COVID-19 Information for Customers and Partners

We have appointed a COVID-19 Rapid Response Team that convenes daily to ensure our strategic and operational decision-making is consistent with our four goals and to chart our way forward during this time of continuously and rapidly changing tensions. Our goals include:

1. Safety, health and livelihood of team members
2. Reduce and mitigate financial and operation risk to our company
3. Continue to deliver on our commitments to customers and stakeholders
4. Continue the mission-critical work we all do every day to support the ongoing security of our nation, our brave men and women in uniform, and the communities in which we live

Our CEO, Mark Aslett also holds a weekly interactive meeting with all Mercury business leaders. We have also hired a Medical Advisor who is advising on our COVID-19 efforts as well as holding monthly webinars for all team members.

We are using this microsite to keep our customers informed. We encourage you to check back regularly as the site is constantly updated with new information and resources. We also send important updates via email. If you have not received our previous emails you can sign up to receive future updates.

We have asked all team members who are eligible to work from home to do so (>50% of our employee population). We have also put all travel and all non-critical customer and supplier visits on hold. All onsite team members are required to complete a virtual COVID-19 symptom check, which they must pass before entering their Mercury site for their work shift.

We currently have mandatory onsite COVID-19 testing at our Alpharetta, Andover, Cypress, Hudson, Huntsville, Oxnard and Phoenix sites. We have also partnered with CVS Health to provide a drive-thru COVID-19 service for team members, as needed.

For those team members that are still coming into our facilities, we have implemented segregation areas and follow social distancing requirements as outlined by the CDC. All Mercury sites also have various levels of extended and deep cleaning protocols in place. Our teams have come up with innovative ways to prevent potential virus spread. Some teams have implemented multiple shifts and others modified the timing of shifts along with staggered break and lunch periods to reduce the potential of cross contamination. In some facilities our teams have reconfigured our labs and others are staggering access to labs to improve distancing.

As an added measure to protect the health of our team members, we have mandatory temperature check requirements for all onsite team members and visitors to Mercury sites. By the end of October, all our sites will have temperature testing kiosks that will be used by onsite team members daily before they start their work shift.

Based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading COVID-19 research institutions, Mercury’s COVID-19 response team is requiring all team members and visitors entering a Mercury site to wear a mask at all times while on-site, except as otherwise described within site-specific processes or when drinking/eating in areas with sufficient social distancing.

We have distributed face masks to all Mercury sites and have provided additional cleaning supplies for individual workspaces. We have also distributed more than 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to our sites and will continue to deploy supplies as needed.

Quarantines are meant to restrict the movement of people who may have been exposed to the Coronavirus but haven’t tested positive. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends 14 days to see whether flu-like symptoms develop. Mercury advises self-quarantine:

• If an employee has traveled outside the U.S.;
• If an employee has been exposed to someone with the virus; and,
• If an employee is experiencing symptoms (e.g., fever, cough).

In recognition of the important mission-critical role Mercury plays within the aerospace and defense industry, Mercury senior leadership has confirmed its intent that, subject to state and local orders, all our U.S. sites will remain open.

As outlined by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Mercury is considered a critical infrastructure provider as it operates with the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). Further on March 20, Ellen Lord, the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment, issued a memorandum to the DIB in which she identified the DIB as Essential Critical Infrastructure and requested all companies in the DIB to continue normal work schedules, subject to guidance from the CDC and state and local governments. In recognition of the important mission-critical role Mercury plays within the aerospace and defense industry, senior leadership has determined its intent that, subject to state and local orders, all our U.S. sites will remain open. U.S. residents who work in these critical infrastructure sectors have been asked to continue their work because of their importance to the health and safety of our nation. For all our sites that are located in states or municipalities where residents are asked to shelter in place, Mercury will review the relevant order to ensure that its operations are classified as essential services and exempt from the orders. All states that have issued shelter in place orders to date have classified the DIB as essential services. While the Coronavirus has been disruptive to people’s daily lives and safety, it has not changed our nation’s defense priorities, nor the needs of our customers. We will do everything we can to continue our production and supply chain.

For the foreseeable future, we have canceled all visits by foreign visitors to any Mercury site. These efforts are to protect the health and well-being of our team members and families, as well as that of any visitors to Mercury.

Visitors to any Mercury site are to be restricted and subject to approval on a case-by-case basis by business unit, VP, General Manager or Global/Corporate Function Leader. Visitors who are approved will need to answer a few questions upon arrival and before entering a site. Click here for the questionnaire for our Massachusetts, Arizona and Florida sites and here for the questionnaire for all other Mercury locations. We will use alternate means (e.g. Skype) to connect with visitors/customers until further notice.

Yes. All our facilities remain open. There may be times based on business needs that we need people to come back into their facility, which will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Team members have been asked to not make their own decisions on whether to come into their facility, as that will need to be approved by their manager.

Despite stock volatility, Mercury continues to be well-positioned. Based on our cash on hand and revolving credit facility, Mercury has an incredible amount of liquidity for a company of our size. As it relates to the Coronavirus, we believe we have the ability to mitigate any disruptions that may occur.

A policy has been created for our U.S. team members. The policy outlines an additional 120 hours of available leave in connection with certain Coronavirus-related situations, including self-quarantines, Mercury office closures and school closures. Team members outside the U.S. are covered by statutorily required leaves under local law. Our global team members have similarly been asked to consult with their local Human Resources Business Partner with questions about leave available in connection with the Coronavirus.

In response to growing concerns and ongoing efforts to safeguard our team members and their families, we have implemented restrictions to international and domestic business travel for ALL team member until further notice.

• Any Mercury team member who chooses to travel internationally, whether via air, car, train or cruise ship, will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days.

• If an employee travels domestically on public transportation, whether a plane, train or bus, we are asking that they self-quarantine for 14 days.

While there is increasing pressure on businesses and state governments to reopen economic activity, Mercury is in a fortunate position. Because our business has been able to maintain effective and efficient operations, even with >50% of team members working from home, we have the ability to keep our safeguards in place and continue social distancing in alignment with guidance from epidemiology experts. While our return to the workplace will likely differ from what other companies and your local communities may be doing, the overall health and well-being of all Mercury team members will guide these decisions. We will not return to the way things were done in the past but, rather, move forward to the “next” way of doing business.