UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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) June 29, 2017  

          WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.          

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Management of Worthington Industries, Inc. (the “Registrant”) conducted a conference call on June 29, 2017 beginning at approximately 10:30 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, to discuss the Registrant’s unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 (the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2017) and for fiscal 2017 (the fiscal year ended May 31, 2017). Additionally, the Registrant’s management addressed certain issues related to the outlook for the Registrant and its subsidiaries and their markets for the coming months. A copy of the transcript of the conference call is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information contained in this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K, is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, unless the Registrant specifically states that the information is to be considered “filed” under the Exchange Act or incorporates the information by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

In the conference call, management referred to quarterly and annual earnings per share excluding restructuring for each of the Registrant’s fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended May 31, 2017. Each represents a non-GAAP financial measure and is used by management as a measure of operating performance. Earnings per share, excluding restructuring, is calculated by adding restructuring and other expense (after-tax) to net earnings attributable to controlling interest, and dividing the result by the average diluted common shares for the period. The difference between the GAAP-based financial measure of diluted earnings per share attributable to controlling interest and the non-GAAP financial measure of diluted earnings per share, excluding restructuring for the three and twelve months ended May 31, 2017, as mentioned in the conference call, is outlined below:

In the conference call, management referred to operating income, excluding restructuring, for each of the Registrant’s Pressure Cylinders, Steel Processing and Engineered Cabs operating segments for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2017. These represent non-GAAP financial measures and are used by management as a measure of operating performance. Operating income, excluding restructuring, is calculated by adding restructuring and other expense to operating income. The difference between the GAAP-based measure of operating income and the non-GAAP financial measure of operating income, excluding restructuring, for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2017, as mentioned in the conference call, is outlined below for the Registrant’s Pressure Cylinders, Steel Processing and Engineered Cabs operating segments.

In the conference call, management referred to adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“adjusted EBITDA”) for the Registrant’s fiscal year ended May 31, 2017. This represents a non-GAAP financial measure and is used by management as a measure of operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adding restructuring and other expense, interest expense, tax expense and depreciation and amortization to net earnings attributable to controlling interest. The difference between the GAAP-based measure of net earnings attributable to controlling interest and the non-GAAP financial measure of adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2017, as mentioned in the conference call, is outlined below.

(a)-(c) Not applicable.

(d) Exhibits:

The following exhibit is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

SIGNATURE

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.