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Mistras Group, Inc.
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2016
ANNUAL REPORT
MIS TRAS GROU P, INC .

KEY FIN ANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Revenues by End Market
(FY Ending May 31)

56% Oil & Gas

25% Downstream

15%  Upstream

14% Midstream

02% Petrochemical

12% Aerospace & Defense

9% Industrial

8% Power Generation  
& Transmission

7% Other Process Industries

4% Infrastructure, Research 
& Engineering

4% All Other

Revenues by Region
(FY Ending May 31)

Historical Annual Revenues
(FY Ending May 31 / $ in millions)

5YR CAGR: 16%

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Adjusted EBITDA
(FY Ending May 31 / $ in millions)

5YR CAGR: 11%

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72%

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Europe17%

9%

Other Americas

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Asia-Pacific

S HAR E HOL DE R  L E T TER

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

When Mistras Group began its fiscal year 2016 that ended May 31, 2016, there was ample 
reason for pessimism. Commodity prices had fallen precipitously and the oil and gas 
market, which accounts for more than half of Mistras Group revenues, was very turbulent. 
Results in the second half of our prior fiscal year were adversely impacted, as customer 
spending and inspection industry revenue growth had become curtailed. Our stock price 
was at a multi-year low, reflecting these concerns.

We had hundreds of conversations with our customers that helped us understand the 
magnitude of the oil and gas market’s sudden downturn. This led us to take many decisive 
actions, including:

While we are very pleased with our strong 2016 performance, we view our company as 
a work in progress that requires continuous improvement. To this end, we continue to 
bolster our management team and our processes. During fiscal year 2016 we transitioned 
new leadership in our UK, Netherlands and Products and Systems businesses. 

Additionally, Dennis Bertolotti was promoted to the new role of President and Chief 
Operating Officer, Jon Wolk was promoted to Senior Executive Vice President, adding 
Information Technology to his responsibilities as CFO, and Mike Lange added the title of 
Senior Executive Vice President, in charge of the Company’s business development and 
strategic planning.

• We divested our operations in Russia and Japan; 
• We reduced headcount in almost all of our International subsidiaries;  
• We reorganized our Services leadership team; 
• We reduced headcounts in several North American locations; and 
• We formed a team of experts to lead our efforts to improve contract margins

In last year’s shareholder letter, I expressed optimism that these actions, combined with 
our powerful culture that is driven to provide customers with tremendous value and 
exceed their expectations, would improve our performance. I am very pleased to tell 
you that my predictions not only came true, but that our company exceeded my most 
optimistic expectations for fiscal year 2016: 

• We had positive organic revenue growth, despite a very challenging market that saw  
  most competitors suffer high single digit or double-digit declines; 
• We grew Adjusted EBITDA by $16 million, or 23% over prior year, and operating cash 
  flow by $18 million or 37%, establishing new record levels of performance for these 

important metrics; 

• We improved our gross margin to 28.2% from the prior year’s 26.0%, and our Adjusted 
  EBITDA margin to 12.2% from the prior year’s 10.1%; 
• We established new company records for operating income (excluding charges) and 
  Adjusted EBITDA not only for the entire fiscal year, but also in every fiscal quarter of  
  fiscal year 2016; and 
• We reduced our ratio of net debt to Adjusted EBITDA from over 2.0 during the previous  
  fiscal year, to 0.9 at the end of fiscal year 2016.

These important accomplishments were achieved while adhering to our strict quality, 
safety and training protocols and continuing to offer the industry’s widest breadth 
of industry expertise and geographic coverage in North America. Our team employed 
numerous key performance indicators to monitor our performance and communicate with 
our customers. And we continued to save many customers millions of dollars per year 
compared with using alternative inspection providers and methods.

In a very challenging market, Mistras Group managed to grow its business and gain 
market share on both sides of the Atlantic by winning new customers, while at the same 
time outpacing rivals with strong customer retention.

As I look forward to fiscal year 2017 and beyond, I am excited for our future. Mistras has 
become one of the largest outsourced asset protection service providers in the world, 
earning a reputation that enables many of the world’s largest companies to place their 
reliance upon our company. Because of our strong performance and strong customer 
relationships, we have been asked by some customers to explore expanding our service 
offerings into light mechanical areas that are adjacent to (but not potentially conflicting 
with) the inspection duties that we presently perform for them.  We are intrigued by these 
opportunities and eager to add more value for our customers. Despite the present market 
challenges, we believe we have a long runway ahead of us that will enable our company 
to grow well beyond one billion in revenues, with profit margins that continue to improve. 

Speaking specifically of fiscal year 2017, our planning assumptions call for a continuance 
of lower oil prices for the foreseeable future. In this environment we will strive to continue 
to provide the best possible value to our customers as efficiently as possible, and with 
the same sense of urgency they have come to expect from Mistras. We expect we will 
continue to expand our profit margins in fiscal year 2017, and we will continue to gain 
market share on both sides of the Atlantic, in a market that likely remains challenged.

In conclusion, we are excited about our market position, our value proposition, our 
unparalleled network of certified technicians, and the improvements we have made in our 
financial performance. We will continue to strive to help our refinery customers achieve 
first quartile performance, to help our power generation customers avoid unplanned 
outages, to assist our aerospace customers in delivering the highest quality advanced 
composite components, and to improve public safety with innovative monitoring 
solutions. We will continue to make investments that enable us to maintain and extend 
our market leadership, while continuing to deliver improved profits and cash flows.

On behalf of our Board of Directors and our management team, I extend our thanks to 
our customers, our partners, our 5,700 employees, and to our loyal shareholders, for their 
continued support and trust.

Sincerely,

Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos  
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

 
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016 

Commission File Number 001-34481

Mistras Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

22-3341267
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

195 Clarksville Road
Princeton Junction, New Jersey 08550
(609) 716-4000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Common Stock, par value $.01 par value

Name of each exchange on which registered
New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act 

of 1933.  Yes 

  No 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).  Yes 

  No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), 
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes 

  No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, 

every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes 

  No 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, 

and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by 
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a 
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” 
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Large accelerated filer 

Non-accelerated filer 

Accelerated filer 

Smaller reporting company 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange 

Act).  Yes 

  No 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of 
November 30, 2015, based upon the closing price of the common stock as reported by New York Stock Exchange on such date 
was approximately $364.4 million.

As of August 5, 2016, a total of 28,955,455 shares of the Registrant’s common stock were outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Information required by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) is incorporated by reference to portions of the registrant’s 
definitive Proxy Statement for its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Proxy Statement”), which is expected to be filed 
not later than 120 days after the registrant’s fiscal year ended May 31, 2016. Except as expressly incorporated by reference, the 
Proxy Statement shall not be deemed to be a part of this report on Form 10-K.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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MISTRAS GROUP, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

ITEM 1.
ITEM 1A.
ITEM 1B.
ITEM 2.
ITEM 3.
ITEM 4.

BUSINESS
RISK FACTORS
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
PROPERTIES
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

PART II

ITEM 5.

ITEM 6.
ITEM 7.

ITEM 7A.
ITEM 8.
ITEM 9.

ITEM 9A.
ITEM 9B.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER 
MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND 
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
OTHER INFORMATION

PART III

ITEM 10.
ITEM 11.
ITEM 12.

ITEM 13.

ITEM 14.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT 
AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR 
INDEPENDENCE
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

PART IV

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

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ITEM 1.                                                BUSINESS

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements regarding us and our business, financial condition, results of 
operations and prospects within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), and Section 21E of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). Such forward-looking statements include those that express plans, 
anticipation, intent, contingency, goals, targets or future development and/or otherwise are not statements of historical fact. 
These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events and they are 
subject to risks and uncertainties known and unknown that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially 
from those expressed or implied in such statements.

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology, such as “goals,” “expects,” “anticipates,” 
“intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “predicts,” “appears,” “projects,” or 
the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences in results and 
outcomes from those in our forward-looking statements include, without limitation, those discussed elsewhere in this Report in 
Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” Part 2, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations” and in this Item 1, as well as those discussed in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.  We 
undertake no obligation to (and expressly disclaim any obligation to) revise or update any forward-looking statements made 
herein whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. However, you should consult any further disclosures 
we may make on these or related topics in our reports on Form 8-K or Form 10-Q filed with the SEC.

The following discussions should be read in conjunction with the sections of this Report entitled “Management’s Discussion 
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors”.

Our Business

We offer our customers “one source for asset protection solutions”® and are a leading global provider of technology-enabled 
asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity and reliability of critical energy, industrial and public 
infrastructure. We combine industry-leading products and technologies, expertise in mechanical integrity (MI), Non-
Destructive Testing (NDT), Destructive Testing (DT) and predictive maintenance (PdM) services, process and fixed asset 
engineering and consulting services,  proprietary data analysis and our world class enterprise inspection database management 
and analysis software, PCMS, to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customized solutions, ranging from routine inspections to 
complex, plant-wide asset integrity management and assessments. These mission critical solutions enhance our customers’ 
ability to comply with governmental safety and environmental regulations, extend the useful life of their assets, increase 
productivity, minimize repair costs, manage risk and avoid catastrophic disasters. Given the role our solutions play in ensuring 
the safe and efficient operation of infrastructure, we have historically provided a majority of our services to our customers on a 
regular, recurring basis. We serve a global customer base of companies with asset-intensive infrastructure, including companies 
in the oil and gas (downstream, midstream, upstream and petrochemical), power generation (natural gas, fossil, nuclear, 
alternative, renewable, and transmission and distribution), public infrastructure, chemicals, commercial aerospace and defense, 
transportation, primary metals and metalworking and research and engineering institutions. As of May 31, 2016, we had 
approximately 5,700 employees, in approximately 120 offices across 14 countries. We have established long-term relationships 
as a critical solutions provider to many of the leading companies in our target markets.

Our asset protection solutions combine the disciplines of NDT, DT, PdM, MI, engineering & consulting services and data 
analysis and enterprise inspection data management software to provide value to our customers. The foundation of our business 
is NDT, which is the examination of assets without impacting current and future usefulness or impairing the integrity of these 
assets. The ability to inspect infrastructure assets and not interfere with their operating performance makes NDT a highly 
attractive alternative to many traditional intrusive inspection techniques, which may require dismantling equipment or shutting 
down a plant, mill or site. Our MI services are a systematic engineering-based approach to developing best practices for 
ensuring the on-going integrity and safety of equipment and industrial facilities. MI services involve conducting an inventory 
of infrastructure assets, developing and implementing inspection and maintenance procedures, training personnel in executing 
these procedures and managing inspections, testing and assessments of customer assets. By assisting customers in 
implementing MI programs, we enable them to identify gaps between existing and desired practices, find and track deficiencies 
and degradations to be corrected and establish quality assurance standards for fabrication, engineering and installation of 
infrastructure assets. We believe our MI services improve plant safety and reliability and regulatory compliance, and in so 
doing reduce maintenance costs. Our solutions also incorporate comprehensive Risk Based Inspection (RBI) data analysis from 
our proprietary asset protection software to provide customers with detailed, integrated and cost-effective solutions that rate the 
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risks of alternative maintenance approaches and recommend actions in accordance with consensus industry codes and standards 
and help to establish and support key performance indicators (KPI’s) to ensure continued safe and economic operations.

We differentiate ourselves by delivering these solutions under our “One Source” umbrella, utilizing a proven systematic 
method that creates a closed loop life cycle for addressing continuous asset protection and improvement. Under this business 
model, customers outsource their inspection to us on a “run and maintain” basis. As a global asset protection leader, we provide 
a comprehensive range of solutions that includes:

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traditional and advanced outsourced NDT services conducted by our technicians, mechanical integrity assessments, 
above-ground storage tank inspection, pipeline inspection and American Petroleum Institute (API) visual inspections 
and PdM program development;

destructive testing (DT), a definitive discipline in material testing, taking specimens through to mechanical failure 
while examining a host of factors. Hardness, stiffness and strength are a few key indicators drawn from destructive 
tests per customer specifications. DT is a strength of our subsidiary, Mistras-GMA in Germany, which specializes in 
an array of destructive testing applications utilized throughout the materials selection and approval process in the 
aerospace, automotive, chemical, oil and gas and power generation industries.

advanced asset protection solutions, in most cases involving proprietary acoustic emission (AE), digital radiography, 
infrared, wireless and/or automated ultrasonic inspections and sensors, which are operated by our highly trained 
technicians;

a proprietary and customized portfolio of software products for testing and analyzing data captured in real-time by our 
technicians and sensors, including advanced features such as pattern recognition and neural networks;

enterprise software and relational databases to store and analyze inspection data, comparing it to prior operations and 
testing of similar assets, industrial standards and specific risk conditions, such as use with highly flammable or 
corrosive materials, and developing asset integrity management plans based on risk-based inspection that specify an 
optimal schedule for the testing, maintenance and retirement of assets;

on-line monitoring systems that provide secure web-based remote or on-site asset inspection, real-time reports and 
analysis of plant or enterprise-wide structural integrity data, comparison of integrity data to our library of historical 
inspection data and analysis to better assess structural integrity and provide alerts for and prioritize future inspections 
and maintenance;

in-house testing services: Mistras’ in-house inspection services provide cost-effective, efficient solutions that improve 
the integrity and lifespan of critical assets featuring a dynamic suite of testing and inspection services. With a network 
of in-house laboratories, Mistras provides a one-stop shop for traditional (NDT), advanced non-destructive testing 
(ANDT), and destructive testing (DT) of materials and fabricated structures by offering a complete inspection package 
— from preparation and production all the way to post-processing. These capabilities are available through our state-
of-the-art testing equipment and expertise in our grid of in-house testing laboratories across the U.S.A., Canada and 
Europe;

full range of engineering consulting services to the downstream and renewable energy sectors that includes plant 
operations support covering both process and equipment technologies; project planning, management and execution; 
expert testimony and technical training; and

ultra-high pressure water blasting in place of sand blasting, used for both off shore oil & gas platforms and land based 
refinery and chemical fixed equipment.  NDT inspection services are offered while in post cleaning mode.

Our labs hold a wide variety of certifications that allow them to perform inspections to meet or exceed stringent regulatory 
requirements, such as: NADCAP, AS9100/ISO-9001, FAA Repair Station and ITAR/EAR. With these certifications comes a 
comprehensive range of approvals from prime contractors of major projects, the military, and internationally renowned 
products and systems manufactures from aerospace to nuclear energy; transportation to petrochemical industries.

We offer our customers a customized package of services, products and systems, or our enterprise software and other niche 
high-value products on a stand-alone basis. For example, customers can purchase most of our sensors and accompanying 
software to integrate with their own systems, or they can purchase a complete turn-key solution, including installation, 
monitoring and assessment services. Importantly, we do not sell certain of our advanced and proprietary software and other 

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products as stand-alone offerings; instead, we embed them in our comprehensive service offerings to protect our investment in 
intellectual property while providing an added value which generates a substantial source of recurring revenues.

We generated revenues of $719.2 million, $711.3 million and $623.5 million, net income of $24.7 million, $16.1 million and 
$22.5 million and adjusted EBITDA of $88.1 million, $71.9 million and $70.7 million for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, 
respectively. An explanation of adjusted EBITDA and a reconciliation of these amounts to net income are set forth in Item 7, 
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. For fiscal 2016, we generated 
approximately 77% of our revenues from our Services segment. Our revenues are diversified, with our top ten customers 
accounting for approximately 36%, 33% and 38% of our revenues during fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Asset Protection Industry Overview

The asset protection industry consists of NDT inspection, DT inspection, PdM and MI services and inspection data 
management and analysis. NDT plays a crucial role in assuring the operational and structural integrity and reliability of critical 
infrastructure without compromising the usefulness of the tested materials or equipment. The evolution of NDT services, in 
combination with broader industry trends, including increased asset utilization and aging of infrastructure, the desire by 
companies to extend the useful life of their existing infrastructure, new construction projects, enhanced government regulation 
and the shortage of certified NDT professionals, have made NDT an integral and increasingly outsourced part of many asset-
intensive industries. Well-publicized industrial and public infrastructure failures and accidents such as the Deepwater Horizon 
oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse in Minnesota, and a number of recent refinery 
accidents continues to raise the level of safety and environmental awareness of regulators, while owners and operators are 
recognizing the benefits that asset protection solutions can provide.

Historically, NDT solutions predominantly used qualitative testing methods aimed primarily at detecting defects in the tested 
materials. This methodology, which we categorize as “traditional NDT,” is typically labor intensive and, as a result, 
considerably dependent upon the availability and skill level of the certified technicians, engineers and scientists performing the 
inspection services. The traditional NDT market has been highly fragmented, with a significant number of small vendors 
providing inspection services to divisions of companies or local governments situated in close proximity to the vendor’s field 
inspection engineers and technicians. The trend over the past several years, however, is for customers to look for a select few 
vendors capable of providing a wider spectrum of asset protection solutions for global infrastructure that we call “one source”. 
This shift in underlying demand, which began in the early 1990s and has accelerated more recently, has contributed to a 
transition from traditional NDT solutions to more advanced solutions that employ automated digital sensor technologies and 
accompanying enterprise software, allowing for the effective capture, storage, analysis and reporting of inspection and 
engineering results electronically and in digital formats. These advanced techniques, taken together with advances in wired and 
wireless communication and information technologies, have further enabled the development of remote monitoring systems, 
asset-management and predictive maintenance capabilities and other data analytics and management. We believe that as 
advanced asset protection solutions continue to gain acceptance among asset-intensive organizations, those vendors offering 
broad, complete and integrated solutions, scalable operations and a global footprint will have a distinct competitive advantage. 
Moreover, we believe that vendors that are able to effectively deliver both advanced solutions and data analytics, by virtue of 
their access to customers’ data, create a significant barrier to entry for competitors, and lead the opportunity to create 
significant recurring revenues.

We believe the following represent key dynamics of the asset protection industry:

•  Extending the Useful Life of Aging Infrastructure. The prohibitive cost and challenge of building new infrastructure 

has resulted in the significant aging of existing infrastructure and caused companies to seek ways to extend the useful 
life of existing assets. For example, due to the significant cost associated with constructing new refineries, stringent 
environmental regulations which have increased the costs of managing them and difficulty in finding suitable 
locations on which to build them, no major new refineries have been constructed in the United States since 1976. 
Another example is in the area of power transmission and distribution. The Smart Grid initiative in the United States is 
causing increased loading on aging transformers that are more than 40 years old in many cases. The need to test and 
monitor these units to ensure their reliability until replacement is instrumental in support of a reliable Smart Grid 
network. Because aging infrastructure requires relatively higher levels of maintenance and repair in comparison to 
new infrastructure, as well as more frequent, extensive and ongoing testing, companies and public authorities will 
continue spending on asset protection solutions to ensure the operational and structural integrity of existing 
infrastructure.

•  Outsourcing of Non-Core Activities and Technical Resource Constraints. The increasing sophistication and automation 
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regulations, has caused many companies and public authorities to outsource NDT and other services rather than recruit 
and train such capabilities internally. Owners and operators of infrastructure are increasingly contracting with third 
party providers that have the necessary technical product portfolio, engineering expertise, technical workforce and 
proven track record of results-oriented performance to effectively meet their increasing requirements.

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Increasing Asset and Capacity Utilization. Due to the high repair and replacement costs and the limited construction 
of new infrastructure, existing infrastructure in some of our target markets will experience high usage, causing 
increased stress and fatigue that accelerate deterioration. These dynamic prices and costs also motivate our customers 
to complete repairs, maintenance, replacements and upgrades more quickly. For example, increasing demand for 
refined petroleum products, combined with high plant utilization rates, is driving refineries to upgrade facilities to 
make them more efficient and expand capacity. In order to sustain high capacity utilization rates, customers are 
increasingly using asset protection solutions to efficiently ensure the integrity and safety of their assets. 
Implementation of asset protection solutions can also lead to increased productivity as a result of reduced 
maintenance-related downtime.

Increasing Corrosion from Low-Quality Inputs. The increased availability and low cost of crude oil from areas such as 
shale plays and oil sands resources have led to the use of lower grade raw materials and feedstock used in refinery and 
power generation processes. These lower grade raw materials and feedstock, especially in the case of the refining 
process involving petroleum with higher sulfur content, can rapidly corrode the infrastructure with which they come 
into contact, which in turn increases the need for asset protection solutions to identify such corrosion and enable 
infrastructure owners to proactively combat the problems caused by such corrosion.

Increasing Use of Advanced Materials. Customers in our target markets are increasingly utilizing advanced materials, 
such as composites, and other unique technologies in the manufacturing and construction of new infrastructure and 
aerospace applications. As a result, they require advanced testing, assessment and maintenance technologies to inspect 
and to protect these assets, since many of these advanced materials cannot be tested using traditional NDT techniques. 
We believe that demand for NDT solutions will increase as companies and public authorities continue to use these 
advanced materials, not only during the operating phase of the lifecycle of their assets, but also during the design, 
manufacturing and quality control phases and are more frequently integrating and embedding sensors directly into the 
end product in support of total life cycle asset management.

•  Meeting Safety Regulations. Owners and operators of infrastructure assets increasingly face strict government 

regulations and safety requirements. Failure to meet these standards can result in significant financial liabilities, 
increased scrutiny by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other regulators, higher insurance 
premiums and tarnished corporate brand value. There have been several industrial accidents, including explosions and 
fires, in recent years. These accidents created significant damage to the reputation of refineries and coupled with 
concern by owners, led OSHA to strengthen process safety enforcement standards with the continued implementation 
of the National Emphasis Program (NEP) that also extends to chemical plants for compliance with applicable 
regulations. As a result, these owners and operators are seeking highly reliable asset protection suppliers with a proven 
track record of providing asset protection services, products and systems to assist them in meeting these increasingly 
stringent regulations.

•  Expanding Addressable End-Markets. Advances in NDT sensor technology and asset protection software based 
systems, and the continued emergence of new technologies, are creating increased demand for asset protection 
solutions in applications where existing techniques were previously ineffective. Further, we expect increased demand 
in relatively new markets, such as automotive component suppliers.

•  Expanding Addressable Geographies. We believe that incremental demand will continue to come from international 
markets, including Western and Eastern Canada, Asia, Europe and parts of Latin America. Specifically, as companies 
and governments in these markets build and maintain infrastructure and applications that require the use of asset 
protection solutions, we believe demand for our solutions will increase.

We believe that the market available to us will continue to grow as a result of these macro-market trends.

Our Target Markets

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Mistras operates in a highly competitive, but fragmented market. Domestically, the market is serviced by several national 
competitors, and many regional and/or local companies.   Internationally, our primary competitors are divisions of large 
companies, with additional competition from small independent local companies which may be limited to a specific product, 
service or technology and focused on a niche market or geographic region. We focus our strategic sales, marketing and product 
development efforts on a range of infrastructure-intensive based industries and governmental authorities. In general, our largest 
markets in broad terms are energy-related infrastructure where we perform inspections, which may lead to a fitness for service 
evaluation and engineering based services on fixed and rotating assets.

There are economic indicators that continue to drive our business, especially in the U.S. domestic markets as indicated by the 
Energy Information Administration (EIA);

•  Growth in U.S. energy production- While crude oil production slowed in the first quarter of 2016 from record highs in 

2015 at 9.4 million barrels per day (bbl/d) domestic production is still significantly higher than pre-2015 levels 
according to the EIA.  Although tailing off slightly, production estimates for the year 2016 is predicted to level off 
around 9 million bbl/d.  

•  High demand for U.S. Natural Gas - According to the EIA, demand for natural gas remains high resulting from the 

fact that the U.S. is experiencing record low pricing for natural gas in the last 18 months. 

•  The United States is continuing its trend from being a net importer of natural gas to a net exporter by 2017. Several 
facilities have already begun operations in support of the export process, with more capital expenditures planned for 
the coming years.

The outlook for power in the U.S. has shifted substantially in the last several years due to legislation restricting emissions of 
greenhouse gas related to fossil fuels.  There has been a shift from traditional coal and gas fired base load power plants to 
natural gas fueled base load and peaking units around the country.  Natural gas units are preferred as natural gas pricing 
remains low, and the permitting process to operate these units is easier than coal or nuclear facilities.

Revenue by Target Market

The following chart represents the percentage of consolidated revenues we generated from our various markets for fiscal 2016:

Mistras Revenues by Target Market
(Fiscal 2016)

Oil and Gas

Because oil, gas, and to a much less extent, coal are expected to continue to be the primary energy sources, the energy industry 
will have to continue providing these fuels to meet demand. In addition, there were approximately 657 crude oil refineries in 
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protection continues to be an indispensable tool in maintenance planning, quality control and prevention of catastrophic failure 
in refineries and petrochemical plants. Recent low oil and lower fossil fuel input prices have placed additional pressure on 
industry participants to increase capacity, focus on production efficiency and cost reductions and shorten shut-down time or 
“turnarounds.” Asset protection solutions are used for both off-stream inspections, or inspection when the tested infrastructure 
is shut-down, and increasingly, on-stream inspections, or inspection when the tested infrastructure is operating at normal levels. 
While we expect off-stream inspection of vessels and piping during a plant shut-down or turnaround to remain a routine 
practice by companies in these industries, we expect the areas of greatest future growth to occur as a result of on-stream 
inspections and monitoring of facilities, such as offshore platforms, transport systems and oil and gas pipeline transmission 
lines, because of the substantial lost revenues from shutting them down. On-stream inspection enables companies to avoid the 
costs associated with shutdowns during testing while enabling the economic and safety advantages of advanced planning or 
predictive maintenance.

Power Generation and Transmission

Asset protection in the power industry has traditionally been associated with the inspection of high-energy, critical steam 
piping, boilers, rotating equipment, and various other plant components (balance of plant), utility aerial man-lift devices, large 
transformer testing and various other applications for nuclear and fossil-fuel based power plants. We believe that in recent years 
the acceptance of asset protection solutions has grown rapidly in this industry due to the aging of critical power generation and 
transmission infrastructure. For instance, the average age of a nuclear power plant in the United States is over 30 years. Also 
driving this segment is the large conversion of tradition coal plants to cleaner burning and more efficient natural gas fired 
power plants. Furthermore, global demand for power generation and transmission has grown rapidly and is expected to 
continue, primarily as a result of the energy needs of emerging economies such as China and India. The areas of power 
generation and transmission on which we focus our efforts are natural gas, fossil, nuclear, alternative and renewable, such as 
wind.

Process Industries

The process industries, or industries in which raw materials are treated or prepared in a series of stages, include chemicals, 
pharmaceuticals, food processing, paper and pulp and metals and mining, have a need for our products and services. As with oil 
and gas processing facilities, chemical processing facilities require significant spending on maintenance and monitoring. Given 
their aging infrastructure and high utilization requirements, growing capacity constraints and increasing capital costs, we 
believe asset protection solutions will continue to grow in importance in maintenance planning, quality and cost control and 
prevention of catastrophic failure in the chemicals industry. 

