FiscalNote Drives Global Commercial Growth As PolicyNote Adoption Accelerates
FiscalNote's Global Policy Dashboard provides organizations with an interactive, AI-powered platform that delivers curated, region-specific policy data and insights across North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. With brief policy summaries in English and customized weekly reports, the dashboard provides organizations with a centralized view of global policy developments that impact their business.
This surge in global product adoption is reflected in a broad range of new customer agreements, including new wins, contract renewals, and major expansions with top-tier corporations across multiple sectors. Together, they signal sustained momentum for FiscalNote's global commercial business and a rising need among customers for integrated, policy-centric intelligence.
Among the enterprise clients driving this growth are global leaders including (but not limited to) the following:
Lenovo
Schneider Electric
First Solar
Envision Healthcare
Solventum
Nutrien
ABC Supply
James Hardie
'As global organizations face mounting regulatory demands and policy uncertainty, they're turning to FiscalNote for the tools to stay proactive and informed,' said Josh Resnik, CEO and President of FiscalNote. 'PolicyNote's Global Policy Dashboard delivers exactly that — a powerful, AI-enhanced platform that helps them monitor the issues that matter most, by region. The growth in global customers underscores the urgent need for solutions that turn complexity into clarity — and we're proud to lead the way.'
As companies confront intensifying scrutiny and rapid policy shifts, FiscalNote's ability to deliver timely, actionable insights across regions and sectors continues to position it as the go-to partner for effective risk management, regulatory intelligence, and strategic decision-making.
About FiscalNote
FiscalNote (NYSE: NOTE) is the leading provider of AI-driven policy and regulatory intelligence solutions. By uniquely combining proprietary AI technology, comprehensive data, and decades of trusted analysis, FiscalNote helps customers efficiently manage political and business risk. Since 2013, FiscalNote has pioneered solutions that deliver critical insights, enabling effective decision making and giving organizations the competitive edge they need. Home to PolicyNote, CQ, Roll Call, VoterVoice, and many other industry-leading products and brands, FiscalNote serves thousands of customers worldwide with global offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. To learn more about FiscalNote and its suite of solutions, visit FiscalNote.com and follow @FiscalNote.
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This is fundamentally a V2X, Inc. approach to customer engagement and demonstration of past performance as a differentiator for our customer. The T-6 aircraft is widely used in a multi-service aviation training program that is critical to ensure new pilots are ready. This award is an example of the strategy we are executing, and it is an honor to have been selected to help ensure that every single pilot in the US Air Force, Navy, and Army will be trained and ready for their next mission. V2X, Inc. will use commercial-based approaches to provide full-spectrum supply chain management solutions to enable this essential training mission. Over 700 aircraft. Additionally, we believe the fixed-price contract will allow V2X, Inc. to leverage the power of data and decades of operational expertise to deliver enhanced readiness for our customer. In summary, we are executing these initiatives today. They are creating differentiation, driving value, and fueling opportunities in the form of a robust pipeline. Please turn to slide five. As mentioned, these initiatives on the prior page are driving significant opportunities for V2X, Inc., which is reflective in our three-year pipeline valued at over $50 billion. This pipeline reflects large franchise programs and opportunities to deliver solutions across all domains. It also reflects a greater percentage of fixed-price or outcome-based contracts, which is at the heart of the V2X, Inc. execution excellence value proposition. We see this as beneficial in proving out our operational excellence and institutional knowledge from successfully supporting global missions at scale for over seventy years. Lastly, while the pipeline of opportunity focuses on leveraging all of V2X, Inc.'s capability, it also reflects a greater balance of platform modernization and renewal capabilities. We are optimistic in our ability to capture these opportunities, which we believe is supported by the progress we have demonstrated so far in converting key pursuits into long-term programs. V2X, Inc. is capitalizing on our large and growing market opportunities while investing to be a leader in data-enabled mission solutions across all domains. Now I'd like to turn the call over to Shawn for a review of the financials. Shawn Mural: Thank you, Jeremy. Please turn to Slide six. We are exceptionally pleased with our second quarter and year-to-date results. Our results continue to demonstrate the focus on disciplined execution and the strategic positions of the business. We are proud of the accomplishments and excited about the future. Revenue in the second quarter was $1.078 billion. This reflects the expected growth in the WTRS and F5 programs as well as the sunsetting of the KC-10, T1A, and the reaction of a task order in The Middle East. 