$55,679

$54,895

$«77,304

–
364

(1,074)
(3)

–
1,074

(11)
(279)

1,036
–

(14,399)
(9,046)

End of year

$54,966

$55,679

$«54,895

The Company recognized accrued interest and penalties of 
approximately $1.1 million, $952,000 and $362,000 for fiscal 
2014, 2013, and 2012, respectively, related to the reserves 
for uncertain tax positions in the income tax provision. 
Included in the total reserve for uncertain tax positions are 
accrued penalties and interest of approximately $2.4 million, 
$1.3 million and $387,000 at March 31, 2014, 2013 and 
2012 respectively. 

The Company did not have any material settlements or lapse of 
statute of limitations during fiscal year 2014. The Company is 
subject to taxation in the United States and various state and 
foreign jurisdictions. As of March 31, 2014, the Company’s tax 
years ended July 31, 2008 and forward are open and subject 
to examination by the tax authorities. The jurisdictions currently 
under examination are not considered to be material. Additionally, 
no significant increases or decreases for uncertain tax positions 
are reasonably possible within the next twelve months. 

13. Employee Benefit Plans

DE F inE D  ConTriB uT ion  PL An

The Company sponsors the Employees’ Capital Accumulation 
Plan, or ECAP, which is a qualified defined contribution plan 
that covers eligible U.S. and international employees. ECAP 
provides for distributions, subject to certain vesting provisions, 
to participants by reason of retirement, death, disability, 
or termination of employment. Effective April 1, 2013 the 
Company reduced its discretionary contribution percentage 
for the ECAP. Total expense recognized under ECAP for fiscal 
2014, 2013, and 2012 was $165.6 million, $237.1 million, 
and $235.4 million, respectively, and the Company-paid 
contributions were $205.2 million, $242.6 million, and 
$242.5 million, respectively. 

DE F inE D  B E nE F iT  P L An A nD oTHE r  PoSTrE TirE mE nT 

B E nE Fi T  PL An S

The Company maintains and administers a postretirement 
medical plan and a defined benefit retirement plan for current, 
retired, and resigned officers.

The Company established a non-qualified defined benefit plan 
for all Officers in May 1995, or the Retired Officers’ Bonus 
Plan, which pays a lump-sum amount of $10,000 per year of 
service as an Officer, provided the Officer meets retirement 
vesting requirements. The Company also provides a fixed 
annual allowance after retirement to cover financial counseling 
and other expenses. The Retired Officers’ Bonus Plan is not 
salary related, but rather is based primarily on years of service.

In addition, the Company provides postretirement healthcare 
benefits to former Officers under a medical indemnity insurance 
plan, with premiums paid by the Company. This plan is referred 
to as the Officer Medical Plan.

The Company recognizes a liability for the defined benefit 
plans’ underfunded status, measures the defined benefit plans’ 
obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of 
the fiscal year, and recognizes as a component of accumulated 
other comprehensive income the changes in the defined benefit 
plans’ funded status that are not recognized as components of 
net periodic benefit cost.

The components of net postretirement medical expense for the 
Officer Medical Plan were as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

Service cost
Interest cost
Net actuarial loss

$÷4,745
3,660
2,728

$3,892
3,147
1,537

$3,912
2,987
818

Total postretirement medical 

expense

$11,133

$8,576

$7,717

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     37 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsThe weighted-average discount rate used to determine the year-
end benefit obligations were as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

Officer Medical Plan
Retired Officers’ Bonus Plan

2014

4.75%
4.75%

2013

4.75%
4.75%

2012

5.00%
5.00%

Assumed healthcare cost trend rates for the Officer Medical 
Plan at March 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

Pre-65 initial rate

Healthcare cost trend rate assumed for next year
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline 

(the ultimate trend rate)

Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate

Post-65 initial rate

Healthcare cost trend rate assumed for next year
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline 

(the ultimate trend rate)

Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate

2014

7.25%

5.00%
2023

2014

7.00%

5.00%
2022

2013

7.50%

5.00%
2023

2013

7.25%

5.00%
2022

Assumed healthcare cost trend rates have a significant effect on 
the amounts reported for the healthcare plans. A one-percentage-
point change in assumed healthcare cost trend rates calculated 
as of March 31, 2014 would have the following effects:

The amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income 
expected to be recognized as components of net periodic cost 
in fiscal 2015 are $582,000 of net actuarial gain (loss), $0 of 
net prior service cost (credit), and $0 of net transition (asset) 
obligation.

The changes in the benefit obligation, plan assets, and funded 
status of the Officer Medical Plan were as follows:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

Benefit obligation,  

beginning of the year

Service cost
Interest cost
Net actuarial (gain) loss
Benefits paid

Benefit obligation,  
end of the year

Changes in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, 
beginning of the year
Employer contributions
Benefits paid

Fair value of plan assets,  

end of the year

$78,735
4,745
3,660
(9,436)
(1,802)

$63,585
3,892
3,147
9,891
(1,780)

$52,753
3,912
2,987
5,666
(1,733)

$75,902

$78,735

$63,585

$÷÷÷÷«–
1,802
(1,802)

$÷÷÷÷«–
1,780
(1,780)

$÷÷÷÷«–
1,733
(1,733)

$÷÷÷÷«–

$÷÷÷÷«–

$÷÷÷÷«–

Effect on total of service and interest cost
Effect on postretirement benefit obligation

1% Increase

1% Decrease

$÷1,676
12,634

$÷(1,325)
(10,202)

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, the unfunded status of the 
Officer Medical Plan was $75.9 million and $78.7 million, 
respectively, which is included in other long-term liabilities in 
the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Total defined benefit plan expense, consisting of service and 
interest, associated with the Retired Officers’ Bonus Plan was 
$768,000, $743,000, and $868,000 for fiscal 2014, fiscal 
2013, and fiscal 2012, respectively. Benefits paid associated 
with the Retired Officers’ Bonus Plan were $1.1 million, 
$361,000, and $1.2 million for fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, and 
fiscal 2012, respectively. The end-of-period benefit obligation of 
$4.7 million and $5.0 million as of March 31, 2014 and 2013, 
respectively, is included in postretirement obligations within 
other long-term liabilities in the accompanying consolidated 
balance sheets.

Accumulated other comprehensive loss as of March 31, 2014 
includes unrecognized actuarial gain of $6.7 million, net of 
taxes of $4.4 million, that has not yet been recognized in net 
periodic pension cost for the Retired Officers’ Bonus Plan and 
the Officer Medical Plan. Accumulated other comprehensive 
loss as of March 31, 2013, includes unrecognized net actuarial 
loss of $8.1 million, net of taxes of $3.3 million, that has not 
yet been recognized in net periodic pension cost for the Retired 
Officers’ Bonus Plan and the Officer Medical Plan.

F unDE D  S TATuS F or  DE F inE D  B E nE F iT  P L An S

Generally, annual contributions are made at such times and 
in amounts as required by law and may, from time to time, 
exceed minimum funding requirements. The Retired Officers’ 
Bonus Plan is an unfunded plan and contributions are made 
as benefits are paid. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, there 
were no plan assets for the Retired Officers’ Bonus Plan 
and therefore, the accumulated liability of $4.7 million and 
$5.0 million, respectively, is unfunded. The liability will be 
distributed in a lump-sum payment as each Officer retires.

