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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 3, 2023

KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware001-3446013-3818604
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

1 Chisholm Trail, Suite 300
Round Rock, TX 78681
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(512) 238-9840
(Registrant’s Telephone number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
                                Emerging growth company    
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbols(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par valueKTOSThe NASDAQ Global Select Market




Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On October 3, 2023, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity securities of Sierra Technical Services, Inc. (“STS”) pursuant to which the Company (i) issued 866,026 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) on October 3, 2023 and (ii) agreed to issue up to an additional 979,038 shares of Common Stock pursuant to certain holdback and earn-out provisions, in each case, to the former stockholders of STS in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 4, 2023

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.


By: /s/ Marie Mendoza
                        Marie Mendoza
                        Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary