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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended August 31, 2021
or 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission file number: 1-12777
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AZZ Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas 75-0948250
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Museum Place, Suite 500
3100 West 7th Street
Fort Worth, Texas   76107
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(817) 810-0095
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
NONE
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock AZZ New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes     No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes     No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  

Large Accelerated Filer Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes    No 
As of September 30, 2021 the registrant had outstanding 24,839,567 shares of common stock; $1.00 par value per share. 


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AZZ INC.
INDEX
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NO.
PART I.
Item 1.
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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4
5
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7
9
Item 2.
19
Item 3.
27
Item 4.
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PART II.
Item 1.
28
Item 1A.
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Item 2.
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Item 5
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Item 6.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
AZZ INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except par value)
(Unaudited)
August 31, 2021 February 28, 2021
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 15,488  $ 14,837 
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for credit losses of $5,272 as of August 31, 2021 and $5,713 as of February 28, 2021)
133,430  128,127 
Inventories:
Raw material 96,578  86,913 
Work-in-process 6,533  4,453 
Finished goods 1,328  1,546 
Contract assets 61,355  58,056 
Prepaid expenses and other 8,569  5,876 
Assets held for sale 5,758  3,684 
Total current assets 329,039  303,492 
Property, plant and equipment, net 202,220  205,909 
Operating lease right-of-use assets 46,828  37,801 
Goodwill 353,637  353,881 
Deferred Tax Assets 4,165  3,969 
Intangibles and other assets, net 87,349  91,390 
Total assets $ 1,023,238  $ 996,442 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 43,877  $ 41,034 
Income tax payable 1,699  — 
Accrued salaries and wages 20,296  22,606 
Other accrued liabilities 31,362  27,136 
Customer deposits 861  348 
Contract liabilities 13,729  16,138 
Lease liability, short-term 7,167  6,588 
Total current liabilities 118,991  113,850 
Debt due after one year, net 182,451  178,419 
Lease liability, long-term 38,978  32,629 
Deferred income taxes 38,569  39,283 
Other long-term liabilities 5,823  8,969 
Total liabilities 384,812  373,150 
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, $1 par, shares authorized 100,000; 24,840 shares issued and outstanding at August 31, 2021 and 25,108 shares issued and outstanding at February 28, 2021
24,840  25,108 
Capital in excess of par value 79,908  75,979 
Retained earnings 559,207  547,289 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (25,529) (25,084)
Total shareholders’ equity 638,426  623,292 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 1,023,238  $ 996,442 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AZZ INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
  Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Sales $ 216,447  $ 203,372  $ 446,273  $ 416,664 
Cost of sales 161,332  157,278  333,231  328,363 
Gross margin 55,115  46,094  113,042  88,301 

Selling, general and administrative 28,587  26,749  55,802  54,639 
Restructuring and impairment charges —  18,693  —  18,693 
Operating income 26,528  652  57,240  14,969 
Interest expense 1,754  2,470  3,451  5,104 
Other (income) expense, net 918  92  (51) 1,547 
Income (loss) before income taxes 23,856  (1,910) 53,840  8,318 
Income tax expense (benefit) 4,878  (120) 12,525  4,567 
Net income (loss) $ 18,978  $ (1,790) $ 41,315  $ 3,751 
Earnings per common share
Basic earnings (loss) per share $ 0.76  $ (0.07) $ 1.65  $ 0.14 
Diluted earnings (loss) per share $ 0.76  $ (0.07) $ 1.64  $ 0.14 
Cash dividends declared per common share $ 0.17  $ 0.17  $ 0.34  $ 0.34 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AZZ INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
  Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Net income (loss) $ 18,978  $ (1,790) $ 41,315  $ 3,751 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of income tax of $0
(3,096) 4,540  (445) 3,500 
Interest rate swap, net of income tax of $0, $7, $0 and $14, respectively
—  (14) —  (28)
Other comprehensive income (loss) (3,096) 4,526  (445) 3,472 
Comprehensive income $ 15,882  $ 2,736  $ 40,870  $ 7,223 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AZZ INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
  Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income $ 41,315  $ 3,751 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Bad debt expense (521) 226 
Amortization and depreciation 22,083  23,149 
Deferred income taxes (954) (5,493)
Loss on disposal of business —  1,198 
Non-cash restructuring and impairment charges —  17,425 
Net (gain) loss on sale of property, plant and equipment 485  (113)
Amortization of deferred borrowing costs 330  269 
Share-based compensation expense 4,682  4,083 
Effects of changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and dispositions:
Accounts receivable (7,910) 19,686 
Inventories (13,184) (480)
Prepaid expenses and other (2,723) 1,372 
Other assets (2,605) 202 
Net change in contract assets and liabilities (5,071) (452)
Accounts payable 2,661  (15,931)
Other accrued liabilities and income taxes payable (830) (16,726)
Net cash provided by operating activities 37,758  32,166 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 2,537  397 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (13,099) (19,269)
Proceeds from sale of subsidiaries, net —  8,341 
Net cash used in investing activities (10,562) (10,531)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 1,544  1,694 
Payments for taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards (2,149) (554)
Proceeds from revolving loan 182,000  96,000 
Payments on revolving loan (178,000) (127,000)
Repurchase and retirement of treasury stock (21,233) (6,379)
Payments of dividends (8,510) (8,892)
Net cash used in financing activities (26,348) (45,131)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (197) 837 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 651  (22,659)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 14,837  36,687 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 15,488  $ 14,028 
Supplemental disclosures
Cash paid for interest $ 3,304  $ 4,806 
Cash paid for income taxes $ 14,360  $ 9,358 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AZZ INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended August 31, 2021
Common Stock Capital in
Excess of
Par Value
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shares Amount
Balance at May 31, 2021 25,071  $ 25,071  $ 75,600  $ 559,173  $ (22,433) $ 637,411 
Share-based compensation —  —  2,871  —  —  2,871 
Common stock issued under stock-based plans and related income tax expense 18  18  (66) —  —  (48)
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 41  41  1,503  —  —  1,544 
Repurchase and retirement of treasury shares (290) (290) —  (14,679) —  (14,969)
Cash dividends paid —  —  —  (4,265) —  (4,265)
Net income —  —  —  18,978  —  18,978 
Foreign currency translation —  —  —  —  (3,096) (3,096)
Balance at August 31, 2021 24,840  $ 24,840  $ 79,908  $ 559,207  $ (25,529) $ 638,426 
Six Months Ended August 31, 2021
Common Stock Capital in
Excess of
Par Value
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shares Amount
Balance at February 28, 2021 25,108  $ 25,108  $ 75,979  $ 547,289  $ (25,084) $ 623,292 
Share-based compensation —  —  4,682  —  —  4,682 
Common stock issued under stock-based plans and related income tax expense 107  107  (2,256) —  —  (2,149)
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 41  41  1,503  —  —  1,544 
Repurchase and retirement of treasury shares (416) (416) —  (20,817) —  (21,233)
Cash dividends paid —  —  —  (8,510) —  (8,510)
Net income —  —  —  41,315  —  41,315 
Foreign currency translation —  —  —  (70) (445) (515)
Balance at August 31, 2021 24,840  $ 24,840  $ 79,908  $ 559,207  $ (25,529) $ 638,426 

















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AZZ INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended August 31, 2020
Common Stock Capital in
Excess of
Par Value
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shares Amount
Balance at May 31, 2020 26,195  $ 26,195  $ 67,883  $ 573,530  $ (31,952) $ 635,656 
Share-based compensation —  —  2,317  —  —  2,317 
Common stock issued under stock-based plans and related income tax expense 23  23  (39) —  —  (16)
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 58  58  1,636  —  —  1,694 
Repurchase and retirement of treasury shares (200) (200) —  (6,179) —  (6,379)
Cash dividends paid —  —  —  (4,467) —  (4,467)
Net Income (loss) —  —  —  (1,790) —  (1,790)
Foreign currency translation —  —  —  —  4,540  4,540 
Interest rate swap —  —  —  —  (14) (14)
Balance at August 31, 2020 26,076  $ 26,076  $ 71,797  $ 561,094  $ (27,426) $ 631,541 
Six Months Ended August 31, 2020
Common Stock Capital in
Excess of
Par Value
Retained
Earnings
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Total
Shares Amount
Balance at February 29, 2020 26,148  $ 26,148  $ 66,703  $ 572,414  $ (30,898) $ 634,367 
Share-based compensation —  —  4,083  —  —  4,083 
Common stock issued under stock-based plans and related income tax expense 70  70  (625) —  —  (555)
Common stock issued under employee stock purchase plan 58  58  1,636  —  —  1,694 
Repurchase and retirement of treasury shares (200) (200) —  (6,179) —  (6,379)
Cash dividends paid —  —  —  (8,892) —  (8,892)
Net income —  —  —  3,751  —  3,751 
Foreign currency translation —  —  —  —  3,500  3,500 
Interest rate swap —  —  —  —  (28) (28)
Balance at August 31, 2020 26,076  $ 26,076  $ 71,797  $ 561,094  $ (27,426) $ 631,541 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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AZZ INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

1.The Company and Basis of Presentation
AZZ Inc. (“AZZ”, the “Company”, "our" or “we”) was established in 1956 and incorporated under the laws of the state of Texas. The Company is a global provider of metal coating solutions, welding solutions, specialty electrical equipment and highly engineered services to the power generation, transmission, distribution, refining and industrial markets. The Company has two distinct operating segments: the Metal Coatings segment and the Infrastructure Solutions segment. AZZ Metal Coatings provides hot dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing and plating, and other metal coating applications to the steel fabrication and other industries through facilities located throughout the United States and Canada. AZZ Infrastructure Solutions is dedicated to delivering safe and reliable transmission of power from generation sources to end customers, and automated weld overlay solutions for corrosion and erosion mitigation to critical infrastructure in markets worldwide.
Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of February 28, 2021 was derived from audited financial statements, and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such period. Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.
The Company's fiscal year ends on the last day of February and is identified as the fiscal year for the calendar year in which it ends. For example, the fiscal year ending February 28, 2022 is referred to as fiscal 2022.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, which are necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of August 31, 2021, the results of its operations for the three and six months ended August 31, 2021 and 2020, and cash flows for the six months ended August 31, 2021 and 2020. The interim results reported herein are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The continued uncertainty associated with COVID-19, and any of the ongoing variants, did not have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations for the three months ended August 31, 2021. While the Company continues to support its customers, there remains uncertainties regarding the duration and, to what extent, if any, that the COVID-19 pandemic, or newly identified variants, or additional regulatory requirements, will ultimately have on the demand for the Company's products and services or with its supply chain or its employees.

The impact of COVID-19 to the Company's personnel and operations has been limited. During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company continued to see improvement in sales and operating income in both of its operating segments. However, labor market challenges have increased during the current quarter, resulting in increased operating expenses as the constrained labor market impacted the availability and cost of labor. In addition, new vaccine mandates were announced on September 9, 2021. If these mandates are implemented, the extent of the regulatory impact is unclear and could have an adverse impact on the Company's operations. The Company cannot reasonably estimate the length or severity of this pandemic, or the extent to which the disruption may materially impact its consolidated balance sheet, statements of income or statements of cash flows for fiscal year 2022.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740), Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes ("ASU 2019-12"). This standard is intended to simplify the accounting and disclosure requirements for income taxes by eliminating various exceptions in accounting for income taxes as well as clarifying and amending existing guidance to improve consistency in the application of ASC 740. The standard was effective for the Company in the first quarter of its fiscal 2022. The Company adopted ASU 2019-12 in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 and the adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2020 and as clarified in January 2021, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. (“ASU”) 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting” (“ASU 2020-04”), which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by the discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or by another reference rate expected to be discontinued. An entity may elect to apply the amendments on a full retrospective basis as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020, or on a prospective basis to new modifications from any date between March 12, 2020 and December 31, 2022. The Company has not adopted ASU 2020-04, but will continue to evaluate the possible adoption of any such expedients or exceptions, as well as the impact on its financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows, during the effective period.

2.Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by giving effect to the potential dilution that could occur if stock awards vested and were converted into common shares during the period.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share data):
 
  Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Numerator:
Net income (loss) for basic and diluted earnings per common share $ 18,978  $ (1,790) $ 41,315  $ 3,751 
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per common share–weighted average shares 24,947  26,175  24,999  26,166 
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee and director equity awards 188  —  217  32 
Denominator for diluted earnings per common share 25,135  26,175  25,216  26,198 
Earnings (loss) per share basic and diluted:
Basic income (loss) per common share $ 0.76  $ (0.07) $ 1.65  $ 0.14 
Diluted income (loss) per common share $ 0.76  $ (0.07) $ 1.64  $ 0.14 

For the three and six months ended August 31, 2021, 150,171 and 130,764 shares, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS because the effect would be antidilutive. For the three and six months ended August 31, 2020, 28,319 and 15,863 shares, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS because the effect would be antidilutive. These shares could be dilutive in future periods.

3.Sales
Disaggregated Sales
The following table presents disaggregated sales by customer industry (in thousands):
  Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Sales:
Industrial $ 132,033  $ 67,112  $ 285,615  $ 197,220 
Transmission and distribution 47,619  97,619  89,255  146,676 
Power generation 36,795  38,641  71,403  72,768 
Total sales $ 216,447  $ 203,372  $ 446,273  $ 416,664 
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See Note 4 for sales information by segment.
Contract Liabilities
The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in accounts receivable, contract assets (unbilled receivables), and contract liabilities (customer advances and deposits) on the consolidated balance sheets, primarily related to our Infrastructure Solutions segment. Amounts are billed as work progresses in accordance with agreed upon contractual terms, either at periodic intervals (e.g., weekly or monthly) or upon the achievement of contractual milestones. Billing can occur subsequent to revenue recognition, resulting in contract assets. In addition, we sometimes receive advances or deposits from our customers, before revenue is recognized, resulting in contract liabilities. These assets and liabilities are reported on the consolidated balance sheets on a contract-by-contract basis at the end of each reporting period.
The following table shows the changes in contract liabilities for the six months ended August 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively (in thousands):
2021 2020
Balance at February 28/29, $ 16,138  $ 18,418 
Contract liabilities added during the period 4,191  2,738 
Sales recognized during the period (6,600) (7,400)
Balance at August 31, $ 13,729  $ 13,756 

The Company did not record any sales for the six months ended August 31, 2021 or 2020 related to performance obligations satisfied in prior periods. The Company expects to recognize sales, related to the $13.7 million balance of contract liabilities as of August 31, 2021 of approximately $6.5 million, $5.9 million, $1.1 million and $0.2 million in fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

4.Operating Segments
Segment Information

The Company has two distinct operating segments: the Metal Coatings segment and the Infrastructure Solutions segment.

The Metal Coatings segment provides hot dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing and plating, and other metal coating applications to the steel fabrication and other industries through facilities located throughout the United States and Canada. Hot dip galvanizing is a metallurgical process in which molten zinc reacts to steel. The zinc alloying provides corrosion protection to fabricated steel for extended periods of up to 50 years.

The Infrastructure Solutions segment provides specialized products and services designed to support primarily industrial and electrical applications. The product offerings include custom switchgear, electrical enclosures, medium and high voltage bus ducts, explosion proof and hazardous duty lighting and tubular products. The Infrastructure Solutions segment also focuses on life-cycle extension for the power generation, refining and industrial infrastructure, through providing automated weld overlay solutions for corrosion and erosion mitigation.

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Sales and operating income by segment for each period were as follows (in thousands):
 
  Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Sales:
Metal Coatings $ 129,593  $ 117,037  $ 257,328  $ 236,027 
Infrastructure Solutions
86,854  86,335  188,945  180,637 
Total sales $ 216,447  $ 203,372  $ 446,273  $ 416,664 
Operating income:
Metal Coatings $ 31,589  $ 15,600  $ 63,165  $ 40,684 
Infrastructure Solutions
7,024  (4,310) 16,648  (5,358)
Corporate (12,085) (10,638) (22,573) (20,357)
Total operating income $ 26,528  $ 652  $ 57,240  $ 14,969 

Asset balances by segment for each period were as follows (in thousands):

August 31, 2021 February 28, 2021
Total assets:
Metal Coatings $ 488,301  $ 480,778 
Infrastructure Solutions 505,602  489,986 
Corporate 29,335  25,678 
Total $ 1,023,238  $ 996,442 
Financial Information About Geographical Areas
The following table presents sales by geographic region for each period (in thousands):
  Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Sales:
United States $ 192,471  $ 170,651  $ 383,586  $ 359,733 
International 23,976  32,721  62,687  56,931 
Total $ 216,447  $ 203,372  $ 446,273  $ 416,664 
    
The following table presents fixed assets by geographic region for each period (in thousands):
August 31, 2021 February 28, 2021
Property, plant and equipment, net:
United States $ 179,476  $ 180,718 
Canada 12,124  15,007 
Other countries 10,620  10,184 
          Total $ 202,220  $ 205,909 

5.Warranty Reserves
A reserve has been established to provide for the estimated future cost of warranties on certain delivered products. The warranty accrual is included in "Other accrued liabilities" on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Management monitors
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established reserves and adjusts warranty estimates based upon the progression of resolution activities with the Company's customers. Warranties typically cover non-conformance to customer specifications or defects in material and workmanship.
The following table shows the changes in the warranty reserves for the six months ended August 31, 2021 (in thousands):
 
Balance at February 28, 2021 $ 4,079 
Warranty costs incurred (357)
Additions charged to income 492 
Balance at August 31, 2021 $ 4,214 

6.Debt
The Company's debt consisted of the following for each of the periods presented (in thousands):
August 31, 2021 February 28, 2021
2017 Revolving Credit Facility $ 33,000  $ 29,000 
2020 Senior Notes 150,000  150,000 
Total debt, gross 183,000  179,000 
Unamortized debt issuance costs (549) (581)
Total debt, net $ 182,451  $ 178,419 

The Company's debt agreements require the Company to maintain certain financial ratios, of which the most restrictive is a debt to EBITDA leverage ratio of at least 3.25 to 1.00. As of August 31, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all covenants or other requirements set forth in the debt agreements.

On July 8, 2021, the Company refinanced its current unsecured revolving credit facility, which was scheduled to mature in March 2022, with a new five-year unsecured revolving credit facility under that certain credit agreement, dated July 8, 2021 by and among the Company, borrower, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the other agents and lender parties thereto (the “2021 Credit Agreement”). The 2021 Credit Agreement matures in July 2026 and includes the following significant terms;

i.provides for a senior unsecured revolving credit facility with a principal amount of up to $400.0 million revolving loan commitments, and includes an additional $200.0 million uncommitted incremental accordion facility,
ii.interest rate margin ranges from 87.5 bps to 175 bps for Eurodollar Rate loans, and from 0.0 bps to 75 bps for Base Rate loans, depending on leverage ratio of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as a group,
iii.includes a letter of credit sub-facility up to $85.0 million for the issuance of standby and commercial letters of credit,
iv.includes a $50.0 million sublimit for swing line loans,
v.includes customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and negative covenants, and events of default, including restrictions on incurrence of non-ordinary course debt, investment and dividends, subject to various exceptions, carve-outs and baskets, and
vi.includes a maximum leverage ratio financial covenant and an interest coverage ratio financial covenant, each to be tested at quarter end.

The proceeds of the loans under the 2021 Credit Agreement are used primarily to finance working capital needs, capital improvements, dividends, future acquisitions and general corporate purposes.

The foregoing summary of certain terms and provisions of the 2021 Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2021 Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 to this Form 10-Q and is incorporated herein by reference.

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7.Leases
The Company is a lessee under various operating leases for facilities and equipment. Supplemental information related to the Company's portfolio of operating leases was as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Operating cash flows from operating leases included in lease liabilities $ 2,257  $ 2,216  $ 4,534  $ 4,335 
Lease liabilities obtained from new ROU assets - operating 473  1,324  13,120  1,528 
Operating and financing cash flows from financing leases included in lease liabilities 20  —  38  — 
Lease liabilities obtained from new ROU assets - financing 14  —  14  — 

August 31, 2021 February 28, 2021
Weighted-average remaining lease term - operating leases (years) 8.19 6.92
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases 4.54  % 4.71  %
Weighted-average remaining lease term - financing leases (years) 3.75 4.25
Weighted-average discount rate - financing leases 3.92  % 4.0  %
The following table outlines the classification of lease expense in the statements of income (in thousands):
Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Cost of sales $ 2,852  $ 2,563  $ 5,397  $ 5,784 
Selling, general and administrative 987  1,135  2,121  2,384 
Total lease expense $ 3,839  $ 3,698  $ 7,518  $ 8,168 
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As of August 31, 2021, maturities of the Company's lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal year: Operating Leases Finance Leases Total
2022 (remaining 6 months) $ 4,569  $ 40  $ 4,609 
2023 8,762  80  8,842 
2024 7,867  80  7,947 
2025 6,771  77  6,848 
2026 5,345  16  5,361 
Thereafter 21,773  —  21,773 
Total lease payments 55,087  293  55,380 
Less imputed interest (9,215) (20) (9,235)
Total $ 45,872  $ 273  $ 46,145 
8.Income Taxes
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the U.S., includes measures to assist companies, including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. With respect to the CARES Act, the Company benefited from the deferral of certain payroll taxes through the end of calendar year 2020 and the technical correction with respect to qualified improvement property.

The provision for income taxes reflects an effective tax rate of 20.4% for the three months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to 6.3% for the respective prior year comparable period. The increase in the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the impact of the restructuring and impairment charges recognized in fiscal 2021 on book earnings in the prior year quarter compared to the current quarter ended August 31, 2021. The Company recorded discrete items in the second quarter of the prior year and the current year; however, since book income was significantly lower in the prior year, the effective tax rate was impacted more significantly by the discrete items.

For the six months ended August 31, 2021, the effective tax rate was 23.3%, compared to 54.9% for the prior year comparable period. The decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the impact of the restructuring and impairment charges recognized in fiscal 2021 on book income. The Company recorded discrete items in the second quarter of the prior year and the current year; however, since book income was significantly lower in the prior year, the effective tax rate was impacted more significantly by the discrete items, as well as uncertain tax positions that were recorded in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.
9.    Equity
On November 10, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a $100 million share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may repurchase its Common Stock (the “2020 Share Authorization”). Repurchases under the 2020 Share Authorization will be made through open market and/or private transactions, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, and could include repurchases pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, which allows stock repurchases when the Company might otherwise be precluded from doing so.
During the six months ended August 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 416,279 of its common shares in the amount of $21.2 million at an average purchase price of $51.01 under the 2020 Share Authorization.



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10.     Assets Held for Sale

The Company has been executing a plan to divest certain non-core businesses. The strategic decision to divest of these businesses reflects the Company's long-term strategy to become a more focused metal coatings company. The historical annual sales, operating profit and net assets of these businesses were not significant enough to qualify as discontinued operations.
As of August 31, 2021, one business in our Infrastructure Solutions segment and one non-operating location in our Metal Coatings segment are classified as held for sale. The assets and liabilities of the businesses expected to be disposed of within the next twelve months are included in "Assets held for sale" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Assets and liabilities allocated to the disposal group are as follows (in thousands):
As of August 31, 2021
Assets
Accounts receivable $ 4,580 
Inventories 1,762 
Contract assets 4,094 
Other current assets 89 
Property, plant and equipment 1,301 
Other assets 126 
Goodwill 1,693 
Liabilities
Accounts payable 879 
Contract liabilities 925 
Other accrued liabilities 2,543 
Lease liability – long term 50 
Total carrying value 9,248 
Less: Impairment of carrying value of remaining assets held for sale to estimated sales price(1)
(3,490)
Fair value of disposal group $ 5,758 
(1) Impairment charges of $3,490 were recognized for the three months ended August 31, 2020.




11.     Restructuring and Impairment Charges

In the second quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company developed and began the implementation of a plan to divest certain non-core businesses and later, divested several non-core businesses. During the six months ended August 31, 2021, the Company did not recognize any restructuring and impairment charges. During the six months ended August 31, 2020, the Company recognized $18.7 million for impairment charges and a loss on the sale of the Galvabar business, which are included in "Restructuring and impairment charges" in the consolidated statements of operations.

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The restructuring and impairment charges for the six months ended August 31, 2020 are summarized in the table below (in thousands):

Six Months Ended August 31, 2020
` Metal Coatings Infrastructure Solutions Total
Write down on assets held for sale to estimated sales price $ 3,161  $ 4,100  $ 7,261 
Write down of assets expected to be abandoned 6,965  —  6,965 
Loss on sale of subsidiaries 1,198  —  1,198 
Write down of excess inventory —  2,511  2,511 
Costs associated with assets held for sale —  758  758 
Total charges $ 11,324  $ 7,369  $ 18,693 

Infrastructure Solutions Segment
During the six months ended August 31, 2020, as a result of the continued market pressures in the oil and gas services market, the Company undertook an evaluation of inventory within the tubular products business. As a result of the evaluation, the Company determined certain inventories to be in excess of their net realizable value, and recorded an inventory write down of $2.5 million to record the inventory at its current market value.

Metal Coatings Segment
During the six months ended August 31, 2020, the Company approved a plan to close certain locations within the Metal Coatings segment in future periods. Management performed an analysis of the assets at each location expected to be closed. For assets that will not be transferred to another location for use in operations, management wrote the assets down to reflect a decrease in the estimated useful life and lower value to the Company.

The following table summarizes the charges recognized during the six months ended August 31, 2020 related to locations that have been closed (in thousands):

Six Months Ended August 31, 2020
Inventory write down
$ 336 
Property & equipment write downs
2,999 
Intangible impairment 3,258 
Other 372 
Total
$ 6,965 
12. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal
The Company and its subsidiaries are named defendants and plaintiffs in various routine lawsuits incidental to our business.  These proceedings include labor and employment claims, use of the Company’s intellectual property, worker’s compensation, environmental  matters, and various commercial disputes, all arising in the normal course of business. As discovery progresses on all outstanding legal matters, the Company will continue to evaluate opportunities to either settle the disputes for nuisance value or potentially enter into mediation as a way to resolve the disputes prior to trial. As the pending cases progress through additional discovery and potential mediation, our assessment of the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome on the pending lawsuits may change. Although the outcome of these lawsuits or other proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, and the amount of any potential liability that could arise with respect to such lawsuits or other matters cannot be predicted at this time, management, after consultation with legal counsel believes it has strong defenses to all of these matters and does not expect liabilities, if any, from these claims or proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. 
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13.     Subsequent Event
On August 27, 2021, one of the Company's affiliates (the "Affiliate") entered into an agreement pursuant to which the Affiliate agreed to sell 60% of its equity interests in its Chinese subsidiary ("Chinese Target") to an unrelated Chinese entity. The Company will retain 40% interest in the Chinese Target through a joint venture arrangement. The Chinese Target will be included in the Company's Infrastructure Solutions segment and will conduct operations in China. Following the closing of the transaction, the Company anticipates that the Chinese Target will be deconsolidated and the Company's 40% joint venture investment will be accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The transaction, which is subject to certain closing conditions, is expected to close during the Company's 2022 fiscal year.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements herein about our expectations of future events or results constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continue," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and management’s views and assumptions regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and investors must recognize that actual results may differ from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. In addition, certain factors could affect the outcome of the matters described herein. This Quarterly Report may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, changes in customer demand for our products and services, including demand by the power generation markets, electrical transmission and distribution markets, the industrial markets and the metal coatings markets. In addition, within each of the markets we serve, our customers and our operations could potentially continue to be adversely impacted by the ongoing coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic, including governmental issued mandates regarding the same. We could also experience additional increases in labor costs, components and raw materials, including zinc and natural gas, which are used in our hot dip galvanizing process; supply-chain vendor delays; customer requested delays of our products or services; delays in additional acquisition or disposition opportunities; currency exchange rates; adequacy of financing; availability of experienced management and employees to implement AZZ’s growth strategy; a downturn in market conditions in any industry relating to the products we inventory or sell or the services that we provide; economic volatility or changes in the political stability in the United States and other foreign markets in which we operate; acts of war or terrorism inside the United States or abroad; and other changes in economic and financial conditions. AZZ has provided additional information regarding risks associated with the business in AZZ's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021 and other filings with the SEC, available for viewing on AZZ's website at www.azz.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
You are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements herein and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. These statements are based on information as of the date hereof and AZZ assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with management’s discussion and analysis contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, and with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Strategy
We have a developed strategy and periodically review our strategy against our performance, market conditions and competitive threats. During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, we publicly announced strategic and financial initiatives to enhance shareholder value. These initiatives include a comprehensive, Board-led review of our portfolio and capital allocation and the engagement of leading independent financial, legal and tax advisors in support of this review. We have continued these initiatives in fiscal 2022. We believe these actions will allow us to accelerate the strategy to become a more focused metal coatings company, which we believe will more rapidly enhance shareholder value.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The continued uncertainty associated with COVID-19, and any of the ongoing variants, did not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations for the three months ended August 31, 2021. While we continue to support our customers, there remains uncertainties regarding the duration and, to what extent, if any, that the COVID-19 pandemic, or newly identified variants, or additional regulatory requirements, will ultimately have on the demand for our products and services or with our supply chain or our employees.

