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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October&nbsp;8, 2013 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mistras Group, Inc. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Princeton Junction, New Jersey</B></P></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Results of Operations and Financial Condition </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October&nbsp;8, 2013, Mistras Group, Inc. (the
&#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we&#148; or &#147;us&#148;) issued a press release announcing the financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, which ended August&nbsp;31, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this report. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I><U>Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Measures </U></I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the press release attached, the Company uses the term &#147;Adjusted EBITDA&#148; which is not a measurement of financial performance under U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (&#147;GAAP&#148;). The tables to the press release also include a table showing &#147;Adjusted Net Income&#148; and &#147;Adjusted Earnings Per Share,&#148; which are also non-GAAP measurements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Adjusted EBITDA </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Adjusted EBITDA&#148; is defined
as net income plus: interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense, and, as applicable, certain acquisition related costs and certain non-recurring items (which items are described or
listed in the reconciliation table included in the press release). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of operating performance to assist in
comparing performance from period to period on a consistent basis, as a measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating actual results against such expectations. Adjusted EBITDA is also a performance evaluation metric
used to determine incentive compensation for executives and employees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We believe investors and other users of our financial statements benefit from the
presentation of Adjusted EBITDA in evaluating our operating performance because it provides an additional tool to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis and measure underlying trends and results of our business. Adjusted EBITDA
removes the impact of certain items that management believes do not directly reflect our core operations. For instance, Adjusted EBITDA generally excludes interest expense, taxes and depreciation and amortization, each of which can vary
substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and the book value and age of assets, capital structure, capital investment cycles and the method by which assets were acquired. It also eliminates share-based compensation,
which is a non-cash expense and is excluded by management when evaluating the underlying performance of our business operations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While Adjusted EBITDA is
a term and financial measurement commonly used by investors and securities analysts, it has limitations. As a non-GAAP measurement, Adjusted EBITDA has no standard meaning and, therefore, may not be comparable with similar measurements for other
companies. Adjusted EBITDA is generally limited as an analytical tool because it excludes charges and expenses we do incur as part of our operations. For example, Adjusted EBITDA excludes income taxes, but we generally incur significant U.S.
federal, state and foreign income taxes each year and the provision for income taxes is a necessary cost. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analyzing our results as reported in accordance with GAAP. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income Earnings Per Diluted Share </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We use the non-GAAP measurements of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Share, which refer to GAAP net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc. and
GAAP diluted earnings per common share, respectively, excluding the items identified in the reconciliation schedule included in the press release. These non-GAAP measurements should be considered in addition to, and not as a replacement for or
superior to, the comparable GAAP measurements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Management believes that these measurements provide useful information to investors by reflecting
additional ways of viewing aspects of the Company&#146;s operations that, when reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measurements, help our investors to better understand the long-term profitability trends of our business, and facilitate easier
comparisons of our profitability to prior and future periods and to our peers. The items that have been excluded from the GAAP measurements have been removed because items of this nature and/or size occur with inconsistent frequency, occur for
reasons that may be unrelated to our commercial performance during the period and/or we believe are not indicative of our ongoing operating costs or profits in a given period, which we believe may obscure underlying business trends and make
comparisons of long-term performance difficult. </P>

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Company&#146;s estimated effective tax rate for each respective period to the pre-tax amount. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These measurements have limitations because the adjustments
to the GAAP measurements are subject to management&#146;s discretion, there are no standards to determine which adjustments should be made, and may not be comparable with similar measurements for other companies. The Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted
Earnings Per Share are not metrics used to determine incentive compensation for executives or employees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01. Financial Statement and
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 8, 2013
Mistras Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001- 34481
22-3341267
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
195 Clarksville Road
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
08550
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 716-4000
Not Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction A.2 below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d 2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On October 8, 2013, Mistras Group, Inc. (the
"Company," "we" or "us") issued a press release announcing the financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, which ended August 31, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to
this report.
Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In the press release attached, the Company uses the term "Adjusted EBITDA" which is not a measurement of financial performance under U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). The tables to the press release also include a table showing "Adjusted Net Income" and "Adjusted Earnings Per Share," which are also non-GAAP measurements.
Adjusted EBITDA
"Adjusted EBITDA" is defined
as net income plus: interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation expense, and, as applicable, certain acquisition related costs and certain non-recurring items (which items are described or
listed in the reconciliation table included in the press release).
Our management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of operating performance to assist in
comparing performance from period to period on a consistent basis, as a measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating actual results against such expectations. Adjusted EBITDA is also a performance evaluation metric
used to determine incentive compensation for executives and employees.
We believe investors and other users of our financial statements benefit from the
presentation of Adjusted EBITDA in evaluating our operating performance because it provides an additional tool to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis and measure underlying trends and results of our business. Adjusted EBITDA
removes the impact of certain items that management believes do not directly reflect our core operations. For instance, Adjusted EBITDA generally excludes interest expense, taxes and depreciation and amortization, each of which can vary
substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and the book value and age of assets, capital structure, capital investment cycles and the method by which assets were acquired. It also eliminates share-based compensation,
which is a non-cash expense and is excluded by management when evaluating the underlying performance of our business operations.
While Adjusted EBITDA is
a term and financial measurement commonly used by investors and securities analysts, it has limitations. As a non-GAAP measurement, Adjusted EBITDA has no standard meaning and, therefore, may not be comparable with similar measurements for other
companies. Adjusted EBITDA is generally limited as an analytical tool because it excludes charges and expenses we do incur as part of our operations. For example, Adjusted EBITDA excludes income taxes, but we generally incur significant U.S.
federal, state and foreign income taxes each year and the provision for income taxes is a necessary cost. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analyzing our results as reported in accordance with GAAP.
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income Earnings Per Diluted Share
We use the non-GAAP measurements of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings Per Share, which refer to GAAP net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc. and
GAAP diluted earnings per common share, respectively, excluding the items identified in the reconciliation schedule included in the press release. These non-GAAP measurements should be considered in addition to, and not as a replacement for or
superior to, the comparable GAAP measurements.
Management believes that these measurements provide useful information to investors by reflecting
additional ways of viewing aspects of the Company's operations that, when reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measurements, help our investors to better understand the long-term profitability trends of our business, and facilitate easier
comparisons of our profitability to prior and future periods and to our peers. The items that have been excluded from the GAAP measurements have been removed because items of this nature and/or size occur with inconsistent frequency, occur for
reasons that may be unrelated to our commercial performance during the period and/or we believe are not indicative of our ongoing operating costs or profits in a given period, which we believe may obscure underlying business trends and make
comparisons of long-term performance difficult.
The Company estimates the tax effect of the items identified in the reconciliation schedule above by applying the
Company's estimated effective tax rate for each respective period to the pre-tax amount.
These measurements have limitations because the adjustments
to the GAAP measurements are subject to management's discretion, there are no standards to determine which adjustments should be made, and may not be comparable with similar measurements for other companies. The Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted
Earnings Per Share are not metrics used to determine incentive compensation for executives or employees.
Item 9.01. Financial Statement and
Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
99.1
Press release issued by Mistras Group, Inc. dated October 8, 2013.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MISTRAS GROUP, INC.
Date: October 8, 2013
By:
/s/ Michael C. Keefe
Name:
Michael C. Keefe
Title:
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel
and Secretary
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press release issued by Mistras Group, Inc. dated October 8, 2013