Mastech Digital Inc

Previous wording

Please refer to Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations–Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 for a more detailed discussion of our significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates. There were no material changes to these critical accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2024.

Current wording

Please refer to Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations–Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 for a more detailed discussion of our significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates. There were no material changes to these critical accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

Previous wording

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company incurred $600,000 and approximately $1.0 million, respectively, of professional services fees related to this matter. Additionally, the Company recorded a $3.1 million loss reserve, net of recoveries, with respect to a settlement reserve. These expenses are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three and six months ended June 20, 2024, no expenses related to this matter were incurred.

Current wording

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company incurred $225,000 and approximately $1.2 million, respectively, of professional services fees related to this matter. Additionally, the Company recorded a $3.1 million loss reserve, net of recoveries, with respect to a settlement reserve. These expenses are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three and nine months ended September 20, 2024, no expenses related to this matter were incurred.

Previous wording

Generally, our business outlook is highly correlated to general North American economic conditions, particularly with respect to our IT Staffing Services segment. During periods of increasing employment and economic expansion, demand for our services tends to increase. Conversely, during periods of contracting employment and / or a slowing global economy, demand for our services tends to decline. With economic expansion in 2010 through 2019 activity levels improved. However, as economic conditions strengthened, we experienced increased tightness in the supply side (skilled IT professionals) of our businesses. These supply-side challenges pressured resource costs and, to some extent, gross margins. As we entered 2020, we were encouraged by continued growth in the domestic job markets and expanding U.S. and global economies. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic surfacing in the first quarter of 2020, we realized that economic growth would quickly turn into recessionary conditions, which had a material impact on activity levels in both of our business segments. In 2021, we were encouraged by the global rollout of vaccination programs and signs of economic improvement, however, the proliferation of COVID-19 variants had caused some uncertainty and disruption in the global markets. In 2022 and 2023, COVID-19-related concerns seemed to subside; however, increased inflation, challenges in the financial sector related to increasing interest rates, and concerns about a possible recession created much uncertainty and impacted demand for our services in the second half of 2022 and for the entire year of 2023. While economic conditions in North American have shown signs of improvement during the first half of 2024, a level of uncertainty remains with respect to inflation, the potential of escalations of existing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and the outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. It is difficult to predict the impact or duration that these economic pressures may have on our businesses and results of operations during the second half of 2024 and beyond.

Current wording

Generally, our business outlook is highly correlated to general North American economic conditions, particularly with respect to our IT Staffing Services segment. During periods of increasing employment and economic expansion, demand for our services tends to increase. Conversely, during periods of contracting employment and / or a slowing global economy, demand for our services tends to decline. With economic expansion in 2010 through 2019 activity levels improved. However, as economic conditions strengthened, we experienced increased tightness in the supply side (skilled IT professionals) of our businesses. These supply-side challenges pressured resource costs and, to some extent, gross margins. As we entered 2020, we were encouraged by continued growth in the domestic job markets and expanding U.S. and global economies. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic surfacing in the first quarter of 2020, we realized that economic growth would quickly turn into recessionary conditions, which had a material impact on activity levels in both of our business segments. In 2021, we were encouraged by the global rollout of vaccination programs and signs of economic improvement, however, the proliferation of COVID-19 variants had caused some uncertainty and disruption in the global markets. In 2022 and 2023, COVID-19-related concerns seemed to subside; however, increased inflation, challenges in the financial sector related to increasing interest rates, and concerns about a possible recession created much uncertainty and impacted demand for our services in the second half of 2022 and for the entire year of 2023. While economic conditions in North American have shown signs of improvement during 2024, a level of uncertainty remains with respect to inflation and job growth, the potential of escalations of existing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine and the impacts of the U.S. presidential election. It is difficult to predict the impact or duration that these market pressures may have on our businesses and results of operations during the remainder of 2024 and beyond.