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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

2021

OR

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


For the transition period from ______ to ______

Commission file number: 001-36053

Frank's International

Expro Group Holdings N.V.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

The Netherlands

98-1107145
TheNetherlands98-1107145

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer
Identification number)No.)

1311 Broadfield Boulevard, Suite 400

Mastenmakersweg 1

Houston, Texas

1786 PBDen Helder

77084

TheNetherlandsNot Applicable

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s

Registrants telephone number, including area code: +31 (0)22 367 0000

(713) 463-9776

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, €0.01 par€0.06 nominal value

FI

XPRO

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes No

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 Registrantregistrant 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”,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 has filed a report on and attestation to its management'smanagement’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes No

As of June 30, 2020,2021, the aggregate market value of the common stock of the registrant held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $424.6$613.0 million.

As of February 17, 2021,28, 2022, there were 226,578,254109,377,501 shares of common stock, €0.01 par€0.06 nominal value per share, outstanding.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Proxy Statement in connection with the 20212022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed no later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this Form 10-K relates, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.





EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.

FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 20202021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I

Item 1.

Item 1A.

Item 1B.

Item 2.

Item 3.

Item 4.

PART II

Item 5.

Item 6.

Item 7.

Item 7A.

Item 8.

Item 9.

Item 9A.

Item 9B.

Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections111
PART III

PART III

Item 10.

Item 11.

Item 12.

Item 13.

Item 14.

PART IV

Item 15.

Item 16.

Form 10–10K Summary

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Form 10-K”) includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include those that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements include information regarding our future plans and goals and our current expectations with respect to, among other things:

our business strategy and prospects for growth;
our cash flows and liquidity;
our financial strategy, budget, projections and operating results;
the amount, nature and timing of capital expenditures;
the availability and terms of capital;
competition and government regulations; and
general economic conditions.

    Our forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” or other terms that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. The forward-looking statements in this Form 10-K speak only as of the date of this report; we disclaim any obligation to update these statements unless required by law, and we caution you not to rely on them unduly. Forward-looking statements are not assurances of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks, contingencies and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:

continuing uncertainty relating to global crude oil demand and crude oil prices that correspondingly may lead to further significant reductions in domestic oil and gas activity, which in turn could result in further significant declines in demand for our products and services;
uncertainty regarding the extent and duration of the remaining restrictions in the United States and globally on various commercial and economic activities due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) virus, including uncertainty regarding the re-imposition of restrictions due to resurgences in infection rates; such restrictions are designed to protect public health but also have the effect of significantly reducing demand for oil and gas, which may correspondingly decrease demand for our products and services;
uncertainty regarding the timing, pace and extent of an economic recovery in the United States and elsewhere, which in turn will likely affect demand for crude oil and therefore the demand for the products and services we provide and the commercial opportunities available to us;
the impact of current and future laws, rulings, governmental regulations, accounting standards and statements, and related interpretations;
unique risks associated with our offshore operations;
political, economic and regulatory uncertainties in our international operations;
our ability to develop new technologies and products;
the development of new technology by our competitors, including potentially disruptive new technologies;
our ability to protect our intellectual property rights;
our ability to employ and retain skilled and qualified workers;
the level of competition in our industry;

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operational safety laws and regulations;
international trade laws and sanctions;
weather conditions and natural disasters;
global or national health concerns, including health epidemics, including COVID-19; and
policy or regulatory changes domestically in the United States.

    These and other important factors that could affect our operating results and performance are described in (1) Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” and in Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Form 10-K, and elsewhere within this Form 10-K, (2) our other reports and filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) from time to time and (3) other announcements we make from time to time. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in the documents above or in this Form 10-K occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results, performance, achievements or plans could differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements in the Form 10-K are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements in this section.

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PART I

Item 1. Business


General


    Frank’s International

Expro Group Holdings N.V. (“FINV”) is a Netherlands limited liability company (Naamloze Vennootschap) and includes the activities of Expro Group Holdings International Limited, Frank’s International C.V. (“FICV”), Blackhawk Group Holdings, LLC (“Blackhawk”) and their wholly owned subsidiaries (either individually or together, as context requires, “Expro,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”). We were established in 1938

On March 10, 2021, the Company and areNew Eagle Holdings Limited, an industry-leading global provider of highly engineered tubular services, tubular fabrication and specialty well construction and well intervention solutions toexempted company limited by shares incorporated under the oil and gas industry. We provide our services and products to leading exploration and production companies in both offshore and onshore environments, with a focus on complex and technically demanding wells. We believe that we are onelaws of the largest global providers of tubular services to the oilCayman Islands and gas industry.


The impacta direct wholly owned subsidiary of the COVID-19 pandemicCompany (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and related economic, businessPlan of Merger with Expro Group Holdings International Limited (“Legacy Expro”) providing for the merger of Legacy Expro with and market disruptions is evolving rapidly,into Merger Sub in an all-stock transaction, with Merger Sub surviving the merger as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”). The Merger closed on October 1, 2021, and its future effects are uncertain.the Company, previously known as Frank’s International N.V. (“Frank’s”), was renamed Expro Group Holdings N.V. The actual impactMerger has been accounted for using the acquisition method of these recent developmentsaccounting with Legacy Expro being identified as the accounting acquirer. The historical financial statements presented in this Annual Report on our business will depend on many factors, many of which are beyond management's control and knowledge. It is therefore difficult for management to assess or predict with accuracyForm 10-K (this “Form 10-K”) reflect the broad future effects of this health crisis on the global economy, the energy industry or the Company. As additional information becomes available, events or circumstances change and strategic operational decisions are made by management, further adjustments may be required which could have a material adverse impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Our Operations

    Tubular services involve the handling and installationflows of multiple joints of pipe to establish a cased wellbore and the installation of smaller diameter pipe inside a cased wellbore to provide a conduitonly Legacy Expro for produced oil and gas to reach the surface. The casing of a wellbore isolates the wellbore from the surrounding geologic formations and water table, provides well structure and pressure integrity, and allows well operators to target specific zones for production. Given the central role that our services play in the structural integrity, reliability and safety of a well, and the importance of efficient tubular services to managing the overall cost of a well, we believe that our role is vitalall periods prior to the processMerger and of producing oilthe combined company (including activities of Frank’s) for all periods subsequent to the Merger. 

Our Operations

With roots dating to 1938, the Company is a leading provider of energy services, offering cost-effective, innovative solutions and gas.


    In additionwhat the Company considers to our tubular services offerings, we designbe best-in-class safety and manufacture certain products that we sell directly to external customers, including large outside diameter (“OD”) pipe connectors. We also provide specialized fabricationservice quality. The Company’s extensive portfolio of capabilities spans well construction, well flow management, subsea well access, and weldingwell intervention and integrity solutions. The Company provides services in support of deepwater projects in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, including drilling and production risers, flowlines and pipeline end terminations, as well as long-length tubulars (up to 400 feet in length) for use as caissons or pilings. We distribute large OD pipe manufactured by third parties, and generally maintain an inventory of this pipe in order to support our pipe sales and distribution operations.

    We also provide specialized equipment, services and products utilized in the construction, completion and abandonmentmany of the wellboreworld’s major offshore and onshore energy basins, with over 100 locations and operations in both onshoreapproximately 60 countries. The Company’s broad portfolio of products and offshore environments. The product portfolio includes casing accessories that serveservices provides solutions to enhance production and improve recovery across the installationwell lifecycle, from exploration through abandonment.

Description of casing, centralizationBusiness Segments

Our operations are comprised of four operating segments which also represent our reporting segments and wellbore zonal isolation,are aligned with our geographic regions as well as enhance cementing operations through advance wiper plug and float equipment technology.


follows:

North and Latin America (“NLA”),

Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa (“ESSA”),

Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”), and

Asia-Pacific (“APAC”).


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The table below shows our consolidated revenue and each segment’s revenue and percentage of consolidated revenue for the periods indicated (revenue in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
RevenuePercentRevenuePercentRevenuePercent
Tubular Running Services$269,711 69.1%$400,327 69.0 %$361,045 69.1 %
Tubulars53,668 13.7%74,687 12.9 %72,303 13.8 %
Cementing Equipment66,979 17.2%104,906 18.1 %89,145 17.1 %
   Total$390,358 100.0%$579,920 100.0 %$522,493 100.0 %

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 
  

Revenue

  

Percent

  

Revenue

  

Percent

  

Revenue

  

Percent

 
                         

NLA

 $193,156   23.4% $115,738   17.2% $174,058   21.5%

ESSA

  300,557   36.4%  219,534   32.5%  256,790   31.7%

MENA

  171,136   20.7%  194,033   28.7%  237,065   29.3%

APAC

  160,913   19.5%  145,721   21.6%  142,151   17.5%

Total

 $825,762   100% $675,026   100% $810,064   100%

Our broad portfolio of products and services are designed to enhance production and improve recovery across the well lifecycle from exploration through abandonment, including:

Well Construction

Our well construction products and services support customers’ new wellbore drilling, wellbore completion and recompletion, and wellbore plug and abandonment requirements. In particular, we offer advanced technology solutions in drilling, tubular running services, cementing and tubulars. With a focus on innovation, we are continuing to advance the way wells are constructed by optimizing process efficiency on the rig floor, developing new methods to handle and install tubulars and mitigating well integrity risks.

Well Management

Our well management offerings consist of well flow management, subsea well access and well intervention and integrity services:

Well flow management: We gather valuable well and reservoir data, with a particular focus on well-site safety and environmental impact. We provide global, comprehensive well flow management systems for the safe production, measurement and sampling of hydrocarbons from a well during the exploration and appraisal phase of a new field; the flowback and clean-up of a new well prior to production; and in-line testing of a well during its production life. We also provide early production facilities to accelerate production; production enhancement packages to enhance reservoir recovery rates through the realization of production that was previously locked within the reservoir; and metering and other well surveillance technologies to monitor and measure flow and other characteristics of wells.

Subsea well access: With over 35 years of experience providing a wide range of fit-for-purpose subsea well access solutions, our technology aims to ensure safe well access and optimized production throughout the lifecycle of the well. We provide what we believe to be the most reliable, efficient and cost-effective subsea well access systems for exploration and appraisal, development, intervention and abandonment, including an extensive portfolio of standard and bespoke Subsea Test Tree Assemblies, a rig-deployed Intervention Riser System and a vessel-deployed, wire through water Riserless Well Intervention System. We also provide systems integration and project management services.

Well intervention and integrity: We provide well intervention solutions to capture well data, ensure well bore integrity and improve production. In addition to our extensive fleet of mechanical and cased hole wireline units, we have recently introduced a number of cost-effective, innovative well intervention services, including CoilHose™, a lightweight, small-footprint solution for wellbore lifting, cleaning and chemical treatments; Octopoda™, for fluid treatments in wellbore annuli; and Galea™, an autonomous well intervention solution. We also possess several other distinct technical capabilities, including non-intrusive metering technologies and wireless telemetry systems for reservoir monitoring.

Corporate StructureStrategy

The combination of Legacy Expro and Frank’s brought together two companies with decades of market leadership to create a leading energy services provider with an extensive portfolio of capabilities across the well lifecycle. As a result of the Merger, we believe that the Company is well positioned to support customers around the world, improve profitability and invest in emerging growth opportunities. Our corporate strategy is designed to leverage existing capabilities and position the Company as a solutions provider with a technologically differentiated offering. In particular, the Company’s objectives for 2022, which will drive our performance in the year ahead, include: (i) exceeding industry expectations in regard to safety and operational performance; (ii) advancing our products and services portfolio to provide customers with cost-effective, innovative solutions to produce oil and gas resources more efficiently and with a lower carbon footprint; (iii) improving financial performance by expediting the realization of Merger-related synergies, sustaining our relentless drive for efficiency and better utilizing existing assets; (iv) nurturing our culture based on core values and agreed behaviors, empowering our people to be innovative, agile and responsive, and embracing diversity; and (v) leveraging the power of data to improve our own business practices and deliver more value to our customers.

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Human Capital

At Expro, people are at the heart of our success and we are united by our Code of Conduct (“Code of Conduct”) and our core values; People, Performance, Partnerships, and Planet. We are committed to living our values through corporate responsibility efforts that help people across the globe live better lives and build sustainable, vibrant, stable communities where highly motivated people can engineer futures. We strive to consistently improve the ways in which we work to keep our employees safe, minimize our impact on the environment and ensure our governance is robust and transparent.

At December 31, 2021, we had approximately 7,200 employees worldwide. We are a publicly tradedparty to collective bargaining agreements or other similar arrangements in certain international areas in which we operate. At December 31, 2021, approximately 18% of our employees were subject to collective bargaining agreements, with 12% being under agreements that expire within one year. We consider our relations with our employees to be positive. In the United States, most employees are at-will employees and, therefore, not subject to any type of employment contract or agreement. Outside the United States, the Company enters into employment contracts and agreements in those countries in which such relationships are mandatory or customary. Based upon the geographic diversification of our employees, we believe any risk of loss from employee strikes or other collective actions would not be material to the conduct of our operations taken as a whole.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Expro, we strive to be a safe, diverse and inclusive people-focused company that positively impacts local communities and society. Most people recognize the importance of diversity at work and the benefits it can bring to the organization and its people. However, diversity is only half of the story. The other half is inclusion: building a work environment in which people feel valued for who they are, bring their whole selves to work and contribute fully. In an inclusive work environment, people with different backgrounds, religious beliefs, sexual orientations, ethnicity and other differences feel like they belong.


We strive to ensure the equal treatment of all employees, job applicants and associated personnel regardless of race, color, nationality, ethnic or nation originals, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, or any other factors prohibited by law. We aim to create a work environment free of harassment and bullying, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.


Diversity and inclusiveness are important to our current and future success by providing varied experiences, ideas and insights to inform decisions, identify new approaches and solve business challenges. Our goal is to put the right people forward to do the right work for the right customers, in the right places, attracting, retaining and nurturing a talented and diverse workforce to turn our growth ambitions into reality.

Employee Learning and Development

We demonstrate our commitment to our values through our employee development initiatives. We invest in our people through learning and development programs that reinforce and update existing skill sets, and which develop employees’ competencies into new and complementary areas of expertise. Employees are empowered to drive their career progression through various learning platforms to facilitate achievement and career progression. A key tenet of our development is our strong performance management culture that enables and informs management development plans and succession planning.

We also actively solicit employee feedback and constantly strive to make the Company an employer of choice. We empower employees with an ownership mindset that encourages accountability and creativity – leading to new and better solutions.

Employee Welfare and Development

We offer opportunities for a challenging career in an energetic and friendly work environment. Providing our workforce with a career path, training, fair pay, and challenging, rewarding work are key tenets of our success. Our benefit packages are tailored to the local market of operation and are designed to attract and retain the best talent in the industry.

Safety

Safety is a critical component of our People and Performance core values. Many of our customers have safety standards we must satisfy before we can perform services. We continually monitor and improve our safety performance through the evaluation of safety observations, job and customer surveys, and safety data. The primary measures for our safety performance are the tracking of the Lost Time Injury Frequency rate (“LTIF”) and the Total Recordable Case Frequency rate (“TRCF”). LTIF is a measure of the frequency of injuries that result in lost work time, normalized on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). Asbasis of February 17, 2021, basedper million man-hours worked. TRCF is a measure of the frequency of recordable workplace injuries, normalized on the best information availablebasis of per million man-hours worked. A recordable injury includes occupational death, nonfatal occupational illness, and other occupational injuries that involve loss of consciousness, lost time injuries, restriction of work or motion cases, transfer to another job, or medical treatment cases other than first aid.

The table below presents the combined worldwide LTIF and TRCF for Legacy Expro and Frank’s for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

LTIF

  0.46   0.34   0.54 

TRCF

  1.31   1.34   1.78 

We have comprehensive compliance policies, programs and training that are applied globally to our entire workforce. Employees are required to complete Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) trainings to adhere to safe and responsible work environments. We also standardize our global training processes to ensure all jobs are executed to high standards of safety and quality.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We pledge to be forthright in all our business interactions and conduct our business to the Company,highest ethical standards. That commitment extends to strict compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and business standards. We have comprehensive compliance programs and policies that are applied globally to our entire workforce. Our ethical foundation is our Code of Conduct, the Mosing family collectively owns approximately 47%provisions of our common shares.


Descriptionwhich all employees are expected to understand and comply with. Our compliance and ethics policies undergo regular review.

We require every employee worldwide to complete an online Code of Business Segments


Tubular Running Services

The Tubular Running Services (“TRS”) segment provides tubular running services globally. Internationally, the TRS segment operatesConduct training course every year, which addresses conflicts of interest, confidentiality, fair dealing with others, proper use of company assets, compliance with laws, insider trading, maintenance of books and records, zero tolerance for discrimination and harassment in the majority of the offshore oil and gas markets and also in several onshore regions with operations in approximately 40 countries on six continents. In the U.S., the TRS segment provides services in the active onshore oil and gas drilling regions, including the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, Haynesville Shale, Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale, and in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Our customers are primarily large exploration and production companies, including international oil and gas companies, national oil and gas companies, major independents and other oilfield service companies.

Tubulars

The Tubulars segment designs, manufactures and distributes connectors and casing attachments for large OD heavy wall pipe. Additionally, the Tubulars segment sells large OD pipe originally manufactured by various pipe mills, as plain end or fully fabricated with proprietary welded or thread-direct connector solutions and provides specialized fabrication and welding services in support of offshore deepwater projects, including drilling and production risers, flowlines and pipeline end terminations,work environment, as well as long-length tubular assemblies up to 400 feet in length. The Tubulars segment also specializes in the development, manufacture and supplyreporting of proprietary drilling tool solutions that focus on improving drilling productivity through eliminating or mitigating traditional drilling operational risks.

    Cementing Equipment

    The Cementing Equipment (“CE”) segment provides specialty equipment to enhance the safety and efficiency of rig operations. It provides specialized equipment, services and products utilized in the construction, completion and abandonment of the wellbore in both onshore and offshore environments. The product portfolio includes casing accessories that serve to improve the installation of casing, centralization and wellbore zonal isolation, as well as enhance cementing operations through advance wiper plug and float equipment technology. Abandonment solutions are primarily used to isolate portions of the wellbore through the setting of barriers downhole to allow for rig evacuation in case of inclement weather, maintenance work on other rig equipment, squeeze cementing, pressure testing within the wellbore, hydraulic fracturing and temporary and permanent abandonments. These offerings improve operational efficiencies and limit non-productive time if unscheduled events are encountered at the wellsite.


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violations. 

Suppliers and Raw Materials


We acquire component parts, products and raw materials from suppliers, including foundries, forge shops, and original equipment manufacturers. The prices we pay for our raw materials may be affected by, among other things, energy, steel and other commodity prices, tariffs and duties on imported materials and foreign currency exchange rates. Certain ofequipment utilized within our product lines (primarily pipe) are only available from a limited number of suppliers (primarily impacting the Tubulars segment).suppliers.

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Our ability to source low cost raw materials and components, such as steel castings and forgings, is critical to our ability to manufacture our casing products competitively and, in turn, our ability to provide onshore and offshore casing services.competitively. In order to purchase raw materials and components in a cost effective manner, we have developedsought to develop a broad international sourcing capability and we maintain quality assurance and testing programs to analyze and test these raw materials and components.

Patents

Intellectual Property

We own and control a variety of intellectual property, including patents, proprietary information, trade secrets and software tools and applications. We currently hold multiple U.S. and international patents and have a number of pending patent applications. Although in the aggregate our patents and licenses are important to us, we do not regard any single patent or license as critical or essential to our business as a whole.


Seasonality


    A substantial portion

Seasonal changes in weather and significant weather events can temporarily affect the delivery of our business isproducts and services and otherwise impact our business. For example, the winter months in the North Sea and the monsoon season in South and Southeast Asia can produce severe weather conditions that can temporarily reduce levels of activity. In addition, hurricanes and typhoons can disrupt coastal and offshore operations. Furthermore, customer spending patterns may result in higher or lower activity in the fourth quarter of the year based on year-to-date spending relative to their approved annual budgets and higher or lower activity in the first quarter of the year based on whether or not significantly impacted by changing seasons. the new year’s budget has been approved.

Customers

We can be impacted by hurricanes, ocean currents, winter stormsderive our revenue from services and other disruptions.


Customers

    Ourproduct sales to customers consist primarily ofin the oil and gas exploration and production companies, both in the U.S. and international markets, including major and independent companies, national oil companies, and other service companies that have contractual obligations to provide tubular services, well construction services or comparable services. Demand for our services and products depends primarily upon the capital spending of oil and gas companies and the level of drilling activity in the U.S. and in international markets. We do not believe the loss of any of our individual customers would have a material adverse effect on our business. One customer accounted for 13% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020. All three of our segments generated revenue from this customer.industry. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021. One customer in our MENA segment accounted for 16% and 14% of our consolidated revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and 2018.

respectively.

Competition


The markets in which we operate are competitive. We compete with a number of companies, some of which have financial and other resources greater than ours. TheWe believe the principal competitive factors in ourthe markets arein which we participate include the technologies and solutions offered, the quality, price and availability of products and services, safety and a company’sservice quality, operating footprint and responsiveness to customer needs and its reputation for safety. In general, we face a larger number of smaller, more regionally-specific competitors in the U.S. onshore market compared to international and offshore markets, where larger competitors dominate.


needs.

We believe several factors give us asupport our strong competitive position. In particular, we believe ourOur portfolio of technology-enabled products and services in each segment fulfill our customer’s requirements for international capability,a wide range of services provided, intellectual property, technological sophistication, quality assurance systems and availability of equipment, along with reputation and safety record.our customers’ requirements. We also seek to differentiate ourselves from our competitors by providing a rapid response to the needs of our customers, a high level of customer service, by providing innovative products and innovative product development initiatives. Although we have no single competitor across all ofsolutions and by supporting our product lines, we believe that Weatherford International represents our most direct competitor across our segments for providing tubular services, specialty well construction and well intervention services and productscustomers on an aggregate,a global basis.


 Finally, our quality assurance systems, experienced personnel and track record all support a strong reputation for safe operations, environmental stewardship, compliance with laws and ethical commercial engagement.


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Market Environment

    The full impact of the COVID-19 outbreak

Governmental Regulations

We are subject to numerous environmental and the resulting reduction in oil sector activity continues to evolve daily. However, with ongoing mass vaccination programs beginning to be deployed, we expect the market to respond positively throughout 2021. As COVID-19 responses have normalizedother governmental and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) and Russia production cut agreements have remained in place, demand is expected to continue to draw down stockpiles of supply. While it is uncertain how long depressed energy demand will last, we anticipate international and U.S. offshore demand for our products and services to moderately increase from current levels as more customer projects come back online in 2021. Exploration and development spending continues to shift toward offshore and internationally focused projects, while U.S. land activity is anticipated to have a moderate recovery over the coming year. Activity in the deepwater offshore market is expected to improve as delayed projects resume and new projects commence throughout 2021.


Inventories and Working Capital

    An important consideration for many of our customers in selecting a vendor is timely availability of the product or service. Often customers will pay a premium for earlier or immediate availability because of the cost of delays in critical operations. This availability is especially critical for our proprietary tubular products, causing us to carry inventories for these products. For critical capital items for which demand is expected to be strong, we often build certain items before we have a firm order. Having such goods available on short notice can be of great valueregulatory requirements related to our customers.

Inventories are required to be stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. We may not be able to accurately predict what or how many products our customers will need in the future. Orders are placed with our suppliers based on forecasts of customer demand and, in some instances, we may establish buffer inventories to accommodate anticipated demand. If we overestimate customer demand, we may allocate resources to the purchase of material or manufactured products that we may not be able to sell when we expect to, if at all.

operations worldwide.

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation


Our operations are subject to numerous stringent and complex laws and regulations governing the emission and discharge of materials into the environment, occupational health and safety aspects of our operations, or otherwise relating to environmental protection. Failure to comply with these laws or regulations or to obtain or comply with permits may result in the assessment of sanctions, including administrative, civil and criminal penalties, imposition of investigatory, remedial or corrective action obligations oractions, the required incurrence of capital expenditures, the occurrence of restrictions, delays or cancellations in the permitting, development or expansion of projects, and the imposition of orders or injunctions to prohibit or restrict certain activities or force future compliance.


Numerous governmental authorities, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), analogous state agencies and, in certain circumstances, individual citizens or organizations, have the power to enforce compliance with these laws and regulations and the permits issued under them.

Certain environmental laws may impose joint and several strict liability, without regard to fault or the legality of the original conduct, on classes of persons who are considered to be responsible for the release of a hazardous substance into the environment. The trend in environmental regulation is to typically place more stringent restrictions and limitations on activities that may impact the environment, and thus, any changes in environmental laws and regulations or in enforcement policies that result in more stringent and costly waste handling, storage, transport, disposal, or remediation requirements could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial position. Moreover, accidental releases or spills of regulated substances may occur in the course of our operations, and we cannot assure that we will not incur significant costs and liabilities as a result of such releases or spills, including any third-party claims for damage to property, natural resources or persons.


The following is a summary of the more significant existing environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations to which our business operations are subject and for which compliance could have a material adverse impact on our capital expenditures, results of operations or financial position.


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Hazardous Substances and Wastes

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) and comparable state statutes, regulate the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal and cleanup of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. Under the auspices of the EPA, the individual states administer some or all of the provisions of RCRA, sometimes in conjunction with their own, more stringent requirements. We are required to manage the transportation, storage and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes in compliance with RCRA. Certain petroleum exploration and production wastes are excluded from RCRA’s hazardous waste regulations. However, it is possible that these wastes will in the future be designated as hazardous wastes and therefore be subject to more rigorous and costly disposal requirements. Any such changes in the laws and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our operating expenses or the operating expenses of our customers, which could result in decreased demand for our services.

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), also known as the Superfund law, imposes joint and several liability, without regard to fault or legality of conduct, on classes of persons who are considered to be responsible for the release of a hazardous substance into the environment. These persons include the owner or operator of the site where the release occurred, and anyone who disposed or arranged for the disposal of a hazardous substance released at the site. We currently own, lease, or operate numerous properties that have been used for manufacturing and other operations for many years. We also contract with waste removal services and landfills. These properties and the substances disposed or released on them may be subject to CERCLA, RCRA and analogous state laws. Under such laws, we could be required to remove previously disposed substances and wastes, remediate contaminated property, or perform remedial operations to prevent future contamination. In addition, it is not uncommon for neighboring landowners and other third parties to file claims for personal injury and property damage allegedly caused by hazardous substances released into the environment.

Water Discharges

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (the “Clean Water Act”) and analogous state laws impose restrictions and strict controls with respect to the discharge of pollutants, including spills and leaks of oil and other substances, into waters of the United States. The discharge of pollutants into regulated waters is prohibited, except in accordance with the terms of a permit issued by the EPA or an analogous state agency. A responsible party includes the owner or operator of a facility from which a discharge occurs. In 2015, the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) under the Obama Administration finalized a rule that would significantly expand the scope of the Clean Water Act’s jurisdiction, potentially expanding the areas that would require permits prior to commencing construction or exploration and production activities. However, the EPA and the Corps under the Trump Administration issued a final rule, made effective in December 2019, that repealed the 2015 rule and they also published a final rule in April 2020 re-defining the term “waters of the United States” as applied under the Clean Water Act and narrowing the scope of waters subject to federal regulation. The April 2020 final rule is subject to various pending legal challenges; moreover, there is an expectation that the Biden Administration may reconsider this April 2020 final rule. The Clean Water Act and analogous state laws provide for administrative, civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized discharges and, together with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, impose rigorous requirements for spill prevention and response planning, as well as substantial potential liability for the costs of removal, remediation, and damages in connection with any unauthorized discharges. Pursuant to these laws and regulations, we may be required to obtain and maintain approvals or permits for the discharge of wastewater or storm water from our operations and may be required to develop and implement spill prevention, control and countermeasure plans, also referred to as “SPCC plans,” in connection with on-site storage of significant quantities of oil, including refined petroleum products.

Air Emissions

The federal Clean Air Act (“CAA”) and comparable state laws regulate emissions of various air pollutants through air emissions permitting programs and the imposition of other emission control requirements. In addition, the EPA has developed, and continues to develop, stringent regulations governing emissions of toxic air pollutants at

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specified sources. Non-compliance with air permits or other requirements of the federal Clean Air Act and associated state laws and regulations can result in the imposition of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, as well as the issuance of orders or injunctions limiting or prohibiting non-compliant operations. Over the next several years, we may be required to incur certain capital expenditures for air pollution control equipment or other air emissions related issues. For example, in 2015, the EPA under the Obama Administration issued a final rule under the CAA, making the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (“NAAQS”) for ground-level ozone more stringent. Since that time, the EPA has issued attainment/nonattainment designations and, more recently in August 2020, the EPA under the Trump Administration published notice of a proposed action that, upon conducting a periodic review of the ozone standard in accord with CAA requirements, elected to retain the 2015 ozone NAAQS without revision on a going-forward basis. State implementation of the revised NAAQS could result in stricter air emissions permitting requirements, delay or prohibit our ability to obtain such permits, and result in increased expenditures for pollution control equipment, the costs of which could be significant. We do not believe that any of our operations are subject to the federal Clean Air Act permitting or regulatory requirements for major sources of air emissions, but some of our facilities could be subject to state “minor source” air permitting requirements and other state regulatory requirements applicable to air emissions, such as source registration and recordkeeping requirements.

Climate Change


Climate change continues to attract considerable attention in the United States and other countries. Numerous proposals have been made and could continue to be made at the international, national, regional and state levels of government to monitor and limit existing emissions of greenhouse gases (“GHGs”) as well as to restrict or eliminate such future emissions. As a result, our operations are subject to a series of regulatory, political, litigation, and financial risks associated with the transport of fossil fuels and emission of GHGs.

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In the United States, no comprehensive climate change legislation has been implemented at the federal level, but President Biden announced plans to take action with regards to climate change, has signed two executive orders to this effect on January 20, 2021, and is expected to pursue other climate change legislation, executive actions or other regulatory initiatives in the future to limit GHG emissions. Moreover, with the U.S. Supreme Court finding that GHG emissions constitute a pollutant under the CAA, the EPA has adopted rules that, among other things, establish construction and operating permit reviews for GHG emissions from certain large stationary sources, require the monitoring and annual reporting

Separately, various states and groups of statesgovernments have adopted or are considering adopting legislation, regulations or other regulatory initiatives that are focused on such areas as GHG cap and trade programs, carbon taxes, reporting and tracking programs, and restriction of emissions. At the international level, there is a non-binding agreement, the United Nations-sponsored “Paris Agreement,” for nations to limit their GHG emissions through individually-determined reduction goals every five years after 2020. While the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement under the Trump Administration, effective November 4, 2020, President Biden issued an executive order on January 20, 2021 recommitting the United States to the Paris Agreement. Under the Paris Agreement, the Biden Administration has committed the United States to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 - 52% from 2005 levels by 2030. In November 2021, the Unites States and other countries entered into the Glasgow Climate Pact, which includes a range of measures designed to address climate change, including but not limited to the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, reducing methane emissions by 30% by 2030, and cooperating toward the advancement of the development of clean energy. With the United States recommitting to the Paris


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Agreement, executive orders may be issued or federal legislation or regulatory initiatives may be adopted to achieve the agreement’s goals.

Governmental, scientific, and public concern over the threat of climate change arising from GHG emissions has resulted in increasing political risks in the United States. In addition to re-committing to the Paris Agreement, other political actions indicated by President Biden during his campaign that could adversely affect the oil and gas industry include limiting hydraulic fracturing by banning new oil and gas permitting on federal lands and waters, limiting new leasing of federal lands or offshore waters for oil and gas exploration and production activities, potentially eliminating certain tax rules (referred to as subsidies) that benefit the oil and gas industry, and imposing restrictions on pipeline infrastructure or the permitting of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) export facilities. On January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior issued an order, effective immediately, that suspends new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on non-Indian federal lands and waters for a period of 60 days. Subsequently, on January 27, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order focused on combating climate change that, among other things, ordered: (i) the Secretary of the Interior to pause, to the extent consistent with applicable law, the issuance of new oil and gas leases on federal public lands and offshore waters (but excluding lands that the United States holds in trust for Indian tribes) pending completion of a comprehensive review and reconsideration of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices that take into consideration potential climate and other impacts associated with oil and gas activities on such lands and waters; and (ii) applicable agencies to identify fossil fuel subsidies provided by their respective agencies and subsequently take measures to ensure, to the extent consistent with applicable law, that federal funding is not directly subsidizing fossil fuels, with a further objective of eliminating fossil fuel subsidies from federal budget requests beginning in federal Fiscal Year 2022. In response, one industry group is already challenging the order, filing a lawsuit on January 27, 2021 in Wyoming federal district court and seeking to have the moratorium declared invalid.

There are also increasing risks of litigation related to climate change effects. Governments and third-parties have brought suit against some fossil fuel companies alleging, among other things, that such companies created public nuisances by marketing fuels that contributed to global warming effects, such as rising sea levels, and therefore are responsible for roadway and infrastructure damages as a result, or alleging that the companies have been aware of the adverse effects of climate change for some time but defrauded their investors by failing to adequately disclose those impacts. Similar or more demanding cases are occurring in other jurisdictions where we operate. For example, in December 2019, the High Council of the Netherlands ruled that the government of the Netherlands has a legal obligation to decrease the country’s GHG emissions, and other suits have been filed seekingin May 2021, the Hague District Court ordered Royal Dutch Shell plc to extend this obligationreduce its worldwide emissions by 45% by 2030 compared to private companies.2019 levels. Such litigation has the potential to adversely affect the production of fossil fuels, which in turn could result in reduced demand for our services.


Financial risks also exist for fossil fuel producers (and companies that provide products and services to fossil fuel producers) as shareholders who are currently invested in fossil-fuel energysuch fossil fuel companies but are concerned about the potential effects of climate change may elect in the future to shift some or all of their investments into non-energy relatedother sectors. InstitutionalBanks and institutional lenders whothat provide financing to fossil-fuel energyfossil fuel companies (and their suppliers and service providers) also have become more attentive to sustainable lending practices and some of them may elect not to provide funding for fossil fuel energy companies. Additionally, in recent years, the lending practices of institutional lenders have been the subject of intensive lobbying efforts in recent years, oftentimesnot to provide funding for such companies. Oftentimes this pressure has been public in nature, by environmental activists, proponents of the international Paris Agreement, and foreign citizenry concerned about climate change not to provide funding for fossil fuel energy companies.change. Limitation of investments in and financings for fossil fuel energy companies could result in the restriction, delay or cancellation of production of crude oil and natural gas, which could in turn decrease demand for our services. Our own operations could also face limitations on access to capital as a result of these trends, which could adversely affect our business and results of operation.


The adoption and implementation of new or more stringent international, federal or state legislation, regulations or other regulatory initiatives that impose more stringent standards for GHG emissions from the oil and natural gas sector or otherwise restrict the areas in which this sector may produce oil and natural gas or generate GHG emissions could result in increased costs of compliance or costs of consuming, and thereby reduce demand for, oil and natural gas, which could reduce demand for our services and products. Additionally, political, litigation and financial risks may result in our oil and natural gas customers restricting or canceling production activities, incurring liability for infrastructure damages as a result of climatic changes, or impairing their ability to continue to operate in


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an economic manner, which also could reduce demand for our services and products. Moreover, the increased competitiveness of alternative energy sources (such as wind, solar geothermal, tidal and biofuels) could reduce demand for hydrocarbons, and therefore for our products and services, which would lead to a reduction in our revenues. Over time, one or more of these developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Hydraulic Fracturing


Hydraulic fracturing is an important and common practice in the oil and gas industry. The process involves the injection of water, sand and chemicals under pressure into a formation to fracture the surrounding rock and stimulate production of hydrocarbons. While we may provide supporting products through our Cementing Equipment segment,cementing product offering, we do not perform hydraulic fracturing, but many of our onshore customers utilize this technique. Certain environmental advocacy groups and regulatory agencies have suggested that additional federal, state and local laws and regulations may be needed to more closely regulate the hydraulic fracturing process, and have made claims that hydraulic fracturing techniques are harmful to surface water and drinking water resources and may cause earthquakes. Various governmental entities (within and outside the United States) are in the process of studying, restricting, regulating or preparing to regulate hydraulic fracturing, directly or indirectly. For example, in the United States, the EPA already regulates certain hydraulic fracturing operations involving diesel under the Underground Injection Control program of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Also, in 2016, the federal Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) under the Obama Administration published a final rule imposing more stringent standards on hydraulic fracturing activities on federal lands, including requirements for chemical disclosure, well bore integrity, and handling of flowback water. However, in late 2018, the BLM under the Trump Administration published a final rule rescinding the 2016 final rule. Litigation challenging the BLM's 2016 final rule as well as its 2018 final rule rescinding the 2016 rule has been pursued by variousAdditionally, states and industry and environmental groups. While a California federal court vacated the 2018 final rule in July 2020, a Wyoming federal court subsequently vacated the 2016 final rule in October 2020 and, accordingly, the 2016 final rule is no longer in effect but the Wyoming decision is expected to be appealed. Moreover, the BLM under a Biden Administration could seek to pursue regulatory initiatives that regulate hydraulic fracturing activities on federal lands. Additionally, in late 2016, the EPA released its final report on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, concluding that “water cycle” activities associated with hydraulic fracturing may impact drinking water sources under some circumstances. States and local governments may also seek to limit hydraulic fracturing activities through time, place, and manner restrictions on operations or ban the process altogether. The adoption of legislation or regulatory programs that restrict hydraulic fracturing could adversely affect, reduce or delay well drilling and completion activities, increase the cost of drilling and production, and thereby reduce demand for our services. There also exists the potential for the Biden Administrationstates and local governments to pursue new or amended laws, regulations, executive actions and other regulatory initiatives that could impose more stringent restrictions on hydraulic fracturing, including potential restrictions on hydraulic fracturing by banning new oil and gas permitting on federal lands.

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Offshore Regulatory and Marine Safety


Spurred on by environmental and safety concerns, governing bodies from time to time have pursued moratoria and legislation or regulatory initiatives that would materially limit or prohibit offshore drilling in certain areas, including areas where we or our oil and gas exploration and production customers conduct operations such as on the federal Outer Continental Shelf waters in the United States Gulf of Mexico. In the United States, President Biden has indicated his intent to ban new oil and natural gas permitting on federal lands and waters, including the OCS, and he may pursue regulatory initiatives, executive actions and legislation in support of his regulatory agenda. Additionally, regulatory agencies under the Biden Administration may issue new or amended rulemakings regarding deep water leasing, permitting or drilling that could result in more stringent or costly restrictions than those imposed under the Trump Administration as well as delays or cancellations to our customers with respect to their offshore operations. On January 20, 2021, the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior issued an order, effective immediately, that suspends new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on non-Indian federal lands and waters for a period of 60 days. Subsequently, on January 27, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order that, among other things, ordered the Secretary of the Interior to pause, to the extent consistent with applicable law, the


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issuance of new oil and gas leases on federal public lands and offshore waters (but excluding lands that the United States holds in trust for Indian tribes) pending completion of a comprehensive review and reconsideration of federal oil and gas permitting and leasing practices that take into consideration potential climate and other impacts associated with oil and gas activities on such lands and waters. President Biden’s January 27, 2021 executive order establishing a moratorium on the issuance of new leases on these federal lands and waters is already subject to legal challenge by an industry group.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ("BOEM") and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ("BSEE") have over the past decade, primarily under the Obama Administration, imposed more stringent permitting procedures and regulatory safety and performance requirements with respect to new wells to be drilled in federal waters. However, in recent years under the Trump Administration, there have been actions by BSEE or BOEM seeking to mitigate or delay certain of those more rigorous requirements, including those relating to increased supplemental bonding and greater scrutiny or more rigorous assessment of blowout preventers, well design, well control and subsea containment requirements. BSEE and BOEM under the Biden Administration may reconsider rules or other regulatory initiatives implemented under the Trump Administration and pursue legislation, executive actions, rules or other regulatory initiatives that impose more stringent standards. Additionally, the Biden Administration may seek to pursue executive actions and legislation that could, among other things, significantly increase financial assurances of operators for decommissioning of offshore facilities on the OCS. The issuance of more stringent environmental and safety guidelines, regulations or moratoria for drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico could disrupt, delay or cancel drilling operations, increase the cost of drilling operations or reduce the area of operations for drilling. The issuance of such requirements could dampen demand for our equipment and services and have an adverse effect on our business.

Employee Health and Safety


We are subject to a number of federal and state laws and regulations, including the Occupational Safety and Health Act (“OSHA”) and comparable state statutes, establishing requirements to protect the health and safety of workers. In addition, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration hazard communication standard, the EPA community right-to-know regulations under Title III of the federal Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act and comparable state statutes require that information be maintained concerning hazardous materials used or produced in our operations and that this information be provided to employees, state and local government authorities and the public. Substantial fines and penalties can be imposed and orders or injunctions limiting or prohibiting certain operations may be issued in connection with any failure to comply with laws and regulations relating to worker health and safety.


We also operate in non-U.S. jurisdictions, which may impose similar legal requirements. Historically, our environmental and worker safety costs to comply with existing environmental laws and regulations have not had a material adverse impact on us. However, we believe that it is reasonably likely that the trend in environmental legislation and regulation will continue toward stricter standards and, thus, we cannot give any assurance that such costs will not materially adversely affect us in the future.


Operating Risk and Insurance


We maintain insurance coverage of types and amounts that we believe to be customary and reasonable for companies of our size and with similar operations. In accordance with industry practice, however, we do not maintain insurance coverage against all of the operating risks to which our business is exposed. Therefore, there is a risk our insurance program may not be sufficient to cover any particular loss or all losses.


Currently, our insurance program includes, among other things, general liability, umbrella liability, sudden and accidental pollution, personal property, vehicle, workers’ compensation, and employer’s liability coverage. Our insurance includes various limits and deductibles or retentions, which must be met prior to or in conjunction with recovery.



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Human Capital

 We are committed to corporate responsibility efforts that help people across the globe live better lives and build sustainable, vibrant, stable communities where people can unlock their potential. We strive to consistently improve the ways in which we work to keep our employees safe, minimize our impact on the environment and ensure our governance is robust and transparent. Some of our key human capital areas of focus are described below.

Employees

At December 31, 2020, we had approximately 2,400 employees worldwide. We are a party to collective bargaining agreementsgenerally do not procure or other similar arrangements in certain international areas in which we operate, such as Brazil, Africa and Europe. At December 31, 2020, approximately 11% of our employees were subject to collective bargaining agreements, with 6% being under agreements that expire within one year. We consider our relations with our employees to be positive. Based upon the geographic diversification of our employees, we believe any risk of loss from employee strikes or other collective actions would not be material to the conduct of our operations taken as a whole.

Safety

    Safety is one of our primary core values. Maintaining a strong safety record is a critical component of our operational success. Many of our customers have safety standards we must satisfy before we can perform services. As a result, we continually monitor and improve our safety performance through the evaluation of safety observations, job and customer surveys, and safety data. The primary measure for our safety performance is the tracking of the Total Recordable Incident Rate (“TRIR”). TRIR is a measure of the rate of recordable workplace injuries, normalized on the basis of 100 full time employees for an annual period. The factor is derived by multiplying the number of recordable injuries in a calendar year by 200,000 and dividing this value by the total hours actually worked in the year. A recordable injury includes occupational death, nonfatal occupational illness, and other occupational injuries that involve loss of consciousness, lost time injuries, restriction of work or motion cases, transfer to another job, or medical treatment cases other than first aid.

    The table below presents our worldwide TRIR for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018:
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
 TRIR0.44 0.64 0.84 

We have comprehensive compliance policies, programs and training that are applied globally to our entire workforce. Employees are required to complete COVID-19 trainings to adhere to safe and responsible work environments. We also standardize our global training processes to ensure all jobs are executed to high standards of safety and quality.

Diversity and Inclusion

We actively participate in industry initiatives that promote diversity and inclusion and the enhancement and development of human capital. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected from the highest levels in our organization by female representation in the executive ranks and on our Board of Directors. In addition, we actively support local content initiatives through sourcing and training local staff across our global network in approximately 40 countries on six continents. We look for opportunities to develop and promote local nationals to key positions within their home countries. Employee engagement is of paramount importance and ensuring fair and equitable treatment of our workforce is a cornerstone of our success.



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Employee Learnings and Development

We invest in our people through learning and development programs that reinforce and update existing skill sets, and which develop employees’ competencies into new and complementary areas of expertise. We have created and foster on-going, global Communities of Learning where employees share expertise and knowledge to further the contribution of each person. We also actively solicit employee feedback and constantly strive to make the Company an employer of choice. We empower employees with an ownership mindset that encourages accountability and creativity – leading to new and better solutions.

Business Conduct and Ethics

We pledge to be forthright in all ourmaintain business interactions and conduct our business with the highest ethical standards. That commitment extends to strict compliance with all relevant laws, regulations and business standards. We have comprehensive compliance policies, programs and trainings that are applied globally to our entire workforce. Our ethical foundation is laid with our Code of Business Conduct and all employees are educated on its contents and expected to observe it. Our compliance and ethics policies undergo regular review.

We require every employee worldwide to complete an online Code of Business Conduct and Ethics training course every year, which addresses conflicts of interest, confidentiality, fair dealing with others, proper use of company assets, compliance with laws, insider trading, keeping of books and records, zero tolerance for discrimination and harassment in the work environment, as well as reporting of violations. We have consistently achieved 100% annual completion of this requirement. Additionally, we require supervisors and managers to attend a live training session delivered by our internal counsel to further expand our expectations for them regarding their obligations to promote a work environment where all employees feel valued and respected.

Employee Welfare and Development

We offer opportunities for a challenging career in an energetic and friendly work environment. Providing our workforce with a career path, training, fair pay, and challenging, rewarding work is the key to our success. Our benefit packages are tailored to the local market of operation and are designed to attract and retain the best talent in the industry.

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Available Information


Our principal executive offices are located at Mastenmakersweg 1, 1786 PB Den Helder, the Netherlands,1311 Broadfield Boulevard, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77084, and our telephone number at that address is +31 (0)22 367 0000. Our primary U.S. offices are located at 10260 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas 77042, and our telephone number at that address is (281) 966-7300. (713) 463-9776. Our website address is www.franksinternational.comwww.expro.com, and we make available free of charge through our website our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Proxy Statements, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after such materials are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Our website also includes general information about us, including our Corporate Code of Business Conduct, and Ethics, Financial Code of Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines, Whistleblower Policy and charters for the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee of our Board of Supervisory Directors.Directors (our “Board”). We may from time to time provide important disclosures to investors by posting them in the investor relations section of our website, as allowed by SECSecurities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules. Also, it is our intention to provide disclosure of amendments and waivers by website posting. Information on our website or any other website is not incorporated by reference herein and does not constitute a part of this report.


Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol (“FI”).


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Information about Our Executive Officers and Other Key Employees

The following table sets forth, as of February 28, 2022, the names, ages and experience of our executive officers and other key employees, including all offices and positions held by each for the past five years.

NameAgeCurrent Position and Five-Year Business Experience
Michael Jardon52President and Chief Executive Officer and Director, since October 2021; Chief Executive Officer, Legacy Expro, from April 2016 to October 2021; various technical and executive roles, Legacy Expro, Vallourec and Schlumberger Limited, from 1992 to 2016.
Quinn Fanning58Chief Financial Officer, since October 2021; Chief Financial Officer, Legacy Expro, from October 2019 to October 2021; Executive Vice President, Tidewater Inc., from July 2008 to March 2019, Chief Financial Officer, Tidewater Inc., from July 2008 to November 2018; investment banker with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., from 1996 to 2008.
Alistair Geddes59Chief Operating Officer, since October 2021; Chief Operating Officer, Legacy Expro, from 2019 to October 2021; Executive Vice President, Product Lines, Technology and Business Development, Legacy Expro, from 2014 to 2019; various technical and executive roles, Expro, ExxonMobil, BG Group and Weatherford International plc from 1984 to 2014.
Steven Russell54Chief Technology Officer, since October 2021; Senior Vice President, Operations, Frank’s, from November 2019 to October 2021; President, Tubular Running Services, Frank’s, from June 2018 to November 2019; Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Frank’s, May 2017 to June 2018; Vice President, Human Resources, Archer Ltd., from January 2011 to May 2017; various technical and executive roles, Schlumberger Limited, from 1990 to 2011.
John McAlister55General Counsel and Secretary, since October 2021; Group General Counsel, Legacy Expro, from June 2006 to October 2021; solicitor, Clifford Chance, and various executive roles, BG Group, Lattice Group plc and National Grid plc, from 1991 to 2006.
Michael Bentham59Principal Accounting Officer, since October 2021; Principal Accounting Officer and Vice President, Legacy Expro, from October 2019 to October 2021; Chief Financial Officer, Legacy Expro, from July 2017 to October 2019; IDS Product Line Controller, Schlumberger Limited, from July 2016 to July 2017; Vice President Finance MI Swaco, Schlumberger Limited, from August 2012 to June 2016.
Nigel Lakey63Senior Vice President, Portfolio Advancement, since October 2021; Senior Vice President, Technology, Frank’s, from November 2019 to October 2021; and President, Tubular and Drilling Technologies, Frank’s, from June 2018 to October 2019.
Keith Palmer62Primary Integration Lead, since October 2021; Primary Integration Lead, Legacy Expro, from September 2021 to October 2021; Executive Vice President – Product Lines, Legacy Expro, from May 2019 to September 2021; Vice President Asia Pacific, Legacy Expro, from May 2016 to May 2019; President Expro PTI, Legacy Expro, from January 2015 to May 2016.
Natalie Questell48Senior Vice President, Human Resources, since October 2021; Vice President of Human Resources, Frank’s, from June 2018 to October 2021; Director of Global Total Rewards and HRIS, Frank’s, from 2015 to June 2018.
Karen David-Green53Chief Communications, Stakeholder, and Sustainability Officer, since October 2021; Chief Communications, Stakeholder, and Sustainability Officer, Legacy Expro, from June 2021 to October 2021; previously Senior Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Chief Marketing Officer, Weatherford International plc.

SUMMARY RISK FACTORS


Our business is subject to varying degrees of risk and uncertainty. Investors should consider the risks and uncertainties summarized below, as well as the risks and uncertainties discussed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect us. If any of these risks occur, our business, financial condition orand results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.


Our business is subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties:


Risks Related to Our Business and Operations
Our business depends on the level of activity in the oil and gas industry, which is significantly affected by oil and gas prices and other factors.
The recent downturns in the oil and gas industry have negatively affected, and will likely continue to affect, our ability to accurately predict customer demand, causing us to potentially hold excess or obsolete inventory and experience a reduction in gross margins and financial results.
Physical dangers are inherent in our operations and may expose us to significant potential losses. Personnel and property may be harmed during the process of drilling for oil and gas.
We are vulnerable to risks associated with our offshore operations that could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our international operations and revenue expose us to political, economic and other uncertainties inherent to international business.
To compete in our industry, we must continue to develop new technologies and products to support our operations, secure and maintain patents related to our current and new technologies and products and protect and enforce our intellectual property rights.
We may be exposed to unforeseen risks in our services and product manufacturing, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
We may be unable to employ a sufficient number of skilled and qualified workers to sustain or expand our current operations.
We operate in an intensively competitive industry, and if we fail to compete effectively, our business will suffer.
Our business depends upon our ability to source low cost raw materials and components, such as steel castings and forgings. Increased costs of raw materials and other components may result in increased operating expenses.

Our business depends on the level of activity in the oil and gas industry.

Physical dangers are inherent in our operations and may expose us to significant potential losses. Personnel and property may be harmed during the process of drilling for and producing oil and gas.

We are particularly vulnerable to risks associated with our offshore operations.

Our operations and revenue expose us to political, economic and other uncertainties inherent in doing business in each of the countries in which we operate.

To compete in our industry, we must continue to develop new technologies and products to support our operations, secure and maintain patents related to our current and new technologies and products and protect and enforce our intellectual property rights.

Our services and products are provided in connection with operations that are subject to potential hazards inherent in the oil and gas industry, and, as a result, we are exposed to potential liabilities that may affect our financial condition and reputation.

We may not be fully indemnified against financial losses in all circumstances.

The industry in which we operate has undergone and may continue to undergo consolidation. 

We are subject to the risk of supplier concentration.

Seasonal and weather conditions, as well as natural disasters, could adversely affect demand for our services and products and could result in severe property damage or materially and adversely disrupt our operations.

Investor and public perception related to the Company’s environment, social, and governance (“ESG”) performance as well as current and future ESG reporting requirements, may affect our business and our operating results.

Events outside of our control, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have and may further materially adversely affect our business.

Our business could be negatively affected by cybersecurity threats and other disruptions.

Our executive officers and certain key personnel are critical to our business, and these officers and key personnel may not remain with us in the future.

If we are unable to adapt our business to the effects of the energy transition in a timely and effective manner, our financial condition and results of operations could be negatively impacted.

Risks Related to the risk of supplier concentration.Merger

The failure to integrate successfully the businesses of Frank’s and Legacy Expro could adversely affect the Company’s future results.

The combined company’s ability to utilize the historic U.S. net operating loss carryforwards of Frank’s and of Legacy Expro may be limited.

Certain of the shareholders of the Company have the ability to exercise significant influence over certain corporate actions.

Our services and products are provided in connection with operations that are subject to potential hazards inherent in the oil and gas industry, and, as a result, we are exposed to potential liabilities that may affect our financial condition and reputation.

We may not be fully indemnified against financial losses in all circumstances where damage to or loss of property, personal injury, death or environmental harm occur.
We may incur liabilities, fines, penalties or additional costs, or we may be unable to provide services to certain customers, if we do not maintain safe operations.
Our business is dependent on capital spending by our customers, and reductions in capital spending in response to declining commodity prices will have a material adverse effect on our business.
Events outside of our control, including a pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease, such as the global outbreak of COVID-19, have materially adversely affected, and may further materially adversely affect, our business.

Risks Related to Accounting and Financial Matters

Customer credit risks could result in losses.

If our assets are impaired, we may be required to record significant non-cash charges to our earnings.

Restrictions in the agreement governing our Revolving Credit Facility (“RCF”) could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and stock price. 

Our exposure to currency exchange rate fluctuations may result in fluctuations in our cash flows and could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Customer credit risks could result in losses.
If our long-lived assets, goodwill, other intangible assets and other assets are impaired, we may be required to record significant non-cash charges to our earnings.
Restrictions in the agreement governing our ABL Credit Facility could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


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Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Requirements

Our operations and our customers’ operations are subject to a variety of governmental laws and regulations that may increase our costs, limit the demand for our services and products or restrict our operations.

Our operations are subject to environmental and operational safety laws and regulations that may expose us to significant costs and liabilities.

Our operations may be adversely affected by various laws and regulations in countries in which we operate relating to the equipment and operation of drilling units, oil and gas exploration and development, as well as import and export activities.

The imposition of restrictions or prohibitions on drilling by any governing body may have a material adverse effect on our business.

There are various risks associated with greenhouse gases and climate change legislation or regulations that could result in increased operating costs and reduced demand for our services.

We are required to comply with a number of complex laws pertaining to business conduct, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar legislation enacted by Governments outside the U.S.

Data protection and regulations related to privacy, data protection and information security could increase our costs.

Our operations and our customers’ operations are subject to a variety of governmental laws and regulations that may increase our costs, limit the demand for our services and products or restrict our operations.

Our operations are subject to environmental and operational safety laws and regulations that may expose us to significant costs and liabilities.
Our operations may be adversely affected by various laws and regulations in countries in which we operate relating to the equipment and operation of drilling units, oil and gas exploration and development, as well as import and export activities.
The imposition of stringent restrictions or prohibitions on offshore drilling by any governing body may have a material adverse effect on our business.
There are various risks associated with greenhouse gases and climate change legislation or regulations that could result in increased operating costs and reduced demand for our services.
Legislation, rules, executive actions or regulatory initiatives restricting the use of hydraulic fracturing could reduce demand for our services and products.
Our operations in countries outside of the United States are subject to a number of U.S. federal laws and regulations, including restrictions imposed by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, as well as trade sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Commerce Department.
We are subject to extensive government laws and regulations concerning our employees, and the cost of compliance with such laws and regulations can be material.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
We are a holding company and our sole material assets are our direct and indirect equity interests in our operating subsidiaries, and we are accordingly dependent upon distributions from such subsidiaries to pay taxes and our corporate and other overhead expenses, make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, and pay dividends.
The Mosing family holds a significant minority of the total voting power of the Company’s common stock and, accordingly, could have substantial control over selection of certain board positions.
The Mosing family may have interests that conflict with holders of shares of our common stock.
We are required under the Tax Receivable Agreement to pay Mosing Holdings for certain tax benefits we may claim, and the amounts we may pay could be significant. Although we may defer certain payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement to the extent we do not have sufficient cash to make such payments, any such unpaid obligation accrues interest, and we are prohibited from paying dividends on our common stock during any such deferral period.
In certain cases, including in connection with certain mergers or other changes of control, payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement to Mosing Holdings may be accelerated and may significantly exceed the actual benefits, if any, we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the Tax Receivable Agreement.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

Our declaration of dividends is within the discretion of our Board, and subject to certain limitations under Dutch law and our financing agreements, and there can be no assurance that we will pay dividends.

As a Dutch company with limited liability, the rights of our shareholders may be different from the rights of shareholders in companies governed by the laws of U.S. jurisdictions.

Our articles of association and Dutch corporate law contain provisions that may discourage a takeover attempt.

It may be difficult for you to obtain or enforce judgments against us or some of our executive officers and directors in the United States or the Netherlands. 

Future sales of our common stock in the public market could lower our stock price, and any additional capital raised by us through the sale of equity may dilute your ownership in us.

Our declaration of dividends is within the discretion of our management board, with the approval of our supervisory board, and subject to certain limitations under Dutch law, and there can be no assurance that we will pay dividends.
As a Dutch company with limited liability, the rights of our shareholders may be different from the rights of shareholders in companies governed by the laws of U.S. agencies.
Our articles of association and Dutch corporate law contain provisions that may discourage a takeover attempt.

Risks Related to Tax Matters
Changes in tax laws, treaties or regulations or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our tax returns could adversely affect our financial results.
We are a Netherlands limited liability company, and our U.S. holders may be subject to certain anti-deferral rules under U.S. tax law. For instance, U.S. tax authorities could treat us as a “passive foreign investment company,” which could have adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders.
U.S. “anti-inversion” tax laws could adversely affect our results, result in a reduced amount of foreign tax credit for U.S. holders, or limit future acquisitions of U.S. businesses.

Changes in tax laws, treaties or regulations or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our tax returns could adversely affect our financial results.

We are a Netherlands limited liability company classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and our U.S. holders may be subject to certain anti-deferral rules under U.S. tax law.

U.S. “anti-inversion” tax laws could adversely affect our results, result in a reduced amount of foreign tax credit for U.S. holders, or limit future acquisitions of U.S. businesses.


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Item 1A. Risk Factors


You should carefully consider the risks described below together with the other information contained in this Form 10-K. Realization of any of the following risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.


Risks Related to Our Business and Operations


Our business depends on the level of activity in the oil and gas industry, which is significantly affected by oil and gas prices and other factors.


industry.

Our business depends on the level of activity in oil and gas exploration, development and production in market sectors worldwide. Oil and gas prices and market expectations of potential changes in these prices significantly affect this level of activity. However, higher commodity prices do not necessarily translate into increased drilling or well construction and completion activity, since customers’ expectations of future commodity prices typically drive demand for our services and products. The availability of quality drilling prospects, exploration success, relative production costs, the stage of reservoir development and political and regulatory environments also affect the demand for our services and products. Worldwide military, political and economic events have in the past contributed to oil and gas price volatility and continue to do so at present. In addition, the effects of epidemics and concerns, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, has materially impacted the demand for crude oil and natural gas, which has contributed to further price volatility. Average daily prices for New York Mercantile Exchange West Texas IntermediateBrent crude oil ranged from a low of approximately $50 per barrel in January 2021 to a high of approximately $63/Bbl$86 per barrel in January 2020 to a lowOctober 2021. Even during periods of negative $37/Bbl in April 2020. This significant decline in crude oilhigh prices has largely been attributable to the global outbreak of COVID-19, which has reduced demand for oil and natural gas, because of significantly reduced global and national economic activity. Additionally, in March 2020, Saudi Arabia and Russia failed to agree on a plan to cut production ofcompanies exploring for oil and gas within OPECmay cancel or curtail programs, seek to renegotiate contract terms, including the price of our products and Russia. Subsequently, Saudi Arabia announced plans to increaseservices, or reduce their levels of capital expenditures for exploration and production to record levels and reduce thefor a variety of reasons. These risks are greater during periods of low or declining commodity prices. As a result of declining commodity prices, at which they sold oil. Saudi Arabia and Russia subsequently announced production cuts, but even with such cuts oil prices could remain at current levels, or decline further, for an extended period of time. We cannot predict whether or when oil production and economic activities will return to normalized levels. If current levels are sustained or decline further, certain of our customers may be unable to pay their vendors and service providers, including us, as a resultus. In addition, the transition of the decline in commodity prices.global energy sector from primarily a fossil fuel-based system to renewable energy sources could affect our customers’ levels of expenditures. Reduced activity in our areas of operation as a result of decreased capital spending could have a negative long-term impact on our business, even in an environment of stronger oil and natural gas prices.


The demand for our services and products may also be generally affected by numerous factors, including:


the level of worldwide oil and gas exploration and production;
the cost of exploring for, producing and delivering oil and gas;
demand for energy, which is affected by worldwide economic activity and population growth;
the level of excess production capacity;
the discovery rate of new oil and gas reserves;
the ability of OPEC to set and maintain production levels for oil;
the level of production by non-OPEC countries;
global or national health concerns, including health epidemics such as the outbreak of COVID-19 at the beginning of 2020;
the location of oil and gas drilling and production activity, including the relative amounts of activity onshore and offshore;
the technical specifications of wells including depth of wells and complexity of well design;
U.S. and global political and economic uncertainty or inactivity, socio-political unrest and instability or hostilities;
demand for, availability of and technological viability of, alternative sources of energy; and
technological advances affecting energy exploration, production, transportation and consumption.

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the supply and demand for energy and the resulting level of worldwide oil and gas exploration and production;

the cost of exploring for, producing and delivering oil and gas;

the ability of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”) and OPEC+ to set and maintain production levels for oil;

the level of production by non-OPEC countries;

global or national health concerns, including health epidemics such as the outbreak of COVID-19;

the location of oil and gas drilling and production activity, including the relative amounts of activity onshore and offshore;

the technical specifications of wells including depth of wells and complexity of well design;

U.S. and global political and economic uncertainty or inactivity, socio-political unrest and instability or hostilities;

demand for, availability of and technological viability of, alternative sources of energy; and

technological advances affecting energy exploration, production, transportation and consumption.

Demand for our offshore services and products substantially depends on the level of activity in offshore oil and gas exploration, development and production. The level of offshore activity is historically cyclical and characterized by large fluctuations in response to relatively minor changes in a variety of factors, including oil and gas prices, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


A significant amount of our U.S. onshore business is focused on unconventional shale resource plays. The demand for those services and products is substantially affected by oil and gas prices and market expectations of potential changes in these prices. If commodity prices remain depressed, demand for our services and products in the U.S. onshore market could be reduced, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Any actual or anticipated reduction in oil or gas prices may reduce the level of exploration, drilling and production activities. Prolonged low oil prices have resulted in softer demand for our products and services and if prices remain at current levels, demand could be further reduced. Additionally, we have reduced pricing in some of our customer contracts in light of the volatility of the oil and gas market.

Furthermore, the oil and gas industry has historically experienced periodic downturns, which have been characterized by reduced demand for oilfield products and services and downward pressure on the prices we charge. A significant downturn in the oil and gas industry has adversely affected the demand for oilfield services and our business, financial condition and results of operations since late 2014. In the first and second quarters of 2020, demand further decreased due to the COVID-19 outbreak and increased oil production out of Saudi Arabia and Russia. With the continued downturn, demand for our products and services has not returned to the levels experienced prior to late 2014. We cannot be assured that there will be a significant recovery in the demand for our products and services to equal or approach levels experienced prior to the downturn.

The recent downturns in the oil and gas industry have negatively affected, and will likely continue to affect, our ability to accurately predict customer demand, causing us to potentially hold excess or obsolete inventory and experience a reduction in gross margins and financial results.

We may not be able to accurately predict what or how many products our customers will need in the future. Orders are placed with our suppliers based on forecasts of customer demand and, in some instances, we may establish buffer inventories to accommodate anticipated demand. Our forecasts of customer demand are based on multiple assumptions, each of which may introduce errors into the estimates. In addition, many of our suppliers require a longer lead time to provide products than our customers demand for delivery of our finished products. If we overestimate customer demand, we may allocate resources to the purchase of material or manufactured products that we may not be able to sell when we expect to, if at all. As a result, we would hold excess or obsolete inventory, which would reduce gross margin and adversely affect financial results. We overestimated customer demand for our pipe and connectors inventory, and this resulted in a material impairment charge in 2017. Conversely, if we underestimate customer demand or if insufficient manufacturing capacity is available, we would miss revenue opportunities and potentially lose market share and damage our customer relationships. In addition, any future significant cancellations or deferrals of product orders or the return of previously sold products could materially and adversely affect profit margins, increase product obsolescence and restrict our ability to fund our operations. Recently, the uncertainty surrounding the duration and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic along with the market volatility due to variable oil production from Russia and Saudi Arabia have further decreased our ability to accurately estimate demand for our services and products. In particular, sporadic suspensions of activity in certain locations due to local outbreaks of COVID-19 are difficult or impossible to anticipate, and can cause interruption of revenue and delays in availability of equipment and personnel for subsequent work, interfering with our ability to plan allocation of resources over time.


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Physical dangers are inherent in our operations and may expose us to significant potential losses. Personnel and property may be harmed during the process of drilling for and producing oil and gas.


Drilling for and producing oil and gas, and the associated services that we provide, include inherent dangers that may lead to property damage, personal injury, death or the discharge of hazardous materials into the environment. Many of these events are outside our control. Typically, we provide services at a well site where our personnel and equipment are located together with personnel and equipment of our customers and third parties, such asincluding other service providers. At many sites, we depend on other companies and personnel to conduct drilling operations in accordance with applicable environmental laws and regulations and appropriate safety standards. From time to time, personnel are injured or equipment or property is damaged or destroyed as a result of accidents, failed equipment, faulty products or services, failure of safety measures, uncontained formation pressures, or other dangers inherent in drilling for oil and gas. Often, our services are deployed on more challenging prospects, particularly deepwater offshore drilling sites, where the occurrence of the types of events mentioned above can have an even more catastrophic impact on people, equipment and the environment. Such events may expose us to significant potential losses, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


We are particularly vulnerable to risks associated with our offshore operations that could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.


We conduct offshore operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and almost every significant international offshore market, including Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region and several other producing regions.market. Our operations and financial results could be significantly impacted by conditions in some of these areas because we are vulnerable to certain unique risks associated with operating offshore, including those relating to:


hurricanes, ocean currents and other adverse weather conditions;
terrorist attacks and piracy;
failure of offshore equipment and facilities;
local and international political and economic conditions and policies and regulations related to offshore drilling;
territorial disputes involving sovereignty over offshore oil and gas fields;
unavailability of offshore drilling rigs in the markets that we operate;
the cost of offshore exploration for, and production and transportation of, oil and gas;
successful exploration for, and production and transportation of, oil and gas from onshore sources;
the availability and rate of discovery of new oil and gas reserves in offshore areas;
the availability of infrastructure to support oil and gas operations; and
the ability of oil and gas companies to generate or otherwise obtain funds for exploration and production.

hurricanes, ocean currents and other adverse weather conditions;

terrorist attacks and piracy;

failure of offshore equipment and facilities;

local and international political and economic conditions and policies and regulations related to offshore drilling;

territorial disputes involving sovereignty over offshore oil and gas fields;

unavailability of offshore drilling rigs in the markets that we operate;

the cost of offshore exploration for, and production and transportation of, oil and gas;

successful exploration for, and production and transportation of, oil and gas from onshore sources;

the availability and rate of discovery of new oil and gas reserves in offshore areas;

the availability of infrastructure to support oil and gas operations; and

the ability of oil and gas companies to generate or otherwise obtain funds for exploration and production.

While the impact of these factors is difficult to predict, any one or more of these factors could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Our international operations and revenue expose us to political, economic and other uncertainties inherent to international business.


in doing business in each of the countries in which we operate.

We have substantial international operations, and we intendare exposed to grow those operations further. For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, international operations accounted for approximately 60%, 49% and 46%, respectively, of our revenue. Our international operations are subject to a number of risks inherent in anydoing business operating in foreigneach of the countries in which we operate, including, but not limited to, the following:


political, social and economic instability;

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potential expropriation, seizure or nationalization of assets, and trapped assets;
deprivation of contract rights;
increased operating costs;
inability to collect revenue due to shortages of convertible currency;
unwillingness of foreign governments to make new onshore and offshore areas available for drilling;
civil unrest and protests, strikes, acts of terrorism, war or other armed conflict;
import/export quotas;
confiscatory taxation or other adverse tax policies;
continued application of foreign tax treaties;
currency exchange controls;
currency exchange rate fluctuations and devaluations;
restrictions on the repatriation of funds; and
other forms of government regulation which are beyond our control.

political, social and economic instability;

potential expropriation, seizure or nationalization of assets, and trapped assets;

deprivation of contract rights;

increased operating costs;

inability to collect revenue due to shortages of convertible currency;

unwillingness of foreign governments to make new onshore and offshore areas available for drilling;

civil unrest and protests, strikes, acts of terrorism, war or other armed conflict;

import/export quotas;

confiscatory taxation or other adverse tax policies;

continued application of foreign tax treaties;

currency exchange controls;

currency exchange rate fluctuations and devaluations;

inflation;

restrictions on the repatriation of funds; and

other forms of government regulation which are beyond our control.

Instability and disruptions in the political, regulatory, economic and social conditions of the foreign countries in which we conduct business, including economically and politically volatile areas such as Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Latin America and the Asia Pacific region, could cause or contribute to factors that could have an adverse effect on the demand for the products and services we provide. Worldwide political, economic, and military events have contributed to oil and gas price volatility and are likely to continue to do so in the future. Depending on the market prices of oil and gas, oil and gas exploration and development companies may cancel or curtail their drilling or other programs, thereby reducing demand for our services.


In addition, in some countries our local managers may be personally liable for the acts of the Company, and may be subject to prosecution, detention, and the assessment of monetary levies, fines or penalties, or other actions by local governments in their individual capacity. Any such actions taken against our local managers could cause disruption of our business and operations, and could cause us to incur significant costs.


While the impact of these factors is difficult to predict, any one or more of these factors could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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To compete in our industry, we must continue to develop new technologies and products to support our operations, secure and maintain patents related to our current and new technologies and products and protect and enforce our intellectual property rights.


The markets for our services and products are characterized by continual technological developments. While we believe that the proprietary equipment we have developed provides us with technological advancesadvantages in providing services to our customers, substantial improvements in the scope and quality of the equipment in the market we operate may occur over a short period of time. In addition, alternative products and services may be developed which may compete with or displace our products and services. If we are not able to develop commercially competitive products in a timely manner in response, our ability to service our customers’ demands may be adversely affected. Our future ability to develop new equipment in order to support our servicesoperations depends on our ability to design and produce equipment that allow us to meet the needs of our customers and third parties on an integrated basis and obtain and maintain patent protection.


We may encounter resource constraints, technical barriers, or other difficulties that would delay introduction of new services and products in the future. Our competitors may introduce new products or obtain patents before we do and achieve a competitive advantage. Additionally, the time and expense invested in product development may not result in commercial applications.



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We currently hold multiple U.S. and international patents and have multiple pending patent applications for products and processes. Patent rights give the owner of a patent the right to exclude third parties from making, using, selling, and offering for sale the inventions claimed in the patents in the applicable country. Patent rights do not necessarily grant the owner of a patent the right to practice the invention claimed in a patent, but merely the right to exclude others from practicing the invention claimed in the patent. It may also be possible for a third party to design around our patents. Furthermore, patent rights have strict territorial limits. Some of our work will be conducted in international waters and would, therefore, not fall within the scope of any country’s patent jurisdiction. We may not be able to enforce our patents against infringement occurring in international waters and other “non-covered” territories. Also, we do not have patents in every jurisdiction in which we conduct business and our patent portfolio will not protect all aspects of our business and may relate to obsolete or unusual methods, which would not prevent third parties from entering the same market.


We attempt to limit access to and distribution of our technology and trade secrets by customarily entering into confidentiality agreements with our employees, customers and potential customers and suppliers. However, our rights in our confidential information, trade secrets, and confidential know-how will not prevent third parties from independently developing similar information. Publicly available information (for example, information in expired issued patents, published patent applications, and scientific literature) can also be used by third parties to independently develop technology. We cannot provide assurance that this independently developed technology will not be equivalent or superior to our proprietary technology.


In addition, we may become involved in legal proceedings from time to time to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights. Third parties from time to time may initiate litigation against us by asserting that the conduct of our business infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates intellectual property rights. We may not prevail in any such legal proceedings related to such claims, and our products and services may be found to infringe, impair, misappropriate, dilute or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others. Any legal proceeding concerning intellectual property could be protracted and costly and is inherently unpredictable and could have a material adverse effect on our business, regardless of its outcome. Further, our intellectual property rights may not have the value that management believes them to have and such value may change over time as we and others develop new product designs and improvements.


We may be exposed to unforeseen risks in our services and product manufacturing, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

We operate a number of manufacturing facilities to support our operations. In addition, we also manufacture certain products, including large OD pipe connectors and cementing products that we sell directly to external customers. The equipment and management systems necessary for such operations may break down, perform poorly or fail, resulting in fluctuations in manufacturing efficiencies. In addition, in the event of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers at a manufacturing facility, all or some of the workers at the facility might become temporarily unavailable due to required public health measures. Any such disruptions caused by equipment or personnel availability could negatively impact our ability to manufacture and timely deliver products to our customers or our field operations, which could materially and negatively impact the results of our operations. In addition, in such circumstances our customers might cancel purchase orders for failure to timely deliver the products, potentially leading to us holding excess or obsolete inventory, which would reduce gross margin and adversely affect financial results.

Fluctuations in our manufacturing process and inaccurate estimates and assumptions used in our projects may occur due to factors out of our control, resulting in cost overruns, which we may be required to absorb and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Such fluctuations or incorrect estimates may affect our ability to deliver services and products to our customers on a timely basis and we may suffer financial penalties and a diminution of our commercial reputation and future product orders, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.


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We are subject to the risk of supplier concentration.

Certain of our product lines in the Tubulars segment and Cementing Equipment segment depend on a limited number of third party suppliers. The suppliers for the Tubulars segment are concentrated in Japan (2) and Germany (2) and are vendors for pipe (driven by customer requirements) while the three suppliers for the Cementing Equipment segment are concentrated in the U.S. As a result of this concentration in some of our supply chains, our business and operations could be negatively affected if our key suppliers were to experience significant disruptions affecting the price, quality, availability or timely delivery of their products. The partial or complete loss of any one of our key suppliers, or a significant adverse change in the relationship with any of these suppliers, through consolidation or otherwise, would limit our ability to manufacture or sell certain of our products.

Our services and products are provided in connection with operations that are subject to potential hazards inherent in the oil and gas industry, and, as a result, we are exposed to potential liabilities that may affect our financial condition and reputation.


Our services and products are provided in connection with potentially hazardous drilling, completion and production applications in the oil and gas industry where an accident can potentially have catastrophic consequences. This is particularly true in deepwater operations. Risks inherent to these applications, such as equipment malfunctions and failures, equipment misuse and defects, explosions, blowouts and uncontrollable flows of oil, gas or well fluids and natural disasters, on land or in deepwater or shallow water environments, can cause personal injury, loss of life, suspension of operations, damage to formations, damage to facilities, business interruption and damage to or destruction of property, surface water and drinking water resources, equipment, natural resources and the environment. If our services fail to meet specifications or are involved in accidents or failures, we could face warranty, contract, fines or other litigation claims, which could expose us to substantial liability for personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, loss of oil and gas production, pollution and other environmental damages. Our insurance policies may not be adequate to cover all liabilities. Further, insurance may not be generally available in the future or, if available, insurance premiums may make such insurance commercially unjustifiable. Moreover, even if we are successful in defending a claim, it could be time-consuming and costly to defend.


In addition, the frequency and severity of such incidents will affect operating costs, insurability and relationships with customers, employees and regulators. In particular, our customers may elect not to purchase our services if they view our safety record as unacceptable, which could cause us to lose customers and substantial revenue. In addition, these risks may be greater for us because we may acquire companies that have not allocated significant resources and management focus to safety and have a poor safety record requiring rehabilitative efforts during the integration process and we may incur liabilities for losses before such rehabilitation occurs.

We may not be fully indemnified against financial losses in all circumstances where damage to or loss of property, personal injury, death or environmental harm occur.


As is customary in our industry, our contracts typically provide that our customers indemnify us for claims arising from the injury or death of their employees, the loss or damage of their equipment, damage to the reservoir and pollution emanating from the customer’s equipment or from the reservoir (including uncontained oil flow from a reservoir). Conversely, we typically indemnify our customers for claims arising from the injury or death of our employees, the loss or damage of our equipment, or pollution emanating from our equipment. Our contracts typically provide that our customer will indemnify us for claims arising from catastrophic events, such as a well blowout, fire or explosion.


Our indemnification arrangements may not protect us in every case. For example, from time to time (i) we may enter into contracts with less favorable indemnities or perform work without a contract that protects us, (ii) our indemnity arrangements may be held unenforceable in some courts and jurisdictions or (iii) we may be subject to other claims brought by third parties or government agencies. Furthermore, the parties from which we seek indemnity may not be solvent, may become bankrupt, may lack resources or insurance to honor their indemnities, or


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may not otherwise be able to satisfy their indemnity obligations to us. The lack of enforceable indemnification could expose us to significant potential losses.

Further, our assets generally are not insured against loss from political violence such as war, terrorism or civil unrest. If any of our assets are damaged or destroyed as a result of an uninsured cause, we could recognize a loss of those assets.

We may incur liabilities, fines, penalties or additional costs, or we may be unable to provide services to certain customers, if we do not maintain safe operations.

If we fail to comply with safety regulations or maintain an acceptable level of safety in connection with our tubular or other well construction services, we may incur civil fines, penalties or other liabilities or may be held criminally liable. We expect to incur additional costs over time to upgrade equipment or conduct additional training or otherwise incur costs in connection with compliance with safety regulations. Failure to maintain safe operations or achieve certain safety performance metrics could disqualify us from doing business with certain customers, particularly major oil companies. Because we provide tubular and other well construction services to a large number of major oil companies, any such failure could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business is dependent on our ability to provide highly reliable and safe equipment. If our equipment does not meet statutory regulations, or equipment certification requirements, and/or our clients do not accept the quality of our equipment, we could encounter loss of contracts and/or loss of reputation, which could materially impact our operations and profitability. Further, the failure of our equipment could subject us to litigation, regulatory fines and/or adverse customer reaction. In addition, equipment certification requirements vary by region and changes in these requirements could impact our ability to operate in certain markets if our tools do not comply with these requirements.

The industry in which we operate is undergoing continuing consolidation thathas undergone and may impact results of operations.

continue to undergo consolidation. 
 
Some of our largest customers have consolidated in recent years and are using their size and purchasing power to achieve economies of scale and pricing concessions. This consolidation may result in reduced capital spending by such customers or the acquisition of one or more of our other primary customers, which may lead to decreased demand for our products and services. If we cannot maintain sales levels for customers that have consolidated or replace such revenue with increased business activities from other customers, this consolidation activity could have a significant negative impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We are unable to predict what effect consolidations in our industry may have on prices, capital spending by customers, selling strategies, competitive position, ability to retain customers or ability to negotiate favorable agreements with customers.

We are subject to the risk of supplier concentration.


OurCertain of our product lines depend on a limited number of third party suppliers. As a result of this concentration in some of our supply chains, our business is dependent on capital spending byand operations could be negatively affected if our customers, and reductions in capital spending in responsekey suppliers were to declining commodity prices will haveexperience significant disruptions affecting the price, quality, availability or timely delivery of their products. The partial or complete loss of any one of our key suppliers, or a materialsignificant adverse effect on our business.

Any change in capital expenditures bythe relationship with any of these suppliers, through consolidation or otherwise, would limit our customersability to manufacture or reductions in their capital spendingsell certain of our products.

Seasonal and weather conditions, as well as natural disasters, could directly impact our business by reducingadversely affect demand for our products and services and could have a material adverse effect on our business. Our customers are subject to risks which, in turn, could impact our business, including recent volatile oilproducts and gas prices caused by COVID-19 and the potential for increased oil production from Russia and Saudi Arabia, difficulty accessing capital on economically advantageous terms and adverse developments in their own business or operations. With respect to national oil company customers, we are also subject to risk of policy, regime and budgetary changes.



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An inability to obtain visas and work permits for our employees on a timely basis could negatively affect our operations and have an adverse effect on our business.

Our ability to provide services worldwide depends on our ability to obtain the necessary visas and work permits for our personnel to travel in and out of, and to work in, the jurisdictions in which we operate. Governmental actions in some of the jurisdictions in which we operate may make it difficult for us to move our personnel in and out of these jurisdictions by delaying or withholding the approval of these permits. If we are not able to obtain visas and work permits for the employees we need for conducting our tubular and other well construction services on a timely basis, we might not be able to perform our obligations under our contracts, which could allow our customers to cancel the contracts. If our customers cancel some of our contracts, and we are unable to secure new contracts on a timely basis and on substantially similar terms, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

We face risks related to natural disasters, which could result in severe property damage or materially and adversely disrupt our operations.

Weather can have a significant impact on demand as consumption of energy is seasonal, and any variation from normal weather patterns, such as cooler or warmer summers and winters, can have a significant impact on demand. Adverse weather conditions, such as hurricanes and ocean currents in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico or typhoons in the Asia Pacific region, may interrupt or curtail our operations or our customers’ operations, cause supply disruptions and result in a loss of revenue and damage to our equipment and facilities, which may or may not be insured. In addition, acute or chronic physical impacts of climate change, such as sea level rise, coastal storm surge, inland flooding from intense rainfall and hurricane-strength winds may damage our facilities. Extreme winter conditions in Canada, Russia, or the North Sea, or droughts in more arid regions in which we do business may interrupt or curtail our operations, or our customers’ operations, and affect travel required for our worldwide operations.