The impact of COVID-19 to our personnel and operations has been limited. During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, we continued to see improvement in sales and operating income in both of our operating segments. However, labor market
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challenges have increased during the current quarter, resulting in increased operating expenses as the constrained labor market impacted the availability and cost of labor. In addition, new vaccine mandates were announced on September 9, 2021. If these mandates are implemented, the extent of the regulatory impact is unclear and could have an adverse impact on our operations. We cannot reasonably estimate the length or severity of this pandemic, or the extent to which the disruption may materially impact our consolidated balance sheet, statements of income or statements of cash flows for fiscal year 2022. See "Item 1A. Risk Factors," for an update on our risk factor related to COVID-19.
Overview
We have two distinct operating segments, the Metal Coatings segment and the Infrastructure Solutions segment. Management believes that the most meaningful analysis of our results of operations is to analyze our performance by segment.  We use sales and operating income by segment to evaluate the performance of our segments.  Segment operating income consists of sales less cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses that are specifically identifiable to a segment. For a reconciliation of segment operating income to consolidated operating income, see Note 4 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
During the six months ended August 31, 2021, we continued to execute a plan to divest certain non-core businesses, which was approved by the board of directors in fiscal 2021. As of August 31, 2021, one business in our Infrastructure Solutions segment and one non-operating location in our Metal Coatings segment are classified as held for sale. The assets and liabilities of these locations are expected to be disposed of within the next twelve months, and are included in "Assets held for sale" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
Orders and Backlog

Our backlog relates entirely to our Infrastructure Solutions segment and excludes transaction taxes for certain foreign subsidiaries. As of August 31, 2021, backlog increased $15.4 million from February 28, 2021, to $201.5 million. Our backlog in the Infrastructure Solutions segment decreased $9.2 million, or 4.3%, as compared to $210.6 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The decrease in backlog is primarily due to the continued reduction of international backlog, including China, related to several non-recurring contracts, and, to a lesser extent, divestitures that occurred in fiscal 2021. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in backlog in each of the remaining product lines within the segment. For the three months ended August 31, 2021, backlog was favorably impacted by an increase in our incoming net bookings of $23.2 million, or 11.1%, compared to same period of fiscal 2021, due to a decrease in some COVID-19 related restrictions during the quarter. The decrease in restrictions also favorably impacted our book-to-sales ratio, which increased to 1.07, from 1.03. The decrease in backlog was also due to an increase in sales recognized in the current quarter compared to the prior quarter, primarily related to sales recognized in the current quarter for certain large international projects for which bookings were recorded in prior years.

The table below includes the progression of backlog (in thousands):
 
Period Ended Period Ended
Backlog 2/28/2021 $ 186,119  2/29/2020 $ 243,799 
Net bookings 229,805  174,865 
Sales recognized (229,826) (213,293)
Backlog 5/31/2021 186,098  5/31/2020 205,371 
Book to sales ratio 1.00  0.82 
Net bookings 231,821  208,627 
Sales recognized (216,447) (203,372)
Backlog 8/31/2021 $ 201,472  8/31/2020 $ 210,626 
Book to sales ratio 1.07  1.03 

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QUARTER ENDED AUGUST 31, 2021 COMPARED TO THE QUARTER ENDED AUGUST 31, 2020
Segment Sales
The following table reflects the breakdown of sales by segment (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended August 31,
2021 2020
Sales:
Metal Coatings $ 129,593  $ 117,037 
Infrastructure Solutions 86,854  86,335 
Total Sales $ 216,447  $ 203,372 

For the three months ended August 31, 2021, consolidated sales increased $13.1 million, or 6.4%, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. Sales for the Metal Coatings segment increased $12.6 million, or 10.7%, for the three months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. The increase was primarily due to improved price realization for our superior quality and service and the acquisition of a metal coatings facility in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. The volume of steel processed increased 2.6% in the current quarter, compared to the prior year quarter.
Sales for the Infrastructure Solutions segment increased $0.5 million, or 0.6%, for the three months ended August 31, 2021 as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. In the Electrical platform, sales increased compared to the prior year. The increase is primarily due to an increase in backlog and sales for switchgear and enclosure products in our domestic operations, partially offset by lower sales in China as projects near completion. This increase was offset by a decrease in sales in the Industrial platform, primarily due to net decreases in our international operations and a decrease related to a divestiture in the third quarter of fiscal 2021, partially offset by an increase in domestic operations.
Segment Operating Income
The following table reflects the breakdown of operating income by segment (in thousands):
Three Months Ended August 31, 2021 Three Months Ended August 31, 2020
Metal Coatings Infra-
structure Solutions
Corporate Total Metal Coatings Infra-
structure Solutions
Corporate Total
Operating income (loss):
Sales $ 129,593  $ 86,854  $ —  $ 216,447  $ 117,037  $ 86,335  $ —  $ 203,372 
Cost of sales 93,758  67,574  —  161,332  86,091  71,187  —  157,278 
Gross margin 35,835  19,280  —  55,115  30,946  15,148  —  46,094 
Selling, general and administrative 4,246  12,256  12,085  28,587  4,022  12,089  10,638  26,749 
Restructuring and impairment charges —  —  —  —  11,324  7,369  —  18,693 
Total operating income (loss) $ 31,589  $ 7,024  $ (12,085) $ 26,528  $ 15,600  $ (4,310) $ (10,638) $ 652 
Operating income for the Metal Coatings segment increased $16.0 million, or 102.5%, for the three months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. The current quarter increase was also due to the improved sales described above and the achievement of operational efficiencies in our surface technologies platform. In the prior year quarter, operating income was also significantly impacted by the loss on sale of a subsidiary and impairment and restructuring charges of $11.3 million.
Operating income for the Infrastructure Solutions segment increased by $11.3 million, or 263.0%, for the three months ended August 31, 2021 as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. The increase was related to the increase in sales as noted above and cost controls implemented in fiscal 2021 across the platform to mitigate disrupted markets. In the prior year quarter, operating income was also significantly impacted by impairment and restructuring charges of $7.4 million.
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Corporate expenses increased $1.4 million, or 13.6%, for the three months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. The increase is primarily due to increases in administrative external consulting costs associated with the previously announced strategic review.
Other (income) expense, net
Other expense was $0.9 million for the three months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to $0.1 million the same period in fiscal 2020. The increase was primarily due to unfavorable foreign exchange transaction adjustments in the current year.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the three months ended August 31, 2021 decreased $0.7 million, or 29.0%, to $1.8 million, as compared to $2.5 million for the respective prior period. The decrease was primarily attributable to the Company's 2020 Senior Notes, which were funded in late fiscal 2021. While the borrowings under the 2020 Senior Notes increased $25.0 million to $150.0 million, they carry lower interest rates than the Company's previous senior notes.
Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes reflects an effective tax rate of 20.4% for the three months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to 6.3% for the respective prior year comparable period. The increase in the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the impact of the restructuring and impairment charges recognized in fiscal 2021 on book earnings in the prior year quarter compared to the current quarter ended August 31, 2021. The Company recorded discrete items in the second quarter of the prior year and the current year; however, since book income was significantly lower in the prior year, the effective tax rate was impacted more significantly by the discrete items.


SIX MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2021 COMPARED TO THE SIX MONTHS ENDED AUGUST 31, 2020
Segment Sales
The following table reflects the breakdown of sales by segment (in thousands):
 
  Six Months Ended August 31,
  2021 2020
Sales:
Metal Coatings $ 257,328  $ 236,027 
Infrastructure Solutions 188,945  180,637 
Total Sales $ 446,273  $ 416,664 

For the six months ended August 31, 2021, consolidated sales increased $29.6 million, or 7.1%, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. Sales for the Metal Coatings segment increased $21.3 million, or 9.0%, for the six months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. The increase was primarily due to improved price realization for our superior quality and service and the acquisition of a metal coatings facility in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021. The volume of steel processed increased slightly in the current period, compared to the prior year period.
Sales for the Infrastructure Solutions segment increased $8.3 million, or 4.6%, for the six months ended August 31, 2021 as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. In the Electrical platform, sales increased compared to the prior year, primarily due to an increase in our Switchgear operations, partially offset by lower sales in our Bus Duct operations, as sales in China are lower as projects near completion. In the Industrial platform, the increase was primarily due to sales increases in both domestic and international operations (as the prior year was significantly impacted by COVID-19), partially offset by a decrease related to a divestiture in the third quarter of fiscal 2021.

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Segment Operating Income
The following table reflects the breakdown of operating income by segment (in thousands):
Six Months Ended August 31, 2021 Six Months Ended August 31, 2020
Metal Coatings Infra-
structure Solutions
Corporate Total Metal Coatings Infra-
structure Solutions
Corporate Total
Operating income (loss):
Sales $ 257,328  $ 188,945  $ —  $ 446,273  $ 236,027  $ 180,637  $ —  $ 416,664 
Cost of sales 185,836  147,395  —  333,231  175,430  152,933  —  328,363 
Gross margin 71,492  41,550  —  113,042  60,597  27,704  —  88,301 
Selling, general and administrative 8,327  24,902  22,573  55,802  8,589  25,693  20,357  54,639 
Restructuring and impairment charges —  —  —  —  11,324  7,369  —  18,693 
Total operating income (loss) $ 63,165  $ 16,648  $ (22,573) $ 57,240  $ 40,684  $ (5,358) $ (20,357) $ 14,969 
Operating income for the Metal Coatings segment increased $22.5 million, or 55.3%, for the six months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. The increase was primarily due to impairment and restructuring charges recognized in fiscal 2021 of $11.3 million, the increase in sales described above and the achievement of operational efficiencies in our surface technologies platform.
Operating income for the Infrastructure Solutions segment increased by $22.0 million, or 410.7%, for the six months ended August 31, 2021 as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. Gross margins improved on operating leverage within both the Industrial and Electrical platforms compared to prior year. The increase was due to the increase in sales as noted above, as well as cost controls implemented in fiscal 2021 and maintained as volume improved year over year. In addition, in the prior year to date period, operating income was impacted by an impairment on assets being classified as assets held for sale and other asset impairments of $7.4 million.
Corporate expenses increased $2.2 million, or 10.9%, for the six months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2021. The increase is primarily due to increases in administrative external consulting costs associated with the previously announced strategic review.
Other (income) expense, net
Other income was $0.1 million for the six months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to other expense of $1.5 million the same period in fiscal 2020. The increase was primarily due to favorable foreign exchange transaction adjustments in the current year.
Interest Expense
Interest expense for the six months ended August 31, 2021 decreased $1.7 million, or 32.4%, to $3.5 million, as compared to $5.1 million for the respective prior period. The decrease was primarily attributable to the Company's 2020 Senior Notes, which were funded in late fiscal 2021. While the borrowings under the 2020 Senior Notes increased $25.0 million to $150.0 million, they carry lower interest rates than the Company's previous senior notes.
Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes reflects an effective tax rate of 23.3% for the six months ended August 31, 2021, as compared to 54.9% for the respective prior year comparable period. The decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the impact of the restructuring and impairment charges recognized in fiscal 2021 on book income. The Company recorded discrete items in the second quarter of the prior year and the current year; however, since book income was significantly lower in the prior year, the effective tax rate was impacted more significantly by the discrete items, as well as uncertain tax positions that were recorded in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021.


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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
    We have historically met our cash needs through a combination of cash flows from operating activities along with bank and bond market debt. Our cash requirements generally include cash dividend payments, capital improvements, debt repayment, acquisitions, and share repurchases. We believe that our cash position, cash flows from operating activities and our expectation of continuing availability to draw upon our credit facilities are sufficient to meet our cash flow needs for the foreseeable future.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cash flows by category and working capital for the periods presented (in thousands):
Six Months Ended August 31,
2021 2020
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 37,758  $ 32,166 
Net cash used in investing activities (10,562) (10,531)
Net cash used in financing activities (26,348) (45,131)
Working Capital 210,048  189,642 
Net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended August 31, 2021 was $37.8 million, compared to $32.2 million for the prior year quarter. The increase in cash provided by operating activities for the current quarter is primarily attributable to increased net income, which was impacted by $18.7 million of impairment and restructuring charges in the prior year-to-date period, as well as increases in working capital from accounts payable and accrued expenses. These increases were partially offset by decreases in working capital from accounts receivable, inventories, prepaid assets and contract assets and liabilities.
Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended August 31, 2021 was $10.6 million, compared to $10.5 million for the prior year quarter. The increase in cash used for investing activities for the current quarter was primarily attributable to decreased capital expenditures, partially offset by the sale of our Galvabar business in the prior year.
Net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended August 31, 2021 was $26.3 million, compared to $45.1 million for the prior year quarter. The decrease in cash used in financing activities during the current quarter was primarily attributable to an increase in net draws on our credit facility, partially offset by an increase in repurchases of shares of Company common stock. See “Share Repurchases” sections below for additional information.
Financing and Capital
On July 8, 2021, the Company refinanced its current unsecured revolving credit facility, which was scheduled to mature in March 2022, with a new five-year unsecured revolving credit facility under that certain credit agreement, dated July 8, 2021 by and among the Company, borrower, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the other agents and lender parties thereto (the “2021 Credit Agreement”). The 2021 Credit Agreement matures in July 2026 and includes the following significant terms;

i.provides for a senior unsecured revolving credit facility with a principal amount of up to $400.0 million revolving loan commitments, and includes an additional $200.0 million uncommitted incremental accordion facility,
ii.interest rate margin ranges from 87.5 bps to 175 bps for Eurodollar Rate loans, and from 0.0 bps to 75 bps for Base Rate loans, depending on leverage ratio of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as a group,
iii.includes a letter of credit sub-facility up to $85.0 million for the issuance of standby and commercial letters of credit,
iv.includes a $50.0 million sublimit for swing line loans,
v.includes customary representations and warranties, affirmative covenants and negative covenants, and events of default, including restrictions on incurrence of non-ordinary course debt, investment and dividends, subject to various exceptions, carve-outs and baskets, and
vi.includes a maximum leverage ratio financial covenant and an interest coverage ratio financial covenant, each to be tested at quarter end.

The proceeds of the loans under the 2021 Credit Agreement are used primarily to finance working capital needs, capital improvements, dividends, future acquisitions and general corporate purposes.

The foregoing summary of certain terms and provisions of the 2021 Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2021 Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 to this Form 10-Q and is incorporated herein by reference.
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As of August 31, 2021, we had $183.0 million of floating- and fixed-rate notes outstanding with varying maturities through fiscal 2032 and we were in compliance with all of the covenants related to these outstanding borrowings. As of August 31, 2021, we had approximately $357.1 million of additional credit available for future draws or letters of credit.
Share Repurchase Program
During the six months ended August 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 416,279 of its common shares in the amount of $21.2 million at an average purchase price of $51.01 under the 2020 Share Authorization. For additional information regarding our share repurchases during the current year-to-date period, see Part II, “Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.”
Other Exposures
We have exposure to commodity price increases in both segments of our business, primarily copper, aluminum, steel and nickel-based alloys in the Infrastructure Solutions segment and zinc and natural gas in the Metal Coatings segment. We attempt to minimize these increases through escalation clauses in customer contracts for copper, aluminum, steel and nickel-based alloys, when market conditions allow and through fixed cost contract purchases on zinc. In addition to these measures, we attempt to recover other cost increases through improvements to our manufacturing process, supply chain management, and through increases in prices where competitively feasible.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
As of August 31, 2021, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under SEC rules. Specifically, there were no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons that have, or may have, a material effect on the financial condition, changes in financial condition, sales or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources of the Company.
As of August 31, 2021, we had outstanding letters of credit in the amount of $25.3 million. These letters of credit are issued for a number of reasons, but are most commonly issued in lieu of customer retention withholding payments covering warranty or performance periods.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions are based on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances to determine reported amounts of assets, liabilities, sales and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources.
During the six months ended August 31, 2021, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in Part II, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2021.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, included herein, for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements, including the actual and expected dates of adoption and estimated effects on our consolidated results of operations and financial condition, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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Non-GAAP Disclosures
In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”), the Company has provided adjusted operating income, adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share (collectively, the “Adjusted Earnings Measures”), which are non-GAAP measures. Management believes that the presentation of these measures provides investors with a greater transparency comparison of operating results across a broad spectrum of companies, which provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s financial performance, competitive position and prospects for the future. Management also believes that investors regularly rely on non-GAAP financial measures, such as adjusted operating income, adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share, to assess operating performance and that such measures may highlight trends in the Company’s business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying on financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.

