Avantor, Inc 8-K, filed Apr 29, 2020

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): April 29, 2020

Avantor, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Radnor Corporate Center, Building One, Suite 200

100 Matsonford Road

Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(610) 386-1700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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Effective as of and for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, Avantor, Inc. (the “Company,” “we” or “our”) has changed the measure by which senior management evaluates the profitability of the Company’s operating segments (which are the same as our reportable segments) from Management EBITDA to Adjusted EBITDA. The company has historically reported Adjusted EBITDA on a consolidated basis. This change aligns the measure of segment performance with senior management’s view of the performance of the consolidated company. Adjusted EBITDA is our operating performance exclusive of interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation, amortization and certain other adjustments. Management EBITDA is Adjusted EBITDA further adjusted for other items that are not used to measure internal operating performance.

We are furnishing this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) to provide historical unaudited Adjusted EBITDA of our operating segments for fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017, and the first three quarters of fiscal year 2019, as shown in the tables below. Segment Adjusted EBITDA for future periods will be reported in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K in the “Segment financial information” footnote to our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

The information included in this Form 8-K is presented for informational purposes only in connection with the reporting changes described above. This Form 8-K does not reflect events occurring after February 14, 2020, the date on which we filed our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Form 10-K”), and does not modify or update our consolidated balance sheets or our consolidated statements of operations,

comprehensive income or loss, stockholders’ equity, cash flows or the disclosures included in the 2019 Form 10-K. You should therefore read this information in conjunction with the 2019 Form 10-K.

The information included in this Form 8-K is being furnished under Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure” of Form 8-K. As such, the information herein shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the 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, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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.