when she voted yes on the tax giveaway in 2001 ... my flags went up and never came back down ... that tax giveaway to the wealthy is basic to the whole fiasco
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20 some % ownership
that's skirting the BFEE pretty darn close ...
URS, formerly named Thortec International Inc.
from URS's 2003 Proxy to Stockholders (SEC file)
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102379/000095014903000399/f87695def14a.htm#007TCG Holdings, L.L.C. 7,064,033
21.74 % c/o The Carlyle Group
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20004(4)
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September 24, 2003
# 2003-41pc (issued by portfolio company)
URS Corporation Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock by The Carlyle Group
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) announced today that
The Carlyle Group, through its affiliate TCG Holdings, L.L.C., has sold 7,064,033 shares of the Company’s currently outstanding common stock for gross proceeds to such stockholder before expenses of $135,982,635. Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers, D. A. Davidson & Co. and Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc. acted as underwriters for the offering. URS has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,059,605 shares from the Company to cover over-allotments, if any.
Blum Capital Partners, L.P. declined to participate in the sale.
http://www.thecarlylegroup.com/eng/fund/l5fundnews-2641.htmlURS boasts some 25,000 employees working in more than 20 countries. Although the firm has a long history of government work, it has focused more on those activities since acquiring EG&G from
the Carlyle Group investment firm last year for about $500 million.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/04/22/MN310531.DTLCarlyle is a $14 billion buyout firm whose associates and advisers include former President George Bush, former British Prime Minister John Major and former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Arthur Levitt. As part of EG&G's sale price,
Carlyle acquired a 21.74 percent stake in URS -- second only to the 23.7 percent of shares controlled by Blum Capital.
Richard Blum
Member of Haas School of Business Advisory Board, UCB Through his equity investment corporation, Blum Capital Partners, Blum is invested in URS. URS holds billions of dollars in contracts with the US military. Lear Siegler Services Inc., and EG&G, the latter purchased from the Carlyle Group, and both subsidiaries of URS, hold billions more in service and engineering contracts with all branches of the military, and several foriegn governments.
http://www.corporateswine.net/blum.htmlwhat all committees does DiFi sit on?
according to one blog:
Feinstein is the ranking member of the Technology and Terrorism subcommittee and a member of the Select Committee on Intelligence, where she helps oversee U.S. counterterrorism programs. She also serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee where she is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction.
http://forums.commercialappeal.com/index.cfm?frmid=35&tpcid=1979how much money do people need for crying out loud?
corporate control of our gov't is destroying us
URS Board of Directors/ from 2004 Proxy
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/102379/000095014904000416/f96212ddef14a.htm#002```````````````````````
Jesse Arnelle Mr. Arnelle has served as one of our directors since January 2004. Mr. Arnelle has served as Of Counsel to the law firm of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice since 1996; as a director of FPL Group, Inc. (formerly Florida Power & Light) since 1990; as a director of Gannett Company since 1997; as a director of Metropolitan Life Series Fund since 2002; and as a director of Textron Corporation since 1993. Mr. Arnelle served as senior partner to the law firm Arnelle & Hastie, San Francisco, which later became Arnelle, Hastie, McGee, Willis and Green, with which he was associated until his retirement in 1997; as a director of Armstrong World Industries; as a director of Eastman Chemical Co., Inc.; as a director of Union Pacific and Resources, Inc.; as a director of Wells Fargo and Company; and as a director of WMX Technologies, Inc. (formerly Waste Management, Inc.). He is 70 years old.
Richard C. Blum Mr. Blum has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1975. Mr. Blum has served as Chairman and President of Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc., the sole general partner of Blum Capital Partners, L.P., an equity investment management firm, since 1975; as a director of Northwest Airlines Corporation since 1989; as a director of CB Richard Ellis Services, Inc. since 1993 and its Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2001; Chairman of CBRE Holding, Inc. since 2001; as the Co-Chairman of Newbridge Capital since 1997; as a director of Glenborough Realty Trust, Inc. since 1998; as a director of Playtex Products, Inc. since 1998; as a director of KFB Newbridge Advisors, Co. since 2000; as a director of KFB Newbridge Control Corp. since 2000; as a director of KFB Co-Investment I, Co. since 2000; as a director of Korea First Bank since 2000; and as a director of the Egyptian Direct Investment Fund Limited since 2000. He is 68 years old.