In the second quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company developed and began the implementation of a plan to divest certain non-core businesses and later, divested several non-core businesses. During the six months ended August 31, 2021, the Company did not recognize any restructuring and impairment charges. The following tables provides a reconciliation for the three and six months ended August 31, 2020 between the various measures calculated in accordance with GAAP to the Adjusted Earnings Measures (in thousands, except per share data):

Three Months Ended August 31, Six Months Ended August 31,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Operating income 26,528  $ 652  57,240  $ 14,969 
Restructuring and impairment charges —  18,693  —  18,693 
Adjusted operating income $ 26,528  $ 19,345  $ 57,240  $ 33,662 



Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
August 31, 2020 August 31, 2020
Amount Per
 Diluted Share
Amount Per
 Diluted Share
Net income (loss) and diluted earnings (loss) per share $ (1,790) $ (0.07) $ 3,751  $ 0.14 
Adjustments (net of tax):
Restructuring and impairment charges:
Metal Coatings 11,324  0.43  11,324  0.43 
Infrastructure Solutions 7,369  0.28  7,369  0.28 
Subtotal 18,693  0.71  18,693  0.71 
Tax benefit related to restructuring and impairment charges (3,930) (0.15) (3,930) (0.15)
Total adjustments 14,763  0.56  14,763  0.56 
Adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share $ 12,973  $ 0.50  $ 18,514  $ 0.71 
(1) Earnings per share amounts included in the table above may not sum due to rounding differences.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There have been no material changes to the Company’s market risk disclosures during the six months ended August 31, 2021. For a discussion of the Company’s exposure to market risk, refer to the Company’s market risk disclosures set forth in Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2021.  

Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, management of the Company has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules; and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely discussions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
There have been no significant changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company and its subsidiaries are named defendants and plaintiffs in various routine lawsuits incidental to our business. These proceedings include labor and employment claims, use of the Company’s intellectual property, worker’s compensation, environmental matters, and various commercial disputes, all arising in the normal course of business. Although the outcome of these lawsuits or other proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, and the amount of any potential liability that could arise with respect to such lawsuits or other legal matters cannot be predicted at this time, management, after consultation with legal counsel, believes it has strong defenses to all of these matters and does not expect liabilities, if any, from these claims or proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There are numerous factors that affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, many of which are beyond our control. In addition to other information set forth in this Quarterly Report, careful consideration should be given to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part I and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II of our Annual Report, which contain descriptions of significant factors that might cause the actual results of operations in future periods to differ materially from those currently projected in the forward-looking statements contained therein.

Except as described below, there have been no material changes from risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. See the discussion of the Company’s risk factors under Part I, Item 1A. in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021.

Our business and operations may be adversely affected by the evolving and ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic.
The evolving impact of the viral strain of coronavirus ("COVID-19"), which was declared a global pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization, resulted in most governments issuing restrictive orders, including “shelter in place” orders around the globe in 2020 to assist in reducing the spread of the virus.
Subsequently, in March 2020, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) department issued guidance clarifying that critical infrastructure industries had a responsibility to maintain operations while these restrictive measures were in place. Based on input from the government, as well as our customers, we have continued to operate our businesses under the CISA guidelines in an effort to support critical infrastructure in the areas where we were either required to do so, or where we were able.
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a proposed new rule requiring all employers with at least 100 employees to ensure that their employees are fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated workers to get a negative test at least once a week. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) is currently drafting an emergency regulation to carry out this mandate.
It is not currently possible to predict with any certainty the exact impact the new regulation would have on our Company. As a company with more than 100 employees, we will be required to mandate COVID-19 vaccination of our workforce or require our unvaccinated employees to be tested weekly. This mandate, when issued, could result in employee attrition, difficulty securing future labor needs and may have an adverse effect on future profit margins.
While we continue to support our customers, there remains uncertainty regarding the duration and severity of this ongoing pandemic, or newly identified variants, and the effect it could ultimately have on our supply chain. We continue to closely monitor the situation as information becomes readily available, take actions to ensure the safety of our labor force, to abide by the requirements under CISA and to prepare for the OSHA regulations.



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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

On November 10, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors authorized a $100 million share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may repurchase its Common Stock (the “2020 Share Authorization”). Repurchases under the 2020 Share Authorization will be made through open market and/or private transactions, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, and could include repurchases pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, which allows stock repurchases when the Company might otherwise be precluded from doing so.
The following table provides information with respect to purchases of common stock of the Company made during the six months ended August 31, 2021, by the Company or any "affiliated purchaser" as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange act:
Period Total Number of Share Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publically Announced Plans or Programs Approximate Dollar Value that May Yet Be Used Under the Plans or Programs
Beginning balance, February 28, 2021 $ 84,002,349 
March 1 through March 31 60,649  $ 49.47  60,649  81,002,123 
April 1 through April 30 56,043  49.82  56,043  78,209,907 
May 1 through May 31 9,078  51.92  9,078  77,738,544 
June 1 through June 30 102,227  51.49  102,227  72,475,385 
July 1 through July 30 148,452  51.56  148,452  64,821,609 
August 1 through August 31 39,830  51.52  39,830  62,769,454 
Total 416,279  $ 51.01  416,279  $ 62,769,454 

Item 5. Other Information.
Amendment to Corporate Bylaws

On October 8, 2021, the Board of Directors of AZZ approved an amendment and restatement of AZZ’s current Bylaws, which changes were effective immediately upon approval. The amendments include, without limitation, the following:

clarifying that the only matters to be considered at any special meeting of shareholders called by the Chairman, the President or the Board are those specified in in the notice of meeting;
removing the limitation on the Board’s ability to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors constituting the whole Board;
updating the advance notice provisions for director nominations and stockholder proposals;
designating the district courts of the State of Texas in Tarrant County as the sole and exclusive forum for shareholder claims and director and officer indemnification claims; and
designating the U.S. federal district court in Tarrant County, Texas (or if such court lacks jurisdiction or proper venue, any other U.S. federal district court) as the sole and exclusive forum for claims under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other federal securities law.

The foregoing summary of the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is attached to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as Exhibit 3.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.



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Executive Officer Severance Plan

On and effective as of October 8, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted and approved the AZZ Inc.
Executive Officer Severance Plan (the “Executive Officer Severance Plan”), for executive officers of the Company who are selected for participation and whom are not covered by an employment agreement with the Company for severance pay and/or benefits for a termination under the same circumstances.

The Executive Officer Severance Plan provides for the payment of severance pay and benefits to eligible officers in the event of a termination of employment with the Company without cause or for good reason, each as defined in the Executive Officer Severance Plan (each a “Qualifying Termination”). In the event of an eligible officer’s Qualifying Termination and subject to the officer’s execution of a general release of claims against the Company, the Executive Officer Severance Plan provides for the severance pay and benefits as described below.

In addition to payment of amounts earned or receivable but unpaid, if the Qualified Termination is not in connection with a change in control (as described below), the severance pay and benefits are as follows:

a lump sum equal to the eligible officer’s annual cash bonus for the fiscal year of the Company in which the Qualified Termination occurs, determined as if performance was at target for such year (“Target Cash Bonus”), and prorated for the number of days during such year the eligible officer was employed;
continued payment of the eligible officer’s total of annual base salary and Target Cash Bonus for 18 months, commencing 60 days after the termination date;
full vesting of the eligible officer’s outstanding time-based equity awards; and
to the extent COBRA continuation coverage is elected for the eligible employee, his/her spouse and/or dependent children under the Company’s group health plan, the eligible officer will pay COBRA premiums equal to the amount a similarly-situated active officer would pay for the same coverage, and the Company will pay the remainder of the COBRA premium for up to 18 months.

If the Qualified Termination is in connection with a change in control (i.e., if the Qualified Termination occurs during the period (i) commencing upon the execution of a written agreement that, if consummated, would result in a change in control, and (ii) ending on the earlier of (A) the termination of such agreement, or (B) 24 months following the consummation of the change in control), the severance pay and benefits are the same as described above with the following modifications:

continued payment of the eligible officer’s total of annual base salary and Target Cash Bonus for 24 months (instead of 18 months); and
to the extent COBRA continuation coverage is elected for the eligible employee, his/her spouse and/or dependent children under the Company’s group health plan, the Company will pay up to 24 months of the full amount of the COBRA premium (or for months 19 to 24, the premium for COBRA-like or equivalent coverage, as applicable).

The Executive Officer Severance Plan does not provide for a gross-up to any of the executive officers to offset any excise taxes that may be imposed on excess parachute payments under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Excise Tax”). Instead, in the event the severance pay and benefits in connection with a change in control would, if paid, be subject to the Excise Tax, then the eligible officer would receive the amount that provides the greater net, after income tax amount between (i) the full amount of severance pay and benefits, calculated for this comparison after reduction by the Excise Tax, or (ii) the amount of severance pay and benefits reduced so that no Excise Tax will apply.

For purposes of the Executive Officer Severance Plan, “change in control” means (i) a sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets; (ii) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, and Company shareholders own less than 50 percent of the voting power of the surviving entity; (iii) a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, but the Company’s shareholders own less than 50 percent of the voting power of the surviving entity, or (iv) an acquisition by any person (other than a benefit plan or trust sponsored by the Company) of the beneficial ownership of equity securities of the Company representing over 50 percent of the combined voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors.

The foregoing description of the Executive Officer Severance Plan does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Executive Officer Severance Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 6. Exhibits
3.1  
Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of AZZ Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on July 14, 2015)
3.2  
10.1*  
10.2  
Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2011, by and among AZZ incorporated and the purchasers identified therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 21, 2011).
10.3
Credit Agreement by and between AZZ Inc. as borrower, CitiBank,CitiBank, N.A. as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the other Lender's party hereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Registrant on July 9, 2021).
10.4*
AZZ incorporated 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEFA filed May 29, 2014).
10.5*
First Amendment to AZZ Inc. 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 21, 2016.
10.6
Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2020, by and among AZZ Inc. and the purchasers identified therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Registrant on October 13, 2020).
10.7*
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2
101.INS XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
* Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
AZZ Inc.
(Registrant)
Date: October 12, 2021 By: /s/ Philip A. Schlom
Philip A. Schlom
Chief Financial Officer
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AZZ INC. EXECUTIVE OFFICER SEVERANCE PLAN
October 8, 2021

1.INTRODUCTION
1.1Overview. As an Eligible Employee who incurs an Eligible Termination (both defined below), you will be entitled to severance pay and benefits, in an amount and form, at such times, and subject to the terms, described in this document.
1.2Effective Date. This AZZ Inc. Executive Officer Severance Plan (this “Plan”) is effective as of October 8, 2021.
1.3Participating Companies. This Plan generally provides severance pay and benefits for the executives of AZZ Inc. (“AZZ”) and its U.S. subsidiaries who are Eligible Employees. For purposes of this Plan, AZZ and all of its U.S. subsidiaries that participate in the Plan are referred to as the “Company”.
1.4Purpose; Controlling Document. This document serves as both the plan document; and the summary description for this Plan. With respect to Eligible Employees, this Plan replaces and supersedes any other severance policy or severance plan pursuant to which an Eligible Employee might otherwise be entitled to participate. All such other severance policies and severance plans are hereby made ineffective with respect to Eligible Employees.
2.ELIGIBILITY
2.1General Requirements. You will be an “Eligible Employee” who may be eligible to receive severance benefits under this Plan if:
Employment. You are classified by the Company, under its applicable standard personnel policies and procedures, as an active, full-time executive employee of the Company;
Key Management Employee Designated. You are a member of a select group of key management and/or highly compensated employees of the Company;
Designated as an Eligible Employee. The Chief Executive Officer of AZZ, who also serves as the “Plan Administrator”, has designated you an Eligible Employee under this Plan and has notified you in writing of such designation; and
Not Excluded. You do not fall within one of the categories described in Section 2.2 below.
2.2Excluded Individuals. The following individuals will not be Eligible Employees and will not be eligible to participate in this Plan:
Employees With Written Employment Agreements – individuals who have written employment agreements, offer letters or similar agreements with the Company that provide for severance pay and/or benefits, except such agreements that merely reference this Plan for such pay and benefits; provided, this exclusion will apply to an individual’s termination of



