tti8k-20100324.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event
reported): March 24,
2010
TETRA
Technologies, Inc.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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1-13455
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74-2148293
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(State or
other jurisdiction
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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Identification
No.)
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24955
Interstate 45 North
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The
Woodlands, Texas 77380
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(Address of
Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (281)
367-1983
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Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 24, 2010, Stuart M. Brightman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (“TETRA”), and
Joseph M. Abell, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TETRA, will
make a presentation at the Howard Weil 38th
Annual Energy Conference which will include the material attached to this
Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. A copy of the press release
announcing that Mr. Brightman and Mr. Abell will be presenting at the conference
is attached as Exhibit 99.2. Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 are incorporated in this
Item 7.01 by reference. The presentation materials will also be posted in the
Investor Relations section of TETRA’s website, http://www.tetratec.com, on March
24, 2010.
The Company has
included in the presentation materials projections of revenues and earnings per
share that are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, or “GAAP.” The Company has supplemented the guidance that it
provides in accordance with GAAP included in the presentation materials with a
disclosure concerning anticipated free cash flow, a non-GAAP financial measure.
The method the Company uses to produce this non-GAAP financial measure may
differ from the methods used by other companies. Free cash flow is not a measure
of financial performance under GAAP and the Company’s reference to this non-GAAP
financial measure should be considered in addition to the financial information
and guidance that is prepared under GAAP and should not be considered as a
substitute for the financial information and guidance that are presented as
consistent with GAAP. The Company’s management uses the supplemental non-GAAP
financial information internally to understand, manage and evaluate the
Company’s business, to make operating decisions and for planning and forecasting
purposes. Reconciliation to the nearest GAAP financial measure of the non-GAAP
financial measure is posted in the Investor Relations section of TETRA’s
website, http://www.tetratec.com.
The information furnished in Item 7.01, Exhibit
99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report shall not be deemed “filed” for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information
be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference
in such filing.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Howard Weil
Conference Presentation
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99.2
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Press Release
dated March 24, 2010, issued by TETRA Technologies,
Inc.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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TETRA
Technologies, Inc.
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By:
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/s/Stuart M.
Brightman
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Stuart M.
Brightman
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President
& Chief Executive Officer
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Date: March
24, 2010
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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Exhibit
Number
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Description
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99.1
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Howard Weil
Conference Presentation
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99.2
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Press Release
dated March 24, 2010, issued by TETRA Technologies,
Inc.
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