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This was demonstrated in the second quarter with adjusted operating cash flow of $58.3 million. Total backlog at the end of the second quarter was $11.3 billion. Funded backlog was $2.3 billion, which provides additional confidence in our ability to meet our 2025 commitments. It's important to note that at the current time, total backlog does not reflect a $4.3 billion T-6 award. It also does not include any value associated with the recent CENTCOM and INDOPACOM extensions. Please turn to slide seven, where I'll discuss our year-to-date results. Year-to-date revenue was $2.094 billion, up slightly reflecting new program starts and partially offset by sunsetting programs. Adjusted EBITDA for the first half of the year was $149.4 million, increasing approximately 6% year over year with a margin of 7.1%. Interest expense through June was $40.3 million. Cash interest expense was $37.3 million, improving approximately $15 million compared to 2024. Year-to-date net income was $30.5 million. Adjusted net income was $73.8 million, increasing 34% year over year. Diluted EPS in the first half was $0.96. Adjusted diluted EPS was $2.31, up 34% compared to last year. Year-to-date net cash used by operating activities was $66.9 million. Adjusted net cash used by operating activities was $59.8 million, reflecting our normal seasonal patterns. Please turn to Slide eight. We have made significant progress improving our balance sheet, leverage ratio, and capital structure. This successful evolution provides flexibility in how we can allocate capital and accelerate value creation. We thought it important to highlight how we are thinking about things as we move forward. Our capital allocation strategy centers on three key pillars: Generate, deploy, and maintain. As it relates to the first pillar, we believe part of our value proposition is the company's ability to deliver strong cash conversion. Our target is to generate strong adjusted net income to cash conversion that you can see in our trailing twelve-month performance. This cash generation facilitates optionality as it relates to our second component, deploy. There are four methods by which we plan to deploy capital. The first is to strategically acquire complementary capabilities, access to new channels, and solutions that accelerate our growth strategy. The second is increasing shareholder value by executing the recently authorized $100 million share repurchase plan. The third avenue consists of internal investments that would further advance our position as a differentiated provider of solutions. The Fourth Avenue is utilizing cash to further reduce debt via accelerating payments of our term loans. The deployment of capital in these areas is connected to the third component of our strategy, maintain, which is to deploy capital while maintaining a target net leverage ratio of approximately two to three times. We have started the next phase of our capital allocation journey and believe this strategy will yield strong returns for our shareholders. Please turn to Slide nine. Jeremy Wensinger: We are pleased with our performance. As such, the company is reaffirming revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and cash flow guidance for 2025 and increasing its adjusted EPS guidance due to previously executed debt refinancing and tax benefits. At the midpoint, this reflects revenue of $4.4 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $313 million, adjusted EPS of $4.8. In summary, we are continuing to execute and believe V2X, Inc. is well-positioned to meet our customers' critical mission requirements. Jeremy, I'll throw it back to you for some closing comments and thoughts. Jeremy Wensinger: Thank you, Shawn. The team's performance has me excited. We are delivering on our commitments and executing with excellence. Our robust pipeline reflects the strategy of the company going forward, and our awards are validating that strategy. Our strategic intent is nothing more than mission excellence. My team is aligned and executing to our global strategy. It is an honor to be at V2X, Inc. Now let's open it up for questions. Operator: We will now begin the question and answer session. To ask a question, you may press star, then one on your telephone keypad. If you are using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw your question, At this time, we will pause momentarily to assemble our roster. The first question today comes from Ken Herbert with RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Ken Herbert: Yeah. Hey, Jeremy and Shawn and Mike. Nice quarter. Jeremy Wensinger: Thanks, Ken. Thank you, Ken. Ken Herbert: Hey, Jeremy, maybe just to kick off for Shawn, how do we think about the T-6 contract in terms of sort of incremental revenues this year and next year in particular? 