The expected future medical benefit payments and related 
contributions are as follows: 

For the Fiscal Year Ending March 31,

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020–2024

$÷2,182
2,378
2,683
2,969
3,656
23,107

38     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements14. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

All amounts recorded in other comprehensive loss are related 
to the Company’s pension plan. The following table represents 
a rollforward of amounts recognized in accumulated other 
comprehensive loss, net of tax:

March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

reduced to one cent, with the remaining reduction to be paid 
in cash upon exercise of the options. Payments of the special 
dividends to EIP option holders is linked to vesting. Refer to 
Note 17 for further discussion of the special dividends. 

16. Stockholders’ Equity

$(13,787)

$÷(8,715)

$(5,453)

Common  SToCk

Beginning of year
 Other comprehensive income 
(loss) before reclassifications

 Amounts reclassified 

from accumulated other 
comprehensive loss

Net current-period other 

5,499

(5,996)

(3,681)

1,652

924

419

comprehensive income (loss)

7,151

(5,072)

(3,262)

End of year

$÷(6,636)

$(13,787)

$(8,715)

The following table present the reclassifications out of 
accumulated other comprehensive loss to net income:

March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

 Amortization of net actuarial 

loss included in net periodic 
benefit cost (See Note 13)

Total before tax
Tax benefit

Net of tax

$«2,728
(1,076)

$1,524
(600)

$«1,652

$÷«924

$«706
(287)

$«419

15. Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities consisted of the following:

March 31,

2014

2013

Deferred rent
Deferred compensation (1)
Stock-based compensation
Deferred payment obligation
Postretirement benefit obligation
Other

$÷28,527
–
25,966
60,444
80,527
5,746

$÷40,548
26,443
50,625
61,473
83,761
6,610

Total other long-term liabilities

$201,210

$269,460

(1)  As disclosed in Note 8, the Company anticipates paying the entire deferred compensation 

balance of the EPP prior to December 31, 2014, and as such, the entire deferred compensation 
balance was reclassified from other long-term liabilities as of March 31, 2013 to accrued 
compensation and benefits as of March 31, 2014.

In fiscal 2014 and 2013, the Company recorded a stock-based 
compensation liability of $65.9 million and $99.1 million, 
respectively, including $39.9 million and $48.5 million, 
respectively, expected to be paid within one year, related to 
special dividends paid in July and December 2009, June 2012, 
August 2012, November 2013, and February 2014. Rollover 
options vested and not yet exercised that would have had 
an exercise price below zero as a result of the dividend were 

Holders of Class A Common Stock, Class C Restricted Common 
Stock, and Class E Special Voting Common Stock are entitled to 
one vote for each share as a holder. The holders of the Voting 
Common Stock shall vote together as a single class. The holders 
of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock have no voting rights.

When shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock or Class C 
Restricted Common Stock are sold on the open market, they 
become Class A Common Stock shares. During fiscal 2014, 
869,520 and 288,448 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common 
Stock and Class C Restricted Common stock, respectively, were 
sold and converted to Class A Common Stock shares.

Class C Restricted Common Stock is restricted in that a 
holder’s shares vest as set forth in the Rollover Plan. Refer to 
Note 17 for further discussion of the Rollover Plan.

Class E Special Voting Common Stock represents the voting 
rights that accompany the Rollover Options. Rollover Options 
have a fixed vesting and exercise schedule to comply with IRS 
section 409A. Upon exercise, the option will convert to Class A 
Common Stock, and the corresponding Class E Special Voting 
Common Stock will be repurchased by the Company and retired. 
Refer to Note 17 for further discussion of the Rollover Options.

Each share of common stock, except for Class E Special Voting 
Common Stock, is entitled to participate equally in dividends, 
when and if declared by the Board of Directors from time to 
time, such dividends and other distributions in cash, stock, 
or property from the Company’s assets or funds become 
legally available for such purposes subject to any dividend 
preferences that may be attributable to preferred stock that 
may be authorized. The Company’s ability to pay dividends to 
stockholders is limited as a practical matter by restrictions in 
the credit agreements governing the Senior Credit Facilities.

The authorized and unissued Class A Common Stock shares 
are available for future issuance upon share option exercises, 
without additional stockholder approval.

E mPLoyE E  S ToCk  PurCHASE  P L An

In connection with the Company’s initial public offering in 
November 2010, the Company established a tax qualified 
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, which is designed 

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     39 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statementsto enable eligible employees to periodically purchase shares 
of the Company’s Class A Common Stock up to an aggregate 
of 10,000,000 shares at a five percent discount from the 
fair market value of the Company’s common stock. The ESPP 
provides for quarterly offering periods, the first of which 
commenced on April 1, 2011. For the year ended March 31, 
2014, 276,529 Class A Common Stock shares were purchased 
by employees under the ESPP. As of the program’s inception, 
1,295,070 shares have been purchased by employees.

SHAr E rE Pur CHASE  Progr Am

On December 12, 2011, the Board of Directors approved a 
$30.0 million share repurchase program, to be funded from 
cash on hand. A special committee of the Board of Directors 
was appointed to evaluate market conditions and other relevant 
factors and initiate repurchases under the program from time 
to time. The share repurchase program may be suspended, 
modified or discontinued at any time at the Company’s discretion 
without prior notice. As of March 31, 2014 no shares have 
been repurchased under the program.

DiviDE nDS

The following table summarizes the cash distributions 
recognized in the consolidated statement of cash flows:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

Recurring dividends (1)
Special dividends (2)
Dividend equivalents (3)

$÷57,063
288,739
56,138

$÷÷«48,736
1,073,733
59,471

$11,906
–
9,026

Total distributions

$401,940

$1,181,940

$20,932

(1)  Amounts represent recurring dividends of $0.10 per share and $0.09 per share that were 
declared and paid for during each quarter of fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, and fiscal 2012, 
respectively.

(2)  Amounts represent aggregate special dividends of $2.00 per share ($1.00 paid November 29, 
2013 and $1.00 paid February 28, 2014) and $8.00 per share ($1.50 paid June 29, 2012 and 
$6.50 paid August 31, 2012) that were declared and paid for during fiscal 2014 and 2013, 
respectively.

(3)  Dividend equivalents are distributions made to option holders equal to the special dividends 

declared and paid.

On May 21, 2014, the Company announced a regular quarterly 
cash dividend in the amount of $0.11 per share. The quarterly 
dividend is payable on June 30, 2014 to stockholders of record 
on June 10, 2014. 

