HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - December 13, 2016) - KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today that in the first quarter of 2017 Mark Sopp will join the company as Chief
Financial Officer (CFO). Current CFO Brian Ferraioli has decided to retire to spend more time with family. Ferraioli and Sopp
will work closely together to ensure a managed and smooth transition for KBR's financial organization.
Sopp brings many years of financial leadership experience to KBR. From 2005 to 2015, he served as CFO and Executive Vice
President for Leidos Holdings, previously called SAIC, which is one of the largest publicly traded government contractors in the
U.S. and also has significant technically-focused commercial professional services operations, including serving energy markets.
Previously, Sopp served in various executive positions with Titan Corporation, also involved in government contracting and
commercial business areas. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from New Mexico State University and completed the
executive program from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
"We look forward to Mark joining KBR," said Stuart Bradie, KBR President and CEO. "Along with his extensive financial and
capital markets expertise, Mark's long-time experience in the government contracting sector, including knowledge of the
government services investment community, will be immensely helpful as KBR expands our Government Services segment to achieve
better balance between our government and hydrocarbons businesses."
"The addition of KBRwyle has brought a large number of reimbursable professional services contracts to our portfolio and we
are seeing continued expansion of existing government contracts and task orders for the U.S. and U.K. governments. To that end, I
am confident that with Mark on our team we will achieve further shareholder value and financial success going forward," Bradie
continued.
"We greatly appreciate Brian's fiscal leadership during his time at KBR. He has made many significant contributions,
overseeing all the financial affairs of the company, helping strengthen our financial management and reduce our overall cost
structure, and his sage advice has been a great help to me personally. We thank Brian for his service to the company and we wish
him the very best in his well-deserved retirement," said Bradie.
About KBR, Inc.
KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle
within the Hydrocarbons and Government Services Sectors. KBR employs over 31,000 people worldwide, with customers in more than 80
countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses:
- Government Services, serving government customers globally, including capabilities that cover the full life-cycle of
defense, space, aviation and other government programs and missions from research and development, through systems engineering,
test and evaluation, program management, to operations, maintenance, and field logistics
- Technology & Consulting, including proprietary technology focused on the monetization of hydrocarbons (especially natural
gas and natural gas liquids) in ethylene and petrochemicals; ammonia, nitric acid and fertilizers; oil refining; gasification;
oil and gas consulting; integrity management; naval architecture and proprietary hulls; and downstream consulting
- Engineering & Construction, including onshore oil and gas; LNG (liquefaction and regasification)/GTL; oil refining;
petrochemicals; chemicals; fertilizers; differentiated EPC; maintenance services (Brown & Root Industrial Services); offshore
oil and gas (shallow-water, deep-water, subsea); floating solutions (FPU, FPSO, FLNG & FSRU) and program management
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, integrated EPC delivery
and long term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We
Deliver.
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Forward Looking Statement
The statements in this press release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding future financial
performance, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to
numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to: the outcome of and the publicity surrounding audits and investigations by domestic and foreign government agencies and
legislative bodies; potential adverse proceedings by such agencies and potential adverse results and consequences from such
proceedings; the scope and enforceability of the company's indemnities from its former parent; changes in capital spending by the
company's customers; the company's ability to obtain contracts from existing and new customers and perform under those contracts;
structural changes in the industries in which the company operates; escalating costs associated with and the performance of
fixed-fee projects and the company's ability to control its cost under its contracts; claims negotiations and contract disputes
with the company's customers; changes in the demand for or price of oil and/or natural gas; protection of intellectual property
rights; compliance with environmental laws; changes in government regulations and regulatory requirements; compliance with laws
related to income taxes; unsettled political conditions, war and the effects of terrorism; foreign operations and foreign
exchange rates and controls; the development and installation of financial systems; increased competition for employees; the
ability to successfully complete and integrate acquisitions; and operations of joint ventures, including joint ventures that are
not controlled by the company.
KBR's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequent Form 10-Qs and 8-Ks, and other Securities and Exchange
Commission filings discuss some of the important risk factors that KBR has identified that may affect the business, results of
operations and financial condition. Except as required by law, KBR undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any
forward-looking statements for any reason.