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The team did a great job of, you know, closing on those actions and facilitating that. So that was realized in Q2. So that's really why you see the jump to the 7.6%. You know, absent that, we'd have been at 7.1%, you know, for the quarter. But, again, those things are we knew it. The team did a great job of executing it. They happen, you know, I say they're nonrecurring, but somewhat reoccurring in nature. It's just the types of contractual closeout activities, settlements, things of that nature that happen. And it happened in the second quarter. So we're really happy with being able to capture that early. Ken Herbert: No. That's great. Nice work, Shawn. I'll pass it back there. Thank you. Operator: Thank you. Next question comes from Andre Madrid with BTIG. Please go ahead. Andre Madrid: Jeremy, Shawn, Mike, good afternoon, and thanks for taking the question. Jeremy Wensinger: Yeah. Great, Andre. 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And, you know, whatever capital allocation strategy we put forward is gonna be in the best interest of the shareholder. Andre Madrid: Incubator. Shawn Mural: Andre, I you know, I think the way we view things a bit as complementary components that enable solutions for our customers. You know, I think those are the things that we would initially start to look at from an M&A and, you know, again, I think I said in the remarks, have a target ratio of staying between approximately two and three. You know, I think Jeremy's used the word optionality since he's been here. And to do things beyond that, I think constrain some of that optionality. To do other things from an investment standpoint either in the business or other things. Jeremy Wensinger: Yeah. I mean, again, I think keeping that optionality on the table is important to me. I think whatever we do is gonna be very thoughtfully done. To add to the overall value of what we're offering. Again, I'm not trying to use words that, you know, sound somewhat flowery, but you kinda get where I'm going in terms of I like having optionality on the table. I like the idea of doing, if we were to do any acquisitions that are gonna add to the value that we offer to a customer today or extend to a customer's that we desire. So, again, I look at the capital allocation strategy as one that keeps us within, as Shawn said, that two to three range, but also adds value like I said, to either what we're doing today or things that we wanna do for someone going forward. Andre Madrid: Got it. That's very helpful. I'll leave it there. You, gentlemen, for the time. Operator: The next question comes from Jonathan Sigman with Stifel. Please go ahead. Jonathan Sigman: Hey, good afternoon, Jeremy, Shawn, and Mike. Thank you for taking the question. Jeremy Wensinger: Hi. Shawn Mural: Hey, thank you. Jonathan Sigman: So just back on the T-6 contract. Congratulations. A great takeaway win. Bo Ken asked about how the revenue ramps. You talk about how you're thinking about managing the risk? It is a new program, not new type of work course. But how do margins kinda flow relative to the company as a whole? Thank you. Jeremy Wensinger: I'll let Shawn talk the margin side. I will tell you, this team does this exceptionally well. One of the things that I have come to appreciate about this company is our ability to manage the execution of programs from really cradle to grave. And they have, you know, a tremendous ability on a global basis to support these programs, whether it's supply chain, whether it's the deployment of people. You know, if you think about, you know, just what we've hired in the last, I wanna say, thirty days, we've hired almost 1,200 people in the last thirty days in terms of standing up various programs. You know, this team does an amazing job at this. And I am greatly impressed by their ability to manage the program startup, the execution of the program, and deliver on customer commitments. And that was what we were talking about with regards to the warfighter training program. You know, they went FOC in July. And, you know, that customer couldn't be any happier with that team's performance. And I think what Aileen and that team are doing is a demonstration of our ability to stand up these larger programs flawlessly. And so I'm expecting nothing less than that on the T-6 program. Shawn