For each special dividend declared, the Compensation 
Committee, as Administrator of the Officers’ Rollover Stock 
Plan and the Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, is required to 
make a determination under the respective plan’s antidilution 
provision to adjust the outstanding options. For the $1.50 
special dividend announced May 29, 2012, the $6.50 dividend 
announced July 30, 2012, and the $1.00 special dividends 
announced October 29, 2013 and January 31, 2014, holders 

of the Rollover Options received a cash payment equal to the 
amount of the special dividend on the options’ mandatory 
exercise date. For the $1.50 special dividend, holders of EIP 
options were granted a dividend equivalent equal to the special 
dividend payable on June 29, 2012 or the vesting of the EIP 
option, whichever is later. For the $6.50 special dividend, 
holders of EIP options with a pre-dividend exercise price less 
than $11.00 per share received a dividend equivalent equal 
to the amount of the special dividend payable on August 31, 
2012 or the vesting of the EIP option, whichever is later. All 
other EIP options were adjusted by reducing the exercise 
price by $6.36 which is equal to the difference between the 
pre-dividend closing fair market value of our Class A Common 
Stock and the post-dividend opening fair market value of 
our Class A Common Stock as noted on the New York Stock 
Exchange. For the $1.00 special dividends, holders of EIP 
options received a cash payment equal to the amount of the 
special dividend paid on November 29, 2013 and February 28, 
2014, respectively, or the vesting of the EIP option, whichever 
is later.

The total payout of the dividend and the dividend equivalents 
have been presented as a financing activity within the 
consolidated statement of cash flows.

17. Stock-Based Compensation

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation 
expense recognized in the consolidated statements of 
operations:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

Cost of revenue
General and administrative 

expenses

Total

$÷5,672

$÷7,061

$÷9,095

14,393

17,780

22,168

$20,065

$24,841

$31,263

The following table summarizes the total stock-based 
compensation expense recognized in the consolidated 
statements of operations by the following types of equity 
awards:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 

2014

2013

2012

Equity Incentive Plan Options
Class A Restricted  
Common Stock
Rollover Options
Class C Restricted Stock

$÷7,257

$13,148

$13,068

12,171
578
59

8,412
2,970
311

5,963
11,176
1,056

Total

$20,065

$24,841

$31,263

40     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsAs of March 31, 2014 and 2013, there was $16.4 million and $19.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to 
unvested stock-based compensation agreements. The unrecognized compensation cost as of March 31, 2014 is expected to be 
fully amortized over the next 5 years. Absent the effect of accelerating stock compensation cost for any departures of employees 
who may continue to vest in their equity awards, the following tables summarize the unrecognized compensation cost, the weighted 
average period the cost is expected to be amortized, and the estimated annual compensation cost for the future periods indicated 
below (excludes any future awards):

March 31,

Equity Incentive Plan Options
Class A Restricted Common Stock
Rollover Options
Class C Restricted Stock

Total

Equity Incentive Plan Options
Class A Restricted Common Stock

Total

Unrecognized Compensation Cost

Weighted Average Remaining  
Period to be Recognized

2014

$÷8,249
8,157
–
–

$16,406

2013

$12,161
6,709
578
59

$19,507

2014

3.10
2.02
–
–

2013

2.77
2.03
0.25
0.25

Total

2015

$÷8,249
8,157

$÷4,455
5,773

$16,406

$10,228

2016

$2,360
2,051

$4,411

2017

$1,037
333

$1,370

2018

$347
–

$347

Total Unrecognized Compensation Cost

2019

$50
–

$50

Thereafter

$–
–

$–

EquiT y i nCE nT ivE  PL A n

The EIP was created in connection with the Merger Transaction 
for employees and directors of Holding. The Company created 
a pool of options, or EIP Options, to draw upon for future 
grants that would be governed by the EIP. All options under  
the EIP are exercisable, upon vesting, for shares of common 
stock of Holding.

Stock options are granted at the discretion of the Board of 
Directors or its Compensation Committee and expire ten 
years from the grant date. Options generally vest over a five-
year period based upon required service and performance 
conditions. Starting on February 1, 2012, the Board of 
Directors or its Compensation Committee updated vesting 
conditions for stock options, whereby stock options only vest 
upon a required service condition. The Company calculates the 
pool of additional paid-in capital associated with excess tax 
benefits using the “simplified method.”

The aggregate grant date fair value of the EIP Options 
issued during fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, and fiscal 2012, was 
$4.9 million, $4.2 million, and $18.5 million, respectively, 
and is being recorded as expense over the vesting period. 
The total fair value of EIP Options vested during fiscal 2014 
and 2013 was $17.5 million and $18.2 million, respectively. 

As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, there were 9,197,629 and 
10,319,906 options, respectively, available for future grant 
under the EIP.

ADoP Tion  oF  Annu AL i nCE nTivE  P L An

On October 1, 2010, the Board of Directors adopted a new 
compensation plan in connection with the initial public offering 
to more appropriately align the Company’s compensation 
programs with those of similarly situated companies. The 
amount of the annual incentive payment will be determined 
based on performance targets established by the Board of 
Directors and a portion of the bonus may be paid in the form 
of equity (including stock and other awards under the EIP). If 
the Board of Directors elects to make payments in equity, the 
value of the overall award will be increased by 20%, related 
to the portion paid in equity. Equity awards will vest based 
on the passage of time, subject to the officer’s continued 
employment by the Company. The portion to be paid in the form 
of equity will be recognized in the accompanying consolidated 
statements of operations based on grant date fair value over 
the vesting period of three years. The portion to be paid in cash 
is accrued ratably during the fiscal year in which the employees 
provide service and paid out during the first quarter of the 
subsequent fiscal year.

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     41 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statementsgr AnTS  o F  C L AS S A rE ST riCTE D  Common  S ToCk

On July 1, 2013, the Board of Directors granted 744,926 
shares of Class A Restricted Stock in conjunction with the 
Annual Incentive Plan adopted on October 1, 2010. The 
amount of the annual incentive payment was determined based 
on performance targets established by the Compensation 
Committee and a portion of the bonus was paid in the form of 
Class A Restricted Stock. The aggregate value was estimated 
at $13.1 million based on the stock price of $17.57 on the 
grant date. On August 21, 2013, the Board of Directors granted 
25,705 shares of Class A Restricted Stock to certain members 
of the Board of Directors.

As permitted under the terms of the Equity Incentive Plan, 
the Compensation Committee as Administrator of the Plan, 
authorized the withholding of taxes not to exceed the minimum 
statutory withholding amount, through the surrender of 
shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the vesting 
or accelerated vesting of Restricted Stock. For those holders 
who elected to participate, the trade dates were as follows for 
the vesting or accelerated vesting of Restricted Stock. As a 
result of these transactions, the Company repurchased a total 
of 203,782 shares and recorded them as treasury shares at a 
cost of $3.7 million, detailed as follows:

Trade Date

Shares

Cost

Total

Total Shares Withheld to Cover Taxes

April 1, 2013
June 30, 2013
July 15, 2013
July 31, 2013
September 13, 2013
October 7, 2013
March 31, 2014

Total

10,219
137,111
3,959
5,844
7,309
4,162
35,178

203,782

$13.45
$17.38
$18.40
$21.38
$19.19
$18.59
$22.00

$÷«137,446
2,382,989
72,846
124,945
140,260
77,372
773,916

$3,709,774

oF F iCE rS’ r oLLovE r  SToCk  PL An

The Rollover Plan was adopted as a mechanism to enable 
Company Officers to exchange a portion of their previous equity 
interests in the pre-acquisition Company for equity interests in 
the Company. Among the equity interests that were eligible for 
exchange were common stock and stock rights, both vested 
and unvested.