Someresult in a loss of our operations involve risks of, among other things, property damage, which could curtail our operations. For example, disruptions in operations or damage to a manufacturing plant could reduce our ability to produce products and satisfy customer demand. In particular, we have offices and manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas and Houma and Lafayette, Louisiana as well as in various places throughoutrevenue. If the Gulf Coast region of the United States. These offices and facilities are particularly susceptible to severe tropical storms, hurricanes and flooding, which may disrupt our operations. If one or more manufacturing facilities we own are damaged by severe weather or any other disaster, accident, catastrophe or event, our operations could be significantly interrupted. Similar interruptions could result from damage to production or other facilities that provide supplies or other raw materials to our plants or other stoppages arising from factors beyond our control. These interruptions might involve significant damage to property, among other things, and repairs might take from a week or less for a minor incident to many months or more for a major interruption.

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In addition, a portion of our business involves the movement of people and certain parts and supplies to or from foreign locations. Any restrictions on travel or shipments to and from foreign locations, due to the occurrence of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods or hurricanes, in these locations, could significantly disrupt our operations and decrease our ability to provide services to our customers. If a natural disaster were to impact a location where we have a high concentration of business and resources, our local facilities and workforce could be affected by such an occurrence or outbreak which could also significantly disrupt our operations and decrease our ability to provide services and products to our customers.


Investor and public perception related to the Companys ESG performance as well as current and future ESG reporting requirements may affect our business and our operating results.

Increasing focus on ESG factors has led to enhanced interest in, and review of performance results by investors, banks, institutional lenders and other stakeholders, and the potential for reputational risk. Regulatory requirements related to ESG or sustainability reporting have been issued in the European Union (“EU”) that apply to financial market participants, with implementation and enforcement starting in 2021. In the U.S., such regulations have been issued related to pension investments in California, and for the responsible investment of public funds in Illinois. Additional regulation is pending in other states. We expect regulatory requirements related to ESG matters to continue to expand globally. The Company is committed to transparent and comprehensive reporting of our sustainability performance. If we are not able to meet future sustainability reporting requirements of regulators or current and future expectations of investors, customers or other stakeholders, our business and ability to raise capital may be adversely affected.

Events outside of our control, including athe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease, such as the global outbreak of COVID-19, have materially adversely affected, and may further materially adversely affect our business.


We face risks related to pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks or other public health events that are outside of our control, and could significantly disrupt our operations and adversely affect our financial condition. For example, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant global outbreak of COVID-19 has reducedeconomic disruption, including in the U.S. and many other geographic areas where we operate, or where our customers are located or suppliers or vendors operate. As the global economy and demand for crude oil and natural gas becausecontinues to recover from the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the persistent effects from new variants, including Delta and Omicron, have further constrained recovery of global economic activity and has resulted in substantial volatility in demand for and market prices of crude oil and natural gas. Any prolonged period of economic slowdown or recession resulting from the negative effects of COVID-19 on economic and business prospects across the world may negatively impact crude oil prices and the demand for our products and services, and could have significant adverse consequences on our financial condition and the financial condition of our customers, suppliers and other counterparties.

While many governmental authorities have implemented multi-step policies towards the goal of reopening their economies, certain jurisdictions have reinstated certain restrictions due to a rise in COVID-19 cases as a result of new variants. We have experienced, and expect to continue to experience, some periodic disruptions to our business operations, as these government restrictions have significantly reduced globalimpacted, and national economic activity.may continue to impact, many sectors of the economy. Our business involves movement of people and certain parts and supplies to or from foreign locations, and the reinstatement of travel restrictions in certain countries where we operate, including the temporary closure of international borders, will continue to disrupt such movement and decrease our ability to provide products and services to our customers. In addition, the impactrisk of COVID-19 or other publicinfection and the associated health eventsrisks with the new variants of COVID-19 may adversely affect our operations or the health of our workforce and the workforces of our customers and service providers by rendering employees or contractors unable to work or unable to access our and their facilities for an indefinite period of time. On March 13, 2020, the United States declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, and several states, including Texas and Louisiana, and municipalities declared public health emergencies. Along with these declarations, there have been extraordinary and wide-ranging actions taken by international, federal, state and local public health and governmental authorities to contain and combat the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 in regions across the United States and the world, including mandates for many individuals to substantially restrict daily activities and for many businesses to curtail or cease normal operations. Our business involves movement of people and certain parts and supplies to or from foreign locations, and the travel restrictions many governments have imposed due to COVID-19 have significantly disrupted such movement and decreased our ability to provide


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products and services to our customers. To the extent COVID-19 continues or worsens, including potential seasonal increases, governments may impose additional similar restrictions.

work. 

In addition, the technology required for the corresponding transition to remote work increases our vulnerability to cybersecurity threats, including threats to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or to render data or systems unusable, the impact of which may have material adverse effects on our business and operations. See “—Our business could be negatively affected by cybersecurity threats and other disruptions.”


As
The ultimate impact of
the potential impact from COVID-19 pandemic is difficult to predict, and the extent to which it may negatively affect our operating results or the duration of any potential business disruption is uncertain. Any potential impact will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and any new information that may emerge regarding the severity and duration of COVID-19, seasonal variation of COVID-19, andvariants, the actions taken by authorities to contain it or treat its impact, and the impact on overall economic activity, all of which are beyonduncertain and are outside of our control. These potential impacts, while uncertain, could adversely affect our operating results.

Our business could be negatively affected by cybersecurity threats and other disruptions.


We rely heavily on information systems to conduct and protect our business. These information systems are increasingly subject to sophisticated cybersecurity threats such as unauthorized access to data and systems, loss or destruction of data (including confidential customer information), computer viruses, ransomware, or other malicious code, phishing and cyberattacks, and other similar events. These threats arise from numerous sources, not all of which are within our control, including fraud or malice on the part of third parties, accidental technological failure, electrical or telecommunication outages, failures of computer servers or other damage to our property or assets, or outbreaks of hostilities or terrorist acts.


Given the rapidly evolving nature of cyber threats, there can be no assurance that the systems we have designed and implemented to prevent or limit the effects of cyber incidents or attacks will be sufficient in preventing all such incidents or attacks, or avoiding a material impact to our systems when such incidents or attacks do occur. If we were to be subject to a cyber incident or attack in the future, it could result in the disclosure of confidential or proprietary customer information, theft or loss of intellectual property, damage to our reputation with our customers and the market, failure to meet customer requirements or customer dissatisfaction, theft or exposure to litigation, damage to equipment (which could cause environmental or safety issues) and other financial costs and losses. In addition, as cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, we may be required to devote additional resources to continue to enhance our protective measures or to investigate or remediate any cybersecurity vulnerabilities.


Seasonal and weather conditions could adversely affect demand for our services and products.

Weather can have a significant impact on demand as consumption of energy is seasonal, and any variation from normal weather patterns, such as cooler or warmer summers and winters, can have a significant impact on demand. Adverse weather conditions, such as hurricanes and ocean currents in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico or typhoons in the Asia Pacific region, may interrupt or curtail our operations, or our customers’ operations, cause supply disruptions and result in a loss of revenue and damage to our equipment and facilities, which may or may not be insured. Extreme winter conditions in Canada, Russia, or the North Sea, or droughts in more arid regions in which we do business may interrupt or curtail our operations, or our customers’ operations, and result in a loss of revenue.

We may be unable to identify or complete acquisitions or strategic alliances.

We expect that acquisitions and strategic alliances will be an important element of our business strategy going forward. We can give no assurance that we will be able to identify and acquire additional businesses or negotiate with suitable venture partners in the future on terms favorable to us or that we will be able to integrate successfully the assets and operations of acquired businesses with our own business. Any inability on our part to integrate and manage the growth of acquired businesses may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


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Our executive officers and certain key personnel are critical to our business, and these officers and key personnel may not remain with us in the future.


Our future success depends in substantial part

We depend greatly on our ability to hire and retainthe efforts of our executive officers and other key personnel who possess extensive expertise, talent and leadership and are criticalemployees to manage our success.operations. The diminutionloss or lossunavailability of the servicesany of these individuals,our executive officers or other integral key personnel affiliated with entities that we acquire in the future,employees could have a material adverse effect on our business. The public health concerns posed by COVID-19 could pose a risk to our employees and may render our employees

If we are unable to work or travel. The full extent to which COVID-19 may impact our employees, and subsequentlyadapt our business cannot be predicted at this time. We continue to monitor the situation, have actively implemented policies and practices to address the situation, and may adjust our current policies and practices as more information and guidance become available. Furthermore, we may not be able to enforce alleffects of the provisionsenergy transition in agreementsa timely and effective manner, our financial condition and results of operations could be negatively impacted.

The transition of the global energy sector from primarily a fossil fuel-based system to renewable energy sources could affect our customers’ levels of expenditures. Our business will need to adapt to changing customer preferences and government requirements. If the energy transition occurs faster than anticipated or in a manner we have entered into with certain of our executive officers, and such agreements maydo not otherwise be effective in retaining such individuals. In addition, we may not be able to retain key employees of entities that we acquire in the future. This may impact our ability to successfully integrate or operate the assets we acquire.


Control of oil and gas reserves by state-owned oil companies may impact theanticipate, demand for our services and products and create additional risks in our operations.

Much of the world’s oil and gas reserves are controlled by state-owned oil companies, and we provide services and products for a number of those companies. State-owned oil companies may require their contractors to meet local content requirements or other local standards, such as joint ventures, that could be difficultadversely affected. In addition, if we fail or undesirableare perceived to not effectively implement an energy transition strategy, or if investors, banks or institutional lenders shift funding away from companies in fossil fuel-related industries, our access to capital or the market for usour securities could be negatively impacted.

Risks Relating to meet. the Merger

The failure to meetintegrate successfully the local content requirementsbusinesses of Franks and Legacy Expro could adversely affect the Companys future results.

The Merger involves the integration of two companies that prior to October 1, 2021, operated independently. The success of the Merger will depend -- in large part -- on the ability of the combined company to realize the anticipated benefits, including cost savings, among others, from combining the businesses of Frank’s and Legacy Expro. To realize these anticipated benefits, the businesses of Frank’s and Legacy Expro must be successfully integrated. This integration will be complex and time-consuming. The failure to integrate successfully and to manage successfully the challenges presented by the integration process may result in the combined company not achieving the anticipated benefits of the Merger.
 
In particular, the Company may fail to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies expected from the Merger, which could adversely affect its business, financial condition and operating results. The success of the Merger will depend, in significant part, on the combined company’s ability to successfully integrate the acquired business and realize the anticipated strategic benefits and synergies from the combination. Company management believes that the Merger will provide operational and financial scale, increasing free cash flow, and enhancing the combined company’s corporate returns on invested capital. However, achieving these goals requires, among other things, realization of the targeted cost synergies expected from the Merger. The anticipated benefits of the Merger and actual operating, technological, strategic and revenue opportunities may not be realized fully or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected. If the Company is not able to achieve these objectives and realize the anticipated benefits and synergies expected from the Merger within the anticipated timing or at all, the combined company’s business, financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected.
 
The Company will also incur significant integration-related costs and there is potential for unknown liabilities, unforeseen expenses, delays associated with post-Merger integration activities and performance shortfalls of the combined company as a result of the diversion of management’s attention caused by completing the Merger and integrating the companies’ operations. Many of the expenses that will be incurred, by their nature, are difficult to estimate accurately at the present time. Additionally, there are a large number of processes, policies, procedures, operations, technologies and systems that must be integrated, including accounting and finance, asset management, benefits, billing, health, safety and environmental, human resources, maintenance, marketing, payroll and purchasing. The expenses of integrating these systems could, particularly in the near term, exceed the savings that the combined company expects to achieve from the elimination of duplicative expenses and the realization of economies of scale and cost savings.

Any of these difficulties in successfully integrating the businesses of Frank’s and Legacy Expro, or any delays in the integration process, could adversely affect the combined company’s ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of the Merger and could adversely affect the combined company’s business, financial results, financial condition and stock price. 

The combined company’s ability to utilize the historic U.S. net operating loss carryforwards of Frank’s and of Legacy Expro may be limited.
 
As of December 31, 2021, Frank’s and Legacy Expro had U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) of approximately $447.4 million and $98.2 million, respectively, net of existing Section 382 (as defined below) limitations. $156.4 million and $30.8 million, respectively, of these NOLs were incurred prior to January 1, 2018 and will begin to expire, if unused, in 2036 and 2022, respectively. $291.0 million and $67.4 million of these NOLs were incurred on or after January 1, 2018 and will not expire and will be carried forward indefinitely. The combined company’s ability to utilize these NOLs
and other local standardstax attributes to reduce future taxable income following the consummation of the Merger depends on many factors, including its future income, which cannot be assured. Section 382 of the Code (“Section 382”) generally imposes an annual limitation on the amount of NOLs that may be used to offset taxable income when a corporation has undergone an “ownership change” (as determined under Section 382). An ownership change generally occurs if one or more stockholders (or groups of stockholders) who are each deemed to own at least 5% of such corporation’s stock increase their ownership by more than 50 percentage points over their lowest ownership percentage within a rolling three-year period. In the event that an ownership change occurs, utilization of the relevant corporation’s NOLs would be subject to an annual limitation under Section 382, generally determined, subject to certain adjustments, by multiplying (i) the fair market value of such corporation’s stock at the time of the ownership change by (ii) a percentage approximately equivalent to the yield on long-term tax-exempt bonds during the month in which the ownership change occurs. Any unused annual limitation may be carried over to later years.
 
The Company underwent an ownership change under Section 382 as a result of the Merger, which, based on information currently available, may trigger a limitation (calculated as described above) on the combined company’s ability to utilize any historic Frank’s NOLs and could cause some of the Frank’s NOLs incurred prior to January 1, 2018 to expire before the combined company would be able to utilize them to reduce taxable income in future periods. While the exchange of ordinary shares of Legacy Expro for shares of the Company's common stock (“Company Common Stock”) in the Merger was, standing alone, insufficient to result in an ownership change with respect to Legacy Expro, we cannot assure you that the Company will not undergo an ownership change as a result of the Merger taking into account other changes in ownership of Company stock occurring within the relevant three-year period described above. If there were to be an ownership change with respect to Legacy Expro as a result of the Merger, the combined company may be prevented from fully utilizing Legacy Expro’s historic NOLs incurred prior to January 1, 2018 prior to their expiration.

Certain of the shareholders of the Company have the ability to exercise significant influence over certain corporate actions.

Entities affiliated with Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. and members of the Mosing family and entities they control could have significant influence over the outcome of matters requiring a shareholder vote, including the election of directors, the adoption of any amendment to the articles of association of the Company and the approval of mergers and other significant corporate transactions. Their influence over the Company may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or may adversely impact our operations in those countries.affect the voting and other rights of other shareholders. In addition, our abilityentities affiliated with Oak Hill Advisors, L.P. have the right to work with state-owned oil companies is subjectdesignate two nominees for election to our abilitythe combined company’s nine member board of directors and members of the Mosing family have the right to negotiate and agree upon acceptable contract terms.


designate one nominee for election to such board. Finally, if these shareholders were in the future to sell all or a material number of shares of Company Common Stock, the market price of Company’s Common Stock could be negatively impacted.

Risks Related to Accounting and Financial Matters


Our exposure to currency exchange rate fluctuations may result in fluctuations in our cash flows and could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

From time to time, fluctuations in currency exchange rates could be material to us depending upon, among other things, the principal regions in which we provide our services and products. For the year ended December 31, 2020, on a U.S. dollar-equivalent basis, approximately 30% of our revenue was represented by currencies other than the U.S. dollar. There may be instances in which costs and revenue will not be matched with respect to currency denomination. As a result, to the extent that we continue our expansion on a global basis, as expected, we anticipate that increasing portions of revenue, costs, assets and liabilities will be subject to fluctuations in foreign currency valuations. We may experience economic loss and a negative impact on earnings or net assets solely as a result of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. Further, the markets in which we operate could restrict the removal or conversion of the local or foreign currency, resulting in our inability to hedge against these risks.

Customer credit risks could result in losses.


The concentration of our customers in the energy industry may impact our overall exposure to credit risk as customers may be similarly affected by prolonged changes in economic and industry conditions. Those countries that rely heavily upon income from hydrocarbon exports would be hit particularly hard by a drop in oil prices such as the drop that has occurred this year. The impact of the most recent downturn on our customers and their ability to continue operations and pay for our services is uncertain. Further, laws in some jurisdictions in which we operate could make collection difficult or time consuming. We perform ongoing credit evaluations of our customers and do not generally require collateral in support of our trade receivables. While we maintain reserves for potential credit losses, we cannot assure such reserves will be sufficient to meet write-offs of uncollectible receivables or that our losses from such receivables will be consistent with our expectations.



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Furthermore, some of our customers may be highly leveraged and subject to their own operating and regulatory risks, which increases the risk that they may default on their obligations to us. To the extent one or more of our key customers is in financial distress or commences bankruptcy proceedings, contracts with these customers may be subject to renegotiation or rejection under applicable provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code and similar international laws. Any material nonpayment or nonperformance by our key customers could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The current downturn in our industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic along with the market volatility due to variable oil production from Russia and Saudi Arabia has exacerbated these credit risks.

In addition, customers experiencing financial difficulty may delay payment for our products and services. Such delays, even if accounts are ultimately paid in full, could reduce our cash resources available and materially and adversely impact our credit available from suppliers and financial institutions.


If our long-lived assets, goodwill, other intangible assets and other assets are impaired, we may be required to record significant non-cash charges to our earnings.


We recognize impairments of goodwill when the fair value of any of our reporting units becomes less than its carrying value. Our estimates of fair value are based on assumptions about future cash flows of each reporting unit, discount rates applied to these cash flows and current market estimates of value. Based on the uncertainty of future revenue growth rates, gross profit performance, and other assumptions used to estimate our reporting units’ fair value, future reductions in our expected cash flows could cause a material non-cash impairment charge of goodwill, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.


Please see additional discussion regarding goodwill in “Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Critical Accounting Estimates—Goodwill.accounting policies and estimates—Goodwill and identified intangible assets.


We also have certain long-lived assets, other intangible assets and other assets which could be at risk of impairment or may require reserves based upon anticipated future benefits to be derived from such assets. Any change in the valuation of such assets could have a material effect on our profitability.

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Restrictions in the agreement governing our ABL Credit FacilityRCF could adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


On November 5, 2018, FICV, Frank’s International, LLCoperations and Blackhawk, as borrowers, and FINV, certain of FINV’s subsidiaries, including FICV, Frank’s International, LLC, Blackhawk, Frank’s International GP, LLC, Frank’s International, LP, Frank’s International LP B.V., Frank’s International Partners B.V., Frank’s International Management B.V., Blackhawk Intermediate Holdings, LLC, Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC, and Trinity Tool Rentals, L.L.C., as guarantors, entered into a five-year senior secured revolving credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ABL Agent”), and other financial institutions as lenders with total commitments of $100.0 million, including up to $15.0 million available for letters of credit. stock price.
 

The operating and financial restrictions in our ABL Credit FacilityRCF and any future financing agreements could restrict our ability to finance future operations or capital needs, or otherwise pursue our business activities. For example, our ABL Credit FacilityRCF limits our and our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:


incur debt or issue guarantees;
incur or permit certain liens to exist;
make certain investments, acquisitions or other restricted payments;
dispose of assets;
engage in certain types of transactions with affiliates;
merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all of our assets; and
prepay certain indebtedness.


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incur debt or issue guarantees;

incur or permit certain liens to exist;

make certain investments, acquisitions or other restricted payments;

dispose of assets;

engage in certain types of transactions with affiliates;

merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all of our assets; and

prepay certain indebtedness.

Furthermore, our ABL Credit FacilityRCF contains a covenantfinancial covenants requiring us to maintain (i) a minimum fixed charge coveragecashflow cover ratio of 1.01.5 to 1.0 based on the ratio of (a) consolidatedcashflow to debt service, (ii) a minimum interest cover ratio of 4.0 to 1.0 based on the ratio of EBITDA (as defined therein) minus unfinancedto net finance charges and (iii) a maximum senior leverage ratio of 2.25 to 1.0 based on the ratio of total net debt to EBITDA, in each case tested quarterly on a last-twelve-months basis, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, the aggregate capital expenditures to (b) Fixed Charges (as defined therein) when availability under our ABL Credit Facility falls below the greater of (a) $12.5 million and (b) 15%expenditure of the lesserCompany and its subsidiaries cannot exceed 110% of the borrowing base and aggregate commitments. Accounts receivable received by FINV’s U.S. subsidiaries that are parties to our ABL Credit Facility will be deposited into deposit accountsforecasted amount in the relevant annual budget, subject to deposit control agreements in favor of the ABL Agent. In the event FINV does not maintain the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio discussed above, these deposit accounts would be subject to “springing” cash dominion.


certain exceptions.

In addition, any borrowings under our ABL Credit FacilityRCF may be at variable rates of interest that expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness will increase even though the amount borrowed will remain the same, and our net income and cash flows will correspondingly decrease.


A failure to comply with the covenants in the agreement governing our ABL Credit FacilityRCF could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, would permit the exercise of remedies against us that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial position. Remedies under our ABL Credit FacilityRCF include foreclosure on the collateral securing the indebtedness and termination of the commitments under our ABL Credit Facility,RCF, and any outstanding borrowings under our ABL Credit FacilityRCF may be declared immediately due and payable.


Compliance with these covenants is tested quarterly (annually for capital expenditure limits). Furthermore, the facility restricts the payment of dividends, or share buybacks. Please see “Management’s Discussion & Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Revolving Credit Facility” for an expanded discussion regarding our ABL Credit Facility,RCF, including current amounts outstanding.

Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Requirements


Our operations and our customers’customers operations are subject to a variety of governmental laws and regulations that may increase our costs, limit the demand for our services and products or restrict our operations.


Our business and our customers’ businesses may be significantly affected by:


federal, state and local restrictions on business activity and travel including stay at home orders and quarantines such as those enacted in response to COVID-19;
federal, state and local and non-U.S. laws and other regulations relating to oilfield operations, worker safety and protection of the environment and natural resources;
changes in these laws and regulations; and
the level of enforcement of these laws and regulations.

federal, state and local restrictions on business activity and travel including stay at home orders and quarantines such as those enacted in response to COVID-19;

federal, state and local and non-U.S. laws and other regulations relating to oilfield operations, worker safety and protection of the environment and natural resources;

changes in these laws and regulations; and

the level of enforcement of these laws and regulations.

In addition, we depend on the demand for our services and products from the oil and gas industry. This demand is affected by changing taxes, price controls and other laws and regulations relating to the oil and gas industry in general. For example, the adoption of laws and regulations curtailing exploration and development drilling for oil and gas for economic or other policy reasons could adversely affect our operations by limiting demand for our services and products. In addition, some non-U.S. countries may adopt regulations or practices that give advantage to indigenous oil companies in bidding for oil leases, or require indigenous companies to perform oilfield services currently supplied by the Company and other international service companies. To the extent that such companies are not our customers, or we are unable to develop relationships with them, our business may suffer. We cannot determine the extent to which our future operations and earnings may be affected by new legislation, new regulations or changes in existing regulations.


Because of our non-U.S. operations and sales, we are also subject to changes in non-U.S. laws and regulations that may encourage or require hiring of local contractors or require non-U.S. contractors to employ citizens of, or purchase supplies from, a particular jurisdiction. If we fail to comply with any applicable law or regulation, our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.


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Our operations are subject to environmental and operational safety laws and regulations that may expose us to significant costs and liabilities.


Our oil and gas exploration and production customerscustomers’ operations in the United States and other countries are subject to stringent federal, state and local legal requirements governing environmental protection. These requirements may take the form of laws, regulations, executive actions and various other legal initiatives. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation” for more discussion on these matters. Compliance with these regulations and other regulatory initiatives, or any other new environmental laws and regulations could, among other things, require us or our customers to install new or modified emission controls on equipment or processes, incur longer permitting timelines, and incur significantly increased capital or operating expenditures, which costs may be significant. Additionally, one or more of these developments that impact our customers could reduce demand for our products and services, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.


Our operations may be adversely affected by various laws and regulations in countries in which we operate relating to the equipment and operation of drilling units, oil and gas exploration and development, as well as import and export activities.


Governments in some foreign countries have been increasingly active in regulating and controlling the ownership of concessions and companies holding concessions, the exploration for oil and gas and other aspects of the oil and gas industries in their countries, including local content requirements for participating in tenders for certain tubular and well construction services. We operate in several of these countries, including Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil and Canada.tenders. Many governments favor or effectively require that contracts be awarded to local contractors or require foreign contractors to employ citizens of, or purchase supplies from, a particular jurisdiction. These practices may result in inefficiencies or put us at a disadvantage when we bid for contracts against local competitors.


In addition, the shipment of goods, services and technology across international borders subjects us to extensive trade laws and regulations. Our import and export activities are governed by unique customs laws and regulations in each of the countries where we operate. Moreover, many countries control the import and export of certain goods, services and technology and impose related import and export recordkeeping and reporting obligations. Governments also may impose economic sanctions against certain countries, persons and other entities that may restrict or prohibit transactions involving such countries, persons and entities. We are also subject to the U.S. anti-boycott law, and although no violation occurred, we made an International Boycott Report on Form 5713 during the year ended December 31, 2019. In addition, certain anti-dumping regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which we operate may prohibit us from purchasing pipe from certain suppliers.laws. The U.S. and other countries also from time to time may impose special punitive tariff regimes targeting goods from certain countries. For example, on March 8, 2018, under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on steel articles imported from all countries. However, imports of steel tubes from Australia, Argentina, Brazil and South Korea were exempted from the 25% tariff; the latter three with specific quotas per product.


The laws and regulations concerning import and export activity, recordkeeping and reporting, import and export control and economic sanctions are complex and constantly changing. These laws and regulations may be enacted, amended, enforced or interpreted in a manner materially impacting our operations. An economic downturn may increase some foreign governments’ efforts to enact, enforce, amend or interpret laws and regulations as a method to increase revenue. Materials that we import can be delayed and denied for varying reasons, some of which are outside our control and some of which may result from failure to comply with existing legal and regulatory regimes. Shipping delays or denials could cause unscheduled operational downtime. Any failure to comply with these applicable legal and regulatory obligations also could result in criminal and civil penalties and sanctions, such as fines, imprisonment, debarment from government contracts, seizure of shipments and loss of import and export privileges.



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In July 2016, voters in the United Kingdom passed a referendum requiring the country to leave the European Union (“EU”), and in March 2017 the United Kingdom provided notification of its intent to leave the EU. On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom formally left the EU, and the United Kingdom and the EU have agreed upon a transition period through December 31, 2020, in order to negotiate a new trade agreement. Our offices in Aberdeen function as a regional hub for warehousing, servicing and repair of equipment. The departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union could impact trade, and shipping both between the United Kingdom and Europe, and generally to all destinations. Disruption or delay of shipping and customs clearance in the United Kingdom could adversely impact our ability to meet our obligations under customer contracts and to accept new work.

Compliance with and changes in laws could be costly and could affect operating results.

We have operations in the U.S. and in approximately 40 countries that can be impacted by expected and unexpected changes in the legal and business environments in which we operate. Political instability and regional issues in many of the areas in which we operate may contribute to such changes with greater significance or frequency. Our ability to manage our compliance costs and compliance programs will impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. Compliance-related issues could also limit our ability to do business in certain countries. Changes that could impact the legal environment include new legislation, new regulations, new policies, investigations and legal proceedings and new interpretations of existing legal rules and regulations, in particular, changes in export control laws or exchange control laws, additional restrictions on doing business in countries subject to sanctions and changes in laws in countries where we operate or intend to operate.

The imposition of stringent restrictions or prohibitions on offshore drilling by any governing body may have a material adverse effect on our business.


Events over the past decade have heightened environmental and regulatory concerns about the oil and gas industry. From time to time, governing bodies have enacted and may propose legislation or regulations that would materially limit or prohibit offshore drilling in certain areas. If laws are enacted or other governmental action is taken that restrictrestricts or prohibitprohibits offshore drilling in our expected areas of operation, our expected future growth in offshore services could be reduced and our business could be materially adversely affected. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – “Business—Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation” for more discussion on these offshore regulatory and safety matters. The issuance of more stringent safety and environmental guidelines, regulations or moratoria for drilling in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico could disrupt, delay or cancel drilling operations, increase the cost of drilling operations or reduce the area of operations for drilling. The matters described above, individually or in the aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


There are various risks associated with greenhouse gases and climate change legislation or regulations that could result in increased operating costs and reduced demand for our services.


The threat of climate change continues to attract considerable attention in the United States and other countries.attention. Numerous proposals have been made and could continue to be made at the international, national, regional and state levels of government to monitor and limit existing emissions of GHGs as well as to restrict or eliminate such future emissions. As a result, our operations are subject to a series of regulatory, political, litigation, and financial risks associated with the production and processing of fossil fuels and emission of GHGs. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – “Business—Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation” for more discussion on the threat of climate and restriction of GHG emissions. The adoption and implementation of new or more stringent international, federal or state legislation, regulations or other regulatory initiatives that impose more stringent standards for GHG emissions from the oil and natural gas sector or otherwise restrict the areas in which this sector may produce oil and natural gas or generate GHG emissions could result in increased costs of compliance or costs of consuming fossil fuels, and thereby reduce demand for, oil and natural gas, which could reduce demand for our services and products. Additionally, political, litigation and financial risks may result in our oil and natural gas customers restricting or canceling production activities, incurring liability for infrastructure damages as a result of climatic changes, or impairing their ability to continue to operate in an economic manner, which also could reduce demand for our services and products. One or more of these developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.


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Legislation, rules, executive actions or regulatory initiatives restricting the use of hydraulic fracturing could reduce demand for our services and products.

While we do not perform hydraulic fracturing, many of our oil and gas exploration and production customers utilize this technique. Certain environmental advocacy groups and regulatory agencies have suggested that additional federal, state and local laws and regulations may be needed

We are required to more closely regulate the hydraulic fracturing process, and have made claims that hydraulic fracturing techniques are harmful to surface water and drinking water resources and may cause earthquakes. Various governmental entities (within and outside the United States) are in the process of studying, restricting, regulating or preparing to regulate hydraulic fracturing, directly or indirectly. Moreover,comply with President Biden taking office in January 2021, there also exists the potential for new or amended laws, rules, executive actions and regulatory initiatives that could impose more stringent restrictions on hydraulic fracturing, including potential restrictions on hydraulic fracturing by banning new oil and gas permitting on federal lands. See Part I, Item 1. “Business – Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation” for more discussion on these hydraulic fracturing matters. The occurrence of any one or more of these developments with respect to hydraulic fracturing in areas where our customers operate could adversely affect, reduce or delay well drilling and completion activities, increase the cost of drilling and production, and thereby reduce demand for our services and products, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.


Our operations in countries outside of the United States are subject to a number of U.S. federalcomplex laws and regulations,pertaining to business conduct, including restrictions imposed by the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as well as trade sanctions administeredand similar legislation enacted by Governments outside the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Commerce Department.

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We operate internationally and in some countries with high levels of perceived corruption commonly gauged according to the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. We must comply with complex foreign and U.S. laws including the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), the UKU.K. Bribery Act 2010 and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, which prohibit engaging in certain activities to obtain or retain business or to influence a person working in an official capacity. We do business and may in the future do additional business in countries and regions in which we may face, directly or indirectly, corrupt demands by officials, tribal or insurgent organizations, or by private entities in which corrupt offers are expected or demanded. Furthermore, many of our operations require us to use third parties to conduct business or to interact with people who are deemed to be governmental officials under the anticorruption laws. Thus, we face the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments or other things of value by our employees, contractors or agents. It is our policy to implement compliance procedures to prohibit these practices. However, despite those safeguards and any future improvements to them, our employees, contractors, and agents may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible, regardless of whether such conduct occurs within or outside the United States. We may also be held responsible for any violations by an acquired company that occur prior to an acquisition, or subsequent to the acquisition but before we are able to institute our compliance procedures. In addition, our non-U.S. competitors that are not subject to the FCPA or similar anticorruption laws may be able to secure business or other preferential treatment in such countries by means that such laws prohibit with respect to us. A violation of any of these laws, even if prohibited by our policies, may result in severe criminal and/or civil sanctions and other penalties, and could have a material adverse effect on our business. Actual or alleged violations could damage our reputation, be expensive to defend, and impair our ability to do business.


We are currently conducting an internal investigation of the operations of certain of our foreign subsidiaries in West Africa for possible violations of the FCPA, our policies and other applicable laws, and in June 2016 we voluntarily disclosed the existence of our extensive internal review to the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and other governmental entities. We are unable to predict the ultimate resolution of these matters before the SEC and DOJ. Adverse action by these government agencies could have a material adverse effect on our business.


Compliance with U.S. laws and regulations on trade sanctions and embargoes including those administered by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also poses a risk to us. We cannot provide products or services to or in certain countries subject to U.S. or other international trade sanctions or to certain individuals


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and entities subject to sanctions. Furthermore, the laws and regulations concerning import activity, export recordkeeping and reporting, export control and economic sanctions are complex and constantly changing. Any failure to comply with applicable trade-related laws and regulations, even if prohibited by our policies, could result in criminal and civil penalties and sanctions, such as fines, imprisonment, debarment from governmental contracts, seizure of shipments and loss of import and export privileges. It is our policy to implement procedures concerning compliance with applicable trade sanctions, export controls, and other trade-related laws and regulations. However, despite those safeguards and any future improvements to them, our employees, contractors, and agents may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible, regardless of whether such conduct occurs within or outside the United States. We may also be held responsible for any violations by an acquired company that occur prior to an acquisition, or subsequent to the acquisition but before we are able to institute our compliance procedures.

We are subject to extensive government laws and regulations concerning our employees, and the cost of compliance with such laws and regulations can be material.

Regulations related to wages and other compensation affect our business. Any appreciable increase in applicable employment laws and regulations, including the statutory minimum wage, exemption levels, or overtime regulations, could result in an increase in labor costs. Such cost increases, or the penalties for failing to comply with such statutory minimums, could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash available for distribution to our shareholders. In addition, we are directly and indirectly affected by new tax legislation and regulation and the interpretation of tax laws and regulations. Any changes in employment, benefit plan, tax or labor laws or regulations or new regulations proposed from time to time, could have a material adverse effect on our employment practices, our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash available for distribution to our shareholders.

Data protection and regulations related to privacy, data protection and information security could increase our costs, and our failure to comply could result in fines, sanctions or other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations, as well as have an impact on our reputation.


We are subject to regulations related to privacy, data protection and information security in the jurisdictions in which we do business. As privacy, data protection and information security laws are interpreted and applied, compliance costs may increase, particularly in the context of ensuring that adequate data protection and data transfer mechanisms are in place.


In recent years, there has been increasing regulatory enforcement and litigation activity in the areas of privacy, data protection and information security in the U.S. and in various countries in which we operate. In addition, legislators and/or regulators in the U.S., the European UnionEU and other jurisdictions in which we operate are increasingly adopting or revising privacy, data protection and information security laws that could create compliance uncertainty and could increase our costs or require us to change our business practices in a manner adverse to our business. Compliance with current or future privacy, data protection and information security laws could significantly impact our current and planned privacy, data protection and information security related practices, our collection, use, sharing, retention and safeguarding of employee information and information regarding others with whom we do business. Our failure to comply with privacy, data protection and information security laws could result in fines, sanctions or other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our results of operations and overall business, as well as have an impact on our reputation. For example, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”), as supplemented by any national laws (such as in the U.K., the Data Protection Act 2018) and further implemented through binding guidance from the European Data Protection Board, came into effect on May 25, 2018. The GDPR expanded the scope of the EU data protection law to all foreign companies processing personal data of European Economic Area individuals and imposed a stricter data protection compliance regime, including the introduction of administrative fines for non-compliance, up to 4% of global total annual worldwide turnover or €20 million (whichever is higher), depending on the type and severity of the breach, as well as the right to compensation for financial or non-financial damages claimed by any individuals under Article 82 GDPR and theGDPR. Our business may also face reputational damages that our business may be facing as a result of any personal data breach or violation of the GDPR.



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We are a holding company and our sole material assets are our direct and indirect equity interests in our operating subsidiaries, and we are accordingly dependent upon distributions from such subsidiaries to pay taxes and our corporate and other overhead expenses, make payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement, and pay dividends.



The Mosing family (either individually or through various holding entities of the Mosing family members), based on the best information available to the Company, currently collectively owns approximately 47% of the total voting power of the Company’s common stock (the “FINV Stock”) entitled to vote at annual or special meetings. While the Mosing family members have terminated a voting agreement with respect to the shares they own, the Mosing family has the ability (but not the requirement) to designate on an annual basis who will comprise our Board of Supervisory Directors nominated to the shareholders based on the amount of shares that they collectively own. Moreover, pursuant to our amended and restated articles of association, our board of directors will consist of no more than nine individuals. The Mosing family has the right to recommend one director for nomination to the supervisory board for each 10% of the outstanding FINV Stock they collectively beneficially own, up to a maximum of five directors. The remaining directors are nominated by our supervisory board. Our supervisory board currently consists of nine members, three of whom are members of the Mosing family. The existence of significant shareholders may also have the effect of deterring hostile takeovers, delaying or preventing changes in control or changes in management, or limiting the ability of our other shareholders to approve transactions that they may deem to be in the best interests of our company. So long as the Mosing family continues to own a significant amount of the FINV Stock, even if such amount represents less than 50% of the aggregate voting power, they will continue to be able to influence matters requiring shareholder approval, regardless of whether or not other shareholders believe that the transaction is in their own best interests.






our common stock (the “Conversion”) and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by us as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, payments under the TRA. We will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these cash savings, if any. Payments we make under the TRA will be increased by any interest accrued from the due date (without extensions) specified by the TRA. The payments under the TRA will not be conditioned upon a holder of rights under the TRA having a continued ownership interest in FINV.

The payment obligations under the TRA are FINV’s obligations and are not obligations of FICV. The term of the TRA commenced upon the completion of the IPO and will continue until all tax benefits that are subject to the TRA have been utilized or expired, unless we exercise our right to terminate the TRA (or the TRA is terminated due to other circumstances, including our breach of a material obligation thereunder or certain mergers or other changes of control), and we make the termination payment specified by the TRA.

Estimating the amount and timing of payments that may be made under the TRA is by its nature imprecise. For purposes of the TRA, cash savings in tax generally are calculated by comparing our actual tax liability to the amount we would have been required to pay had we not been able to utilize any of the tax benefits subject to the TRA. The amounts payable, as well as the timing of any payments, under the TRA are dependent upon significant future events and assumptions, including the amount and timing of the taxable income we generate in the future and the tax rate then applicable, our use of loss carryovers and the portion of our payments under the TRA constituting imputed interest or giving rise to depreciable or amortizable tax basis. We expect that the payments that we will be required to make under the TRA will be substantial. While we may defer payments under the TRA to the extent we do not have sufficient cash to make such payments (except in the case of an acceleration of payments thereunder occurring in connection with an early termination of the TRA or certain mergers or changes of control) any such unpaid obligation will accrue interest. Additionally, during any such deferral period, we are prohibited from paying dividends on our common stock.

In certain cases, payments under the TRA to Mosing Holdings or its permitted transferees may be accelerated and/or significantly exceed the actual benefits, if any, we realize in respect of the tax attributes subject to the TRA.

If we elect to exercise our sole right to terminate the TRA early, which we may do in our sole discretion (or if it terminates early as a result of our breach), we would be required to make a substantial, immediate lump-sum payment equal to the present value of the hypothetical future payments that could be required to be paid under the TRA (based upon certain assumptions and deemed events set forth in the TRA, including the assumption that we have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the tax attributes subject to the TRA), determined by applying a discount rate equal to the long-term Treasury rate in effect on the applicable date plus 300 basis points. Any early termination payment may be made significantly in advance of, and may materially exceed, the actual realization, if any, of the future tax benefits to which the termination payment relates. In addition, payments due under the TRA would be similarly accelerated following certain mergers or other changes of control. In these situations (or if the TRA terminates early), our obligations under the TRA could have a substantial negative impact on our liquidity and could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing certain mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combinations or other changes of control. For example, if the TRA were terminated on December 31, 2020, the estimated termination payment would be approximately $68.0 million (calculated using a discount rate of 4.45%). The foregoing number is merely an estimate and the actual payment could differ materially. There can be no assurance that we will be able to finance our obligations under the TRA. If we were unable to finance our obligations due under the TRA, we would be in breach of the agreement. Any such breach could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

We will not be reimbursed for any payments made under the TRA in the event that any tax benefits are subsequently disallowed.

Payments under the TRA will be based on the tax reporting positions that we will determine. If the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) were to successfully challenge a tax basis increase or other benefits arising under the TRA, the holders of rights under the TRA will not reimburse us for any payments previously made under the TRA if such basis increases or other benefits are subsequently disallowed, except that excess payments made to any such

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holder will be netted against payments otherwise to be made, if any, to such holder after our determination of such excess. As a result, in such circumstances, we could make payments that are greater than our actual cash tax savings, if any, and may not be able to recoup those payments, which could adversely affect our liquidity.

In the event that our payment obligations under the TRA are accelerated upon certain mergers or other changes of control, the consideration payable to holders of our common stock could be substantially reduced.

If we experience a merger or other change of control, we would be obligated to make a substantial, immediate lump-sum payment under the TRA, and such payment may be significantly in advance of, and may materially exceed, the actual realization, if any, of any cash tax savings from the tax benefits to which the payment relates. As a result of this payment obligation, holders of our common stock could receive substantially less consideration in connection with a change of control transaction than they would receive in the absence of such obligation. Further, our payment obligations under the TRA will not be conditioned upon a holder of rights under the TRA having a continued interest in us. Accordingly, the interests of holders of rights under the TRA may conflict with those of the holders of our common stock.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock


Future sales of our common stock in the public market could lower our stock price, and any additional capital raised by us through the sale of equity may dilute your ownership in us.

As of February 17, 2021, we had 226,578,254 outstanding shares of our common stock. We may sell additional shares of common stock in subsequent public offerings. Members of the Mosing family own, both directly and indirectly and based on the best information available to the Company, approximately 47% of our total outstanding FINV Stock. All of these shares may be sold into the market in the future.

We cannot predict the size of future issuances of our common stock or the effect, if any, that future issuances and sales of shares of our common stock will have on the market price of our common stock. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock (including shares issued in connection with an acquisition), or the perception that such sales could occur, may adversely affect prevailing market prices of our common stock.

Our declaration of dividends is within the discretion of our management board, with the approval of our supervisory board,Board and subject to certain limitations under Dutch law and our financing agreements, and there can be no assurance that we will pay dividends.


Our dividend policy is within the discretion of our management board, with the approval of our supervisory board,Board, and the amount of future dividends, if any, will depend upon various factors, including our results of operations, financial condition, capital requirements and investment opportunities. We can provide no assurance that we will pay dividends on our common stock. No dividends on our common stock will accrue in arrears. In addition, Dutch law contains certain restrictions on a company’s ability to pay cash dividends, and we can provide no assurance that those restrictions, or any dividend restrictions in our financing agreements, will not prevent us from paying a dividend in future periods.


As a Dutch company with limited liability, the rights of our shareholders may be different from the rights of shareholders in companies governed by the laws of U.S. agencies.


jurisdictions.

We are a Dutch company with limited liability (Naamloze Vennootschap). Our corporate affairs are governed by our articles of association and by the laws governing companies incorporated in the Netherlands. The rights of shareholders and the responsibilities of members of our management board and supervisory boardBoard may be different from those in companies governed by the laws of U.S. jurisdictions.


For example, resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders may be taken with majorities different from the majorities required for adoption of equivalent resolutions in, for example, Delaware corporations. Although shareholders will have the right to approve legal mergers or demergers, Dutch law does not grant appraisal rights to


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a company’s shareholders who wish to challenge the consideration to be paid upon a legal merger or demerger of a company.

In addition, if a third party is liable to a Dutch company, under Dutch law shareholders generally do not have the right to bring an action on behalf of the company or to bring an action on their own behalf to recover damages sustained as a result of a decrease in value, or loss of an increase in value, of their ordinary shares. Only in the event that the cause of liability of such third party to the company also constitutes a tortious act directly against such shareholder and the damages sustained are permanent, may that shareholder have an individual right of action against such third party on its own behalf to recover damages. The Dutch Civil Code provides for the possibility to initiate such actions collectively. A foundation or an association whose objective, as stated in its articles of association, is to protect the rights of persons having similar interests may institute a collective action. The collective action cannot result in an order for payment of monetary damages but may result in a declaratory judgment (verklaring voor recht), for example declaring that a party has acted wrongfully or has breached a fiduciary duty. The foundation or association and the defendant are permitted to reach (often on the basis of such declaratory judgment) a settlement which provides for monetary compensation for damages. A designated Dutch court may declare the settlement agreement binding upon all the injured parties, whereby an individual injured party will have the choice to opt-out within the term set by the court (at least three months). Such individual injured party, may also individually institute a civil claim for damages within the before mentioned term.


Furthermore, certain provisions of Dutch corporate law have the effect of concentrating control over certain corporate decisions and transactions in the hands of our management board and supervisory board.Board. As a result, holders of our shares may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions by members of our management board and supervisory boardBoard than if we were incorporated in the United States.


In the performance of its duties, our management board and supervisory boardBoard will be required by Dutch law to act in the interest of the companyCompany and its affiliated business, and to consider the interests of our company, our shareholders, our employees and other stakeholders in all cases with reasonableness and fairness. It is possible that some of these parties will have interests that are different from, or in addition to, interests of our shareholders.

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Our articles of association and Dutch corporate law contain provisions that may discourage a takeover attempt.


Provisions contained in our amended and restated articles of association and the laws of the Netherlands could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, even if doing so might be beneficial to our shareholders. Provisions of our articles of association impose various procedural and other requirements, which could make it more difficult for shareholders to effect certain corporate actions. Among other things, these provisions:


authorize our management board, with the approval of our supervisory board, for a period of five years (which ends on May 19, 2022, unless extended) to issue common stock, including for defensive purposes, without shareholder approval; and
do not provide for shareholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all shareholder actions to be taken at a general meeting of shareholders.

authorize our Board, for a period of five years (which ends on May 19, 2022, unless extended) to issue common stock, including for defensive purposes, without shareholder approval; and

do not provide for shareholder action by written consent, thereby requiring all shareholder actions to be taken at a general meeting of shareholders.

These provisions, alone or together, could delay hostile takeovers and changes in control of our company or changes in our management.


It may be difficult for you to obtain or enforce judgments against us or some of our executive officers and directors in the United States or the Netherlands.


We were formed under the laws of the Netherlands and, as such, the rights of holders of our ordinary shares and the civil liability of our directors will be governed by the laws of the Netherlands and our amended and restated articles of association.



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In the absence of an applicable convention between the United States and the Netherlands providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments (other than arbitration awards and divorce decrees) in civil and commercial matters, a judgment rendered by a court in the United States will not automatically be recognized by the courts of the Netherlands. In principle, the courts of the Netherlands will be free to decide, at their own discretion, if and to what extent a judgment rendered by a court in the United States should be recognized in the Netherlands.


Without prejudice to the above, in order to obtain enforcement of a judgment rendered by a United States court in the Netherlands, a claim against the relevant party on the basis of such judgment should be brought before the competent court of the Netherlands. During the proceedings such court will assess, when requested, whether a foreign judgment meets the above conditions. In the affirmative, the court may order that substantive examination of the matter shall be dispensed with. In such case, the court will confine itself to an order reiterating the foreign judgment against the party against whom it had been obtained. Otherwise, a new substantive examination will take place.


In all of the above situations, we note the following rules as applied by Dutch courts:

where all other elements relevant to the situation at the time of the choice are located in a country other than the country whose law has been chosen, the choice of the parties shall not prejudice the application of provisions of the law of that other country which cannot be derogated from by agreement;
the overriding mandatory provisions of the law of the courts remain applicable (irrespective of the law chosen);
effect may be given to overriding mandatory provisions of the law of the country where the obligations arising out of the relevant transaction documents have to be or have been performed, insofar as those overriding mandatory provisions render the performance of the contract unlawful; and
the application of the law of any jurisdiction may be refused if such application is manifestly incompatible with the public policy (openbare orde) of the courts.

where all other elements relevant to the situation at the time of the choice are located in a country other than the country whose law has been chosen, the choice of the parties shall not prejudice the application of provisions of the law of that other country which cannot be derogated from by agreement;

the overriding mandatory provisions of the law of the courts remain applicable (irrespective of the law chosen);

effect may be given to overriding mandatory provisions of the law of the country where the obligations arising out of the relevant transaction documents have to be or have been performed, insofar as those overriding mandatory provisions render the performance of the contract unlawful; and

the application of the law of any jurisdiction may be refused if such application is manifestly incompatible with the public policy (openbare orde) of the courts.

Under our amended and restated articles of association, we will indemnify and hold our officers and directors harmless against all claims and suits brought against them, subject to limited exceptions. Under our amended and restated articles of association, to the extent allowed by law, the rights and obligations among or between us, any of our current or former directors, officers and employees and any current or former shareholder will be governed exclusively by the laws of the Netherlands and subject to the jurisdiction of Dutch courts, unless those rights or obligations do not relate to or arise out of their capacities listed above. Although there is doubt as to whether U.S. courts would enforce such provision in an action brought in the United States under U.S. securities laws, this provision could make judgments obtained outside of the Netherlands more difficult to have recognized and enforced against our assets in the Netherlands or jurisdictions that would apply Dutch law. Insofar as a release is deemed to represent a condition, stipulation or provision binding any person acquiring our ordinary shares to waive compliance with any provision of the Securities Act or of the rules and regulations of the SEC, such release will be void.


Actions of activist shareholders could cause us to incur substantial costs, divert management's attention and resources, and have an adverse effect on our business.

While we always welcome constructive input from our shareholders and regularly engage in dialogue with our shareholders to that end, activist shareholders may from time to time engage in proxy solicitations, advance shareholder proposals or otherwise attempt to impose changes or acquire control over us. If activist shareholder activities occur, our business could be adversely affected because responding to proxy contests and reacting to other actions by activist shareholders can be costly and time-consuming, disruptive to our operations and divert the attention of management and our employees. In addition, perceived uncertainties as to our future direction, strategy or leadership created as a consequence of activist shareholder initiatives may result in the loss of potential business opportunities, harm our ability to attract new investors, customers, employees, suppliers and other strategic partners, and cause our share price to experience periods of volatility or stagnation.


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Risks Related to Tax Matters


Changes in tax laws, treaties or regulations or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our tax returns could adversely affect our financial results.


Our future effective tax rates could be adversely affected by changes in tax laws, treaties and regulations, both in the United States and internationally. Tax laws, treaties and regulations are highly complex and subject to interpretation. Consequently, we are subject to changing tax laws, treaties and regulations in and between countries in which we operate or are resident. Our income tax expense is based upon the interpretation of the tax laws in effect in various countries at the time that the expense was incurred. A change in these tax laws, treaties or regulations, or in the interpretation thereof, could result in a materially higher tax expense or a higher effective tax rate on our worldwide earnings. If any country successfully challenges our income tax filings based on our structure, or if we otherwise lose a material tax dispute, our effective tax rate on worldwide earnings could increase substantially and our financial results could be materially adversely affected.


In particular, the U.S. federal income tax legislation enacted in 2017 and commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) is highly complex and subject to interpretation. The presentation of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our current interpretation of the provisions contained in the Tax Act. In the future, the Treasury Department and the IRS are expected to issue final regulations and additional interpretive guidance with respect to the provisions of the Tax Act. Any significant variance of our current interpretation of such provisions from any future final regulations or interpretive guidance could result in a change to the presentation of our financial condition and results of operations and could negatively affect our business.

We are a Netherlands limited liability companyclassified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and our U.S. holders may be subject to certain anti-deferral rules under U.S. tax law. For instance, U.S. tax authorities could treat us as a “passivepassive foreign investment company (“PFIC”), which could have adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. holders.


A foreign corporation will be treated as a “passive foreign investment company,” or PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes if either:


(1) at least 75% of its gross income for any taxable year (including the pro-rata share of the gross income of any company, U.S. or foreign, in which it is considered to own, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the shares by value) consists of certain types of “passive income” or

(2) at least 50% of the average value of the corporation’s assets for any taxable year (averaged over the year and ordinarily determined based on fair market value and including the pro-rata share of the assets of any company in which it is considered to own, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the shares by value) produce or are held for the production of those types of “passive income.”


For purposes of these tests, “passive income” includes dividends, interest, gains from the sale or exchange of investment property, and rents and royalties other than certain rents and royalties which are received from unrelated parties in connection with the active conduct of a trade or business, but does not include income derived from the performance of services.

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Once a foreign corporation is treated as a PFIC for any taxable year in which a U.S. holder owns stock in the corporation, it will generally continue to be treated as a PFIC for all subsequent taxable years with respect to such U.S. holder. U.S. shareholders of a PFIC are subject to a disadvantageous U.S. federal income tax regime. If we were treated as a PFIC, then a U.S. holder that does not make a “mark-to-market” election or an election to treat us as a “qualified electing fund” will be subject to unfavorable treatment on certain “excess distributions” and any gain recognized on a disposition of our shares. Among other consequences, our dividends (to the extent they constitute excess distributions) and gains from the sale of our shares would be taxed at the regular rates applicable to ordinary income, rather than the lower rate applicable to certain dividends received by an individual from a qualified foreign corporation.



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Based on the current and anticipated value of our assets and the composition of our income, assets, and operations, we do not expect to be a PFIC for the current taxable year or in the foreseeable future. However, the application of the PFIC rules involves a facts and circumstances analysis and we cannot assure you that the IRS would agree with our conclusion or that the U.S. tax laws will not change significantly.


The U.S. federal income tax treatment of non-U.S. entities is complicated, and the U.S. federal income tax consequences to each shareholder depends on such shareholder’s particular circumstances. For example, if a U.S. holder owns (or is deemed to own) more than 10% of our shares (by vote or value), such holder may be subject to additional anti-deferral rules not discussed herein, such as those under the “subpart F” and “global intangible low-taxed income” regimes. Accordingly, each of our shareholders is urged to consult its own tax advisors regarding the application of the PFIC rules and other aspects of U.S. tax law that may apply to such shareholder.


U.S. “anti-inversion”anti-inversion tax laws could adversely affect our results, result in a reduced amount of foreign tax credit for U.S. holders, or limit future acquisitions of U.S. businesses.


Under U.S. “anti-inversion” tax laws, if, following the acquisition of a U.S. corporation (or substantially all of the assets of a U.S. corporation) by a foreign corporation, the equity owners of that U.S. corporation own at least 80% (by vote or value, calculated without regard for any stock issued in any public offering) of our stock by reason of holding stock in such U.S. corporation, then the acquiring foreign corporation could be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes even though it is a corporation created and organized outside of the United States. In such event we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our worldwide income, which would reduce our cash available for distribution and the value of our common stock, and the ability of a U.S. holder to obtain a U.S. foreign tax credit with respect to any Dutch withholding tax imposed on a distribution from us could be adversely affected.


In addition, following the acquisition of a U.S. corporation (or substantially all of the assets of a U.S. corporation) by a foreign corporation, the U.S. “anti-inversion” rules can limit the ability of an acquired U.S. corporation and its U.S. affiliates to utilize U.S. tax attributes (including net operating losses and certain tax credits) to offset U.S. taxable income resulting from certain transactions if the shareholders of the acquired U.S. corporation hold at least 60% (by vote or value) but less than 80% of the shares of the foreign acquiring corporation by reason of holding shares in the U.S. corporation, and certain other conditions are met.


We do not believe these rules apply to our prior acquisitions of U.S. businesses; however, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge this determination. These rules may apply with respect to any potential future acquisitions of U.S. businesses by us using our stock as consideration. As a result, these rules may impose adverse consequences or apply limitations on our ability to engage in future acquisitions.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments


None.


Item 2. Properties


In order to design, manufacture and service the proprietary equipment that support our operations, as well as the products that we offer for sale directly to external customers, we maintain several manufacturing and service facilities around the world. Though our manufacturing and service capabilities are primarily concentrated in the U.S., weWe currently provide our services and products in over 100 locations in approximately 4060 countries.



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The following table details our material facilities by segment, owned or leased by us as of December 31, 2020.

2021.

Leased or

LocationLeased or

Owned

Principal/Most Significant Use

All Segments

Houston, Texas

Leased

Corporate office

Lafayette, Louisiana

Reading, United Kingdom

Owned

Leased

Corporate office

Aberdeen, Scotland

Owned/Leased

Regional operations, manufacturing, engineering and administration

Lafayette, Louisiana

Owned

Regional operations, manufacturing, engineering and administration

NLA

Georgetown, Guyana

Leased

Regional operations

Macaé, Brazil

Owned

Regional operations and administration

Neuquen, Argentina

Leased

Regional operations

New Iberia, Louisiana

Leased

Regional operations

Villahermosa, Mexico

Leased

Regional operations

ESSA

Den Helder, the Netherlands

OwnedOwned/Leased

Regional operations and administration

Stavanger, Norway

Leased

Regional operations

TRS and Tubulars Segments
New Iberia, Louisiana

MENA

LeasedRegional operations

Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Leased

Regional operations

TRS Segment
Aberdeen, ScotlandOwnedRegional operations, engineering and administration

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Owned/Leased

Regional operations and administration

Hassi Messaoud, Algeria

Leased

Regional operations

APAC

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Leased

Regional operations and administration

Macaé, Brazil

Labuan, Malaysia

Owned

Leased

Regional operations and administration

Perth, Australia

Leased

Cementing Equipment Segment
Houma, LouisianaLeased

Regional operations


Our largest manufacturing facility isfacilities are located in Aberdeen, Scotland and Lafayette, Louisiana, where we design and manufacture a substantial portion of our service equipment. The main administrative building within the facility is approximately 172,636 square feet. We believe the facilities that we currently occupy are suitable for their intended use.


Item 3. Legal Proceedings


Information related to Item 3. Legal Proceedings is included in Note 16—18 “Commitments and Contingenciescontingencies to the consolidated financial statements.


Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures


Not applicable.


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PART II


Item 5. Market for the Registrant’sRegistrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


Market Information


Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “XPRO”. On September 30, 2021, Frank’s supervisory board of directors unanimously approved a 1-for-6 reverse stock split of the Company Common Stock, which was effected on October 1, 2021. All of the outstanding Company Common Stock share numbers, nominal value, share prices and per share amounts in this Form 10-K have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a 1-for-6 reverse stock split for all periods presented. Prior to the Merger, our common stock traded on the NYSE under the symbol “FI”.


On February 17, 2021,28, 2022, we had 226,578,254109,377,501 shares of common stock outstanding. The common shares outstanding at February 17, 2021,28, 2022, were held by approximately 2821 record holders. The actual number of shareholders is greater than the number of holders of record.


    See Part III, Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” for discussion of equity compensation plans.

Dividend Policy


The declaration and payment of future dividends will be at the discretion of theour Board of Supervisory Directors and will depend upon, among other things, future earnings, general financial condition, liquidity, capital requirements, restrictions contained in our financing agreements and general business conditions. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will pay dividends. On October 27, 2017, the Board of Managing Directors of the Company, with the approval of the Board of Supervisory Directors of the Company, approved a plan to suspend the Company’s quarterly dividend in order to preserve capital for various purposes, including to invest in growth opportunities.


Unregistered Sales of EquitySecurities


We did not have any sales of unregistered equity securities during the year ended December 31, 2020,2021, that we have not previously reported on a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or a Current Report on Form 8-K.


Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


Our Board of Directors has authorized a program to repurchase our common stock from time to time. Approximately $38,502,322$38.5 million remained authorized for repurchasesrepurchase as of December 31, 2020;2021; subject to the limitation set in our shareholder authorization for repurchases of our common stock, which is currently 10% of the common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2020.August 3, 2021. From the inception of this program in February 2020 through December 31, 2020,to date, we repurchased 570,04495,007 shares of our common stock for a total cost of approximately $1.5 million. This program was suspended during the second quarterAs of 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19 and commodity price declines and will be revisited when market conditions stabilize sufficiently to provide greater clarity to anticipated business results.

October 1, 2021, share buybacks are restricted under our Revolving Credit Facility, our main financing agreement.



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Performance Graph


The following performance graph compares the performance of our common stock to the Russell 2000 Index, and the PHLX Oil Service Sector Index (“OSX”).


and to a peer group established by management. The peer group consists of the following companies: Baker Hughes Company, ChampionX Corporation, Core Laboratories N.V., Dril-Quip, Inc., TechnipFMC plc, Halliburton Company, Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc., National Energy Services Reunited Corp., NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc., Oceaneering International, Inc., NOV Inc. and Schlumberger Limited.

The graph below compares the cumulative total return to holders of our common stock with the cumulative total returns of the Russell 2000 Index, the OSX and OSXour peer group for the period from December 31, 20152016 through December 31, 2020.2021. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock was $100 at December 31, 20152016 and for each index (including reinvestment of dividends) and tracks the return on the investment through December 31, 2020.2021. The shareholder return set forth herein is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among Expro Group Holdings N.V., the Russell 2000 Index, the PHLX Oil Service Sector Index,
 and a Peer Group

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*$100 invested on 12/31/2015,2016, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.

The performance graph above and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate by reference.

Item 6. Reserved


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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Form 10-K includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include those that express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are not statements of historical fact. Forward-looking statements include information regarding our future plans and goals and our current expectations with respect to, among other things:

our business strategy and prospects for growth;

post-Merger integration;

our cash flows and liquidity;

our financial strategy, budget, projections and operating results;

the amount, nature and timing of capital expenditures;

the availability and terms of capital;

the exploration, development and production activities of our customers;

the market for our existing and future products and services;

competition and government regulations; and

general economic conditions.

These forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “plan,” “intend,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “may,” “outlook,” or other terms that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. The selectedforward-looking statements in this Form 10-K speak only as of the date of this report; we disclaim any obligation to update these statements unless required by law, and we caution you not to rely on them unduly. Forward-looking statements are not assurances of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks, contingencies and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:

continuing uncertainty relating to global crude oil demand and crude oil prices that correspondingly may lead to further significant reductions in domestic oil and gas activity, which in turn could result in further significant declines in demand for our products and services;

uncertainty regarding the extent and duration of the remaining restrictions in the United States and globally on various commercial and economic activities due to COVID-19, including uncertainty regarding the re-imposition of restrictions due to resurgences in infection rates;

uncertainty regarding the timing, pace and extent of an economic recovery in the United States and elsewhere, which in turn will likely affect demand for crude oil and therefore the demand for the products and services we provide and the commercial opportunities available to us;

the impact of current and future laws, rulings, governmental regulations, accounting standards and statements, and related interpretations;

unique risks associated with our offshore operations;

political, economic and regulatory uncertainties in our international operations, including the impact of actions taken by the OPEC and non-OPEC nations with respect to production levels and the effects thereof;

our ability to develop new technologies and products;

our ability to protect our intellectual property rights;

our ability to attract, train and retain key employees and other qualified personnel;

operational safety laws and regulations;

international trade laws and sanctions;

severe weather conditions and natural disasters, and other operating interruptions (including explosions, fires, weather-related incidents, mechanical failure, unscheduled downtime, labor difficulties, transportation interruptions, spills and releases and other environmental risks);

policy or regulatory changes;

the overall timing and level of transition of the global energy sector from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to more renewable energy sources;

perception related to our ESG performance as well as current and future ESG reporting requirements; and

uncertainty with respect to integration and realization of expected synergies following completion of the Merger.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic, business and market disruptions continue to evolve, and its future effects are uncertain. The continued impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business will depend on many factors, many of which are beyond management’s control and knowledge. It is therefore difficult for management to assess or predict with accuracy the broad future effects of this health crisis on the global economy, the energy industry or the Company’s business. As additional information becomes available, events or circumstances change and strategic operational decisions are made by management, further adjustments may be required which could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial information contained below is derived fromposition, results of operations and cash flows.

These and other important factors that could affect our Consolidated Financial Statementsoperating results and should be readperformance are described in conjunction with(i) Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” and in Part II, Item 7 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Form 10-K, and elsewhere within this Form 10-K, (ii) our audited Consolidated Financial Statements that are includedother reports and filings we make with the SEC from time to time and (iii) other announcements we make from time to time. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in the documents above or in this Form 10-K. Our historical10-K occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results, are not necessarily indicative of our results to be expectedperformance, achievements or plans could differ materially from those expressed or implied in any future period.

Year Ended December 31,
20202019201820172016
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Financial Statement Data: (1)
Revenue$390,358 $579,920 $522,493 $454,795 $487,531 
Net loss(156,220)(235,329)(90,733)(159,457)(156,079)
Total assets816,901 994,165 1,193,929 1,261,769 1,588,061 
Total equity661,249 810,294 1,034,772 1,115,901 1,311,319 
Earnings Per Share Information:
Basic and diluted loss per common share$(0.69)$(1.05)$(0.41)$(0.72)$(0.77)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted226,042 225,159 223,999 222,940 176,584 
Cash dividends per common share$— $— $— $0.225 $0.45 
Other Data:
Adjusted EBITDA (2)
$8,996 $57,521 $33,232 $5,715 $25,031 
(1)    During 2019, the Company adopted new accounting guidance regarding leases. Prior year amounts reflectedforward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements in the table above have not been adjusted and continue to be reflectedForm 10-K are expressly qualified in accordance with historical accounting guidance.
(2)    Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is usedtheir entirety by management and external usersthe cautionary statements in this section.

Item 7, “Management’s7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - How We Evaluate Our Operations - Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin.”



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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8, “FinancialFinancial Statements and Supplementary Data”Data included in this Form 10-K.


This section contains forward-looking statements that are based on management’smanagements current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and operations, and involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated and expressed in such forward-looking statements because of various factors, including those described in the sections titled “CautionaryCautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors”Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.


This section of this Form 10-K generally discusses 2020

Unless otherwise indicated, references to the terms Franksrefers to Franks International N.V., the predecessor reporting entity prior to the Merger, references to Legacy Expro refer to Expro Group Holdings International Limited, the entity acquired by the Company, and 2019 itemsreferences to Expro,” the Company,we,our, and year-to-year comparisons between 2020 and 2019. Discussions of 2018 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2019 and 2018 that are not included in this Form 10-K can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7us refer to Expro Group Holdings N.V., following the consummation of the Annual Report on Form 10-K forMerger and unless the year ended December 31, 2019.


context otherwise required, Franks prior to the consummation of the Merger.

Overview of Business


    We

Working for clients across the entire well life cycle, we are a globalleading provider of highly engineered tubularenergy services, tubular fabricationoffering cost-effective, innovative solutions and specialtywhat we consider to be best-in-class safety and service quality. The Company’s extensive portfolio of capabilities spans well construction, well flow management, subsea well access, and well intervention solutionsand integrity solutions.

With roots dating to the oil1938, we have approximately 7,200 employees and gas industry and have been in business for over 80 years. We provide our services and productssolutions to leading exploration and production companies in both onshore and offshore and onshore environments with a focus on complex and technically demanding wells.


We conduct our business through three operating segments:

Tubular Running Services. The TRS segment provides tubular running services globally. Internationally, the TRS segment operates in the majority of the offshore oil and gas markets and also in several onshore regions with operations in approximately 4060 countries on six continents. Inwith over 100 locations.

Our broad portfolio of products and services are designed to enhance production and improve recovery across the U.S.well lifecycle from exploration through abandonment, including:

Well Construction

Our well construction products and services support customers’ new wellbore drilling, wellbore completion and recompletion, and wellbore plug and abandonment requirements. In particular, we offer advanced technology solutions in drilling, tubular running services, cementing and tubulars. With a focus on innovation, we are continuing to advance the way wells are constructed by optimizing process efficiency on the rig floor, developing new methods to handle and install tubulars and mitigating well integrity risks.

Well Management

Our well management offerings consist of well flow management, subsea well access and well intervention and integrity services:

Well flow management: We gather valuable well and reservoir data, with a particular focus on well-site safety and environmental impact. We provide global, comprehensive well flow management systems for the safe production, measurement and sampling of hydrocarbons from a well during the exploration and appraisal phase of a new field; the flowback and clean-up of a new well prior to production; and in-line testing of a well during its production life. We also provide early production facilities to accelerate production; production enhancement packages to enhance reservoir recovery rates through the realization of production that was previously locked within the reservoir; and metering and other well surveillance technologies to monitor and measure flow and other characteristics of wells.

Subsea well access: With over 35 years of experience providing a wide range of fit-for-purpose subsea well access solutions, our technology aims to ensure safe well access and optimized production throughout the lifecycle of the well. We provide what we believe to be the most reliable, efficient and cost-effective subsea well access systems for exploration and appraisal, development, intervention and abandonment, including an extensive portfolio of standard and bespoke Subsea Test Tree Assemblies, a rig-deployed Intervention Riser System and a vessel-deployed, wire through water Riserless Well Intervention System. We also provide systems integration and project management services.

Well intervention and integrity: We provide well intervention solutions to capture well data, ensure well bore integrity and improve production. In addition to our extensive fleet of mechanical and cased hole wireline units, we have recently introduced a number of cost-effective, innovative well intervention services, including CoilHose™, a lightweight, small-footprint solution for wellbore lifting, cleaning and chemical treatments; Octopoda™, for fluid treatments in wellbore annuli; and Galea™, an autonomous well intervention solution. We also possess several other distinct technical capabilities, including non-intrusive metering technologies and wireless telemetry systems for reservoir monitoring.

We operate a global business and have a diverse and stable customer base that is comprised of national oil companies (“NOC”), the TRS segment provides services in the active onshoreinternational oil and gas drilling regions, including the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, Haynesville Shale, Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale, as well as in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Our customers in these markets are primarily largecompanies (“IOC”), independent exploration and production companies including international oil(“Independents”) and gas companies, national oil and gas companies, major independents and other oilfield service companies.


Tubulars. The Tubulars segment designs, manufactures and distributes connectors and casing attachments for large OD heavy wall pipe. Additionally, the Tubulars segment sells large OD pipe originally manufactured by various pipe mills, as plain end or fully fabricatedpartners. We have strong relationships with proprietary welded or thread-direct connector solutions and provides specialized fabrication and welding services in support of offshore deepwater projects, including drilling and production risers, flowlines and pipeline end terminations, as well as long-length tubular assemblies up to 400 feet in length. The Tubulars segment also specializes in the development, manufacture and supply of proprietary drilling tool solutions that focus on improving drilling productivity through eliminating or mitigating traditional drilling operational risks.

Cementing Equipment. The CE segment provides specialty equipment to enhance the safety and efficiency of rig operations. It provides specialized equipment, services and products utilized in the construction, completion and abandonmenta number of the wellbore in both onshoreworld’s largest NOCs and offshore environments. The product portfolio includes casing accessories that serveIOCs, some of which have been our customers for decades. We are dedicated to improvesafely and sustainably delivering maximum value to our customers.

We organize and manage our operations on a geographical basis. Our reporting structure and the installation of casing, centralizationkey financial information used by our management team is organized around our four operating segments: (i) NLA, (ii) ESSA, (iii) MENA and wellbore zonal isolation, as well as enhance cementing operations through advance wiper plug and float equipment technology. Abandonment solutions are primarily used to isolate portions of the wellbore through the setting of barriers downhole to allow for rig evacuation in case of inclement weather, maintenance work on other rig equipment, squeeze cementing, pressure testing within the wellbore, hydraulic fracturing and temporary and permanent abandonments. These offerings improve operational efficiencies and limit non-productive time if unscheduled events are encountered at the wellsite.


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(iv) APAC.

How We Generate Our Revenue


    The majority of our services

Our revenue is derived primarily from providing tubular services which involves the handling and installation of multiple joints of pipe to establish a cased wellbore and the installation of smaller diameter pipe inside a cased wellbore. We also generate services revenue from our drilling tool offerings, as well as from in well construction, well flow management, subsea well access and well intervention services.


    In contrast,and integrity services to operators globally. Our revenue includes equipment service charges, personnel charges, run charges and consumables. Some of our contracts allow us to charge for additional deliverables, such as the costs of mobilization of people and equipment and customer specific engineering costs associated with a project. We also procure products revenue is derived from salesand services on behalf of certain products, including large OD pipe connectors and large OD pipe manufacturedour customers that are provided by third parties directly to external customers, as well as from our well construction and well intervention product offerings.

    In addition, our customers typically reimburse us for transportation costs thatwhich we incurare reimbursed with a mark-up or in connection with transportingan integrated services contract. We also design, manufacture and sell equipment, which is typically done in connection with a related operations and maintenance arrangement with a particular customer. In addition, we also generate revenue from the sale of certain well construction products.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, approximately 71% of our productsrevenue was generated by activities related to offshore oil and equipmentgas operations and approximately 41% of our revenue was generated by production optimization activities, which are generally funded by customers’ operating expenditures rather than capital expenditures.

Market Conditions and Price of Oil and Gas

As a full-cycle energy services company, our services span the full life of an oil and gas field from appraisal, development, completion and production through eventual abandonment. While 2021 presented challenges due to ongoing COVID-19 constraints, the market showed positive signs of recovery beginning in late 2021 and continuing into the first quarter of 2022. There are a number of market factors that have had, and may continue to have, an effect on our staging areasbusiness, including:

The market for oilfield services and our business are substantially dependent on the condition of the oil and gas industry and, in particular, the willingness of oil and gas companies to make expenditures on exploration, drilling and production activities.

Oil demand in 2022 is forecast to exceed 2021 as the overall economic backdrop improves through the COVID-19 pandemic recovery with liquid demand expected to grow by 3.6 million barrels per day (“b/d”) in 2022, up from 96.9 million b/d in 2021 (which would surpass 2019 levels), rising by an additional 1.8 million b/d in 2023 to 102.3 million b/d. Due to production curtailments by OPEC+ members, investment restraint from U.S. oil producers, and other supply disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, oil demand has outpaced production for over a year. Following reaffirmation from OPEC+ members to increase production again, the Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) forecast that global oil production will outpace demand during both 2022 and 2023, resulting in rising global oil inventories and downward pressures on oil prices. However, the impact of new variants of COVID-19 on economic activity is unknown, and uncertainty remains in the global oil markets.

Despite the multi-year underinvestment in new reserves, we expect that operators will continue to exercise fiscal discipline in the near-term and continue to exercise caution around potential new COVID-19 variants impact on activities. As a result, we and other oilfield services companies have limited visibility on customer spending plans for 2022 and the timing of an expected further increase in activity levels. 

In addition, increases in activity are not expected to be uniform across regions or type of activity, at least in the early stages of a market recovery, although international and deepwater activity is expected to continue to improve throughout 2022. We expect that the demand for services related to brownfield and production enhancement and in field development will also show increased demand.

Although the clean energy transition has continued to gain momentum, it is expected that hydrocarbons will play a vital role in the transition towards more sustainable energy resources. The existing expertise and future innovation within the oilfield services sector, both to reduce the emissions and enhance efficiency within the current industry and the new industries, will be critical. We are already active in the early-stage carbon capture and storage sector and have established operations and technologies within the geothermal and flare reduction and gas recovery segments. We continue to develop technologies to reduce the greenhouse gas impact of our customers’ operations which, along with our digital transformation initiatives, are expected to enable us to continue to support our customers’ efficiency and environmental initiatives. As the industry changes, we plan to continue to evolve our approach to adapt and help our customers address the energy transition.

Increased expectations of host countries in regard to local content is another multi-year trend, which gained additional momentum during recent years. Our commitment to developing local capabilities and in-country personnel has reduced our dependence on international staff, which has also allowed us to mitigate some of the operational challenges associated with travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. These efforts have enabled us to continue to service our customers in their ongoing operations throughout the pandemic.

A major factor that affects our business activity is the price of oil and, to a lesser extent, the customers’ job sites.


Outlook

regional price of natural gas, which are both driven by market supply and demand. Changes in oil and gas prices impact our customers' spending on exploration and appraisal, development, production and abandonment activities. The fullextent of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreaka change in oil and gas prices on these activities varies extensively between geographic regions, types of customers, types of activities and the resulting reductionfinancial returns of individual projects. In response to this uncertain industry outlook, we continue to evaluate additional cost saving opportunities in oil sector activityorder to reduce service delivery costs, increase productivity and improve profitability; however, our commitment to safety, service quality and innovation remains steadfast.

Outlook

Demand continues to evolve daily. However,improve with ongoing mass vaccination programs beginningstabilizing Brent oil prices, and activity in 2022 is forecast to be deployed, wehigher than in 2021, with oil demand forecast to return to or exceed pre-pandemic levels before year end.

As discussed above, the EIA estimates that global liquid fuels consumption will grow to 100.5 million b/d in 2022, up from 96.9 million b/d in 2021 (which would surpass 2019 levels), rising to 102.3 million b/d in 2023. Counterbalancing consumption growth, the EIA expect continuing production increases from OPEC (2.5 million b/d) and an acceleration in U.S. crude oil production in 2022 (rising from 11.2 million b/d in 2021 to 11.8 million b/d in 2022 and 12.4 million b/d in 2023, the market to respond positively throughout 2021. As COVID-19 responses have normalized and the OPEC and Russiahighest annual average U.S. crude oil production cut agreements have remained in place, demandon record) that along with other supply increases, is expected to continueoutpace global oil consumption growth and contribute to draw down stockpilesdeclining oil prices in the mid-term. As a result, the EIA forecasts Brent crude oil spot prices to average $75 per barrel in 2022 and $68 per barrel in 2023 compared to an average $71 per barrel in 2021.

In addition to the stabilized oil market outlook, global natural gas demand is continuing its recovery due to a combination of supply. While it is uncertain howrising economic activity, lower inventory in storage, recent extreme weather events and a predicted long depressed energywinter in Europe. The EIA expects Henry Hub spot prices will average $3.82/Metric Million British Thermal Unit (“MMBtu”) in the first quarter of 2022 and average $3.79/MMBtu for all of 2022 and $3.63/MMBtu in 2023 as U.S. dry gas production recovers. Rystad forecasts the European and Asian liquefied natural gas spot price to average $16.70 and $18.60 in 2022, respectively, maintaining the higher rates achieved in 2021 with slight downward pricing pressure in 2023 as liquefied natural gas production ramps up.

The outlook for 2022 indicates a continuing modest recovery in exploration and production expenditures, albeit at different rates in individual countries depending on a range of factors, including increasing crude production offset by a slower rate of demand will last, we anticipate internationalgrowth with slower jet fuel recovery and U.S. offshoreuncertainty regarding COVID-19 and the impact of any new variants or a resurgence over the winter period.

We expect demand for our productsservices and servicessolutions to moderately increasetrend positively throughout 2022. The following provides an outlook for 2022 by our reporting segments based on data from current levels as more customer projects come back online in 2021. ExplorationSpears and development spending continues to shift toward offshore and internationally focused projects, while U.S. landAssociates, Inc.

NLA: In North America, activity is anticipatedprojected to have a moderate recovery overincrease in 2022 by 23% in drilling and 10% in hydraulic fracturing activity. Operator focus remains on capital discipline, although with further drilled but uncompleted drawdowns becoming limited, new well drilling will need to continue increasing in order to maintain output. In Latin America, drilling activity is now forecast to increase 20% in 2022, driven mainly by increased activity in Guyana, Suriname and Argentina.

ESSA: In Europe, drilling activity is projected to rise in 2022 by 2%, with an average of 82 active rigs and approximately 725 new wells. Onshore and offshore activity are both projected to increase by 2% in 2022. In Sub-Saharan Africa, drilling activity is forecasted to increase by 17% overall, to an average of 109 active rigs in 2022, following the coming year. Activityresumption of activity in the deepwaterfourth quarter of 2021 and the progression of further development programs for a number of large offshore marketprojects.

MENA: In the Middle East and North Africa, drilling activity is expectedprojected to improverise by 10% in 2022, to an average of 271 active rigs, as delayed projects resumeIraq plans to increase their production capacity and new projects commence throughout 2021.


As COVID-19 hasSaudi Arabia responds to increased challenges relating to personnel logistics, our customer base has accelerated to our efficiency-based integrated technology that remove personnel from the rig site. With this, we continue todemand for its oil. The increased focus on deploying this differentiated technology across all markets with a focus on improving market share, asset utilization,infield development and profitability.

For our Tubular Running Services segment, we expect the international offshore markets to see moderate growth in line with market trends, U.S. offshore to remain stable,production optimization and U.S. onshore operations to rebound slightly from 2020 as demand for oil improves. This business is typically associated with higher marginenhancement projects and will continue to be a vehicle to pull through additional product lines and revenue sources. Competitive pricing is likely to persist that could serve to limit our growth; however, we expect to maintain market share gains from previous years. Our client baseproduction rates continues, with future expansion of carbon capture and storage projects, for example in the UAE, also adding to expand asa growing future activity outlook.

APAC: In Asia Pacific, drilling contractors and integrated service providers look for differentiated technology and efficiency-based solutions.


The Tubulars segmentactivity is primarilyprojected to increase by 12%, to 179 active rigs, including an increase offshore following weaker activity in 2021, especially in India where future deepwater exploration is now forecast to increase driven by the specialized needs of our customers and the timing of projects, specifically in North America. We also expectgovernment’s ambition to benefit from increased sales in select international markets. We expect our drilling tools service line to grow as we invest further inreduce dependence on oil imports. Activity is driven by both new technology and continue to gain share in key markets. Similarly, our tubulars product line is anticipated to benefit from greater demand during 2021 than that which was seen during 2020 as offshore activity increases.

The Cementing Equipment segment is expected to see incremental improvement year-over-year in offshore markets. U.S. onshore products and services are anticipated to remain relatively flat relative to market trends. As in 2020, the growth of Cementing Equipment into international markets is expected to again see year-over-year growth as equipment is deployed. The U.S. offshore market is expected to see an increase from market share gains.

Overall, management anticipates that the industry and economic impact of COVID-19 and OPEC’s actions to continue to impact our operations in 2021, the degree to which remains uncertain. We will continue our efforts to expand our newer service and product lines that have been historically weighted to the U.S. offshore market, focusing on international markets which have been historically underrepresented by the Cementing Equipment and

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Tubulars segments. We will also place a strong focus on operational efficiency gains and prioritizing projects that improve market share and profitability. As we move through this challenging market, we are continuing to see the results of our profitability improvement project which has increased efficiencies and reduced costs. We will continue to monitor the market to ensure we are right sized to execute customer projects and maximize profitability. We remainexpansion of existing developments through production optimization in a strong position financially with a significant cash balance relative to our debt.

Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Indonesia and Malaysia are also progressing plans for carbon capture and storage projects.

How We Evaluate Our Operations


We use a number of financial and operational measures to routinely analyze and evaluate the performance of our business, including revenue,Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA marginCash Flow from Operations and safety performance.


Revenue

Cash Conversion.

Revenue: We analyze our revenue growthperformance by comparing actual monthly revenue by operating segments and areas of capabilities to our internal projections for each monthmonth. Our revenue is primarily derived from well construction, well flow management, subsea well access and well intervention and integrity solutions.

Adjusted EBITDA: We regularly evaluate our financial performance using Adjusted EBITDA. Our management believes Adjusted EBITDA is a useful financial performance measure as it excludes non-cash charges and other transactions not related to our core operating activities and allows more meaningful analysis of the trends and performance of our core operations.

Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations: We regularly evaluate our operating cash flow performance using Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations. Our management believes Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations is a useful tool to measure the operating cash performance of the Company as it excludes exceptional payments, interest payments and non-cash charges not related to our core operating activities and allows more meaningful analysis of the trends and performance of our core operations.

Cash Conversion: We regularly evaluate our efficiency of generating cash from operations using Cash Conversion which provides a useful tool to measure Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations as a percentage of Adjusted EBITDA.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Conversion are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net (loss) income, the most directly comparable financial performance measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP and a reconciliation of Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations to net cash provided by operating activities, the most directly comparable liquidity measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

Executive Overview

Year ended December 31, 2021 compared to year ended December 31, 2020

Certain highlights of our financial results and other key developments include:

On October 1, 2021, the Company completed the Merger with Legacy Expro. Refer to Note 3 “Business combinations and dispositions” of our consolidated financial statements for more details.

Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $150.8 million, or 22.3%, to $825.8 million, compared to $675.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Of the total increase of $150.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, $112.1 million is related to the Merger, and the balance of the increase was driven by higher activity across NLA, ESSA and APAC, partially offset by a reduction in activity in the MENA segment. Revenue for our segments is discussed separately below under the heading “Operating Segment Results”.

We reported a net loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 of $131.9 million, compared to a net loss of $307.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The overall decrease in net loss was primarily due to a combination of asset impairments totaling $287.5 million recognized during the year ended December 31, 2020, partially offset by the Merger which resulted in higher Merger and Integration expense of $46.0 million, higher stock-based compensation expense of $54.2 million and higher income tax expense of $19.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $25.8 million, or 25.7%, to $125.9 million from $100.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Of the total increase of $25.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, $17.3 million is due to the Merger and the remaining increase of $8.5 million is attributable to higher activity during the year ended December 31, 2021. Adjusted EBITDA margin improved from 14.8% to 15.3% during the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $16.1 million, compared to $70.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Conversion for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $65.3 million and 51.9%, respectively, compared to $88.6 million and 88.5%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2020.

In connection with the Merger, we entered into a new revolving credit facility (“New Facility”) with an aggregate commitment of $200.0 million with up to $130.0 million available for drawdowns as loans and up to $70.0 million for bonds and guarantees. The New Facility has substantially the same conditions as Legacy Expro’s revolving credit facility and matures in October 2024. Please refer to the section titled “Liquidity and Capital Resources” for further discussion on our debt facilities.

Selected Unaudited Financial Information for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2021

Unaudited segment revenue and Segment EBITDA for the three months ended December 31, 2021, which includes the results of Legacy Expro and Frank’s, was as follows:

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

Revenue:

        

NLA

 $100,394   34%

ESSA

  94,322   32%

MENA

  49,464   17%

APAC

  51,489   17%

Total Revenue

 $295,669   100%
         

Segment EBITDA:

        

NLA

 $21,162   31%

ESSA

  19,859   28%

MENA

  16,076   23%

APAC

  12,206   18%
   69,303   100%
         

Unaudited revenue by main area of capability for the three months ended December 31, 2021, which includes the results of Legacy Expro and Frank’s, was as follows:

  

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

 

Well construction

 $112,126   38%

Well management

  183,543   62%

Total Revenue

 $295,669   100%

Year ended December 31, 2020 compared to year ended December 31, 2019

Certain highlights of our financial results, which only reflect results of Legacy Expro, and other key developments include:

Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased by $135.0 million, or 16.7%, to $675.0 million from $810.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease was driven by lower activity across all of our product and service offerings in all of our reporting segments other than the APAC segment due to a combination of factors, including a substantial decline in global demand for oil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and disagreements between the members of OPEC+ regarding limits on production of oil, resulting in surplus supply and a material reduction in crude prices. Other effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have included, and may continue to include, disruptions to our operations, including suspension or deferral of drilling activities; customer shutdowns of oil and gas exploration and production; downward revisions to customer budgets and reduced customer demand for our services; and workforce reductions in response to activity declines. Revenue for our segments is discussed separately below under the heading “Operating Segment Results.”

We reported a net loss for the year ended December 31, 2020 of $307.0 million, compared to a net loss of $64.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in net loss was primarily driven by lower activity across all of our product and service offerings as discussed above and significant asset impairments recognized during the year ended December 31, 2020.

Adjusted EBITDA for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased by $17.1 million, or 14.6%, to $100.2 million from $117.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, reflecting a reduction in overall activity in the oilfield services industry during 2020. However, Adjusted EBITDA margin increased from 14.5% to 14.8% during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. The improvement in Adjusted EBITDA margin is primarily due to various initiatives undertaken during 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to structurally adjust Expro’s cost base in order to improve longer-term profitability and performance.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $70.4 million, compared to $81.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Conversion for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $88.6 million and 88.5%, respectively, compared to $86.5 million and 73.7%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Severance and other expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 increased by 213.5% to $13.9 million as compared to $4.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was primarily driven by activities undertaken to restructure and resize our business in response to reduced activity levels due to COVID-19 and other economic conditions in the oil and gas industry, primarily consisting of headcount reductions and the cost of exiting certain facilities.

We recorded significant asset impairments during the year ended December 31, 2020. We tested our goodwill and other long-lived assets for impairment as of the quarter ended March 31, 2020 due to the macro-economic uncertainty that was experienced beginning in March 2020 from a combination of factors, including COVID-19, which resulted in asset impairments as of March 31, 2020 totaling approximately $191.9 million relating to our goodwill and $83.7 million relating to our property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and operating lease right-of-use assets. Additionally, at year end, we recorded an impairment charge of $11.9 million relating to our property, plant and equipment and operating lease right-of-use assets.

Non-GAAPFinancial Measures

We include in this Form 10-K the non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Conversion. We provide reconciliations of net loss, the most directly comparable financial performance measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP, to Adjusted EBITDA. We also provide a reconciliation of Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations to net cash provided by operating activities, the most directly comparable liquidity measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Conversion are used as supplemental financial measures by our management and by external users of our financial statements, such as investors, commercial banks, research analysts and others. These non-GAAP financial measures allow our management and others to assess our performance. We also assess incremental changesfinancial and operating performance as compared to those of other companies in our monthly revenue acrossindustry, without regard to the effects of our operating segments to identify potential areas for improvement.


    Adjusted EBITDAcapital structure, asset base, items outside the control of management and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

other charges outside the normal course of business.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as net loss adjusted for (a) income (loss) before interest income, net,tax expense (benefit), (b) depreciation and amortization income tax benefit or expense, asset impairments,(c) impairment expense, (d) severance and other expense, net, (e) stock-based compensation expense, (f) merger and integration expense, (g) gain or loss on disposal of assets, (h) other income, net, (i) interest and finance expense, net and (j) foreign currency gain or loss, equity-based compensation, unrealized and realized gain or loss, the effects of the TRA, other non-cash adjustments and other charges or credits.exchange losses. Adjusted EBITDA margin reflects our Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of our revenue. revenues.

We review define Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations as net cash provided by operating activities adjusted for cash paid during the period for interest, net, severance and other expense and merger and integration expense. We define Cash Conversion as Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations divided by Adjusted EBITDA.

Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA margin, on both a consolidated basisAdjusted Cash Flow from Operations and on a segment basis. We use Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin to assess our financial performance because it allows us to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis across periods by removing the effects of our capital structure (such as varying levels of interest expense), asset base (such as depreciation and amortization), items outside the control of our management team (such as income tax and foreign currency exchange rates) and other charges outside the normal course of business. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA marginCash Conversion have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternativea substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. As Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Conversion may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations and Cash Conversion may not be comparable to net income (loss), operating income (loss), cash flow from operating activities or anysimilarly titled measures of other measurecompanies, thereby diminishing their utility.

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The following table presents a reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin to net loss for each of the periods presented (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Net loss$(156,220)$(235,329)$(90,733)
Goodwill impairment57,146 111,108 — 
Severance and other charges (credits), net33,023 50,430 (310)
Interest income, net(712)(2,265)(4,243)
Depreciation and amortization70,169 92,800 111,292 
Income tax expense (benefit)(4,081)23,794 (2,950)
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets(1,424)1,037 (1,309)
Foreign currency loss211 2,233 5,675 
TRA related adjustments— (220)1,359 
Charges and credits (1)
10,884 13,933 14,451 
Adjusted EBITDA$8,996 $57,521 $33,232 
Adjusted EBITDA margin2.3 %9.9 %6.4 %

             
  

Year ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Net loss

 $(131,891) $(307,045) $(64,761)
             

Income tax expense (benefit)

  16,267   (3,400)  (1,137)

Depreciation and amortization expense

  123,866   113,693   122,503 

Impairment expense (1)

     287,454   49,036 

Severance and other expense

  7,826   13,930   4,444 

Merger and integration expense

  47,593   1,630    

Gain on disposal of assets

  (1,000)  (10,085)   

Other income, net (2)

  (3,992)  (3,908)  (226)

Stock-based compensation expense (3)

  54,162       

Foreign exchange losses

  4,314   2,261   4,176 

Interest and finance expense, net

  8,795   5,656   3,300 

Adjusted EBITDA

 $125,940  $100,186  $117,335 
             

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

  15.3%  14.8%  14.5%

(1)

Impairment expense represents impairments recorded on goodwill and other long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and operating lease right-of-use assets.

(2)

Other income, net, is comprised of immaterial, unusual or infrequently occurring transactions which, in management’s view, do not provide useful measures of the underlying operating performance of the business.

(3)Non-cash, stock-based compensation expense of $54.2 million includes $42.1 million associated with Legacy Expro stock options and restricted stock units recognized as a result of the completion of the Merger. Please see Note 20 “Stock-based compensationin the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

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(1)    Comprised of Equity-based compensation expense (2020: $11,010; 2019: $11,280; 2018: $10,621), Mergers and acquisition expense (2020: none; 2019: none; 2018: $58), Unrealized and realized gains (2020: $1,378; 2019: $228; 2018: $1,682), Investigation-related matters (2020: $1,868; 2019: $3,838; 2018: $5,454) and Other adjustments (2020: $616; 2019: $957; 2018: none).

Safety Performance

    Safety is one of our primary core values. See Item 1—Business under the heading “Safety” included in this Form 10-K for additional discussion.


Results of Operations

The following table presents our consolidated resultsprovides a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations for each of the periods presented (in thousands):

             
  

Year Ended

 
  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 $16,144  $70,391  $81,209 

Cash paid during the period for interest, net

  4,192   2,630   1,490 

Cash paid during the period for severance and other expense

  8,052   15,602   3,811 

Cash paid during the period for merger and integration expense

  36,921       
             

Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations

 $65,309  $88,623  $86,510 
             

Adjusted EBITDA

 $125,940  $100,186  $117,335 
             

Cash Conversion

  51.9%  88.5%  73.7%

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Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Revenue:
Services$328,457 $473,538 $416,781 
Products61,901 106,382 105,712 
Total revenue390,358 579,920 522,493 
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation and amortization
Services264,680 338,325 302,880 
Products47,399 78,666 76,183 
General and administrative expenses82,257 120,444 126,638 
Depreciation and amortization70,169 92,800 111,292 
Goodwill impairment57,146 111,108 — 
Severance and other charges (credits), net33,023 50,430 (310)
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets(1,424)1,037 (1,309)
Operating loss(162,892)(212,890)(92,881)
Other income (expense):
TRA related adjustments (1)
— 220 (1,359)
Other income, net2,090 1,103 2,047 
Interest income, net712 2,265 4,243 
Mergers and acquisition expense— — (58)
Foreign currency loss(211)(2,233)(5,675)
Total other income (expense)2,591 1,355 (802)
Loss before income taxes(160,301)(211,535)(93,683)
Income tax expense (benefit)(4,081)23,794 (2,950)
Net loss$(156,220)$(235,329)$(90,733)
(1) Please see Note 11—Related Party Transactions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Consolidated

Results of Operations


Year Endedended December 31, 2020 Compared2021 compared to Year Endedyear ended December 31, 2019


2020

  

Year Ended

         
  

December 31,

  

Change

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

  

2020

  

$

  

%

 

Total revenue

 $825,762  $675,026  $150,736   22.3%
                 

Operating costs and expenses:

                

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

  (701,165)  (566,876)  (134,289)    

General and administrative expense, excluding depreciation and amortization

  (73,880)  (23,814)  (50,066)    

Depreciation and amortization expense

  (123,866)  (113,693)  (10,173)    

Impairment expense

     (287,454)  287,454     

Gain on disposal of assets

  1,000   10,085   (9,085)    

Merger and integration expense

  (47,593)  (1,630)  (45,963)    

Severance and other expense

  (7,826)  (13,930)  6,104     
                 

Total operating cost and expenses

  (953,330)  (997,312)  43,982     
                 

Operating loss

  (127,568)  (322,286)  194,718   (60.4)%

Other income, net

  3,992   3,908   84     

Interest and finance expense, net

  (8,795)  (5,656)  (3,139)    
                 

Loss before taxes and equity in income of joint ventures

  (132,371)  (324,034)  191,663   (59.1)%
                 

Equity in income of joint ventures

  16,747   13,589   3,158     
                 

Loss before income taxes

  (115,624)  (310,445)  194,821   (62.8)%

Income tax (expense) benefit

  (16,267)  3,400   (19,667)    
                 

Net loss

 $(131,891) $(307,045) $175,154   (57.0)%

Revenue.

Revenue from external customers, excluding intersegment sales, for the year ended December 31, 2020, decreased2021 increased by $189.6$150.8 million, or 32.7%22.3%, to $390.4$825.8 million, from $579.9compared to $675.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. Revenue decreased across all2020. Of the total increase of our segments as a result$150.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, $112.1 million is related to the Merger, and the balance of the impact of COVID-19. increase was driven by higher activity across NLA, ESSA and APAC, partially offset by a reduction in activity in the MENA segment. Revenue for our segments is discussed separately below under the heading “Operating Segment Results.”


Results”.

Revenue for our well flow management and well intervention and integrity offerings increased by $15.6 million (3.8%) and $39.6 million (29.4%), respectively, partially offset by a decrease in subsea well access revenue by $16.7 million (-12.6%) for the year ended December 31, 2021. Additionally, the Merger resulted in well construction revenue of $112.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.


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Cost of revenue, exclusive ofexcluding depreciation and amortization.

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $701.2 million (84.9% of revenue), an increase of $134.3 million, or 23.7%, compared to $566.9 million (84.0% of revenue) for the year ended December 31, 2020. Of the total increase of $134.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, $92.1 million relates to the Merger, and the remaining increase of $42.2 million was due to higher personnel costs for operational and support staff, equipment rentals, facility costs, materials, sub-contractor costs, and research, engineering and development costs, which is in line with the higher activity, and recognition of stock-based compensation expense for Legacy Expro’s Management Incentive Plan of $10.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as a result of the Merger.

General and administrative, excluding depreciation and amortization

General and administrative expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, is comprised of costs associated with sales and marketing, costs of running the corporate head office and other central functions that support the reporting segments. General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $50.1 million, or 210.2%, to $73.9 million, as compared to $23.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Of the total increase of $50.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, $15.4 million relates to the Merger, and the remaining increase was primarily driven by recognition of stock-based compensation expense for Legacy Expro’s Management Incentive Plan of $31.6 million as a result of the Merger.

Depreciation and amortization expense

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $10.2 million, or 8.9%, to $123.9 million, as compared to $113.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 is primarily related to the Merger.

Gain on disposal of assets

Gain on disposal of assets of $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 represents the earn-out consideration recognized as the conditions upon which the consideration was contingent were met during the year ended December 31, 2021 related to a sale of assets which occurred in 2020.

Impairment expense

No impairment expense was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $287.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Impairment expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 mainly relates to impairment of goodwill of $191.9 million, intangible assets of $60.4 million, property, plant and equipment of $20.0 million and operating lease right-of-use assets of $15.2 million. For further information, refer to Note 4 “Fair value measurements” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Merger and integration expense

Merger and integration expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $46.0 million, to $47.6 million as compared to $1.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase for the year ended December 31, 2021 primarily consists of professional fees, integration, and other costs related to the Merger.

Severance and other expense

Severance and other expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 decreased by $6.1 million, or 43.8%, to $7.8 million as compared to $13.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease was primarily driven by higher headcount reductions and facility rationalization undertaken in the previous year to restructure and resize our business to match reduced activity levels due to COVID-19 and economic conditions in the oil and gas industry for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Interest and finance expense, net

Interest and finance expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2021, was $8.8 million, an increase of $3.1 million, or 55.5%, compared to $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase in interest and finance expense was primarily driven by fees incurred with respect to the New Facility established following the Merger.

Equity in income of joint ventures

Equity in income of joint ventures for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased by $3.2 million, or 23.2%, to $16.7 million as compared to $13.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase reflects higher income from our joint ventures compared to the previous year.

Income tax (expense) benefit

Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 was $16.3 million, compared to an income tax benefit of $3.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Following the closing of the Merger on October 1, 2021, as a result of our change in domicile from the U.K. to the Netherlands, our statutory tax rate changed to 25% for the year ended December 31, 2021. The statutory rate for the year ended December 31, 2020 was 19%. The effective tax rate was (12.3%) and 1.0% for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Our effective tax rate was impacted by the Merger in 2021, impairments of goodwill in 2020, and the geographic mix of profits and losses between deemed profit and taxable profit jurisdictions.

Our effective income tax rate fluctuates from the statutory tax rate based on, among other factors, changes in pretax income in jurisdictions with varying statutory tax rates along with jurisdictions utilizing a deemed profit taxation regime, the impact of valuation allowances, foreign inclusions and other permanent differences related to the recognition of income and expense.

Year ended December 31, 2020 compared to year ended December 31, 2019

  

Year Ended December 31,

  

Change

 
  

2020

  

2019

  

$

  

%

 

(in thousands)

                

Total revenue

 $675,026  $810,064  $(135,038)  (16.7)%

Operating costs and expenses:

                

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

  (566,876)  (677,184)  110,308     

General and administrative expense, excluding depreciation and amortization

  (23,814)  (29,360)  5,546     

Depreciation and amortization expense

  (113,693)  (122,503)  8,810     

Impairment expense

  (287,454)  (49,036)  (238,418)    

Gain on disposal of assets

  10,085      10,085     

Merger and integration expense

  (1,630)     (1,630)    

Severance and other expense

  (13,930)  (4,444)  (9,486)    
                 

Total operating cost and expenses

  (997,312)  (882,527)  (114,785)    
                 

Operating loss

  (322,286)  (72,463)  (249,823)  344.8%

Other income, net

  3,908   226   3,682     

Interest and finance expense, net

  (5,656)  (3,300)  (2,356)    
                 

Loss before taxes and equity in income of joint ventures

  (324,034)  (75,537)  (248,497)  329.0%
                 

Equity in income of joint ventures

  13,589   9,639   3,950     
                 

Loss before income taxes

  (310,445)  (65,898)  (244,547)  371.1%

Income tax benefit

  3,400   1,137   2,263     
                 

Net loss

 $(307,045) $(64,761) $(242,284)  374.1%

Revenue

Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020, which only includes revenue of Legacy Expro, decreased by $135.0 million, or 16.7%, to $675.0 million from $810.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019 was driven by lower activity across all of our product and service offerings in all of our reporting segments other than the APAC segment, due to a combination of factors, including a substantial decline in global demand for oil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and disagreements between the members of OPEC+ regarding limits on production of oil, resulting in surplus supply and reduction in crude oil prices. For reference, Brent oil price averaged $42 per barrel in 2020 as compared to an average of $64 per barrel in 2019. As a result of reduced activity, revenue for the NLA segment decreased by $104.9$58.3 million (33.5%), the MENA segment by $43.0 million (18.2%) and the ESSA segment by $37.3 million (14.5%), partially offset by a modest increase in revenue in the APAC segment of $3.6 million (2.5%). Revenue for our segments is discussed in further detail separately below under the heading “Operating Segment Results.”

Revenue for our well flow management, well intervention and integrity and subsea well access offerings decreased by $75.8 million (15.7%), $35.1 million (20.7%) and $24.1 million (15.4%), respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to December 31, 2020.

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization, for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $566.9 million (84.0% of revenue), a decrease of $110.3 million, or 25.2%16.3%, compared to $312.1$677.1 million from $417.0 million(83.6% of revenue) for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in the cost of revenue, which includes personnel costs for operational and support staff, equipment rentals, facility costs, materials, sub-contractor costs, and research, engineering and development costs, was primarily duein line with the lower activity. In addition, we reduced our support staff by approximately 9.1% for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to lower activity levels across all segments, as well as due to productivity and cost efficiency actions.


the year ended December 31, 2019.

General and administrative, expenses. excluding depreciation and amortization

General and administrative (“G&A”)expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, include the costs associated with sales and marketing, costs of running our corporate head office and other central functions that support the operating segments and include foreign currency gains (losses). General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased by $38.1$5.5 million, or 31.6%18.9%, to $82.3$23.8 million, from $120.4$29.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, due2019. The decrease in general and administrative expenses during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to cost savings associated with personnel reductions.


Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortizationthe year ended December 31, 2019 was primarily driven by a reduction in our corporate support staff by approximately 9.3% for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreased by $22.6compared to the year ended December 31, 2019. This contributed to lower personnel costs, lower corporate overhead costs, and lower travel costs. Additionally, we benefited from lower foreign exchange losses of $1.9 million from the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.

Depreciation and amortization expense

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $113.7 million, a decrease of $8.8 million, or 24.4%,7.2% compared to $70.2 million from $92.8$122.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily as a result of a lower depreciable asset base.


    Goodwill impairment. We recognized a goodwill impairment

Impairment expense

Impairment expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $287.5 million, an increase of $57.1$238.4 million, or 486.2%, compared to $49.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded impairment expense relating to our goodwill of $191.9 million, intangible assets of $60.4 million, property, plant and equipment of $20.0 million and operating lease right-of-use assets of $15.2 million. For further information, refer to Note 4 “Fair value measurements” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Merger and integration expense

During the year ended December 31, 2020, we incurred $1.6 million of merger and integration expense, which consists primarily of professional fees and other costs with respect to the Merger. No such expense was incurred during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Gain on disposal of assets

Gain on disposal of assets of $10.1 million represents profit recognized on the sale of certain identified tangible and intangible assets and liabilities relating to the disposition of our pressure-control chokes product line during 2020 for a total cash consideration of $15.5 million. The carrying value of net assets transferred was $4.4 million and we incurred costs directly attributable to the sale of $1.0 million.

Severance and other expense

Severance and other expense for the year ended December 31, 2020 increased by $9.5 million, or 213.5%, to $13.9 million from $4.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was primarily driven by headcount reductions and facility rationalization to restructure and resize our business to match reduced activity levels due to COVID-19 and economic conditions in the oil and gas industry.

Depending on how the market evolves, further actions may be necessary, which could result in additional expense in future periods.

Interest and finance expense, net

Interest and finance expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2020, was $5.7 million, an increase of $2.4 million, or 71.4%, compared to $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase in interest and finance expense was due to lower interest income earned in 2020 primarily due to lower interest rates. We earned interest income of $1.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to a goodwill impairment$3.3 million during the previous year.

Equity in income of $111.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. See Note 1—Basisjoint ventures

Equity in income of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.


    Severance and other charges (credits), net. Severance and other charges (credits), netjoint ventures for the year ended December 31, 2020 decreasedincreased by $17.4$4.0 million, or 41.0%, to $33.0$13.6 million from $50.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. Severance and other charges (credits), net for the year ended December 31, 2020 consisted of fixed asset impairment charges of $15.7 million, intangible asset impairments of $4.7 million, inventory impairments of $0.4 million and severance and other costs of $12.3 million, primarily driven by COVID-19-related activity disruptions and customer spending cuts in response to falling oil prices. Severance and other charges (credits), net for the year ended December 31, 2019 consisted of fixed asset impairment charges of $32.9 million, intangible asset impairments of $3.3 million, inventory impairments of $4.5 million and severance and other costs of $9.7 million, primarily made in conjunction with our business review conducted during the fourth quarter of 2019. See Note 17Severance and Other Charges (Credits), net in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Foreign currency gain (loss). Foreign currency loss for the year ended December 31, 2020, decreased by $2.0 million to $0.2 million from $2.2$9.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The change in foreign currency results year-over-year was primarily driven by strengthening of the U.S. dollar in the current period asincrease reflects higher income from our joint ventures compared to the prior year period, particularly in comparison to the Norwegian krone.

previous year.

Income tax expense (benefit).benefit

Income tax expense (benefit)benefit for the year ended December 31, 2020 changed by $27.9was $3.4 million, an increase of $2.3 million, or 199.0%, compared to a benefit of $4.1 million from an expense of $23.8$1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The statutory tax rate was 19% for both the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. The effective tax rate was 1.0% and 1.5% for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 respectively. Our effective tax rate was impacted due to the impairment on goodwill along with the geographic mix of profits and losses between deemed profit and taxable profit jurisdictions.

Our effective income tax rate was 2.5%fluctuates from the statutory tax rate based on, among other factors, changes in pretax income in jurisdictions with varying statutory tax rates along with jurisdictions utilizing a deemed profit taxation regime, the impact of valuation allowances, foreign inclusions and (11.2)%other permanent differences related to the recognition of income and expense.

Operating Segment Results

We evaluate our business segment operating performance using segment revenue and Segment EBITDA, as described in Note 5 “Business segment reporting” in our consolidated financial statements. We believe Segment EBITDA is a useful operating performance measure as it excludes non-cash charges and other transactions not related to our core operating activities and corporate costs and allows management to more meaningfully analyze the trends and performance of our core operations by segment as well as to make decisions regarding the allocation of resources to our segments.

The following table shows revenue by segment and revenue as percentage of total revenue by segment for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The change was due primarily to a significant tax expense recorded in 2019 to record a valuation allowance against certain indefinite-lived intangibles.




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Operating Segment Results

2019:  

  

Revenues

  

Percentage

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

  

2020

  

2019

  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

NLA

 $193,156  $115,738  $174,058   23.4%  17.2%  21.5%

ESSA

  300,557   219,534   256,790   36.4%  32.5%  31.7%

MENA

  171,136   194,033   237,065   20.7%  28.7%  29.3%

APAC

  160,913   145,721   142,151   19.5%  21.6%  17.5%
                         

Total revenue

 $825,762  $675,026  $810,064   100.0%  100.0%  100.0%

The following table presents revenueshows Segment EBITDA and AdjustedSegment EBITDA margin by segment (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Revenue:
Tubular Running Services$269,711 $400,327 $361,045 
Tubulars53,668 74,687 72,303 
Cementing Equipment66,979 104,906 89,145 
Total$390,358 $579,920 $522,493 
Segment Adjusted EBITDA: (1)
Tubular Running Services$22,171 $85,601 $62,515 
Tubulars7,765 11,575 11,246 
Cementing Equipment10,780 14,089 8,617 
Corporate (2)
(31,720)(53,744)(49,146)
Total$8,996 $57,521 $33,232 
for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

  

Segment EBITDA (1)

  

Segment EBITDA Margin

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

  

2020

  

2019

  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

NLA

 $32,254  $54  $15,031   16.7%  0.0%  8.6%

ESSA

  53,336   35,393   45,358   17.7%  16.1%  17.7%

MENA

  56,312   77,296   86,043   32.9%  39.8%  36.3%

APAC

  33,444   34,976   28,762   20.8%  24.0%  20.2%


(1)

Relative to Adjusted EBITDA ($125.9 million, $100.2 million and $117.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively), Segment EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 excludes corporate costs of $66.2 million, $61.1 million and $67.5 million, respectively, and equity in income of joint ventures of $16.7 million, $13.6 million and $9.6 million, respectively.

(1)Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used

Yearended December31, 2021 compared to the year endedDecember 31, 2020

NLA

Revenue for the NLA segment was $193.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $77.4 million, or 66.9%, compared to $115.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Of the total increase of $77.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, $67.0 million relates to the Merger, and the balance of the increase of $10.4 million was primarily driven by an increase in well flow management and external userswell intervention and integrity services in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Trinidad and Tobago driven by higher customer activity. The increase in revenues was partially offset by non-recurring power chokes equipment sales as a result of disposition of our financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenderspower chokes product line in 2020 and rating agencies. (Forlower well flow management and subsea well access revenues in Canada due to completion of a reconciliationcontract in 2020.

Segment EBITDA for the NLA segment was $32.2 million, or 16.7% of our Adjusted EBITDA, see “—Adjusted EBITDArevenues, during the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to $0.1 million during year ended December 31, 2020. Out of the total increase of $32.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, $16.1 million relates to the Merger, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin.”)

(2)Our Corporate component includes certain expenses notthe balance of the increase of $16.0 million is attributable to higher activity on higher margin contracts and a particularmore favorable activity mix during 2021.

ESSA

Revenue for the ESSA segment suchwas $300.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $81.0 million, or 36.9%, compared to $219.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Out of the total increase of $81.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, $28.5 million is attributable to the Merger. The remaining increase of $52.5 million in revenues was primarily driven by an early production equipment sale in Nigeria and higher well flow management and subsea well access revenues in Norway, Mozambique, United Kingdom, Ghana, and Angola due to an increase in overall customer activities and new projects. The overall increase in revenues was partially offset by a decrease in revenue in Mauritania upon completion of a subsea well access contract.

Segment EBITDA for the ESSA segment was $53.3 million, or 17.7% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $17.9 million, or 50.7%, compared to $33.4 million, or 16.1% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2020. Of the total increase of $17.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2021, $8.9 million relates to the Merger, and the balance of the increase of $9.1 million is attributable to higher activity and a more favorable activity mix during 2021.

MENA

Revenue for the MENA segment decreased by $22.9 million, or 11.8%, to $171.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, as costscompared to $194.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The lower revenues in the region were driven by a reduction in well flow management revenues in Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reflecting lower customer activities partially offset by an increase in well construction revenues of $8.3 million due to the Merger.

Segment EBITDA for the MENA segment was $56.3 million, or 32.9% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2021, a reduction of $20.9 million, or 27.1%, compared to $77.3 million, or 39.8% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2020. The reduction in Segment EBITDA was primarily due to a decrease in revenues during 2021 and lower activity on higher margin contracts, partially offset by an increase in Segment EBITDA of $1.2 million related to support functionsthe Merger.

APAC

Revenue for the APAC segment was $160.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of $15.2 million, or 10.4%, compared to $145.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Of the total, $8.4 million relates to the Merger, and corporate executives.


the balance of the increase of $6.8 million was primarily driven by increased well flow management and well intervention and integrity revenue in Australia, Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia from new contracts or higher activity on existing contracts. This increase was partially offset by lower subsea well access revenues in China and Malaysia due to a combination of lower spare sales, completion of a contract and lower customer activities during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Segment EBITDA for the APAC segment was $33.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $1.5 million, or 4.4%, compared to $35.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The reduction was primarily due to a less favorable activity mix and lower activity on higher margin contracts, partially offset by an increase in Segment EBITDA of $1.1 million related to the Merger.

Year Endedended December 31, 2020 Comparedcompared to Year Endedthe year ended December 31, 2019


Tubular Running Services

NLA

Revenue for the TRSNLA segment was $269.7$115.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $130.6$58.3 million, or 32.6%33.5%, compared to $400.3$174.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in revenue was mainly driven by a reduction in well flow management and subsea well access revenues in North America offshore where activity levels continued to show weakness, reflecting a combination of COVID-19 and hurricane-related project deferrals. The lower revenues in NLA also reflect reduced customer activity levels in our relatively small, pre-Merger North America land operations, resulting in lower well flow management revenues as well as lower sales within our then-owned power chokes product line. Additionally, the reduction in revenues in NLA was also driven by lower subsea well access and well flow management revenues in Canada and lower wireline intervention and integrity services revenue in Argentina during the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to the year ended December 31, 2019.

Segment EBITDA for the NLA segment was $0.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to $15.0 million, or 8.6% of revenues, during the year ended December 31, 2019. The reduction in NLA Segment EBITDA was mainly driven by a combination of lower activity on higher margin contracts and a less favorable activity mix during 2020.

ESSA

Revenue for the ESSA segment decreased by $37.3 million, or 14.5%, to $219.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 from $256.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in revenue was primarily due to a reduction in well flow management and subsea well access revenues, driven by a combination of lower activity, suspension of activities by customers and non-recurring projects in the U.K., Azerbaijan and several countries in the Sub-Sahara African region, including Nigeria, Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire, Mozambique and Equatorial Guinea, partially offset by an increase in revenues in Mauritania from a new subsea well access contract.

Segment EBITDA for the ESSA segment was $35.4 million, or 16.1% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2020, a reduction of $10.0 million, or 22.0%, compared to $45.4 million, or 17.7% of revenues, for the same period in 2019. The decreasereduction in Segment EBITDA for ESSA was primarily due to lower revenues during 2020 combined with a less favorable activity mix, which negatively impacted the Segment EBITDA margin.

MENA

Revenue for the MENA segment decreased by $43.0 million, or 18.2%, to $194.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 from $237.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The lower revenues in the region were driven by a reduction in well flow management revenues in Algeria, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates reflecting lower activity levelscustomer activities. Additionally, revenues in most regions, partially offset by improved activity levelsEgypt decreased during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the same period in the Caribbean.


    Adjusted2019 due to non-recurring equipment sales.

Segment EBITDA for the TRSMENA segment was $22.2$77.3 million, or 39.8% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2020, a reduction of $8.7 million, or 10.2%, compared to $86.0 million, or 36.3% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2019. The reduction in Segment EBITDA for MENA was primarily due to a decrease in revenues during 2020; however, MENA Segment EBITDA margin improved during 2020 as compared to 2019 due to various cost savings measures undertaken in the region and a modestly more favorable activity mix.

APAC

Revenue for the APAC segment was $145.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decreasean increase of $63.4$3.6 million, or 74.1%2.5%, compared to $85.6$142.2 million for the same periodyear ended December 31, 2019. The increase in 2019. Segment results were negatively impactedrevenue in APAC was primarily driven by increased well flow management and subsea well access revenue in Malaysia from new contracts and higher activity declines,on existing contracts, and increased revenue in Australia, primarily from higher subsea well access services. This increase was partially offset by cost cutting measures.


    Tubulars

    Revenuelower well flow management revenues in India due to non-recurring equipment sales and lower activity levels on continuing projects in Thailand.

Segment EBITDA for the TubularsAPAC segment was $53.7$35.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decreasean increase of $21.0$6.2 million, or 28.1%21.6%, compared to $74.7 million for the same period in 2019, primarily as a result of lower drilling tools activity and tubular sales in the Gulf of Mexico, partially offset by increased demand for our drilling tools in international markets.


    Adjusted EBITDA for the Tubulars segment was $7.8$28.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $3.8 million, or 32.8%2019. APAC Segment EBITDA margin was 24.0%, or compared to $11.6 million for the same period in 2019, primarily driven by lower drilling tools activity and tubular sales in the Gulf of Mexico.


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    Cementing Equipment

    Revenue for the CE Segment was $67.0 millionup from 20.2% for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $37.9 million, or 36.1%, compared to $104.9 million for the same period2019. The improvement in 2019, driven by reductions in the U.S. land and offshore markets, partially offset by continued expansion to international markets.

    AdjustedAPAC Segment EBITDA for the CE segmentmargin was $10.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, a decrease of $3.3 million, or 23.4%, compared to $14.1 million for the same period in 2019, primarily due to reductions in the U.S. landincreased activity combined with a more favorable activity mix and offshore markets, partially offset by continued expansion to international markets.cost control measures.


Liquidity


Our financial objectives include the maintenance of sufficient liquidity, adequate financial resources and financial flexibility to fund our business. At December 31, 2020, we had2021, total available liquidity was $369.9 million, including cash and cash equivalents and short-term investmentsrestricted cash of $211.8$239.9 million and no debt.$130.0 million available for borrowings under our New Facility. Our primary sources of liquidity to date have been cash flows from operations. Our primary uses of capital have been for organic growth capital expenditures and acquisitions. We continually monitor potential capital sources, including equity and debt financing, in order to meet our investment and target liquidity requirements. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly reduced economic activity levels across the globe, which has resulted in lower demand for oil and natural gas, as well as for our services and products. The reduced demand for our services and products has had, and may continue to have, a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In consideration of these risks, we are undertaking additional measures to protect liquidity. These measures include increased focus on collection of receivables, enhanced customer credit review, special measures to reduce risks of high-cost inventory items, and enhanced cash reporting requirements.


Our total capital expenditures are estimated to be approximately $25range between $90 million and $100 million for 2022. Our total capital expenditures (exclusive of the Merger) were $81.5 million for year ended December 31, 2021, out of which we expect approximately 90% will bewere used for the purchase and manufacture of equipment to directly support customer-related activities and approximately 10% for other property, plant and equipment, inclusive of capitalized enterprise resource planning software implementation costs. The actual amount of capital expenditures for the purchase and manufacture of equipment may fluctuate based on market conditions. DuringOur total capital expenditures were $112.4 million for the yearsyear ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangibles were $28.5 million, $36.9 million and $56.5 million, respectively, all of which were funded from internally generated sources.generally used for equipment required to provide services in connection with awarded contracts. We believecontinue to focus on preserving and protecting our cash on hand and cash flows from operations will be sufficient to fund our capital expenditure and liquidity requirements for the next twelve months.


Our Board of Directors has authorized a program to repurchase our common stock from time to time. Approximately $38,502,322 remained authorized for repurchases as of December 31, 2020; subject to the limitation set in our shareholder authorization for repurchasesstrong balance sheet, optimizing utilization of our common stock, which is currently 10% of the common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2020. From the inception of this program in February 2020 through December 31, 2020, we repurchased 570,044 shares of our common stock for a total cost of approximately $1.5 million. This program was suspended during the second quarter of 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19existing assets and, commodity price declines and will be revisited when market conditions stabilize sufficiently to provide greater clarity to anticipated business results.

    The timing, declaration, amount of, and payment of any dividends is within the discretion of our board of managing directors subject to the approval of our Board of Supervisory Directors and will depend upon many factors, including our financial condition, earnings,where practical, limiting new capital requirements, covenants associated with certain of our debt service obligations, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, industry practice, ability to access capital markets, and other factors deemed relevant by our board of managing directors and our Board of Supervisory

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Directors. We do not have a legal obligation to pay any dividend and there can be no assurance that we will be able to do so.

expenditures.

Credit Facility


Asset Based

Revolving Credit Facility


On November 5, 2018, FICV,certain subsidiaries of Frank’s International, LLC and Blackhawk, as borrowers, and FINV, certain of FINV’s subsidiaries, including FICV, Frank’s International, LLC, Blackhawk, Frank’s International GP, LLC, Frank’s International, LP, Frank’s International LP B.V., Frank’s International Partners B.V., Frank’s International Management B.V., Blackhawk Intermediate Holdings, LLC, Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC, and Trinity Tool Rentals, L.L.C., as guarantors, entered into a five-year senior securedan asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”) with JPMorgan Chaseaggregate commitments of $100.0 million secured by certain assets of the subsidiary guarantors.

On December 20, 2018, subsidiaries of Legacy Expro entered into a revolving credit facility (the “2018 RCF”) with aggregate commitments of $150.0 million with up to $100.0 million available for drawdowns as loans and up to $50 million for bonds and guarantees. The 2018 RCF bore interest at U.S. dollar LIBOR plus 3.75% and was secured by a fixed and floating charge on certain assets of some of our wholly owned subsidiaries. On October 1, 2021, following the closing of the Merger, the ABL Credit Facility and 2018 RCF were cancelled.

Concurrently with the cancelation of the ABL Credit Facility and the 2018 RCF, we entered into the New Facility with DNB Bank N.A.,ASA, London Branch, as administrative agent, (the “ABL Agent”), and other financial institutions as lenders with total commitments of $100.0$200.0 million, including up to $15.0of which $130.0 million is available for drawdowns as loans and $70.0 million is available for letters of credit. Subject to the terms of the ABL CreditNew Facility, we havethe Company has the ability to increase the commitments to $200.0$250.0 million. The maximum amount that the Company may borrow under the ABL Credit Facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on a percentage of certain eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory, subject to customary reserves and other adjustments.


All obligations under the ABL Credit Facility are fully and unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally by FINV’s subsidiaries, including FICV, Frank’s International, LLC, Blackhawk, Frank’s International GP, LLC, Frank’s International, LP, Frank’s International LP B.V., Frank’s International Partners B.V., Frank’s International Management B.V., Blackhawk Intermediate Holdings, LLC, Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC, and Trinity Tool Rentals, L.L.C., subject to customary exceptions and exclusions. In addition, the obligations under the ABL Credit Facility are secured by first priority liens on substantially allProceeds of the assetsNew Facility may be used for general corporate and property ofworking capital purposes. Please see Note 16 “Interest bearing loans” in the borrowers and guarantors, including pledges of equity interests in certain of FINV’s subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. Borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility bear interest at FINV’s option at either (a) the Alternate Base Rate (ABR) (as defined therein), calculated as the greatest of (i) the rate of interest publicly quoted by the Wall Street Journal, as the “prime rate,” subject to each increase or decrease in such prime rate effective as of the date such change occurs, (ii) the federal funds effective rate that is subject to a 0.00% interest rate floor plus 0.50%, and (iii) the one-month Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined therein) plus 1.00%, or (b) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined therein), plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The applicable interest rate margin ranges from 1.00% to 1.50% per annum for ABR loans and 2.00% to 2.50% per annum for Eurodollar loans and, in each case, is based on FINV’s leverage ratio. The unused portion of the ABL Credit Facility is subject to a commitment fee that varies from 0.250% to 0.375% per annum, according to average daily unused commitments under the ABL Credit Facility. Interest on Eurodollar loans is payable at the end of the selected interest period, but no less frequently than quarterly. Interest on ABR loans is payable monthly in arrears.

The ABL Credit Facility contains various covenants and restrictive provisions which limit, subject to certain customary exceptions and thresholds, FINV’s ability to, among other things, (1) enter into asset sales; (2) incur additional indebtedness; (3) make investments, acquisitions, or loans and create or incur liens; (4) pay certain dividends or make other distributions and (5) engage in transactions with affiliates. The ABL Credit Facility also requires FINV to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.0 to 1.0 based on the ratio of (a) consolidated EBITDA (as defined therein) minus unfinanced capital expenditures to (b) Fixed Charges (as defined therein), when either (i) an event of default occurs under the ABL Facility or (ii) availability under the ABL Credit Facility falls for at least two consecutive calendar days below the greater of (A) $12.5 million and (B) 15% of the lesser of the borrowing base and aggregate commitments (a “FCCR Trigger Event”). Accounts receivable received by FINV’s U.S. subsidiaries that are partiesNotes to the ABL Credit Facility will be deposited into deposit accounts subject to deposit control agreements in favor of the ABL Agent. After a FCCR Trigger Event, these deposit accounts would be subject to “springing” cash dominion. After a FCCR Trigger Event, the Company will be subject to compliance with the fixed charge coverage ratio and “springing” cash dominion until no default exists under the ABL Credit Facility and availability under the facilityConsolidated Financial Statements for the preceding thirty consecutive days has been equal to at least the greater of
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Cash flow from operating, investing and (y) 15% of the lesser of the borrowing base and the aggregate commitments. If FINV fails to perform its obligations under the agreement that results in an event of default, the commitments under the ABL Credit Facility could be terminated and any outstanding borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility may be declared immediately due and payable. The ABL Credit Facility also contains cross default provisions that apply to FINV’s other indebtedness.


As of December 31, 2020, FINV had no borrowings outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility, letters of credit outstanding of $10.3 million and availability of $24.2 million.

Cash Flows from Operating, Investing and Financing Activities

financing activities

Cash flows provided by (used in) our operations, investing and financing activities are summarized below (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Operating activities$39,651 $27,048 $(32,644)
Investing activities(20,034)(10,046)10,403 
Financing activities(2,082)(5,945)(7,946)
17,535 11,057 (30,187)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash activities(3,028)(529)3,384 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents$14,507 $10,528 $(26,803)

  

Year Ended December 31,

 

(in thousands)

 

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 $16,144  $70,391  $81,209 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  112,046   (96,773)  (151,934)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (7,176)  (625)  21,922 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash activities

  (1,876)  631   566 

Net increase (decrease) to cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

 $119,138  $(26,376) $(48,237)


    StatementsAnalysis of cash flows for entities with international operations that useflow changes between the local currency as the functional currency exclude the effects of the changes in foreign currency exchange rates that occur during any given year, as these are noncash changes. As a result, changes reflected in certain accounts on the consolidated statements ofyears ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

Net cash flows may not reflect the changes in corresponding accounts on the consolidated balance sheets.


Operating Activities

    Cash flowprovided by operating activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $39.7$16.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $70.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease of $54.3 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily due to payment of merger and integration expenses related to the Merger of $36.9 million, unfavorable movements in working capital of $31.8 million and reimbursable payments made in connection with Frank's executive deferred compensation plan of $8.9 million, partially offset by improvements in Adjusted EBITDA of $25.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Adjusted Cash Flow from Operations during the year ended December 31, 2021 was $65.3 million compared to $88.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. Our primary uses of net cash provided by operating activities were capital expenditures and funding obligations related to our financing arrangements.

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Net cash provided by investing activities was $112.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to net cash used in investing activities of $96.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. Our principal recurring investing activity is our capital expenditures. The increase in net cash provided by investing activities was primarily due to net cash of $189.7 million acquired as part of the Merger and a decrease in capital expenditures of $30.9 million, partially offset by a reduction in proceeds from disposal of assets of $11.8 million.

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $7.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to $0.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase of $6.6 million in cash used by financing activities primarily related to payment of higher loan issuance and other transaction costs of $4.0 million with respect to the New Facility, payment of withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of shares underlying stock-based compensation plans of $0.8 million and lower proceeds from the release of collateral deposits of $2.1 million, partially offset by $0.6 million of lower payments on finance leases during 2021.

Analysis of cash flow changes between the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

Net cash provided by operating activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $70.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to $81.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease of $10.8 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2020 comparedwas primarily due to $27.0a decrease in Adjusted EBITDA of $17.1 million, in 2019. Thean increase in net cash flow provided by operating activities in 2020paid for income taxes of $12.7$7.8 million, compared to 2019 was primarily a resultand higher severance and other expense paid of favorable change in accounts receivable of $32.6$9.5 million, partially offset by unfavorable changesimprovements in accounts payableworking capital and accruedfavorable movements in other assets and liabilities of $12.9$21.7 million.


Investing Activities

Adjusted Cash flow used in investing activities was $20.0 million forFlow from Operations during the year ended December 31, 2020 was $88.6 million compared to $10.0$86.5 million forduring the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase inOur primary uses of net cash provided by operating activities were capital expenditures and acquisitions and funding obligations related to our financing arrangements.

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities of $10.0was $96.8 million was primarily a result of decreased net proceeds from the sale of investments of $26.0 million, partially offset by decreased purchases of property, plant and equipment of $8.5 million and increased proceeds from sale of assets of $7.5 million.


Financing Activities

    Cash flow used in financing activities was $2.1 million forduring the year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to $5.9$151.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. Our principal recurring investing activity is our capital expenditures. The decrease in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to a $47.9 million payment for an acquisition during the previous year and proceeds of $15.6 million from the disposal of assets in 2020. This decrease was partially offset by an increase of $8.3 million in capital expenditures during the year ended December 31, 2020, including $29.2 million of capital expenditures related to new technologies, including our coil hose, annular intervention and riserless light well intervention capabilities.

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $0.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $21.9 million during the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in cash flow used inprovided by financing activities primarily related to lower proceeds from the release of $3.8 million was due to decreased repaymentcollateral deposits of borrowings $5.4 million, partially offset by repurchases under our publicly announced share repurchase program of $1.5$26.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2020.


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Contractual Obligations
    We are a party2020 as compared to various contractual obligations. A portion of these obligations are reflected in our financial statements, such as operating leases, while other obligations, such as purchase obligations, are not reflected on our balance sheet. The following is a summary of our contractual obligations as ofthe year ended December 31, 2020 (in thousands):
Payments Due by Period
Less thanMore than
Total1 year1-3 years3-5 years5 years
Operating leases$39,996 $10,378 $14,842 $6,942 $7,834 
Purchase obligations (1)
26,638 16,231 10,407 — — 
Total$66,634 $26,609 $25,249 $6,942 $7,834 
(1)Includes purchase commitments related2019, partially offset by $3.5 million of lower payments of loan transaction costs and finance leases during 2020.

Off-balancesheet arrangements

We have outstanding letters of credit/guarantees that relate to connectorsperformance bonds, custom/excise tax guaranties and pipe inventory. We enterfacility lease/rental obligations. These were entered into purchase commitments as needed.


    In addition to the above, the Company has issued purchase orders in the ordinary course of business forand are customary practices in the purchasevarious countries where we operate. It is not practicable to estimate the fair value of goods and services. These purchase orders are enforceable and legally binding. However, nonethese financial instruments. None of the Company’s purchase orders call for deliveries of goodsoff-balance sheet arrangements either has, or services for time periods in excess of one year. Not included in the table above are uncertain tax positions of $27.2 million.

Tax Receivable Agreement

    We entered into the TRA with FICV and Mosing Holdings in connection withis likely to have, a material effect on our IPO. The TRA generally provides for the payment by us to Mosing Holdings of 85% of the amount of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that we actually realize (or are deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after our IPO as a result of (i) tax basis increases resulting from the Conversion and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by us as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, payments under the TRA. We will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these cash savings, if any. Payments we make under the TRA will be increased by any accrued interest from the due date (without extensions) of the corresponding tax return to the date of payment specified by the TRA. The payments under the TRA will not be conditioned upon a holder of rights under the TRA having a continued ownership interest in FINV.consolidated financial statements. As of February 17,December 31, 2021, based on the best information available to us, the Mosing family collectively owns approximately 47% of our common shares.

The payment obligations under the TRA are our obligations and not obligations of FICV. The term of the TRA commenced upon the completion of the IPO and will continue until all tax benefits that are subject to the TRA have been utilized or expired, unless we exercise our right to terminate the TRA (or the TRA is terminated due tohad no material off-balance sheet financing arrangements other circumstances, including our breach of a material obligation thereunder or certain mergers or other changes of control), and we make the termination payment specified by the TRA.

If we elect to terminate the TRA early, which we may do in our sole discretion (or if it terminates early as a result of our breach), we would be required to make a substantial, immediate lump-sum payment equal to the present value of the hypothetical future payments that could be required to be paid under the TRA (based upon certain assumptions and deemed events set forth in the TRA, including the assumption that we have sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the tax attributes subject to the TRA), determined by applying a discount rate equal to the long-term Treasury rate in effect on the applicable date plus 300 basis points. Any early termination payment may be made significantly in advance of the actual realization, if any, of the future tax benefits to which the termination payment relates. In addition, payments due under the TRA will be similarly accelerated following certain mergers or other changes of control.

In certain circumstances, we may be required to make payments under the TRA that we have entered into with Mosing Holdings. In most circumstances, these payments will be associated with the actual cash savings that we recognize from tax benefits resulting from the Conversion, which would reduce the actual tax benefit to us of the Conversion. If we were to elect to exercise our sole right to terminate the TRA early or enter into certain change of
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control transactions, we may incur payment obligations prior to the time we actually incur any tax benefit. In those circumstances, we would need to pay the amounts out of cash on hand, finance the payments or refrain from incurring the obligation (including by not entering into a change of control transaction). Based on our current liquidity

Critical accounting policies and our expected ability to access debt and equity financing, we believe we would be able to make such an early termination payment if necessary. Any such payment could reduce our cash on hand and our borrowing availability, however, which would also reduce the amount of cash available to operate our business, to fund capital expenditures and to be paid as dividends to our stockholders, among other things. Please see Note 11—Related Party Transactions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

    At December 31, 2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements with the exception of purchase obligations.

Critical Accounting Policies

estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires managementExpro to select appropriate accounting principles from those available, to apply those principles consistently and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that affect revenuethe reported amounts of revenues and associated costs as well as reported amounts of assets and liabilities and related disclosuredisclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Certain accounting policies involve judgments and uncertainties. We evaluate estimates and assumptions on a regular basis. We base our respective estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from thethese estimates andunder different assumptions used in preparation of our consolidated financial statements.or conditions. We consider the following policies to be the most critical to understanding the judgments that are involved and the uncertainties that could impact our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.


Revenue Recognition


    Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. Payment terms on services and products generally range from 30 days to 120 days. Given the short-term nature of our service and product offerings, our contracts do not have a significant financing component and the consideration we receive is generally fixed. We do not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. Because our contracts with customers are short-term in nature and fall within this exemption, we do not have significant unsatisfied performance obligations.

recognition

Service revenue is recognized over time as services are performed or rendered. Rates for services are typically priced onrendered and the customer simultaneously consumes the benefit of the service while it is being rendered, and, therefore, reflects the amount of consideration to which we have a per day, per man-hour or similar basis.right to invoice. We generally perform services either under direct service purchase orders or master service agreements which are supplemented by individual call-out provisions. For customers contracted under such arrangements, an accrual is recorded in unbilled revenuereceivable for revenue earned but not yet invoiced.

Revenue on product salesfrom the sale of goods is generally recognized at athe point in time when the productcontrol has shippedpassed onto the customer which generally coincides with delivery and, significant riskswhere applicable, installation. We also regularly assess customer credit risk inherent in the carrying amounts of ownership have passedreceivables, contract costs and estimated earnings, including the risk that contractual penalties may not be sufficient to offset our accumulated investment in the customer. The sales arrangements typically do not include a rightevent of return or other similar provisions, nor do they contain any other post-delivery obligations.
    Some of our Tubulars segment and Cementing Equipment segment customers have requested that we store pipe, connectors and cementing products purchased from us in our facilities. customer termination.

We also recognize revenue for these “bill and hold” sales, once the following criteria have been met: (1) there is a substantive reason for the arrangement, (2) the product is identified as the customer’s asset, (3) the product is ready for delivery to the customer, and (4) we cannot use the product or direct it to another customer.


Where contractual arrangements contain multiple performance obligations, judgment is involved to analyze each performance obligation within the sales arrangement to determine whether they are distinct. The revenue for contracts involving multiple performance obligations is allocated to each distinct performance obligation based on relative selling prices and is recognized on satisfaction of each of the distinct performance obligations.

We are required to determine the transaction price in respect of each of our contracts with customers. In making such judgment, we assess the impact of any variable consideration in the contract, due to discounts or penalties, the existence of any significant financing component and any non-cash consideration in the contract. In determining the impact of variable consideration, we use the “most-likely amount” method whereby the transaction price is determined by reference to the single most likely amount in a range of possible consideration amounts.

Business Combinations

We record business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting. All of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are recorded at fair value as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired is recorded as goodwill.

The application of the acquisition method of accounting for business combinations requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions in the determination of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, in order to properly allocate purchase price consideration between assets that are depreciated and amortized from goodwill. The fair value assigned to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on management’s estimates and assumptions, as well as other information compiled by management, including valuations that utilize customary valuation procedures and techniques. Significant assumptions and estimates include, but are not limited to, the cash flows that an asset is expected to generate in the future and the appropriate weighted-average cost of capital.

If the actual results differ from the estimates and judgments used in these estimates, the amounts recorded in the consolidated financial statements may be exposed to potential impairment of long-lived assets, including intangible assets and goodwill. The Merger of Frank’s with Legacy Expro pursuant to the Merger Agreement was completed on October 1, 2021. Refer to Note 3 “Business combinations and dispositions” of our consolidated financial statements for further details.


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Income Taxes

    The liability method is used for determining our income tax provisions, under which current

Goodwill and deferred tax liabilities andidentified intangible assets are recorded in accordance with enacted tax laws and rates. Under this method,

We record the amountsexcess of deferred tax liabilities and assets atpurchase price over the end of each period are determined using the tax rate expected to be in effect when taxes are actually paid or recovered. Valuation allowances are established to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In determining the need for valuation allowances, we have made judgments and estimates regarding future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. These estimates and judgments include some degree of uncertainty, and changes in these estimates and assumptions could require us to adjust the valuation allowances for our deferred tax assets. Historically, changes to valuation allowances have been caused by major changes in the business cycle in certain countries and changes in local country law. The ultimate realizationfair value of the deferred taxtangible and identifiable intangible assets depends on the generation of sufficient taxable income in the applicable taxing jurisdictions.


    Through FICV, we operate in approximately 40 countries under many legal forms. As a result, we are subject to the jurisdiction of numerous U.S.acquired and foreign tax authorities,liabilities assumed as well as to tax agreements and treaties among these governments. Our operations in these different jurisdictions are taxed on various bases: actual income before taxes, deemed profits (which are generally determined using a percentage of revenue rather than profits) and withholding taxes based on revenue. Determination of taxable income in any jurisdiction requires the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding significant future events such as the amount, timing and character of deductions, permissible revenue recognition methods under the tax law and the sources and character of income and tax credits. Changes in tax laws, regulations, agreements and treaties, foreign currency exchange restrictions or our level of operations or profitability in each taxing jurisdiction could have an impact on the amount of income taxes that we provide during any given year.

    Our tax filings for open tax periods are subject to audit by the tax authorities. These audits may result in assessments of additional taxes that are resolved either with the tax authorities or through the courts. These assessments may occasionally be based on erroneous and even arbitrary interpretations of local tax law. Resolution of these situations inevitably includes some degree of uncertainty; accordingly, we provide taxes only for the amounts we believe will ultimately result from these proceedings. The resulting change to our tax liability, if any, is dependent on numerous factors including, among others, the amount and nature of additional taxes potentially asserted by local tax authorities; the willingness of local tax authorities to negotiate a fair settlement through an administrative process; the impartiality of the local courts; the number of countries in which we do business; and the potential for changes in the tax paid to one country to either produce, or fail to produce, an offsetting tax change in other countries. Our experience has been that the estimates and assumptions used to provide for future tax assessments have proven to be appropriate. However, past experience is only a guide, and the potential exists that the tax resulting from the resolution of current and potential future tax controversies may differ materially from the amount accrued.

    In addition to the aforementioned assessments received from various tax authorities, we also provide for taxes for uncertain tax positions where formal assessments have not been received. The determination of these liabilities requires the use of estimates and assumptions regarding future events. Once established, we adjust these amounts only when more information is available or when an event occurs necessitating a change to the reserves such as changes in the facts or law, judicial decisions regarding the application of existing law or a favorable audit outcome. We believe that the resolution of tax matters will not have a material effect on our consolidated financial condition, although a resolution could have a material impact on our consolidated statements of operations for a particular period and on our effective tax rate for any period in which such resolution occurs.

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    Goodwill

goodwill. Goodwill is not subject to amortization and is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. A qualitative assessment is allowed to determine if goodwill is potentially impaired. We have the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit in any period and proceed directly to performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test. The qualitative assessment determines whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. If it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, then a quantitative impairment test is performed. The quantitative goodwill impairment test is used to identify both the existence of impairment and the amount of impairment loss. The test compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, an impairment loss is recorded based on that difference. We complete our assessment of

No impairment expense was recorded for goodwill impairment as of Octoberduring the year ended December 31, each year.


    As of October 31, 2019, we performed a quantitative goodwill impairment test for our Cementing Equipment reporting unit.2021. During the fourth quarter of 2019, market factors indicated a downturn in the demand for our Cementing Equipment productsyears ended December 31, 2020 and services in the U.S. land market and a slower uptake of our service offering in international markets, and we reduced our management forecast for this reporting unit accordingly. Based on this refined outlook, the quantitative goodwill impairment test indicated that the fair value of the Cementing Equipment reporting unit was less than its carrying value. As a result, during the fourth quarter of 2019, we recorded a $111.1impairment expense of $191.9 million impairment chargeand $26.4 million, respectively, relating to our goodwill.

During the first quarter of 2020, as a result of the decline in oil prices due Refer to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia price war in early 2020, we identified a triggering event that indicated the fairNote 4 “Fair value of goodwill within our Cementing Equipment reporting unit was less than its carrying value. Based on the resultsmeasurements of our goodwillconsolidated financial statements for details regarding the facts and circumstances that led to this impairment test as of March 31, 2020, we recorded a $57.1 million impairment charge to goodwill, which is included in goodwill impairment on the consolidated statements of operations. Our goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2020, did not identify a triggering event that indicates the fair values of our reporting units were less than their carrying values.

and other details. We used the income approach to estimate the fair value of the Cementing Equipmentour reporting unit,units, but also considered the market approach to validate the results. The income approach estimates the fair value by discounting the reporting unit’s estimated future cash flows using an estimated discount rate, or expected return, that a marketplace participant would have required as of the valuation date.appropriate risk-adjusted rate. The market approach includes the use of comparative multiples to corroborate the discounted cash flow results and involves significant judgment in the selection of the appropriate peer group companies and valuation multiples. The inputs used in the determination of fair value are generally level 3 inputs.

    Some

We review our identified intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in business circumstances arise that may indicate that the carrying amount of its intangible assets may not be recoverable. These events and changes can include significant current period operating losses or negative cash flows associated with the use of an intangible asset, or group of assets, combined with a history of such factors, significant changes in the manner of use of the assets, and current expectations that it is more significant assumptions inherent inlikely than not that an intangible asset will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the income approach include theend of its previously estimated useful life. When impairment indicators are present, we compare undiscounted future net annual cash flows, forincluding the reporting unit,eventual disposition of the terminal growth rateasset group at market value, to the asset group’s carrying value to determine if the asset group is recoverable. If the carrying values are in excess of undiscounted expected future cash flows, we measure any impairment by comparing the fair value of the asset or asset group to its carrying value. Estimating future cash flows requires significant judgment, and projections may vary from the discount rate. We selected the assumptions used in the discounted cash flow projections using historical data supplemented by current and anticipated market conditions and estimated growth rates. Our estimates are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable. However, given the inherent uncertainty in determining the assumptions underlying a discounted cash flow analysis, actual results may differ from those used in our valuationflows eventually realized, which could result in additionalimpact our ability to accurately assess whether an asset has been impaired.

No impairment charges in the future. Assuming all other assumptions and inputs used in the discounted cash flow analysis were held constant, a 50 basis point increase in the discount rate assumption would have increased the 2020 goodwill impairment charge by approximately $4.3 million.


    No goodwill impairmentexpense was recorded for identified intangible assets during the year ended December 31, 2018. At December 31, 2020, goodwill is allocated to our reportable segments as follows: Cementing Equipment - approximately $24.1 million; TRS - approximately $18.7 million.


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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

    See Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements set forth in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data,” under the heading “Recent Accounting Pronouncements” included in this Form 10-K.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    We are exposed to certain market risks inherent in our financial instruments and arising from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. A discussion of our market risk exposure in financial instruments is presented below.

    The primary objective of the following information is to provide forward-looking quantitative and qualitative information about our potential exposure to market risks. The disclosures are not meant to be precise indicators of expected future losses or gains, but rather indicators of reasonably possible losses or gains. This forward-looking information provides indicators of how we view and manage our ongoing market risk exposures.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

    We operate in virtually every oil and natural gas exploration and production region in the world. In some parts of the world, the currency of our primary economic environment is the U.S. dollar, and we use the U.S. dollar as our functional currency. In other parts of the world, such as Europe, Africa and Brazil, we conduct our business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, and the functional currency is the applicable local currency. Assets and liabilities of entities for which the functional currency is the local currency are translated into U.S. dollars using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date, resulting in translation adjustments that are reflected in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the shareholders’ equity section on our consolidated balance sheets. A portion of our net assets are impacted by changes in foreign currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar.

    For2021. During the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, we recorded impairment expense relating to our identified intangible assets of $60.4 million and $17.9 million, respectively. Refer to Note 4 “Fair value measurements” of our consolidated financial statements for further details.

Defined benefit plans

Our post-retirement benefit obligations are described in detail in Note 19 “Post-retirement benefits” of our consolidated financial statements. Defined pension benefits are calculated using significant inputs to the actuarial models that measure pension benefit obligations and related effects on operations. Two assumptions, discount rate and expected return on assets, are important elements of plan asset/liability measurement and are updated on an annual basis, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances so indicate.

We evaluate these critical assumptions at least annually on a plan and country specific basis. We periodically evaluate other assumptions involving demographic factors such as retirement age, mortality and turnover, and update them to reflect our experience and expectations for the future. Actual results in any given year will often differ from actuarial assumptions because of economic and other factors.

The discount rate that we use reflects the market rate of a portfolio of high-quality corporate bonds with maturities matching the expected timing of payment of the related benefit obligations. The discount rates used to determine the benefit obligations for our principal pension plans were 1.8% in 2021, 1.3% in 2020 and 2.0% in 2019, reflecting market interest rates. As of December 31, 2021, we estimate that a 1% appreciation or depreciation in the discount rate would result in an impact of approximately $39.4 million to our present value of defined benefit obligations as at December 31, 2021. The weighted average expected rate of return on plan assets for the pension plans was 3.2% in 2021, 2.7% in 2020 and 3.4% in 2019. A change in the expected rate of return of 1% would impact our net periodic pension expense by $2.1 million.

Income Taxes

We use the asset and liability method to account for income taxes whereby we calculate the deferred tax asset or liability account balances using tax laws and rates in effect at that time. Under this method, the balances of deferred tax liabilities and assets at the end of each period are determined using the tax rate expected to be in effect when taxes are actually paid or recovered. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce gross deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that all or some portion of the gross deferred tax assets will not be realized. In determining the need for valuation allowances, we have made judgments and considered estimates regarding estimated future taxable income and available tax planning strategies. These estimates and judgments include some degree of uncertainty, therefore changes in these estimates and assumptions could require us to adjust the valuation allowances for our deferred tax assets accordingly. The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets depends on the generation of sufficient taxable income in the applicable taxing jurisdictions.

We operate in more than 60 countries. As a result, we are subject to numerous domestic and foreign taxing jurisdictions and tax agreements and treaties among various governments. Determination of taxable income in any jurisdiction requires the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding future events, including the amount, timing and character of income, deductions, and tax credits. Changes in tax laws, regulations or agreements in each taxing jurisdiction could have an impact on the amount of income taxes that we provide during any given year.

Our tax filings for various periods are subject to audit by the tax authorities in most jurisdictions in which we operate, and these assessments can result in additional taxes. Estimating the outcome of audits and assessments by the tax authorities involves uncertainty. We review the facts of each case and apply judgments and assumptions to determine the most likely outcome and provide for taxes, interest and penalties on this basis. In line with U.S. dollar-equivalent basis, approximately 30%GAAP, we recognize the effects of a tax position in the consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not that, based on the technical merits, some level of tax benefit related to a tax position will be sustained upon audit by tax authorities. Our experience has been that the estimates and assumptions used to provide for future tax assessments have proven to be appropriate. However, past experience is only a guide, and the potential exists that tax resulting from the resolution of current and potential future tax disputes may differ materially from the amount accrued. In such an event, we will record additional tax expense or tax benefit in the period in which such resolution occurs.

New accounting pronouncements

See Note 2 “Basis of presentation and significant accounting policies” in our consolidated financial statements under the heading “Recent accounting pronouncements.”

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Financial risk factors

Our operations expose us to several financial risks, principally market risk (foreign currency risk and interest rate risk) and credit risk.

Foreign currency risk

Cash flow exposure

We expect many of the subsidiaries of our revenue was representedbusiness to have future cash flows that will be denominated in currencies other than USD. Our primary cash flow exposures are revenues and expenses. Changes in the exchange rates between USD and other currencies in which our subsidiaries transact will cause fluctuations in the cash flows we expect to receive or pay when these cash flows are realized or settled. We generally attempt to minimize our currency exchange risk by seeking to naturally hedge our exposure by offsetting non-USD inflows with non-USD denominated local expenses. We generally do not enter into forward hedging agreements, and our largest exposures are to the British pound and Norwegian kroner, mainly driven by facility costs and employee compensation and benefits.

Transaction exposure

Many of our subsidiaries have assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. However, no single non-U.S. currency poses a primary risk to us. A hypothetical 10% decreaseUSD. Changes in the exchange rates for each ofbetween USD and the foreignother currencies in which such liabilities are denominated can create fluctuations in our reported consolidated statements of operations and cash flows.

As of December 31, 2021, we estimate that a portion of our revenue is denominated5% appreciation (depreciation) in USD would result in a 2.7% decreasechange in our overall revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020.


    From timenet loss of approximately $1.9 million.

Interest rate risk

We currently have no outstanding variable interest rate bearing debt and accordingly, we are not exposed to time we enter into short-duration foreign currency forward contractsvariability in interest expense and cash flows due to mitigate ourinterest rate changes.

Credit risk

Our exposure to non-local currency operating working capital. We are also exposed to market risk on our forward contracts related to potential non-performance by our counterparty. It is our policy to enter into derivative contracts with counterparties that are creditworthy institutions.


    We account for our derivative activities under the accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Derivatives are recognized on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. Although the derivative contracts will serve as an economic hedge of the cash flow of our currency exchange risk exposure, they are not formally designated as hedge contracts for hedge accounting treatment. Accordingly, any changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments during a period will be included in our consolidated statements of operations.


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    We had no foreign currency derivative contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, we had the following foreign currency derivative contracts outstanding in U.S. dollars (in thousands):
Foreign CurrencyNotional AmountContractual Exchange RateReceivable (Payable)
Fair Value at December 31, 2019
Canadian dollar$948 1.3182 $(16)
Euro9,279 1.1180 (80)
Norwegian krone11,027 9.0688 (355)
Pound sterling16,057 1.3381 127 
$(324)

    Interest Rate Risk

    As of December 31, 2020, we did not have an outstanding funded debt balance under our ABL Credit Facility. If we borrow under our ABL Credit Facility in the future, we will be exposed to changes in interest rates on our floating rate borrowings under our ABL Credit Facility. Although we do not currently utilize interest rate derivative instruments to reduce interest rate exposure, we may do so in the future.
    Customer Credit Risk

    Financial instruments that potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk is primarily through cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and accounts receivable, including unbilled balances. Our liquid assets are our trade receivables. invested in cash, with a mix of local and international banks, and highly rated, short-term money market deposits generally with original maturities of less than 90 days. We monitor the ratings of such investments and mitigate counterparty risks as appropriate.

We extend credit to customers and other parties in the normal course of business. International sales also presentbusiness and are thus subject to concentrations of customer credit risk. We have established various risksprocedures to manage our credit exposure, including governmental activities that may limit or disrupt marketscredit evaluations and restrict the movement of funds. We operate in approximately 40 countries and, as a result, our accounts receivables are spread over many countries and customers. As of December 31, 2020, 35% and 11% of our net trade receivables were from customers in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, 42% of our net trade receivables were from customers in the United States. No other country accountedmaintaining an allowance for more than 10% of our net trade receivables at these dates.

credit losses. We are also exposed to credit risk because our customers are concentrated in the oil and natural gas industry. This concentration of customers may impactimpacts overall exposure to credit risk either positively or negatively, because our customers may be similarly affected by changes in economic and industry conditions, including sensitivity to commodity prices. While current energy prices are important contributors to positive cash flow for our customers, expectations about future prices and price volatility are generally more important for determining future spending levels. However, any prolonged increase or decreasechanges in oil and natural gas prices affectsprices. We operate in more than 60 countries and as such, our receivables are spread over many countries and customers. Accounts receivable in Algeria and the levelsU.S. represented approximately 23% and 12%, respectively, of exploration, developmentour net accounts receivable balance at December 31, 2021. No other country accounted for greater than 10% of our accounts receivable balance. Our customer base is comprised of a large number of IOC, NOC, Independents and production activity, as well as the entire health of theservice partners from all major oil and natural gas industrylocations around the world. The majority of our accounts receivable are due for payment in less than 90 days and can therefore negatively impact spending by our customers.
largely comprise amounts receivable from IOCs and NOCs. We closely monitor accounts receivable and raise provisions for expected credit losses where it is deemed appropriate.


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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 201966
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2020, 20192021, 2020 and 20201918


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Management’s Report on Internal Control




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholdersstockholders and the Board of Directors

Frank’s International of Expro Group Holdings N.V.:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Frank’s InternationalExpro Group Holdings N.V. and subsidiaries (the Company)"Company") as of December 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows, for each of the years in the three-year periodthen ended, December 31, 2020, and the related notes and financial statement Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (collectively referred to as the consolidated financial statements)"financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated2021 and 2020 financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 20202021 and 2019,2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for eachthe years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The consolidated financial statements of the years inCompany for the three-year periodyear ended December 31, 2019, before the effects of the adjustments to retrospectively apply the change in accounting related to the reverse stock split discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, were audited by other auditors whose report, dated March 17, 2020, except for Notes 2 and 5, as to which the date was March 26, 2021, expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements. We have also audited the adjustments to the 2019 consolidated financial statements to retrospectively apply the change in conformityaccounting for the reverse stock split in 2021, as discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements. Our procedures included (1) comparing the amounts shown in the per share disclosures for 2019 to the Company’s underlying accounting analysis, (2) comparing the previously reported shares outstanding and the related balance sheet and income statement amounts per the Company’s accounting analysis to the previously issued consolidated financial statements, and (3) recalculating the decrease of shares to give effect to the reverse stock split and testing the mathematical accuracy of the underlying analysis. In our opinion, such retrospective adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. However, we were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any other procedures to the 2019 consolidated financial statements of the Company other than with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.


respect to the retrospective adjustments, and accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the 2019 consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.

We have also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’sCompany's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020,2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 1, 20218, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’sCompany's internal control over financial reporting.


Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for leases as of January 1, 2019 due to the adoption of the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 842 - Leases, as amended.

Basis for Opinion


These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’sCompany's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidatedthe Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.


We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter


The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current periodcurrent-period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that:that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit mattermatters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Valuation of goodwill associated with the Cementing Equipment reporting unit

As discussed in

Business combinations and dispositions Franks International N.V. Refer to Notes 1 and 93 to the consolidated financial statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company completed the Company performs goodwill impairment testingmerger of Frank’s International N.V. (“Frank’s”) with Expro Group Holdings International Limited (“Legacy Expro”) for a total purchase price of $742.3 million on an annual basisOctober 1, 2021 (the “Merger”). The purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate thatliabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values. The largest asset classes acquired include Property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) and Intangible assets, for which fair value was determined based on the carrying valuecost approach for buildings and improvements, leasehold improvements, air and gas compressors, bucking/torque machines, casing/tubular running tools, cementing tools, downhole drilling tools, hydraulic hammers, oil & gas equipment, power generator assembly, power tongs, slip assembly, stabbing guides, thread protectors, training rigs, welding & soldering equipment, tooling, furniture & fixtures, office equipment, computer hardware/software, forklifts, and light duty vehicles (collectively, “Real & Personal Property”); the market approach for land; and the income approach for trademarks, trade name Frank’s International, patented technology (casing running, completions, drilling tech, and cementing), IPR&D (casing running, completions, drilling tech, tubulars, cementing, and service tools), customer relationships, and assembled workforce (collectively, “Intangible Assets”).

We identified the valuation of goodwill might exceedReal & Personal Property and Intangible Assets arising out of the Merger as a critical audit matter because of the estimates made by management to determine the fair value of these assets for purposes of recording the Merger. This required a reporting unit. The Company usedhigh degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort, including the income approachneed to estimateinvolve our valuation specialists when performing audit procedures to determine the fair value of acquired Real & Personal Property under the

cost approach, including estimating cost to replace or reproduce comparable assets adjusted for the remaining useful lives, land under the market approach, and Intangible Assets under the income approach, including forecasting of expected future cash flows either through the use of the relief-from-royalty method or the multi-period excess earnings method, estimating the discount rates used to approximate their current value, and estimating the useful lives based on management’s historical experience and expectations as to the duration of time that benefits from these assets are expected to be realized.


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How the Cementing Equipment reporting unit. The Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge to the Cementing Equipment reporting unit of $57.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2020.


We identified the assessment of the valuation of goodwill associated with the Cementing Equipment reporting unit as a critical audit matter. The estimated fair value of the Cementing Equipment reporting unit was derived from assumptions used in estimating future cash flows resultingCritical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the application of a high degree of subjective auditor judgment. The revenue growth rates, discount rate, and terminal growth rate assumptions usedAudit

Our audit procedures related to estimate the fair value of the reporting unit were determined to be significant assumptionsReal & Personal Property and Intangible Assets acquired as changes to those assumptions could have had a significant effect on the Company’s assessmentpart of the impairment of goodwill.


TheMerger included the following, are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the Company’s goodwill impairment assessment process. This included controls related to the determination of the fair value of the Cementing Equipment reporting unit and the development of the significant assumptions listed above. We compared the Company’s historical forecasted revenue to actual results to assess the Company’s ability to accurately forecast. We involved valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in:

evaluating the Company’s discount rate by comparing it against a discount rate range that was independently developed using publicly available market data for comparable entities;

evaluating the Company’s forecasted revenue growth rates and terminal growth rate for the Cementing Equipment reporting unit, by comparing the growth assumptions to forecasted growth rates in the Company’s and its peer companies’ analyst reports; and

testing the estimate of the Cementing Equipment reporting unit fair value using the reporting unit’s cash flow assumptions and discount rate and comparing the result to the Company’s fair value estimate.


among others:

We tested the design and implementation of controls over business combinations.

With the assistance of our fair value specialists:

o

For Land and Real & Personal Property, we evaluated the reasonableness of the (1) valuation methodology, (2) current market data, (3) cost to replace or reproduce comparable assets, including testing the mathematical accuracy of the calculation, and developing a range of independent estimates and comparing our estimates to those used by management.

o

For Intangible Assets, we evaluated the reasonableness of the (1) valuation methodology, and (2) discount rate by testing the source information underlying the determination of the discount rate, testing the mathematical accuracy of the calculation, and developing a range of independent estimates and comparing those to the discount rate selected by management.

o

For Intangible Assets, we evaluated whether the estimated future cash flows used in the income approach were consistent with projections used by the Company, as well as evidence obtained in other areas of the audit.

We considered any events or transactions occurring after the Merger date that may indicate a different valuation for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

/s/ KPMGDeloitte & Touche LLP

Houston, Texas  

March 8, 2022

We have served as the Company’sCompany's auditor since 2018.


Houston, Texas
March 1, 2021
2020.


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholdersstockholders and the Board of Directors

Frank’s International of Expro Group Holdings N.V.:

Opinion on Internal Control Overover Financial Reporting

We have audited Frank’s International N.V. and subsidiaries’ (the Company)the internal control over financial reporting of Expro Group Holdings N.V. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2020,2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020,2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

COSO.

We have also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheetsfinancial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes and financial statement Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated March 1, 20218, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

As described in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, appearing under Part II, Item 9A, management excluded from its assessment the internal control over financial reporting at Expro Group Holdings International Limited (“Legacy Expro”); rather it focused exclusively on the internal control over financial reporting related to ongoing Frank's International N.V. (“Legacy Frank’s”) operations. Accordingly, our audit did not include the internal control over financial reporting at Legacy Expro; rather it focused on the internal control over financial reporting related to ongoing Legacy Frank’s operations.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.Reporting, appearing under Part II, Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also includedrisk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Overover Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.


/s/ KPMGDeloitte & Touche LLP


Houston, Texas

March 1, 20218, 2022

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To the stockholders and the Board of Directors of Expro Group Holdings N.V.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited, before the retrospective adjustments to the basic and diluted loss per share disclosure in Note 22 as a result of the reverse stock split disclosed in Note 1, the consolidated balance sheet of Expro Group Holdings International Limited (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2019, the related consolidated statement of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements, before the effects of the retrospective adjustments to the basic and diluted loss per share in Note 22 as a result of the reverse stock split disclosed in Note 1, referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We were not engaged to audit, review or apply any procedures to the retrospective adjustments related to the basic and diluted loss per share in Note 22 as a result of the reverse stock split disclosure in Note 1 and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance about whether such retrospective adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. Those retrospective adjustments were audited by other auditors.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2009. In 2020 we became the predecessor auditor.

Reading, United Kingdom

March 17, 2020, except for Notes 2 and 5, as to which the date is March 26, 2021.

EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands)

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 
             

Total revenue

 $825,762  $675,026  $810,064 

Operating costs and expenses:

            

Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization

  (701,165)  (566,876)  (677,184)

General and administrative expense, excluding depreciation and amortization

  (73,880)  (23,814)  (29,360)

Depreciation and amortization expense

  (123,866)  (113,693)  (122,503)

Impairment expense

  0   (287,454)  (49,036)

Gain on disposal of assets

  1,000   10,085   0 

Merger and integration expense

  (47,593)  (1,630)  0 

Severance and other expense

  (7,826)  (13,930)  (4,444)

Total operating cost and expenses

  (953,330)  (997,312)  (882,527)

Operating loss

  (127,568)  (322,286)  (72,463)

Other income, net

  3,992   3,908   226 

Interest and finance expense, net

  (8,795)  (5,656)  (3,300)

Loss before taxes and equity in income of joint ventures

  (132,371)  (324,034)  (75,537)

Equity in income of joint ventures

  16,747   13,589   9,639 

Loss before income taxes

  (115,624)  (310,445)  (65,898)

Income tax (expense) benefit

  (16,267)  3,400   1,137 

Net loss

 $(131,891) $(307,045) $(64,761)
             

Loss per common share:

            

Basic and diluted

 $(1.64) $(4.33) $(0.91)

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

            

Basic and diluted

  80,525,694   70,889,753   70,889,753 

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(in thousands)

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Net loss

 $(131,891) $(307,045) $(64,761)

Other comprehensive income (loss):

            

Actuarial gain (loss) on defined benefit plans

  22,345   (9,356)  (3,521)

Plan curtailment / amendment credit recognized

  0   5,510   0 

Reclassified net remeasurement (loss) gains

  (244)  104   0 

Amortization of prior service credit

  (249)  0   0 

Income taxes on pension

  0   (926)  0 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

  21,852   (4,668)  (3,521)

Comprehensive loss

 $(110,039) $(311,713) $(68,282)

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Assets

        

Current assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 $235,390  $116,924 

Restricted cash

  4,457   3,785 

Accounts receivable, net

  319,286   193,600 

Inventories

  125,116   53,359 

Assets held for sale

  6,386   0 

Income tax receivables

  20,561   20,327 

Other current assets

  52,938   39,957 

Total current assets

  764,134   427,952 
         

Property, plant and equipment, net

  478,580   294,723 

Investments in joint ventures

  57,604   45,088 

Intangible assets, net

  253,053   173,168 

Goodwill

  179,903   25,504 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

  83,372   57,247 

Non-current accounts receivable, net

  11,531   11,321 

Other non-current assets

  26,461   4,748 

Total assets

 $1,854,638  $1,039,751 
         

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

        

Current liabilities

        

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 $213,152  $136,242 

Income tax liabilities

  22,999   13,657 

Finance lease liabilities

  1,147   1,220 

Operating lease liabilities

  19,695   14,057 

Other current liabilities

  74,213   59,043 

Total current liabilities

  331,206   224,219 
         

Deferred tax liabilities, net

  31,744   26,817 

Post-retirement benefits

  29,120   57,946 

Non-current finance lease liabilities

  15,772   16,974 

Non-current operating lease liabilities

  73,688   58,585 

Other non-current liabilities

  75,537   43,226 

Total liabilities

  557,067   427,767 
         

Commitments and contingencies (Note 18)

          
         

Stockholders’ equity:

        

Common stock, €0.06 nominal value, 200,000,000 and 70,889,753 shares authorized, 109,697,040 and 70,889,753 shares issued and 109,142,925 and 70,889,753 shares outstanding

  7,844   585 

Warrants

  0   10,530 

Treasury stock (at cost), 554,115 shares

  (22,785)  0 

Additional paid-in capital

  1,827,782   1,006,100 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

  20,358   (1,494)

Accumulated deficit

  (535,628)  (403,737)

Total stockholders’ equity

  1,297,571   611,984 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 $1,854,638  $1,039,751 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

  

Year Ended December 31,

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Net loss

 $(131,891) $(307,045) $(64,761)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

            

Impairment expense

  0   287,454   49,036 

Depreciation and amortization expense

  123,866   113,693   122,503 

Equity in income of joint ventures

  (16,747)  (13,589)  (9,639)

Stock-based compensation expense

  54,162   0   0 

Changes in fair value of investments

  (511)  0   0 

Elimination of unrealized profit on sales to joint ventures

  174   2,085   3,558 

Debt issuance expense

  5,166   0   0 

Gain on disposal of assets

  (1,000)  (10,085)  0 

Deferred taxes

  (737)  (20,596)  (18,296)

Unrealized foreign exchange

  1,407   2,106   337 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

            

Accounts receivable, net

  (20,256)  38,486   (24,172)

Inventories

  906   2,780   (6,797)

Other assets

  12,683   532   (1,966)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  5,371   (25,161)  18,892 

Other liabilities

  (5,981)  7,150   1,119 

Income taxes, net

  (2,056)  (4,241)  3,548 

Dividends received from joint ventures

  4,058   3,646   3,128 

Other

  (12,470)  (6,824)  4,719 

Net cash provided by operating activities

  16,144   70,391   81,209 

Cash flows from investing activities:

            

Capital expenditures

  (81,511)  (112,387)  (104,062)

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash acquired in the Merger

  189,739   -   - 

Proceeds from disposal of assets

  3,818   15,614   10 

Payment for acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

  -   -   (47,882)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  112,046   (96,773)  (151,934)

Cash flows from financing activities:

            

Proceeds from release of collateral deposits

  162   2,271   28,280 

Repayment of financed insurance premium

  (227)  0   0 

Payments of loan issuance and other transaction costs

  (5,123)  (1,095)  (3,036)

Payment of withholding taxes on stock-based compensation plans

  (818)  0   0 

Repayments of finance leases

  (1,170)  (1,801)  (3,322)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

  (7,176)  (625)  21,922 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  (1,876)  631   566 

Net increase (decrease) to cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

  119,138   (26,376)  (48,237)

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year

  120,709   147,085   195,322 

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year

 $239,847  $120,709  $147,085 

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 (In thousands, except share data)
December 31,
20202019
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$209,575 $195,383 
Restricted cash1,672 1,357 
Short-term investments2,252 
Accounts receivables, net110,607 166,694 
Inventories, net81,718 78,829 
Assets held for sale2,939 13,795 
Other current assets7,744 10,360 
Total current assets416,507 466,418 
Property, plant and equipment, net272,707 328,432 
Goodwill42,785 99,932 
Intangible assets, net7,897 16,971 
Deferred tax assets, net18,030 16,590 
Operating lease right-of-use assets28,116 32,585 
Other assets30,859 33,237 
Total assets$816,901 $994,165 
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities$99,986 $120,321 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities7,832 7,925 
Deferred revenue586 657 
Other current liabilities1,674 
Total current liabilities110,078 128,903 
Deferred tax liabilities1,548 2,923 
Non-current operating lease liabilities21,208 24,969 
Other non-current liabilities22,818 27,076 
Total liabilities155,652 183,871 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)00
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock, €0.01 par value, 798,096,000 shares authorized, 228,806,301 and 227,000,507 shares issued and 226,324,559 and 225,510,650 shares outstanding2,866 2,846 
Additional paid-in capital1,087,733 1,075,809 
Accumulated deficit(377,346)(220,805)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(31,966)(30,298)
Treasury stock (at cost), 2,481,742 and 1,489,857 shares(20,038)(17,258)
Total stockholders’ equity661,249 810,294 
Total liabilities and equity$816,901 $994,165 

EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity

(in thousands)

                      

Accumulated

         
                  

Additional

  

other

      

Total

 
  

Common stock

  

Treasury

      

paid-in

  

comprehensive

  

Accumulated

  

Stockholders’

 
  

Shares

  

Value

  

Stock

  

Warrants

  

capital

  

income (loss)

  

deficit

  

Equity

 

Balance at January 1, 2019

  70,890  $585  $0  $10,530  $1,006,100  $6,695  $(31,078) $992,832 

Net loss

  -   0   0   0   0   0   (64,761)  (64,761)

Other comprehensive loss

  -   0   0   0   0   (3,521)  0   (3,521)

Balance at December 31, 2019

  70,890  $585  $0  $10,530  $1,006,100  $3,174  $(95,839) $924,550 
                                 

Adoption of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (“Topic 326”)

  -   0   0   0   0   0   (853)  (853)

Net loss

  -   0   0   0   0   0   (307,045)  (307,045)

Other comprehensive loss

  -   0   0   0   0   (4,668)  0   (4,668)

Balance at December 31, 2020

  70,890  $585  $0  $10,530  $1,006,100  $(1,494) $(403,737) $611,984 
                                 

Net loss

  -   0   0   0   0   0   (131,891)  (131,891)

Other comprehensive income

  -   0   0   0   0   21,852   0   21,852 

Stock-based compensation expense

  -   0   0   0   54,162   0   0   54,162 

Common shares issued upon vesting of share-based awards

  741   16   0   0   (16)  0   0   0 

Treasury shares withheld

  (554)  0   (818)  0   0   0   0   (818)

Cancellation of Legacy Expro common stock

  -   (585)  0   0   585   0   0   0 

Cancellation of warrants

  -   0   0   (10,530) ��10,530   0   0   0 

Merger

  38,066   7,828   (21,967)  0   756,421   0   0   742,282 

Balance at December 31, 2021

  109,143  $7,844  $(22,785) $0  $1,827,782  $20,358  $(535,628) $1,297,571 

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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 FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (In thousands, except per share data)
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Revenue:
Services$328,457 $473,538 $416,781 
Products61,901 106,382 105,712 
Total revenue390,358 579,920 522,493 
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation and amortization
Services264,680 338,325 302,880 
Products47,399 78,666 76,183 
General and administrative expenses82,257 120,444 126,638 
Depreciation and amortization70,169 92,800 111,292 
Goodwill impairment57,146 111,108 
Severance and other charges (credits), net33,023 50,430 (310)
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets(1,424)1,037 (1,309)
Operating loss(162,892)(212,890)(92,881)
Other income (expense):
Tax receivable agreement (“TRA”) related adjustments220 (1,359)
Other income, net2,090 1,103 2,047 
Interest income, net712 2,265 4,243 
Mergers and acquisition expense(58)
Foreign currency loss(211)(2,233)(5,675)
Total other income (expense)2,591 1,355 (802)
Loss before income taxes(160,301)(211,535)(93,683)
Income tax expense (benefit)(4,081)23,794 (2,950)
Net loss$(156,220)$(235,329)$(90,733)
Loss per common share:
Basic and diluted$(0.69)$(1.05)$(0.41)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted226,042 225,159 223,999 
EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements


 FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
 (In thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Net loss$(156,220)$(235,329)$(90,733)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments(1,668)404 (1,452)
Marketable securities:
Unrealized gain on marketable securities86 
Total other comprehensive income (loss)(1,668)404 (1,366)
Comprehensive loss$(157,888)$(234,925)$(92,099)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands)
Accumulated
AdditionalRetainedOtherTotal
Common StockPaid-InEarningsComprehensiveTreasuryStockholders’
SharesValueCapital(Deficit)Income (Loss)StockEquity
Balances at December 31, 2017223,289 $2,814 $1,050,873 $106,923 $(30,972)$(13,737)$1,115,901 
Cumulative effect of accounting change— — — 670 — — 670 
Net loss— — — (90,733)— — (90,733)
Foreign currency translation adjustments— — — — (1,452)— (1,452)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities— — — — 86 — 86 
Equity-based compensation expense— — 10,621 — — — 10,621 
Common shares issued upon vesting of share-based awards1,018 12 (12)— — — 
Common shares issued for employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”)233 1,312 — — — 1,315 
Treasury shares withheld(250)— — — — (1,636)(1,636)
Balances at December 31, 2018224,290 $2,829 $1,062,794 $16,860 $(32,338)$(15,373)$1,034,772 
Cumulative effect of accounting change— — — (700)— — (700)
Net loss— — — (235,329)— — (235,329)
Foreign currency translation adjustments— — — — 404 — 404 
Reclassification of marketable securities— — — (1,636)1,636 — 
Equity-based compensation expense— — 11,280 — — — 11,280 
Common shares issued upon vesting of share-based awards1,134 13 (13)— — — 
Common shares issued for ESPP389 1,748 — — — 1,752 
Treasury shares withheld(302)— — — — (1,885)(1,885)
Balances at December 31, 2019225,511 $2,846 $1,075,809 $(220,805)$(30,298)$(17,258)$810,294 
Cumulative effect of accounting change— — — (321)— — (321)
Net loss— — — (156,220)— — (156,220)
Foreign currency translation adjustments— — — — (1,668)— (1,668)
Equity-based compensation expense— — 11,010 — — — 11,010 
Common shares issued upon vesting of share-based awards1,464 16 (16)— — — 
Common shares issued for ESPP341 930 — — — 934 
Treasury shares withheld(421)— — — — (1,282)(1,282)
Share repurchase program(570)— — — — (1,498)(1,498)
Balances at December 31, 2020226,325 $2,866 $1,087,733 $(377,346)$(31,966)$(20,038)$661,249 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss$(156,220)$(235,329)$(90,733)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash from operating activities
Depreciation and amortization70,169 92,800 111,292 
Equity-based compensation expense11,010 11,280 10,621 
Goodwill impairment57,146 111,108 
Loss on asset impairments and retirements21,225 40,686 
Amortization of deferred financing costs388 371 58 
Deferred tax provision (benefit)(625)727 (14,634)
Provision for bad debts938 1,281 159 
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets(1,424)1,037 (1,309)
Changes in fair value of investments(1,106)(2,747)1,199 
Unrealized (gain) loss on derivative instruments222 (386)
Other(64)(1,522)843 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions
Accounts receivable54,707 22,152 (63,654)
Inventories(1,573)(10,694)(2,917)
Other current assets4,437 856 4,581 
Other assets848 (1,285)258 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(16,787)(3,937)15,310 
Deferred revenue(74)545 (354)
Other noncurrent liabilities(3,344)(503)(2,978)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities39,651 27,048 (32,644)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangibles(28,473)(36,942)(19,734)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment from related parties(36,737)
Proceeds from sale of assets and equipment8,319 791 7,089 
Purchase of investments(2,252)(20,122)(84,040)
Proceeds from sale of investments2,832 46,739 143,825 
Other(460)(512)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(20,034)(10,046)10,403 
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayments of borrowings(236)(5,627)(5,892)
Deferred financing costs(184)(1,733)
Treasury shares withheld(1,282)(1,886)(1,636)
Treasury share repurchase(1,498)
Proceeds from the issuance of ESPP shares934 1,752 1,315 
Net cash used in financing activities(2,082)(5,945)(7,946)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash(3,028)(529)3,384 
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash14,507 10,528 (26,803)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period196,740 186,212 213,015 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period$211,247 $196,740 $186,212 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Business

 

1.Business description

On March 10, 2021, Frank’s International N.V. (“FINV”Frank’s”), a and New Eagle Holdings Limited, an exempted company limited liability company organizedby shares incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, isCayman Islands and a global providerdirect wholly owned subsidiary of highly engineered tubular services, tubular fabricationFrank’s (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and specialty well construction and well intervention solutions toPlan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Expro Group Holdings International Limited (“Legacy Expro”), an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the oil and gas industry. FINV provides services to leading exploration and production companies in both offshore and onshore environments with a focus on complex and technically demanding wells.


The impactlaws of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) pandemicCayman Islands, providing for the merger of Legacy Expro with and related economic, businessinto Merger Sub in an all-stock transaction, with Merger Sub surviving the merger as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Frank’s (the “Merger”). The Merger closed on October 1, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), and market disruptions is evolving rapidly, and its future effects are uncertain.Frank's was renamed to Expro Group Holdings N.V. (the “Company”). The actual impactMerger was accounted for using the acquisition method of these recent developments on our business will depend on many factors, manyaccounting with Legacy Expro being identified as the accounting acquirer. The consolidated financial statements of which are beyond management's control and knowledge. It is therefore difficult for management to assess or predict with accuracy the broad future effects of this health crisis onCompany reflect the global economy, the energy industry or the Company. As additional information becomes available, events or circumstances change and strategic operational decisions are made by management, further adjustments may be required which could have a material adverse impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.flows of only Legacy Expro for all periods prior to the Merger and of the combined company (including activities of Frank’s) for all periods subsequent to the Merger. 

Further, the supervisory board of directors of Frank’s unanimously approved a 1-for-6 reverse stock split of Frank’s common stock, which was affected on October 1, 2021. All of the outstanding share numbers, nominal value, share prices and per share amounts in these consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Exchange Ratio (as defined below) and the 1-for-6 reverse stock split for all periods presented, as applicable. 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each outstanding ordinary share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Legacy Expro was converted into the right to receive 1.2120 shares of common stock, nominal value €0.06 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”). The number of shares of Company Common Stock received by the Legacy Expro shareholders was equal to 7.2720 (the “Exchange Ratio” as provided in the Merger Agreement) multiplied by the 1-for-6 reverse stock split ratio. Further, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the articles of association of the Company (the “Company Articles”) were amended to increase the total authorized capital stock of the Company from 798,096,000 shares of Company Common Stock to 1,200,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock (200,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock on a post-reverse split basis) and to effect certain other amendments to the Company Articles contemplated by the Merger Agreement. On October 4, 2021, the first trading day following the closing of the Merger, the Company Common Stock began trading on a post-reverse split basis on the New York Stock Exchange under the new name and new ticker symbol “XPRO.”

With roots dating to 1938, the Company is a global provider of energy services with operations in approximately 60 countries. The Company’s portfolio of capabilities include products and services related to well construction, well flow management, subsea well access, and well intervention and integrity. The Company's portfolio of products and services enhance production and improve recovery across the well lifecycle, from exploration through abandonment.


2.Basis of Presentation


presentation and significant accounting policies

Basis of presentation

The consolidated financial statements of FINV for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the U.S. dollar (“$” or “USD”) as the reporting currency.

Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements reflect the accounts of the Company and 2018 include the activities of Frank’s International C.V. (“FICV”), Blackhawk Group Holdings, LLC (“Blackhawk”) and their wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”).its subsidiaries. All intercompany accountsbalances and transactions, including unrealized profits arising from them, have been eliminated for purposes of preparing these consolidated financial statements. Investments in which we do not have a controlling interest, but over which we do exercise significant influence, are accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.
Our accompanying consolidated financial statements and related financial information have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). In the opinion of management, these consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments consisting solely of normal accruals that are necessary for the fair presentation of financial results as of and for the periods presented.

    The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis using the United States dollar as the reporting currency. Our functional currency is primarily the United States dollar.

    Reclassifications

    Certain prior-year amounts have been reclassified to conformNotes to the current year’s presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on our net income (loss), working capital, cash flows or total equity previously reported.Consolidated Financial Statements

Significant Accounting Policies

Accounting Estimates

    The preparation

Use of estimates

Preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformityaccordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United StatesU.S. GAAP requires managementus to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date ofin the consolidated financial statements and the reported amountsaccompanying notes. Estimates and assumptions are used for, but are not limited to, determining the following: purchase price allocation on business combinations, valuation of intangible assets, expected credit losses, inventory valuation reserves, valuation of share warrants, impairment assessment of goodwill, income tax provisions, recovery of deferred taxes, actuarial assumptions to determine costs and liabilities related to employee benefit plans and revenue recognition. While we believe that the estimates and expenses duringassumptions used in the reporting period. Actualpreparation of the consolidated financial statements are appropriate, actual results could differ from these estimates.



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Accounts Receivable

Revenue recognition

We estimate current expected credit losses on our accounts receivablerecognize revenue from rendering of services over a period of time as the customer simultaneously consumes the benefit of the service while it is being rendered reflecting the amount of consideration to which the Company has a right to invoice. As part of rendering of services, the Company also provides rental equipment and personnel. Using practical expedients under Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, the Company has elected not to separate non-lease components from the associated lease components and account for the combined component in accordance with the ASU 2014-09 with recognition over time.

Revenue from the sale of goods is generally recognized at the point in time when the control has passed onto the customer which generally coincides with delivery and installation, where applicable.

We also recognize revenue for “bill and hold” sales, associated with certain product sales, once the following criteria have been met: (1) there is a substantive reason for the arrangement, (2) the product is identified as the customer’s asset, (3) the product is ready for delivery to the customer, and (4) we cannot use the product or direct it to another customer.

Where contractual arrangements contain multiple performance obligations, we analyze each reporting date. We estimate current expected credit lossesperformance obligation within the sales arrangement to determine whether they are distinct. The revenue for contracts involving multiple performance obligations is allocated to each distinct performance obligation based on relative selling prices and is recognized on satisfaction of each distinct performance obligation. Further, a small number of our credit loss history, adjustedcontracts contain penalty provisions for current factors including global economiclate delivery and business conditions, oilinstallation of equipment, downtime or other equipment functionality. These penalties are typically percentage reductions in the total arrangement consideration, capped at a certain amount, or a reduction in the on-going service fee and natural gas industry and market conditions and customer mix. Losses are charged againstassessed as variable consideration in the allowance whencontract.

Revenue is recognized to depict the customer accounts are determinedtransfer of promised services or goods to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be uncollectible. This process involves judgment and estimation, and accordingly, our results can be affected by adjustments to the allowance due to actual write-offs that differentitled in exchange for those services or goods. We do not include tax amounts collected from estimated amounts.


Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

    We consider all highly liquid financial instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Throughout the year, we have cash balancescustomers in excess of federally insured limits deposited with various financial institutions. We have not experienced any losses in such accounts and believe we are not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents. Restricted cash consists of cash deposits that collateralize our credit card program.

    Amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flowssales transactions as cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
December 31,December 31,
20202019
Cash and cash equivalents$209,575 $195,383 
Restricted cash1,672 1,357 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows$211,247 $196,740 

Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies

    We have cash surrender value of life insurance policies that are held within a Rabbi Trust for the purpose of paying future executive deferred compensation benefit obligations. Income (loss) associated with these policies is included in other income, net on our consolidated statements of operations. Income (loss) on changes in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies was $1.1 million, $2.7 million and $(1.2) million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Comprehensive Income

    Accounting standards on reporting comprehensive income require that certain items, including foreign currency translation adjustments be presented as components of comprehensive income. The cumulative amounts recognized by us under these standards are reflected in the consolidated balance sheet as accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of stockholders’ equity.

Contingencies

    Certain conditions may exist asrevenue.

Foreign currency transactions

The functional currency of all our subsidiaries is the date our consolidated financial statements are issued that may result in a loss to us, but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. Our management, with input from legal counsel, assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise in judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings pending against us or unasserted claims that may result in proceedings, our management, with input from legal counsel, evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.



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    If the assessment of a contingency indicates it is probable a material loss has been incurred and the amount of liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in our consolidated financial statements. If the assessment indicates a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, is disclosed.

    Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed.

    Derivative Financial Instruments

    When we deem appropriate, we use foreign currency forward derivative contracts to mitigate the risk of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We use these instruments to mitigate our exposure to non-local currency working capital. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes. We account for our derivative activities under the provisions of accounting guidance for derivatives and hedging. Derivatives are recognized on the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. Although the derivative contracts will serve as an economic hedge of the cash flow of our currency exchange risk exposure, they are not formally designated as hedge contracts for hedge accounting treatment. Accordingly, any changes in the fair value of the derivative instruments during a period will be included in our consolidated statements of operations.

Income (Loss) Per Share

    Basic income (loss) per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted income (loss) per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities to issue common stock were exercised or converted to common stock.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

    Our financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, available-for-sale securities, derivative financial instruments and obligations under trade accounts payable. Due to their short-term nature, the carrying values for cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable and trade accounts payable approximate fair value. Refer to Note 9—Fair Value Measurements for the fair values of our available-for-sale securities, derivative financial instruments and other obligations.

Foreign Currency Translations and Transactions

    Results of operations for foreign subsidiaries with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated using average exchange rates during the period. Assets and liabilities of these foreign subsidiaries are translated using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet dates.USD. Gains and losses resulting from these translations are included in accumulated other comprehensive loss within stockholders’ equity.

    For those foreign subsidiaries that have designated the U.S. dollar as the functional currency, gains and losses resulting from balance sheet remeasurement of foreign operationscurrency denominated monetary assets and liabilities are included in the consolidated statements of operations as incurred. Gains and losses resulting from transactions denominated in a foreign currency are also included in the consolidated statements of operations as incurred.

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Interest and finance expense, net

Our interest and finance expense primarily consists of interest and other costs that we incur in connection with our revolving credit facility and finance lease liabilities. Costs incurred that are directly related to the raising of debt financing, together with any original issue discount or premium, are capitalized and recognized over the term of the loan or facility, using the effective interest method other than for those debt instruments that we elect to account for under the fair value option, in which case such costs are expensed in the period incurred. All other finance costs are expensed in the period they are incurred.

Income taxes

We use the asset and liability method to account for income taxes whereby we calculate the deferred tax asset or liability account balances using tax laws and rates in effect at that time. Under this method, the balances of deferred tax liabilities and assets at the end of each period are determined using the tax rate expected to be in effect when taxes are actually paid or recovered. Valuation allowances are recorded to reduce gross deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the gross deferred tax assets will not be realized. In determining the need for valuation allowances, we have made judgments and considered estimates regarding estimated future taxable income and ongoing achievable tax planning strategies. These estimates and judgments include some degree of uncertainty therefore changes in these estimates and assumptions could require us to adjust the valuation allowances for our deferred tax assets accordingly. The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets depends on the generation of sufficient taxable income in the applicable taxing jurisdictions.

We operate in more than 60 countries and are subject to domestic and numerous foreign taxing jurisdictions. Determination of taxable income in any jurisdiction requires the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding significant future events such as the amount, timing and character of income, deductions, and tax credits. Changes in tax laws, regulations or agreements in each taxing jurisdiction could have an impact on the amount of income taxes that we provide during any given year.

Our tax filings for various periods are subject to audit by the tax authorities in most jurisdictions in which we operate, and these assessments can result in additional taxes. Estimating the outcome of audits and assessments by the tax authorities involves uncertainty. We review the facts of each case and apply judgments and assumptions to determine the most likely outcome and we provide for taxes, interest and penalties on this basis.

In line with U.S. GAAP, we recognize the effects of a tax position in the consolidated financial statements when it is more likely than not that, based on the technical merits, some level of tax benefit related to a tax position will be sustained upon audit by tax authorities.

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

We consider all highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash primarily relates to bank deposits which have been pledged as cash collateral for certain guarantees issued by various banks or minimum cash balances which must be maintained in accordance with contractual arrangements.

Accounts receivable, net

Accounts receivable represents customer transactions that have been invoiced as of the balance sheet date and unbilled receivables relating to customer transactions that have not yet been invoiced as of the balance sheet date. The carrying value of our receivables, net of expected credit losses, represents the estimated net realizable value. We have an extensive global customer base comprised of a large number of international oil companies, national oil companies, independent exploration and production companies and service partners that operate in all major oil and gas locations around the world. We estimate reserves for expected credit losses using information about past events, current conditions and risk characteristics of customers, and reasonable and supportable forecasts relevant to assessing risk associated with the collectability of accounts and unbilled receivables. Past-due receivables are written off when our internal collection efforts have been unsuccessful.

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Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost comprises direct materials and where applicable, direct labor costs and overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their current location and condition which are calculated using the average cost method.

We regularly evaluate the quantities and values of our inventories in light of current market conditions, market trends and other factors, and record inventory write-downs as appropriate. This evaluation considers historical usage, expected demand, product obsolescence and other factors. Market conditions are subject to change, and actual consumption of our inventory could differ from expected demand.

Impairment of long-lived assets

We assess long-lived assets, including our property, plant and equipment, for impairment whenever events or changes in business circumstances arise that may indicate that the carrying amount of our long-lived assets may not be recoverable. These events and changes can include significant current period operating losses or negative cash flows associated with the use of a long-lived asset, or group of assets, combined with a history of such factors, significant changes in the manner of use of the assets, and current expectations that it is more likely than not that a long-lived asset will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly before the end of its previously estimated useful life. For purposes of recognition and measurement of an impairment loss, long-lived assets are grouped with other assets and liabilities at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. When impairment indicators are present, we compare undiscounted future cash flows, including the eventual disposition of the asset group at market value, to the asset group’s carrying value to determine if the asset group is recoverable. If the carrying values are in excess of undiscounted expected future cash flows, we measure any impairment by comparing the fair value of the asset or asset group to its carrying value. Fair value is generally determined by considering (i) internally developed discounted projected cash flow analysis of the asset or asset group, (ii) third-party valuations, and/or (iii) information available regarding the current market for similar assets. If the fair value of an asset or asset group is determined to be less than the carrying amount of the asset or asset group, an impairment equal to the difference is recorded in the period that the impairment indicator occurs. Estimating future cash flows requires significant judgment, and projections may vary from the cash flows eventually realized, which could impact our ability to accurately assess whether an asset has been impaired.

We consider a long-lived asset to be abandoned after we have ceased use of such asset and we have no intent to use or re-purpose the asset in the future.

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes the price paid to acquire or construct the asset, required installation costs, interest capitalized during the construction period and any expenditure that substantially adds to the value of the asset, substantially upgrades the assets for an enhanced use or substantially extends the useful life of an existing asset. We expense costs related to the routine repair and maintenance of property, plant and equipment at the time we incur them. We capitalize interest as part of the cost of acquiring or constructing certain assets, to the extent incurred, during the period of time required to place the property, plant and equipment into service.

When properties or equipment are sold, retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the books and the resulting gain or loss is recognized on the consolidated statements of operations.

We begin depreciation for such assets, including any related capitalized interest, once an asset is placed into operational service. We consider an asset to be placed into operational service when the asset is both in the location and condition for its intended use. We compute depreciation expense, with the exception of land, using the straight-line method on a net cost basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, as presented in the table below.

Land improvement

-12 years

Buildings

-

Up to 40 years

Leased property, including leasehold buildings

-

over the lesser of the remaining useful life or period of the lease

Plant and equipment

-2 to 12 years

Useful lives and residual values are reviewed annually and where adjustments are required these are made prospectively.

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For property, plant and equipment that has been placed into service, but is subsequently idled, we continue to record depreciation expense during the idle period. We adjust the estimated useful lives of the idled assets if the estimated useful lives have changed.

Goodwill

Goodwill is not subject to amortization and is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. A qualitative assessment is allowed to determine if goodwill is potentially impaired. We have the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit in any period and proceed directly to performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test. The qualitative assessment determines whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than itsit’s carrying amount. If it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, then a quantitative


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impairment test is performed. The quantitative goodwill impairment test is used to identify both the existence of impairment and the amount of impairment loss. The test compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than itsit’s carrying value, an impairment loss is recorded based on that difference. We complete our assessment of goodwill impairment as of October 31 each year.

    As of October 31, 2019, we performed a quantitative goodwill impairment test for our Cementing Equipment reporting unit. During the fourth quarter of 2019, market factors indicated a downturn in the demand for our Cementing Equipment products and services in the U.S. land market and a slower uptake of our service offering in international markets, and we reduced our management forecast for this reporting unit accordingly. Based on this refined outlook, the quantitative goodwill impairment test indicated that the fair value of the Cementing Equipment reporting unit was less than its carrying value. As a result, during the fourth quarter of 2019 we recorded a $111.1 million impairment charge to goodwill, which is included in goodwill impairment on the consolidated statements of operations.

During the first quarter of 2020, as a result of the decline in oil prices due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia price war in early 2020, we identified a triggering event that indicated the fair value of goodwill within our Cementing Equipment reporting unit was less than its carrying value. Based on the results of our goodwill impairment test as of March 31, 2020, we recorded a $57.1 million impairment charge to goodwill, which is included in goodwill impairment on the consolidated statements of operations. Our goodwill impairment assessment as of October 31, 2020, did not identify a triggering event that indicates the fair values of our reporting units were less than their carrying values.

    We used the income approach to estimate the fair value of the Cementing Equipment reporting unit, but also considered the market approach to validate the results. The income approach estimates the fair value by discounting the reporting unit’s estimated future cash flows using an estimated discount rate, or expected return, that a marketplace participant would have required as of the valuation date. The market approach includes the use of comparative multiples to corroborate the discounted cash flow results and involves significant judgment in the selection of the appropriate peer group companies and valuation multiples. The inputs used in the determination of fair value are generally level 3 inputs.

    Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the income approach include the estimated future

Intangible assets, net annual cash flows for the reporting unit, the terminal growth rate and the discount rate. We selected the assumptions used in the discounted cash flow projections using historical data supplemented by current and anticipated market conditions and estimated growth rates. Our estimates are based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable. However, given the inherent uncertainty in determining the assumptions underlying a discounted cash flow analysis, actual results may differ from those used in our valuation which could result in additional impairment charges in the future. Assuming all other assumptions and inputs used in the March 31, 2020 discounted cash flow analysis were held constant, a 50 basis point increase in the discount rate assumption would have increased the goodwill impairment charge by approximately $4.3 million.


    NaN goodwill impairment was recorded for year ended December 31, 2018. At December 31, 2020, goodwill is allocated to our reportable segments as follows: Cementing Equipment - approximately $24.1 million; Tubular Running Services - approximately $18.7 million. See Note 9—Fair Value Measurements in these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of fair value measures.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

    Long-lived assets, which include property, plant and equipment, and certain other assets to be held and used by us, are reviewed when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable based on estimated future cash flows. If this assessment indicates that the carrying values will not be recoverable, as determined based on undiscounted cash flows over the remaining useful lives, an impairment loss is recognized based on the fair value of the asset. The inputs used in the determination of fair value are generally level 3 inputs. Please see Note 17 —Severance and Other Charges (Credits), net for additional information.

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Income Taxes

    We operate under many legal forms in approximately 40 countries. As a result, we are subject to many U.S. and non-U.S. tax jurisdictions and many tax agreements and treaties among the various taxing authorities. Our operations in these different jurisdictions are taxed on various bases such as income before taxes, deemed profits (which is generally determined using a percentage of revenue rather than profits), and withholding taxes based on revenue. Determination of taxable income in any jurisdiction requires the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and the use of estimates and assumptions regarding significant future events. Changes in tax laws, regulations, agreements and treaties, foreign currency exchange restrictions, or our level of operations or profitability in each taxing jurisdiction could have an impact upon the amount of income taxes that we provide during any given year.

    We provide for income tax expense based on the liability method of accounting for income taxes based on the authoritative accounting guidance. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded based upon temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their carrying values for financial reporting purposes, and are measured using the tax rates and laws expected to be in effect when the differences are projected to reverse. Valuation allowances are established to reduce deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. In determining the need for valuation allowances, we have made judgments and estimates regarding future taxable income. These estimates and judgments include some degree of uncertainty, and changes in these estimates and assumptions could require us to adjust the valuation allowances for our deferred tax assets. The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets depends on the generation of sufficient taxable income in the applicable taxing jurisdictions. Deferred tax expense or benefit is the result of changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities and associated valuation allowances during the period. The impact of an uncertain tax position taken or expected to be taken on an income tax return is recognized in the financial statements at the largest amount that is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the relevant taxing authority.

Intangible Assets

Identifiable intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets.assets, ranging from one year to fifteen years. We evaluate impairment of our intangible assets on an asset group basis whenever circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. Intangible assets deemed to be impaired are written down to their fair value using a discounted cash flow model and, if available, comparable market values.


    The following table provides information related to our intangible assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Gross Carrying AmountAccumulated AmortizationTotalGross Carrying AmountAccumulated AmortizationTotal
Customer relationships$28,300 $(26,324)$1,976 $32,890 $(23,946)$8,944 
Intellectual property13,860 (7,939)5,921 14,029 (6,002)8,027 
Total intangible assets$42,160 $(34,263)$7,897 $46,919 $(29,948)$16,971 

Our intangible assets are primarily associated with trademarks, customer relationships and contracts (“CR&C”), technology, and software. 

Investments in joint ventures

We use the equity method of accounting for our Cementing Equipment segment. Amortization expenseequity investments where we hold more than 20% of the ownership interests of an investee that does not constitute a controlling interest or where we have the ability to significantly influence the operations or financial decision of the investee. Such equity investments are carried on the consolidated balance sheets at cost plus post-acquisition changes in our share of net income, less dividends received and less any impairments. Our consolidated statements of operations reflect our share of income from the joint ventures’ results after tax. Any goodwill arising on the acquisition of a joint venture, representing the excess of the cost of the investment compared to the Company’s share of the net fair value of the acquired identifiable net assets, is included in the carrying amount of the joint venture and is not amortized.

The Company evaluates its investments in joint ventures for intangibles assets was $4.4 million, $10.8 million and $10.8 million forpotential impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that there may be a loss in the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. During the first quartervalue of 2020, theeach investment that is other than temporary.

The results of the Company's testjoint ventures are prepared for the same reporting period as the Company. Where necessary, adjustments are made to bring the accounting policies used in line with those of the Company, to take into account fair values assigned at the date of acquisition; and to reflect impairment losses where appropriate. Adjustments are also made in our consolidated financial statements to eliminate our share of goodwillunrealized gains and losses on transactions between us and our joint ventures.

Fair value measurements

We measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value at each balance sheet date and, for the purposes of impairment testing, use fair value to determine the recoverable amount of our non-financial assets.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) on the measurement date in an orderly transaction between market participants in the Cementing Equipment segment asprincipal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible by us. Accounting standards include disclosure requirements around fair values used for certain financial instruments and establish a result offair value hierarchy. The hierarchy prioritizes valuation inputs into three levels based on the negative market indicators was a triggering event that indicated that our intangible assetsextent to which inputs used in this segment were impaired. Impairment testing performedmeasuring fair value are observable in the first quarter resulted in the determination that certain intangible assets were not recoverable and that the estimatedmarket. Each fair value was below the carrying value. As a result, during the year ended December 31, 2020, impairment chargesis reported in one of $4.7 million were recorded associated with certain customer relationships and intellectual property intangible assets in our Cementing Equipment segment, which are included in severance and other charges (credits), net on the

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Level 1 – Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted market prices from active markets for identical assets or liabilities being measured;

Level 2 – Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and/or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are Level 2 valuation techniques; and

Level 3 – Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect our own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use to price an asset or liability.

When available, we use quoted market prices to determine the fair value of operations. Duringan asset or liability. We determine the year ended December 31, 2019,policies and procedures for both recurring fair value measurements and non-recurring fair value measurements, such as impairment chargestests.

At each reporting date, we analyze the movements in the values of $3.3 million were recorded associated with certain customer relationshipsassets and intellectual property intangibleliabilities which are required to be remeasured or reassessed as per our accounting policies.

For the purpose of fair value disclosures, we have determined classes of assets in our Cementing Equipment and Tubular Running Services segments. NaN intangible asset impairment was recorded duringliabilities based on the year ended December 31, 2018.


    As of December 31, 2020, estimated amortization expense for our remaining intangible assets for eachnature, characteristics and risks of the next five years wasasset or liability and the level of the fair value hierarchy as follows (in thousands):
PeriodAmount
2021$3,718 
2022677 
2023665 
2024606 
2025604 
Thereafter1,627 
Total$7,897 
    Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (primarily average cost) or net realizable value. The Company’s inventories consist of finished goods, spare parts, work in process, and raw materials to support ongoing manufacturing operations. Work in progress, spare parts and finished goods include the cost of materials, labor, and manufacturing overhead. Inventory placed in service is either capitalized and included in equipment or expensed based upon our capitalization policies. We determine reserves for our inventories based on historical usage of inventory on-hand, assumptions about future demand and market conditions, and estimates about potential alternative uses, which are limited. Please see Note 17—Severance and Other Charges (Credits), net for additional information.

explained above.

Leases


We have operating and finance leases forprimarily related to real estate, vehiclestransportation and certain equipment. AtWe determine if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Upon commencement of a lease, we recognize an operating lease right-of-use asset (“ROU Asset”) and corresponding operating lease liability based on the then present time,value of all of our leases are classified as operating leases. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basispayments over the lease term. ROU Assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligations to make lease payments arising from the lease. The accounting for some of our leases may require significant judgment,judgments, which includes determining the incremental borrowing rates to utilize in our net present value calculation of lease payments for lease agreements which do not provide an implicit rate, and assessing the likelihood of renewal or termination options.


options, which are considered as part of assessing the lease term if the extension or termination is deemed to be reasonably certain.

Leases which meet the criteria of a finance lease in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 842Leases are capitalized and included in “Property, plant and equipment, net” and “Finance lease liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets. Our lease contracts generally do not provide any guaranteed residual values. Payments related to finance leases are apportioned between the reduction of the lease liability and finance expense in the consolidated statement of operations so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Leases which do not meet the definition of a finance lease are classified as operating leases and are included in Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the underlying asset or the lease term.

We do not separate lease and non-lease components for all classes of leased assets. Also, leases with an initial term of 12 monthsone year or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet.sheets.

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Post-retirement benefits

Defined Benefit Plans

The cost of providing benefits under defined benefit plans are determined separately for each plan using the projected unit credit method, which attributes entitlement to benefits to the current and Equipment


    Property, plantprior periods. Both current and equipmentpast service costs are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for significant improvements and betterments are capitalized whenrecognized in net income (loss) as they enhance or extend the useful lifearise.

The interest element of the assetdefined benefit cost represents the change in present value of plan obligations resulting from the passage of time and meetis determined by applying a minimum capitalization threshold. Expenditures for routine repairs and maintenance, which do not improve or extenddiscount rate to the lifeopening present value of the relatedbenefit obligation, taking into account material changes in the obligation during the year. The expected return on plan assets are expensed when incurred. When properties or equipment are sold, retired or otherwise disposedis based on an assessment made at the beginning of the related costyear of long-term market returns on plan assets, adjusted for the effect on the fair value of plan assets of contributions received and accumulatedbenefits paid during the year.

We initially recognize actuarial gains and losses as other comprehensive income in the year they arise. Where the net cumulative actuarial gains or losses for a plan exceeds 10 percent of that plan’s gross pension liability, or asset if higher, the amount of gains or losses above the 10 percent threshold are recognized in the consolidated statement of operations as a component of net pension costs (over the expected remaining working lives of the plan’s active participants or the remaining lives of plan members in the event the plan is no longer active), which is included in “Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation are removed from the books and the resulting gainamortization.”

The defined benefit pension asset or loss is recognizedliability on the consolidated statements of operations.


    Depreciation on fixed assets is computed usingbalance sheets comprise the straight-line method over the estimated useful livestotal for each plan of the individual assets. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the lease term. Depreciation expense was $65.8 million, $82.0 million and $100.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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    Revenue Recognition

    Revenue is recognized when controlpresent value of the promised goods or services is transferred to our customers, in an amount that reflectsdefined benefit obligation using a discount rate based on high quality corporate bonds less the consideration we expectfair value of plan assets out of which the obligations are to be entitled tosettled directly. Fair value is based on market price information and in exchange for those goods or services. Payment terms on services and products generally range from 30 days to 120 days. Given the short-term naturecase of our service and product offerings, our contracts do not havequoted securities is the published bid price.

Defined Contribution Plans

The costs of providing benefits under a significant financing component anddefined contribution plan are expensed at the consideration we receive is generally fixed. We do not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of one year or less. Because our contracts with customers are short-term in nature and fall within this exemption, we do not have significant unsatisfied performance obligations.


    Service revenue is recognized over time as services are performed or rendered. Rates for services are typically priced on a per day, per man-hour or similar basis. We generally perform services either under direct service purchase orders or master service agreements which are supplemented by individual call-out provisions. For customers contracted under such arrangements, an accrual is recorded in unbilled revenue for revenue earned but not yet invoiced.
    Revenue on product sales is generally recognized at a point in time when the product has shipped and significant risks of ownership have passedcontributions become payable to the customer. The sales arrangements typically do not include a rightrespective plan.