Mural: When we think about the margin specifically, John, so they will ramp. You know? Traditionally, what we see on a program of this nature is, you know, they will start at less than the company's composite average. And grow over time. And by time, I would bound that in eighteen to twenty-four months. And why do I say that? It takes some time to establish, and we've seen it. In a program that we set up late last year like F-5. Get on the ground, understand how the supply chains work, understand the workflow, understand the schedules to maintain aircraft availability, and that's absolutely what we're about bringing to our customers. And so it will take some time to go do those things. We expect nothing less on T-6. And I can tell you that, you know, Jeremy, myself, Roger Mason personally went down, worked with the team on that proposal and engaged, and the team's got a very good plan. That they'll begin executing, exactly like Jeremy stated. Jonathan Sigman: Excellent. Maybe if I could ask just on the budget environment. The big beautiful bill had quite a few things that seemed right online with readiness and areas that you could benefit from. Just any comments on that. And we're hearing some other companies in the space talk about some frictions around contracting actions, anything like that. Is there anything that you're seeing pause in the environment that you would flag for us? Thank you very much. Jeremy Wensinger: No. Thank you. It's a great question. I think what we have talked about, which is our focus on readiness, whether it's aircraft or whether it's, you know, mission support side that we do, we have seen that what we have as a strategy and what we have is capability aligns well with this administration's goal on readiness. We're excited on T-6. Look. We deliver some of the best readiness rates in the industry. We're excited to deliver those readiness rates to this customer. And so we think this budget aligns well with what we do. We have not seen friction, to date. On what we do. Because, again, what we do aligns exceptionally well to this administration's goal. And we're all aligned with it. Thank you. Jonathan Sigman: Thanks, John. Operator: The next question comes from Peter Arment with Baird. Please go ahead. Peter, your line is open. You may ask your question. Peter Arment: Do you have me now? Jeremy Wensinger: Yep. We got you here. Got you, Peter. Peter Arment: Okay. Hey, Mung. Hey, Jeremy, Shawn, Mike, nice results. Good to chat with you. Hey. So just to follow-up on John's kinda comment around the budget. Jeremy, you've made it a kind of a point to bid on a lot more, and you've kind of highlighted that on a much bigger pipeline. Maybe you and T-6 is a great example. But what else are you seeing that's kind of that you think is in V2X, Inc.'s wheelhouse? Are you getting a lot more opportunities? Jeremy Wensinger: Well, I think we're seeing very good demand for and we referenced it in the comments in the earnings call, from FMS. We're seeing customers want us to deliver what we do for the US government to them. And so we're seeing nice demand pull there. I think we're seeing good demand pull from renewal and modernization. I think those are areas where we are, you know, from a budgetary standpoint, we're a good value proposition. You know, we're extending the life of these assets. We are giving them optionality on the extension of these assets. And I think that is something that has resonated well with the customers. So, again, when I look at the overall portfolio, we are well-positioned, but I am seeing certain customers that are, like I said, on the FMS side, wanting more of what we do for the, you know, in terms of, hey. You're delivering these type of readiness rates. You're delivering this type of capability. We see that, and we want that. And so they're pulling that, you know, through us. And, again, I think on the renewal and modernization front, this is just something that extends the life of assets and gives them modernization of those assets. And better lethality. So, again, I think everything we're doing is aligned very well with this administration. To give them value for the dollars they're spending and giving them better, you know, outcomes as a result of that. Peter Arment: Know, past history of the way customers are buying from you? Shawn Mural: Yeah. I'd say Peter Arment: Got it. That's helpful. And then is or should we think of FMS as a margin enhancer, or are we and you're still dealing with kind of Shawn Mural: Know, it's a little bit of both. The recent award for the F-16 that we announced earlier, you know, is an example of, again, that pull that Jeremy mentioned from customers. There are opportunities for margin enhancement. Absolutely. We think it's a big lever for us going forward from the, like, a global capability and that stickiness of, you know, kinda land and expand, Peter. There. And this is, again, a