Unvested stock rights that would have vested in 2008 were 
exchanged for 2,028,270 shares of new Class C Restricted 
Stock issued by the Company at an estimated fair value of 
$10.00 at August 1, 2008. The aggregate grant date fair value 
of the Class C Restricted Stock issued of $20.3 million was 
recorded as expense over the vesting period. For the fiscal 
years ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, 136,200 cumulative 
shares of Class C Restricted Stock vested for each year. At 
March 31, 2014 and 2013, 3,971,730 shares of Class C 
Restricted Stock were authorized but unissued under the Plan. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Class C Restricted Stock was 
intended to be issued only in connection with the exchange 
process described above.

In addition to the conversion of the stock rights that would 
have vested in 2008 to Class C Restricted Stock, Options 
were issued in exchange for old stock rights held by the 
U.S. government consulting partners of the pre-acquisition 
Company. The Rollover Options were granted based on the 
retirement eligibility of the Officer. For the purposes of these 
options, there were two categories of Officers – retirement 
eligible and non-retirement eligible. Rollover Options granted to 
retirement eligible Officers vested in equal annual installments 
on June 30, 2009, 2010, and 2011.

The following table summarizes the exercise schedule for 
Officers who were deemed retirement eligible. Exercise 
schedules are based on original vesting dates applicable to  
the stock rights surrendered:

As of June 30,

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Percentage of Rollover Options to be Exercised

Retirement Eligible

Original vesting date of 

June 30, 2009

Original vesting date of 

June 30, 2010

Original vesting date of 

June 30, 2011

60%

–

–

20%

50%

–

20%

20%

20%

–

20%

20%

–

10%

30%

–

–

30%

Those individuals who were considered retirement eligible 
also were given the opportunity to make a one-time election 
to be treated as non-retirement eligible. The determination of 
retirement eligibility was made as of a set point in time and 
could not be changed at a future date.

42     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsRollover Options granted to Officers who were categorized as 
non-retirement eligible vested 50% on June 30, 2011, 25% on 
June 30, 2012, and 25% on June 30, 2013.

The following table summarizes the exercise schedule for 
Officers who were deemed non-retirement eligible. Exercise 
schedules are based on original vesting dates applicable to  
the stock rights surrendered:

As of June 30,

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Percentage of Rollover Options to be Exercised

Non-Retirement Eligible:

Original vesting date of  

June 30, 2011

Original vesting date of  

June 30, 2012

Original vesting date of  

June 30, 2013

20%

–

–

20%

25%

–

20%

25%

33%

20%

25%

33%

20%

25%

34%

The aggregate grant date fair value of the Rollover Options 
issued of $127.1 million was recorded as compensation 
expense over the vesting period. The total grant date fair value 
of Rollover Options vested during fiscal 2014 and 2013 was 
$16.2 million for each year.

mE THoD oLogy

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to 
determine the estimated fair value for stock-based awards. The 
fair value of the Company’s stock is based on the closing price 
on the New York Stock Exchange.

During fiscal year 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors 
authorized and declared four regular quarterly cash dividends 
of $0.10 per share. Therefore, an annualized dividend yield 
between 1.92% and 2.26% was used in the Black-Scholes 
option-pricing model for all grants issued during the fiscal 
year. The Company has excluded any special dividends from 
the annualized dividend yield because of their classification as 
special dividends and their non-recurring nature. The Company 
plans to continue paying recurring dividends in the near term 
and assessing its excess cash resources to determine the 
best way to utilize its excess cash flow in order to meet its 
objectives. One way the Company may utilize excess cash 
includes the payment of special dividends. The Company does 
not anticipate or forecast the payment of special dividends 

and therefore does not include special dividends in the annual 
dividend yield which the company uses to calculate the fair 
value of stock options, as the Company does not pay these 
special dividends on a regular basis.

Implied volatility is calculated as of each grant date based on 
our historical volatility along with an assessment of a peer 
group for future option grants. Other than the expected life of 
the option, volatility is the most sensitive input to our option 
grants. To be consistent with all other implied calculations, the 
same peer group used to calculate other implied metrics is also 
used to calculate implied volatility.

The risk-free interest rate is determined by reference to the 
U.S. Treasury yield curve rates with the remaining term equal 
to the expected life assumed at the date of grant. The average 
expected life is calculated based on the Company’s historical 
experience with respect to its stock plan activity in combination 
with an estimate of when vested and unexercised option shares 
will be exercised. Forfeitures were estimated based on the 
Company’s historical analysis of Officer and Vice-President 
attrition levels and actual forfeiture rates by grant date.

The weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes 
option-pricing model for stock option awards were as follows:

Through Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

Dividend yield
Expected volatility
Risk-free interest rate
Expected life (in years)
Weighted-average grant date fair value

2014

2.19%
30.97%
1.36%
6.64
$4.59

2013

2.07%
33.12%
1.44%
7.00
$4.69

2012

0.28%
36.80%
2.35%
7.00
$7.56

SPECiAL  DiviDE nDS

The Board of Directors, as the Administrator of the Officers’ 
Rollover Stock Plan and the Amended and Restated Equity 
Incentive Plan have discretion in how to effect the required 
adjustment to keep option holders whole in the event of 
a distribution of dividends that trigger certain anti-dilution 
clauses within the respective plans. In the event the Board of 
Directors elect to grant option holders a cash payment equal 
to the amount of the special dividend, the Company accrues a 
stock-based compensation liability as the respective option’s 
stock compensation expense is recorded in the statement 

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     43 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statementsof operations. This obligation will be settled on the options’ 
mandatory exercise date for Rollover Options and on the later 
of the date the dividend is paid or vesting for the EIP options. 
The stock-based compensation liability includes all special 
dividends declared.

On May 29, 2012, our Board of Directors declared a special 
cash dividend of $1.50 per share that was paid on June 29, 
2012 to stockholders of record on June 11, 2012. The 
Compensation Committee, as the Administrator of the Officers’ 
Rollover Stock Plan and the EIP, made a required adjustment 
to the outstanding options under each plan by granting holders 
of the Rollover Options a cash payment equal to the amount of 
the special dividend on the options’ mandatory exercise date 
and by granting the holders of EIP options a dividend equivalent 
equal to the special dividend and payable on June 29, 2012 or 
the vesting of the EIP option, whichever is later.

On July 30, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized and 
declared a special cash dividend of $6.50 per share. The 
dividend was accounted for on July 31, 2012, the declaration 
date, by reducing retained earnings to zero with the remainder 
being recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. 
The dividend was paid on August 31, 2012 to stockholders 
of record on August 13, 2012. The Board of Directors, as the 
Administrator of the Officers’ Rollover Stock Plan and the EIP, 
made a determination to adjust the outstanding options under 
each plan. 