employment only for the period during which the individual must terminate to be eligible to receive severance pay and/or benefits under the agreement or letter (whether or not his/her employment is terminated for such a reason and whether or not subject to conditions, such as signing a release).
Employees with Written Change in Control Agreements – individuals who have written change in control agreements that provide for severance benefits with respect to terminations of employment in connection with a change in control of the Company, except such agreements that merely reference the this Plan for such benefits; provided, this change in control agreement exclusion will apply to an individual’s termination of employment only for the period during which the individual must terminate to be eligible to receive severance pay and/or benefits under the change in control agreement (whether or not his/her employment is terminated for such a reason and whether or not subject to conditions, such as signing a release).
Non-Employee Service Providers – individuals who provide services to the Company and who the Company does not classify under its customary worker classification procedures as employees, even if the individuals are common law employees, including, but not limited to, independent contractors, contractor’s employees and leased employees.
Individuals on Indefinite Unpaid Leaves of Absence – individuals who are absent from work on indefinite unpaid leaves of absence, except to the extent eligibility is required by applicable law.
2.3Eligible Termination. If you are an Eligible Employee, you will incur an “Eligible Termination”, and therefore will be eligible to receive benefits under this Plan, if either (i) your employment is involuntarily terminated without Cause (as defined in Part I of Exhibit A hereto) by AZZ and all of its affiliates that have common ownership with AZZ of 50% or greater (“Affiliates”), or (ii) you terminate your employment with AZZ and all Affiliates for Good Reason (as defined in Part II of Exhibit A hereto), in either case such that you thereby incur a Separation from Service (as defined in Part III of Exhibit A hereto). Any such termination without Cause or for Good Reason is referred to herein as an “Eligible Termination”. The Plan Administrator retains the authority to determine whether or not a termination is an Eligible Termination for purposes of this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following terminations will not qualify as an Eligible Termination:
Your termination for Cause.
Your termination due to your Disability (as defined in Part IV of Exhibit A hereto) or any other leave of absence from which you failed to return;
Your death;
Your voluntary termination for any reason, including retirement, without Good Reason; or
A Change in Control, unless in connection with the Change in Control your employment with the Company is terminated without Cause and you either (i) are not offed employment with the successor company, or (ii) you are offered employment with the successor company under terms that qualify as Good Reason.
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Your “Last Day Worked” will be the day your active employment ends and you have a Separation from Service due to your Eligible Termination.
3.SEVERANCE PAY
3.1Process for Determining Severance Pay Amounts. If you, as an Eligible Employee, incur an Eligible Termination and you satisfy specified conditions, you will be eligible to receive severance pay and benefits. In order to receive severance pay (other than accrued but unused paid time off; “PTO”) payable under this Plan, you must first sign and not revoke a release agreement as described in Section 4 below; a “Release”.
The amount of severance pay payable to you and the severance benefits to be provided to you under this Plan will depend on whether or not your Eligible Termination is made in connection with a Change in Control (as defined in Part V of Exhibit A hereto). The following terms of this Section 3 and Section 4 will apply.
3.2Paid Time Off Pay. Whether or not your Eligible Termination is in connection with a Change in Control and whether or not you sign a Release, you will receive a cash payment equal to the value of any accrued but unused PTO that you have earned and for which you have been credited through your Last Day Worked. This value will be measured based on the level of your base salary in effect as of your Last Day Worked. This amount will be paid to you in a single lump sum within 30 days after the date of your Separation from Service (or such earlier date as may be required by applicable law) only to the extent provided under, and consistent with, the Company’s PTO policy in effect on your Last Day Worked.
3.3Severance Pay and Benefits Not in Connection with a Change in Control. Unless your Eligible Termination occurs with respect to a Change in Control (as described in Section 3.4), in which case your severance pay and benefits are described in Section 3.4, the amount of severance pay and benefits for which you will be eligible under this Plan upon your Eligible Termination will be as follows:
(a)Accrued But Unpaid Salary and Expenses. You will receive any amounts of accrued but unpaid (i) Annual Base Salary (as defined below), and (ii) expenses reimbursable in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies. For purposes of this Plan, “Annual Base Salary” means (i) the amount of your annualized base salary in effect immediately before your Eligible termination, or (ii) if your Eligible Termination is due to Good Reason based on a material reduction of your base salary, the amount of your annualized base salary immediately before such reduction. This amount will be paid to you based on the Company’s payroll schedule and the terms of the expense reimbursement policy, respectively.
(b)Portion of Your Target Cash Bonus for the Year of Termination. You will receive a portion of the amount of the annual cash bonus you would have received for the fiscal year of AZZ in which your Eligible Termination occurs if all performance criteria were satisfied at target (“Target Cash Bonus”) calculated as the product of (i) your Target Cash Bonus, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the AZZ fiscal year that have elapsed through the date of your Eligible Termination, and the denominator of which is 365. This amount will be paid to you in a single lump sum within 60 days after your Eligible Termination.
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(c)Severance Pay. You will receive an amount of severance pay equal to 150 percent of the total of your Annual Based Salary and your Target Cash Bonus. This amount will be payable to you, commencing on the first pay date under the Company’s payroll system that applies to similarly-situated active employees (“Applicable Payroll System”), which is on or after the 60th day after your Eligible Termination. This amount will be paid in substantially equal installment payments payable over the 18-month period commencing on the payment commencement date, at such frequencies as apply under the Applicable Payroll System.
(d)Vesting of Time-Based Equity Awards. Notwithstanding any contrary terms of any stock option grant, option agreement or other equity award agreement between the Company and you, all of your outstanding equity awards for the Company common stock, which are outstanding as of the date of your Eligible Termination and are subject to time-based vesting requirements, will vest in full.
(e)Continued Group Health Plan Coverage. To the extent (i) you and your spouse and dependent children are and remain eligible for continued Company group health plan coverage (i.e., group medical, dental and/or vision coverage) under the continuation provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”) but in no event for longer than the 18-month period immediately following the date of your Eligible Termination, and (ii) you elect to continue your, your spouse’s and/or your dependent children’s Company group health insurance benefit coverages under COBRA, then you will pay for such continuation coverage the same amount as is charged to similarly-situated active employees of the Company. The Company will pay on your behalf the remainder of the cost of such continuation coverage and, to the extent any of such coverages are self-insured, will report such amount as taxable income on your Form W-2. You will pay your portion of such cost on an after-tax basis by separate check payable to the Company each month in advance (or in such other manner, such as withholding a portion of monthly payments otherwise payable to you hereunder, as the Company may agree).
3.4Severance Pay and Benefits in Connection with a Change in Control. If your Eligible Termination occurs during the period (i) beginning on the execution of a definitive written agreement that, if consummated in accordance with its terms, would result in a Change in Control, and (ii) ending on the earlier of (A) the termination of such agreement or (B) twenty-four (24) months following the consummation of a Change in Control pursuant to such agreement (i.e., an Eligible Termination in connection with a Change in Control), the amount of severance pay and benefits for which you will be eligible under this Plan upon your Eligible Termination will be as follows:
(a)Accrued But Unpaid Salary and Expenses. You will receive any amounts of accrued but unpaid (i) Annual Base Salary, and (ii) expenses reimbursable in accordance with the Company’s expense reimbursement policies. This amount will be paid to you based on the Company’s payroll schedule and the terms of the expense reimbursement policy, respectively.
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(b)Portion of Your Target Cash Bonus for the Year of Termination. You will receive a portion of your Target Cash Bonus for the fiscal year of AZZ in which your Eligible Termination occurs calculated as the product of (i) your Target Cash Bonus, and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the AZZ fiscal year that have elapsed through the date of your Eligible Termination, and the denominator of which is 365. This amount will be paid to you in a single lump sum within 60 days after your Eligible Termination.
(c)Severance Pay. You will receive an amount of severance pay equal to 200 percent of the total of your Annual Based Salary and your Target Cash Bonus. This amount will be payable to you, commencing on the first pay date under the Company’s Applicable Payroll System, which is on or after the 60th day after your Eligible Termination. This amount will be paid in substantially equal installment payments payable over the 24-month period commencing on the payment commencement date, at such frequencies as apply under the Applicable Payroll System.
(d)Vesting of Time-Based Equity Awards. Notwithstanding any contrary terms of any stock option grant, option agreement or other equity award agreement between the Company and you, all of your outstanding equity awards with respect to the Company common stock, which are outstanding as of the date of your Eligible Termination and are subject to time-based vesting requirements, will vest in full.
(e)Continued Group Health Plan Coverage. To the extent (i) you and your spouse and dependent children are and remain eligible for continued Company group health plan coverage (i.e., group medical, dental and/or vision coverage) under COBRA (or would if the maximum COBRA period was 24 months, instead of the statutory maximum 18 months) but in no event for longer than the 24-month period immediately following the date of your Eligible Termination, and (ii) you elect to continue your, your spouse’s and/or your dependent children’s Company group health insurance benefit coverages under COBRA (or similar COBRA-like terms for the 6-month period immediately following the COBRA statutory maximum 18-month period), then the Company will pay on your behalf the full cost of such continuation coverage. To the extent any of the medical, dental and/or vision coverages are self-insured, the Company will report such amount as taxable income on your Form W-2. If the terms of the group medical, dental and/or vision plan referred to in this section do not permit continued participation by your, your spouse and/or your dependent children for the 6-month period immediately following the COBRA statutory maximum 18-month period, the Company will arrange for other coverage at its expense providing substantially similar benefits.
3.5Coordination of Severance Pay with Various Benefits. The amount of any severance pay payable will be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any severance, separation or termination pay or benefits that the Company pays or is required to pay to you through insurance or otherwise under any plan or contract of the Company or under any federal or state law. The provisions in the two bullets below are illustrative only:
Withholding. The Company will withhold from severance pay any amounts required to be withheld pursuant to applicable federal, state or local law; any applicable insurance premiums; and any other amounts authorized or
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required by Company policy including, but not limited to, withholding for garnishments, judgments or other court orders.
WARN Benefits. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and similar state laws (collectively, “WARN”) generally require employers to provide certain pay and benefits to employees in the event that required notification procedures are not followed in advance of a plant closing or mass layoff. If the Company incurs any such liability under WARN with respect to your termination, the amount of severance pay otherwise payable to you under this Plan will be reduced by the Company’s legally-required payments and benefits provided to you.
3.6Excess Parachute Payments. If you are a disqualified individual (as defined in Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”)), and all or a portion of the severance pay and benefits to be provided to you hereunder in connection with a Change in Control, when combined with all other amounts payable to you, constitutes an excess parachute payment (as defined in Code Section 280G) that would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Code Section 4999, then the amount of severance pay and benefits provided under Section 3.4 will be equal to the “Reduced Amount”, which will be the larger of the amounts described in subsections (a) and (b) below, with such comparison determined after taking into account all applicable federal, state and local employment and income taxes, all computed at the highest marginal rate:
(a)Reduction to Avoid Code Section 4999 Excise Tax. The largest value of the severance pay and benefits that can be paid to you with no portion of such severance pay and benefits being subject to the excise tax imposed by Code Section 4999. To reduce the total amount of severance pay and benefits payable under Section 3.4 to arrive at this reduced value, (i) first, the amount of severance pay payable under Section 3.4(c) will be reduced (in inverse order of payment); then (ii) if the total amount of such severance pay is eliminated, the Target Cash Bonus amount payable under Section 3.4(b) will be reduced; then (iii) if the total amount of such Target Base Bonus is eliminated, the value of the group health benefits paid by the Company will be reduced (in inverse order starting with the payment for the 24-month of coverage); and then (iv) if the total amount of the group health benefits is eliminated, the value of the equity awards subject to accelerated vesting will be reduced by reducing the accelerated vested per rata among the equity awards; and
(b)Reduction by Code Section 4999 Excise Tax. The remaining value of the severance pay and benefits after such value is reduced by the amount of the Code Section 4999 excise tax applicable to the value of the severance pay and benefits.
The Company will appoint a nationally recognized accounting or law firm to make the determinations required hereunder. The Company will bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such accounting or law firm required to be made hereunder. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the accounting or law firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder to provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company and you.
3.7Clawback. If you receive a payment of severance pay and benefits for which the Reduced Amount was determined pursuant to Section 3.6(a) and the Internal Revenue Service determines thereafter that some portion of such payment is subject to the excise tax under Code Section 4999, you must promptly return to the Company a sufficient amount of such payment so that no portion of the remaining payment is subject to such excise tax. For the avoidance of
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doubt, if the Reduced Amount was determined pursuant to Section 3.6(b), you will have no obligation to return any portion of the payment pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. In addition, any amounts paid under this Plan will be subject to repayment to the Company pursuant to any Company “clawback” policy in effect from time to time.
4.GENERAL RELEASE
As a condition to your receiving any severance pay and benefits (as described above), you must sign and not revoke a written release agreement (“Release”) containing any terms specified by the Company for (i) your release of the Company, its affiliates, and their representatives from all claims arising from your employment or termination of employment; (ii) to the extent applicable, your non-revocation of the Release during the 7-day period applicable to age-based claims; and (iii) to the extent required by the Plan Administrator, your promise to comply with specified restrictive covenant provisions. The Plan Administrator may terminate your eligibility for severance pay and benefits if you fail to sign, or follow the terms of, your Release or if you revoke your Release. You must sign the Release after your Last Day Worked and within the time period specified by the Plan Administrator in order to be eligible for any pay or benefits under this Plan, but in no event later than the 45th day following your separation from service and your receipt of the Release, after which date your severance pay and benefits will be forfeited. Notwithstanding the terms of Section 3.3 or 3.4, in no event will any severance pay or benefits be paid or provided to you or on your behalf until after you have signed your Release and your revocation period has ended.
5.SECTION 409A COMPLIANCE
This Plan is intended to comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A and shall be construed accordingly. Any payments or distributions to be made to you under this Plan upon your Separation from Service of amounts classified as “nonqualified deferred compensation” for purposes of Code Section 409A, and not exempt from Code Section 409A, will in no event be made or commence until 6 months after your Separation from Service. Any reference to a payment being exempt (or not exempt) from Code Section 409A refers to any applicable exemption available under Section 409A, including, without limitation, the short-term deferral rule and severance pay exemption as provided in Code Section 409A and the Treasury Regulations. Each payment under this Agreement (whether of cash, property or benefits) will be treated as a separate payment for purposes of Code Section 409A. Where this Agreement provides that a payment will be made upon a specified date or during a specified period, such date or period, as required by Code Section 409A, but in no way to detract from or excuse the payment deadlines set forth in the operative provisions above in this Plan, will be the Code Section 409A “payment date” or “payment period. To the extent that any payments made pursuant to this Agreement are reimbursements exempt from Code Section 409A, the amount of such payments during any calendar year shall not affect the benefits provided in any other calendar year, and the right to any such payments shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit or payment. As required by Code Section 409A, but in no way to detract from or excuse the payment deadlines set forth in the operative provisions above in this Plan, the payment date for any reimbursements shall in no event be later than the last day of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the reimbursed expense was incurred.
6.ADMINISTRATION
6.1Interpretation. The Plan Administrator has the exclusive authority and discretion to interpret this Plan with respect to any question arising under this Plan, including eligibility for benefits and the amount, term and duration of benefits. Any variation in the amount, term or
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duration of an individual’s severance pay from the amount, term or duration described in the guidelines above will affect only the individual(s) to whom the variation applies. The interpretations, decisions and determinations of the Plan Administrator are conclusive and binding on the Company and all of its employees, including the applicable Eligible Employees.
6.2Rights. This Plan does not create any vested rights in any individual. In addition, this Plan does not affect the right of the Company to conduct its business affairs, including laying off or terminating the employment of any employee.
6.3Amendment and Termination. AZZ reserves the right to amend or terminate (in whole or in part) this Plan at any time.
7.SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
7.1Severance Pay Claims.
Claims. If you do not receive severance pay or if you disagree with the amount or length of payments, you may file a claim in writing with the Plan Administrator. A response to your claim will be provided to you within 90 days (180 days if you are notified of an extension). If your claim is denied, the Plan Administrator will provide written notice to you setting forth the specific reasons for denial and the provisions in this Plan or other documents used to arrive at the decision. You will also receive a description of any additional material or information necessary to perfect your claim and an explanation of why such additional material or information is necessary and a description of the Plan's review procedures and the time limits applicable to such procedures.
Appeals. You may appeal any denial of benefits. You appeal should provide additional information and evidence that will help the Plan Administrator in its review of its original decision including, (i) the reasons supporting your claim for benefits, (ii) the reasons your claim for benefits should not have been denied, and (iii) any additional comments, documents, records or other information that you believe would be beneficial in the review of your appeal You may, upon request and free of charge, have reasonable access to the relevant documents relating to you your claim in order to help you prepare for the appeal. Your appeal must be filed with the Plan Administrator in writing within 60 days after you receive written notice of denial of your claim. The Plan Administrator then will consider your appeal and will notify you of its decision within 60 days (120 days if you are notified of an extension) after the filing of your appeal for review. If the Plan Administrator’s decision on review is unfavorable, the notification you receive will explain the reasons for the denial and the provisions in this Plan or other documents used to arrive at the decision, include a statement that the you are is entitled to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of all documents, records, and other information relevant to the claim for benefit and a statement of your right to bring a civil action under ERISA Section 502(a) provided you have exhausted all your administrative remedies under the Plan.
Lawsuit. If your claim and appeal are both denied or if the Plan Administrator fails to respond to them, you may file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; provided, any such lawsuit
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under Section 502(a) must be filed no later than 1 year after you have exhausted the Plan’s claims procedures. Any complaint filed with a court after that deadline will be considered untimely.
7.2Your Rights Under ERISA. As a participant in this Plan, you are entitled to certain rights and protections under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). ERISA provides that all Plan participants will be entitled to:
Examine, without charge, at the Plan Administrator’s office and at other specified locations, such as worksites, all Plan documents and copies of all documents filed by this Plan with the U.S. Department of Labor, such as detailed annual reports.
Obtain copies of all Plan documents and other Plan information upon written request to the Plan Administrator. For example, you may request a current list of participating companies under this Plan. The Plan Administrator may make a reasonable charge for the copies.
Receive a summary of this Plan’s annual financial report. The Plan Administrator is required by law to furnish each participant under this Plan with a copy of this summary annual report.
In addition to creating rights for Plan participants, ERISA imposes duties upon the people who are responsible for the operation of the employee benefit plan. The people who operate this Plan, called “fiduciaries” of this Plan, have a duty to do so prudently and in the interest of you and other Plan participants and beneficiaries. No one, including your employer or any other person, may fire you or otherwise discriminate against you in any way solely in order to prevent you from obtaining a benefit or for exercising your rights under ERISA.
If your claim for a benefit is denied, in whole or in part, you must receive a written explanation of the reason for the denial. You have the right to have this Plan reviewed and reconsider your claim. Under ERISA, there are steps you can take to enforce the above rights. For instance, if you request materials from this Plan and do not receive them within 30 days, you may file suit in a federal court. In such a case, the court may require the Plan Administrator to provide the materials and pay you up to $110 a day until you receive the materials, unless the materials were not sent because of reasons beyond the control of the Plan Administrator. If you have a claim for benefits which is denied or ignored, in whole or in part, you may file suit in a state or federal court (although the court may refuse to consider your claim if you have not completed the Plan’s appeals process as described above). If you are discriminated against for asserting your rights, you may seek assistance from the U.S. Department of Labor. If you have any questions about this Plan, you should contact the Plan Administrator. You should contact the nearest Area Office of the U.S. Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, if you have any questions about this document or about your rights under ERISA.
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AZZ INC.

