Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you. (Operator Instructions)
Ken Dahlberg
Looks like we have some questions queued up Shamica?
Operator
You have a question from the line of Joseph Vafi of Jefferies & Co. Please proceed.
Joseph Vafi - Jefferies & Co.
Hi gentlemen, good afternoon. Terrific results here for the end of your fiscal year. I was wondering if we could talk a little bit about the products business and the outlook there for VACIS for fiscal ?10, an update there, and if you could throw out at this point, if there’s a forecast for that business this year, that would be helpful.
Larry Prior
Joe I want to point out; this is Larry Prior, a couple of things. First and foremost you saw the announcement in Q4 for the military VACIS win that we showed you. It was stated for $90 million approximately, and they had the ability to order additional sets. So think of that as the firm foundation for Alex Preston and his team and to really deliver on the promise of the business.
You probably noticed in the last couple of days with Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security, really expressing a need and a desire for increased security with our southern borders. You and most of the folks are aware how much business Alex Preston does in Mexico, as well as specifically a lot of the inspection work we do on rail cargo and are highlighting that the initiative includes really checking most of the things heading south, as well as what heads north across our own borders.
We expect he’ll continue to have double-digit growth on the revenue side and still really provide for us double-digit margins. What we’re all waiting for is how the administration treats the Secure Freight Initiative, which seems to have great support across the administration and Congress.
Joseph Vafi - Jefferies & Co.
Okay great, that’s very helpful and then, maybe just one other quick one. I know Mark you were talking about cash uses in fiscal ’10; accretive uses of cash, obviously share buybacks and then also acquisitions. Does that mean that any acquisitions that we would see in 2010, even if they were a little bit larger would be accretive to earnings? Is that one of the philosophies in the acquisition program here?
Mark Sopp
Joe, as we’ve talked before, it’s very difficult to make acquisition accretive in the first year. So, we are not counting on that with respect to our guidance and our goals. The share repurchases if made at attractive prices are accretive as we’ve demonstrated.
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