great demonstrated capability for the team that leverages CLS support for a platform as well as base support. You're seeing the breadth of capability that is V2X, Inc. brought to these customers and the ability to deliver. We think it's a good economic case for the company. As well as for the customers. Jeremy Wensinger: And Shawn makes a good point. They're not pulling one side of this business. They're pulling the entire company. So the entire company was on that F-16 award. And so I think it's important to realize that doesn't happen unless V2X, Inc. is who it is today. We are bringing the entire solution to the customer, and the customers recognize that and are asking for that. Peter Arment: Terrific to hear. I'll jump back in the queue. Thanks, guys. Jeremy Wensinger: Nice part. Thank you, Peter. Operator: The next question comes from Tobey Sommer with Truist. Please go ahead. Tobey Sommer: Thanks. Could you speak to your expectations for a seasonally strong contract award quarter in calendar 3Q from here? And I understand we've already got the T-6 award, so I kinda mean above and beyond that. Do you think we're in store for a strong seasonal quarter? Or are there puts and takes? Jeremy Wensinger: You know, our awards tend to be fairly episodic. Again, we're thrilled T-6 came out when it did. But, again, in terms of the other ones that we're pursuing, you know, we're always gonna be a little lumpy when it comes to our book to bill. Just because of the episodic nature of these awards. We'll always have a steady flow of on-contract growth and, you know, some smaller awards. But, again, as we pursue these larger and, you know, more franchise-based programs, they're gonna be more episodic. And so I don't worry about the current order book to bill. I look more at the TTM because I think that's a better reflection of who we are and the type of business we're in. So I hope that's helpful because, again, in any given quarter, we may see very, very limited amount of new awards that are of any size. And then, again, you get something like T-6 and some other awards that come through any given quarter. That make a quarter kinda pop. But, again, I think on a TTM basis, that's the way I kinda look at the business. Tobey Sommer: Thanks. It's nice to see the Army training contract ramp. But, clearly, there are some headwinds, some sunsetting, and a task order reduction that you cited. Are there any known incremental drags to '26 revenue growth? Just kinda wanna get your sense now for what those other things on the other side of the ledger might look like. Shawn Mural: Yeah. Great question. The yeah. A couple of call it, headwinds sunsetting. Know, I'll remind folks, we do participate in, you know, contingency support operations. Those things can be episodic in nature. That's exactly what we have today in The Middle East. You will have noticed The Middle East is down slightly, you know, year over year. Beyond that, the headwinds that we've previously talked about, KC-10, T-1A, you know, there's a modest amount of that in the remaining of this year. For next year, you know, we just kicked off the planning cycle, you know, where we're going through those details. There's nothing that gives me tremendous, you know, pause or concern right now about 26. I think there's better visibility in light of the T-6 award, the F-16 award, how those things will play out. We're going through the planning phases because they are just now obviously ramping up and award notifications within the last thirty days. Tobey Sommer: Thank you. And if I could sneak two in, you mentioned a shift to fixed price. How is that occurring? Because it could happen because the customer is converting the cost plus to a fixed price or could simply be bidding on different kind of work that's contracted differently. Or maybe a blend of the two. And then with respect to your share repurchase, do you anticipate that being open market, or would the company participate should there be any future secondary offerings? Shawn Mural: I'll start with the fixed price question. So it's a little bit of both, right? We have said previously and the team continues to put what are today cost-type contracts in front of customers to convert to fixed price. We get mixed reactions to that. I'm encouraged by some of the things that I'm hearing, but it hasn't resulted in contractual actions yet. And then I think to Jeremy's point on the, you know, that he made in the prepared remarks on that pipeline, I think we're seeing more of a shift of the programs that we are pursuing that are fixed price in nature. Jeremy Wensinger: You do a great job of that. Shawn Mural: Absolutely. And, again, we welcome it. I've said that, you know, before. I have the utmost confidence in our team's ability to deliver. And I think when you get to outcome-based contracts, this is what this company does best. We love contracts where it