BY: /s/ Matt Emery

TITLE: Chief Information and Human Resources Officer


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EXHIBIT A TO EXECUTIVE OFFICER SEVERANCE PLAN
Certain Definitions

Part I
Cause” shall mean in the Plan Administrator’s sole discretion, any of the following have occurred:
(a) an Eligible Employee’s commission or conviction of, or the entering of a guilty plea or plea of no contest by an Eligible Employee with respect to, a felony, the equivalent thereof, any other crime with respect to which imprisonment is a possible punishment, or any other crime involving moral turpitude, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, theft or sexual harassment;
(b) excessive absenteeism by an Eligible Employee not related to death or Disability (as defined in Part IV below) or otherwise permissible by applicable law or the Company’s policies for sick leave, vacation, or compensated time off;
(c) an Eligible Employee’s engaging in any activity (including, without limitation, alcohol or drug abuse or other self-induced affliction, or making disparaging remarks about the Company or any of its affiliates or any of their respective officers, employees, managers, directors, members or shareholders) that injures (monetarily or otherwise), in a material respect, the reputation, business or a business relationship of the Company or any of its affiliates;
(d) an Eligible Employee’s gross negligence or material malfeasance (including, without limitation, commission of any intentional act of fraud, misappropriation or theft against the Company or its affiliates or the Eligible Employee’s intentional misrepresentation of any material financial or operating results of the Company or any of its affiliates);
(e) an Eligible Employee’s significant violation of any statutory or common law duty of loyalty to the Company or any of its affiliates;
(f) an Eligible Employee’s material breach of any provision of the Company’s written policies or the Company’s code of conduct; or
(g) an Eligible Employee’s refusal or failure to carry out the legitimate and lawful directives or instructions of the Company’s Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer of AZZ (or such other person to whom the Eligible Employee reports as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors) that are consistent with the scope and nature of the Eligible Employee’s duties and responsibilities;
provided, however, that in the case of clause (b), (f) or (g) above, only if such breach, refusal or failure has not been cured within 15 days after an Eligible Employee’s receipt of written notice from the Company describing such breach or failure in reasonable detail; provided, further, that each Eligible Employee shall be entitled to no more than one opportunity to cure for any reason; provided, further, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit an Eligible Employee from providing testimony required by operation of law or legal process in connection with a proceeding in which the Eligible Employee is a witness.
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Part II
“Good Reason” shall mean:
(a) the relocation by the Company of an Eligible Employee’s principal place of employment of more than 50 miles from the location of the Eligible Employee’s principal place of employment, which relocation is not rescinded within 30 days after the date of receipt by the Company from the Eligible Employee of a Good Reason Notice (as defined below) referring to this provision and describing such relocation;
(b) a material reduction by the Company in an Eligible Employee’s Annual Base Salary, unless such reduction is rescinded with 30 days after the date of receipt by the Company from the Eligible Employee of a Good Reason Notice referring to this provision and describing such reduction;
(c) a material diminution of an Eligible Employee’s responsibilities or duties, which diminution is not rescinded within 30 days after the date of receipt by the Company from the Eligible Employee of a Good Reason Notice referring to this provision and describing such diminution; or
(d) a material breach by the Company of any equity award agreement (whether with respect to stock appreciation rights, RSUs, PSUs or otherwise) by and between the Company and an Eligible Employee then in effect or the terms of any equity plan incorporated therein, is not corrected within 45 days after the date of receipt by the Company from the Eligible Employee of a Good Reason Notice referring to this provision and describing such material breach.
In order to terminate for Good Reason, an Eligible Employee must provide 30 days’ (or, in the case of clause (d), 45 days’) prior written notice to the Company, which notice must be given not later than 90 days after the initial occurrence of the event asserted by the Eligible Employee to form the basis for the Good Reason claim (any such written notice is referred to above as a “Good Reason Notice”); and the Eligible Employee must terminate within 160 days after the initial occurrence of the event above resulting in Good Reason.
Part III
“Separation from Service” shall mean a separation from service as defined in Section 409A. Under this definition an Eligible Employee generally separates from service if the Eligible Employee retires or otherwise has a termination of employment with the AZZ and all Affiliates (other than due to his death), as determined in accordance with the following:
(a)Leaves of Absence. The employment relationship is treated as continuing intact while the Eligible Employee is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence if the period of such leave does not exceed 6 months, or, if longer, so long as the Eligible Employee retains a right to reemployment with the Company or an Affiliate under an applicable statute or by contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a leave of absence is due to the Eligible Employee’s “disability”, a 29-month period of absence will be substituted for such 6-month period. For this purpose, “disability” means any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 6 months, where the impairment
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causes the Eligible Employee to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position of employment or any substantially similar position of employment. A leave of absence constitutes a bona fide leave of absence only while there is a reasonable expectation that the Eligible Employee will return to perform services for the Company or an affiliate. If the period of leave exceeds 6 months (or 29 months in the case of “disability”) and the Eligible Employee does not retain a right to reemployment under an applicable statute or by contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such 6-month or 29-month period, as applicable.
(b)Termination of Employment of an Eligible Employee. Whether a termination of employment of an Eligible Employee has occurred is determined based on whether the facts and circumstances indicate that AZZ, all Affiliates and the Eligible Employee reasonably anticipate (i) that no further services will be performed after a certain date, or (ii) the level of bona fide services the Eligible Employee will perform after such date (whether as an employee or as an independent contractor) will permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed (whether as an employee or an independent contractor) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or the full period of services to the Company and all Affiliates if the Eligible Employee has been providing services to the Company and all Affiliates for less than 36 months). Facts and circumstances to be considered in making this determination include, but are not limited to, whether the Eligible Employee continues to be treated as an employee for other purposes (such as continuation of salary and participation in employee benefit programs), whether similarly situated service providers have been treated consistently, and whether the Eligible Employee is permitted, and realistically available, to perform services for other service recipients in the same line of business. For periods during which a Eligible Employee is on a paid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise terminated employment as described in clause (i) hereof, for purposes of this clause (ii), the Eligible Employee is treated as providing bona fide services at a level equal to the level of services that the Eligible Employee would have been required to perform to receive the compensation paid with respect to such leave of absence. Periods during which a Eligible Employee is on an unpaid bona fide leave of absence and has not otherwise terminated employment are disregarded for purposes of this clause (ii) (including for purposes of determining the applicable 36-month (or shorter) period).
(c)Status Change. Generally, if a Eligible Employee performs services both as an employee and an independent contractor, such Eligible Employee must separate from service both as an employee and as an independent contractor pursuant to standards set forth in Treasury Regulations to be treated as having a Separation from Service. However, if a Eligible Employee provides services as an employee and as a member of the Board (or a member of the board of directors, or analogous position, of an Affiliate), the services provided as a director are not taken into account in determining whether the Eligible Employee has a Separation from Service as an employee for purposes of this Plan.
Part IV
“Disability” shall mean that Eligible Employee has been unable, for 90 consecutive days or for periods aggregating one hundred and 120 business days in any period of 12 consecutive months, to perform Eligible Employee’s duties as a result of physical or mental impairment, illness or injury, as determined in good faith by the Plan Administrator.
Part V
Change in Control. “Change in Control” shall mean:
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(a)    a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, including, without limitation, a sale of the equity interests of all or substantially all of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries;
(b)    a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving entity and in which the holders of the Company’s outstanding equity securities immediately prior to such transaction own, immediately after such transaction, equity securities representing less than 50% of the voting power of the entity surviving such transaction;
(c)    a reverse merger in which the Company is the surviving entity but the holders of the Company’s outstanding equity securities immediately prior to such transaction own, immediately after such transaction, equity securities representing less than 50% of the voting power of the Company; or
(d)    an acquisition by any person, entity or group (excluding any employee benefit plan, or related trust, sponsored or maintained by the Company or subsidiary of the Company or other entity controlled by the Company) of the beneficial ownership of equity securities of the Company representing over 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction or series of related transactions, the primary purpose of which (i) is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s equity securities immediately prior to such transaction or (ii) is to raise capital for the Company in a bona fide equity financing shall be deemed not to be a “Change in Control” for all purposes of this Agreement.
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Exhibit 3.2
AZZ INC.

BYLAWS

(Amended and Restated as of October 8, 2021)

Contents

Article. 1:    Offices

        1.01     Principal Office
        1.02     Registered Office
        1.03    Other Offices

Article. 2:    Meetings of Shareholders

        2.01     Place of Meetings
        2.02     Annual Meeting
        2.03     Special Meetings
        2.04     Notice of Meetings
        2.05    Voting Lists
        2.06    Quorum
        2.07    Organization of Meetings
        2.08    Business to be Conducted
        2.09    Proxies
        2.10    Voting of Shares
        2.11    Voting of Shares by Certain Holders
        2.12     Record Date; Closing Transfer Books

Article. 3:    Directors

        3.01    Management
        3.02    Number; Qualification; Election; Term
        3.03    Change in Number
        3.04    Resignation
        3.05     Removal
        3.06    Vacancies
        3.07    Election of Directors
        3.08    Nomination of Directors
        3.09    Place of Meetings
        3.10    First Meetings
        3.11    Regular Meetings
        3.12    Special Meetings
        3.13    Quorum; Majority Vote
        3.14    Compensation



        3.15    Procedure
        3.16    Interested Directors, Officers and Shareholders
        3.17    Committees of the Board
        3.18    Advisory Directors
Article. 4:    Notice and Attendance through Use of Electronic Equipment

        4.01    Method
        4.02    Waiver
        4.03    Telephone and Similar Meetings

Article. 5:    Officers and Agents

        5.01    Number; Qualification; Election; Term
        5.02    Removal
        5.03    Vacancies
        5.04    Authority
        5.05    Compensation
        5.06    Chairman of the Board
        5.07    Chief Executive Officer
        5.08    President
        5.09    Vice President and Other Officers
        5.10    Secretary
        5.11    Assistant Corporate Officers
        5.12    Treasurer

Article. 6:    Certificates and Shareholders

        6.01    Certificates
        6.02    Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates
        6.03    Transfer of Shares
        6.04    Registered Shareholders
        6.05    Pre-Emptive Rights
        6.06    Repurchased and Treasury Stock
        6.07    Dividends and Reserves

Article. 7:    General Provisions

        7.01     Books and Records
        7.02    Annual Statement
        7.03    Contracts
        7.04    Loans
        7.05    Checks, drafts, etc.
        7.06    Deposits
        7.07    Fiscal Year
        7.08    Seal
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        7.09    Resignation
        7.10    Amendment of Bylaws
        7.11    Construction
        7.12    Relation to Laws and Certificate
        7.13    Dispute Resolution

Article. 8:    Indemnification

        8.01    Indemnification; Insurance

Article. 9: Transition Provisions

        9.01    Prior Bylaws
        9.02    Directors and Officers
        9.03    Effect of Article 9

Article 1: Offices

    Section 1.01.    Principal Office. The principal office of AZZ Inc. (the “Corporation”) shall be maintained in Tarrant County, Texas.

    Section 1.02. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be maintained in the State of Texas as required by law. The registered office of the Corporation may be, but need not be, the same as the principal office. The address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) in the manner provided by law.

    Section 1.03.    Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Texas, as the Board may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

Article 2: Meetings of Shareholders

    Section 2.01.    Place of Meetings. The Board may designate any place, either within or without the State of Texas, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting is called other than by the Board, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.

    Section 2.02. Annual Meeting. (a) The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held each year at a time and on a day as may be selected by the Board. At the meeting, the shareholders shall elect Directors and transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

        (b)    If an annual meeting is omitted by oversight or otherwise and not held as provided herein, an annual meeting may be called at a later date in the manner provided for special
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meetings, and business transacted at such a meeting shall be valid as if transacted at an annual meeting held as provided herein.

    Section 2.03.    Special Meetings. (a) Unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of the Corporation (the “Certificate”) or these Bylaws, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose by (i) the Chairman of the Board (ii) the President, if no Chairman of the Board has been elected, (iii) the Board, or (iv) the holders of at least fifteen percent of all of the shares entitled to vote at the meetings.

        (b)    Business transacted at any special meetings shall be confined to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.

