UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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) December 21, 2006
Matrix Service Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | ||
| 001-15461 | 73-1352174 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 10701 E. Ute Street Tulsa, Oklahoma |
74116 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
| 918-838-8822 | ||
| (Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) | ||
| Not Applicable | ||
| (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) | ||
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On December 21, 2006, Matrix Service Company announced that Matrix Service Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, has executed an Engineering, Fabrication and Construction (EFC) contract with SemCrude, L.P. for the construction of 12 above ground storage tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated in this Item 8.01 by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99 | Press Release dated December 21, 2006, announcing an agreement to construct tankage at a terminal facility. | |
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.
| Matrix Service Company | ||||||||
| Dated: | December 22, 2006 | By: | /s/ George L. Austin | |||||
| George L. Austin | ||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer and | ||||||||
| Principal Accounting Officer | ||||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99 | Press Release dated December 21, 2006, announcing an agreement to construct tankage at a terminal facility. | |
Exhibit 99
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MATRIX SERVICE SELECTED TO CONSTRUCT 12 TANKS AT CUSHING, OKLAHOMA
TERMINALLING FACILITY
TULSA, OK – December 21, 2006 – Matrix Service Co. (Nasdaq: MTRX), a leading industrial services company, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Matrix Service Inc., has executed an Engineering, Fabrication and Construction (EFC) contract with SemCrude, L.P. for the construction of 12 above ground storage tanks (AST) in Cushing, Oklahoma. Matrix Service Inc.’s work on this project is expected to be approximately $27 million.
The scope of work will entail the construction of 12 tanks, which will have the capacity to hold approximately 3.4 million barrels at SemCrude’s crude oil storage and terminalling facility. It is anticipated that the tankage will become fully operational in the summer of 2008.
Michael J. Bradley, president and CEO of Matrix Service, said, “We are pleased to have been selected to construct the additional tankage for SemCrude. SemCrude is part of SemGroup, L.P., which was named No. 5 on Forbes 2006 list of America’s Largest Private Companies, and SemCrude continues to increase its more than 34 million barrels of owned and/or leased storage. Matrix Service looks forward to working on this project to assist SemCrude with their expansion plans.”
About Matrix Service Company
Matrix Service Company provides general industrial construction and repair and maintenance services principally to the petroleum, petrochemical, power, bulk storage terminal, pipeline and industrial gas industries.
The Company is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with regional operating facilities located in Oklahoma, Texas, California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Washington and Delaware in the U.S. and Canada.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate”, “continues”, “expect”, “forecast”, “outlook”, “believe”, “estimate”, “should” and “will” and words of similar effect that convey future meaning, concerning the Company’s operations, economic performance and management's best judgment as to what may occur in the future. Future events involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those we currently anticipate. The actual results for the current and future periods and other corporate developments will depend upon a number of economic, competitive and other influences, including those identified in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward Looking Statements” sections and elsewhere in the Company’s reports and filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond the control of the Company, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially and adversely affect the results of the Company’s operations and its financial condition. We undertake no obligation to update information contained in this release.
For more information, please contact:
Matrix Service Company
Les Austin, Vice President Finance and CFO
T: +1-918-838-8822
E: laustin@matrixservice.com
Investors and Financial Media:
Trúc Nguyen, Deputy Managing Director
The Global Consulting Group
T: +1-646-284-9418
E: tnguyen@hfgcg.com