Public Infrastructure, Research and Engineering

We believe that high profile infrastructure catastrophes, such as the collapse of the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in 
Minneapolis and others since, have caused public authorities to more actively seek ways to prevent similar events from 
occurring. Public authorities tasked with new construction and maintenance of existing, public infrastructure increasingly use 
asset protection solutions to inspect these assets, including the use of embedded sensors to enable on-line monitoring 
throughout the life of the asset. This is a target market for our application technology and experience. Over the last twenty 
years, we have provided testing and health monitoring on many bridges and structures worldwide, among which include some 
of the largest and well-known bridges in the United States and United Kingdom. In fiscal 2015, for example, we installed 
several wire break systems complete with multiple sensors types (known as sensor fusion). These are being monitored 24/7 
automatically, alerting the bridge owner when a crack is detected. Other services are offered, including internet and cloud data 
transfer, secure web sites and monitoring contracts that provide for “around the clock monitoring” and regular reports, which 
provide information on the status of the bridge and early detection of suspect areas that can be identified and repaired before an 
alarm is generated.  We continue to provide these monitoring services worldwide. 

Aerospace and Defense

The operational safety, reliability, structural integrity and maintenance of aircraft and associated products is critical to the 
aerospace and defense industries. Industry participants increasingly use asset protection solutions to perform inspections upon 
delivery, and also periodically employ asset protection solutions during the operational service of aircraft, using advanced 
ultrasonic immersion systems or digital radiography in order to precisely detect structural defects. Industry participants also use 
asset protection solutions for the inspection of advanced composites found in new classes of aircraft, x-ray of critical engine 
components, ultrasonic fatigue testing of complete aircraft structures, corrosion detection and on-board monitoring of landing 
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gear and other critical components. We expect increased demand for our solutions including our destructive testing business 
from the aerospace industry to result from wider use of these advanced composites and distributed on-line sensor networks and 
other embedded analytical applications built into the structure of assets to enable real-time performance monitoring and 
condition-based maintenance. We serve this rapidly growing target market by providing our state of the art fully integrated 
inspection systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For the OEM that prefers to outsource this inspection, we 
provide a full range of in-house services through our various regional facilities. These facilities have obtained numerous 
accreditations and certifications required to meet the stringent inspection criteria that the aerospace industry demands.

Industrial

The quality control requirements driven by the need for zero to low defect component tolerance within automated robotic 
intensive industries such as automotive, consumer electronics and medical industries, serve as key drivers for the recent growth 
of NDT technologies, such as ultrasonics and radiography. We expect that increasingly stringent quality control requirements 
and competitive forces will drive the demand for more costly finishing and polishing which, in turn, may promote greater use 
of NDT throughout the production lifecycle.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe the following competitive strengths contribute to our being a leading provider of asset protection solutions and will 
allow us to further capitalize on growth opportunities in our industry:

•  One Source Provider for Asset Protection Solutions® Worldwide. We believe we have the most comprehensive 
portfolio of proprietary and integrated asset protection solutions, including inspection and engineering services, 
products and systems worldwide, which positions us to be the leading single source provider for a customer’s asset 
protection requirements. Through our network of approximately 120 offices, supplemented by independent 
representatives in 14 countries around the world, we offer an extensive portfolio of solutions that enables our 
customers to consolidate all their inspection and maintenance requirements and the associated data storage and 
analytics on a single system that spans the customers’ entire enterprise.

• 

Long-Standing Trusted Provider to a Diversified and Growing Customer Base. By providing critical and reliable NDT 
services, products and systems for more than 30 years and expanding our asset protection solutions, we have become a 
trusted partner to a large and growing customer base across numerous infrastructure-intensive industries globally. Our 
customers include some of the largest and most well-recognized firms in the oil and gas, chemicals, fossil and nuclear 
power, and aerospace and defense industries as well as some of the largest public authorities.

•  Repository of Customer-Specific Inspection Data. Our enterprise data management and analysis software, PCMS, 
enables us to capture, warehouse, manage and analyze our customers’ testing and inspection data in a centralized 
relational database. As a result, we have accumulated large amounts of proprietary process data and information that 
allows us to provide our customers with value-added services, such as benchmarking, risk-based inspection and 
reliability centered maintenance solutions including predictive maintenance, inspection scheduling, data analytics and 
regulatory compliance.

•  Proprietary Products, Software and Technology Packages. We have developed systems that have become the 

cornerstone of several high value-added unique NDT applications, such as those used for the testing of above-ground 
storage tanks (the TANKPAC® technology package). These proprietary products allow us to efficiently and effectively 
provide highly valued solutions to our customers’ complex applications, resulting in a significant competitive 
advantage. In addition to the proprietary products and systems that we sell to customers on a stand-alone basis, we 
also develop a range of proprietary sensors, instruments, systems and software used exclusively by our Services 
segment.

•  Deep Domain Knowledge and Extensive Industry Experience. We are an industry leader in developing advanced asset 
protection solutions, including acoustic emission testing for non-intrusive on-line monitoring of storage tanks and 
pressure vessels, bridges and transformers, portable corrosion mapping, ultrasonic testing (UT) systems, on-line plant 
asset integrity management with sensor fusion, enterprise software solutions for plant-wide and fleet-wide inspection 
data archiving and management, advanced and thick composites inspection and ultrasonic phased array inspection of 
thick wall boilers.

•  Collaborating with Our Customers. Our asset protection solutions have historically been designed in response to our 

customers’ unique performance specifications and are supported by our proprietary technologies. Important 
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technology packages, such as TANKPAC for tank floor corrosion detection and Acoustic Turbine Monitoring System 
(ACTMS), were developed in close cooperation and partnership with key Mistras customers. Our sales and 
engineering teams work closely with our customers’ research and design staff during the design phase in order to 
incorporate our products into specified infrastructure projects, as well as with facilities maintenance personnel to 
ensure that we are able to provide the asset protection solutions necessary to meet these customers’ changing demands.

•  Experienced Management Team. Our management team has a track record of leadership in NDT, DT, PdM and 

engineering services, averaging over 20 years of experience in the industry. These individuals also have extensive 
experience in growing businesses organically and in acquiring and integrating companies, which we believe is 
important to facilitate future growth in the fragmented asset protection industry. In addition, our senior managers are 
supported by highly experienced managers who are responsible for delivering our solutions to customers.

Our Growth Strategy

Our growth strategy emphasizes the following key elements:

•  Continue to Develop Technology-Enabled Asset Protection Services, Products, Software and Systems. We intend to 
maintain and enhance our technological leadership by continuing to invest in the internal development of new 
services, products, software and systems. Our highly trained team of Ph.D.’s, engineers, application software 
developers and certified technicians has been instrumental in developing numerous significant asset protection 
standards. We believe their knowledge base will continue to enable us to innovate a wide range of new asset protection 
solutions.

• 

Increase Revenues from Our Existing Customers. Many of our customers are multinational corporations with asset 
protection requirements from multiple divisions at multiple locations across the globe. Currently, we believe we 
capture a relatively small portion of their overall expenditures on these solutions. We believe our superior services, 
products and systems, combined with the trend of outsourcing asset protection solutions to a small number of trusted 
service providers, position us to significantly expand both the number of divisions and locations that we serve as well 
as the types of solutions we provide. We strive to be the preferred global partner for our customers and aim to become 
the single source provider for their asset protection solution requirements.

•  Add New Customers in Existing Target Markets. Our current customer base represents a small fraction of the total 

number of companies in most of our target markets with asset protection requirements. Our scale, scope of products 
and services and expertise in creating technology-enabled solutions have allowed us to build a reputation for high-
quality and have increased customer awareness about us and our asset protection solutions. We intend to leverage our 
reputation and solutions offerings to win new customers within our existing target markets, especially as asset 
protection solutions are adopted internationally. We intend to continue to leverage our competitive strengths to win 
new business as customers in our existing target markets continue to seek a single source and trusted provider of 
advanced asset protection solutions.

•  Expand Our Customer Base into New End Markets. We believe we have significant opportunities to expand our 

customer base in relatively new end markets, including nuclear, wind turbine and other alternative energy and natural 
gas transportation industries and the market for public infrastructure, such as highways and bridges. The expansion of 
our addressable markets is being driven by the increased recognition and adoption of asset protection services, 
products and systems, and new NDT technologies enabling further applications in industries such as healthcare and 
compressed and liquefied natural gas transportation, and the aging of infrastructure, such as construction and loading 
cranes and ports, to the point where visual inspection has proven inadequate and new asset protection solutions are 
required. We expect to continue to expand our global sales organization, grow our inspection data management and 
data mining services and find new high-value applications. As companies in these emerging end markets realize the 
benefits of our asset protection solutions, we expect to expand our leadership position by addressing customer needs 
and winning new business.

•  Continue to Capitalize on Acquisitions. We intend to continue employing a disciplined acquisition strategy to broaden, 
complement and enhance our product and service offerings, add new customers and certified personnel, expand our 
sales channels, supplement our internal development efforts and accelerate our expected growth. We believe the 
market for asset protection solutions is highly fragmented with a large number of potential acquisition opportunities. 
We have a proven ability to integrate complementary businesses, as demonstrated by the success of our past 
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profitability. In addition, we often sell our advanced asset protection solutions to customers of companies we acquired 
that had previously relied on traditional NDT solutions.

Our Segments

The Company has three operating segments:

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• 

Services. This segment provides asset protection solutions predominantly in North America with the largest 
concentration in the United States along with a growing Canadian services business, consisting primarily of non-
destructive testing, and inspection and engineering services that are used to evaluate the structural integrity and 
reliability of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure.

International. This segment offers services, products and systems similar to those of our Services and Products and 
Systems segments to global markets, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America, but not to customers 
in China and South Korea, which are served by our Products and Systems segment.

•  Products and Systems. This segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services our asset protection products 

and systems, including equipment and instrumentation, predominantly in the United States.

For discussion of segment revenues, operating results and other financial information, including geographic areas in which we 
generated revenues, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 7, 
as well as Note 19 - Segment Disclosure in the notes to consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of this Report.

Our Solutions

We offer our customers “one source for asset protection solutions”® and are a leading global provider of technology-enabled 
asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity and reliability of critical energy, industrial and public 
infrastructure. We combine industry-leading products and technologies, expertise in MI, NDT, DT and PdM services, process 
and fixed asset engineering and consulting services,  and our world class enterprise inspection database management and 
analysis software PCMS, to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customized solutions, ranging from routine inspections to 
complex, plant-wide asset integrity management and assessments. We deliver our solutions through a combination of services 
and products and systems.

Our Services

Our Services segment provides a range of testing and inspection services to a diversified customer base across energy-related, 
industrial and public infrastructure industries. We either deploy our services directly at the customer’s location or through our 
own extensive network of field testing facilities. Our footprint allows us to provide asset protection solutions through local 
offices in close proximity to our customers, permitting us to keep response time, and travel, living and per diem costs to a 
minimum, while maximizing our ability to develop meaningful, collaborative customer relationships. Examples of our 
comprehensive portfolio of services include: testing components of new construction as they are built or assembled; providing 
corrosion monitoring data to help customers determine whether to repair or retire infrastructure; providing material analysis to 
ensure the integrity of infrastructure components; and supplying non-invasive on-stream techniques that enable our customers 
to pinpoint potential problem areas prior to failure. In addition, we also provide services to assist in the planning and 
scheduling of resources for repairs and maintenance activities. Our experienced inspection professionals perform these 
services, supported by our advanced proprietary software and hardware products. Examples of our services are discussed 
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Traditional NDT Services

Our certified personnel provide a range of traditional inspection services. For example, our visual inspections provide 
comprehensive assessments of the condition of our customers’ plant equipment during capital construction projects and 
maintenance shutdowns. Of the broad set of traditional NDT techniques that we provide, several lend themselves to integration 
with our other offerings and often serve as the initial entry point to more advanced customer engagements. For example, we 
provide a comprehensive program for the inspection of above-ground storage tanks designed to meet stringent industry 
standards for the inspection, repair, alteration and reconstruction of oil and petrochemical storage tanks. This program includes 
magnetic flux exclusion for the rapid detection of floor plate corrosion, advanced ultrasonic systems and leak detection of floor 
defects, remote ultrasonic crawlers for shell and roof inspections and trained, certified inspectors for visual inspection and 
documentation.

Advanced NDT Services

In addition to traditional NDT services, we provide a broad range of proprietary advanced NDT services that we offer on a 
stand-alone basis or in combination with software solutions such as our proprietary enterprise inspection data management and 
plant condition monitoring software and systems (PCMS). We also provide on-line monitoring capabilities and other solutions 
that enable the delivery of accurate and real-time information to our customers. Our advanced NDT services require more 
complex equipment and more skilled inspection professionals to operate this equipment and interpret test results. Some of the 
technologies and techniques we use include automated ultrasonic testing, guided ultrasonic long wave testing, phased array 
ultrasonic testing, risk-based inspection (RBI) and computed and digital radiography.

Mechanical Integrity Services

We provide a broad range of MI services that enable our customers to meet stringent regulatory requirements. These services 
increase plant safety, minimize unscheduled downtime and allow our customers to plan for, repair and replace critical 
components and systems before failure occurs. Our services are designed to complement a comprehensive predictive and 
preventative inspection and maintenance program that we can provide for our customers in addition to the MI services. 
Customers of our MI services have, in many instances, also licensed our PCMS software, which allows for the storage and 
analysis of data captured by our testing and inspection products and services, and implemented this solution to complement our 
inspection services.

As a result of the information captured by PCMS and its risk-based inspection software module, we are able to provide a 
professional service known as “Mechanical Integrity Gap Analysis” for process facilities. Our Mechanical Integrity Gap 
Analysis service offers insight into the level of plant readiness, how best to manage and monitor the integrity of process facility 
assets, and how to extend the useful lives of such assets. Our Mechanical Integrity Gap Analysis service also assists customers 
in benchmarking and managing their infrastructure through key performance indicators and other metrics.

Destructive Testing Services

We provide a wide range of destructive testing (DT) services. Hardness, stiffness and strength are a few key indicators drawn 
from destructive tests per customer specifications. DT is a strength of our subsidiary, Mistras-GMA in Germany, which 
specializes in an array of destructive testing applications utilized throughout the materials selection and approval process in the 
aerospace, automotive, chemical, oil and gas and power generation industries. Example testing includes:

•  Mechanical tests — Materials, specimens and even composites are subjected to increasing levels of tension, 

• 

compression, shear and peeling until failure. There are a number of variations of mechanical testing in which adding 
temperature, strain, unidirectional load or shear can provide useful results
Physical/Chemical — Used to examine specific material and thermal characteristics as well as chemical compositions, 
including differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), high performance liquid chromatography, fiber volume content and 
fourier transformation infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

•  Materialography — Gives an insight into the geometries of structural composites, which presents an inside track with 

regards to determining failure mechanisms and asset lifespan expectations.

Our Products and Systems

We provide a range of acoustic emission (AE) products and are a leader in the design and manufacture of AE sensors, 
instruments and turn-key systems used for monitoring and testing materials, pressure components, processes and structures. 
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electronics, knowledge-based software and decision and feedback electronics, we can also sell these as individual components 
to certain customers that have the in-house expertise to perform their own services. Our sensors “listen” to structures and 
materials to detect real-time AE activity and to determine the presence of active corrosion, crack propagation and other 
structural flaws in the inspected materials. Such components include pressure vessels, storage tanks, heat exchangers, piping, 
turbine blades and reactors.

In addition, we provide leak monitoring and detection systems used in diverse applications, including the detection and location 
of both gaseous and liquid leaks in valves, vessels, pipelines, boilers and tanks. AE leak monitoring and detection, when 
applied in a systematic preventive maintenance program, has proven to substantially reduce costs by eliminating the need for 
visual valve inspection and unscheduled down-time. 

We design, manufacture and market a complete line of ultrasonic equipment. While AE technology detects flaws and pinpoints 
their location, our UT technology has the ability to size defects in three-dimensional geometric representations. Our line of UT 
systems include various Automated UT scanners, our unique portable UT handheld and tablet systems with motion control to 
run our many inspection scanners, and our immersion systems ranging from small bench top units to large UT systems over 
55 feet long and large production unit gantry systems.

We provide a wide array of digital radiographic systems to solve specific industrial problems, including Computed 
Radiography (CR), Real-Time Radiography (RTR), Direct Radiography (DR), and Computed Tomography (CT). Digital 
Radiography is one of the newest forms of radiographic imaging. Thickness profiles of piping systems, both insulated and un-
insulated, are performed using computed radiography, while large production runs of smaller parts are inspected using direct 
radiography. Real time radiography is utilized for large “real time” inspections of insulated piping systems to identify areas of 
pipe degradation.

Technology Solutions

In order to address some of the more common problems faced by our customers, we have developed a number of robust 
technology solutions. These packages generally allow more rapid and effective testing of infrastructure because they minimize 
the need for service professionals to customize and integrate asset protection solutions with the infrastructure and interpret test 
results. These packaged solutions use proprietary and specialized testing procedures and hardware, advanced pattern 
recognition, neural network software and databases to compare test results against our prior testing data or national and 
international structural integrity standards. One such package is our ACTMS (Acoustic Combustion Turbine Monitoring 
System), an on-line system to detect stator blade cracks in gas turbines. Others include TANKPAC for tank inspections, 
POWERPAC for monitoring discharges in critical power grid transformers, and the AMS boiler tube leak detection and 
location monitoring system.

Software Solutions

Our software solutions are designed to meet the demands of our customers inspection data management, risk management, data 
analysis and asset integrity management requirements. We address these requirements using best in class database management 
systems and applying enterprise based inspection and data management applications. We apply our comprehensive portfolio of 
customized Acoustic Emission and Ultrasonic application-specific software products to cover a broad range of materials testing 
and analysis methods, for neural networks, pattern recognition, wavelet analysis and moment tensor analysis. Some of the key 
software solutions we offer include:

• 

• 

PCMS enterprise software: A leading inspection data management system for supporting asset protection and 
reliability
ISOTRAC: A multiphase methodology to illustrate in 3-D each element of a plant to help develop an overall asset 
integrity management program that meets or exceeds compliance with current MI standards and regulations

Our PCMS application is an enterprise software system that allows for the collection, storage and analysis of data as captured 
by our testing and inspection products and services and convert it to valuable information for our plant personnel and plant 
management. PCMS allows our customers to design and develop asset integrity management monitoring plans that include:

• 
• 

• 

optimal systematic testing schedules for their infrastructure based on real-time data captured by our sensors;
alerts that notify customers when to perform special testing services on suspect areas, enabling them to identify and 
resolve flaws on a timely basis by using our PCMS risk-based inspection (RBI) software module; and
schedules for the maintenance and retirement of assets.

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PCMS also offers advantages by allowing the information it develops and stores to be organized, linked and synchronized with 
enterprise software systems such as SAP and IBM’s Maximo. We believe PCMS is one of the more widely used plant condition 
management software systems in the world and we estimate it is currently used by more than 40% of U.S. refineries, by 
capacity. This provides us not only with recurring maintenance and support fees, but also marketing opportunities for additional 
software, asset integrity management and other asset protection solutions. PCMS has also been chosen and installed by leading 
midstream pipeline energy companies and major energy companies in Canada and Europe.

We also offer other software solutions, such as our Advanced Data Analysis Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks Software 
(NOESIS), which enables our AE experts to develop automated remote monitoring systems for our customers, and our Loose 
Parts Monitoring Software (LPMS), which is a software program for monitoring, detecting and evaluating metallic loose parts 
in nuclear reactor coolant systems in accordance with strict industry standards.

Engineering and Consulting Services

In addition to software and advanced technologies, Mistras also provides professional engineering and consulting services that 
is organized under our Asset Integrity Management Services (AIMS) group. Asset integrity management refers to the 
management system that enables plant owners to maintain the integrity of its assets in a fit for service condition for the desired 
life of the assets, as well as optimize the assets that are part of a process unit. Our engineering and consulting support 
capabilities include plant operations support, turn-around planning, project planning, management and execution, facilities 
planning studies, engineering design, safety reviews, plant operations improvement and optimization evaluations, and technical 
training.

On-line Monitoring

Our on-line monitoring offerings combine all of our asset protection services, products and systems. We provide temporary, 
periodic and continuous monitoring of static infrastructures such as bridges, pipes, and transformers, as well as dynamic or 
rotating assets such as pumps, motors, gearboxes, steam and gas turbines. Temporary monitoring is typically used when there is 
a known defect or problem and the condition needs to be monitored until repaired or new equipment can be placed in service. 
Periodic monitoring, or “walk around” monitoring, is used as a preventative maintenance tool to take machine and device 
readings, on a periodic basis, to observe any change in the assets’ condition, such as increased vibration or unusual heat buildup 
and dissipation. Continuous monitoring is applied “24/7” on critical assets to observe the earliest onset of a defect and to track 
its progression to avoid catastrophic failure.

Centers of Excellence

Another differentiator in our business model is the formation of our Centers of Excellence (COEs), which we consider to be 
incubators of inspection technology. The COEs are focused around target applications in our key market segments. They are 
supported by subject matter experts that will engage in strategic sales opportunities offering customers value-added solutions 
using advanced technologies and methods providing oversight, management and consultation. The COEs have a blueprint for 
their areas that can be replicated throughout the world by delivering procedures, equipment, reports, certifications, etc. ensuring 
a standardized approach to implementation yielding higher margin business.

Customers

We provide our asset protection solutions to a global customer base of diverse companies primarily in our target markets. One 
customer, BP plc., accounted for approximately 10% of our total revenues for fiscal 2016.   No customer accounted for more 
than 10% of our revenues in fiscal 2015 or 2014.

Geographic Areas

We conduct our business in 14 different countries. Our revenues are primarily derived from our U.S., Canadian and European 
operations. See Note 19 — Segment Disclosure to the consolidated financial statements in this report for further disclosure of 
our revenues, long-lived assets and other financial information regarding our international operations.

Seasonality

Our business is seasonal. This seasonality relates primarily to our Services segment. Our first and third fiscal quarter revenues 
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asset protection solutions from the oil and gas as well as the fossil and nuclear power industries increases during their non-peak 
production periods. Because we are increasing our work in the second and fourth fiscal quarters, our cash flows are lower in 
those quarters than in our first and third quarters, as collections of receivables lag behind revenues. For instance, U.S. 
refineries’ non-peak periods are generally in our second fiscal quarter, when they are retooling to produce more heating oil for 
winter, and in our fourth fiscal quarter, when they are retooling to produce more gasoline for summer. Our quarterly Services 
segment revenues for fiscal 2016, as a percentage of total Services revenues for fiscal 2016, were 25% (first quarter), 27% 
(second quarter), 22% (third quarter), and 26% (fourth quarter). We expect that this seasonality will continue.

Competition

We operate in a highly competitive, but fragmented, market. Our primary competitors are divisions of large companies, and 
many of our other competitors are small companies, limited to a specific product or technology and focused on a niche market 
or geographic region. We believe that none of our competitors currently provides the full range of asset protection and NDT 
products, enterprise software (PCMS) and the traditional and advanced services solutions that we offer. Our competition with 
respect to NDT services include the Acuren division of Rockwood Service Corporation, SGS Group, the Team Qualspec 
division of Team, Inc. and APPLUS RTD. Our competition with respect to our PCMS software includes UltraPIPE, Lloyd’s 
Register Capstone, Inc. and Meridium Systems. Our competition with respect to our ultrasonic and radiography products are 
GE Inspection Technologies and Olympus NDT. In the traditional NDT market, we believe the principal competitive factors 
include project management, availability of qualified personnel, execution, price, reputation and quality. In the advanced NDT 
market, reputation, quality and size are more significant competitive factors than price. We believe that the NDT market has 
significant barriers to entry which would make it difficult for new competitors to enter the market. These barriers include: 
(1) having to acquire or develop advanced NDT services, products and systems technologies, which in our case occurred over 
many years of customer engagements and at significant internal research and development expense, (2) complex regulations 
and safety codes that require significant industry experience, (3) license requirements and evolved quality and safety programs, 
(4) costly and time-consuming certification processes, (5) capital requirements and (6) emphasis by large customers on size and 
critical mass, length of relationship and past service record.

Sales and Marketing

We sell our asset protection solutions through our experienced and highly trained direct sales and marketing teams within all of 
our offices worldwide. In addition, our project and laboratory managers as well as our management are trained on our solutions 
and often are the source of sales leads and customer contacts. Our direct sales and marketing teams work closely with our 
customers’ research and design personnel, reliability engineers and facilities maintenance engineers to demonstrate the benefits 
and capabilities of our asset protection solutions, refine our asset protection solutions based on changing market and customer 
needs and identify potential sales opportunities. We divide our sales and marketing efforts into services sales, products and 
systems sales and marketing and utilize a robust CRM system to collect, manage and collaborate customer information with our 
teams globally. Our CRM also provides critical data to provide accurate forecasting and reporting.  

Manufacturing

Most of our hardware products are manufactured in our Princeton Junction, New Jersey facility. Our Princeton Junction facility 
includes the capabilities and personnel to fully produce all of our AE products, NDT Automation Ultrasonic equipment and 
Vibra-Metrics vibration sensing products and systems. We recently expanded our manufacturing facilities to handle the 
assembly and manufacturing of our larger UT systems due to growth in this segment. Certain other hardware is manufactured 
by a third party and then loaded by us with our proprietary software. We also design and manufacture automated ultrasonic 
systems and scanners in France.

Intellectual Property

Our success depends, in part, on our ability to maintain and protect our proprietary technology and to conduct our business 
without infringing on the proprietary rights of others. We utilize a combination of intellectual property safeguards, including 
patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as employee and third-party confidentiality agreements, to protect our 
intellectual property.

As of May 31, 2016, we held 6 patents (by direct ownership or exclusive licensing), all in the United States, which will expire 
at various times between fiscal 2017 and 2026, and license certain other patents. However, we do not principally rely on these 
patents or licenses to provide our proprietary asset protection solutions. Our trademarks and service marks provide us and our 
products and services with a certain amount of brand recognition in our markets. We do not consider any single patent, 
trademark or service mark material to our financial condition or results of operations.

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As of May 31, 2016, the primary trademarks and service marks that we held in the United States included Mistras® and our 
stylized globe design. Other trademarks or service marks that we utilize in localized markets or product advertising include 
PCMS®, Physical Acoustics Corporation and the PAC logo, Ropeworks®, NOESIS, Pocket AE®, Pocket UT®
AEwinPost, UTwin®, UTIA, LST, Vibra-Metrics®, Field CAL®, MONPAC, PERFPAC, TANKPAC® , Valve-Squeak®,VPAC, 
POWERPAC, Sensor Highway, QSL, NDT Automation, and One Source for Asset Projection Solutions®.

, AEwin®, 

Many elements of our asset protection solutions involve proprietary know-how, technology or data that are not covered by 
patents or patent applications because they are not patentable, or patents covering them would be difficult to enforce, including 
technical processes, equipment designs, algorithms and procedures. We believe that this proprietary know-how, technology and 
data is the most important component of our intellectual property assets used in our asset protection solutions, and is a primary 
differentiator of our asset protection solutions from those of our competitors. We rely on various trade secret protection 
techniques and agreements with our customers, service providers and vendors to protect these assets. All of our employees are 
subject to confidentiality requirements through our employee handbook. In addition, employees in our Products and Systems 
segment and our other employees involved in the development of our intellectual property have entered into confidentiality and 
proprietary information agreements with us. Our employee handbook and these agreements require our employees not to use or 
disclose our confidential information, to assign to us all of the inventions, designs and technologies they develop during the 
course of employment with us, and otherwise address intellectual property protection issues. We also seek confidentiality 
agreements from our customers and business partners before we disclose any sensitive aspects of our asset protection solutions 
technology or business strategies. We are not currently involved in any material intellectual property claims.

