Mistras Group,Inc. (NYSE:MG) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On March 11, 2019, Mistras Group,Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) issued a press release announcing the financial results for our fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit99.1 to this report.

Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In the press release attached, the Company uses the terms “Adjusted EBITDA”, “free cash flow”, “net debt” and “non-GAAP net income”, which are not measures of financial performance under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Also, in the tables to the press release, the non-GAAP financial measure “Segment and Total Company Income before Special Items”, is presented and reconciled to a financial measure under GAAP. Information about these non-GAAP measures are included in the press release.

Our management uses these non-GAAP measurements as a measure of operating performance and liquidity 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 and free cash flow are also performance evaluation metrics used to determine incentive compensation for executive officers.

We believe that investors and other users of the financial statements benefit from the presentation of these non-GAAP measurements because they provide additional metrics to compare the Company’s operating performance and liquidity on a consistent basis and measure underlying trends and results of the Company’s business. Adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income and Segment and Total Company Income (Loss) before Special Items assist in evaluating our operating performance because they remove 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 stock-based compensation, which is a non-cash expense and is excluded by management when evaluating the underlying performance of our business operations.

Our management uses free cash flow when evaluating the performance of our business operations. This measurement also takes into account cash used to purchase fixed assets needed for business operations which are not expensed. We believe this measurement provides an additional tool to compare cash generated by our operations on a consistent basis and measure underlying trends and results in our business.

While Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow are terms and financial measurements commonly used by investors and securities analysts, they have limitations. As non-GAAP measurements, Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flows have no standard meaning and, therefore, may not be comparable with similar measurements for other companies. Similarly, non-GAAP net income and Segment and Total Company Income (Loss) Before Special Items has no standard meaning and may not be comparable to measurements for other companies. Adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow are generally limited as analytical tools because they exclude charges and expenses we do incur as part of our operations as well as cash uses which are included in a GAAP cash flow statement. In addition, free cash flow does not represent residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since items such as debt repayments are not deducted in determining such measurement.

None of these non-GAAP financial measurements should be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analyzing our results as reported under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press release issued by Mistras Group, Inc. on March 11, 2019

Mistras Group, Inc. Exhibit
EX-99.1 2 a123118exhibit991.htm PRESS RELEASE Exhibit Exhibit 99.1MISTRAS Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 ResultsRecord Annual Revenue of $742 millionFiscal 2018 Gross Margin Expands to 28.0% from 26.8%; Gross Margins Expand in all segmentsFourth Quarter Margins of 28.9% Reach Highest Fourth Quarter Margin in Three YearsHighlights of the Fourth Quarter 2018*•Q4 gross profit up 4% to $52.3 million•Q4 gross margin expands 210 basis points to 28.9%,…
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About Mistras Group,Inc. (NYSE:MG)

Mistras Group, Inc. offers asset protection solutions and is a provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity and reliability of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure. The Company’s segments are Services segment, which provides asset protection solutions in North America with concentration on the United States along with a Canadian services business, consisting of non-destructive testing, and inspection and engineering services that are used to evaluate structural integrity and reliability of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure; International segment, which offers services, products and systems similar to those of its Services and Products and Systems segments to markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America, and Products and Systems segment, which designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services asset protection products and systems, including equipment and instrumentation.