On October 29, 2013, our Board of Directors authorized and 
declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share. The 
dividend was paid on November 29, 2013 to stockholders of 
record on November 11, 2013. The Compensation Committee, 
as the Administrator of the Officers’ Rollover Stock Plan and 
the EIP, made a required adjustment to the outstanding options 
under each plan by granting holders of the Rollover options 
a cash payment equal to the amount of the special dividend 
on the options’ mandatory exercise date and by granting the 
holders of EIP options a dividend equivalent equal to the 
special dividend and payable on November 29, 2013 or the 
vesting of the EIP option, whichever is later.

On January 31, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized and 
declared a special cash dividend of $1.00 per share. The 
dividend was paid on February 28, 2014 to stockholders of 
record on February 10, 2014. The Board of Directors, acting 
as the Administrator of the Officers’ Rollover Stock Plan and 
the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan, made a 
determination to adjust the outstanding Rollover and EIP 
options for the special dividend to prevent the dilution of the 
benefit or potential benefit of the options.  The adjustment is in 
the form of a $1.00 dividend equivalent. Holders of the Rollover 
Options will receive a cash payment equal to the amount of 
the special dividend on the exercise of the option during the 
options’ mandatory exercise period. Holders of EIP options 
received or will receive a cash payment equal to the amount 
of the special dividend payable on February 28, 2014 or the 
vesting of the EIP option, whichever is later. 

On September 30, 2013, Rollover Options holders received a 
dividend equivalent payment of $34.0 million related to special 
dividends declared in fiscal years 2010 and 2013. On June 28, 
2013 vested outstanding EIP option holders received a dividend 
equivalent payment of $13.9 million related to the special 
dividends declared in fiscal year 2013. On November 29, 2013 
vested EIP option holders received a payment of $4.2 million 
related to the special dividend declared in October 2013. On 
February 28, 2014 and March 31, 2014 vested EIP option 
holders received a total payment of $4.1 million, related to 
the special dividend declared in January 2014. Payment of 
the dividend equivalents were accounted for as modifications 
resulting in incremental benefit to the option holders resulting 
in additional compensation expense of $1.6 million. Total 
compensation expense recorded in conjunction with the 
payment of all dividend equivalent to holders of unvested 
EIP options for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 was 
$2.1 million. Future compensation cost related to payment 
of the dividend equivalents to holders of EIP options not yet 
recognized in the statement of operations is $1.0 million and is 
expected to be recognized over 3.25 years.

44     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsAs of March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, the Company calculated a total recorded and unrecorded stock-based compensation 
liability of $73.1 million and $106.4 million, respectively, related to the special dividends paid in July 2009, December 2009, June 
2012, August 2012, November 2013 and February 2014, as follows:

Current portion of liability (1)
Long-term portion of liability (2)

(1)  Included in accrued compensation and benefits (Note 8).
(2) Included in other long-term liabilities.

march 31, 2014

EiP options

rollover options

Total

EIP Options

Rollover Options

$3,675
–

$3,675

$36,247
25,966

$62,213

$39,922
25,966

$65,888

$14,429
–

$14,429

$34,039
50,625

$84,664

March 31,2013

Total

$48,468
50,625

$99,093

The following table summarizes unvested stock options for the 
periods presented:

officers’ rollover Stock Plan options
Non-Retirement Eligible:

Unvested at March 31, 2013
Granted
Vested
Forfeited

Unvested at March 31, 2014

Equity incentive Plan options
Unvested at March 31, 2013
Granted
Vested
Forfeited

Number of 
Options

Weighted 
Average Grant 
Date Fair Value

Aggregate  
Intrinsic Value  
on Grant Date

1,879,375
–
1,879,375
–

–

5,486,060
1,071,738
2,640,429
514,310

$8.62
–
8.62
–

$18,775
–
18,775
–

$÷÷÷÷«–

$5.91
4.59
5.47
6.27

$÷÷÷÷«–
–
–
–

Unvested at March 31, 2014

3,403,059

$5.78

$÷÷÷÷«–

As of March 31, 2014, $7.2 million related to EIP Options will 
be recorded as liabilities as the options vest over the next 
5 years. There is no unrecorded liability related to Rollover 
options as of March 31, 2014, as the Rollover options are 
fully vested. As of March 31, 2013, there were unrecognized 
liabilities of $2.8 million related to Rollover Options and 
$4.5 million related to EIP options.

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the 
periods presented:

officers’ rollover Stock Plan options
Retirement Eligible:

Options outstanding at March 31, 2013
Granted
Forfeited
Expired
Exercised

Number of  
Options

Weighted  
Average  
Exercise Price

1,699,939
–
–
–
971,389

$÷0.01*

–
–
–
0.01*

Options outstanding at March 31, 2014

728,550

$÷0.01*

Non-Retirement Eligible:

Options outstanding at March 31, 2013
Granted
Forfeited
Expired
Exercised

5,544,156
–
–
–
1,848,053

$÷0.01*

–
–
–
0.01*

Options outstanding at March 31, 2014

3,696,103

$÷0.01*

Equity incentive Plan options
Options outstanding at March 31, 2013
Granted
Forfeited
Expired
Exercised

8,975,830
1,071,738
514,310
2,000
2,480,293

$÷7.41
18.26
10.21
14.21
5.90

Options outstanding at March 31, 2014

7,050,965

$÷9.39**

*  Amount reduced for $4.642 dividend issued December 11, 2009, $1.087 dividend issued  

July 27, 2009, $1.50 dividend issued May 29, 2012, and the $6.50 dividend issued July 30, 2012. 

** Reflects exercise price adjustment of $6.36 per grant for the $6.50 dividend per share issued 

July 30, 2012.

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     45 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsThe following table summarizes stock options outstanding at March 31, 2014:

range of Exercise Prices

officers’ rollover Stock Plan
$0.01
Equity incentive Plan
$4.27– $20.85

Stock Options 
Outstanding

Weighted Average 
Exercise Price

Weighted  
Average Remaining 
Contractual Life  
(In years)

Stock Options 
Exercisable

Weighted Average 
Exercise Price

Weighted  
Average Remaining 
Contractual Life  
(In years)

4,424,653

$0.01*

0.67

4,424,653

7,050,965

$9.39**

6.58

3,647,906

$0.01

$6.48

0.67

5.51

*  Amount reduced for $4.642 dividend issued December 11, 2009, $1.087 dividend issued July 27, 2009, $1.50 dividend issued May 29, 2012 and the $6.50 dividend issued July 30, 2012.
** Reflects exercise price adjustment of $6.36 per grant for the $6.50 dividend per share issued July 30, 2012.

The fair value of the Company’s trade accounts receivable and 
accounts payable approximates its carrying value at March 31, 
2014 and March 31, 2013 because of the short-term nature 
of these instruments. The fair value of the Company’s debt 
instruments approximates its carrying value at March 31, 2014 
and March 31, 2013. The fair value of debt is determined 
based on interest rates available for debt with terms and 
maturities similar to the Company’s existing debt arrangements 
(Level 2 inputs).