Research and Development

Our research and development is principally conducted by engineers and scientists at our Princeton Junction, New Jersey 
headquarters, and supplemented by other employees in the United States and throughout the world, including France, Greece, 
and the United Kingdom, who have other primary responsibilities. Our total professional staff includes employees who hold 
Ph.D.’s and engineers and employees who hold Level III certification, the highest level of certification from the American 
Society of Non-Destructive Testing.

We work with customers to develop new products or applications for our technology. Research and development expenses are 
reflected on our consolidated statements of income as research and engineering expenses. Our company-sponsored research 
and engineering expenses were approximately $2.5 million, $2.5 million and $3.0 million for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, 
respectively. While we have historically funded most of our research and development expenditures, from time to time we also 
receive customer-sponsored research and development funding. We also have paid research contracts in Greece, Brazil, France, 
the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, for various industries and applications, including testing of new composites, 
detecting crack propagation and wireless and communications technologies, as well as the development of permanently 
embedded inspection systems using acoustic emission and acousto-ultrasonics to provide continuous on-line in-service full 
coverage monitoring of critical structural components. Most of the projects are in our target markets; however, a few of the 
projects could lead to other future market opportunities.

Employees

Providing our asset protection solutions requires a highly-skilled and technically proficient employee base. As of May 31, 
2016, we had approximately 5,700 employees worldwide, of which approximately 65% were based in the United States. Less 
than 10% of our employees in the United States are unionized. We believe that we have good relations with our employees.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to numerous environmental, legal and regulatory requirements related to our operations worldwide. In the 
United States, these laws and regulations include, among others: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act, the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 
the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, and applicable regulations. 
In addition to the federal laws and regulations, states and other countries where we do business often have numerous 
environmental, legal and regulatory requirements by which we must abide. We evaluate and address the environmental impact 
of our operations by assessing properties in order to avoid future liabilities and comply with environmental, legal and 
regulatory requirements.

We received a notice in May 2015 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) performed a preliminary assessment 
of a leased facility we operate in Cudahy, California. Based upon the preliminary assessment, the EPA would like to conduct an 
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investigation of the site, which would include taking groundwater and soil samples. The purpose of the investigation is to 
determine whether any hazardous materials were released from the facility. We have been informed that certain hazardous 
materials and pollutants have been found in the ground water in the general vicinity of the site and the EPA is attempting to 
ascertain the origination or source of these materials and pollutants. Given the historic industrial use of the site, the EPA 
determined that the site of our Cudahy facility should be examined along with numerous other sites in the vicinity. At this time, 
we are not able to determine whether we have any liability in connection with this matter and if so, the amount or range of any 
such liability.  

Our Website and Available Information

Our website address is www.mistrasgroup.com. We file reports with the SEC, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, 
Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Current Reports on Form 8-K and Proxy Statements. All of the materials we file with or furnish 
to the SEC are available free of charge on our website at http://investors.mistrasgroup.com/sec.cfm, as soon as reasonably 
practicable after having been electronically submitted to the SEC. Information contained on or connected to our website is not 
incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K and should not be considered part of this report or any other 
filing with the SEC. All of our SEC filings are also available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, materials we file 
with the SEC may be read and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The 
public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330.

Executive Officers

The following are our executive officers and other key employees as of May 31, 2016 and their background and experience:

Name
Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos
Dennis Bertolotti
Mark F. Carlos
Michael C. Keefe
Michael J. Lange

Jonathan H. Wolk

Age
70
56
64
59
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Position

Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Group Executive Vice President, Services America
Group Executive Vice President, Products and Systems
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Vice Chairman, Group Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and
Business Development, and Director

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Subsequent to May 31, 2016, Dennis Bertolotti became President and Chief Operating Officer, Jonathan H. Wolk became 
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and Michael J. Lange became Vice Chairman, Senior 
Group Executive Vice President of Global Business Development, Marketing & Strategic Planning, and Director. 

Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos has been our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since he founded Mistras in 1978 
under the name Physical Acoustics Corporation. Prior to joining Mistras, Dr. Vahaviolos worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories. 
Dr. Vahaviolos received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and graduated first in his engineering class from Fairleigh Dickinson 
University and received Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Philosophy and a Ph.D. (EE) from the Columbia 
University School of Engineering. During Dr. Vahaviolos’ career in non-destructive testing, he has been elected Fellow of The 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a member of The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) where 
he served as its President from 1992-1993 and its Chairman from 1993-1994, a member of Acoustic Emission Working Group 
(AEWG) and an honorary life member of the International Committee for Nondestructive Testing. Additionally, he was the 
recipient of ASNT’s Gold Medal in 2001 and AEWG’s Gold Medal in 2005. He was also one of the six founders of NDT 
Academia International in 2008 headquartered in Brescia, Italy.

Dennis Bertolotti joined Mistras when Conam Inspection Services was acquired in 2003, where Mr. Bertolotti was a Vice 
President at the time of the acquisition. Mr. Bertolotti has been in the NDT business for over 30 years, and previously held 
ASNT Level III certifications and various American Petroleum Institute, or API, certifications, and received his Associate of 
Science degree in NDT from Moraine Valley Community College in 1983. Mr. Bertolotti has also received a Bachelor of 
Science and MBA from Otterbein College.

Mark F. Carlos joined Mistras at its founding in 1978. Prior to joining Mistras, Mr. Carlos worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories. 
Mr. Carlos received a MBA from Rider University and a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. 
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and Materials’ NDT Standards Writing Committee E-07 and was the recipient of its prestigious Charles W. Briggs Award in 
2007.

Michael C. Keefe joined Mistras in December 2009. Most recently before Mistras, Mr. Keefe worked at International Fight 
League, a publicly-traded sports promotion company, from 2007 until 2009, in various executive positions. From 1990 until 
2006, Mr. Keefe served in various legal roles with Lucent Technologies and AT&T, the last four years as Vice President, 
Corporate and Securities Law and Assistant Secretary. Mr. Keefe received a BS in Business Administration (Accounting) from 
Seton Hall University and a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.

Michael J. Lange joined Mistras when we acquired Quality Services Laboratories in November 2000, and was elected a 
Director in 2003. Mr. Lange is a well-recognized authority in Radiography and has held an ASNT Level III Certificate for 
almost 20 years. Mr. Lange received an Associate of Science degree in NDT from the Spartan School of Aeronautics in 1979.

Jonathan H. Wolk joined us in November 2013. Prior to joining Mistras, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial 
Officer and Secretary of American Woodmark Corporation from 2004 until August 2013. Prior to American Woodmark, he 
served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Tradecard, Inc., from 2000 to 2004, and was the global controller of GE 
Capital Real Estate from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Wolk started his career in public accounting at KPMG, received his B.S. in 
accounting from State University of New York-Albany and is a certified public accountant.

Our executive officers are elected by, and serve at the discretion of, our board of directors. There are no family relationships 
among any of our directors or executive officers.

ITEM 1A.                                       RISK FACTORS

This section describes the major risks to us, our business and our common stock. You should carefully read and consider the 
risks described below, together with the other information contained in this Annual Report, including our financial statements 
and the notes thereto and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”(MD&A) 
before making an investment decision. The statements contained in this section constitute cautionary statements under the 
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results 
of operations and future growth prospects may be adversely affected. As a result, the trading price of our common stock would 
likely decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or 
identify all risk factors that could impact us. Accordingly, you should not consider the following to be a complete discussion of 
all risks and uncertainties pertaining to us and our common stock.

Risks Related to Our Business

Our growth strategy includes acquisitions. We may not be able to identify suitable acquisition candidates or integrate 
acquired businesses successfully, which may adversely impact our results.  Furthermore, acquisitions that we do complete 
could expose us to a number of unanticipated operational and financial risks.

A significant factor in our growth has been and will continue to be based upon our ability to make acquisitions and successfully 
integrate these acquired businesses.  We intend to continue to seek additional acquisition opportunities, both to expand into new 
markets and to enhance our position in existing markets.  This strategy has provided us with many benefits and has helped fuel 
our growth, but also carries with it many risks.  Some of the risks associated with our acquisition strategy include:

•  whether we successfully identify suitable acquisition candidates, negotiate appropriate acquisition terms, and complete 

proposed acquisitions

•  whether we can successfully integrate acquired businesses into our current operations, including our accounting, 

internal control and information technology systems, marketing and other key infrastructure

•  whether we can adequately capture opportunities that an acquired business may offer, including the expansion into 

new markets in which we have no prior experience

•  whether we value an acquired business properly when determining the purchase price, terms and whether we are able 

to achieve the returns on the investment we expect

•  whether an acquired business can achieve levels of revenues, profitability, productivity or cost savings we expect

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•  whether an acquired business is compatible with our culture and philosophy of doing business

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unexpected loss of key personnel and customers of an acquired business;

the assumption of liabilities and risks (including environmental-related costs) of an acquired business, some of which 
may not be anticipated; and

the potential disruption of our ongoing business and distraction of management and other personnel of us and the 
acquired business resulting from the efforts to acquire then integrate an acquired business

Our ability to undertake acquisitions is limited by our financial resources, including available cash and borrowing capacity. 
Future acquisitions could result in potentially dilutive issuances of equity securities, the incurrence of substantial additional 
indebtedness and other expenses, any of which could adversely impact our financial condition and results of operations. 
Although management intends to: (i) evaluate the risks inherent in any particular transaction, (ii) assume only risks 
management believes to be acceptable, and (iii) develop plans to mitigate such risks, there are no assurances that we will 
properly ascertain or accurately assess the extent of all such risks.  Difficulties encountered with acquisitions may adversely 
impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, we have a significant amount of goodwill and other intangible assets on our balance sheet as a result of our 
acquisitions.  This will increase as we complete more acquisitions.  If our acquisitions do not perform as planned and we do not 
realize the benefits and profitability we expect, we could incur significant write-downs and impairment charges to our earnings 
due to the impairment of the goodwill and other intangible assets we have acquired.

Our international operations are subject to risks relating to non-U.S. operations.

In fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 we generated approximately 28%, 31% and 35% of our revenues outside the United States, 
respectively. We may choose to increase our international presence over time. Our primary operations outside the United States 
are in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Brazil. We also have operations in the Netherlands, India, Belgium 
and Switzerland. There are numerous risks inherent in doing business in international markets, including:

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fluctuations in currency exchange rates and interest rates;

varying regional and geopolitical business and economic conditions and demands;

compliance with applicable foreign regulations and licensing requirements, and U.S. laws and regulation with respect 
to our business in other countries, including export controls and anti-bribery laws;

the cost and uncertainty of obtaining data and creating solutions that are relevant to particular geographic markets;

the need to provide sufficient levels of technical support in different locations;

the complexity of maintaining effective policies and procedures in locations around the world;

political instability and civil unrest;

restrictions or limitations on outsourcing contracts or services abroad;

the impact of the United Kingdom exiting the European Union;

restrictions or limitations on the repatriation of funds; and

potentially adverse tax consequences.

Due to our dependency on customers in the oil and gas industry, we are susceptible to prolonged negative trends relating to 
this industry that could adversely affect our operating results.

Our customers in the oil and gas industry (including the petrochemical market) have accounted for a substantial portion of our 
historical revenues. Specifically, they accounted for approximately 56%, 52% and 49% of our revenues for fiscal 2016, 2015 
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still receive approximately half of our revenues from this industry. While our services are vital to the operators of plants and 
refineries, economic slowdowns or reductions in oil prices could result in cutbacks in contracts for our services. If the oil and 
gas industry were to suffer a prolonged or significant downturn, our revenues, profits and cash flows may be reduced. While we 
continue to expand our market presence in the power generation and transmission, and the chemical processing industries, 
among others, these markets are also cyclical in nature and as such, are subject to economic downturns.

We expect to continue expanding and our success depends on how effectively we manage our growth.

We expect to continue experiencing growth in the number of employees and the scope of our operations. To effectively manage 
our anticipated future growth, we must continue to implement and improve our managerial, operational, compliance, financial 
and reporting systems and capabilities, expand our facilities and continue to recruit and train additional qualified personnel. We 
expect that all of these measures will require significant expenditures and will demand the attention of management. Failure to 
manage our growth effectively could lead us to over or under-invest in technology and operations, result in weaknesses in our 
infrastructure, systems, compliance programs or controls, give rise to operational mistakes, loss of business opportunities, the 
loss of employees and reduced productivity among remaining employees. Our expected growth could require significant capital 
expenditures and may divert financial resources from other projects, such as the development of new solutions. If our 
management is unable to effectively manage our expected growth, our expenses may increase more than expected, our profit 
margins may suffer, our revenues could decline or may grow more slowly than expected and we may be unable to implement 
our business strategy as anticipated.

Our operating results could be adversely affected by a reduction in business with our significant customers.

We derive a significant amount of revenues from a few customers. For instance, various divisions or business units of our 
largest customer were responsible for approximately 10% of our revenues for fiscal 2016. Taken as a group, our top ten 
customers were responsible for approximately 36%, 33% and 38% of our revenues for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. 
This concentration pertains almost exclusively to our Services segment, which accounted for more than 70% of our revenues 
for each of the last three fiscal years and are primarily in the oil and gas sector. Generally, our customers do not have an 
obligation to make purchases from us and may stop ordering our products and services or may terminate existing orders or 
contracts at any time with little or no financial penalty. The loss of any of our significant customers, any substantial decline in 
sales to these customers or any significant change in the timing or volume of purchases by our customers could result in lower 
revenues and could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations.

An accident or incident involving our asset protection solutions could expose us to claims, harm our reputation and 
adversely affect our ability to compete for business and, as a result, harm our operating performance.

We could be exposed to liabilities arising out of the solutions we provide. For instance, we furnish the results of our testing and 
inspections for use by our customers in their assessment of their assets, facilities, plants and other structures. If such results 
were to be incorrect or incomplete, as a result of, for instance, poorly designed inspections, malfunctioning testing equipment 
or our employees’ failure to adequately test or properly record data, we could be subject to claims. Further, if an accident or 
incident involving a structure we tested occurs and causes personal injuries or property damage, such as the collapse of a bridge 
or an explosion in a facility, and particularly if these injuries or damages could have been prevented by our customers had we 
provided them with correct or complete results, we may face significant claims relating to personal injury, property damage or 
other losses. Even if our results are correct and complete, we may face claims for such injuries or damage simply because we 
tested the structure or facility in question. While we do have insurance, our insurance coverage may not be adequate to cover 
the damages from any such claims, forcing us to bear these uninsured damages directly, which could harm our operating results 
and may result in additional expenses and possible loss of revenues. An accident or incident for which we are found partially or 
fully responsible, even if fully insured, or even an incident at a customer for which we provide services although we were 
found not to be responsible, may also result in negative publicity, which would harm our reputation among our customers and 
the public, cause us to lose existing and future contracts or make it more difficult for us to compete effectively, thereby 
significantly harming our operating performance. In addition, the occurrence of an accident or incident might also make it more 
expensive or extremely difficult for us to insure against similar events in the future.

Many of the sites at which we work are inherently dangerous workplaces.  If we fail to maintain a safe work environment, 
we may incur losses and lose business.

Many of our customers, particularly in the oil and gas and chemical industries, require their inspectors and other contractors 
working at their facilities to have good safety records because of the inherent danger at these sites.  If our employees are injured 
at the work place, we will incur costs for the injuries and lost productivity.  In addition, safety records are impacted by the 
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required by our customers, or compares unfavorably to our competitors, we could lose business, be prevented from working at 
certain facilities or suffer other adverse consequences, all of which could negatively impact our business, revenues, reputation 
and profitability.

Most of our computer and communications hardware is located at a single facility, the failure of which would harm our 
business and results of operations.

Most of our computer and communications hardware is located at a single facility. We have a back-up data-center and storage 
in a different geographic area. Should a natural disaster or some other event occur that damages our primary data center or 
significantly disrupts its operation, such as human error, fire, flood, power loss, telecommunications failure, break-ins, terrorist 
attacks, acts of war and similar events, we could suffer temporary interruption of key functions and capabilities before the 
back-up facility is fully operational.

If we are unable to attract and retain a sufficient number of trained certified technicians, engineers and scientists at 
competitive wages, our operational performance may be harmed and our costs may increase.

We believe that our success depends, in part, upon our ability to attract, develop and retain a sufficient number of trained 
certified technicians, engineers and scientists at competitive wages. The demand for such employees fluctuates as the demand 
for NDT and inspection services fluctuate.  There is a reduced demand for technicians because of a slowdown of spending in 
the oil and gas industry. However, if the demand for qualified technicians increases, we will likely experience increased labor 
costs. The markets for our products and services require us to use personnel trained and certified in accordance with standards 
set by domestic or international standard-setting bodies, such as the American Society of Non-Destructive Testing or the 
American Petroleum Institute. Because of the limited supply of these certified technicians, we expend substantial resources 
maintaining in-house training and certification programs. If we fail to attract sufficient new personnel or fail to motivate and 
retain our current personnel, our ability to perform under existing contracts and orders or to pursue new business may be 
harmed, preventing us from growing our business or causing us to lose customers and revenues, and the costs of performing 
such contracts and orders may increase, which would likely reduce our margins.

We operate in competitive markets and if we are unable to compete successfully, we could lose market share and revenues 
and our margins could decline.

We face strong competition from NDT and a variety of niche asset protection providers, both larger and smaller than we are. 
Some of our competitors have greater financial resources than we do and could focus their substantial financial resources to 
develop a competing business model or develop products or services that are more attractive to potential customers than what 
we offer. Some of our competitors are business units of companies substantially larger than us and could attempt to combine 
asset protection solutions into an integrated offering to customers who already purchase other types of products or services 
from them. Our competitors may offer asset protection solutions at lower prices than ours in order to attempt to gain market 
share. Smaller niche competitors with small customer bases could be aggressive in their pricing in order to retain customers. 
These competitive factors could reduce our market share, revenues and profits.

Events such as natural disasters, industrial accidents, epidemics, war and acts of terrorism, and adverse weather conditions 
could disrupt our business or the business of our customers, which could significantly harm our operations, financial 
results and cash flow.

Our operations and those of our customers are susceptible to the occurrence of catastrophic events outside our control, ranging 
from severe weather conditions to acts of war and terrorism. Any such events could cause a serious business disruption that 
reduces our customers’ need or interest in purchasing our asset protection solutions. For example, significant wild fires in the 
Fort McMurray vicinity in Canada resulted in a reduction in revenue and earnings for our Canadian operations in the fourth 
quarter of fiscal 2016.  In the past, such events have resulted in order cancellations and delays because customer equipment, 
facilities or operations have been damaged, or are not then operational or available. A large portion of our customer base has 
operations in the Gulf of Mexico, which is subject to hurricanes in the first and second quarters of our fiscal year. Hurricane-
related disruptions to our customers’ operations have adversely affected our revenues in the past. Such events in the future may 
result in substantial delays in the provision of solutions to our customers and the loss of valuable equipment. In addition, our 
third quarter fiscal results can be adversely impacted by severe winter weather conditions, which can result in lost work days 
and temporary closures of customer facilities or outdoor projects.  Any cancellations, delays or losses due to such events may 
significantly reduce our revenues and harm our operating performance.

If we lose key members of our senior management team upon whom we are dependent, we may be less effective in 
managing our operations and may have more difficulty achieving our strategic objectives.

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Our future success depends to a considerable degree upon the availability, contributions, vision, skills, experience and effort of 
our senior management team. We have in place various compensation programs, such as an annual cash incentive program, 
equity incentive program and a severance policy, each designed to incentivize and retain our key senior managers. We have also 
made changes to our senior management structure so that executive officers other than our founder, Dr. Sotirios Vahaviolos, 
provide executive leadership for operational, business development and strategy matters. At this time, we do not have any 
reason to believe that we may lose the services of any of these key persons in the foreseeable future and we believe our 
compensation programs will help us retain these individuals. We believe we have sufficient depth in our executive management 
to continue our success if we were to lose the services of an executive.  However, an unplanned loss or interruption of the 
service of two or more key members of our senior management team could harm our business, financial condition and results 
of operations and could significantly reduce our ability to manage our operations and implement our strategy.

Deteriorations in economic conditions in certain markets or other factors may cause us to recognize impairment charges for 
our goodwill.

As of May 31, 2016, the carrying amount of our goodwill was approximately $169 million, of which approximately $36 
million relates to our International segment. A significant portion of our international operations are concentrated in Europe and 
Brazil. Significant deterioration in industry or economic conditions in which we operate, disruptions to our business, not 
effectively integrating acquired businesses, or other factors, may cause impairment charges to goodwill in future periods.

The success of our businesses depends, in part, on our ability to develop new asset protection solutions, increase the 
functionality of our current offerings and meet the needs and demands of our customers.

The market for asset protection solutions is impacted by technological change, uncertain product lifecycles, shifts in customer 
demands and evolving industry standards and regulations. We may not be able to successfully develop and market new asset 
protection solutions that comply with present or emerging industry regulations and technology standards. Also, new regulations 
or technology standards could increase our cost of doing business.

From time to time, our customers have requested greater value and functionality in our solutions. As part of our strategy to 
enhance our asset protection solutions and grow our business, we continue to make investments in the research and 
development of new technologies, inspection tools and methodologies. We believe our future success will depend, in part, on 
our ability to continue to design new, competitive and broader asset protection solutions, enhance our current solutions and 
provide new, value-added services. Many traditional NDT and inspection services are subject to price competition by our 
customers. Accordingly, the need to demonstrate our value-added services is becoming more important. Developing new 
solutions will require continued investment, and we may experience unforeseen technological or operational challenges. In 
addition, our asset protection software is complex and can be expensive to develop, and new software and software 
enhancements can require long development and testing periods. If we are unable to develop new asset protection solutions or 
enhancements that meet market demands on a timely basis, we may experience a loss of customers or otherwise be likely to 
lose opportunities to earn revenues and to gain customers or access to markets, and our business and results of operations will 
be adversely affected.

Even if we develop new solutions, if our customers, or potential customers, do not see the value our solutions have over 
competing products and services, our operating results could be adversely impacted. In addition, because the asset protection 
solutions industry is rapidly evolving, we could lose insight into trends that may be emerging, which would further harm our 
competitive position by making it difficult to predict and respond to customer needs. If the market for our asset protection 
solutions does not continue to develop, our ability to grow our business would be limited and we might not be able to maintain 
profitability. If we cannot convince our customers of the advantages and value of our advanced NDT services we could lose 
large contracts or suffer lower profit margin.

If our software or system produces inaccurate information or are incompatible with the systems used by our customers and 
make us unable to successfully provide our solutions, it could lead to a loss of revenues and customers.

Our software and systems are complex and, accordingly, may contain undetected errors or failures. Software or system defects 
or inaccurate data may cause incorrect recording, reporting or display of information related to our asset protection solutions. 
Any such failures, defects and inaccurate data may prevent us from successfully providing our asset protection solutions, which 
could result in lost revenues. Software or system defects or inaccurate data may lead to customer dissatisfaction and could 
cause our customers to seek to hold us liable for any damages incurred. As a result, we could lose customers, our reputation 
may be harmed and our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

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We currently serve a commercial, industrial and governmental customer base that uses a wide variety of constantly changing 
hardware, software solutions and operating systems. Our asset protection solutions need to interface with these non-standard 
systems in order to gather and assess data. Our business depends on the following factors, among others:

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our ability to integrate our technology with new and existing hardware and software systems;

our ability to anticipate and support new standards, especially Internet-based standards; and

our ability to integrate additional software modules under development with our existing technology and operational 
processes.

If we are unable to adequately address any of these factors, our results of operations and prospects for growth and profitability 
would be adversely impacted.

The seasonal nature of our business reduces our revenues and profitability in our first and third fiscal quarters.

Our business, primarily in our Services segment, is seasonal. Our first and third fiscal quarter revenues for our Services 
segment are typically lower than our revenues in the second and fourth fiscal quarters because demand for our asset protection 
solutions from the oil and gas as well as the fossil and nuclear power industries increases during their non-peak production 
periods. For instance, U.S. refineries’ non-peak periods are generally in our second fiscal quarter, when they are retooling to 
produce more heating oil for winter, and in our fourth fiscal quarter, when they are retooling to produce more gasoline for 
summer. As a result of these trends, we generally have reduced cash flows in our second and fourth fiscal quarters, as 
collections of receivables lag behind revenues, possibly requiring us to borrow under our credit agreement. In addition, most of 
our operating expenses, such as employee compensation and property rental expense, are relatively fixed over the short term. 
Moreover, our spending levels are based in part on our expectations regarding future revenues. As a result, if revenues for a 
particular quarter are below expectations, we may not be able to proportionately reduce operating expenses for that quarter. We 
expect that the impact of seasonality will continue.

Our business, and the industries we currently serve, are currently subject to governmental regulation, and may become 
subject to modified or new government regulation that may negatively impact our ability to market our asset protection 
solutions.

We incur substantial costs in complying with various government regulations and licensing requirements. For example, the 
transportation and overnight storage of radioactive materials used in providing certain of our asset protection solutions such as 
radiography are subject to regulation under federal and state laws and licensing requirements. Our Services segment is 
currently licensed to handle radioactive materials by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and over 20 state 
regulatory agencies. If we allegedly fail to comply with these regulations, we may be investigated and incur significant legal 
expenses associated with such investigations, and if we are found to have violated these regulations, we may be fined or lose 
one or more of our licenses or permits, which would prevent or restrict our ability to provide radiography services. In addition, 
while we are investigated, we may be required to suspend work on the projects associated with our alleged noncompliance, 
resulting in loss of profits or customers, and damage to our reputation. Many of our customers have strict requirements 
concerning safety or loss time occurrences and if we are unable to meet these requirements it could result in lost revenues. In 
the future, federal, state, provincial or local governmental agencies may seek to change current regulations or impose additional 
regulations on our business. Any modified or new government regulation applicable to our current or future asset protection 
solutions may negatively impact the marketing and provision of those solutions and increase our costs and the price of our 
solutions.

Additionally, greenhouse gases that result from human activities, including burning of fossil fuels, have been the focus of 
increased scientific and political scrutiny and are being subjected to various legal requirements. International agreements, 
national laws, state laws and various regulatory schemes limit or otherwise regulate emissions of greenhouse gases, and 
additional restrictions are under consideration by different governmental entities. We derive a significant amount of revenues 
and profits from such industries, including oil and gas, power generation and transmission, and chemicals processing. Such 
regulations could negatively impact our customers, which could negatively impact the market for the services and products we 
provide. This could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We rely on certification of our NDT solutions by industry standards-setting bodies. We and/or our subsidiaries currently have 
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 certification, ISO 14001:2004 certification and OHSAS 
18001:2007 certification. In addition, we currently have Nadcap (formerly National Aerospace and Defense Contractors 
Accreditation Program) and similar certifications for certain of our locations. We continually review our NDT solutions for 

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compliance with the requirements of industry specification standards and the Nadcap special processes quality requirements. 
However, if we fail to maintain our ISO, Nadcap or other certifications, our business may be harmed because our customers 
generally require that we have these certification before they purchase our NDT solutions.

Intellectual property may impact our business and results of operations.

Our ability to compete effectively depends in part upon the maintenance and protection of the intellectual property related to 
our asset protection solutions. Patent protection is unavailable for certain aspects of the technology and operational processes 
important to our business and any patent or patent applications, trademarks or copyrights held by us or to be issued to us, may 
not adequately protect us. Some of our trademarks that are not in use may become available to others. To date, we have relied 
principally on copyright, trademark and trade secrecy laws, as well as confidentiality agreements and licensing arrangements, 
to establish and protect our intellectual property. However, we have not obtained confidentiality agreements from all of our 
customers and vendors. Although we obligate all of our employees to confidentiality, we cannot be certain that these 
obligations will be honored or enforceable.