is entirely outcome-based. Because our performance demonstrates to a customer that they can trust us, they can rely on us, and we'll deliver. Shawn Mural: And then your question on the share repurchase, I think it could be both. You know, we'll see. We'll do, again, what's in the best interest of the shareholders. Very happy to have the plan placed. You know, we talk about these things regularly. We think it's the next evolution for the company. And, again, we think we're extremely well-positioned. We're very excited about the growth, and, you know, we'll take advantage of what we can. Tobey Sommer: Thank you. Operator: The next question comes from Joe Gomes with Noble Capital. Please go ahead. Joe Gomes: Good afternoon. Congrats on the quarter. Jeremy Wensinger: Thanks, Joe. Shawn Mural: Joe, thank you. Joe Gomes: First question is, looking at the release, it looked like revenues in the Asia Pacific sector declined about 10%, a little over 9%, I guess, in the quarter. Just wondering, is that due to an absence of exercises, or is there something else going on there? Shawn Mural: No. I'd say there's been some delays in some of those exercises. So, you know, when we think about the contractual, the contracting environment, you know, there have been some delays in initiating some actions on the part of our customers. The team has wonderful opportunity sets in front of us. Not all of them have been acted on. I think they will be at some point, but we have seen you're exactly right. A little bit of decline. I'm not worried about it. Really for, you know, when I think longer term and as I think about 2026. But this quarter, we did experience a modest amount of reduction. Joe Gomes: Okay. Thanks for that. And then on the backlog, I wonder if you could just, you know, kinda provide some more color here. So, you know, in the first quarter backlog was approximately $12 billion. That did not include log cap, Ascension Island, or the full value of the training. I think you mentioned this quarter, it's $11.3 billion. It does not include log cap, but you didn't mention Ascension or the full value of training. So I just wonder if you could kinda walk me through that would be a fairly substantial decline in the backlog quarter over quarter. Shawn Mural: Sure. Yes. So for Q2, the net bookings were $517 million for the quarter. That's a book to bill of 0.5 and the backlog, as you rightly point out, at 11.3. Ascension Island is in that, you know, bookings number. And the award for the next, you know, year of WTRS will fall into the order for that will fall into Q3. So, you know, not really, I'll say, surprised where we are when we think about the bookings for the year. It's played out almost exactly to where we thought it would. You know, in terms of its weight distribution, kinda seventy-thirty, back half first half. So, yeah, there's plenty of things that are not in it as we pointed out. But, you know, I think we'll see that pick up here in the back half of the year. Joe Gomes: K. Great. Thanks for that. Again, congrats. Shawn Mural: Great. Thank you. Operator: The next question comes from Mariana Perez Mora with Bank of America. Please go ahead. Samantha Styro: Hi. Good afternoon. This is Samantha Styro on for Mariana today. I was wondering if you could talk about the protest environment a little more broadly with the 45-55, one half, two half split we discussed last quarter. How do we think about the risks of new awards being pushed to the and slipping into 2026? Jeremy Wensinger: Well, it's always a risk. Right? We manage those risks quite well. But, again, we don't control the outcome of those protests. But, again, we follow the process. We support our customers. Again, I'm, you know, I'm not surprised by protests when they happen. But I think the team does a very good job in supporting protests as they get adjudicated. But, again, it's the nature of this business, and, like I said, I think the team does a good job in terms of supporting whatever is required in support of those protests. Shawn Mural: You know, what's encouraging is the cadence of the new awards that we expected has held. From a timing standpoint. Which has been very encouraging, you know, in terms of when you would expect to see new awards itself, whether or not, you know, folks protest. I don't know. They'll make their own decisions, you know, on those things. We think our offerings stand on their own and believe we offer great value to our customers. Samantha Styro: Thank you. And then switching gears a little bit, you highlighted using more of a commercial-based approach on this latest T-6 award. Can you kind of dive into that and what that looks like? Jeremy Wensinger: Well, I mean, the supply chain side of this business is a fairly significant part of the overall business that we run. I think the procurement team, again, I don't wanna overemphasize the commercial aspect of it as much