EODT FAQ

COMPANY PROFILE

1. What kind of company is EODT?
2. What does EODT do?
3. What does EODT do in Munitions Response?
4. What does EODT do in Security Services?
5. What does EODT do in/what is Critical Mission Support?
6. What is the culture of EODT?
7. What is the size of EODT?
8. What are EODT’s Corporate Values?
9. Does the company perform work as a prime or a sub-contractor?
10. Has EODT won any awards?

HISTORICAL

1. When was the company founded?
2. Why are you located in Lenoir City?

FINANCIAL

1. What are EODT's revenues?
2. Is EODT profitable?
3. How much of your work is international?
4. What has your growth been like over the years?
5. Are EODT's systems audited?

GEOGRAPHY

1. Where are your offices?
2. What countries has EODT worked in?
3. Where have you worked in the US?

QUALITY AND SAFETY

1. Does EODT have a quality program?
2. How does EODT document the quality program?
3. What is EODT's safety record?

ORGANIZATION

1. How is EODT organized?
2. Who is EODT's CEO/Senior Management Team?
3. Who is on EODT's Board of Advisors?

MARKET

1. Who are EODT's primary customers?
2. What branches of the military service has EODT worked for?

ESOP

1. What is an ESOP?
2. What is the advantage of employee ownership?
3. What does ESOP participation cost the employee?
4. How does an ESOP actually work?
5. What does employee ownership mean to an individual employee?

COMPANY PROFILE

1. What kind of company is EODT?
   EODT is an international, professional services and technology company centered on Munitions Response, Security Services, and Critical Mission Support. EODT is known for being safe, highly responsive, and professionally managed - particularly in tough places.

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2. What does EODT do?
   EODT executes a variety of services under three principal business units: Munitions Response, Security Services, and Critical Mission Support.

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3. What does EODT do in Munitions Response?
   EODT provides the full range of Munitions Response and Range Sustainment activities, from legacy cleanup programs such as Formerly Used Defense Sites, Base Realignment and Closure sites, and Mine Action, to battlefield clearance in post-conflict environment, to land reuse activities such as range sustainment and Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) site redevelopment. We also manufacture live-fire training targets for active training ranges. EODT performs these services for government and commercial customers worldwide.

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4. What does EODT do in Security Services?
   EODT provides a number of Security Services, including executive protection, force protection, guard services, guard force training and management, reaction force training, surveillance and surveillance detection, counter IED response services, technology solutions, and security consulting.

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5. What does EODT do in/what is Critical Mission Support?
   Critical Mission Support is EODT's name for the things we do that make it possible for other firms to do business in difficult and dangerous locations. This includes services such as IT/Communications, Tactical Communications, canine services, static security, mobile security Personal Security Detail, life support, construction support, logistics, and mine action.

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6. What is the culture of EODT?
   In basketball terms, we’re a fast break oriented team. We grab and run with opportunities that other firms would shrink from. We understand risks and take decisive action. Literally, there is something new and interesting that happens every day. The company rewards both initiative and results and we all benefit as employee owners. Plus, we have an exceptional benefits package.

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7. What is the size of EODT?
   2007 revenues were over $200 million.

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8. What are EODT’s Corporate Values?
   Innovation, Teamwork, Respect, Integrity, Accountability, Safety, Quality

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9. Does the company perform work as a prime or a sub-contractor?
   EODT will perform work as prime or subcontractor, with more than 90% of our work performed as prime contractor.

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10. Has EODT won any awards?
    Yes, several. Most recently, we won, with the Corps of Engineers, the Locke Mouton Award for Community Relations for our work at Former Camp Wheeler in Macon, GA.  We recieved The National Safety Concil's award for Significant Improvement in Safety Performance in 2007.  We earned the Perfect Record award by the Occupational Safety/Health Award Program for operating 314,684 employee hours without an occupational injury or illness.

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HISTORICAL

1. When was the company founded?
   1987

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2. Why are you located in Lenoir City?
   At its startup, company founders chose Oak Ridge as a location suitable for a technology-focused company and Lenoir City is only 18 miles away.  Today, we find East Tennessee a great place to live and work and recruit new employees.

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FINANCIAL

1. What are EODT's revenues?
   2007 revenues were more than $200 million and 2006 were $186 million.

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2. Is EODT profitable?
   Consistently. Our financial position is strong. In fact, we are debt-free.