    Section 2.04.    Notice of Meetings. (a) Written or printed notice of all meetings of shareholders stating the place, day and hour thereof, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered by personal delivery by mail or other permissible electronic transmissions, not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting. If mailed, notice shall be deemed delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the shareholder at their address as it appears on the share transfer records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

        (b)    Delivery of any notice of a shareholder meeting to any officer or manager of a corporation, company or association, or to any member of a partnership or limited liability company, shall constitute delivery of the notice to the corporation, company, association or partnership.

    Section 2.05.    Voting Lists. (a) At least ten (10) days before each meeting of shareholders, the officer or agent having charge of the share transfer records of the Corporation shall make a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting. The list shall be arranged in alphabetical order and show the address of each shareholder and the number of shares held by each. For a period of ten (10) days prior to the meeting, the list shall be kept on file at the registered office or principal place of business of the Corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. The list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share transfer records shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share transfer records or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

        (b)    Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section 2.05 with respect to any meeting of shareholders shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting.

    Section 2.06. Quorum. (a) The holders of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of shareholders except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate or these Bylaws. Once a quorum is present, the shareholders may continue to transact business properly brought before the meeting until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.
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        (b)    If a quorum is not present at any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy may, by majority vote, adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. At an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting under the notice of the meeting as originally provided.

        (c)    For the purposes of determining the presence of a quorum, abstentions and broker non-votes, as defined in Section 2.10(c), shall be treated as shares present and entitled to vote.

    Section 2.07. Organization of Meetings. (a) The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if no Chairman has been elected, the President or, in his or her absence, such other designated officer shall preside. In the absence of all of these officers, any shareholder or the duly appointed proxy of any shareholder may call the meeting to order and a chairman shall be elected from among the shareholders present.

        (b)    The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary shall so act, or, in the absence of all of these officers, the person presiding at a meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

    Section 2.08. Business to be Conducted. (a) Only such business may be conducted at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders as shall have been properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.08. To be properly brought before an annual meeting or before a special meeting called by shareholders pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(iv), business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board, or (iii) properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder. The fact that business is being properly brought before a meeting by or at the direction of the Board shall not excuse or eliminate the need of a shareholder to comply with this Section 2.08 in order to properly bring business before such meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting called pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board.

        (b)    In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual or special meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must give the Secretary of the Corporation timely written notice as required by this Section 2.08(b). To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be received at the principal office of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior to the annual meeting.

        (c)    A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth the following information regarding the matters proposed to be brought before the annual or special meeting: (i) a brief description of each business matter which the shareholder proposed to bring before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business and the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration, (ii) the
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reasons for bringing each such business matter before the meeting, (iii) in the event that the proposed business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the complete text of the proposed amendment, and (iv) any material interest of the proposing shareholder in such business, including, without limitation, any anticipated benefit to the shareholder from the approval of such business.

        (d)    A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary with respect to an annual or special meeting must set forth certain information regarding such shareholder, including (i) the name and record address of the shareholder giving such notice, (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the shareholder, (iii) any derivative, short, hedged or other economic interest in the shares of the Corporation held by such shareholder (which information shall be required to be supplemented by such shareholder not later than ten (10) calendar days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), (iv) whether and to what extent any agreement, arrangement or understanding has been made, the effect or intent of which is to increase or decrease the voting power of such shareholder with respect to any shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, without regard to whether such transaction is required to be reported or disclosed to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), (v) a representation as to whether the shareholder intends to solicit proxies, (vi) a representation as to whether such shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring the proposal before the meeting, (vii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such shareholder and any other person or persons (including, without limitation, the names of such person(s)) pursuant to which the proposal is to be made by such shareholder, (viii) such other information regarding the shareholder in his or her capacity as a proponent of a shareholder proposal that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing with the SEC required to be made in connection with the contested solicitation of proxies pursuant to the SEC’s proxy rules, and (ix) any material interest of the shareholder in such business.

        (e)    Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting unless properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.08, irrespective of whether the shareholder bringing such business before the meeting is seeking to have the proposal for such business included in the Corporation’s proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A with respect to an annual or special meeting pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or whether such shareholder intends to prepare and mail his or her own proxy statement. If the chairman of a meeting should find that the facts warrant a determination that a business matter is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.08, he shall so declare to the meeting, and the matter shall not be considered at the meeting.

    Section 2.09. Proxies. (a) At any meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless the proxy form expressly and conspicuously states that the proxy is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting at which they are to be voted.

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        (b)    In the event that any instrument in writing shall designate two or more persons to act as proxies, a majority of such persons present at the meeting or, if only one shall be present, then that one, shall have and may exercise all of the powers conferred by such written instrument upon all the persons so designated unless the instrument shall otherwise provide.

    Section 2.10. Voting of Shares. (a) Subject to Section 2.12, each shareholder, regardless of class, shall be entitled at each meeting of shareholders to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at the meeting. Once a quorum is present at any meeting of shareholders, the vote of the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote and present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before the meeting unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of law or the Certificate or these Bylaws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall control the decision of the question.

        (b)    For the purpose of determining whether a majority, or any different required vote of shares present and entitled to vote, has voted affirmatively on a particular question, only those shares voted “for” or “against” such questions shall be included in the count. Abstentions and broker non-votes shall not be counted even though such shares shall be considered present and entitled to vote for the purposes of determining the presence of a quorum under Section 2.06.

        (c)    As used in these Bylaws, the term “abstention” means shares which are not voted “for” or “against” a question by a holder or holders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote such shares on the question, and the term “broker non-votes” means shares represented at a meeting by proxies held by brokers or nominees as to which instructions have not been received from the beneficial owner or persons entitled to vote and as to which the broker or nominee does not have discretionary power to vote on the question.

        (d)    Any vote at a shareholders meeting may be taken by voice vote or by show of hands unless a shareholder or the duly appointed proxy of a shareholder entitled to vote on the question objects in which case the vote shall be taken by written ballets.

    Section 2.11. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. (a) Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may authorize or, in the absence of such authorization, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.

        (b)    Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him so long as the shares are part of the estate being served by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his or her name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his or her name as trustee.
    
        (c)    Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by the receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer into the receiver’s name if authority to do so has been given in an appropriate order of the court by which the receiver was appointed.
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        (d)    A shareholder whose shares are pledged may vote the shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee may vote the shares so transferred.

        (e)    Shares of the Corporation’s stock either (i) owned by the Corporation itself, (ii) owned by another corporation, the majority of the voting stock of which is owned or controlled by the Corporation, or (iii) held by the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

    Section 2.12. Record Date; Closing Transfer Books. (a) The Board may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the shareholders, the record date to be not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting, or the Board may close the stock transfer books for such purpose for a period of not less than ten (10) nor more than 60 days prior to such meeting.

        (b)    In the absence of action by the Board fixing a record date, the date upon which the notice of the meeting is mailed shall be the record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

Article 3: Directors

    Section 3.01.    Management. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not, by law, the Certificate or these Bylaws, required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

    Section 3.02. Number; Qualification; Election; Term. The Board of Directors shall consist of up to twelve (12) Directors, none of whom need be shareholders of the Corporation or residents of the State of Texas. At each annual shareholders meeting, Directors shall be elected, and the Directors so elected shall hold office until the immediately succeeding annual shareholders meeting after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.

    Section 3.03. Change in Number. The number of Directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to these Bylaws, but no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent Director. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of Directors may be filled by the Board or by election at an annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. Any Director elected to the Board to fill a directorship resulting in an increase in the number of Directors shall hold office for a term continuing only until the next election of Directors by shareholders.

    Section 3.04. Resignation. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary. A Director’s resignation shall take effect
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at the time specified in the resignation. Unless otherwise provided in the resignation, the acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

    Section 3.05. Removal. Any Director may be removed, either with or without cause, at any meeting of shareholders expressly called for that purpose by the affirmative vote of more than two-thirds in number of shares of the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote for the election of Directors.

    Section 3.06. Vacancies. (a) Any vacancy occurring in the Board by death, resignation or removal of a Director may be filled by an affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum of the Board. A Director elected to fill such a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office.

        (b)    Any vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall be filled as provided in Section 3.03.

    Section 3.07. Election of Directors. Each Director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to the Director at any meeting for the election of Directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of Directors to be elected, the Directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to vote on the election of Directors. Cumulative voting shall not be permitted. For purposes of this Section 3.07, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a Director must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that Director. If a Director is not elected, the Director shall offer to tender his or her resignation to the Board, subject to acceptance by the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject such a resignation or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on such Committee's recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the rationale behind it within 90 days from the date of the certification of the election results. A Director who tenders his or her resignation will not participate in the Board's decision with respect thereto. If, in any election of Directors in which the number of Director nominees to be elected to the Board is equal to the number of Director positions to be filled by such election, the whole slate of Director nominees for election to the Board includes incumbent Directors who are not elected by a majority of the votes cast, such Directors are not required to submit a resignation in accordance herewith and shall continue to hold office until their successors are elected, which shall be as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of shareholders called in accordance with these Bylaws for such purposes.

    Section 3.08. Nomination of Directors. (a) Only those persons who are nominated in accordance with this Section 3.08 shall be eligible for election as Directors. Nomination of persons for election to the Board of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of shareholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) by a nominating committee appointed by the Board, or (iii) by any shareholder of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting for the election of Directors but only if the shareholder complies with Section 2.08 and this Section 3.08. The fact that any person is properly nominated for election to the Board of the Corporation by or at the direction of the Board or
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a committee thereof shall not excuse or eliminate the need of a shareholder to comply with this Section 3.08 in order to properly nominate any person for election to the Board of the Corporation.

        (b)    In addition to other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a shareholder, the shareholder must give the Secretary of the Corporation timely written notice as required by this Section 3.08(b). To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be received at the principal office of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior to the meeting at which the nomination is to be made. A shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned, beneficially or of record, by the person, (iv) such person’s executed written consent to being named as a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A with respect to the election of Directors and representation that such person will serve as a Director for the full term if elected, (v) a description of any derivative, short, hedged, borrowed, loaned or other economic interest in the shares of the Corporation held by such person (which information shall be required to be supplemented by such shareholder not later than ten (10) calendar days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), (vi) a description of all direct and indirect compensation or other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such shareholder, or other person on whose behalf the nomination is made, and their respective affiliates and associates, or other persons acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee and his or her respective affiliates and associates or other persons acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if shareholder making the nomination or other person on whose behalf the nomination is made, or any affiliate or associate thereof or other person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, (vii) such person’s executed written representations that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed therein or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation, and (viii) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a solicitation for proxies for election of Directors pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act or any other filing with the SEC required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of Directors in a contested election pursuant to the SEC’s proxy rules. For the avoidance of doubt, a shareholder’s notice to the
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Secretary must also set forth the information required to be provided pursuant to Section 2.08(d) above. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a Director of the Corporation.
        (c)    Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for election as a Director unless nominated in accordance with this Section 3.08, and, to the extent that a person is nominated for election as a Director by a shareholder of the Corporation, Section 2.08. If the chairman of the meeting at which a nomination is made should find that the facts warrant a determination that the nomination is not made in accordance with this Section 3.08 or Section 2.08, as applicable, he shall so declare to the meeting, and the nomination shall be disregarded.

    Section 3.09. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Texas.

    Section 3.10. First Meetings. The first meeting of a Board after Directors are elected at an annual meeting of shareholders shall be held, without further notice, immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders. The meeting shall be held at the same place as the annual shareholders meeting unless by written unanimous consent the time or place for the meeting shall be changed by the Directors serving after the shareholders meeting.

    Section 3.11. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place as shall, from time to time, be determined by the Board.

    Section 3.12. Special Meetings. (a) Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary. Special meetings shall be called by the Chairman, the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice upon the written request of any Director.

        (b)    Written notice of the place, day and hour of any special meeting of the Board shall be delivered to each Director not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the date of the meeting, delivery to be by personal delivery, mail, telecopier, facsimile or electronic transmission, or a national recognized overnight delivery service. If mailed or sent by overnight delivery service, notice shall be deemed delivered when deposited in the United States mail or given to the delivery service. Notice by telecopier, facsimile or electronic transmission shall be deemed delivered when sent.

        (c)    Except as otherwise expressly provided by law or by the Certificate or these Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of the Board need be specified in a notice or waiver of notice.

    Section 3.13. Quorum; Majority Vote. (a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Board fixed by these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
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the act of the Board, except as otherwise specifically provided by law or by the Certificate or these Bylaws.

        (b)    Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any alteration, amendment, or repeal of subsections (a), (b) or (c) of Section 2.10 or of Sections 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.07, 3.13 or 7.10 of these Bylaws, or adoption of any bylaw provision inconsistent therewith, by the Board shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the full Board.

        (c)    If a quorum is not present at a meeting of the Board, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

    Section 3.14. Compensation. The Board shall have authority to establish policies for the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, for services that the Directors provide to the Corporation. No such payments nor any equity grants shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

    Section 3.15. Procedure. (a) The Board shall cause regular minutes of its proceedings to be kept. The minutes shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation.

        (b)    A Director who is present at a meeting of the Board at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he or she shall file his written dissent with the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or send his or her dissent by registered or certified mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. A Director who voted in favor of any action may not thereafter dissent from such action.

    Section 3.16. Interested Directors, Officers and Shareholders. (a) Any contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any of its Directors, officers or shareholders (or any corporation or firm which any of them are directly or indirectly interested) shall be valid for all purposes notwithstanding the presence of such Director, officer or shareholder at the meeting at which such contract or transaction is authorized, or his or her participation in such meeting or authorization.

        (b)    Subsection (a) of this Section 3.16 shall, however, apply only if the interest of each Director, officer or shareholder is known or disclosed:

            (1)    to the Board of Directors and the Board, nevertheless, authorizes or ratifies the contract or transaction by a majority of the Directors present, each such interested person to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present but not in calculating the majority necessary to carry the vote; or

            (2)    to the shareholders and they, nevertheless, authorize or ratify the contract or transaction by a majority of the shares present, each such interested person to be counted for quorum and voting purposes.
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        (c)    This Section 3.16 shall not be construed to invalidate any contract or transaction which would be valid in the absence of this provision.

    Section 3.17. Committees of the Board. (a) By resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors, the Board may designate from among its members one or more committees, each of which, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the business and affairs of the Corporation except were action by the Board is required by law, the Certificate or these Bylaws.

        (b)    Each committee shall consist of one or more Directors appointed by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board. Each committee member shall serve as such until the expiration of his or her term as a Director or their earlier resignation unless sooner removed as a committee member or as a Director.

        (c)    The number of members of any committee may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board. The Board shall have the power at any time to fill any vacancy in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve, any committee.

        (d)    Regular meetings of any committee may be held without notice at such time and place as may be designated from time to time by resolution of the committee and communicated to all committee members.

