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Commitments, Contingencies and Subsequent Events
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
Note 9.
Commitments, Contingencies and Subsequent Events

Financial Condition and Liquidity
 
As described in Note 6 – Current Liabilities and Debt Obligations, we maintain a revolving Facility with Wells Fargo.  Borrowings under the Facility are collateralized by substantially all of our assets including inventory, equipment, and accounts receivable.  The amount of available borrowings fluctuates based on the underlying asset-borrowing base, in general 85% of our trade accounts receivable, as adjusted by certain reserves (as further defined in the Facility agreement). The Facility provides us with virtually all of the liquidity we require to meet our operating, investing and financing needs. Therefore, maintaining sufficient availability on the Facility is the most critical factor in our liquidity.  While a variety of factors related to sources and uses of cash, such as timeliness of accounts receivable collections, vendor credit terms, or significant collateral requirements, ultimately impact our liquidity, such factors may or may not have a direct impact on our liquidity, based on how the transactions associated with such circumstances impact our availability under the Facility.  For example, a contractual requirement to post collateral for a duration of several months, depending on the materiality of the amount, could have an immediate negative effect on our liquidity, as such a circumstance would utilize availability on the Facility without a near-term cash inflow back to us.   Likewise, the release of such collateral could have a corresponding positive effect on our liquidity, as it would represent an addition to our availability without any corresponding near-term cash outflow. Similarly, a slow-down of payments from a customer, group of customers or government payment office would not have an immediate and direct effect on our availability on the Facility unless the slowdown was material in amount and over an extended period of time. Any of these examples would have an impact on the Facility, and therefore our liquidity.

We believe that available cash and borrowings under the amended Facility will be sufficient to generate adequate amounts of cash to meet our needs for operating expenses, debt service requirements, and projected capital expenditures through the foreseeable future.   We anticipate the continued need for a credit facility upon terms and conditions substantially similar to the amended Facility in order to meet our long term needs for operating expenses, debt service requirements, and projected capital expenditures.  Our working capital was $7.3 million and $15.0 million as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.  Although no assurances can be given, we expect that we will be in compliance throughout the term of the amended Facility with respect to the financial and other covenants.

Legal Proceedings

Costa Brava Partnership III, L.P., et al. v. Telos Corporation, et al.
 
As previously disclosed in Note 14 of the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, on October 17, 2005, Costa Brava Partnership III, L.P. (“Costa Brava”), a holder of our Public Preferred Stock, instituted litigation against the Company and certain past and present directors and officers in the Circuit Court for the City of Baltimore in the State of Maryland (the “Circuit Court”).  A second holder of the Company’s Public Preferred Stock, Wynnefield Small Cap Value, L.P. (“Wynnefield”), subsequently intervened as a co-Plaintiff (Costa Brava and Wynnefield are hereinafter referred to as “Plaintiffs”).  On February 27, 2007, Plaintiffs added, as an additional defendant, Mr. John R.C. Porter, a holder of the Company’s common stock, and purported to state a claim against him for shareholder oppression. As of June 30, 2013, Costa Brava owns 12.7% and Wynnefield owns 11.7% of the outstanding Public Preferred Stock. The case has been remanded to the Circuit Court in Baltimore City, Maryland for proceedings consistent with the opinion of the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.  On remand, the Circuit Court held a status and scheduling conference on July 26, 2013, as a result of which the Court issued a memorandum to counsel setting a briefing schedule to address the motion filed by the Company and other defendants to dismiss or otherwise dispose of the derivative claims as a result of the findings of the Special Litigation Committee in its Final Report of July 20, 2007.  The briefing on the motion is expected to be completed by January 16, 2014.  The Court, in its memorandum, did not set any schedule on the shareholder oppression claim against Mr. Porter.

At this stage of the litigation, it is impossible to reasonably determine the degree of probability related to Plaintiffs’ success in relation to any of their assertions in the litigation.  Although there can be no assurance as to the ultimate outcome of the case, the Company and its present and former officers and directors strenuously deny Plaintiffs’ allegations and continue to vigorously defend the matter, and oppose the relief sought by Plaintiffs.

Hamot et al. v. Telos Corporation
 
As previously disclosed in Note 14 of the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, Messrs. Seth W. Hamot and Andrew R. Siegel, principals of Costa Brava and Class D Directors of Telos filed a lawsuit against the Company on August 2, 2007, and have been engaged in litigation against the Company since that date.

Trial on both the Class D Directors’ books and records claims and the Company’s counterclaim commenced on July 5, 2013, and continued on several days in July 2013.  The evidentiary portion of the trial concluded on August 1, 2013, and post-trial briefing is expected to be concluded by September 16, 2013.
 
At this stage of the litigation, it is impossible to reasonably determine the degree of probability related to the Class D Directors’ success in any of their assertions and claims, or whether such success would entitle them to monetary damages.  Although there can be no assurance as to the ultimate outcome of the case, the Company and its officers and directors strenuously deny the Class D Directors’ claims, and will vigorously defend the matter, and oppose the relief sought.

Other Litigation
 
In addition, the Company is a party to litigation arising in the ordinary course of business.  In the opinion of management, while the results of such litigation cannot be predicted with any reasonable degree of certainty, the final outcome of such known matters will not, based upon all available information, have a material adverse effect on the Company's condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Subsequent Events
 
On July 31, 2013, we amended our $30 million Facility with Wells Fargo to extend the maturity date to November 13, 2014.