as it is commercial by nature. You know, what they procure on a global basis and their ability to deliver those goods and services on a global basis, you know, I'll stand up against anybody. So when I look at what we have in front of us on T-6 and the number of aircraft that we need to continue to fly, it will just leverage what we do best already, which is a commercial-based approach to procurement. Operator: The next question comes from Christine Liwag with Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead. Christine Liwag: Hey. Good afternoon, everyone. You know, a quick follow-on question on the T-6. So, I mean, this is an IDIQ award. You gave the revenue waterfall earlier. But I was wondering, with the IDIQ, like, what's a sure revenue waterfall versus where could you potentially see plus-ups or downside risk to the numbers that you gave? Shawn Mural: Yeah. So think of it as a, it's listed as an IDIQ. A lot of it will be dependent on funding availability. Right? So, obviously, Jeremy mentioned the fleet, 700. You know, there are always things to go do on these platforms to maintain readiness. I think it will come down to the funding availability. It is, you know, we are the only contractor that has been selected to execute this. So it's not like you're competing for task orders or things of that nature. It will be, you know, due to customers having the funding to improve availability, maintain it, that's what this will be. I only go off of what, you know, what the program has historically executed. We'll see what the priorities are in a more defined budget. And once we get beyond the transition, which was, you know, announced last week. Jeremy Wensinger: Yeah. I kind of view it the way if you think about the warfighter training, that was a single award IDIQ. There are dozens and dozens of task orders that we bid. It has to do with individual tasks that you go after in terms of supporting various, you know, aspects of the program. I would envision this one to be the same way. And I think Shawn's right. You know, they're spending between $200 to $300 million a year on this program today. I would envision that those same task orders would manifest itself, again, in the new award. Christine Liwag: Great. That's really helpful. And maybe following on what you guys said about the contract, award pace, it seems to be progressing as you had expected. But if we look at book to bill, book to bill was 0.4 in 1Q and 0.5 this quarter. And, you know, this is taking aside, you know, the T-6 order. But it seems like outside of T-6, the book to bill, you know, continues to be below one. Can you provide some context regarding what your expectations are for book to bill for the second half of the year? And if there are holdups, in those contract structures, where are those? And does the big beautiful bill, you know, address some of those uncertainties? Ultimately, when we look at your full-year outlook for revenue and EBITDA, they didn't change for the full year even though you've had a very strong second quarter. So just want to understand the movers and shakers for your full-year outlook. Thanks. Jeremy Wensinger: I think publishing the, you know, the pipeline, I'll give you a line sight on, you know, the size of things that we are pursuing, which is, you know, pretty impressive. I think when I look at, like I said, book to bill, I look at the TTM on book to bill because the episodic nature of our awards. I don't think any one quarter is truly reflective of the business as much as it is on a twelve-month basis. You know, our goal is to be obviously well over one. In a book to bill in any twelve-month period. And, you know, that's what we're tracking to. And when I look at the number of, you know, major pursuits that I have in front of me, it supports that. So, again, I think a quarter is interesting, but I think the TTM is much more reflective of a business like this. Shawn Mural: Think, you know, you mentioned I'll call it a muted environment from a book to bill in the first two quarters. It's not dissimilar to what we thought when we came into the year, to be very candid with you. You know, we forecast bookings, revenue, profitability, all those things. You know, and it's played out, you know, kinda in line with what we thought. As Jeremy said, you know, by the end of this year, at or above one, there's lots of variables that will go into that. But we're not seeing anything as we sit here right now, I think, that changes our perspective on being there at the end of the year. Christine Liwag: Great. And to get to that or above one for the full year, you'd have to have a pretty chunky order activity in the second half. Are there particular programs we should monitor or milestones we should track? Jeremy Wensinger: Well, I've, you know, I mean, one obviously was the T-6, how that plays out. That is what I would consider kind of a binary event, right, when