Item 7.01.
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REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
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On November 17, 2017, TPI Composites, Inc. (the Company)
the Company will host an Investor Day at the Roosevelt Hotel of New York in New York City and will be discussing the Companys calendar year 2018 financial guidance and summary financial targets for calendar year 2019. A copy of the written
materials that will be used at the Investor Day event, including the financial guidance and summary financial targets referenced above, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this current report on Form
8-K,
and also is posted and available at the Companys website at
www.tpicomposites.com
under the tab Investors. Interested investors and other parties may also listen to a simultaneous webcast of the event by logging onto the
Investor Relations section of the Companys website at
www.tpicomposites.com
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The Company reserves the right to discontinue
the availability of any such materials at any time, and undertakes no duty to update any information or statements made in any such materials (or in any other materials made available on the Companys website) to reflect events or circumstances
after the date of publication, except as required by law.
These written presentation materials and the accompanying oral presentations
contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in the presentation materials and
accompanying oral presentations, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In many cases,
you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as may, should, expects, plans, anticipates, could, intends, target, projects,
contemplates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential or continue or the negative of these terms or other similar words. Forward-looking statements contained in these
presentation materials and accompanying oral presentations, include, but are not limited to, statements about:
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our financial guidance for calendar year 2018 and the summary financial targets for 2019;
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growth of the wind energy and our addressable market;
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the potential impact of General Electrics acquisition of LM Wind Power upon our business;
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our future financial performance, including our net sales, cost of goods sold, gross profit or gross margin, operating expenses, ability to generate positive cash flow, and ability to achieve or maintain profitability;
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the sufficiency of our cash and cash equivalents to meet our liquidity needs;
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our ability to attract and retain customers for our products, and to optimize product pricing;
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competition from other wind blade and wind blade turbine manufacturers;
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the discovery of defects in our products;
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our ability to successfully expand in our existing markets and into new international markets;
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worldwide economic conditions and their impact on customer demand;
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our ability to effectively manage our growth strategy and future expenses;
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our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property;
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our ability to comply with existing, modified or new laws and regulations applying to our business, including the imposition of new taxes, duties or similar assessments on our products;
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the attraction and retention of qualified employees and key personnel; and
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changes in domestic or international government or regulatory policy, including without limitation, changes in tax policy.
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Any such presentation materials and the accompanying oral presentations may also contain statistical data, estimates and other information
concerning the Companys industry that are based on independent industry publications, surveys and forecasts or other publicly available information, as well as information based on the Companys internal sources. The information contained
in any materials or presentations from any third-party source may vary considerably from other information sources. This information involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and the Company has not independently verified the accuracy or
completeness of the information.
The information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.