We may require additional capital to support business growth, which might not be available.

We intend to continue making investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to 
business challenges or opportunities, including the need to develop new, or enhance our current, asset protection solutions, 
enhance our operating infrastructure or acquire businesses and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or 
debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through further issuances of equity or convertible debt 
securities, our current stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, 
preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our common stock. While our current bank financing is meeting our 
current need, any debt financing secured by us in the future could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital-raising 
activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to 
pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. In addition, no assurance can be given that adequate or 
acceptable financing will be available to us, in which case we may not be able to grow our business or respond to business 
challenges.

Our credit agreement contains financial and operating restrictions that may limit our access to credit. If we fail to comply 
with financial or other covenants in our credit agreement, we may be required to repay indebtedness to our existing lenders, 
which may harm our liquidity.

Our credit agreement contains financial covenants that require us to maintain compliance with specified financial ratios. If we 
fail to comply with these covenants, the lenders could prevent us from borrowing under our credit agreement, require us to pay 
all amounts outstanding, require that we cash collateralize letters of credit issued under the credit agreement and restrict us 
from making acquisitions. If the maturity of our indebtedness is accelerated, we then may not have sufficient funds available 
for repayment or the ability to borrow or obtain sufficient funds to replace the accelerated indebtedness on terms acceptable to 
us, or at all.

Our current credit agreement also imposes restrictions on our ability to engage in certain activities, such as creating liens, 
making certain investments, incurring more debt, disposing of certain property, paying dividends and making distributions and 
entering into a new line of business.  While these restrictions have not impeded our business operations to date, if our plans 
change, these restrictions could be burdensome or require that we pay fees to have the restrictions waived.

Any real or perceived internal or external electronic security breaches in connection with the use of our asset protection 
solutions could harm our reputation, inhibit market acceptance of our solutions and cause us to lose customers.

We and our customers use our asset protection solutions to compile and analyze sensitive or confidential customer-related 
information. In addition, some of our asset protection solutions allow us to remotely control and store data from equipment at 
commercial, institutional and industrial locations. Our asset protection solutions rely on the secure electronic transmission of 
proprietary data over the Internet or other networks. The occurrence or perception of security breaches in connection with our 
asset protection solutions or our customers’ concerns about internet security or the security of our solutions, whether warranted 
or not, would likely harm our reputation or business, inhibit market acceptance of our asset protection solutions and cause us to 
lose customers, any of which would harm our financial condition and results of operations.

We may come into contact with sensitive information or data when we perform installation, maintenance or testing functions 
for our customers. Even the perception that we have improperly handled sensitive, confidential information would have a 
negative effect on our business. If, in handling this information, we fail to comply with privacy or security laws, we could incur 
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civil liability to government agencies, customers and individuals whose privacy is compromised. In addition, third parties may 
attempt to breach our security or inappropriately harm our asset protection solutions through computer viruses, electronic 
break-ins and other disruptions. If a breach is successful, confidential information may be improperly obtained, for which we 
may be subject to lawsuits and other liabilities.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

Our stock price could fluctuate for numerous reasons, including variations in our results.

Our quarterly operating results have fluctuated in the past and may do so in the future. Accordingly, we believe that period-to-
period comparisons of our results of operations may be the best indicators of our business. You should not rely upon the results 
of one quarter as an indication of future performance. Our revenues and operating results may fall below the expectations of 
securities analysts or investors in any future period. Our failure to meet these expectations may cause the market price of our 
common stock to decline, perhaps substantially.  Our quarterly revenues and operating results may vary depending on a number 
of factors, including those listed previously under “Risks Related to Our Business.”  In addition, the price of our common stock 
is subject to general economic, market, industry, and competitive conditions, the risk factors discussed below and numerous 
other conditions outside of our control.

A significant stockholder controls the direction of our business. The concentrated ownership of our common stock may 
prevent other stockholders from influencing significant corporate decisions.

Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, owns approximately 43% of our outstanding 
common stock. As a result, Dr. Vahaviolos effectively controls our Company and has the ability to exert substantial influence 
over all matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the election and removal of directors, amendments to our 
certificate of incorporation, and any proposed merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets and other 
corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership could be disadvantageous to other shareholders with differing interests 
from Dr. Vahaviolos.

We currently have no plans to pay dividends on our common stock.

We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date, and we do not anticipate declaring or paying 
any dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. To the extent we do not pay dividends on our common stock, 
investors must look solely to stock appreciation for a return on their investment.

Shares eligible for future sale may cause the market price for our common stock to decline even if our business is doing 
well.

Future sales by us or by our existing shareholders of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, or the 
perception that these sales may occur, could cause the market price of our common stock to decline. This could also impair our 
ability to raise additional capital in the future through the sale of our equity securities. Under our second amended and restated 
certificate of incorporation, we are authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock, of which approximately 
28,955,000 shares of common stock were outstanding as of August 5, 2016. In addition, we have approximately 3,118,000 
shares of common stock reserved for issuance related to stock options and restricted stock units that were outstanding as of 
August 5, 2016. We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock or the effect, if any, that future sales and 
issuances of shares of our common stock, or the perception of such sales or issuances, would have on the market price of our 
common stock.

Provisions of our charter, bylaws and of Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our 
company, which may adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Certain provisions of our second amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws could 
discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition, or other change of control that stockholders may consider favorable, 
including transactions in which our stockholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares. These provisions also 
could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, thereby depressing the 
market price of our common stock. Stockholders who wish to participate in these transactions may not have the opportunity to 
do so. Furthermore, these provisions could prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our 
management. These provisions:

• 

allow the authorized number of directors to be changed only by resolution of our board of directors;

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• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

require that vacancies on the board of directors, including newly created directorships, be filled only by a majority 
vote of directors then in office;

authorize our board of directors to issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock that, if issued, could operate as 
a “poison pill” to dilute the stock ownership of a potential hostile acquirer to prevent an acquisition that is not 
approved by our board of directors;

require that stockholder actions must be effected at a duly called stockholder meeting by prohibiting stockholder 
action by written consent;

prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors, which may otherwise allow holders of less than a majority of 
stock to elect some directors; and

establish advance notice requirements for stockholder nominations to our board of directors or for stockholder 
proposals that can be acted on at stockholder meetings and limit the right to call special meetings of stockholders to 
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the board of directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted 
by a majority of directors or the Secretary upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than 35% of 
all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting.

In addition, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware 
General Corporation Law, which may, unless certain criteria are met, prohibit large stockholders, in particular those owning 
15% or more of our outstanding voting stock, from merging or combining with us for a prescribed period of time.

ITEM 1B.                                       UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2.                                                PROPERTIES

As of May 31, 2016, we operated approximately 120 offices in 14 countries, with our corporate headquarters located in 
Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Our headquarters in Princeton Junction is our primary location, where most of our 
manufacturing and research and development is conducted. While we lease most of our facilities, as of May 31, 2016, we 
owned properties located in Monroe, North Carolina; Trainer, Pennsylvania; LaPorte, Texas; Burlington, Washington; Gillette, 
Wyoming; and Jonquiere, Quebec. Our Services segment, utilizes approximately 80 offices throughout North America 
(including Canada). Our Products and Systems segment’s primary location is in our Princeton Junction, NJ facility. Our 
International segment has approximately 40 offices including locations in Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, India, the 
Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. We believe that all of our facilities are well maintained and are suitable and adequate for 
our current needs.

ITEM 3.                                                LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are subject to periodic legal proceedings, investigations and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. See 
“Litigation” in Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies to our audited consolidated financial statements contained in Item 
8 of this report for a description of legal proceedings involving us and our business, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 4.                                                MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

ITEM 5.                                                MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 
AND ISSUER PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market for Common Stock

Our common stock currently trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “MG”. The following 
table sets forth for the periods indicated the range of high and low sales prices of our common stock.

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Quarter ended August 31,
Quarter ended November 30,
Quarter ended February 28,
Quarter ended May 31,

Holders of Record

Year ended May 31, 2016

High

Low

Year ended May 31, 2015

High

Low

$
$
$
$

20.14
21.53
22.59
26.00

$
$
$
$

13.88
12.79
18.42
22.02

$
$
$
$

25.04
21.55
21.50
19.34

$
$
$
$

20.70
15.98
15.87
17.50

As of August 5, 2016, there were 9 holders of record of our Common Stock. The number of record holders was determined 
from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of common stock whose shares are held in the 
names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies. The transfer agent of our common stock is 
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219.

Dividends

No cash dividends have been paid on our Common Stock to date. We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to 
finance the expansion of our business and do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

Purchases of Equity Securities

The following sets forth the shares of our common stock we acquired during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 pursuant to the 
surrender of shares by employees to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of restricted 
stock units.

Month Ending
April 30, 2016

Total Number of
Shares (or Units)
Purchased
856

Average Price Paid
per Share (or Unit)
25.37
$

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ITEM 6.                                              SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table presents selected financial data for each of the last five fiscal years. This selected financial data should be 
read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Item 7 
and the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto in Item 8 in this Annual Report.

Statement of Income Data

Revenues

Gross profit

Income from operations

For the year ended May 31,

2016  (1)

2015  (1)

2014  (1)

2013  (2)

2012  (3)

($ in thousands, except share and per share data)

$ 719,181

$ 711,252

$ 623,447

$ 529,282

$ 436,875

203,008

43,177

184,733

30,353

172,943

38,295

148,371

27,554

129,690

36,098

21,353

Net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc.

$

24,654

$

16,081

$

22,518

$

11,646

$

Per Share Information:

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

Diluted

Earnings per common share:

Basic

Diluted

Balance Sheet Data

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets
Total long-term debt and obligations under capital
leases, including current portion

28,856

29,891

28,613

29,590

28,365

29,324

28,141

29,106

27,839

28,685

$

$

0.85

0.82

$

$

0.56

0.54

$

$

0.79

0.77

$

$

0.41

0.40

$

$

0.77

0.74

$

21,188

$

10,555

$

10,020

$

7,802

$

8,410

482,675

471,727

443,972

377,997

329,816

104,776

132,822

97,563

77,956

59,274

Total Mistras Group, Inc. stockholders’ equity

$ 276,163

$ 244,819

$ 242,104

$ 210,053

$ 193,012

Cash Flow Data:

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

68,124

$

49,840

$

36,873

$

43,503

$

31,402

Net cash used in investing activities

(16,752)

(49,651)

(38,005)

(45,479)

(37,512)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(40,378)

2,066

3,262

1,144

2,009

1 - Includes pre-tax charges (benefits) of $6.0 million in fiscal 2016, $0.1 million in fiscal 2015 and $(2.4) million in fiscal 
2014 relating to special items.   Net income was (decreased) increased by these items, net of taxes, by ($3.2) million in fiscal 
2016, $1.0 million in fiscal 2015 and $2.4 million in fiscal 2014, respectively.   The (decrease) increase of these items on 
diluted earnings per share were ($0.11) in fiscal 2016, $0.03 in fiscal 2015 and $0.08 in fiscal 2014, respectively.    

2 - Includes pre-tax charges of $7.8 million relating to: goodwill impairment charge of $9.9 million and acquisition related 
benefit of ($2.1 million).   The impact of these items, net of taxes, on net income and diluted earnings per share was ($8.3) 
million and ($0.29), respectively.   

3 - Includes pre-tax charges of $1.3 million relating to: acquisition related expense of $2.0 million and gain on extinguishment 
of long-term debt of ($0.7 million).   The impact of these items, net of taxes, on net income and diluted earnings per share was 
($0.8) million and ($0.03), respectively. 

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ITEM 7.                                                MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS 
OF OPERATION

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) provides a narrative of our results of operations for the 
years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and our financial position as of May 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 
The MD&A should be read together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included in Item 8 in this 
Annual Report on Form 10-K. In this annual report, our fiscal years, which end on May 31, are identified according to the 
calendar year in which they end (e.g., the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016 is referred to as “fiscal 2016”), and unless otherwise 
specified or the context otherwise requires, “Mistras,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Mistras Group, Inc. and its 
consolidated subsidiaries. The MD&A includes the following sections:

Forward-Looking Statements

• 
•  Overview
•  Consolidated Results of Operations
• 
Segment Results of Operations
•  Liquidity and Capital Resources
•  Critical Accounting Estimates
•  Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Forward-Looking Statements

This report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 
(Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). Such forward-looking statements 
include those that express plans, anticipation, intent, contingency, goals, targets or future development and/or otherwise are not 
statements of historical fact. See “Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of Item 1 of this Report.

Overview

We offer our customers “one source for asset protection solutions”® and are a leading global provider of technology-enabled 
asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity and reliability of critical energy, industrial and public 
infrastructure. We combine industry-leading products and technologies, expertise in mechanical integrity (MI), Non-
Destructive Testing (NDT), Destructive Testing (DT) and predictive maintenance (PdM) services, process and fixed asset 
engineering and consulting services, proprietary data analysis and our world class enterprise inspection database management 
and analysis software, PCMS, to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customized solutions, ranging from routine inspections to 
complex, plant-wide asset integrity management and assessments. These mission critical solutions enhance our customers’ 
ability to comply with governmental safety and environmental regulations, extend the useful life of their assets, increase 
productivity, minimize repair costs, manage risk and avoid catastrophic disasters. Our operations consist of three reportable 
segments: Services, International and Products and Systems.

• 

• 

Services provides asset protection solutions predominantly in North America with the largest concentration in the 
United States along with a growing Canadian services business, consisting primarily of NDT, inspection and 
engineering services that are used to evaluate the structural integrity and reliability of critical energy, industrial and 
public infrastructure.

International offers services, products and systems similar to those of the other segments to global markets, in Europe, 
the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America, but not to customers in China and South Korea, which are served by 
the Products and Systems segment. 

•  Products and Systems designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services the Company’s asset protection products and 

systems, including equipment and instrumentation, predominantly in the United States.

Given the role our solutions play in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of infrastructure, we have historically provided a 
majority of our services to our customers on a regular, recurring basis. We serve a global customer base of companies with 
asset-intensive infrastructure, including companies in the oil and gas (downstream, midstream, upstream and petrochemical), 
power generation (natural gas, fossil, nuclear, alternative, renewable, and transmission and distribution), public infrastructure, 
chemicals, commercial aerospace and defense, transportation, primary metals and metalworking, pharmaceutical/biotechnology 
and food processing industries and research and engineering institutions. As of May 31, 2016, we had approximately 5,700 

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employees in approximately 120 offices across 14 countries. We have established long-term relationships as a critical solutions 
provider to many of the leading companies in our target markets.

For the last several years, we have focused on introducing our advanced asset protection solutions to our customers using 
proprietary, technology-enabled software and testing instruments, including those developed by our Products and Systems 
segment. During this period, the demand for outsourced asset protection solutions, in general, has increased, creating demand 
from which our entire industry has benefited. We believe continued growth can be realized in all of our target markets. 
Concurrent with this growth, we are working on building our infrastructure to profitably absorb additional growth and have 
made a number of acquisitions in an effort to leverage our fixed costs, grow our base of experienced, certified personnel, 
expand our product and technical capabilities and increase our geographical reach.

We have increased our capabilities and the size of our customer base through the development of applied technologies and 
managed support services, organic growth and the integration of acquired companies. These acquisitions have provided us with 
additional products, technologies, resources and customers that we believe will enhance our advantages over our competition.

Global financial markets continue to experience uncertainty, including tight liquidity and credit availability, relatively low 
consumer confidence, slow economic growth, fluctuating oil prices and volatile currency exchange rates. However, we believe 
these conditions have allowed us to selectively hire new talented individuals that otherwise might not have been available to us, 
and to make acquisitions of complementary businesses at reasonable valuations.

Consolidated Results of Operations

The following table summarizes our consolidated statements of operations for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:

Revenues

Gross profit

Gross profit as a % of Revenue

Total operating expenses

Operating expenses as a % of Revenue

Income from operations

Income from operations as a % of Revenue

Interest expense

Income before provision for income taxes

Provision for income taxes
Net income

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

($ in thousands)

$

719,181

$

711,252

$

623,447

203,008

184,733

172,943

28%

26%

28%

159,831

154,380

134,648

22%

22%

22%

43,177

30,353

38,295

6%

4%

6%

4,762

38,415

13,765

24,650
(4)
24,654

$

4,622

25,731

9,740

15,991
(90)
16,081

3,192

35,103

12,528

22,575

57

$

22,518

Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of taxes
Net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc.

$

The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP metric, to measure its consolidated operating performance and assist in 
comparing performance from period to period on a consistent basis.   A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income is 
provided below for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:

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Net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc.
Interest expense
Provision for income taxes
Depreciation and amortization
Share-based compensation expense
Acquisition-related expense, net
Charges related to sale of foreign operations
Severance costs
Foreign exchange (gains) losses
Asset write-offs and lease terminations
Legal settlement
Adjusted EBITDA

Note about Non-GAAP Measures

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

24,654
4,762
13,765
32,474
6,514
(1,453)
—
1,107
(59)
—
6,320
88,084

($ in thousands)
16,081
$
4,622
9,740
33,286
6,579
(5,167)
2,516
1,723
1,474
1,029
—
71,883

$

$

$

$

$

22,518
3,192
12,528
28,429
6,261
(2,657)
—
306
101
—
—
70,678

Adjusted EBITDA is a performance measure used by management that is not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally 
accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Adjusted EBITDA is defined in this Report as net income attributable to Mistras 
Group, Inc. plus: interest expense, provision for income taxes, depreciation and amortization, share-based compensation 
expense, and certain acquisition-related costs (including transaction due diligence costs and adjustments to the fair value of 
contingent consideration), foreign exchange (gain) loss and, if applicable, certain special items which are noted.

Our management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating 
actual results against such expectations. Adjusted EBITDA is also used as a performance evaluation metric for certain of our 
executive and employee incentive compensation programs.

Later in this MD&A under the heading "Income for Operations", the non-GAAP financial performance measure "Income 
before special items" is used for each of our three segments and the "Total Company", with tables reconciling the measure to a 
financial measure under GAAP. This non-GAAP measure excludes from the GAAP measure "Income from 
Operations" (a) transaction expenses related to acquisitions, such as professional fees and due diligence costs (b) the net 
changes in the fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration liabilities and (c) nonrecurring items. These items have 
been excluded from the GAAP measure because these expenses and credits are not related to the Company’s or Segment’s core 
business operations.  The acquisition related costs and special items can be a net expense or credit in any given period.

In the MD&A section "Liquidity and Capital Resources", we use the term "free cash flow", a non-GAAP measurement. We 
define free cash flow as cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures (which are purchases of property, plant 
and equipment and of intangible assets and classified as an investing activity).  Free cash flow, which does not represent 
residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures since items such as debt repayments are not deducted in determining 
such measures, for fiscal 2016 was $51.9 million, consisting of $68.1 million of operating cash flow less $16.2 million of 
capital expenditures. For fiscal 2015, free cash flow was $33.9 million consisting of $49.8 million of operating cash flow less 
$16.0 million of capital expenditures.

We believe investors and other users of our financial statements benefit from the presentation Adjusted EBITDA and "Income 
before special items” for each of our three segments and the "Total Company", and free cash flow in evaluating our operating 
performance because they provide additional tools to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis and measure 
underlying trends and results in 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. Similarly, we believe that "Income before special items” for 
each of our three segments and the "Total Company", provides investors with useful information and more meaningful period 
over period comparisons by identifying and excluding acquisition-related costs and special items so that the performance of the 
core business operations can be identified and compared.

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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 
under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. In addition, acquisitions are a part of our growth strategy, and therefore 
acquisition-related items are a necessary cost of the Company’s business. "Income before special items” for each of our three 
segments and for the consolidated company and “free cash flow” are not metrics used to determine incentive compensation for 
executives or employees.

Revenues

Revenues by segment for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

Revenues
Services
International
Products and Systems
Corporate and eliminations

Fiscal 2016

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

($ in thousands)

$

$

553,279
143,025
30,293
(7,416)
719,181

$

$

540,224
146,953
31,255
(7,180)
711,252

$

$

443,229
161,395
33,544
(14,721)
623,447

Revenue was $719.2 million in fiscal 2016, an increase of $7.9 million or 1% compared with fiscal 2015, driven by Services 
segment growth of $13.1 million or 2%, offset by declines in International revenues of $3.9 million or 3%, and the Products & 
Systems segment of $1.0 million or 3%.  The Services segment increase was driven by low single digit organic growth, plus a 
lesser amount of acquisition-driven growth, offset in part by low single digit unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. The 
decline in International Segment revenues was driven by a combination of high single digit organic growth that was more than  
offset by the low double digit unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. Products and Systems segment revenues declined 
due to lower sales volume.

Management believes that inspection industry revenues declined during fiscal 2016, as evidenced by several of the Company's 
competitors who reported revenue declines that have been driven by customers spending less on inspection due to pressures 
stemming from low commodities prices.   Despite these difficult market conditions, the Company had modest growth in fiscal 
2016, as noted above, driven by market share gains in both the Services and International segments.   Revenues from oil and 
gas customers comprised 56% and 52% of revenues in fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively. Revenues from oil and gas customers 
grew by 9% in fiscal 2016. Our top ten customers represented approximately 36% of our fiscal 2016 revenues compared with 
33% in fiscal 2015. One customer accounted for 10% of fiscal 2016 revenues.

Fiscal 2015

Revenue was $711.3 million in fiscal 2015, an increase of $88 million or 14% compared with fiscal 2014, driven by Services 
segment growth of $97 million or 22%, that was offset in part by International revenues that declined by $14 million or 9%, 
and Products and Systems segment revenues that declined by $2 million or 7%. The Services segment increase was driven by a 
combination of mid-teens acquisition growth and mid-single digit organic revenue growth. The decline in International segment 
revenues was driven by a combination of unfavorable foreign exchange rates of approximately 7%, modest acquisition growth 
and a mid-single digit organic decline. Products and Systems segment revenues declined approximately 7% due to lower sales 
volume.

Robust North American market conditions combined with the Company’s market share gains and acquisitions led Services 
revenue to grow by 38% over prior year during the first half of fiscal 2015. However, a combination of the 50% drop in the 

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price of oil and labor union strikes at various customer sites caused market conditions to slow dramatically in the second half of 
fiscal year 2015, reducing the Services second half year-over-year revenue growth rate to 8%. Revenues from oil and gas 
customers comprised 52% and 49% of revenues in fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively. Revenues from oil and gas customers 
grew by 22% in fiscal 2015, led by organic gains and from an acquisition. Fiscal 2015 revenue growth from customers in other 
industries, including industrial, process industries which include chemical and pharmaceutical, power generation and 
infrastructure grew by 6% over prior year. Our top ten customers represented approximately 33% of fiscal 2015 revenues 
compared with 38% in fiscal 2014. No single customer accounted for 10% or more of fiscal 2015 revenues.

Gross Profit. Gross profit by segment for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 was as follows:

Gross profit
Services
    % of segment revenue
International
    % of segment revenue
Products and Systems
    % of segment revenue
Corporate and eliminations

    % of total revenue

Fiscal 2016

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

($ in thousands)

$

145,262

$

135,201

$

114,182

26.3%

43,613

30.5%

14,022

46.3%
111
203,008

28.2%

$

25.0%

34,572

23.5%

14,314

45.8%
646
184,733

26.0%

$

25.8%

44,893

27.8%

14,495

43.2%
(627)
172,943

27.7%

$

Gross profit increased $18.3 million, or 10% in fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015. As a percentage of revenues, gross profit 
margin improved by 220 basis points compared with the prior year to 28.2% in fiscal 2016, reversing a four year trend of 
declining gross profit margins.

The 2016 increase of 220 basis points in gross profit margin was primarily attributable to the International and Services 
segments. International segment gross margins increased to 30.5% in fiscal 2016 compared with 23.5% in the prior year, driven 
by improvement in each of our four largest countries, organic revenue growth, prior year management changes and staffing 
actions that improved technical labor utilization, as well as improvements in sales mix and overhead costs.   Services segment 
gross profit margin improved by approximately 130 basis points compared with fiscal 2015, due primarily to improvements in 
contract profitability and technician labor utilization.  Products and Systems segment gross profit margin improved to 46.3% 
compared to 45.8% in the prior year driven by cost reductions.

Fiscal 2015

Gross profit increased $11.8 million, or 7% in fiscal 2015 compared to fiscal 2014. As a percentage of revenues, gross profit 
margin declined to 26.0% in fiscal 2015 from 27.7% in fiscal 2014.

The 2015 decrease of 170 basis points in gross profit margin was primarily attributable to the International and Services 
segments. International segment gross margins decreased to 23.5% in fiscal 2015 compared with 27.8% in the prior year, due 
primarily to lower levels of project sales and product sales and lower levels of technical labor utilization. Services segment 
gross profit margin declined by approximately 80 basis points in fiscal 2015, due primarily to wage increases that exceeded 
price increases earlier in the Company’s fiscal year and the adverse impact from labor union strikes at various customer sites. 
Products and Systems segment gross margin improved to 45.8% compared to 43.2% in the prior year driven by a more 
favorable sales mix which included fewer heavily customized solutions. 

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Income from Operations. The following table shows a reconciliation of the segment income before special items to income 
from operations for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:

Services:

Income from operations (GAAP)

$

52,552

$

49,142

$

43,221

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

($ in thousands)

Legal settlement

Severance costs

Acquisition-related expense (benefit), net

Income before special items (non-GAAP)

International:

6,320

188
(1,061)
57,999

—

—
(639)
48,503

Income (loss) from operations (GAAP)

$

9,293

$

Severance costs

Asset write-offs and lease terminations
Acquisition-related expense (benefit), net

Income (loss) before special items (non-GAAP)

885

—
(520)
9,658

(575) $
1,082

872
(2,926)
(1,547)

—

—

1,625

44,846

10,238

306

—
(3,452)
7,092

2,552

—

—
(1,035)
1,517

$

2,688

$

2,461

$

34

—

—

2,722

99

157

—

2,717

$

$

$

$

(21,356) $
—

(20,675) $
542

—

128
(21,228)

2,516
(1,602)
(19,219)

(17,716)
—

—

205
(17,511)

43,177

5,974

49,151

$

$

$

30,353

101

30,454

$

$

$

38,295
(2,351)
35,944

Products and Systems:

Income from operations (GAAP)

Severance costs

Asset write-offs and lease terminations

Acquisition-related expense (benefit), net

Income before special items (non-GAAP)

Corporate and Eliminations:

Loss from operations (GAAP)

Severance costs

Charges related to sale of foreign operations

Acquisition-related expense (benefit), net

Loss before special items (non-GAAP)

Total Company

Income from operations (GAAP)

Special items

Income before special items (non-GAAP)

Fiscal 2016

Income from operations (GAAP) was $43.2 million for fiscal 2016, an increase of $12.8 million, or 42% compared to fiscal 
2015 and income before special items (non-GAAP), exclusive of acquisition-related items and nonrecurring items, was $49.2 
million for fiscal 2016, an increase of $18.7 million or 61% compared with fiscal 2015. As a percentage of revenues, income 
before special items improved by 250 basis points to 6.8% in fiscal 2016 from 4.3% in fiscal 2015.

