tti8k-20100226.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): February
26, 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
2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On February 26, 2010, TETRA
Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its
financial results for the fourth quarter of 2009 and the full year ended
December 31, 2009. The press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and
is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished in this
Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 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.
Use of Non-GAAP
Financial Information
The Company provides quarterly and
annual financial statements that are prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, or “GAAP.” To help understand the Company’s past
financial performance and future results, the Company has supplemented its
financial results that it provides in accordance with GAAP included in the press
release with a disclosure concerning 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 results that are
prepared under GAAP and should not be considered as a substitute for the
financial results 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 included in
the press release attached hereto as Exhibit
99.1.
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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Press
Release, dated February 26, 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.
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:
February 26, 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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Press
Release, dated February 26, 2010, issued by TETRA Technologies,
Inc.
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