Armen Der Marderosian
(Audit and Board Affairs Committees) Mr. Der Marderosian has served as one of our directors since 1994. Mr. Der Marderosian served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GTE Government Systems Corporation from 1995 to 1999 and as Executive Vice President, Technology and Systems, at GTE Corporation from 1998
to 1999. Mr. Der Marderosian served as Senior Vice President of GTE Corporation from 1995 to 1997. He is 66 years old.
Mickey P. Foret
(Audit Committee) Mr. Foret has served as one of our directors since March 2003. Mr. Foret retired in 2002 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Northwest Airlines, Inc. and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Airlines Cargo, Inc. Mr. Foret previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlas Air Cargo, Inc. and as President and Chief Operating Officer and in other management positions at Continental Airlines, Inc. and affiliated companies from 1974 to 1990. Mr. Foret has served as a director of ADC Telecommunications, Inc. and as a director of Champion Airlines, Inc. Mr. Foret has previously served as a director of Atlas Air Cargo, Inc.; as a director of Continental Airlines, Inc.; as a director of Eastern Airlines, Inc.; as a director of System One, Inc., Worldspan L.P.; and as a director of NorAm Energy Corp. He is 58 years old.
Martin M. Koffel Mr. Koffel has served as our Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and as one of our directors since 1989. Mr. Koffel served as a director of McKesson Corporation from 2000 to 2002 and as a director of James Hardie Industries N.V. from 2001 to 2002. He is 64 years old.
Richard B. Madden
(Board Affairs and Compensation Committees) Mr. Madden has served as one of our directors since 1992. Mr. Madden served as Chief Executive Officer of Potlatch Corporation from 1971 to 1994 and as a director of Potlatch from 1971 to 1999; as a director of PG&E Corporation from 1996 to 2000; as a director of Pacific Gas and Electric Company from 1977 to 2000; and as a director of CNF Inc. from 1992 to 2002. He is 74 years old.
General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF (Ret.)
(Board Affairs Committee) General Ralston has served as one of our directors since October 2003. General Ralston has served as Vice Chairman of The Cohen Group since 2003; as a director of Lockheed Martin since 2003; and as a director of The Timken Company since 2003. General Ralston’s military career began in 1965 and concluded in 2003 when he retired from active duty. General Ralston’s military career was highlighted by his service as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 2000; and Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO from 2000 to 2003. He is 60 years old.
John D. Roach
(Audit and Compensation Committees) Mr. Roach has served as one of our directors since February 2003. Mr. Roach has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Stonegate International since 1997; as Chairman of the Board of Unidare US Inc. since 2002; as a director of PMI Group, Inc. since 1997; as a director of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and its subsidiary Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation since 2002; and as a director of Material Sciences Corporation since March 2003. Mr. Roach served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Builders FirstSource, Inc. from 1998 to 2001; as a director of The Washington Group (formerly Morrison-Knudsen) from 1997 to 2002; and as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fibreboard Corporation from 1991 to 1997. He is 60 years old.
William D. Walsh
(Audit, Board Affairs and Compensation Committees) Mr. Walsh has served as one of our directors since 1988. Mr. Walsh has served as Chairman of Sequoia Associates LLC, a private investment firm, since 1982; as Chairman of the Board of Consolidated Freightways Corporation since 1996; as a director of Unova, Inc. since 1997; as Chairman of the Board of Creativity, Inc. since 1998; and as Chairman of the Board of Ameriscape since 2000. Mr. Walsh served as Chairman of the Board of Clayton Group, Inc. from 1996 to 2002; as a director of Ameriscape, Inc. from 1999 to 2000; as a director of Crown Vantage, Inc. from 1996 to 2000; as Chairman of the Board of Newell Manufacturing Corporation from 1988 to 2000; as a director of Basic Vegetable Products from 1990 to 1999; as a director of Golden Valley Farms LLC from 1996 to 1999; as a director of Newcourt Credit Group from 1993 to 1999; as a director of National Education Corporation from 1992 to 1997; and as Chairman of the Board of Champion Road Machinery from 1988 to 1997. He is 73 years old.
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