19. Related-Party Transactions

The Carlyle Group is the majority shareholder of the Company. 
From time to time, and in the ordinary course of business: 
(1) other Carlyle portfolio companies engage the Company 
as a subcontractor or service provider, and (2) the Company 
engages other Carlyle portfolio companies as subcontractors 
or service providers. Revenue and cost associated with these 
related parties for fiscal 2014 were $444,000 and $368,000, 
respectively. Revenue and cost associated with these related 
parties for fiscal 2013 were $739,000 and $657,000, 
respectively. Revenue and cost associated with these related 
party transactions for fiscal 2012 were $1.5 million and 
$1.4 million, respectively.

In addition, investment vehicles affiliated with The Carlyle Group 
participated in a lender syndicate in the Company’s outstanding 
debt in the amounts of $55.5 million and $58.3 million at 
March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The participation by 
such investment vehicles in the syndication of the Company’s 
debt during fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013 was done on an arm’s 
length basis.

18. Financial Instruments

The accounting standard for fair value measurements 
establishes a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the 
inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: observable 
inputs such as quoted prices in active markets (Level 1); inputs 
other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable 
either directly or indirectly (Level 2); and unobservable inputs 
in which there is little or no market data, which requires the 
Company to develop its own assumptions (Level 3).

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy 
is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the 
fair value measurement. The following table set forth by levels 
represents the fair value of the Company’s cash and cash 
equivalents as of March 31, 2014.

Fair value of Cash and Cash 
Equivalents as of march 31, 2014

Cash and cash equivalents
Money market funds (1)

Total cash and cash 

equivalents

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

$37,886 $÷÷÷÷÷«– $÷÷÷÷÷«– $÷37,886
222,108

222,108

–

–

$37,886 $222,108 $÷÷÷÷÷«– $259,994

The following table set forth by levels represents the fair value 
of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 
2013.

Fair Value of Cash and Cash 
Equivalents as of March 31, 2013

Cash and cash equivalents
Money market funds (1)

Total cash and cash 

equivalents

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

$111,805 $÷÷÷÷÷«– $÷÷÷÷÷«– $111,805
238,579

238,579

–

–

$111,805 $238,579 $÷÷÷÷÷«– $350,384

(1)  Level two cash and cash equivalents are invested in money market funds that are intended to 
maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share by investing in liquid, high quality U.S. 
dollar-denominated money market instruments. Depending on our short-term liquidity needs, we 
make regular transfers between money market funds and other cash equivalents.

46     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsOn July 31, 2008, the Company entered into a management 
agreement, or Management Agreement, with TC Group V 
US, L.L.C., or TC Group, a company affiliated with Carlyle. 
In accordance with the Management Agreement, TC Group 
provides the Company with advisory, consulting and other 
services and the Company pays TC Group an aggregate annual 
fee of $1.0 million plus expenses. In addition, the Company 
made a one-time payment to TC Group of $20.0 million for 
investment banking, financial advisory and other services 
provided to the Company in connection with the acquisition 
of Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. in 2008 by The Carlyle Group, or 
acquisition. For fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, and fiscal 2012, the 
Company incurred $1.0 million per year in advisory fees.

20. Commitments and Contingencies

LE ASE S

The Company leases office space under noncancelable 
operating leases that expire at various dates through 2022. 
The terms for the facility leases generally provide for rental 
payments on a graduated scale, which are recognized on a 
straight-line basis over the terms of the leases, including 
reasonably assured renewal periods, from the time the 
Company controls the leased property. Lease incentives are 
recorded as a deferred credit and recognized as a reduction to 
rent expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Rent 
expense was approximately $103.5 million, net of $2.5 million 
of sublease income, $105.9 million, net of $5.5 million of 
sublease income, and $113.9 million, net of $5.7 million of 
sublease income, for fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, and fiscal 2012, 
respectively.

Future minimum operating lease payments for noncancelable 
operating leases and future minimum noncancelable sublease 
rentals are summarized as follows:

For the Fiscal Year Ending March 31,

Operating  
Lease Payments

Operating  
Sublease Income

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Thereafter

$÷79,586
61,182
32,457
19,744
16,221
28,315

$237,505

$223
63
39
13
–
–

$338

Rent expense is included in occupancy costs, a component 
of general and administrative expenses, as shown on the 
consolidated statements of operations, and includes rent, 
sublease income from third parties, real estate taxes, utilities, 
parking, security, repairs and maintenance, and storage costs.

As a result of the Merger Transaction, the Company assigned a 
total of nine leases to Booz & Co. The facilities are located in 
New York, New York; Troy, Michigan; Florham Park, New Jersey; 
Parsippany, New Jersey; Houston, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; 
Cleveland, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; and London, England. Except 
for the Florham Park, Parsippany, Troy, Houston, Cleveland and 
Dallas leases, which expired, the Company remains liable under 
the terms of the original leases should Booz & Co. default 
on its obligations. There were no events of default under 
these leases as of March 31, 2014 or March 31, 2013. The 
maximum potential amount of undiscounted future payments 
is $14.9 million, and the leases expire at different dates 
between April 2014 and March 2017. Based on the Company’s 
assessment of the likelihood of future payment, no amounts 
have been recorded related to the Company’s contingent 
liability on such leases.

govE rnmE nT   ConT r ACTing mAT TE rS

For fiscal 2014, fiscal 2013, and fiscal 2012, approximately 
98%, 99%, and 98%, respectively, of the Company’s 
revenue was generated from contracts with U.S. government 
agencies or other U.S. government contractors. Contracts 
with the U.S. government are subject to extensive legal 
and regulatory requirements and, from time to time and 
in the ordinary course of business, agencies of the U.S. 
government investigate whether the Company’s operations 
are conducted in accordance with these requirements and 
the terms of the relevant contracts by using investigative 
techniques such as subpoenas or civil investigative demands. 
U.S. government investigations of the Company, whether 
related to the Company’s U.S. government contracts or 
conducted for other reasons, could result in administrative, 
civil, or criminal liabilities, including repayments, fines, or 
penalties being imposed upon the Company, or could lead 
to suspension or debarment from future U.S. government 
contracting. Management believes it has adequately reserved 
for any losses that may be experienced from any investigation 
of which it is aware. The Defense Contract Management 

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     47 

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsAgency Administrative Contracting Officer has negotiated 
annual final indirect cost rates through fiscal year 2007. 
Audits of subsequent years may result in cost reductions 
and/or penalties. Management believes it has adequately 
reserved for any losses that may be experienced from any 
such reductions and/or penalties. As of March 31, 2014 and 
2013, the Company has recorded a liability of approximately 
$189.8 million and $156.2 million, respectively, for its current 
best estimate of amounts to be refunded to customers for 
potential adjustments from such audits or reviews of contract 
costs incurred subsequent to fiscal year 2007.

LiTig ATion 

The Company is involved in legal proceedings and investigations 
arising in the ordinary course of business, including those 
relating to employment matters, relationships with clients and 
contractors, intellectual property disputes, and other business 
matters. These legal proceedings seek various remedies, 
including claims for monetary damages in varying amounts 
that currently range up to $40 million or are unspecified as to 
amount. Although the outcome of any such matter is inherently 
uncertain and may be materially adverse, based on current 
information, management does not expect any of the currently 
ongoing audits, reviews, investigations, or litigation to have a 
material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition 
and results of operations. As of March 31, 2014 and 2013, 
there are no material amounts accrued in the consolidated 
financial statements related to these proceedings.