Total operating expenses increased by $5 million, or 4% in fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015, driven by a $6.3 million legal 
settlement accrual, offset by a $1.3 million, or 1% decline in recurring expenses.  The recurring expense decrease was driven by 
the International segment, which decreased $2.9 million, primarily due to the impact of foreign exchange rates.   Offsetting the 

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International decreases were increases of $1.5 million from the Corporate segment, primarily due to legal and bonus expense.  
The Services and Products and Systems segments were flat from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2016.

Fiscal 2015

Income from operations (GAAP) was $30.4 million for fiscal 2015, a $7.9 million decrease compared to fiscal 2014 and 
income before special items (non-GAAP) was $30.5 million for fiscal 2015, a $5.5 million decrease compared to fiscal 2014. 
As a percentage of revenues, income before special items dropped to 4.3% in fiscal 2015 from 5.8% in fiscal 2014.

Total operating expenses increased $19.7 million, or 15% in fiscal 2015 vs. fiscal 2014, driven by $18.3 million or 13% 
increase in recurring expense and a $1.4 million increase in special items, primarily from acquisition related expenses.  The 
recurring expense increase was driven by the Services segment, which incurred a year-on-year operating expense increase of 
$17.4 million or 25%. Operating expenses incurred by acquired companies accounted for $11.6 million of this increase, and 
increased compensation and benefits to support growth comprised most of the remaining increase. Corporate operating 
expenses increased by $3.0 million or 18%, due primarily to increased headcount, insurance cost and foreign exchange losses. 
Products and Systems segment year-on-year operating expenses decreased $1.2 million, primarily due to headcount reductions, 
while International segment operating expenses decreased by $0.8 million, as incremental operating expenses of acquired 
companies was more than offset by the impact of foreign exchange rates.

Interest Expense

Interest expense was $4.8 million in fiscal 2016, $4.6 million in fiscal 2015 and $3.2 million in fiscal 2014. The increase in 
fiscal 2015 was primarily related to an increase in average borrowings compared to fiscal 2014.

Income Taxes

Our effective income tax rate was 36% for fiscal 2016 compared to 38% for fiscal 2015.  The lower effective tax rate was 
driven by discrete items, including favorability from reserves pertaining to uncertain tax positions and the absence of increases 
in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets in 2016.

Our effective income tax rate was 38% for fiscal 2015 compared to 36% for fiscal 2014. The increase was primarily due to a 
lower amount of foreign income in fiscal 2015 which is taxed at lower rates and an increase in the valuation allowance for 
deferred tax assets, offset by the impact of acquisition contingent consideration.

Income tax expense varies as a function of pre-tax income and the level of non-deductible expenses, such as certain amounts of 
meals and entertainment expense, valuation allowances, and other permanent differences.  It is also affected by discrete items 
that may occur in any given year, but are not consistent from year to year. Our effective income tax rate may fluctuate over the 
next few years due to many variables including the amount and future geographic distribution of our pre-tax income, changes 
resulting from our acquisition strategy, and increases or decreases in our permanent differences.

Segment Results of Operations

Services Segment

Selected financial information for the Services segment was as follows for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:

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Services segment

Revenues

Gross profit

% of segment revenue

Operating Expenses

Income from operations

% of segment revenue

Income before special charges (non-GAAP)

% of segment revenue

Depreciation and amortization

Revenues

For the years ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

($ in thousands)

$

$

$

$

$

$

553,279

145,262

26%

92,710

52,552

9%

$

$

$

$

540,224

135,201

25%

86,059

49,142

9%

$

$

$

$

443,229

114,182

26%

70,961

43,221

10%

57,999

$

48,503

$

44,846

10%

9%

10%

22,725

$

22,268

$

17,794

In fiscal 2016, Services revenues increased $13.1 million, or 2% compared with fiscal 2015. This increase was driven by low 
single digit organic revenue growth, and to a lesser extent, acquisition-driven growth, offset in part by a low single digit 
unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. Management believes that inspection industry revenues declined during fiscal 
2016, driven by customers spending less due to pressures stemming from low commodities prices. Despite these difficult 
market conditions, the Services segment experienced positive organic growth in fiscal 2016, driven by market share gains.

Oil and gas customers accounted for approximately 67% and 64% of Services segment revenues in fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, 
respectively. Services' top ten customers accounted for approximately 44% and 42% of Services segment revenues during fiscal 
2016 and 2015, respectively. Revenues from Services' largest customer represented approximately 13% of segment revenues in 
fiscal 2016 and 12% in fiscal 2015. 

In fiscal 2015, Services revenues increased $97.0 million, or 22% compared with fiscal 2014. The increase was driven by mid-
teens acquisition growth and mid-single digit organic growth. Strong market conditions combined with Services' market share 
gains and acquisitions drove 38% growth in first half revenues. However, the sudden 50% drop in oil prices combined with 
labor union refinery strikes caused market conditions to slow dramatically in the second half of the fiscal year, reducing 
Services' second half revenue growth rate to 8% over prior year. 

Gross Profit 

Services segment gross profit margin was 26.3% and 25.0% in fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015, respectively. The 130 basis point 
increase in Services segment gross profit margin was primarily due to improvements in contract profitability and technician 
labor utilization.

Our Services segment gross profit margin was 25.0% and 25.8% in fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014, respectively. The 80 basis point 
decrease in Services segment gross profit margin was due primarily to wage increases that exceeded price increases earlier in 
the Company’s fiscal year, as well as market conditions that deteriorated in the second half of fiscal 2015.

Income from Operations

Services segment income from operations (GAAP) improved by $3.4 million, or 7% to $52.6 million and income before special 
items (non-GAAP) improved by $9.5 million, or 20% to $58.0 million in fiscal 2016. Services operating profit margin before 
special items improved by 150 basis points to 10.5% in fiscal 2016, driven primarily by the 130 basis point improvement in 
gross profit margin for the segment.

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In fiscal 2016, Services segment operating expenses rose by $6.7 million, or 8%, due primarily to a $6.3 million settlement of a 
class action lawsuit involving labor claims. (See Note 18 of our audited consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 
of this report for details of this case).  Services' operating expenses exclusive of the legal settlement costs were nearly flat with 
prior year. 

Services segment income from operations (GAAP) improved by $5.9 million, or 14% to $49.1 million and income before 
special items (non-GAAP) improved by $3.7 million or 8%, to $48.5 million in fiscal 2015.   Services' operating profit margin 
before special items declined by 110 basis points to 9.0% in fiscal 2015, driven primarily by the 80 basis point reduction in 
gross profit margin for the segment. 

In fiscal 2015, Services segment operating expenses rose by $15 million, or 21%, Operating expenses incurred by acquired 
companies accounted for $10.8 million of this increase and increased compensation and benefits to support growth comprised 
most of the remaining increase, offset by acquisition-related benefit.

International Segment

Selected financial information for our International segment was as follows for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:

International segment

Revenues

Gross profit

as % of segment revenue

Operating Expenses

Income (loss) from operations
as % of segment revenue

Income (loss) before special charges (non-GAAP)

as % of segment revenue

Depreciation and amortization

Revenues

For the years ended May 31,

2016

2015
($ in thousands)

2014

143,025

146,953

161,395

43,613

34,572

30%

24 %

44,893

28%

34,320

9,293

6%

$

$

35,147

$

34,655

(575)

— %

10,238

6%

9,658

$

(1,547)

$

7,092

7%

(1)%

4%

7,774

$

8,451

$

8,065

$

$

$

$

$

$

International segment revenues declined by $3.9 million, or 3% during fiscal 2016, driven by a combination of high single digit 
organic growth that was more than offset by the low double digit unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. Each of the 
Company’s four largest international subsidiaries experienced positive organic growth during fiscal 2016.  Industries with the 
largest revenue concentrations in fiscal 2016 were aerospace and defense (39%), oil and gas (21%) and industrials (15%). 

International segment revenues declined by $14.4 million, or 9% during fiscal 2015 driven by a combination of unfavorable 
foreign exchange rates of approximately 7%, modest acquisition growth and a mid-single digit organic decline. Industries with 
the largest revenue concentrations in fiscal 2015 were aerospace and defense (41%), oil and gas (17%) and industrials (15%). 

Gross Profit

International segment gross profit for fiscal 2016 increased by $9.0 million or 26% and comprised 30.5% of revenues. The 
International gross profit margin improved by 700 basis points in fiscal 2016, as improvement in each of the Company's four 
largest country locations were driven by organic revenue growth, prior year management changes and staffing actions that 
improved technical labor utilization, improvements in sales mix and reduced overhead costs.   

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International segment gross profit for fiscal 2015 decreased by $10.3 million or 23% and comprised 23.5% of revenues. 
International gross profit margin fell by 430 basis points in 2015, due primarily to lower levels of project and product sales and 
lower levels of technician labor utilization.

Income (loss) from Operations

International segment income from operations (GAAP) was $9.3 million in fiscal 2016, compared to a loss from operations of 
$0.6 million in fiscal 2015.  International segment income before special items (non-GAAP) was $9.7 million, compared to loss 
before special items of $1.5 million in fiscal 2015. As a percentage of revenues, the income before special charges was 
approximately 7% in fiscal 2016, compared with (1)% in fiscal 2015.

Segment operating expenses, exclusive of acquisition-related items and special items, declined by $2.9 million, or 8% during 
fiscal 2016, driven by the impact of lower foreign exchange rates, costs reductions and reduced foreign exchange losses.  
Recurring operating expenses were 24% and 25%, of segment revenues in fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively. 

International segment loss from operations (GAAP) was $0.6 million in fiscal 2015, compared to income from operations of 
$10.2 million in fiscal 2014. International segment loss before special items (non-GAAP) was $1.5 million in fiscal 2015 
compared to income before special items of $7.1 million in fiscal 2014. As a percentage of revenues, the loss before special 
charges was approximately (1)%  in fiscal 2015 compared with 4% in fiscal 2014.

Segment operating expenses, exclusive of acquisition-related items and special items, decreased by $0.8 million from fiscal 
2014 to fiscal 2015, as incremental operating expenses of acquired companies was more than offset by the impact of foreign 
exchange rates.  

Products and Systems Segment

Selected financial information for the Products and Systems segment was as follows for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:

Products and Systems segment

Revenues

Gross profit

% of segment revenue

Operating Expenses

Income from operations

% of segment revenue

Income before special charges (non-GAAP)

% of segment revenue

Depreciation and amortization

Revenues

For the years ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

($ in thousands)

$

$

$

$

$

$

30,293

14,022

46%

11,334

2,688

9%

$

$

$

$

31,255

14,314

46%

11,853

2,461

8%

$

$

$

$

33,544

14,495

43%

11,943

2,552

8%

2,722

$

2,717

$

1,517

9%

9%

5%

2,323

$

2,426

$

2,373

Products and Systems segment revenues for fiscal 2016 decreased $1.0 million or 3% compared to fiscal 2015 and by $2.3 
million or 7% compared to fiscal 2014. The revenue declines were due to lower sales volume.

Gross Profit

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Products and Systems segment gross profit margin was 46.3% in fiscal 2016, which represented a 50 basis point improvement 
over fiscal 2015, and a 310 basis point improvement over fiscal 2014. Because of these gross profit margin improvements, 
gross profits generated by this segment were consistent from fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2016 despite the sales declines. The gross 
profit margin improvements were driven in both years by a more favorable sales mix which included fewer heavily customized 
solutions. 

Income from Operations

Products and Systems segment income from operations (GAAP) improved by $0.2 million in fiscal 2016 and decreased by $0.1 
million in fiscal 2015.  Income before special charges (non-GAAP) improved by over $1.2 million in fiscal 2015 and was flat 
in fiscal 2016 despite the sales declines experienced. Fiscal 2016 operating profit margins before special charges of 9.0% 
represented improvements of 30 basis points over fiscal 2015 and of 450 basis points over fiscal 2014. Drivers to these 
improvements included the improvements in gross profit margin, coupled with operating expense reductions of $1.2 million in 
fiscal 2015 compared with fiscal 2014, and a further $0.4 million in fiscal 2016 as compared with fiscal 2015. The reductions in 
operating expenses were driven by lower headcounts in both years.

Corporate and Eliminations

The elimination of revenues and cost of revenues products sales by the Products and Systems segment to the International and 
Services segments is captured in this segment, as well as operating expenses that have not been allocated to other segments. 
These costs primarily include the costs of corporate support functions, such as finance, legal, human resources and certain other 
costs. As a percentage of our total revenues, these costs have generally remained consistent over the last three fiscal years, 
consisting of approximately 3% of total revenues for each of the fiscal years ended 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

The Company has funded its operations from cash provided from operations, bank borrowings and capital lease financings. 
Management believes that the Company's existing cash and cash equivalents, anticipated cash flows from operating activities, 
and available borrowings under our credit agreement will be more than sufficient to meet anticipated cash needs over the next 
12 months.  The Company generated free cash flow, (a non-GAAP measurement defined as operating cash flow reduced by 
capital expenditures) of $51.9 million in fiscal 2016, compared with $33.9 million in fiscal 2015 and $19.3 million in fiscal 
2014.  Capital expenditures include both the purchase of property, plant and equipment and of intangible assets. 

Cash Flows Table

The following table summarizes our cash flows for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:

Fiscal year

($ in thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in):

Operating Activities
Investing Activities
Financing Activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
Net change in cash and cash equivalents

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

2016

2015

2014

$

$

68,124
(16,752)
(40,378)
(361)
10,633

$

$

49,840
(49,651)
2,066
(1,720)
535

$

$

36,873
(38,005)
3,262
88
2,218

Cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2016 improved by $18 million or 37% over the prior fiscal year. This 
improvement was primarily driven by the Company's $16 million improvement in net income, as adjusted for working capital 
items and certain non-cash items, most notably the $6 million legal settlement, as well as from reducing Days Sales 
Outstanding by 2 days.    

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Cash provided by operating activities in fiscal 2015 improved by $13 million or 35% over the prior fiscal year. The 
improvement was primarily attributable to the timing of working capital inflows and outflows, namely a $28 million 
improvement in the timing of collections of accounts receivable, offset in part by incremental net outflows of $15 million 
related to the timing of payments relating to accounts payable, and accrued expenses and other liabilities.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $16.8 million in fiscal 2016, principally due to $16.2 million purchases of property, 
plant and equipment and intangible assets.  

Net cash used in investing activities was $49.7 million in fiscal 2015, principally due to acquisitions totaling $34.7 million, net 
of cash acquired and purchases of property, plant and equipment of $16.0 million. 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities in fiscal 2016 was $40 million, as compared with cash provided by financing activities of 
$2 million in fiscal 2015. Net cash used in financing activities during fiscal 2016 consisted primarily of net repayments of debt 
totaling $36 million.

Net cash provided by financing activities in fiscal 2015 was $2 million, compared to $3 million in fiscal 2014. 

Effect of Exchange Rate on Changes in Cash

For fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, exchange rate changes (decreased) increased cash by $(0.4) million, $(1.7) million and $0.1 
million, respectively.

Cash Balance and Credit Facility Borrowings

As of May 31, 2016, the Company had cash and cash equivalents totaling $21.2 million and available borrowing capacity of up 
to $101.2 million under its credit agreement (as defined below). Borrowings of $69.0 million and letters of credit of $4.8 
million were outstanding under the credit agreement at May 31, 2016. We finance our operations primarily through our existing 
cash balances, cash collected from operations, bank borrowings and capital lease financing. We believe these sources are 
sufficient to fund our operations for the foreseeable future.

On October 31, 2014, the Company entered into a Third Amendment and Modification Agreement (the “Amendment”), to our 
revolving line of credit, the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Credit Agreement”), dated December 21, 2011, 
with its lending group. The Amendment increased the Company's revolving line of credit from $125.0 million to $175.0 million 
and provides that under certain circumstances the line of credit can be increased to $225.0 million. The Company may continue 
to borrow up to $30.0 million in non-U.S. Dollar currencies and use up to $10.0 million of the credit limit for the issuance of 
letters of credit. The Amendment also extended the original maturity date of the Credit Agreement from December 20, 2016 to 
October 30, 2019. 

Loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest at LIBOR plus an applicable LIBOR margin ranging from 1% to 1.75%, or a 
base rate less a margin of 1.25% to 0.375%, at our option, based upon our Funded Debt Leverage Ratio. Funded Debt Leverage 
Ratio is generally the ratio of (1) all outstanding indebtedness for borrowed money and other interest-bearing indebtedness as 
of the date of determination to (2) EBITDA (which is (a) net income, less (b) income (or plus loss) from discontinued 
operations and extraordinary items, plus (c) income tax expenses, plus (d) interest expense, plus (e) depreciation, depletion, and 
amortization (including non-cash loss on retirement of assets), plus (f) stock compensation expense, less (g) cash expense 
related to stock compensation, plus or minus certain other adjustments) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters 
immediately preceding the date of determination. We have the benefit of the lowest margin if our Funded Debt Leverage Ratio 
is equal to or less than 0.5 to 1, and the margin increases as the ratio increases, to the maximum margin if the ratio is greater 
than 2.0 to 1. We will also bear additional costs for market disruption, regulatory changes effecting the lenders’ funding costs, 
and default pricing of an additional 2% interest rate margin on any amounts not paid when due. Amounts borrowed under the 
Credit Agreement are secured by liens on substantially all of our assets.

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The Credit Agreement contains financial covenants requiring that we maintain a Funded Debt Leverage Ratio of no greater 
than 3.25 to 1 and an Interest Coverage Ratio of at least 3.0 to 1. Interest Coverage Ratio means the ratio, as of any date of 
determination, of (a) EBITDA for the 12 month period immediately preceding the date of determination, to (b) all interest, 
premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of us and our subsidiaries in connection with borrowed 
money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent 
treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, paid during the 12 month period immediately preceding the date of determination. 
The Credit Agreement also limits our ability to, among other things, create liens, make investments, incur more indebtedness, 
merge or consolidate, make dispositions of property, pay dividends and make distributions to stockholders, enter into a new line 
of business, enter into transactions with affiliates and enter into burdensome agreements. The Credit Agreement does not limit 
our ability to acquire other businesses or companies except that the acquired business or company must be in our line of 
business, we must be in compliance with the financial covenants on a pro forma basis after taking into account the acquisition, 
and, if the acquired business is a separate subsidiary, in certain circumstances the lenders will receive the benefit of a guaranty 
of the subsidiary and liens on its assets and a pledge of its stock.

As of May 31, 2016, the Company was in compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and has undertaken to 
continuously monitor compliance with these covenants.

Liquidity and Capital Resources Outlook

Future Sources of Cash

We expect our future sources of cash to include cash flow generated from our operating activities and borrowings under our 
Credit Agreement. Our revolving credit facility is available for cash advances required for working capital and for letters of 
credit to support our operations. Acquisitions are funded through available cash, borrowings under the revolving credit facility 
and seller notes. 

Future Uses of Cash

We expect our future uses of cash will primarily be for acquisitions, international expansion, purchases or manufacture of field 
testing equipment to support growth, additional investments in technology and software products and the replacement of 
existing assets and equipment used in our operations. We often make purchases to support new sources of revenues, particularly 
in our Services segment. In addition, we will need to fund a certain amount of replacement equipment, including our fleet 
vehicles. We historically spend approximately 2% to 4% of our total revenues on capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions, 
and expect to fund these expenditures through a combination of cash and lease financing. Our cash capital expenditures, 
excluding acquisitions, for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014 were approximately 2%, 2%, and 3% of revenues, respectively.  In 
addition, we expect to selectively repurchase our common stock, pursuant to the stock repurchase program of up to $50 million, 
that was approved by the Company's Board of Directors during fiscal 2016. 

Our future acquisitions may also require capital. We acquired two companies in fiscal 2016 and four companies in fiscal 2015, 
with an aggregate cash outlay of $37.5 million. In some cases, additional equipment will be needed to upgrade the capabilities 
of these acquired companies. In addition, our future acquisition and capital spending may increase as we pursue growth 
opportunities. Other investments in infrastructure, training and software may also be required to match our growth, but we plan 
to continue using a disciplined approach to building our business. In addition, we will use cash to fund our operating leases, 
capital leases, long-term debt repayments and various other obligations as they arise.

We also expect to use cash to support our working capital requirements for our operations, particularly in the event of further 
growth and due to the impacts of seasonality on our business. Our future working capital requirements will depend on many 
factors, including the rate of our revenue growth, our introduction of new solutions and enhancements to existing solutions and 
our expansion of sales and marketing and product development activities. To the extent that our cash and cash equivalents and 
future cash flows from operating activities are insufficient to fund our future activities, we may need to raise additional funds 
through bank credit arrangements, public or private equity financings, or debt financings. We also may need to raise additional 
funds in the event we determine in the future to effect one or more acquisitions of businesses, technologies or products that will 
complement our existing operations. In the event additional funding is required, we may not be able to obtain bank credit 
arrangements or effect an equity or debt financing on acceptable terms.

Contractual Obligations

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We generally do not enter into long-term minimum purchase commitments. Our principal commitments, in addition to those 
related to our long-term debt discussed below, consist of obligations under facility leases for office space and equipment leases 
and contingent consideration obligations in connection with our acquisitions.

The following table summarizes our outstanding contractual obligations as of May 31, 2016:

($ in thousands) 
Long-term debt (1) 
Capital lease obligations (2) 
Operating lease obligations
Contingent consideration
obligations (3)
Total

$

Total
85,009
21,189
46,809

Fiscal 2017
12,553
$
9,112
9,956

Fiscal 2018
881
$
6,491
7,903

Fiscal 2019
751
$
3,810
6,580

Fiscal 2020
69,446
$
1,520
5,219

Fiscal 2021
294
$
134
4,112

2,075
$ 155,082

1,029
32,650

933
16,208

$

$

104
11,245

9
76,194

$

$

$

—
4,540

2022 & 
Beyond 

1,084
122
13,039

—
14,245

$

$

________________________________

(1)  Consists primarily of borrowings from our senior credit facility and seller notes payable in connection with our 

acquisitions and includes the current portion outstanding.

(2)  Includes estimated cash interest to be paid over the remaining terms of the leases.

(3)  Consists of payments deemed reasonably likely to occur in connection with our acquisitions

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

During fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, 
such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the 
purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires that we make 
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and 
liabilities at the date of financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. 
The accounting policies that we believe require more significant estimates and assumptions include: revenue recognition, 
valuations of accounts receivable, long-lived assets, goodwill, and deferred tax assets and uncertain tax positions. We base our 
estimates and assumptions on historical experience, known or expected trends and various other assumptions that we believe to 
be reasonable. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ significantly 
from these estimates, which may cause our future results to be significantly affected.

We believe that the following critical accounting policies comprise the more significant estimates and assumptions used in the 
preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is generally recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, services have been rendered or products 
have been delivered, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured, as summarized below.

Services

Revenue is primarily derived from providing services on a time and material basis. Service arrangements generally consist of 
inspection professionals working under contract for a fixed period of time or on a specific customer project.  Revenue is 
generally recognized when the service is performed in accordance with terms of each customer arrangement, upon completion 
of the earnings process and when collection is reasonably assured.  At the end of any reporting period, revenue is accrued for 
services that have been earned which have not yet been billed. Reimbursable costs, including those related to travel and out-of-
pocket expenses, are included in revenue, and equivalent amounts of reimbursable costs are included in cost of services.

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Products and Systems

Sales of products and systems are recorded when the sales price is fixed and determinable and the risks and rewards of 
ownership are transferred (generally upon shipment) and when collectability is reasonably assured.

These arrangements occasionally contain multiple elements or deliverables, such as hardware, software (that is essential to the 
functionality of the hardware) and related services. We recognize revenue for delivered elements as separate units of 
accounting, when the delivered elements have standalone value, uncertainties regarding customer acceptance are resolved and 
there are no refund or return rights for the delivered elements. We establish the selling prices for each deliverable based on our 
vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”), if available, third-party evidence, if VSOE is not available, or estimated selling 
price (“ESP”) if neither VSOE nor third-party evidence is available. We establish VSOE of selling price using the price charged 
for a deliverable when sold separately and, in rare instances, using the price established by management having the relevant 
authority. Third-party evidence of selling price is established by evaluating largely similar and interchangeable competitor 
products or services in standalone sales to similarly situated customers. We determine ESP by considering internal factors such 
as margin objectives, pricing practices and controls, customer segment pricing strategies and the product life cycle. 
Consideration is also given to market conditions such as competitor pricing strategies and industry technology life cycles. 
When determining ESP, we apply management judgment to establish margin objectives and pricing strategies and to evaluate 
market conditions and product life cycles. Changes in the aforementioned factors may result in a different allocation of revenue 
to the deliverables in multiple element arrangements and therefore may change the pattern and timing of revenue recognition 
for these elements, but will not change the total revenue recognized for the arrangement.

A portion of our revenue is generated from engineering and manufacturing of custom products under long-term contracts that 
may last from several months to several years, depending on the contract. Revenues from long-term contracts are recognized on 
the percentage-of-completion method of accounting. Under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting revenues are 
recognized as work is performed. The percentage of completion at any point in time is generally based on total costs or total 
labor dollars incurred to date in relation to the total estimated costs or total labor dollars estimated at completion. The 
percentage of completion is then applied to the total contract revenue to determine the amount of revenue to be recognized in 
the period. Application of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting requires the use of estimates of costs to be 
incurred for the performance of the contract. Contract costs include all direct materials, direct labor costs and those indirect 
costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs, and all costs associated with operation of 
equipment. The cost estimation process is based upon the professional knowledge and experience of our engineers, project 
managers and financial professionals. Factors that are considered in estimating the work to be completed include the 
availability and productivity of labor, the nature and complexity of the work to be performed, the effect of change orders, the 
availability of materials, the effect of any delays in our project performance and the recoverability of any claims. Whenever 
revisions of estimated contract costs and contract values indicate that the contract costs will exceed estimated revenues, thus 
creating a loss, a provision for the total estimated loss is recorded in that period.

Long-Lived Assets

We perform a review of long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value 
of such assets may not be recoverable. If an indication of impairment is present, we compare the estimated undiscounted future 
cash flows to be generated by the asset to its carrying amount. If the undiscounted future cash flows are less than the carrying 
amount of the asset, we record an impairment loss equal to the excess of the asset’s carrying amount over its fair value. We 
estimate fair value based on valuation techniques such as a discounted cash flow analysis or a comparison to fair values of 
similar assets. As of May 31, 2016 and 2015, we had $78.7 million and $79.3 million in net property, plant and equipment, 
respectively, and $43.5 million and $51.3 million in intangible assets, net, respectively. There were no long-lived asset 
impairment charges recorded during the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 or 2014.

Long-lived assets, net, outside of the U.S. totaled $104.8 million and $105.9 million as of May 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess purchase price of acquired businesses over the fair values attributed to underlying net tangible 
assets and identifiable intangible assets. We test the carrying value of goodwill for impairment at a “reporting unit” level 
(which for the Company is represented by (i) our Services segment, (ii) our Products and Systems segment, and (iii) the 
European component and (iv) Brazilian component of our International segment), using a qualitative assessment for its 
Services reporting unit and a two-step approach for its remaining reporting units, annually as of March 1, or whenever an event 
occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying 
amount. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, this is an indicator that the goodwill assigned to that 
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reporting unit may be impaired. In this case, a second step is performed to allocate the fair value of the reporting unit to the 
assets and liabilities of the reporting unit as if it had just been acquired in a business combination, and as if the purchase price 
was equivalent to the fair value of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts 
assigned to its assets and liabilities is referred to as the implied fair value of goodwill. The implied fair value of the reporting 
unit’s goodwill is then compared to the actual carrying value of goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than the carrying 
value, an impairment loss would be recorded to reduce the carrying value of goodwill to its implied fair value. We consider the 
income and market approaches to estimating the fair value of our reporting units, which requires significant judgment in 
evaluation of economic and industry trends, estimated future cash flows, discount rates and other factors.  The Company 
believes that the fair values of each of its reporting units are substantially in excess of their respective carrying amounts. 

Significant deterioration in industry or economic trends, disruptions to our business, inability to effectively integrate acquired 
businesses, or other factors, may cause these fair value to decline, possibly resulting in impairment charges to goodwill in 
future periods. 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements  

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board  ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with 
Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of 
promised goods or services to customers. The ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP 
when it becomes effective. The new standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning 
December 15, 2017, as a result of a one year deferral in the standard issued by the FASB in August 2015 with ASU 2015-14, 
Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Deferral of the Effective Date. Early application is not permitted. The standard 
permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that 
ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. 

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805):  Simplifying the Accounting for 
Measurement-Period Adjustments.  This amendment will simplify the accounting for adjustments made to provisional amounts 
recognized in a business combination and eliminates the requirement to retrospectively account for those adjustments in 
previous reporting periods.  This update will require on the face of the income statement or in the notes to the financial 
statements the amount recorded in current-period earnings that would have previously been recorded if the adjustment to the 
provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date.  ASU 2015-16 is effective for fiscal years, and interim 
periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015.  This update should be applied prospectively and earlier 
adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been issued.  The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 
2015-16 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.  

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740):  Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred 
Taxes.  This amendment will simplify the presentation of deferred tax assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and require all 
deferred tax assets and liabilities to be treated as non-current.  ASU 2015-17 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods 
within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted.  The Company is evaluating the 
effect that ASU 2015-17 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.  

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).  This amendment supersedes previous accounting 
guidance (Topic 840) and requires all leases, with exception of leases with a term of 12 months or less, to be recorded on the 
balance sheet as lease assets and lease liabilities.   ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those 
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted.  The standard requires lessees and lessors to 
recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach.  The 
Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.   

In March 2016, the FASB issues ASU No. 2016-09, Stock Compensation (Topic 718).  This amendment will simplify certain 
aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, which include accounting for income taxes and the related impact 
on the statement of cash flows, an option to account for forfeitures when they occur in addition to the existing guidance to  
estimate the forfeitures of awards, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of 
cash flows for employee taxes paid to tax authorities on shares withheld for vesting.   ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years, 
and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted.   The Company 
is evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. 

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ITEM 7A.                                       Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Sensitivity

The company’s investment portfolio primarily includes cash equivalents for which the market values are not significantly 
affected by changes in interest rates. Our interest rate risk results primarily from our variable rate indebtedness under our credit 
facility, which is influenced by movements in short-term rates. Borrowings under our $175.0 million revolving credit facility 
are based on an LIBOR, plus an additional margin based on our Funded Debt Leverage Ratio. Based on the amount of variable 
rate debt, $69.0 million at May 31, 2016, an increase in interest rates by one hundred basis points from our current rate would 
increase annual interest expense by approximately $0.7 million.

Foreign Currency Risk

We have foreign currency exposure related to our operations in foreign locations. This foreign currency exposure, particularly 
the Euro, British Pound Sterling, Brazilian Real, Canadian Dollar and the Indian Rupee, arises primarily from the translation of 
our foreign subsidiaries’ financial statements into U.S. Dollars. For example, a portion of our annual sales and operating costs 
are denominated in British Pound Sterling and we have exposure related to sales and operating costs increasing or decreasing 
based on changes in currency exchange rates. If the U.S. Dollar increases in value against these foreign currencies, the value in 
U.S. Dollars of the assets and liabilities originally recorded in these foreign currencies will decrease. Conversely, if the U.S. 
Dollar decreases in value against these foreign currencies, the value in U.S. Dollars of the assets and liabilities originally 
recorded in these foreign currencies will increase. Thus, increases and decreases in the value of the U.S. Dollar relative to these 
foreign currencies have a direct impact on the value in U.S. Dollars of our foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities, 
even if the value of these items has not changed in their original currency. We do not currently enter into forward exchange 
contracts to hedge exposures denominated in foreign currencies. An unfavorable 10% change in the average U.S. Dollar 
exchange rates for fiscal 2016 would cause a decrease in consolidated operating income of approximately $1.1 million and a 
favorable 10% change would cause an increase of approximately $1.3 million. We may consider entering into hedging or 
forward exchange contracts in the future, as sales in international currencies increase due to growth in our International 
segment.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

We do not have material exposure to market risk with respect to investments, as our investments consist primarily of highly 
liquid investments purchased with a remaining maturity of three months or less. We do not use derivative financial instruments 
for speculative or trading purposes; however, this does not preclude our adoption of specific hedging strategies in the future.

Effects of Inflation and Changing Prices

Our results of operations and financial condition have not been significantly affected by inflation and changing prices.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Mistras Group, Inc.:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of 
May 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), equity, and cash 
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended May 31, 2016. We also have audited the Company’s internal control 
over financial reporting as of May 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) 
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is 
responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and 
for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s 
Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial 
statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial 
statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in 
all material respects. Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence 
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant 
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control 
over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that 
a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the 
assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We 
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the 
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures 
that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and 
dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit 
preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and 
expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the 
company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or 
disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, 
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate 
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial 
position of Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of May 31, 2016 and 2015, and the results of their operations and their cash 
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended May 31, 2016, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting 
principles. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial 
reporting as of May 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the 
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
August 15, 2016 

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 Mistras Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)

ASSETS
Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents
Accounts receivable, net
Inventories
Deferred income taxes
Prepaid expenses and other current assets

Total current assets

Property, plant and equipment, net
Intangible assets, net
Goodwill
Deferred income taxes
Other assets

Total Assets

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt
Current portion of capital lease obligations
Income taxes payable

Total current liabilities

Long-term debt, net of current portion
Obligations under capital leases, net of current portion
Deferred income taxes
Other long-term liabilities
Total Liabilities

Commitments and contingencies

Equity

Preferred stock, 10,000,000 shares authorized
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 28,939,993 and
28,703,320 shares issued and outstanding as of May 31, 2016 and May 31, 2015,
respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
Total Mistras Group, Inc. stockholders’ equity
Noncontrolling interests

Total Equity
Total Liabilities and Equity

May 31,

2016

2015

$

$

$

21,188
137,913
9,918
6,216
12,711
187,946
78,676
43,492
169,220
1,000
2,341
482,675

10,796
62,983
12,553
7,835
2,710
96,877
72,456
11,932
18,328
6,794
206,387

10,555
133,228
10,841
5,144
11,698
171,466
79,256
51,276
166,414
1,208
2,107
471,727

10,529
55,914
17,902
8,646
532
93,523
95,557
10,717
16,984
9,934
226,715

—

—

290
213,737
82,235
(20,099)
276,163
125
276,288
482,675

$

287
208,064
57,581
(21,113)
244,819
193
245,012
471,727

$

$

$

$

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Mistras Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except per share data)

Revenue

Cost of revenue
Depreciation

Gross profit

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Research and engineering

Depreciation and amortization

Acquisition-related (benefit) expense, net

Legal settlement

Income from operations

Interest expense

Income before provision for income taxes

Provision for income taxes

Net income

Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of
taxes

Net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc.

Earnings per common share

Basic

Diluted

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

Basic

Diluted

$

$

$

$

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

$

719,181
494,911
21,262

203,008

141,229

$

711,252
506,281
20,238

184,733

143,978

623,447
432,695
17,809

172,943

123,690

2,523

11,212
(1,453)
6,320

43,177
4,762

38,415

13,765

24,650

(4)
24,654

0.85

0.82

28,856

29,891

$

$

$

2,521

13,048
(5,167)
—

30,353
4,622

25,731

9,740

15,991

(90)
16,081

0.56

0.54

28,613

29,590

$

$

$

2,995

10,620
(2,657)
—

38,295
3,192

35,103

12,528

22,575

57

22,518

0.79

0.77

28,365

29,324

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Mistras Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(in thousands)

Net income

Other comprehensive income (loss):

Foreign currency translation adjustments

Comprehensive income (loss)

Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests
Foreign currency translation adjustments attributable to noncontrolling
interests

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Mistras Group, Inc.

$

25,669

$

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

$

24,650

$

15,991

$

22,575

1,014

25,664
(4)

1

(19,602)
(3,611)
(90)

5
(3,516) $

2,941

25,516

57

(4)
25,455

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Mistras Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Equity
(in thousands)

Common Stock

Shares

Amount

Additional
paid-in 
capital

Retained
earnings

Accumulated
other
comprehensive 
income (loss)

Total
Mistras Group,
Inc.
Stockholders’ 
Equity

Noncontrolling
Interest

Total Equity

Balance at May 31, 2013

28,211

$

282

$

195,241

$

18,982

$

(4,452)

$

210,053

$

227

$

210,280

Net income

Other comprehensive income, net of
tax

Share-based payments

Net settlement on vesting of
restricted stock units

Excess tax benefit from share-based
payment compensation

Exercise of stock options

Balance at May 31, 2014

Net income

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax

Share-based payments

Net settlement on vesting of
restricted stock units

Excess tax benefit from share-based
payment compensation

Exercise of stock options

Balance at May 31, 2015

Net income

Other comprehensive income, net of
tax

Share-based payments

Net settlement on vesting of
restricted stock units

Excess tax benefit from share-based
payment compensation

Exercise of stock options

Balance at May 31, 2016

—

—

19

123

—

103

—

—

—

1

—

1

—

—

6,261

(1,007)

340

996

22,518

—

—

—

—

—

—

2,941

—

—

—

22,518

2,941

6,261

(1,006)

340

997

57

4

—

—

—

—

22,575

2,945

6,261

(1,006)

340

997

28,456

$

284

$

201,831

$

41,500

$

(1,511)

$

242,104

$

288

$

242,392

—

—

21

161

—

65

—

—

—

2

—

1

—

—

6,579

(1,483)

388

749

16,081

—

16,081

—

—

—

—

—

(19,602)

—

—

—

—

(19,602)

6,579

(1,481)

388

750

(90)

(5)

—

—

—

—

15,991

(19,607)

6,579

(1,481)

388

750

28,703

$

287

$

208,064

$

57,581

$

(21,113)

$

244,819

$

193

$

245,012

—

—

—

182

—

55

—

—

—

2

—

1

—

—

6,394

(1,093)

(170)

542

24,654

—

—

—

—

—

—

1,014

—

—

—

—

24,654

1,014

6,394

(1,091)

(170)

543

(4)

(64)

—

—

—

—

24,650

950

6,394

(1,091)

(170)

543

28,940

$

290

$

213,737

$

82,235

$

(20,099)

$

276,163

$

125

$

276,288

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Mistras Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)

Cash flows from operating activities
Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities

Depreciation and amortization
Deferred income taxes
Share-based compensation expense
Charges associated with the exit of foreign operations
Fair value adjustments to contingent consideration
Other

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions

Accounts receivable
Inventories
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
Other assets
Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
Income taxes payable

Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Purchase of intangible assets
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired
Proceeds from sale of equipment
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities

Repayment of capital lease obligations
Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt
Repayment of long-term debt
Proceeds from revolver
Repayments of revolver
Payment of contingent consideration for business acquisitions
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
Excess tax benefit from share-based payment compensation
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
Net change in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of period
End of period
Supplemental disclosure of cash paid

Interest
Income taxes

Noncash investing and financing

Equipment acquired through capital lease obligations
Issuance of notes payable and other debt obligations primarily related to
acquisitions

$

$
$

$

$

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

Note 1

2014

$

24,650

$

15,991

$

22,575

32,474
240
6,514
—
(2,066)
(1,052)

(4,999)
1,595
(1,128)
(684)
254
10,187
2,139
68,124

(14,864)
(1,315)
(1,743)
1,170
(16,752)

(7,870)
2,737
(17,580)
55,800
(69,600)
(3,147)
(1,091)
(170)
543
(40,378)
(361)
10,633

10,555
21,188

4,151
10,686

8,248

$

$
$

$

33,286
(1,745)
6,579
2,516
(5,382)
1,647

3,982
388
(288)
(821)
(6,571)
2,006
(1,748)
49,840

(15,104)
(866)
(34,677)
996
(49,651)

(8,653)
2,232
(11,457)
110,300
(86,800)
(3,213)
(1,481)
388
750
2,066
(1,720)
535

10,020
10,555

4,504
13,243

8,031

— $

20,480

28,429
(621)
6,261
—
(3,937)
617

(23,857)
1,203
(4,059)
36
6,125
4,532
(431)
36,873

(16,871)
(708)
(21,924)
1,498
(38,005)

(8,139)
—
(8,830)
102,880
(81,300)
(1,678)
(1,007)
340
996
3,262
88
2,218

$

$
$

$

$

7,802
10,020

3,271
12,920

11,031

336  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Mistras Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(tabular dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

1. Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Description of Business

Mistras Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) is a leading “one source” global provider of technology-enabled asset 
protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity and reliability of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure. 
The Company combines industry-leading products and technologies, expertise in mechanical integrity (MI) and non-destructive 
testing (NDT) services and proprietary data analysis software to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of customized solutions, 
ranging from routine inspections to complex, plant-wide asset integrity assessments and management. These mission critical 
solutions enhance customers’ ability to extend the useful life of their assets, increase productivity, minimize repair costs, 
comply with governmental safety and environmental regulations, manage risk and avoid catastrophic disasters. The Company 
serves a global customer base of companies with asset-intensive infrastructure, including companies in the oil and gas, fossil 
and nuclear power, alternative and renewable energy, public infrastructure, chemicals, commercial aerospace and defense, 
transportation, primary metals and metalworking, pharmaceutical/biotechnology and food processing industries and research 
and engineering institutions.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying audited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Mistras Group, Inc. and its wholly and 
majority-owned subsidiaries. For subsidiaries in which the Company’s ownership interest is less than 100%, the noncontrolling 
interests are reported in stockholders’ equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The noncontrolling interests in 
net income, net of tax, is classified separately in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Mistras Group, Inc.’s and its 
subsidiaries’ fiscal years end on May 31 except for the subsidiaries in the International segment, which end on April 30. 
Accordingly, the Company’s International segment subsidiaries are consolidated on a one-month lag. Therefore, in the quarter 
and year of acquisition, results of acquired subsidiaries in the International segment are generally included in consolidated 
results for one less month than the actual number of months from the acquisition date to the end of the reporting period.  
Management does not believe that any events occurred during the one-month lag period that would have a material effect on 
the Company’s consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2016. As discussed in Note 7 - Acquisitions and Dispositions, during 
the lag period in fiscal 2015, the Company sold an international subsidiary, and decided to sell two additional international 
subsidiaries. Management does not believe that any additional events occurred during the fiscal 2015 one-month lag period that 
would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Reference to a fiscal year means the fiscal 
year ended May 31.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.  Such reclassifications did 
not have a material effect on the Company's financial condition or results of operations as previously reported.

Immaterial Correction

Subsequent to the issuance of its consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company 
identified errors related to the classification of amounts reported in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for that period. 
In accordance with the SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 99, Materiality, and SAB No. 108, Considering the Effects of 
Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, management evaluated the 
materiality of the errors from qualitative and quantitative perspectives, and concluded that the errors were immaterial. 
Accordingly, management has corrected the presentation of the affected line items of the accompanying Consolidated 
Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended May 31, 2015, as summarized below. These changes did not impact the Company’s 
net income, balance sheet, or stockholders’ equity for any periods previously reported.

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Cash flows from operating activities

Accounts payable
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
Net cash provided by operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt
Repayments of long-term debt
Net borrowings against revolver

Net cash provided by financing activities

Previously
Reported

Revised

(6,281)
2,500
50,624

(34,967)
(49,941)

—
(9,224)
21,914
481

(6,571)
2,006
49,840

(34,677)
(49,651)

2,232
(11,457)
23,500
2,066

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(629)

(1,720)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is generally recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, services have been rendered or products 
have been delivered, the fee is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Shipping and handling costs are 
included in cost of revenues.  Taxes collected from customers and remitted to governmental authorities are presented in the 
consolidated statements of income on a net basis. One customer accounted for 10% of our revenues in fiscal 2016, which 
primarily were generated from the Services segment.  No customer accounted for 10% or more of our revenues in fiscal 2015 
and 2014.  The following revenue recognition policies define the manner in which we account for specific transaction types:

Services

Revenue is primarily derived from providing services on a time and material basis.  Service arrangements generally consist of 
inspection professionals working under contract for a fixed period of time or on a specific customer project. Revenue is 
generally recognized when the service is performed in accordance with terms of each customer arrangement, upon completion 
of the earnings process and when collection is reasonably assured. At the end of any reporting period, revenue is accrued for 
services that have been earned which have not yet been billed. Reimbursable costs, including those related to travel and out-of-
pocket expenses, are included in revenue, and equivalent amounts of reimbursable costs are included in cost of services.

Products and Systems

Sales of products and systems are recorded when the sales price is fixed and determinable and the risks and rewards of 
ownership are transferred (generally upon shipment) and when collectability is reasonably assured.

These arrangements occasionally contain multiple elements or deliverables, such as hardware, software (that is essential to the 
functionality of the hardware) and related services. The Company recognizes revenue for delivered elements as separate units 
of accounting, when the delivered elements have standalone value, uncertainties regarding customer acceptance are resolved 
and there are no refund or return rights for the delivered elements. The Company establishes the selling prices for each 
deliverable based on its, vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”), if available, third-party evidence, if VSOE is not 
available, or estimated selling price (“ESP”) if neither VSOE nor third-party evidence is available. The Company establishes 
VSOE of selling price using the price charged for a deliverable when sold separately and, in rare instances, using the price 
established by management having the relevant authority. Third-party evidence of selling price is established by evaluating 
largely similar and interchangeable competitor products or services in standalone sales to similarly situated customers. The 
Company determines ESP, by considering Internal factors such as margin objectives, pricing practices and controls, customer 
segment pricing strategies and the product life cycle. Consideration is also given to market conditions such as competitor 
pricing strategies and Industry technology life cycles. When determining ESP, the Company applies management judgment to 
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establish margin objectives and pricing strategies and to evaluate market conditions and product life cycles. Changes in the 
aforementioned factors may result in a different allocation of revenue to the deliverables in multiple element arrangements and 
therefore may change the pattern and timing of revenue recognition for these elements, but will not change the total revenue 
recognized for the arrangement.

A portion of the Company’s revenue is generated from engineering and manufacturing of custom products under long-term 
contracts that may last from several months to several years, depending on the contract. Revenues from long-term contracts are 
recognized on the percentage-of-completion method of accounting. Under the percentage-of-completion method of accounting 
revenues are recognized as work is performed. The percentage of completion at any point in time is generally based on total 
costs or total labor dollars incurred to date in relation to the total estimated costs or total labor dollars estimated at completion. 
The percentage of completion is then applied to the total contract revenue to determine the amount of revenue to be recognized 
in the period. Application of the percentage-of-completion method of accounting requires the use of estimates of costs to be 
incurred for the performance of the contract. Contract costs include all direct materials, direct labor costs and those indirect 
costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs, and all costs associated with operation of 
equipment. The cost estimation process is based upon the professional knowledge and experience of our engineers, project 
managers and financial professionals. Factors that are considered in estimating the work to be completed include the 
availability and productivity of labor, the nature and complexity of the work to be performed, the effect of change orders, the 
availability of materials, the effect of any delays in our project performance and the recoverability of any claims. Whenever 
revisions of estimated contract costs and contract values indicate that the contract costs will exceed estimated revenues, thus 
creating a loss, a provision for the total estimated loss is recorded in that period.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires that the Company 
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and disclosure of 
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of financial statements. The accounting policies that the Company believes require 
more significant estimates and assumptions include: revenue recognition, valuations of accounts receivable, long lived assets, 
goodwill, and deferred tax assets and uncertain tax positions. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on historical 
experience, known or expected trends and various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable. As future events and their 
effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ significantly from these estimates, which may cause the 
Company’s future results to be significantly affected.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash 
equivalents.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are stated net of an allowance for doubtful accounts and sales allowances. Outstanding accounts receivable 
balances are reviewed periodically, and allowances are provided at such time that management believes it is probable that such 
balances will not be collected within a reasonable period of time. The Company extends credit to its customers based upon 
credit evaluations in the normal course of business, primarily with 30-day terms. Bad debts are provided for based on historical 
experience and management’s evaluation of outstanding accounts receivable. Accounts are generally written off when they are 
deemed uncollectible. One customer accounted for 11% of our accounts receivable in fiscal 2016. No customer accounted for 
10% or more of our accounts receivable in fiscal 2015.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, as determined by using the first-in, first-out method, or market. Work in process and 
finished goods inventory include material, direct labor, variable costs and overhead.

Purchased and Internal-Use Software

The Company capitalizes certain costs that are incurred to purchase or to create and implement internal-use software, which 
includes software coding, installation and testing. Capitalized costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over three years, the 
estimated useful life of the software.

Property, Plant and Equipment

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Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation of property, plant and equipment is computed utilizing the 
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed utilizing 
the straight-line method over the shorter of the remaining lease term or estimated useful life. Repairs and maintenance costs are 
expensed as incurred.

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess purchase price of acquired businesses over the fair values attributed to underlying net tangible 
assets and identifiable intangible assets. The Company tests the carrying value of goodwill for impairment at a “reporting unit” 
level (which for the Company is represented by (i) our Services segment, (ii) our Products and Systems segment, and (iii) the 
European component and (iv) Brazilian component of our International segment), using a qualitative assessment for its 
Services reporting unit and a two-step approach for its remaining reporting units, annually as of March 1, or whenever an event 
occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of a reporting unit below its carrying 
amount. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, this is an indicator that the goodwill assigned to that 
reporting unit may be impaired. In this case, a second step is performed to allocate the fair value of the reporting unit to the 
assets and liabilities of the reporting unit as if it had just been acquired in a business combination, and as if the purchase price 
was equivalent to the fair value of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts 
assigned to its assets and liabilities is referred to as the implied fair value of goodwill. The implied fair value of the reporting 
unit’s goodwill is then compared to the actual carrying value of goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than the carrying 
value, an impairment loss would be recorded to reduce the carrying value of goodwill to its implied fair value. The Company 
considers the income and market approaches to estimating the fair value of our reporting units, which requires significant 
judgment in evaluation of economic and industry trends, estimated future cash flows, discount rates and other factors.  The 
Company believes that the fair values of each of its reporting units are substantially in excess of their respective carrying 
amounts. 

Significant deterioration in industry or economic trends, disruptions to our business, inability to effectively integrate acquired 
businesses, or other factors, may cause these fair value to decline, possibly resulting in impairment charges to goodwill in 
future periods. 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets

The Company reviews the recoverability of its long-lived assets on a periodic basis in order to identify indicators of a possible 
impairment. The assessment for potential impairment is based primarily on the Company’s ability to recover the carrying value 
of its long-lived assets from expected future undiscounted cash flows. If the total expected future undiscounted cash flows are 
less than the carrying amount of the assets, a loss is recognized for the difference between fair value (computed based upon the 
expected future discounted cash flows) and the carrying value of the assets.

Research and Engineering

Research and product development costs are expensed as incurred.

Advertising, Promotions and Marketing

The costs for advertising, promotion and marketing programs are expensed as incurred and are included in selling, general and 
administrative expenses. Advertising expense was approximately $1.8 million, $2.2 million and $1.8 million for fiscal 2016, 
2015 and 2014, respectively.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other financial current assets 
and liabilities approximate fair value based on the short-term nature of the items. The carrying value of long-term debt 
approximates fair value due to the variable-rate structure of the debt. The fair value of the Company’s notes payable and capital 
lease obligations approximate their carrying amounts as those obligations bear interest at rates which management believes 
would currently be available to the Company for similar obligations.

Foreign Currency Translation

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The financial position and results of operations of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using their functional 
currencies, which, is their local currency. Assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated into the U.S. Dollar at the 
exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Income and expenses are translated at the average exchange rate during the 
period. Translation gains and losses are reported as a component of other comprehensive income (loss) for the period and 
included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) within stockholders’ equity.

Foreign currency (gains) and losses arising from transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are 
included in net income, reported in SG&A expenses, and were approximately $(0.1) million, $1.5 million and $0.1 million in 
fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash 
equivalents and accounts receivable. At times, cash deposits may exceed the limits insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation. The Company believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk or risk of nonperformance of financial 
institutions.

Self-Insurance

The Company is self-insured for certain losses relating to workers’ compensation and health benefits claims. The Company 
maintains third-party excess insurance coverage for all workers compensation and health benefit claims in excess of 
approximately $0.3 million to reduce its exposure from such claims. Self-insured losses are accrued when it is probable that an 
uninsured claim has been incurred but not reported and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated at the balance sheet 
date.

Share-based Compensation

The value of services received from employees and directors in exchange for an award of an equity instrument is measured 
based on the grant-date fair value of the award. The computed value is recognized as a non-cash cost on a straight-line basis 
over the period the individual provides services, which is typically the vesting period of the award with the exception of awards 
containing an internal performance measure which is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period subject to the 
probability of meeting the performance requirements and adjusted for the number of shares expected to be earned. As share-
based compensation expense is based on awards ultimately expected to vest, the amount of expense has been reduced for 
estimated forfeitures. The cost of these awards is recorded in selling, general and administrative expense in the company’s 
consolidated statements of income.

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized 
for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets 
and liabilities and their respective tax bases and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are 
measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are 
expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred income tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is 
recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided if it is more likely than 
not that some or all of a deferred income tax asset will not be realized. Financial accounting standards prescribe a minimum 
recognition threshold a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements. These standards 
also provide guidance on de-recognition, measurement, and classification of amounts relating to uncertain tax positions, 
accounting for and disclosure of interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosures required. Interest and 
penalties related to unrecognized tax positions are recognized as incurred within “provision for income taxes” in the 
consolidated statements of income.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board  ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with 
Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of 
promised goods or services to customers. The ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP 
when it becomes effective. The new standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning 
December 15, 2017, as a result of a one year deferral in the standard issued by the FASB in August 2015 with ASU 2015-14, 
Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Deferral of the Effective Date. Early application is not permitted. The standard 

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permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that 
ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. 

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805):  Simplifying the Accounting for 
Measurement-Period Adjustments.  This amendment will simplify the accounting for adjustments made to provisional amounts 
recognized in a business combination and eliminates the requirement to retrospectively account for those adjustments in 
previous reporting periods.  This update will require on the face of the income statement or in the notes to the financial 
statements the amount recorded in current-period earnings that would have previously been recorded if the adjustment to the 
provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date.  ASU 2015-16 is effective for fiscal years, and interim 
periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015.  This update should be applied prospectively and earlier 
adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been issued.  The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 
2015-16 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.  

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740):  Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred 
Taxes.  This amendment will simplify the presentation of deferred tax assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and require all 
deferred tax assets and liabilities to be treated as non-current.  ASU 2015-17 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods 
within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted.  The Company is evaluating the 
effect that ASU 2015-17 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.  

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).  This amendment supersedes previous accounting 
guidance (Topic 840) and requires all leases, with exception of leases with a term of 12 months or less, to be recorded on the 
balance sheet as lease assets and lease liabilities.   ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those 
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted.  The standard requires lessees and lessors to 
recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach.  The 
Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.   

In March 2016, the FASB issues ASU No. 2016-09, Stock Compensation (Topic 718).  This amendment will simplify certain 
aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, which include accounting for income taxes and the related impact 
on the statement of cash flows, an option to account for forfeitures when they occur in addition to the existing guidance to  
estimate the forfeitures of awards, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification on the statement of 
cash flows for employee taxes paid to tax authorities on shares withheld for vesting.   ASU 2016-09 is effective for fiscal years, 
and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted.   The Company 
is evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. 

3. Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average 
number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to 
common shareholders by the sum of (1) the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the 
period, and (2) the dilutive effect of assumed conversion of equity awards using the treasury stock method. With respect to the 
number of weighted average shares outstanding (denominator), diluted shares reflects: (i) only the exercise of options to 
acquire common stock to the extent that the options’ exercise prices are less than the average market price of common shares 
during the period and (ii) the pro forma vesting of restricted stock units.

The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share:

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Basic earnings per share
Numerator:

Net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc.

Denominator

Weighted average common shares outstanding

Basic earnings per share

Diluted earnings per share:
Numerator:

Net income attributable to Mistras Group, Inc.

Denominator

Weighted average common shares outstanding
Dilutive effect of stock options outstanding
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units outstanding

Diluted earnings per share

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

24,654

$

16,081

$

22,518

28,856
0.85

$

28,613
0.56

$

28,365
0.79

24,654

$

16,081

$

22,518

28,856
712
323
29,891
0.82

$

28,613
719
258
29,590
0.54

$

28,365
775
184
29,324
0.77

$

$

$

$

The following potential common shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share, as the effect would 
have been anti-dilutive:

Potential common stock attributable to stock options outstanding

Potential common stock attributable to performance awards outstanding

Total

4. Accounts Receivable, net

Accounts receivable consist of the following:

Trade accounts receivable

Allowance for doubtful accounts

Accounts receivable, net

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

5

24

29

6

1

7

5

121

126

May 31,

2016

2015

$

$

140,820
(2,907)
137,913

$

$

136,208
(2,980)
133,228

The Company had $18.8 million and $15.0 million of unbilled revenues accrued as of May 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 
Unbilled revenues as of May 31, 2016 are expected to be billed in the first quarter of fiscal 2017.

5. Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

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Raw materials
Work in progress
Finished goods
Services-related consumable supplies

Inventory

6. Property, Plant and Equipment, net

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

Land

Building and improvements

Office furniture and equipment
Machinery and equipment

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

Property, plant and equipment, net

May 31,

2016

2015

3,827
1,743
2,839
1,509
9,918

$

$

4,194
1,604
3,178
1,865
10,841

$

$

Useful Life

(Years)

30-40

5-8
5-7

May 31,

2016

  $

1,735

$

19,364

8,692
173,053

202,844
(124,168)
78,676

$

  $

2015

1,856

17,712

7,934
162,762

190,264
(111,008)
79,256

Depreciation expense was approximately $22.9 million, $22.2 million and $19.2 million for the years ended May 31, 2016, 
2015 and 2014, respectively.

7. Acquisitions and Dispositions

Acquisitions

During fiscal 2016, the Company completed two acquisitions.  The Company purchased a U.S.-based company that provides 
unmanned aerial systems and NDT services and a Canadian-based company that provides engineering and NDT services.  In 
these acquisitions, the Company acquired 100% of the common stock of each acquiree in exchange for aggregate consideration 
of $1.8 million in cash and contingent consideration estimated to be $1.0 million to be earned based upon the acquired business 
achieving specific performance metrics over various periods during the initial four years of operations from the acquisition 
date.  The Company accounted for these transactions in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting for business 
combinations.   The estimated total potential contingent consideration for these acquisitions ranges from zero to $0.3 million as 
of May 31, 2016. 

During fiscal 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of four companies. One of the acquired companies is located in the 
U.S. and provides maintenance and inspection services primarily on offshore platforms. This acquisition expanded the service 
offerings within the Services segment, allowing the Company to provide services to the upstream operations of its customers. 
The Company also purchased a group of asset protection businesses located in Quebec, Canada and an asset inspection 
business in Florida to complement service offerings within the Company’s Services segment and continue its market expansion 
strategy. The Company’s International Segment completed an acquisition of an asset inspection business located in the United 
Kingdom. In these acquisitions, the Company acquired 100% of the common stock or certain assets of each acquiree in 
exchange for aggregate consideration of approximately $35.8 million in cash and $20.5 million in notes payable over two 
years. The Company accounted for such transactions in accordance with the acquisition method of accounting for business 
combinations. In addition to the cash consideration related to these acquisitions, the Company accrued a liability of 
approximately $2.3 million, which represents the estimated fair value of contingent consideration expected to be payable in the 
event that the acquired companies achieve specific performance metrics during various periods over the next three years of 
operations. The estimated total potential contingent consideration for these acquisitions ranges from zero to $3.2 million as of 
May 31, 2015.

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Assets and liabilities of the acquired businesses were included in the consolidated balance sheets as of May 31, 2016 based on 
their estimated fair value on the date of acquisition as determined in a purchase price allocation, using available information 
and making assumptions management believes are reasonable. The results of operations of each of the acquisitions completed 
in fiscal 2016 and 2015 are included in each respective operating segment’s results of operations from the date of acquisition. 
The Company’s allocation of purchase price for these acquisitions is included in the table below. The following table 
summarizes the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and any subsequent adjustments made during 
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016:

Number of entities

Cash paid

Subordinated notes issued

Contingent consideration

Consideration paid

Current net assets

Debt and other long-term liabilities

Property, plant and equipment

Deferred tax liability

Intangibles

Goodwill

Net assets acquired

2016

2015

2

4

$

$

$

1,784

$

$

$

—

991

2,775

180
(546)
485
(72)
—

2,728

$

2,775

$

35,755

20,505

2,255

58,515

2,770
(5,889)
7,395
(2,467)
10,394

46,312

58,515

The amortization period for intangible assets acquired ranges from two to twelve years. The Company recorded $2.7 million 
and $46.3 million of goodwill in connection with its fiscal 2016 and 2015 acquisitions, respectively, reflecting the strategic fit 
and revenue and earnings growth potential of these businesses. The goodwill recorded in fiscal 2016 and 2015 relates primarily 
to the acquisition of the common stock of the acquirees, which is generally not deductible for tax purposes.

We are continuing our review of our fair value estimate of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for two entities acquired in 
fiscal 2016 disclosed above. This process will conclude as soon as we finalize information regarding facts and circumstances 
that existed as of the acquisition date. Goodwill for these two entities totaled $2.7 million. These measurement periods will not 
exceed one year from the respective acquisition dates. 

Revenue included in the consolidated statement of operations for fiscal 2016 from these acquisitions for the period subsequent 
to the closing of the fiscal 2016 transactions were approximately $0.2 million. Aggregate loss from operations included in the 
consolidated statement of operations for fiscal 2016 from the acquisitions for the period subsequent to the closing of each 
transaction was approximately $0.3 million. As these acquisitions are not significant to the Company’s fiscal 2016 results, no 
unaudited pro forma financial information has been included in this report.

Dispositions

On May 22, 2015, the Company completed the sale of one of its Russian subsidiaries and recognized a loss of $0.4 million. On 
July 31, 2015, the Company completed the sale of its other subsidiary in Russia, as well as its subsidiary in Japan.  For the year 
ended May 31, 2015, the Company recognized impairment charges of $2.1 million related to these sales.  Aggregate charges 
associated with the exit of these three foreign operations was approximately $2.5 million and is included within selling, general 
and administrative expenses on the consolidated income statement for the year ended May 31, 2015. In the aggregate, the assets 
and liabilities of these subsidiaries represent 0.6% and 0.3% of consolidated assets and liabilities, respectively, and are included 
in their natural classifications on the consolidated balance sheet as of May 31, 2015.

Acquisition-Related expense

In the course of its acquisition activities, the Company incurs costs in connection with due diligence, professional fees, and 
other expenses. Additionally, the Company adjusts the fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration liabilities on a 

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quarterly basis. These amounts are recorded as acquisition-related (benefit) expense, net, on the consolidated statements of 
income and were as follows for fiscal 2016, 2015 and 2014:

Due diligence, professional fees and other transaction costs
Adjustments to fair value of contingent consideration liabilities
Acquisition-related (benefit) expense, net

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

$
$
$

$
629
(2,082) $
(1,453) $

215
$
(5,382) $
(5,167) $

1,280
(3,937)
(2,657)

The Company’s contingent consideration liabilities are recorded on the balance sheet in accrued expenses and other liabilities.

8. Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment is shown below:

Balance at May 31, 2014

Goodwill acquired during the year

Adjustments to preliminary purchase price allocations
Foreign currency translation

Balance at May 31, 2015

Goodwill acquired (disposed) during the year

Adjustments to preliminary purchase price allocations

Foreign currency translation

Balance at May 31, 2016

Services

International

Products

Total

73,767

$

43,552

$

13,197

$

130,516

41,986

3,529
(2,003)
117,279

2,728

270
(594)
119,683

$

$

1,480
(367)
(8,727)
35,938
(374)
—

776

—

—
—

$

13,197

$

—

—

—

43,466

3,162
(10,730)
166,414

2,354

270

182

36,340

$

13,197

$

169,220

$

$

$

The Company reviews goodwill for impairment on a reporting unit basis on March 1 of each year and whenever events or 
changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable.   As of May 31, 2016, the Company 
did not identify any changes in circumstances that would indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable.

The Company's cumulative goodwill impairment as of May 31, 2016, May 31, 2015 and May 31, 2014 was $9.9 million, which 
is within its International segment. 

9. Intangible Assets

The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of intangible assets were as follows:

2016

2015

May 31,

Customer relationships
Software/Technology
Covenants not to compete
Other
Total

Useful Life
(Years)
5-12
3-15
2-5
2-5

Gross
Amount

$

81,262
17,539
10,791
7,827
$ 117,419

Accumulated
Amortization
$

(47,747) $
(11,855)
(9,290)
(5,035)
(73,927) $

$

Net
Carrying
Amount

33,515
5,684
1,501
2,792
43,492

Gross
Amount

$

81,101
15,738
11,678
6,910
$ 115,427

Accumulated
Amortization
$

(41,009) $
(10,290)
(8,605)
(4,247)
(64,151) $

$

Net
Carrying
Amount

40,092
5,448
3,073
2,663
51,276

Amortization expense for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 was approximately $9.6 million, $11.1 million and 
$9.2 million, respectively, including amortization of software/technology for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 of 
$1.0 million, $0.9 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

Amortization expense in each of the five years and thereafter subsequent to May 31, 2016 related to the Company’s intangible 
assets is expected to be as follows:

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2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Thereafter
Total

10. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:

Accrued salaries, wages and related employee benefits
Contingent consideration
Accrued worker compensation and health benefits
Deferred revenues
Legal settlement accrual
Other accrued expenses
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities

11. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

Senior credit facility
Notes payable
Other

Total debt

Less: Current portion

Long-term debt, net of current portion

Senior Credit Facility

Expected
Amortization
Expense

$

$

8,618
7,302
6,119
4,495
4,238
12,720
43,492

May 31,

2016

2015

31,566
1,029
4,834
3,332
6,320
15,902
62,983

$

$

26,053
3,543
3,630
3,841
—
18,847
55,914

$

$

May 31,

2016

2015

68,999
10,111
5,899
85,009
(12,553)
72,456

$

$

83,062
24,632
5,765
113,459
(17,902)
95,557

$

$

On October 31, 2014, the Company entered into a Third Amendment and Modification Agreement (the “Amendment”), of its 
revolving line of credit, the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Credit Agreement”), dated December 21, 2011, 
with its lending group. The Amendment increased the Company’s revolving line of credit from $125.0 million to $175.0 
million and provides that under certain circumstances the line of credit can be increased to $225.0 million. The Company may 
continue to borrow up to $30.0 million in non-U.S. Dollar currencies and use up to $10.0 million of the credit limit for the 
issuance of letters of credit. The Amendment also extended the original maturity date of the Credit Agreement from December 
20, 2016 to October 30, 2019. At May 31, 2016, the Company had borrowings of $69.0 million and letters of credit of $4.8 
million were outstanding under the Credit Agreement. The Company capitalized $0.7 million of costs associated with this debt 
modification.

Loans under the Credit Agreement bear interest at LIBOR plus an applicable LIBOR margin ranging from 1% to 1.75%, or a 
base rate less a margin of 1.25% to 0.375%, at the option of the Company, based upon the Company’s Funded Debt Leverage 
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interest-bearing indebtedness as of the date of determination to (2) EBITDA (which is (a) net income, less (b) income (or plus 
loss) from discontinued operations and extraordinary items, plus (c) income tax expenses, plus (d) interest expense, plus 
(e) depreciation, depletion, and amortization (including non-cash loss on retirement of assets), plus (f) stock compensation 
expense, less (g) cash expense related to stock compensation, plus or minus certain other adjustments) for the period of four 
consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding the date of determination. The Company has the benefit of the lowest margin 
if its Funded Debt Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 0.5 to 1, and the margin increases as the ratio increases, to the 
maximum margin if the ratio is greater than 2.0 to 1. The Company will also bear additional costs for market disruption, 
regulatory changes effecting the lenders’ funding costs, and default pricing of an additional 2% interest rate margin on any 
amounts not paid when due. Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement are secured by liens on substantially all of the 
assets of the Company.

The Credit Agreement contains financial covenants requiring that the Company maintain a Funded Debt Leverage Ratio of no 
greater than 3.25 to 1 and an Interest Coverage Ratio of at least 3.0 to 1. Interest Coverage Ratio means the ratio, as of any date 
of determination, of (a) EBITDA for the 12 month period immediately preceding the date of determination, to (b) all interest, 
premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with 
borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the 
extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, paid during the 12 month period immediately preceding the date of 
determination. The Credit Agreement also limits the Company’s ability to, among other things, create liens, make investments, 
incur more indebtedness, merge or consolidate, make dispositions of property, pay dividends and make distributions to 
stockholders, enter into a new line of business, enter into transactions with affiliates and enter into burdensome agreements. 
The Credit Agreement does not limit the Company’s ability to acquire other businesses or companies except that the acquired 
business or company must be in the Company's line of business, the Company must be in compliance with the financial 
covenants on a pro forma basis after taking into account the acquisition, and, if the acquired business is a separate subsidiary, in 
certain circumstances the lenders will receive the benefit of a guaranty of the subsidiary and liens on its assets and a pledge of 
its stock.

As of May 31, 2016, the Company was in compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and has undertaken to 
continuously monitor compliance with these covenants.

Notes Payable and Other Debt

In connection with certain of its acquisitions, the Company issued subordinated notes payable to the sellers. The maturity of the 
notes that remain outstanding range from two to five years from the date of acquisition with stated interest rates ranging from 
0% to 4%. The Company has discounted these obligations to reflect a 2% to 4% market interest. Unamortized discount on the 
notes was de minimis as of May 31, 2016 and 2015. Amortization is recorded as interest expense in the consolidated statements 
of income.

The Company has evaluated current market conditions and borrower credit quality and has determined that the carrying value 
of its long-term debt approximates fair value. The fair value of the Company’s notes payable and capital lease obligations 
approximates their carrying amounts based on anticipated interest rates which management believes would currently be 
available to the Company for similar issues of debt.

Scheduled principal payments due under all borrowing agreements in each of the five years and thereafter subsequent to 
May 31, 2016 are as follows:

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Thereafter
Total

$

$

12,553
881
751
69,446
294
1,084
85,009

12.        Fair Value Measurements

The Company performs fair value measurements in accordance with the guidance provided by ASC 820, Fair Value 
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transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. It also establishes a three 
level hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The three levels of the hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has 

the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, including quoted prices for similar assets 

or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets, inputs other than quoted prices 
that are observable for the asset or liability and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs reflecting the Company’s own assumptions about inputs that market participants 

would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available.

In accordance with the fair value hierarchy described above, the following table shows the fair value of the Company’s 
financial liabilities that are required to be remeasured at fair value on a recurring basis:

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration
Total Liabilities

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration
Total Liabilities

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

May 31, 2016

— $
— $

— $
— $

2,075
2,075

$
$

2,075
2,075

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

May 31, 2015

— $
— $

— $
— $

6,411
6,411

$
$

6,411
6,411

$
$

$
$

The fair value of contingent consideration liabilities that was classified as Level 3 in the table above was estimated using a 
discounted cash flow technique with significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 fair 
value measurement as defined in ASC 820. The significant inputs in the Level 3 measurement not supported by market activity 
include the probability assessments of expected future cash flows related to the acquisitions, appropriately discounted 
considering the uncertainties associated with the obligation, and as calculated in accordance with the terms of the acquisition 
agreements.

13. Share-Based Compensation

The Company has share-based incentive awards outstanding to its eligible employees and Directors under two employee stock 
ownership plans: (i) the 2007 Stock Option Plan (the 2007 Plan), and (ii) the 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the 2009 Plan). 
No further awards may be granted under the 2007 Plan, although awards granted under the 2007 Plan remain outstanding in 
accordance with their terms. Awards granted under the 2009 Plan may be in the form of stock options, restricted stock units and 
other forms of share-based incentives, including performance restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights and deferred stock 
rights. The 2009 Plan allows for the grant of awards of up to approximately 2,286,000 shares of common stock, of which 
approximately 658,000 shares were available for future grants as of May 31, 2016. As of May 31, 2016, there was an aggregate 
of approximately 2,232,000 stock options outstanding and approximately 902,000 unvested restricted stock units outstanding 
under the 2009 Plan and the 2007 Plan.

Stock Options

For the fiscal years ended May 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company recognized share-based compensation expense related to stock 
option awards of less than $0.1 million, respectively, and $0.7 million for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014.  No stock 
options were granted during the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014.  As of May 31, 2016, no unrecognized 
compensation costs remained related to stock option awards. Cash proceeds from, and the intrinsic value of stock options 
exercised during the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

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Cash proceeds from options exercised
Aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

$

$

543
658

$

750
563

996
1,247

A summary of the stock option activity, weighted average exercise prices, options outstanding and exercisable as of May 31, 
2016 is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

Common
Stock
Options

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Common
Stock
Options

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Common
Stock
Options

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Outstanding at beginning of year:

2,287

$

13.13

2,352

$

13.09

Granted

Exercised

Expired or forfeited

— $

(55) $

— $

—

9.87

—

— $
(65) $
— $

—

11.54

—

Outstanding at end of year:

2,232

$

13.21

2,287

$

13.13

2,464

$

— $
(103) $
(9) $
$

2,352

12.93

—

9.67

10.03

13.09

Range of Exercise Prices
$6.15-$11.54
$13.46-$22.35

For the year ended May 31, 2016

Options Outstanding

Options Exercisable

Total
Options
Outstanding

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (Years)

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

137
2,095
2,232

2.3
3.2

$
$

9.09
13.48

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

9.09
13.48

Number
Exercisable

$
$

137
2,095
2,232

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

$

25,887

  $

25,887

Restricted Stock Unit Awards

The Company recognized approximately $4.4 million of share-based compensation in fiscal 2016, $4.7 million of share-based 
compensation in fiscal 2015 and $4.0 million of share-based compensation expense in fiscal 2014 related to restricted stock 
unit awards.  As of May 31, 2016, there were approximately $7.0 million of unrecognized compensation costs, net of estimated 
forfeitures, related to restricted stock unit awards, which are expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average 
period of 2.1 years.

Approximately 264,000 restricted stock units were granted in fiscal 2016, 192,000 restricted stock units were granted in fiscal 
2015 and 295,000 restricted stock units were granted in fiscal 2014.  Approximately 223,000 restricted stock units vested in 
fiscal 2016, 232,000 restricted stock units vested in fiscal 2015 and 178,000 restricted stock units vested in fiscal 2014. The fair 
value of these units was $3.5 million, $5.2 million and $3.3 million, respectively. Upon vesting, restricted stock units are 
generally net share-settled to cover the required minimum withholding tax and the remaining amount is converted into an 
equivalent number of shares of common stock.   Approximately 30,000 shares were forfeited in fiscal 2016, 24,000 shares were 
forfeited in fiscal 2015 and 44,000 shares were forfeited in fiscal 2014.

During the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company granted approximately 28,000, 21,000 and 19,000 shares, 
respectively, of fully-vested common stock to its five non-employee directors, in connection with its non-employee director 
compensation plan. These shares had a grant date fair value of approximately $0.5 million, $0.4 million and $0.4 million, 
respectively, which is included in the share-based compensation expense recorded during the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 
and 2014.

Performance Restricted Stock Units

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In fiscal 2014, the company granted one-year, two-year and three-year performance restricted stock units to its executive and 
certain other senior officers. These units have requisite service periods of three years and have no dividend rights.  The actual 
payout of these units, before the fiscal 2016 modification as described below, was based on the Company’s performance over 
one, two and three-year periods (based on pre-established targets) and a market condition modifier based on total shareholder 
return (TSR) compared to an industry peer group. The one-year and two-year performance conditions of the fiscal 2014 awards 
were evaluated before modification of the awards and not achieved. The one-year and two-year market conditions of the fiscal 
2014 awards were evaluated before modification of the awards and achieved.  The one-year and two-year awards related to 
market conditions will payout at 170% and 105%, respectively, of target once the requisite service period is complete.  The 
three-year performance and market condition awards were surrendered as part of the fiscal 2016 modification described below. 

In fiscal 2015, the company granted performance restricted stock units to its executive and certain other senior officers. These 
units have requisite service periods of three years and have no dividend rights. The actual payout of these units, before the 
fiscal 2016 modification as described below, was based on the Company’s performance over the three-year period (based on 
pre-established targets) and a market condition modifier based on (TSR) compared to an industry peer group.   The 2015 
awards were surrendered as part of the fiscal 2016 modification described below.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company modified its equity compensation program and granted 154,000 performance 
restricted stock units to its executive and certain other senior officers.   As a condition for receiving any awards under the 
revised fiscal 2016 plan, the executive and senior officers surrendered and released all rights to receive any shares under the 
three-year 2014 awards and three-year 2015 awards with a performance or market condition. The Company has accounted for 
the fiscal 2016 awards as modifications in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. These units have 
requisite service periods of five years and have no dividend rights. The actual payout of these units will vary based on the 
Company’s performance over a one-year period based on three metrics related to the Company’s fiscal 2016 performance: (1) 
Operating Income, (2) Adjusted EBITDAS, which is consistent with Adjusted EBITDA as disclosed in the financial statements, 
which is net income before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, acquisition 
related items, and other non-routine items as approved by the Company's Compensation Committee and (3) Revenue. There is 
also a discretionary portion based on individual performance.  During the year ended May 31, 2016, the Company evaluated 
the performance metrics, and due to achievement above target, increased the estimated performance shares expected to be 
granted by approximately 85,000 units to a total of 239,000 units.  

Compensation costs are initially measured assuming that the target performance conditions will be achieved. However, 
compensation costs related to the performance conditions are adjusted for subsequent changes in the expected outcome of the 
performance conditions. The discretionary portion of the fiscal 2016 awards are liability-classified and adjusted to fair value 
each reporting period. Compensation costs for the discretionary portion of the awards are recognized over the same five year 
requisite service period as the awards based on the Company’s fiscal 2016 performance.  

Compensation costs related to the TSR conditions for the one-year and two-year 2014 awards described above were fixed at the 
measurement date, and not subsequently adjusted.

Compensation expense related to all performance restricted stock units described above was $1.6 million, $1.5 million and $1.2 
million for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. At May 31, 2016, there was $3.2 million of total unrecognized 
compensation costs related to approximately 328,000 nonvested performance restricted stock units. These costs are expected to 
be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3.7 years.

For the fiscal years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the income tax benefit recognized on all share based compensation 
arrangements above was approximately $2.2 million, $2.3 million and $2.3 million, respectively. 

14. Income Taxes

Income before provision for income taxes is as follows:

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes from:
U.S. operations
Foreign operations
Earnings before income taxes

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For the year ended May 31,
2015

2014

2016

$

$

27,772
10,643
38,415

$

$

26,893
(1,162)
25,731

$

$

25,433
9,670
35,103

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The provision for income taxes consists of the following:

Current
Federal
States and local
Foreign
Reserve for uncertain tax positions

Total current

Deferred
Federal
States and local
Foreign

Total deferred

Net change in valuation allowance

Net deferred
Provision for income taxes

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

$

$

9,156
1,537
3,672
(529)
13,836

82
(51)
(557)
(526)
455
(71)
13,765

$

$

8,489
1,177
1,493
(48)
11,111

(145)
(126)
(2,416)
(2,687)
1,316
(1,371)
9,740

$

$

8,836
1,689
2,484
59
13,068

(53)
395
(967)
(625)
85
(540)
12,528

The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal tax rate to income tax as 
follows:

2016

2015

2014

For the year ended May 31,

Federal tax at statutory rate
State taxes, net of federal benefit
Foreign tax
Contingent consideration
Permanent differences
Other
Change in valuation allowance
Total provision for income taxes

$

$

13,445
966
(610)
(425)
245
(311)
455
13,765

35.0 % $
2.5 %
(1.6)%
(1.1)%
0.6 %
(0.8)%
1.2 %
35.8 % $

9,006
683
(517)
(914)
196
(30)
1,316
9,740

35.0 % $
2.7 %
(2.0)%
(3.6)%
0.8 %
(0.1)%
5.1 %
37.9 % $

12,286
1,355
(1,868)
24
531
115
85
12,528

35.0 %
3.9 %
(5.3)%
0.1 %
1.5 %
0.3 %
0.2 %
35.7 %

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Deferred income tax attributes resulting from differences between financial accounting amounts and income tax basis of assets 
and liabilities are as follows:

Deferred income tax assets
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Inventory
Intangible assets
Accrued expenses
Net operating loss carryforward
Capital lease obligations
Capital losses
Deferred share-based compensation
Other

Deferred income tax assets

Valuation allowance

Net deferred income tax assets
Deferred income tax liabilities
Property and equipment
Goodwill
Intangible assets
Other

Deferred income tax liabilities
Net deferred income taxes

May 31,

2016

2015

$

940
518
1,641
4,668
4,036
1,167
719
6,477
440
20,606
(3,397)
17,209

(9,785)
(12,535)
(5,989)
(12)
(28,321)
(11,112) $

1,036
796
1,254
3,455
4,738
379
—
6,241
370
18,269
(3,238)
15,031

(8,214)
(10,728)
(6,677)
(44)
(25,663)
(10,632)

$

$

As of May 31, 2016, the Company had federal net operating loss carry forwards (NOL’s) in the amount of approximately $0.3 
million which may be utilized subject to limitation under Internal Revenue code section 382. The federal NOL's expire at 
various times from 2029 to 2033. In addition, as of May 31, 2016 the Company had state and foreign NOLs of $3.6 million and 
$12.1 million, respectively. The state NOLs expire at various times from 2025 to 2036. Approximately $1.7 million of the 
foreign NOLs expire at various times from 2021 to 2036, while the remainder of the Company's foreign NOLs do not expire. 