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3. How much of your work is international?
   Approximately 95%

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4. What has your growth been like over the years?
   We have grown tremendously over the past 5 years, a 20-fold increase over the period, roughly equivalent to 80% annual growth. All of this growth has been organic, with no acquisitions.

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5. Are EODT's systems audited?
   Yes, EODT has undergone nine consecutive DCAA audits and several other audits over the past ten years, with no material findings.

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GEOGRAPHY

1. Where are your offices?
   EODT Headquarters are in Lenoir City, TN, which is located near Knoxville. Our other offices include Huntsville, AL; Washington D.C.; Baghdad; Kuwait City; Kabul; Lagos; and Tripoli. Lenoir City, Baghdad, and Kuwait City are also logistics centers.

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2. What countries has EODT worked in?
   We’ve worked in countries including: the US, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Libya, Germany, and Canada.

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3. Where have you worked in the US?
   We've performed approximately 700 projects in 40 states.

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QUALITY AND SAFETY

1. Does EODT have a quality program?
   We have a formal quality program, which is based on ISO 9000, and whose focus is continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

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2. How does EODT document the quality program?
   We have integrated our policies and procedures for technical, management, administrative, financial, health and safety, and quality into a comprehensive system we call the EODT Way.

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3. What is EODT's safety record?
   We have an excellent safety record. Our Experience Modification Ratio for 200 is 0.83, well below the industry average of 1.00.

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ORGANIZATION

1. How is EODT organized?
   By business unit. There are three currently: Munitions Response, Security Services, Critical Mission Support. Each offers multiple service areas, and any business unit can lead an integrated project team.

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2. Who is EODT's CEO/Senior Management Team?
   

   Company is led by Matt Kaye as CEO. Steve Voland is VP, Operations. There are four directors: Bill Pearse, Strategic Ventures; Darrell Elliott, Business Development; Erik Quist, Legal and Business Affairs; and Bruce Bowland, Director, Finance and Accounting.

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3. Who is on EODT's Board of Advisors?
   
   EODT has a Board of Advisors that includes the following:
   Jim Burger, former CEO of EODT and current Chairman
   Dan Bannister, Former CEO Dyncorp
   Ret. Admiral Dave Nash, former director of Coalition Provisional Authority
   Steven Meltzer, Senior Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop
   Steve Kaye, Co-president and COO, GTCO
   Ret. Lt Gen Jan Huly, former Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations, U.S. Marine Corps

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MARKET

1. Who are EODT's primary customers?
   

   For Munitions Response, our primary customers are the Huntsville US Army Corps of Engineers and the Navy, with whom we’ve led a continuous contractual relationship for more than ten years.

   For Security, we are working for a number of US Army organizations and NATO throughout Iraq, and Department of State.

   For Critical Mission Support, our primary customers are US Army, United Nations, NATO, and Foreign Governments.

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2. What branches of the military service has EODT worked for?
   
   1. Navy:
      We have worked at several Navy locations, including Adak Island, AK; Salton Sea, CA; St. Julien’s Creek, VA; and for the Navy Construction Battalion at Taji and Balad.
   2. Marine Corps:
      We have worked at a few Marine bases, including significant range cleanup and sustainment projects at Camp Lejeune, NC.
   3. Air Force:
      We have worked at Kirtland AFB (NM), the former Conway Bombing Range (SC), the former Five Points bombing range (TX) and at Balad and Tallil Air Bases in Iraq, as well as Kandahar in Afghanistan.

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ESOP

1. What is an ESOP?
   Employee Stock Ownership Plan, which enables each eligible employee to accumulate stock in the company so that they can directly benefit from the financial growth of the company. Because EODT is privately held, such stock is not otherwise available.

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2. What is the advantage of employee ownership?
   There are two primary advantages. Since employee owners directly benefit from the financial growth of the company, earning customer satisfaction through good work means tangible benefits to the individual. Both our customers and our employees benefit from this. In addition, this earnings potential attracts and retains the best employees.

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3. What does ESOP participation cost the employee?
   It is free to the employee.

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4. How does an ESOP actually work?
   At the end of each year, the company stock is evaluated and reset. Based on the financial results, EODT management establishes its contribution (a percentage of W-2 wages) which is then applied across the board to all employees. Employees accumulate these contributions in their individual accounts

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5. What does employee ownership mean to an individual employee?
   Employee ownership means that every one of us is "The Man". Every action each of us takes either helps or hurts our own financial stake in the company.

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