        (e)    A special meeting of any committee may be held whenever called by any committee member at such time and place that such committee member shall designate in the notice of such special meeting. The committee member calling any such special meeting shall cause notice of such special meeting to be given to each committee member at least twelve (12) hours before such special meeting. Notice may be either written or oral. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of any committee need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any special meeting.

        (f)    At all meetings of any committee a majority of the number of committee members designated by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the committee members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of any committee, the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

        (g)    Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors upon the request of the Board. The minutes of the proceedings of each committee shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation.

        (h)    Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by
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all the members of the committee. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. The signed consent shall be placed in the minute book.

        (i)    Members of any committee designated by the Board may participate in or hold a meeting by use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.

        (j)    The designation of any committee and the delegation of authority to it shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him by law.

    Section 3.18.    Advisory Directors. (a) The Board, by resolution adopted by not less than a majority of the Directors then in office, may from time to time appoint such number of individuals as it may deem appropriate to serve as Advisory Directors at the pleasure of the Board. Advisory Directors may be given such designations (including without limitation “Advisory Director,” “Director Emeritus” or “Honorary Directors”) as the Board may from time to time designate. Advisory Directors are not, and shall not have the duties and responsibilities of, Directors of the Corporation, and the terms “Directors” or “members of the Board of Directors” as used in these Bylaws shall not be deemed to mean or include Advisory Directors.

        (b)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Advisory Directors shall not be entitled (i) to receive any notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, (ii) to attend any meeting of the Board of Directors except at the invitation of the Board, (iii) to vote on any matter presented for action by the Board of Directors or, except at the invitation of the Board, to participate in the consideration of any such matter or the formulation or determination of corporate policy, (iv) to receive any non-public information regarding the business or affairs of the Corporation or any matters presented for action or consideration by the Board of Directors, or (v) to receive any compensation for serving as an Advisory Director except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine by resolution.

        (c)    At the discretion of the Board of Directors, an Advisory Director may be deemed a Director as that term is used in any equity plan of the Corporation, in order to qualify such Advisory Director for the continued holding of equity, the term of which would otherwise expire as a result of the termination of Director status.

Article 4: Notice and Attendance through Use of Electronic Equipment

    Section 4.01. Method. Whenever by law or the Certificate or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to a Director, shareholder or committee member and no provision is made as to how the notice shall be given, notice may be given (i) in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Director, committee member or shareholder at the address appearing on the books of the Corporation, (ii) by facsimile or other electronic transmission of the same, or (iii) in any other method permitted by law. Any notice given by mail shall be deemed given at the time when the same is thus deposited in the United States mails.

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    Section 4.02. Waiver. (a) Whenever, by law or the Certificate or these Bylaws, notice to a Director, committee member or shareholder is required, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated in such notice, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

        (b)    Attendance of a Director or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director or member attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

    Section 4.03. Telephone and Similar Meetings. Directors and committee members may participate in and hold a meeting by means of telephone conference, video conferencing, or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in such meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Article 5: Officers and Agents

    Section 5.01. Number; Qualification; Election; Term. (a) The Corporation shall have:

            (1)    a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and

            (2)    such other officers (including additional vice presidents) and assistant officers and agents as the Board may think necessary.

        (b)    No officer or agent need be a shareholder or a Director of the Corporation or a resident of Texas.

        (c)    Officers named in Section 5.01(a)(1) shall be elected by the Board on the expiration of an officer’s term or whenever a vacancy exists. Officers and agents named in Section 5.01(a)(2) may be elected by the Board at any meeting.
    
        (d)    Unless otherwise specified by the Board at the time of election or appointment, or in an employment contract approved by the Board, each officer’s term shall end at the first meeting of Directors after the next annual meeting of shareholders. Each officer shall serve until the end of his term or his earlier death, resignation or removal.

        (e)    Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that the President and the Secretary shall not be the same person.

    Section 5.02. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby. Removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.
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    Section 5.03. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board.

    Section 5.04. Authority. Officers and agents shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as are provided in these Bylaws or as may be determined by resolution of the Board not inconsistent with these Bylaws.

    Section 5.05. Compensation. The compensation of officers and agents shall be fixed from time to time by the Board.

    Section 5.06. Chairman of the Board. The Corporation may have an executive chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he or she shall support and assist the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in the areas of corporate planning and development and shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board. The Chairman shall also perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time. If no Chairman is elected, the duties of that office shall be performed by the President unless the Board provides otherwise.

    Section 5.07. Chief Executive Officer. The Corporation may have a Chief Executive Officer. If a Chief Executive Officer is appointed, such person shall supervise, control and have general and active management of the day-to-day business and affairs of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time. If no Chief Executive Officer is appointed, the duties of that office shall be performed by the President unless the Board provides otherwise.

    Section 5.08. President. The President shall have such powers and responsibilities and shall perform such duties as delineated by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

    Section 5.09. Vice President and Other Officers. Subject to such limitations as the Board may from time to time prescribe, all of the other officers of the Corporation shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such powers as from time to time may be conferred by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board.

    Section 5.10. Secretary. (a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of the shareholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose.

        (b)    The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board.

        (c)    The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.

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        (d)    The Secretary shall be under the supervision of the President. Such person shall perform such other duties and have such other authority and powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.

    Section 5.11. Assistant Corporate Officers. (a) The Board may elect an Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer and such additional assistant corporate officers as it may from time to time find necessary.

        (b)    Each assistant corporate officer shall perform the duties of the principal officer to whom he or she is an assistant if the principal office is vacant or if the principal officer is absent or unable to act, as well as such other duties as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

    Section 5.12. Treasurer. (a) The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements of the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board.

        (b)    The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

        (c)    If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such form, in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under their control belonging to the corporation.

        (d)    The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and have such other authority and powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe or as the Chief Executive Officer or President may from time to time delegate.

Article 6: Certificates and Shareholders

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    Section 6.01. Certificates. Certificates in the form determined by the Board shall be delivered representing all shares to which shareholders are entitled, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation’s shares shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall state on the face thereof the holder’s name, the number and class of shares, the par value of shares or a statement that such shares are without par value, and such other matters as may be required by law. Certificates shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President and such other officer or officers as the Board shall designate from time to time, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. If the Corporation has a transfer agent or registrar acting on its behalf, the signature of such officer or representative thereof may be delivered via facsimile or other acceptable electronic transmission.

    Section 6.02. Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The Board may direct (i) a new certificate or certificates or (ii) uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the loss or destruction. In so doing the Board may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance, (i) require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or (ii) to give the Corporation a bond (with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the Corporation) in such sum as it may direct, as indemnity against any claim, or expense resulting from any claim, that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

    Section 6.03. Transfer of Shares. Shares of the Corporation shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by his duly authorized attorney. Upon surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, the Corporation or its transfer agent shall issue a new certificate or evidence of the issuance of uncertificated shares to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the shareholder entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation. The Board may appoint a transfer agent and one or more co-transfer agents and registrar and one or more co-registrars and may make or authorize such agent to make all such rules and regulations deemed expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of stock.

    Section 6.04. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

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    Section 6.05. Pre-Emptive Rights. No shareholder shall have pre-emptive rights.

    Section 6.06. Repurchased and Treasury Stock. The Board and the officers and agents of the Corporation shall be authorized at any time to purchase any outstanding shares or bonds of the Corporation from the surplus of the Corporation or from the net profits arising from its business, and that the officers or agents of the Corporation shall be permitted to consider repurchased shares of the Corporation as cancelled or as treasury shares or to otherwise dispose of them upon such terms as the officers or agents of the corporation in their discretion may determine is in the best interests of the Corporation.

    Section 6.07. Dividends and Reserves. (a) Subject to statute and the Articles, dividends may be declared by the Board at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation. The declaration shall be at the discretion of the Board.

        (b)    The Board may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, the record date to be not more than fifty (50) days prior to the payment date of such dividend, or the Board may close the stock transfer books for such purpose for a period of not more than fifty (50) days prior to the payment date of such dividend. In the absence of any action by the Board, the date upon which the Board adopts the resolution declaring the dividend shall be the record date.

        (c)    By resolution the Board may create such reserve or reserves out of the earned surplus of the Corporation as the Directors from time to time, in their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for any other purpose they think beneficial to the Corporation. The Board may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Article 7: General Provisions

    Section 7.01. Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders and the Board of Directors, and shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of the shares held by each.

    Section 7.02. Annual Statement. The Board shall present at each annual meeting of shareholders a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation, including a reasonably detailed balance sheet, income statement, and surplus statement.

    Section 7.03. Contracts. The Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to a specific instance.

    Section 7.04. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board.
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Such authority may be delegated to certain officers of the Corporation in general or confined to a specific instance.

    Section 7.05. Checks, drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board.

    Section 7.06. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the Board may select.

    Section 7.07. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board.

    Section 7.08. Seal. The seal of the Corporation (of which there may be one or more exemplars) shall contain the name of the Corporation and the name of the state of incorporation. The seal may be used by impressing it or reproducing a facsimile of it, or otherwise.

    Section 7.09. Resignation. Any officer or agent may resign by giving written notice to the President or the Secretary. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or immediately if no time is specified therein. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

    Section 7.10. Amendment to Bylaws. (a) Subject to Section 7.10(b), these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted (subject to the shareholders repealing or changing the action of the Board, or making new bylaws, at an annual or special meeting called and held as provided in these Bylaws) at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at such meeting, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal is contained in the notice of such meeting.

        (b)    The Board of Directors may not amend or repeal a particular Bylaw if the shareholders, in amending, repealing or adopting that particular Bylaw, expressly provide that the Directors may not amend or repeal that Bylaw.

    Section 7.11. Construction. (a) Unless context requires otherwise, as used in these Bylaws:

            (1)    words of the masculine gender include the feminine, and words in the singular number include the plural and in the plural number include the singular, and

            (2)    references to a “Section” or an “Article” are to the given section or article of these Bylaws.

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        (b)    Article and section headings are used in these Bylaws primarily for convenience and shall not be construed as limiting the effect any provision would otherwise have.

        (c)    If any provision of these Bylaws is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such invalidity shall not impair or invalidate any remaining provision of these Bylaws and, insofar as reasonable and possible, effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the provision held to be invalid.

    Section 7.12. Relation to Laws and Certificate. These Bylaws shall be subject to all valid and applicable laws, including specifically (but without limitations) the Texas Business Corporation Act, as now or hereafter amended, and the Corporation’s Certificate.

Section 7.13. Dispute Resolution.

(a)    Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the district courts of the State of Texas in Tarrant County shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation’s shareholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to the Texas Business Organizations Code or the Corporation’s Certificate of Formation or Bylaws, or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine of the State of Texas; provided, however, that, in the event that the district courts of the State of Texas in Tarrant County lack jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another state or federal court located within the State of Texas in Tarrant County. Failure to enforce the foregoing provisions would cause the Corporation irreparable harm, and the Corporation shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, to enforce the foregoing provisions. Any person or entity having, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 7.13(a). Further, the district courts of the State of Texas in Tarrant County (or, in the event that the district courts of the State of Texas in Tarrant County lack jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the state and federal courts located within the State of Texas in Tarrant County) shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any dispute, claim or action brought against the Corporation by any current or former director, officer or other person entitled or purported to be entitled to indemnification from the Corporation by reason of the fact that he or she (or a person for whom he or she is a representative) is or was a director or an officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation in any position or capacity for any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, whether pursuant to the Corporation’s Certificate of Formation, these Bylaws or contractual agreement, with respect to any claims thereunder.

(b)    Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any action asserting a claim arising under the U.S.
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Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder, the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder or any other federal securities law, or the rules and regulations thereunder against the Corporation or any current or former director, officer or other employee of the Corporation; provided, however, that, in the event that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division lacks jurisdiction or proper venue over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another U.S. District Court having such jurisdiction. Failure to enforce the foregoing provisions would cause the Corporation irreparable harm, and the Corporation shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, to enforce the foregoing provisions. Any person or entity having, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 7.13(b).

Article 8: Indemnification

    Section 8.01. Indemnification; Insurance. The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person who is made or threatened to be made a defendant or respondent in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, or in any appeal in such an action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director, advisory director or officer of the Corporation or of any other company at the request of the Corporation or is or was serving at the Corporation’s request as an officer, managing partner or in any other position of authority in the operation of a partnership, limited partnership or joint venture in which the Corporation has or had a substantial direct or indirect interest (collectively referred to hereinafter as “Indemnified Persons”), against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Persons in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding. The Corporation shall advance, pay and reimburse (as applicable) expenses to Indemnified Persons to the full extent permitted by law. The Corporation may, to the extent permitted by law, purchase and maintain insurance, create a trust fund, establish any form of self-insurance, secure its indemnity obligation by grant of a security interest or other lien on the assets of the Corporation, establish a letter of credit, guaranty or surety arrangement, or other arrangement on behalf of Indemnified Persons against any liability asserted against such persons in their capacities as described above, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such Indemnified Persons against such liability. No amendment to or rescission of this Article shall affect the rights of any of the Indemnified Persons to indemnification or the advancement, payment or reimbursement of expenses required by this bylaw growing out of any act, transaction, event or circumstance which occurred before such amendment or rescission.

Article 9: Transition Provisions

    Section 9.01. Prior Bylaws. (a) The Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Prior Bylaws”) in effect upon adoption of these Bylaws are hereby amended and, as amended, restated in their entirety by these Bylaws.

        (b)    Action validly taken under the Prior Bylaws remains valid.
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    Section 9.02. Directors and Officers. Each Director, officer and committee member elected or appointed pursuant to the Prior Bylaws and in office upon adoption of these Bylaws shall continue in office for the term to which elected or appointed pursuant to the Prior Bylaws subject to resignation or removal as provided by these Bylaws.

    Section 9.03. Effect of Article 9. The provisions of this Article 9 control over any contrary provision of other Articles of these Bylaws.
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Exhibit 31.1
Certification by Thomas E. Ferguson
Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)
I, Thomas E. Ferguson, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of AZZ Inc. for the period ended August 31, 2021 (the "Report");
2. Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this Report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
 
Dated: October 12, 2021   /s/ Thomas E. Ferguson
  Thomas E. Ferguson
  President and Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit 31.2
Certification by Philip A. Schlom
Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a)
I, Philip A. Schlom, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of AZZ Inc. for the period ended August 31, 2021 (the "Report");
2. Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this Report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.


 
Dated: October 12, 2021   /s/ Philip A. Schlom
  Philip A. Schlom
  Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned, Thomas E. Ferguson, has executed this certification in connection with the filing of AZZ Inc.’s (the "Company") Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Report”). The undersigned hereby certifies pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1.to my knowledge the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: October 12, 2021   /s/ Thomas E. Ferguson
  Thomas E. Ferguson
  President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned, Philip A. Schlom, has executed this certification in connection with the filing of AZZ Inc.’s (the "Company") Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended August 31, 2021 (the “Report”). The undersigned hereby certifies pursuant to U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1.to my knowledge the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2.the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


 
Dated: October 12, 2021   /s/ Philip A. Schlom
  Philip A. Schlom
  Chief Financial Officer