Attention:
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Jay Ingram, Legal Branch Chief | |||
Erin K. Jaskot, Staff Attorney | ||||
Re: | Mistras Group, Inc. | |||
Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2010 | ||||
Filed August 17, 2010 | ||||
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A | ||||
Filed September 16, 2010 |
1. | We note your response to comment two in our letter dated January 28, 2011. Please confirm that you will provide disclosure regarding the extent to which the business of your segments is seasonal in your Business section in future filings. We note that the revised disclosure you have included in your response is included within the Risk Factors. See Item 101(c)(v) of Regulation S-K. |
Securities and Exchange Commission | ||
February 24, 2011 | Page 2 |
2. | We note your response to Comment 15 in our letter dated January 28, 2011, however, given your disclosure on page 17 stating that each executive officer has the potential to earn cash incentives based upon a percentage of his or her base salary, and the cash incentives were principally based upon a pre-determined performance targets for revenue and adjusted EBITDA, we are not able to concur with your view that you did not have an incentive plan as that term is defined in Item 402(a)(6)(iii) of Regulation S-K. We recognize that because you did not meet targets, the bonuses ultimately paid to your named executive officers were discretionary. However, despite the fact that the applicable performance targets were not met, Item 402(d)(2)(iii) requires that the potential payments that could have been made pursuant under your annual cash incentive plan be disclosed in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table. Please confirm that in your future filings, you will provide the requisite disclosure in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards table for any such incentive plan, or advise us as to why you believe such disclosure was not required. |
| The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in its filings; | ||
| Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Companys filings; and | ||
| The Company may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Very truly yours, Mistras Group, Inc. |
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/s/ Michael C. Keefe | ||||
Michael C. Keefe | ||||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||||