Six former officers and stockholders who had departed the firm 
prior to the acquisition have filed a total of nine suits in various 
jurisdictions, with original filing dates ranging from July 3, 2008 
through December 15, 2009 (three of which were amended on 
July 2, 2010 and then further amended into one consolidated 
complaint on September 7, 2010) against the Company and 
certain of the Company’s current and former directors and 
officers. Each of the suits arises out of the acquisition and 

alleges that the former stockholders are entitled to certain 
payments that they would have received if they had held their 
stock at the time of the acquisition. Some of the suits also 
allege that the acquisition price paid to stockholders was 
insufficient. The various suits assert claims for breach of 
contract, tortious interference with contract, breach of fiduciary 
duty, civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 
or RICO, violations, violations of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act, and/or securities and common law fraud. 
Three of these suits have been dismissed with all appeals 
exhausted. Five of the remaining suits are pending in the 
United States District Court for the Southern District of New 
York, and the sixth is pending in the United States District 
Court for the Southern District of California. As of March 31, 
2014 and 2013, the aggregate alleged damages sought was 
approximately $348.7 million ($291.5 million of which is sought 
to be trebled pursuant to RICO) plus punitive damages, costs, 
and fees. Although the outcome of any of these cases is 
inherently uncertain and may be materially adverse, based on 
current information, management does not expect them to have 
a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results 
of operations.

21. Business Segment Information

The Company reports operating results and financial data in 
one operating and reportable segment. The Company manages 
its business as a single profit center in order to promote 
collaboration, provide comprehensive functional service 
offerings across its entire client base, and provide incentives to 
employees based on the success of the organization as a whole. 
Although certain information regarding served markets and 
functional capabilities is discussed for purposes of promoting 
an understanding of the Company’s complex business, the 
Company manages its business and allocates resources at the 
consolidated level of a single operating segment. 

48     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements22. Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data

Revenue
Operating income
Income before income taxes
Net income
Earnings per common share:

Basic (1)
Diluted (1)

Revenue
Operating income
Income before income taxes
Net income
Earnings per common share:

Basic (1)
Diluted (1)

2014 quarters

First

Second

Third

Fourth

$1,427,691
138,673
118,015
70,313

$1,378,020
135,667
113,798
67,813

$1,273,150
97,034
78,181
47,167

$1,399,832
89,237
70,793
46,895

$«÷÷÷÷0.51
$«÷÷÷÷0.48

$÷÷÷÷«0.48
$÷÷÷÷«0.45

$÷÷÷÷«0.32
$÷÷÷÷«0.31

$÷÷÷÷«0.32
$÷÷÷÷«0.30

2013 Quarters

First

Second

Third

Fourth

$1,432,424
114,736
103,007
61,945

$1,387,650
102,029
76,875
46,116

$1,392,695
116,596
94,999
56,184

$1,545,290
112,873
93,430
54,813

$«÷÷÷÷0.46
$«÷÷÷÷0.43

$÷÷÷÷«0.29
$÷÷÷÷«0.27

$÷÷÷÷«0.41
$÷÷÷÷«0.38

$÷÷÷÷«0.40
$÷÷÷÷«0.37

Change in estimate adjustment – During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company recorded a change in estimate to revenue associated with the recovery of allowable indirect expenses that in the 
aggregate increased both quarter and year-to-date revenue and operating income by approximately $29.5 million ($17.5 million net of taxes). The change in estimate reflects managements’ revised best 
estimate of allowable indirect expenses using new information received in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. This change in estimate excludes the effects of an offsetting decrease to operating income 
associated with a discretionary increase to incentive compensation recorded during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013.

(1)  Earnings per share are computed independently for each of the quarters presented and therefore may not sum to the total for the fiscal year.

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     49 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
net in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Furthermore, the 
Company expects to expense third party debt issuance costs of 
approximately $2.0 million that did not qualify for deferral and 
will be reflected in general and administrative costs in the three 
months ended June 30, 2014.

24. Supplemental Financial Information

The following schedule summarizes valuation and qualifying 
accounts for the periods presented:

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

2014

2013

2012

Allowance for doubtful accounts:

Beginning balance
Provision for doubtful accounts
Allowance for doubtful 

accounts from acquisitions

Charges against allowance

$÷«188
1,621

$÷÷÷799
397

$÷1,348
1,502

–
(352)

32
(1,040)

–
(2,051)

$799

Ending balance

$1,457

$÷÷÷188

Tax valuation allowance:
Beginning balance
Deductions and other 

adjustments

Sale of capital assets

$÷÷÷«–

$«36,335

$42,379

–
–

(36,335)
–

–
(6,044)

Ending balance

$÷÷÷«–

$÷÷÷÷÷–

$36,335

23. Subsequent Event

On May 7, 2014 the Company entered into the Second 
Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2012 
(as previously amended by the First Agreement to the Credit 
Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2013). Prior to the Second 
Amendment, approximately $660 million of Term Loan A and 
$1,010 million of Term Loan B was outstanding. Pursuant to 
the Second Amendment, the Company borrowed additional 
Term Loan A of approximately $170 million, the proceeds of 
which were used to partially prepay outstanding principal on 
the Term Loan B. Following the Amendment, $830 million of 
Term Loan A and approximately $841 million of Term Loan B 
were outstanding under the Credit Agreement. The rates for 
Term Loan A and Term Loan B, as amended, remain unchanged. 
The amendment also extends the maturity date of Term Loan A 
and the revolving credit facility to May 31, 2019. The maturity 
date for Term Loan B remains unchanged. The Company also 
amended its existing debt covenants to provide for greater 
operational and financial flexibility.

In connection with the Second Amendment the Company 
expects to accelerate the amortization of ratable portions of 
the DIC and OID that do not qualify for deferral of approximately 
$1.0 million. These expenses will be reflected in other expense, 

50     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsNon-GAAP Measures

We publicly disclose certain non-GAAP financial measurements, 
including Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, 
Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per 
Share, or EPS, because management uses these measures 
for business planning purposes, including to manage our 
business against internal projected results of operations 
and measure our performance. We view Adjusted Operating 
Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted 
Diluted EPS as measures of our core operating business, 
which exclude the impact of the items detailed below, as these 
items are generally not operational in nature. These non-GAAP 
measures also provide another basis for comparing period to 
period results by excluding potential differences caused by non-
operational and unusual or non-recurring items. We also utilize 
and discuss Free Cash Flow, because management uses this 
measure for business planning purposes, measuring the cash 
generating ability of the operating business, and measuring 
liquidity generally. We present these supplemental measures 
because we believe that these measures provide investors 
with important supplemental information with which to evaluate 
our performance, long term earnings potential, or liquidity, as 
applicable, and to enable them to assess our performance 
on the same basis as management. These supplemental 
performance measurements may vary from and may not be 
comparable to similarly titled measures by other companies 
in our industry. Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, 
Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, and Free Cash Flow 
are not recognized measurements under accounting principles 
generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, and when 
analyzing our performance or liquidity, as applicable, investors 
should (i) evaluate each adjustment in our reconciliation of 
operating and net income to Adjusted Operating Income, 
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income, and net cash 
provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flows, and the 
explanatory footnotes regarding those adjustments, each 
as defined under GAAP, (ii) use Adjusted Operating Income, 
Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Diluted 
EPS in addition to, and not as an alternative to, operating 
income, net income or diluted EPS, as measures of operating 
results, and (iii) use Free Cash Flows in addition to, and not as 
an alternative to, net cash provided by operating activities as 
a measure of liquidity, each as defined under GAAP. We have 
defined the aforementioned non-GAAP measures as follows:

•	 “Adjusted Operating Income” represents operating income 

before (i) certain stock option-based and other equity-based 
compensation expenses, (ii) adjustments related to the 
amortization of intangible assets, and (iii) any extraordinary, 
unusual, or non-recurring items. We prepare Adjusted 
Operating Income to eliminate the impact of items we do not 
consider indicative of ongoing operating performance due to 
their inherent unusual, extraordinary, or non-recurring nature 
or because they result from an event of a similar nature.

•	 “Adjusted EBITDA” represents net income before income 
taxes, net interest and other expense, and depreciation 
and amortization and before certain other items, including: 
(i) certain stock option-based and other equity-based 
compensation expenses, (ii) transaction costs, fees, 
losses, and expenses, including fees associated with debt 
prepayments, and (iii) any extraordinary, unusual, or non-
recurring items. We prepare Adjusted EBITDA to eliminate 
the impact of items we do not consider indicative of ongoing 
operating performance due to their inherent unusual, 
extraordinary, or non-recurring nature or because they result 
from an event of a similar nature.

•	 “Adjusted Net Income” represents net income before: 
(i) certain stock option-based and other equity-based 
compensation expenses, (ii) transaction costs, fees, 
losses, and expenses, including fees associated with debt 
prepayments, (iii) adjustments related to the amortization 
of intangible assets, (iv) amortization or write-off of debt 
issuance costs and write-off of original issue discount, and 
(v) any extraordinary, unusual, or non-recurring items, in 
each case net of the tax effect calculated using an assumed 
effective tax rate. We prepare Adjusted Net Income to 
eliminate the impact of items, net of tax, we do not consider 
indicative of ongoing operating performance due to their 
inherent unusual, extraordinary, or non-recurring nature or 
because they result from an event of a similar nature.

•	 “Adjusted Diluted EPS” represents diluted EPS calculated using 
Adjusted Net Income as opposed to net income. Additionally, 
Adjusted Diluted EPS does not contemplate any adjustments 
to net income as required under the two-class method as 
disclosed in the footnotes to the financial statements.

•	 “Free Cash Flow” represents the net cash generated from 

operating activities less the impact of purchases of property 
and equipment.

Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report     51 

Non-GAAP Measures

Below is a reconciliation of Adjusted Operating Income, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS, and Free 
Cash Flow to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

Adjusted operating income
Operating Income
Certain stock-based compensation expense (a)
Amortization of intangible assets (b)
Net restructuring charge (c)
Transaction expenses (d)

Adjusted Operating Income

EBiTDA & Adjusted EBiTDA
Net income
Income tax expense
Interest and other, net
Depreciation and amortization

EBITDA

Certain stock-based compensation expense (a)
Net restructuring charge (c) 
Transaction expenses (d)

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted net income
Net income
Certain stock-based compensation expense (a)
Net restructuring charge (c) 
Transaction expenses (d)
Amortization of intangible assets (b)
Amortization or write-off of debt issuance costs and write-off of original issue discount
Net gain on sale of state and local transportation business (e)
Release of income tax reserves (f)
Adjustments for tax effect (g)

2014

2013

$460,611
1,094
8,450
–
–

$446,234
5,868
12,510
–
2,725

(Unaudited)

2012

$387,432
14,241
16,364
11,182
–

$470,155

$467,337

$429,219

$232,188
148,599
79,824
72,327

532,938
1,094
–
–

$219,058
149,253
77,923
74,009

520,243
5,868
–
2,725

$239,955
103,919
43,558
75,205

462,637
14,241
11,182
–

$534,032

$528,836

$488,060

$232,188
1,094
–
–
8,450
6,719
–
–
(6,505)

$219,058
5,868
–
2,725
12,510
13,018
–
–
(13,649)

$239,955
14,241
11,182
–
16,364
4,783
(5,681)
(35,022)
(18,628)

Adjusted Net Income

$241,946

$239,530

$227,194

Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
Weighted-average number of diluted shares outstanding

Adjusted Net Income Per Diluted Share (h)

Free Cash Flow
Net cash provided by operating activities
Less: Purchases of property and equipment

Free Cash Flow

148,681,074

144,854,724

140,812,012

$÷÷÷1.63

$÷÷÷1.65

$÷÷÷1.61

$332,718
(20,905)

$464,654
(33,113)

$360,046
(76,925)

$311,813

$431,541

$283,121

(a)   Reflects stock-based compensation expense for options for Class A Common Stock and restricted shares, in each case, issued in connection with the Acquisition of our Company by The Carlyle Group 

(the Acquisition) under the Officers’ Rollover Stock Plan. Also reflects stock-based compensation expense for Equity Incentive Plan Class A Common Stock options issued in connection with the 
Acquisition under the Equity Incentive Plan.

(b)   Reflects amortization of intangible assets resulting from the Acquisition.
(c)   Reflects restructuring charges of approximately $15.7 million incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2012, net of approximately $4.5 million of revenue recognized on recoverable expenses, 

associated with the cost of a restructuring plan to reduce certain personnel and infrastructure costs.

(d)   Reflects debt refinancing costs incurred in connection with the recapitalization transaction consummated on July 31, 2012.
(e)   Reflects the gain on sale of our state and local transportation business, net of the associated tax benefit of $1.6 million.
(f)   Reflects the release of income tax reserves.
(g)   Reflects tax effect of adjustments at an assumed marginal tax rate of 40%.
(h)   Excludes an adjustment of approximately $3.1 million and $9.1 million of net earnings for fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively, associated with the application of the two-class method for computing 

diluted earnings per share.

52     Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation

Contents

Chairman’s Letter

Financial Highlights

Fiscal 2014 Performance Highlights

Our Culture of Innovation 

Integrating Strategy and Technology

Enhancing Analytics and Network Security 

Engineering Products and Solutions

Booz Allen Hamilton Leadership

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Shareholder Information (inside back cover)

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Share Price Information
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation common stock is  
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under ticker 
symbol BAH. The weighted average number of diluted shares 
outstanding for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, was 
148,681,074. Share price information can be found at  
boozallen.com/investors. 

Management’s Certifications
The certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief 
Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley 
Act of 2002 have been filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission as exhibits to our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

In addition, our Chief Executive Officer provided to the New York 
Stock Exchange the annual Section 303A CEO certification 
regarding our compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s 
corporate governance listing standards.

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