In assessing the ability to realize deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion 
or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized.  Valuation allowances are provided when management believes the Company's 
deferred tax assets are not recoverable based on an assessment of estimated future taxable income that incorporates ongoing, 
prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.  At May 31, 2016, the Company has a valuation allowance of approximately $3.4 
million primarily against certain state and foreign NOLs and the capital losses generated by the disposals of certain foreign 
subsidiaries.  For the year ended May 31, 2016, the valuation allowance increased $0.2 million attributable to tax losses 
generated by foreign subsidiaries.  Except for those deferred tax assets subject to the valuation allowance, management believes 
that it will realize all deferred tax assets as a result of sufficient future taxable income in each tax jurisdiction in which we have 
deferred tax assets.     

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The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and 
penalties:

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

$

763

$

1,016

29

52
(23)
(91)
(29)
(398)
303

$

30

—
(1)
(112)
(50)
(120)
763

Balance at June 1

Additions for tax positions related to the current fiscal year

Additions for tax positions related to prior years

Decreases for tax positions related to prior years

Impact of foreign exchange fluctuation

Settlements

Reductions related to the expiration of statutes of limitations

Balance at May 31

$

The Company has recorded the unrecognized tax benefits in other long-term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. As of 
May 31, 2016 and 2015, there were approximately $0.4 million and $1.1 million of unrecognized tax benefits, respectively, 
including penalties and interest that if recognized would favorably affect the effective tax rate. Interest and penalties related to 
unrecognized tax benefits are recorded in income tax expense and are not significant for the years ending May 31, 2016 and 
2015. The Company anticipates a decrease to its unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $0.2 million excluding interest and 
penalties within the next 12 months.

The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various states and foreign jurisdictions. The Company is no longer 
subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations for years ending before May 31, 2013 and generally is no longer subject to 
state, local or foreign income tax examinations by tax authorities for years ending before May 31, 2012.

The Company has not recognized U.S. tax expense on its undistributed international earnings or losses of its foreign 
subsidiaries since it intends to indefinitely reinvest the earnings outside the United States. Net income (loss) of foreign 
subsidiaries was $7.5 million and $(0.8) million for fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively. We have recognized no deferred tax 
liability for the remittance of such earnings to the U.S. since it is our intention to utilize those earnings in the foreign 
operations. Determination of the amount of any unrecognized deferred income tax liability on this temporary difference is not 
practicable because of the complexities of the hypothetical calculation.

15. Employee Benefit Plans

The Company provides a 401(k) savings plan for eligible U.S. based employees. Employee contributions are discretionary up 
to the IRS limits each year and catch up contributions are allowed for employees 50 years of age or older. Under the 401
(k) plan, employees become eligible to participate on the first day of the month after six months of continuous service. Under 
this plan, the Company matches 50% of the employee’s contributions up to 6% of the employee’s annual compensation, as 
defined by the plan. There is a five-year vesting schedule for the Company match. The Company’s contribution to the plan was 
$3.3 million, $2.8 million and $2.5 million for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Company participates with other employers in contributing to a union plan, which covers certain U.S. based union 
employees. The plan is not administered by the Company and contributions are determined in accordance with provisions of a 
collective bargaining agreement. The Company’s contributions to the plan were $0.2 million, $0.2 million and $0.1 million for 
the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. The Company has benefit plans covering certain employees in selected foreign 
countries. Amounts charged to expense under these plans were not significant in any year.

16. Related Party Transactions

The Company leases its headquarters under an operating lease from a shareholder and officer of the Company. On August 1, 
2014, the Company extended its lease at its headquarters requiring monthly payments through October 2024. Total rent 
payments made during fiscal 2016 were approximately $0.9 million. See Note 18 — Commitments and Contingencies for 
further detail related to operating leases. 

The Company has a lease for office space located in France, which is partly owned by a shareholder and officer. Total rent 
payments made during fiscal 2016 were approximately $0.2 million.

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The Company has a lease for office space located in Brazil, which is partly owned by a shareholder and officer. Total rent 
payments made during fiscal 2016 were approximately $0.1 million.

17. Obligations under Capital Leases

The Company leases certain office space, and service equipment under capital leases, requiring monthly payments ranging 
from less than $1 thousand to $81 thousand, including effective interest rates that range from approximately 1% to 7% expiring 
through May 2022. The net book value of assets under capital lease obligations was $19.8 million and $19.9 million at May 31, 
2016 and 2015, respectively.

Scheduled future minimum lease payments subsequent to May 31, 2016 are as follows:

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Thereafter
Total minimum lease payments
Less: amount representing interest
Present value of minimum lease payments
Less: current portion of obligations under capital leases
Obligations under capital leases, net of current portion

18. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases

$

$

9,112
6,491
3,810
1,520
134
122
21,189
(1,422)
19,767
(7,835)
11,932

The Company is party to various noncancelable lease agreements, primarily for its international and domestic office and lab 
space. Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases in each of the five years and thereafter 
subsequent to May 31, 2016 are as follows:

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Thereafter
Total

$

$

9,956
7,903
6,580
5,219
4,112
13,039
46,809

Total rent expense was $11.2 million, $10.6 million and $9.5 million for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, 
respectively.

Legal Proceedings and Government Investigations

The Company is subject to periodic legal proceedings, investigations and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business.  
The Company cannot predict with certainty the ultimate resolution of legal proceedings, investigations and claims asserted 
against it.  Except for the matters described below, the Company does not believe that any currently pending legal proceeding 
to which the Company is a party will have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, cash flows or 
financial condition.  The costs of defense and amounts that may be recovered against the Company may be covered by 
insurance for certain matters.

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The Company is currently a defendant in a consolidated purported class and collective action, Edgar Viceral and David Kruger 
v Mistras Group, et al, pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.  This matter results from the 
consolidation of two cases originally filed in California state court in April 2015.  The consolidated case alleges violations of 
California statutes, primarily the California Labor Code, and seeks to proceed as a collective action under the U.S. Fair Labor 
Standards Act.  The case is predicated on claims for allegedly missed rest and meal periods, inaccurate wage statements, and 
failure to pay all wages due, as well as related unfair business practices, and is requesting payment of all damages, including 
unpaid wages, and various fines and penalties available under California and Federal law. 

The parties have reached a settlement of the case, whereby the Company agreed to pay $6 million to resolve the allegations and 
avoid further distraction that would result if the litigation continued.  The settlement is subject to court approval, and a hearing 
for preliminary approval is currently scheduled for August 18, 2016.  The Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $6.3 million in 
the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016 for the settlement and payment of payroll taxes and other costs related to the settlement.  The 
settlement will cover claims dating back to April 2011 in some cases and involves approximately 4,900 current and former 
employees.

During fiscal 2013, the Company performed radiography work on the construction of a pipeline project in the U.S. The owner 
of the pipeline project contends that certain of the radiography images the Company’s technicians prepared regarding the 
project did not meet the code quality interpretation standards required by the American Petroleum Institute.  The project owner 
is claiming damages as a result of the alleged quality defects of the Company’s radiography images. No lawsuit has been filed 
at this time, but the Company received a demand for damages of approximately $6 million.  The Company is currently unable 
to determine the likely outcome or reasonably estimate the amount or range of potential liability related to this matter, and 
accordingly, has not established any reserves for this matter.

The Company’s subsidiary in France has been involved in a dispute with a former owner of a business in France purchased by 
the Company’s French subsidiary.  The former owner received a judgment in his favor in the amount of approximately $0.4 
million for payment of the contingent consideration portion of the purchase price for the business.  The judgment is being 
appealed, but the Company recorded a reserve for the full amount of the judgment in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.

Government Investigations

In May 2015, the Company received a notice from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) that it performed a 
preliminary assessment at a leased facility the Company operates in Cudahy, California. Based upon the preliminary 
assessment, the EPA is conducting an investigation of the site, which includes taking groundwater and soil samples. The 
purpose of the investigation is to determine whether any hazardous materials were released from the facility. The Company has 
been informed that certain hazardous materials and pollutants have been found in the ground water in the general vicinity of the 
site and the EPA is attempting to ascertain the origination or source of these materials and pollutants. Given the historic 
industrial use of the site, the EPA determined that the site of the Cudahy facility should be examined, along with numerous 
other sites in the vicinity. At this time, the Company is unable to determine whether it has any liability in connection with this 
matter and if so, the amount or range of any such liability, and accordingly, has not established any reserves for this matter.

In January 2012, the Company received notice of a governmental investigation concerning an environmental incident which 
occurred in February 2011 outside on the premises of the Cudahy facility.  No human injury or property damage was reported 
or appears to have been caused as a result of this incident. While management cannot predict the ultimate outcome of this 
matter, based on its internal investigation to date, the Company does not believe the outcome will have a material effect on its 
financial condition or results of operations. To the Company’s knowledge, this matter has been dormant since fiscal 2012.

Acquisition-related contingencies

The Company is liable for contingent consideration in connection with certain of its acquisitions. As of May 31, 2016, total 
potential acquisition-related contingent consideration ranged from zero to $16.6 million and would be payable upon the 
achievement of specific performance metrics by certain of the acquired companies over the next four years of operations. See 
Note 7 - Acquisitions for further discussion of the Company’s acquisitions.

19. Segment Disclosure

The Company’s three operating segments are:

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• 

• 

Services. This segment provides asset protection solutions predominantly in North America with the largest 
concentration in the United States along with a growing Canadian services business, consisting primarily of non-
destructive testing, and inspection and engineering services that are used to evaluate the structural integrity and 
reliability of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructure.

International. This segment offers services, products and systems similar to those of the Company’s other segments to 
global markets, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and South America, but not to customers in China and South 
Korea, which are served by the Products and Systems segment.

•  Products and Systems. This segment designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services the Company’s asset protection 

products and systems, including equipment and instrumentation, predominantly in the United States.

Costs incurred for general corporate services, including finance, legal, and certain other costs that are provided to the segments 
are reported within Corporate and eliminations. Sales to the International segment from the Products and Systems segment and 
subsequent sales by the International segment of the same items are recorded and reflected in the operating performance of both 
segments. Additionally, engineering charges and royalty fees charged to the Services and International segments by the 
Products and Systems segment are reflected in the operating performance of each segment. All such intersegment transactions 
are eliminated in the Company’s consolidated financial reporting.

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2 — Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies. Segment income from operations is one of the primary performance measures used by the Chief 
Executive Officer, who is the chief operating decision maker, to assess the performance of each segment and make decisions as 
to resource allocations. Certain general and administrative costs such as human resources, information technology and training 
are allocated to the segments. Segment income from operations excludes interest and other financial charges and income taxes. 
Corporate and other assets are comprised principally of cash, deposits, property, plant and equipment, domestic deferred taxes, 
deferred charges and other assets. Corporate loss from operations consists of administrative charges related to corporate 
personnel and other charges that cannot be readily identified for allocation to a particular segment.

Selected financial information by segment for the periods shown was as follows (intercompany transactions are eliminated in 
Corporate and eliminations):

Revenues
Services
International
Products and Systems
Corporate and eliminations

Gross profit
Services
International
Products and Systems
Corporate and eliminations

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

553,279
143,025
30,293
(7,416)
719,181

$

$

540,224
146,953
31,255
(7,180)
711,252

$

$

443,229
161,395
33,544
(14,721)
623,447

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

145,262
43,613
14,022
111
203,008

$

$

135,201
34,572
14,314
646
184,733

$

$

114,182
44,893
14,495
(627)
172,943

$

$

$

$

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Income from operations

Services
International
Products and Systems
Corporate and eliminations

Depreciation and amortization

Services
International
Products and Systems
Corporate and eliminations

Intangible assets, net

Services
International
Products and Systems
Corporate and eliminations

Total assets
Services
International
Products and Systems
Corporate and eliminations

Revenue and long-lived assets by geographic area was as follows:

Revenue

United States
Other Americas
Europe
Asia-Pacific

73

$

$

$

$

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

52,552
9,293
2,688
(21,356)
43,177

$

$

49,142
(575)
2,461
(20,675)
30,353

$

$

43,221
10,238
2,552
(17,716)
38,295

For the year ended May 31,

2016

2015

2014

22,725
7,774
2,323
(348)
32,474

$

$

$

$

$

$

22,268
8,451
2,426
141
33,286

$

$

17,794
8,065
2,373
197
28,429

May 31,

2016

2015

19,022
17,703
6,054
713
43,492

$

$

24,598
19,482
7,004
192
51,276

May 31,

2016

2015

308,008
132,643
31,596
10,428
482,675

$

$

301,031
126,643
35,464
8,589
471,727

For the year ended May 31,
2015

2014

2016

$

$

519,361
67,809
118,566
13,445
719,181

$

$

491,818
68,628
137,071
13,735
711,252

$

$

403,001
55,120
143,931
21,395
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Long-lived assets
United States
Other Americas
Europe
Asia-Pacific

May 31,

2016

2015

$

$

186,543
29,743
75,102
—
291,388

$

$

190,997
31,558
73,744
647
296,946

20. Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

The following is a summary of the quarterly results of operations for the years ended May 31, 2016 and 2015:

Fiscal quarter ended 

Revenues

Gross Profit

Income from operations

Net income attributable to
Mistras Group, Inc.

Earnings per common share:

Basic

Diluted

May 31,
2016

February 29,
2016

November 30, 
2015

August 31, 
2015

May 31,
2015

February 28,
2015

November 30, 
2014

August 31,
2014

$

184,187

$

160,355

$

194,786

$

179,853

$

174,686

$

163,100

$

206,893

$

166,573

52,000

4,918

2,764

0.10

0.09

$

$

$

42,809

5,758

3,593

0.12

0.12

$

$

$

$

$

$

56,925

19,569

11,425

0.40

0.39

$

$

$

51,274

12,932

6,872

0.24

0.23

$

$

$

44,966

4,627

2,171

0.08

0.07

$

$

$

38,734

3,870

1,817

0.06

0.06

$

$

$

59,039

18,192

10,427

0.36

0.35

$

$

$

41,994

3,664

1,666

0.06

0.06

21. Subsequent Events 

Subsequent to May 31, 2016, the Company completed two acquisitions of asset protection businesses for $1.2 million in cash 
upon closing and $0.3 million of deferred purchase price. In addition to the cash consideration, the acquisitions provide for 
possible contingent consideration up to $0.6 million to be earned based upon the achievement of specific performance metrics 
over the next three years of operation. The Company is in the process of completing the preliminary purchase price allocations. 
These acquisitions were not significant and no pro forma information has been included.

Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, our management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision 

and with the participation of our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President and our Executive Vice President, Chief 
Financial Officer and Treasurer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls (as defined in 
Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and 
President and our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer concluded that, as of May 31, 2016, our 
disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as 

defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Our 
internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chairman, Chief Executive 
Officer and President and our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and effected by the Company’s 

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board of directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial 
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. 

Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become 
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2016. In 

making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission (COSO) in the updated Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued in 2013. Based on that assessment, our 
management concluded that, as of May 31, 2016, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of May 31, 2016, has been audited by 

KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which appears herein.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the quarter ended May 31, 2016, we identified deficiencies in general information technology controls (GITCs) that affected 
the  use  of  a  report-writer  IT  application  operated  in  connection  with  the  Company’s  enterprise  resource  planning  systems.  
Specifically, we did not have effective controls over the configuration of the reports and completeness and accuracy of information 
presented in the reports.  Reports produced by the report-writer IT application are used in preparation of the consolidated financial 
statements, the measurement of certain significant accounts and the operation of related internal controls.  We have determined 
that these deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting constituted a material weakness that originated in periods 
prior to the fourth quarter of 2016.  The deficiencies resulted in no misstatements to the current or previously issued financial 
statements.

In connection with the preparation of the annual consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended May 31, 2016, 
management designed and implemented effective controls over the generation of information and reports using the report-writer 
IT application going forward and retrospectively operated those controls for each instance that the reports were used by management 
as part of its internal control over financial reporting during fiscal year 2016, thereby remediating the material weakness as of 
May 31, 2016.  Further, we have enhanced the design of our existing general information technology controls over the report-
writer application. We will monitor these new controls going forward and implement additional enhancements to our internal 
control over financial reporting in the next fiscal year.

We have determined that the actions taken to date have sufficiently improved the Company’s internal control over financial 
reporting such that as of May 31, 2016, there is not a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s 
annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.  Based on the remediation of the 
deficiencies we concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of May 31, 2016.

Other than the changes noted above, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter 
ended May 31, 2016, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial 
reporting.

Item 9B.   Other Information

None.

ITEM 10.   DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

PART III

Directors

The information required by Item 10 is incorporated herein by reference to the information to be included in our 

definitive proxy statement related to the 2016 annual shareholders meeting. The information concerning our executive officers 
required by this Item 10 is provided under the caption “Executive Officers of the Registrant” in Part I hereof.

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ITEM 11.   EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by Item 11 is incorporated by reference to the information to be included in our definitive 

proxy statement related to the 2016 annual shareholders meeting.

ITEM 12.   SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND 
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by Item 12 regarding Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 

and Related Stockholders is incorporated by reference to the information to be included in our definitive proxy statement 
related to the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table provides certain information as of May 31, 2016 concerning the shares of our common stock that may 

be issued under existing equity compensation plans.

Plan Category

Number of Securities
to be Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding Options

Weighted Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options

Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation Plans

(in thousands, except exercise price data)

Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Security
Holders (1)

2,232

$

13.21

Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by
Security Holders

Total

—

2,232

$

—

13.21

658

—

658

________________________________________
(1)         Includes all the Company’s plans: 1995 Incentive Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan, 2007 Stock Option Plan and 
2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

ITEM 13.   CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by Item 13 is incorporated by reference to the information to be included in our definitive 

proxy statement related to the 2016 annual shareholders meeting.

ITEM 14.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by Item 14 is incorporated by reference to the information to be included in our definitive 

proxy statement related to the 2016 annual shareholders meeting.

PART IV

ITEM 15.   EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(1) The following financial statements are filed herewith in Item 8 of Part II above:

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm
Consolidated Balance sheets as of May 31, 2016 and May 31, 2015
Consolidated Statements of income for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Consolidated Statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Consolidated Statements of equity for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Consolidated Statements of cash flows for the years ended May 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Notes to consolidated financial statements

Page

50
51
52
53
54
55
56

(2)         Financial Statement Schedules

All other schedules are omitted because of the absence of conditions under which they are required or because the required 

information is given in the financial statements or notes thereto.

(3)         Exhibits

Exhibit No.
3.1

3.2

4.1

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

10.6

10.7

10.8

10.9

Description
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as exhibit 3.1 to Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration No. 333-151559) and
incorporated herein by reference)

Amended and Restated Bylaws (filed as exhibit 3.2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment
No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration No. 333-151559) and incorporated herein by reference)

Specimen certificate evidencing shares of common stock (filed as exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 5) filed on September 23, 2009 (Registration No. 333-151559) and
incorporated herein by reference.

Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated December 21, 2011 (filed as exhibit 10.1 to
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed April 9, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference)

Third Amendment and Modification Agreement, dated October 31, 2014 to the Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated December 21, 2011 (filed as exhibit 10.1 to Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed January 9, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference)

Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers (filed as exhibit 10.1 to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration No. 333-151559)
and incorporated herein by reference)

Employment Agreement between the Company and Sotirios J. Vahaviolos (filed as exhibit 10.4 to
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration
No. 333-151559) and incorporated herein by reference)

Amendment, dated July 14, 2010 to Employment Agreement, between the Company and Sotirios J.
Vahaviolos (filed as exhibit 10.1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on October 14, 2010 and
incorporated herein by reference)

Amendment No. 2, dated January 24, 2014, to Employment Agreement between the Company and
Sotirios J. Vahaviolos (filed as exhibit 10.1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on April 9, 2014 and
incorporated herein by reference)

2007 Stock Option Plan and form of Stock Option Agreement (filed as exhibit 10.5 to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration No. 333-151559)
and incorporated herein by reference)

2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed as exhibit 10.6 to Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Amendment No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration No. 333-151559) and incorporated herein
by reference).

Form of 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan Stock Option Agreement (filed as exhibit 10.7 to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration No. 333-151559)
and incorporated herein by reference)

10.10

Form of 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Agreement (filed as exhibit 10.8 to
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 4) filed on September 21, 2009 (Registration
No. 333-151559) and incorporated herein by reference)

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10.11

10.12

10.13

10.14

21.1*

23.1*

24.1*

31.1*

31.2*

32.1**

32.2**

Form of Restricted Stock Unit Certificate for awards under 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed as
exhibit 10.1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 13, 2011 and incorporated herein by
reference)

Form of performance share unit awards letter under 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed as exhibit
10.11 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 8, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference)

Mistras Group Severance Plan as amended (April 2014) (filed as Exhibit 10.12 to Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed on August 8, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference)

Description of Compensation for Non-Employee Directors (Fiscal 2015) (filed as exhibit 10.13 to
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on August 8, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference)

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

Consent of KPMG LLP

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this 
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

/s/ DR. SOTIRIOS J. VAHAVIOLOS

MISTRAS GROUP, INC.
By:
Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 15, 2016 

We, the undersigned directors and officers of Mistras Group, Inc., hereby severally constitute Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos, 
Jonathan H. Wolk and Michael C. Keefe, and each of them singly, as our true and lawful attorneys with full power to each of 
them to sign for us, in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-
K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This power of attorney may only be revoked by a written document executed by the undersigned that expressly revokes this 
power by referring to the date and subject hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following 
persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos
Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos

  Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer) 
and Director

August 15, 2016

/s/ Jonathan H. Wolk
Jonathan H. Wolk

/s/ James J. Forese
James J. Forese

/s/ Richard H. Glanton
Richard H. Glanton

/s/ Nicholas DeBenedictis
Nicholas DeBenedictis

/s/ Michael J. Lange
Michael J. Lange

/s/ Manuel N. Stamatakis
Manuel N. Stamatakis

/s/ W. Curtis Weldon
W. Curtis Weldon

  Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)

August 15, 2016

  Director

  Director

  Director

  Director

  Director

  Director

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STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The following performance graph compares the performance of our common stock to the Russell 3000 Index and a self-constructed peer group.  The comparison 
assumes $100 was invested on June 1, 2011 in each of our common stock, the Russell 3000 Index and the peer group.  The values of each investment are based 
on share price appreciation, with reinvestment of all dividends, assuming any were paid.  For each graph, the investments are assumed to have occurred at the 
beginning of each period presented.  The Company reconstituted some of its peer group due to business combinations and changing industry conditions to enable 
a more relevant comparison.  The following companies are included in the Company’s updated peer group we used in the graph:  Aegion Corp, Exponent, Inc., 
Badger Meter, Inc., CIRCOR International, Inc., Matrix Service Company and Team, Inc.  The stock price performance included in this graph is not necessarily 
indicative of future stock price performance.

Comparison of 5 Year Cumulative Total Return
Assumes Initial Investment of $100
May 2016

180.00

160.00

140.00

120.00

100.00

80.00

60.00

40.00

20.00

0.00

Mistras Group, Inc.

Russell 3000 Index

New Peer Group

Old Peer Group

Mistras Group, Inc.

Russell 3000 Index 

New Peer Group 

Old Peer Group

Return %
Cum $

Return %
Cum $

Return %
Cum $

Return %
Cum $

2011

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

2012

29.47

129.47

-1.87

98.13

-14.83

85.17

-29.11

70.89

2013

-5.15

122.80

27.89

125.51

38.44

117.91

36.78

96.96

2014

6.45

130.73

20.57

151.32

30.37

153.72

44.06

139.67

2015

-18.67

106.32

11.85

169.26

-11.83

135.54

-30.60

96.94

2016

34.04

142.50

0.22

169.62

8.35

146.86

-10.45

86.81

Peer group index uses beginning-of-period market capitalization weighting. 

COMPANY AND   SHAR EH OL DE R  IN FORM AT IO N

LEADERSHIP TEAM

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ANNUAL MEETING

Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos 
Chairman of the Board of Directors 
and Chief Executive Officer
Dennis M. Bertolotti  
President, Chief Operating Officer
Michael J. Lange  
Vice Chairman; Senior Executive Vice 
President of Business Development, Marketing  
& Strategic Planning
Jonathan H. Wolk 
Senior Executive Vice President, 
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Michael C. Keefe  
Executive Vice President, 
General Counsel and Secretary
Mark F. Carlos  
Executive Vice President, 
Products & Systems
David Thigpen 
Group Senior Vice President, Oil & Gas
Julie Marini 
Group Vice President of Human Resources
Chris Smith 
Group Vice President Corporate Compliance
Udo Klibingat 
Vice President of German & Benelux Operations
Mehdi Batel 
Vice President EMEA & Australasia

STOCK LISTING

The Company’s common stock is listed and 
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the  
symbol “MG”.

INVESTOR RELATIONS

Dr. Sotirios J. Vahaviolos 
Chairman of the Board of Directors 
and Chief Executive Officer
Nicholas DeBenedictis 
Chairman and Retired CEO of Aqua America, Inc.
James J. Forese 
Operating Partner and Chief Operating Officer 
of HCI Equity Partners
Richard H. Glanton 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 
of Philadelphia Television Network
Michael J. Lange 
Vice Chairman; Senior Executive Vice 
President of Business Development, Marketing  
& Strategic Planning
Manuel J. Stamatakis 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 
of Capital Management Enterprises
W. Curtis Weldon 
Former US Congressman 7th District and 
Founder of Jenkins Hill International

The 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be 
held at 5:00 p.m. local time on October 18, 2016, 
at Corporate Headquarters, 195 Clarksville Rd., 
Princeton Junction, NJ.

CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

195 Clarksville Road
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
www.mistrasgroup.com
Tel: 1(609) 716-4000
Fax: 1(609) 716-0706

MEDIA RELATIONS

Members of the news media requesting 
information about MISTRAS Group should visit our 
online Press Room at mistrasgroup.com/news. 
For additional information about MISTRAS Group, 
contact: Nestor S. Makarigakis, Group Director, 
Marketing Communications, at Corporate 
Headquarters.

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATION

WEB SITE

Any interested party wishing to communicate 
directly with our Board of Directors should write to 
Michael C. Keefe, Executive Vice President, 
General Counsel and Secretary, at Corporate HQ.

FORM 10-K

The Form 10-K report included in this 2016 annual 
report has been filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (SEC). Additional copies 
of the Form 10-K as filed with the SEC may be 
obtained by request from the Company or through 
the Company’s web site.

www.mistrasgroup.com
MISTRAS Group’s web site offers financial 
information and facts about the Company and 
its products, systems and services. Web site 
content is available for informational purposes 
only. It should not be relied upon for investment 
purposes, nor is it incorporated by reference into 
this annual report.

CUSTOMERS

For assistance with MISTRAS Group products, 
systems and services, call 1(609) 716-4000, or 
visit the MISTRAS Group website at 
www.mistrasgroup.com. Additional contact 
information is listed on our web site at 
mistrasgroup.com/locations.

Security analysts, investors, stockbrokers, 
portfolio managers and other investors seeking 
additional information about MISTRAS Group 
should contact Jonathan H. Wolk, Senior Executive 
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and 
Treasurer at Corporate Headquarters.

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