we think about that. We'll see how it plays out and what that would look like. The other one that, you know, I mentioned earlier that would happen here in the quarter would be the WTRS next year. Or the second year of it. And, you know, we're off in that transition. So I would expect something there as well. And there's some other ones that, obviously, we wouldn't share because they're competitive sensitive. But are some other awards that we're expecting in the second half of the year. But, again, when I look at the business on a twelve-month basis, it is performing exactly where I would expect it to be. Christine Liwag: Thank you very much. Operator: The next question comes from Noah Poponak with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. Noah Poponak: Hey. Good evening, everyone. Maybe just staying on that, I think you said you expected the booking split first half, second half to be 30%, 70%. And I guess the specific math on that would imply $2 billion of bookings in the back half, which would keep the book to bill below one. Is that more of a very directional statement? And as you mentioned, there's some sort of binary-ish things that could make it better than that. I guess to have book to bill at one for the year, it has to be one and a half in the back half. Jeremy Wensinger: Yeah. Yes. It was more of a directional comment, Noah, but I think we have line of sight to a book to bill that is greater than one. Between now and the end of the year. There are some variables that will come into play. That I would consider, you know, somewhat binary. But again, we have line of sight into those things. I think the back half of the year will play out such that we end at or above one. Noah Poponak: Okay. Well, will the T-6 award likely have a protest, or is there a scenario where that goes clean without a protest? Shawn Mural: You know, I don't think we know. You know, like I said, we were awarded. The team's begun transition. And that transition ends in January 2026. So we'll see how some things play out. Noah Poponak: Okay. Can you remind us the drivers behind the pickup in the top-line organic revenue growth in the back half versus the first half? Shawn Mural: Sure. So F-5, the contract that we had a year ago, has some modest, had some modest growth. Think of that as $2,020,000,000 ish or so. The WTRS award from a year ago, think of that as, you know, a $140,125 in that range depending on how some things go. So those are some of the big ones. And the F-16 award that we had. That we mentioned earlier. So those are some of the bigger awards here in the back half of the year. That, you know, we're under contract. We're executing. And we expect to deliver. And I think now that of note, which I highlighted earlier, you know, you we hired about almost 1,200 people in the last thirty days. In support of those programs. So, you know, we're off and running on those programs. Noah Poponak: Okay. Excellent. And then last one, what are the mechanics behind raising the EPS guidance but not the EBITDA or cash flow? Just it didn't look like interest expense or tax rate or the normal below the operating line things were unusual year to date. Shawn Mural: Yeah. It's the interest expense from earlier the year when we did some refinancing. It's about 15¢. That contributed there in a very modest, maybe a penny or so of tax benefit. So that was the basis for the raise from some refinancing that we did kinda back in Q1. That we now flow through to the total year. Noah Poponak: Okay. Got it. Thank you. Shawn Mural: Sure. Operator: This concludes our question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over for any closing remarks. Jeremy Wensinger: Great quarter. Thank you for your support. Thank you for taking the time to take the call. We're excited about the second half of the year, and we look forward to talking to you further. Thank you. 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Article content Strategic financing approach minimizing shareholder dilution and allowing for acceleration of value enhancing opportunities Article content COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) announces the issuance of a notice of partial redemption for $212 million of its outstanding $475 million 7.25% Senior Notes due 2028 (the 'Notes'). Article content Strategic Capital Optimization Article content During and following the end of the second quarter 2025, Hecla utilized its At-The-Market ('ATM') financing facility to sell approximately 36 million common shares at an average price of $6.10 per share to raise the proceeds to fund the partial redemption of the Notes. This strategic use of the ATM minimizes shareholder dilution compared to traditional equity financing methods, which typically entail large discounts to the share price, while strengthening the Company's balance sheet. 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