Stock-based compensation

Effective as of return or other similar provisions, nor do they contain any other post-delivery obligations.

    Some of our Tubulars segment and Cementing Equipment segment customers have requested that we store pipe, connectors and cementing products purchased from us in our facilities. We recognize revenue for these “bill and hold” sales once October 1, 2021, the following criteria have been met: (1) there is a substantive reason for the arrangement, (2) the product is identified as the customer’s asset, (3) the product is ready for delivery to the customer, and (4) we cannot use the product or direct it to another customer.

    Short‑term investments

        Short‑term investments consists of commercial paper classified as held-to-maturity. These investments had original maturities of greater than three months but less than twelve months.

Stock-Based Compensation

    Our 2013Expro Group Holdings N.V. Long-Term Incentive Plan, As Amended and Restated, provides for the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted stock, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), performance restricted stock units (“PRSUs”), dividend equivalent rights and other types of equity and cash incentive awards to employees, non-employeenonemployee directors and service providers.

Stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date of the share-based awards based on their fair value. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period and is included in cost of revenue and general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations.


    Our stock-based compensation currently consists of RSUs and PRSUs.  We do not estimate expected forfeitures, but recognize them as they occur.

The grant date fair value of the RSUs, which are not entitled to receive dividends until vested, is measured by reducing the share price at that date by the present value of the dividends expected to be paid during the requisite vesting period, discounted at the appropriate risk-free interest rate. The grant date fair value and compensation expense of PRSU grants is estimated based on a Monte Carlo simulation using the Company’s closing stock price as of the day before the grant date.

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In October 2018, Legacy Expro established the Expro Group Holdings International Limited 2018 Management Incentive Plan (the “Management Incentive Plan”) which was comprised of the following stock-based compensation awards: (a) stock options to non-executive directors and key management personnel and (b) restricted stock units, each of which were assumed by the Company in connection with the Merger. Due to the Merger, the Company recorded stock-based compensation expense based on the fair value on the Closing Date to the extent each award was fully vested. Compensation expense associated with those awards that have a requisite service period remaining as of the Closing Date will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the remaining requisite service period based on the Closing Date fair value.

Research and development

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and relate to spending for new product development and innovation and includes internal engineering, materials and third-party costs. We incurred $6.7 million, $10.4 million and $14.4 million of research and development costs for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which are included in “Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization” in the consolidated statements of operations.

Income (loss) per share

Basic income (loss) per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted income (loss) per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities to issue common stock were exercised or converted to common stock.

Recent accounting pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements

guidance adopted

Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates (“ASUs”)ASUs to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification.


We consider the applicability and impact of all accounting pronouncements. ASUs not listed below were assessed and were either determined to be not applicable or are expected to have immaterial impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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In June 2016, August 2018, the FASB issued new accounting guidanceused ASU2018-14, CompensationRetirement BenefitsDefined Benefit PlansGeneral (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure FrameworkChanges to the Disclosure Requirements for credit losses onDefined Benefit Plans, which required the following additional disclosures in the financial instruments. The guidance includes the replacement of the “incurred loss” approach for recognizing credit losses on financial assets, including trade receivables, with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses, which considers historical and current information as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts. statements.

The weighted-average interest crediting rates for cash balance plans and other plans with promised interest crediting rates;

An explanation of the reasons for significant gains and losses related to changes in the benefit obligation for the period;

The projected benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for plans with projected benefit obligations in excess of plan assets; and

The accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets.

We adopted the guidance on January 1, 2020, and the2021. The adoption of this guidance resulted in additional disclosures related to our defined benefit pension obligations, however it did not have a materialany impact on our consolidatedresults of operations, financial statements. The new credit loss standard is expectedcondition or liquidity.

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Notes to accelerate recognitionthe Consolidated Financial Statements

3.Business combinations and dispositions

Franks International N.V.

As discussed in Note 1, the Merger of credit lossesFrank’s with Legacy Expro pursuant to the Merger Agreement was completed on our accounts receivable. See Note 3—Accounts Receivable, net for additional information regarding allowance for credit losses on our accounts receivable.


In February 2016,October 1, 2021. U.S. GAAP requires the FASB issued new accounting guidance for leases. The main objectivedetermination of the accounting guidance is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities onacquirer, the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The main difference between previous GAAP andacquisition date, the new guidance is the recognitionfair value of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases. The new guidance requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities arising from leasesof the acquired and the resulting measurement of goodwill. The Merger is accounted for as a reverse merger and Legacy Expro has been identified as the acquirer for accounting purposes. As a result, the Company has in accordance with ASC 805,Business Combinations, applied the acquisition method of accounting to account for Frank’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Applying the acquisition method of accounting includes recording the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their fair values and recording goodwill for the excess of the consideration transferred over the net aggregate fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

The merger consideration was based on Frank’s closing share price on the balance sheetClosing Date. In a reverse merger involving only the exchange of equity, the fair value of the equity of the accounting acquiree may be used to measure consideration transferred if the value of the accounting acquiree’s equity interests are more reliably measurable than the value of the accounting acquirer’s equity interest. As Legacy Expro was a private company and further definesFrank’s was a leasepublic company with a quoted and reliable market price, the fair value of Frank’s equity interests was deemed to be more reliable. Under the acquisition method of accounting, total consideration exchanged was as follows:

      

Per share

  

Amount

 
  

Shares issued

  

Price

  

(in thousands)

 

Issuance of common stock attributable to Frank’s stockholders

  38,066,216  $18.90  $719,452 

Replacement of Frank’s equity awards

          7,830 

Cash payment to Mosing Holdings LLC pursuant to the amended and restated tax receivable agreement

          15,000 

Total Merger Consideration Exchanged

         $742,282 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

The following table sets forth the preliminary allocation of the merger consideration exchanged to the fair value of identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the Closing Date, with the recording of goodwill for the excess of the consideration transferred over the net aggregate fair value of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed ($ in thousands):

  

Amount

 
     

Cash and cash equivalents

 $187,178 

Restricted cash

  2,561 

Accounts receivables, net

  112,234 

Inventories

  69,567 

Assets held for sale

  10,061 

Income tax receivables

  2,030 

Other current assets

  23,908 

Property, plant and equipment

  212,639 

Goodwill

  154,399 

Intangible assets

  104,791 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

  27,406 

Other assets

  20,494 

Total assets

  927,268 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  81,959 

Operating lease liabilities

  8,344 

Current income tax liabilities

  8,932 

Other current liabilities

  19,918 

Deferred tax liabilities

  5,673 

Non-current operating lease liabilities

  19,607 

Other non-current liabilities

  40,553 

Total Liabilities

  184,986 
     

Total Merger Consideration Exchanged

 $742,282 

Due to the recency and complexity of the Merger, these amounts are preliminary and subject to change as our fair value assessments are finalized. The final fair value determination could result in material adjustments to the values presented in the preliminary purchase price allocation table above. The fair values of identifiable intangible assets were prepared using an income valuation approach, which requires a contract that conveys the right to control the useforecast of identified property, plant, or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Control overexpected future cash flows either through the use of the identified asset meansrelief-from-royalty method or the multi-period excess earnings method, which are discounted to approximate their current value. The estimated useful lives are based on management’s historical experience and expectations as to the duration of time that benefits from these assets are expected to be realized.

The intangible assets will be amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated 10- to 15-year life. We expect annual amortization to be approximately $7.7 million associated with these intangible assets.

Goodwill will not be amortized but rather subject to an annual impairment test, absent any indicators of impairment. Goodwill is attributable to planned synergies expected to be achieved from the customer has both (1)combined operations of Legacy Expro and Frank’s. Goodwill recorded in the rightMerger is not expected to obtain substantially allbe deductible for tax purposes. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Results of Franks for the period October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021

The Company’s operating results for the period October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 include $112.1 million of revenue and $32.9 million of net loss attributable to Frank’s.

Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 assume the Merger was completed as of January 1, 2020 (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Unaudited pro forma revenues

 $1,143,356  $1,065,384 

Unaudited pro forma net loss

 $(121,546) $(491,091)

Estimated unaudited pro forma information is not necessarily indicative of the economic benefit fromresults that actually would have occurred had the useMerger been completed on the date indicated or of future operating results.

Merger and integration expense

During the asset year ended December 31, 2021 and (2)2020, the rightCompany incurred $47.6 million and $1.6 million of merger and integration expense, which consist primarily of legal fees, professional fees, integration, severance and other costs directly attributable to direct the useMerger.

Below is a reconciliation of our liability balance associated with our severance plan initiated during 2021 related to the asset. The accounting guidance requires disclosures by both lesseesintegration in connection with the Merger, which is included in “Other current liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets (in thousands):

  

NLA

  

ESSA

  

MENA

  

APAC

  

Central

  

Total

 

Costs expensed during the year

 $2,864  $4,117  $612  $1,171  $7,238  $16,002 

Payments made during the year

  (807)  (1,615)  (188)  (554)  (623)  (3,787)

Balance at December 31, 2021

 $2,057  $2,502  $424  $617  $6,615  $12,215 

Sale of assets

On November 13, 2020, Legacy Expro entered into an agreement to transfer, sell and lessorsassign all rights, title and interest in and to meet the objectivecertain identified tangible and intangible assets and liabilities relating to its pressure-control chokes product line for total cash consideration of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. We adopted the new lease standard effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. The modified retrospective approach provides a method for recording existing leases at adoption, including not restating comparative periods.


Adoption of the new standard resulted in recording lease assets of $34.9 million, lease liabilities of $34.4$15.5 million and an adjustment to retained earningsadditional earn-out consideration of $0.7 million as of January 1, 2019. The standard had no impact on our net income (loss) and cash flows.

We elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which allowed us to carry forward the historical lease classification. In addition, we elected not to separate lease and non-lease components for all classes of leased assets. Also, leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.

Note 2—Leases

    We have operating leases for real estate, vehicles and certain equipment. Our leases have remaining lease terms of less than 1 year to 13 years, some of which include options to extend the leases for up to 10 years, and somea maximum of which include options to terminate$1.0 million, contingent upon certain criteria being met in the leases within 1following year.
Leases (in thousands)ClassificationDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Assets
Operating lease assetsOperating lease right-of-use assets$28,116 $32,585 
Liabilities
Current
OperatingCurrent portion of operating lease liabilities7,832 7,925 
Noncurrent
OperatingNon-current operating lease liabilities21,208 24,969 
Total lease liabilities$29,040 $32,894 

    Our short-term lease expense NaN contingent consideration was $3.9recognized during the year ended December 31, 2020. Legacy Expro recognized a gain of $10.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 net of the carrying value of the assets transferred of $4.4 million and $3.6costs directly attributable to the sale of $1.0 million. As of December 31, 2021, the conditions upon which the earn-out consideration was contingent were met. As a result, the Company recognized a gain of $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2019.
2021.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSTable of Contents
Year EndedYear Ended
Long-term Lease Cost (in thousands)December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Operating lease cost (a)
$10,202 $11,674 
Sublease income$(273)$(533)
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(a)    Includes variable lease costs, which are immaterial.
Year EndedYear Ended
Other Information (in thousands)December 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows from operating leases$11,880 $10,750 
Right-of-use assets obtained in an exchange for lease obligations
Operating leases$5,814 $7,393 
Lease Term and Discount RateDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)
Operating leases5.546.06
Weighted average discount rate
Operating leases13.29%10.47%
Maturity of Operating Lease Liabilities (in thousands)December 31, 2020
2021$10,378 
20228,475 
20236,367 
20243,985 
20252,957 
Thereafter7,834 
Total lease payments39,996 
Less: interest10,956 
Present value of lease liabilities$29,040 

Note 3—Accounts Receivable, net

    Accounts receivable at December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
20202019
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $3,857 and $5,129, respectively$65,684 $101,718 
Unbilled receivables26,215 43,422 
Taxes receivable14,292 18,516 
Affiliated (1)
549 549 
Other receivables3,867 2,489 
Total accounts receivable, net$110,607 $166,694 
(1)Amounts represent expenditures on behalf of non-consolidated affiliates.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

During the year ended December 31, 2020, $2.7 million was written off against the allowance for credit losses. As of December 31, 2020, 35% and 11% of our net trade receivables were from customers in the United States and Saudi Arabia, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, 42% of our net trade receivables were from customers in the United States. No other country accounted for more than 10% of our net trade receivables at these dates.

Note 4—Inventories, net

    Inventories at December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):
December 31,
20202019
Pipe and connectors, net of allowance of $16,819 and $18,287, respectively$22,642 $21,779 
Finished goods, net of allowance of $84 and $485, respectively22,715 25,628 
Work in progress1,730 3,663 
Raw materials, components and supplies34,631 27,759 
Total inventories, net$81,718 $78,829 

Note 5—Property, Plant and Equipment

    The following is a summary of property, plant and equipment at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
December 31,
Estimated Useful Lives in Years20202019
Land$30,869 $30,724 
Land improvements8-157,620 7,193 
Buildings and improvements13-39121,105 116,182 
Rental machinery and equipment2-7897,398 882,979 
Machinery and equipment - other754,842 60,182 
Furniture, fixtures and computers3-516,928 17,251 
Automobiles and other vehicles525,948 28,734 
Leasehold improvements7-15,or lease term if shorter12,773 14,258 
Construction in progress - machinery and equipment24,381 46,564 
1,191,864 1,204,067 
Less: Accumulated depreciation(919,157)(875,635)
Total property, plant and equipment, net$272,707 $328,432 

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    During the first quarter of 2019, buildings with a net book value of $1.1 million met the criteria to be classified as held for sale and were reclassified from property, plant and equipment to assets held for sale on our consolidated balance sheet. During the second quarter of 2019, we sold a building classified as held for sale for $0.2 million and recorded an immaterial loss. During the third quarter of 2019, an additional building met the criteria to be classified as held for sale and a $4.0 million impairment loss was recorded, which is included in severance and other charges (credits), net on our consolidated statements of operations. The building's remaining net book value of $5.3 million was reclassified from property, plant and equipment to assets held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets. During the fourth quarter of 2019, we sold a building classified as held for sale for $0.3 million and recorded an immaterial loss. Also during the fourth quarter of 2019, equipment in our Tubular Running Services segment met the criteria to be classified as held for sale and a $0.3 million impairment loss was recorded, which is included in severance and other charges (credits), net on our consolidated statements of operations. The equipment’s remaining net book value of $0.2 million was reclassified from property, plant and equipment to assets held for sale on our consolidated balance sheets.

During the second quarter of 2020, we sold a building classified as held for sale for $5.4 million and recorded a gain of $0.6 million. During the third quarter of 2020, we determined a building no longer met the held for sale criteria, and reclassified the fair value of $5.3 million from assets held for sale to property, plant and equipment on our consolidated balance sheets. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we sold a building classified as held for sale for $0.7 million and recorded an immaterial gain.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded fixed asset impairment charges of $15.7 million primarily associated with construction in progress in our Cementing Equipment segment, which is included in severance and other charges (credits), net on our consolidated statements of operations. During the first quarter of 2020, the results of the Company's test for impairment of goodwill in the Cementing Equipment segment as a result of negative market indicators was a triggering event that indicated that our long-lived tangible assets in this segment were impaired. Impairment testing performed in the first quarter resulted in the determination that certain long-lived assets were not recoverable and that the estimated fair value was below the carrying value. During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recorded fixed asset impairment charges of $32.9 million primarily associated with construction in progress in our Tubular Running Service segment, which is included in severance and other charges (credits), net on our consolidated statement of operations. NaN impairments were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2018. Please see Note 17—Severance and Other Charges (Credits), net in these Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.

The following table presents the depreciation and amortization associated with each line for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):
December 31,
202020192018
Cost of revenue
Services$63,511 $80,072 $93,280 
Products701 1,511 4,354 
General and administrative expenses5,957 11,217 13,658 
Total$70,169 $92,800 $111,292 


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Note 6—Other Assets

    Other assets at December 31, 2020 and 2019 consisted of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
20202019
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies (1)
$26,167 $27,313 
Deposits2,182 2,119 
Other2,510 3,805 
    Total other assets$30,859 $33,237 
(1)See Note 9—Fair Value Measurements for additional information.

Note 7— Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities at December 31, 2020 and 2019, consisted of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
20202019
Accounts payable$22,277 $16,793 
Accrued compensation23,212 23,988 
Accrued property and other taxes14,420 20,099 
Accrued severance and other charges2,666 5,837 
Income taxes16,029 19,166 
Affiliated (1)
2,513 1,694 
Accrued purchase orders and other18,869 32,744 
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities$99,986 $120,321 
(1)Represents amounts owed to non-consolidated affiliates.


Note 8—Debt

    Credit Facility

    Asset Based Revolving Credit Facility

On November 5, 2018, FICV, Frank’s International, LLC and Blackhawk, as borrowers, and FINV, certain of FINV’s subsidiaries, including FICV, Frank’s International, LLC, Blackhawk, Frank’s International GP, LLC, Frank’s International, LP, Frank’s International LP B.V., Frank’s International Partners B.V., Frank’s International Management B.V., Blackhawk Intermediate Holdings, LLC, Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC, and Trinity Tool Rentals, L.L.C., as guarantors, entered into a 5-year senior secured revolving credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ABL Agent”), and other financial institutions as lenders with total commitments of $100.0 million including up to $15.0 million available for letters of credit. Subject to the terms of the ABL Credit Facility, we have the ability to increase the commitments to $200.0 million. The maximum amount that the Company may borrow under the ABL Credit Facility is subject to a borrowing base, which is based on a percentage of certain eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory, subject to customary reserves and other adjustments.


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All obligations under the ABL Credit Facility are fully and unconditionally guaranteed jointly and severally by FINV’s subsidiaries, including FICV, Frank’s International, LLC, Blackhawk, Frank’s International GP, LLC, Frank’s International, LP, Frank’s International LP B.V., Frank’s International Partners B.V., Frank’s International Management B.V., Blackhawk Intermediate Holdings, LLC, Blackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC, and Trinity Tool Rentals, L.L.C., subject to customary exceptions and exclusions. In addition, the obligations under the ABL Credit Facility are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of the assets and property of the borrowers and guarantors, including pledges of equity interests in certain of FINV’s subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. Borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility bear interest at FINV’s option at either (a) the Alternate Base Rate (ABR) (as defined therein), calculated as the greatest of (i) the rate of interest publicly quoted by the Wall Street Journal, as the “prime rate,” subject to each increase or decrease in such prime rate effective as of the date such change occurs, (ii) the federal funds effective rate that is subject to a 0.00% interest rate floor plus 0.50%, and (iii) the one-month Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined therein) plus 1.00%, or (b) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (as defined therein), plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The applicable interest rate margin ranges from 1.00% to 1.50% per annum for ABR loans and 2.00% to 2.50% per annum for Eurodollar loans and, in each case, is based on FINV’s leverage ratio. The unused portion of the ABL Credit Facility is subject to a commitment fee that varies from 0.250% to 0.375% per annum, according to average daily unused commitments under the ABL Credit Facility. Interest on Eurodollar loans is payable at the end of the selected interest period, but no less frequently than quarterly. Interest on ABR loans is payable monthly in arrears.

The ABL Credit Facility contains various covenants and restrictive provisions which limit, subject to certain customary exceptions and thresholds, FINV’s ability to, among other things, (1) enter into asset sales; (2) incur additional indebtedness; (3) make investments, acquisitions, or loans and create or incur liens; (4) pay certain dividends or make other distributions and (5) engage in transactions with affiliates. The ABL Credit Facility also requires FINV to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.0 to 1.0 based on the ratio of (a) consolidated EBITDA (as defined therein) minus unfinanced capital expenditures to (b) Fixed Charges (as defined therein), when either (i) an event of default occurs under the ABL Facility or (ii) availability under the ABL Credit Facility falls for at least 2 consecutive calendar days below the greater of (A) $12.5 million and (B) 15% of the lesser of the borrowing base and aggregate commitments (a “FCCR Trigger Event”). Accounts receivable received by FINV’s U.S. subsidiaries that are parties to the ABL Credit Facility will be deposited into deposit accounts subject to deposit control agreements in favor of the ABL Agent. After a FCCR Trigger Event, these deposit accounts would be subject to “springing” cash dominion. After a FCCR Trigger Event, the Company will be subject to compliance with the fixed charge coverage ratio and “springing” cash dominion until no default exists under the ABL Credit Facility and availability under the facility for the preceding 30 consecutive days has been equal to at least the greater of (x) $12.5 million and (y) 15% of the lesser of the borrowing base and the aggregate commitments. If FINV fails to perform its obligations under the agreement that results in an event of default, the commitments under the ABL Credit Facility could be terminated and any outstanding borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility may be declared immediately due and payable. The ABL Credit Facility also contains cross default provisions that apply to FINV’s other indebtedness.

As of December 31, 2020, FINV had 0 borrowings outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility, letters of credit outstanding of $10.3 million and availability of $24.2 million.

Note 9—Fair Value Measurements

    We follow fair value measurement authoritative accounting guidance for measuring fair values of assets and liabilities in financial statements.

4.Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. We utilize market data or assumptions that market participants who are independent, knowledgeable, and willing and able to transact would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. We are able to classify fair value balances based on the observability of these inputs. The authoritative guidance for fair value measurements establishes three levels of the fair value hierarchy, defined as follows:


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Level 1: Unadjusted, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are not considered to be active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3: Significant, unobservable inputs for use when little or no market data exists, requiring a significant degree of judgment.

    The hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 measurements and the lowest priority to Level 3 measurements. Depending on the particular asset or liability, input availability can vary depending on factors such as product type, longevity of a product in the market and other particular transaction conditions. In some cases, certain inputs used to measure fair value may be categorized into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. For disclosure purposes under the accounting guidance, the lowest level that contains significant inputs used in valuation should be chosen.
    Financial Assets and Liabilities

Recurring Basis

A summary of financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as of December 31, 2020 2021 and 2019,2020, were as follows (in thousands):

Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 1)(Level 2)(Level 3)Total
December 31, 2020
Assets:
Investments:
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies - deferred compensation plan$$26,167 $$26,167 
Marketable securities - other
Liabilities:
Deferred compensation plan20,271 20,271 
December 31, 2019
Assets:
Investments:
Cash surrender value of life insurance policies - deferred compensation plan$$27,313 $$27,313 
Marketable securities - other
Liabilities:
Derivative financial instruments324 324 
Deferred compensation plan23,251 23,251 
    Our derivative financial instruments consist of short-duration foreign currency forward contracts. The fair value of derivative financial instruments is based on quoted market values including foreign exchange forward rates and interest rates. The fair value is computed by discounting the projected future cash flow amounts to present value. At December 31, 2019, derivative financial instruments are included in the financial statement line item accounts payable and accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.

  

December 31, 2021

 
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Total

 

Assets:

                

Investments:

                

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies-

                

Deferred compensation plan

 $0  $18,857  $0  $18,857 

Non-current accounts receivable, net

  0   11,531   0   11,531 

Liabilities:

                

Deferred compensation plan

  0   9,339   0   9,339 

Finance lease liabilities

  0   16,919   0   16,919 

  

December 31, 2020

 
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Total

 

Assets:

                

Non-current accounts receivable, net

 $0  $11,321  $0  $11,321 

Liabilities:

                

Finance lease liabilities

  0   18,194   0   18,194 

Our investments associated with our deferred compensation plan at December 31, 2021 consist primarily of the cash surrender value of life insurance policies and is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The liability associated with


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our deferred compensation plan at December 31, 2021 is included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets. Our investments change as a result of contributions, payments, and fluctuations in the market. Assets and liabilities, measured using significant observable inputs, are reported at fair value based on third-partythird-party broker statements, which are derived from the fair value of the funds’ underlying investments. We also have marketable securities in publicly traded equity securities as an indirect result of strategic investments. They are reported at fair value based on the price of the stock and are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

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    Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Non-recurring Basis


We apply the provisions of the fair value measurement standard to our non-recurring, non-financial measurements including business combinations and assets identified as held for sale, as well as impairment related to goodwill and other long-lived assets. For business combinations, the purchase price is allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on a discounted cash flow model for most intangibles as well as market assumptions for the valuation of equipment and other fixed assets.


Goodwill is not subject to amortization and is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. A qualitative assessment is allowed to determine if goodwill is potentially impaired. We perform ourhave the option to bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit in any period and proceed directly to performing the quantitative goodwill impairment test. The qualitative assessment for eachdetermines whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit by comparingunit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. If it is more likely than not that the estimated fair value of eachthe reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, then a quantitative impairment test is performed. The quantitative goodwill impairment test is used to identify both the reporting unit’s carrying value, including goodwill. We estimate the fair value for each reporting unit using a discounted cash flow analysis based on management’s short-term and long-term forecastexistence of operating performance. This analysis includes significant assumptions regarding discount rates, revenue growth rates, terminal growth ratesimpairment and the timingamount of expected future cash flows based on market conditions. Ifimpairment loss. The test compares the estimated fair value of a reporting unit exceedswith its carrying amount, goodwillincluding goodwill. If the fair value of the reporting unit is not considered impaired. If theless than its carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its estimated fair value, an impairment loss is measured and recorded.


recorded based on that difference. 

When conducting an impairment test on long-lived assets, other than goodwill, we first compare estimated future undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset to the asset’s carrying amount. If the undiscounted cash flows are less than the asset’s carrying amount, we then determine the asset’s fair value by using a discounted cash flow analysis. These analyses are based on estimates such as management’s short-term and long-term forecast of operating performance, including revenue growth rates and expected profitability margins, estimates of the remaining useful life and service potential of the asset, and a discount rate based on our weighted average cost of capital. For assets that meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale, a market approach is used to determine fair value based on third-partythird-party appraisal reports.


The impairment assessments discussed above incorporate inherent uncertainties, including projected commodity pricing, supply and demand for our services and future market conditions, which are difficult to predict in volatile economic environments and could result in impairment chargesexpense in future periods if actual results materially differ from the estimated assumptions utilized in our forecasts. If crude oil prices decline significantly and remain at low levels for a sustained period of time, we could be required to record an impairment of the carrying value of our long-lived assets in the future which could have a material adverse impact on our operating results. Given the unobservable nature of the inputs, the discounted cash flow models are deemed to use Level 3 inputs.

NaN impairment expense was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2021. The following table presents total amount of impairment expense recognized during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

  

2020

  

2019

 

Goodwill

 $191,893  $26,422 

Intangible assets, net

  60,394   17,901 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  19,993   4,713 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

  15,174   0 

Total

 $287,454  $49,036 

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    Other Fair Value Considerations
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Goodwill

As of October 31, 2021, our annual testing date, we performed a qualitative assessment of our goodwill and determined there were no events or circumstances that indicated it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount. Accordingly, 0 impairment expense related to goodwill has been recorded during the year ended December 31, 2021.

In March 2020, the Company observed a material increase in macro-economic uncertainty and a material decrease in oil and gas prices as a result of a combination of factors, including the substantial decline in global demand for oil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and disagreements between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other oil producing nations regarding limits on production. As a result, customers significantly decreased capital budgets and other spending, which significantly impacted our global outlook for the industry. We determined that these events constituted a triggering event that required us to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment assessment as of March 31, 2020 (“Testing Date”) and to review the recoverability of all our long-lived assets.

We used the income approach to estimate the fair value of our reporting units, but also considered the market approach to validate the results. The carrying valuesincome approach estimates the fair value by discounting the reporting unit’s estimated future cash flows using an estimated discount rate, or expected return, that a marketplace participant would have required as of the valuation date. The market approach includes the use of comparative multiples to corroborate the discounted cash flow results and involves significant judgment in the selection of the appropriate peer group companies and valuation multiples.

Under the income approach, we utilized third-party valuation advisors to assist us with these valuations. These analyses included significant judgment, including significant Level 3 assumptions related to management’s short-term and long-term forecast of operating performance, discount rates based on our consolidated balance sheetsestimated weighted average cost of capital, revenue growth rates, profitability margins and capital expenditures.

Our interim quantitative impairment test in 2020 determined the carrying value of certain of our reporting units exceeded their estimated fair value as of the Testing Date, which resulted in goodwill impairment expense of $191.9 million. Our annual quantitative impairment test in 2020 determined no further impairment to goodwill was to be recorded. Our annual quantitative impairment test in 2019 determined the carrying value of certain of our reporting units exceeded their estimated fair value as of the Testing Date, which resulted in goodwill impairment expense of $26.4 million. After recording of the impairment expense, the carrying value of certain of our impaired reporting units equaled their fair value whereas the estimated fair values of other reporting units was more than their carrying values.

Long-lived Assets

The Company did not identify any indicators of impairment related to our long-lived assets during the year ended December 31, 2021. In reviewing the recoverability of our long-lived assets during 2020 and 2019, we identified certain of our long-lived assets which exceeded their respective fair values and certain of our long-lived assets which were deemed to be no longer useable. As a result, during 2020 we recorded impairment expense of $20.0 million, $60.4 million and $15.2 million relating to our property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and operating lease right-of-use assets, respectively, and during 2019, we recorded impairment expense of $4.7 million and $17.9 million relating to our property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, respectively.

Financial Instruments

The estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments have been determined at discrete points in time based on relevant market information. The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, traderestricted cash, accounts receivable, other current assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and linesinterest-bearing loans. The carrying amounts of creditthe Company’s financial instruments other than interest bearing loans approximate fair valuesvalue due to their short maturities.

Note 10— Derivatives

    From time to time we enter into short-duration foreign currency forward derivative contracts to reduce the risk of foreign currency fluctuations. We use these instruments to mitigate our exposure to non-local currency operating working capital. We record these contracts at fair value on our consolidated balance sheets. Although the derivative contracts will serve as an economic hedgeshort-term nature of the cash flow of our currency exchange risk exposure, they are items. The Company does not
have any outstanding borrowings on its interest-bearing loans.


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EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

5.Business segment reporting

Operating segments are defined as hedge contractscomponents of an enterprise for hedge accounting treatment. Accordingly, any changeswhich separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), which is our Chief Executive Officer, in the fair valuedeciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. Our operations are comprised of the derivative instruments during a period will be included in4 operating segments which also represent our consolidated statements of operations.


    We had no foreign currency derivative contracts outstandingreporting segments and are aligned with our geographic regions as of December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2019, we had the following foreign currency derivative contracts outstanding in U.S. dollars (in thousands):
December 31, 2019
NotionalContractualSettlement
Derivative ContractsAmountExchange RateDate
Canadian dollar$948 1.31823/16/2020
Euro9,279 1.11803/17/2020
Norwegian krone11,027 9.06883/17/2020
Pound sterling16,057 1.33813/17/2020

    The following table summarizes the location and fair value amounts of all derivative contracts in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
Derivatives not designated as Hedging InstrumentsConsolidated Balance Sheet LocationDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2019
Foreign currency contractsAccounts payable and accrued liabilities$$(324)

    The following table summarize the location and amounts of the unrealized and realized gains and losses on derivative contracts in the consolidated statements of operations as of December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):
Derivatives not designated as Hedging InstrumentsLocation of gain (loss) recognized in income on derivative contractsDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2019December 31, 2018
Unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency contractsOther income, net$$(222)$386 
Realized gain on foreign currency contractsOther income, net1,475 320 1,661 
Total net gain on foreign currency contracts$1,475 $98 $2,047 

    Our derivative transactions are governed through International Swaps and Derivatives Association master agreements. These agreements include stipulations regarding the right of offset in the event that we or our counterparty default on our performance obligations. If a default were to occur, both parties have the right to net amounts payable and receivable into a single net settlement between parties. Our accounting policy is to offset derivative assets and liabilities executed with the same counterparty when a master netting arrangement exists.

below:

North and Latin America (“NLA”),

Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa (“ESSA”),

Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”), and

Asia-Pacific (“APAC”).

The following table presents our revenue disaggregated by our operating segments (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

NLA

 $193,156  $115,738  $174,058 

ESSA

  300,557   219,534   256,790 

MENA

  171,136   194,033   237,065 

APAC

  160,913   145,721   142,151 

Total

 $825,762  $675,026  $810,064 

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Segment EBITDA

Our CODM regularly evaluates the performance of our derivativesoperating segments using Segment EBITDA, which we define as loss before income taxes adjusted for corporate costs, equity in income of joint ventures, depreciation and amortization expense, impairment expense, severance and other expense, gain on disposal of assets, foreign exchange losses, merger and integration expense, other income, interest and finance expense, net and stock-based compensation expense.

The following table presents our Segment EBITDA disaggregated by our operating segments and reconciliation to loss before income taxes (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

NLA

 $32,254  $54  $15,031 

ESSA

  53,336   35,393   45,358 

MENA

  56,312   77,296   86,043 

APAC

  33,444   34,976   28,762 

Total Segment EBITDA

  175,346   147,719   175,194 

Corporate costs

  (66,153)  (61,122)  (67,498)

Equity in income of joint ventures

  16,747   13,589   9,639 

Depreciation and amortization expense

  (123,866)  (113,693)  (122,503)

Impairment expense

  0   (287,454)  (49,036)

Severance and other expense

  (7,826)  (13,930)  (4,444)

Stock-based compensation expense

  (54,162)  0   0 

Gain on disposal of assets

  1,000   10,085   0 

Foreign exchange losses

  (4,314)  (2,261)  (4,176)

Merger and integration expense

  (47,593)  (1,630)  0 

Other income, net

  3,992   3,908   226 

Interest and finance expense, net

  (8,795)  (5,656)  (3,300)

Loss before income taxes

 $(115,624) $(310,445) $(65,898)

Corporate costs include the costs of running our corporate head office and other central functions that support the operating segments, including research, engineering and development, logistics, sales and marketing and health and safety and are not attributable to a particular operating segment.

We are a Netherlands based company and we derive our revenue from services and product sales to customers primarily in the oil and gas industry. NaN single customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021. One customer in our MENA operating segment accounted for 16% and 14% of our consolidated revenue for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The revenue generated in the Netherlands was immaterial for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019. Other than Norway, no individual country represented more than 10% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2021. Other than Algeria, no individual country represented more than 10% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020. Other than Algeria and the U.S., no individual country represented more than 10% of our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2019.

The following table presents total assets by geographic region and assets held centrally. Assets held centrally includes certain property plant and equipment, investments in joint ventures, collateral deposits, income tax related balances, corporate cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and other current and non-current assets, which are not included in the measure of segment assets reviewed by the CODM:

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

NLA

 $561,482  $97,738 

ESSA

  370,638   221,683 

MENA

  358,465   284,635 

APAC

  231,087   173,688 

Assets held centrally

  332,966   262,007 

Total

 $1,854,638  $1,039,751 

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The following table presents our capital expenditures disaggregated by our operating segments (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

NLA

 $6,426  $10,800 

ESSA

  11,151   35,421 

MENA

  14,553   37,000 

APAC

  19,958   16,413 

Assets held centrally

  29,423   12,753 

Total

 $81,511  $112,387 

Derivative Asset PositionsDerivative Liability Positions
December 31,December 31,
2020201920202019
Gross position - asset / (liability)$$127 $$(451)
Netting adjustment(127)127 
Net position - asset / (liability)$$$$(324)

6.Revenue

Disaggregation of revenue

We disaggregate our revenue from contracts with customers by geography, as disclosed in Note 5 above, as we believe this best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of our revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Additionally, we disaggregate our revenue into areas of capability.

The following table sets forth the total amount of revenue by areas of capability as follows (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Well construction

 $112,126  $0  $0 

Well management

  713,636   675,026   810,064 

Total

 $825,762  $675,026  $810,064 

Contract balances

We perform our obligations under contracts with our customers by transferring services and products in exchange for consideration. The timing of our performance often differs from the timing of our customers’ payments, which results in the recognition of receivables and deferred revenue.


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    We have engaged

Unbilled receivables are initially recognized for revenue earned on completion of the performance obligation which are not yet invoiced to the customer. The amounts recognized as unbilled receivables are reclassified to accounts receivable upon billing. Deferred revenue represents the Company’s obligations to transfer goods or services to customers for which the Company has received consideration, in certain transactions with other companies related to us by common ownership. We have entered into various operating leases to lease facilitiesfull or part, from these affiliated companies. Rent expense associated with our related party leases was $2.7the customer.

Contract balances consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Accounts receivable, net

 $236,158  $159,421 

Unbilled receivable

 $94,659  $45,500 

Deferred revenue

 $17,038  $29,063 

The Company recognized revenue of $15.4 million, $2.7$6.3 million and $6.5$8.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 2019 and 2018, respectively. 2019, respectively, out of the deferred revenue balance as of the beginning of the applicable year. As of December 31, 2020, $3.62021, $15.7 million of our operating lease right-of-use assetsdeferred revenue was classified as current and $5.0 million of our lease liabilities were associated with related party leases.


    On November 2, 2018, Frank’s International, LLC entered into a purchase agreement with Mosing Ventures, LLC, Mosing Land & Cattle Company, LLC, Mosing Queens Row Properties, LLC, and 4-M Investments, each of which are companies related to us by common ownership (the “Mosing Companies”). Under the purchase agreement, we acquired real property that we previously leased from the Mosing Companies, and two additional properties located adjacent to those properties. The total purchase price was $37.0 million, including legal fees and closing adjustments for normal operating activity. The purchase closed on December 18, 2018. The properties were conveyed as-is, except that until 10 years following the Closing Date, the parties will continue to have certain rights and obligations under the terms of the agreements by which some of the purchased properties were acquired by the Mosing Companies at the time of our IPO. We made improvements on the purchased properties during the lease period, and the purchase price was calculated excluding the value of those improvements. As of the purchase close, we no longer lease the acquired properties from the Mosing Companies.

    Tax Receivable Agreement

    Mosing Holdings and its permitted transferees converted all of their shares of Preferred Stock into shares of our common stock on August 26, 2016, in connection with their delivery to FINV of all of their interests in FICV (the “Conversion”). As a result of an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code, made by FICV, the Conversion resulted in an adjustment to the tax basis of the tangible and intangible assets of FICV with respect to the portion of FICV transferred to FINV by Mosing Holdings and its permitted transferees. These adjustments are allocated to FINV. The adjustments to the tax basis of the tangible and intangible assets of FICV described above would not have been available absent the Conversion. The basis adjustments may reduce the amount of tax that FINV would otherwise be required to pay in the future. These basis adjustments may also decrease gains (or increase losses) on future dispositions of certain capital assets to the extent tax basis is allocated to those capital assets.

The TRA that we entered into with FICV and Mosing Holdings in connection with our IPO generally provides for the payment by FINV to Mosing Holdings of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that FINV actually realizes (or is deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after our IPO as a result of (i) tax basis increases resulting from the Conversion and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by FINV as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, payments under the TRA. We will retain the benefit of the remaining 15% of these cash savings, if any. Payments FINV makes under the TRA will be increased by any interest accrued from the due date (without extensions) of the corresponding tax return to the date of payment specified by the TRA. The payments under the TRA will not be conditioned upon a holder of rights under the TRA having a continued ownership interest in FINV.

    The estimation of the amount and timing of payments under the TRA is by its nature imprecise. For purposes of the TRA, cash savings in tax generally are calculated by comparing FINV’s actual tax liability to the amount FINV would have been required to pay had it not been able to utilize any of the tax benefits subject to the TRA. The amounts payable, as well as the timing of any payments, under the TRA are dependent upon significant future events and assumptions, including the amount and timing of the taxable income FINV generates in the future. As of December 31, 2020, FINV has had a cumulative loss over the prior 36-month period. Based on this history of losses, as well as uncertainty regarding the timing and amount of future taxable income, we are no longer able to conclude that there will be future cash savings that will lead to additional payouts under the TRA. Additional TRA liability may be recognized in the future based on changes in expectations regarding the timing and likelihood of future cash savings.


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    The payment obligations under the TRA are FINV’s obligations and are not obligations of FICV. The term of the TRA commenced upon the completion of the IPO and will continue until all tax benefits that are subject to the TRA have been utilized or expired, unless FINV elects to exercise its right to terminate the TRA (or the TRA is terminated due to other circumstances, including our breach of a material obligation thereunder or certain mergers or other changes of control), and FINV makes the termination payment specified by the TRA. If FINV elects to terminate the TRA early, which it may do in its sole discretion (or if it terminates early as a result of our breach), it would be required to make a substantial, immediate lump-sum payment equal to the present value of the hypothetical future payments that could be required to be paid under the TRA (based upon certain assumptions and deemed events set forth in the TRA, including the assumption that it has sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the tax attributes subject to the TRA), determined by applying a discount rate equal to the long-term Treasury rate in effect on the applicable date plus 300 basis points. Any early termination payment may be made significantly in advance of, and may materially exceed, the actual realization, if any, of any cash tax savings from the tax benefits to which the payment relates. the actual realization, if any, of such future benefits. In addition, payments due under the TRA will be similarly accelerated following certain mergers or other changes of control. In these situations, FINV’s obligations under the TRA could have a substantial negative impact on our liquidity and could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing certain mergers, asset sales, other forms of business combinations or other changes of control. For example, if the TRA were terminated on December 31, 2020, the estimated termination payment would be approximately $68.0 million (calculated using a discount rate of 4.45%). The foregoing number is merely an estimate and the actual payment could differ materially.

    Because FINV is a holding company with no operations of its own, its ability to make payments under the TRA is dependent on the ability of FINV’s operating subsidiaries to make distributions to it in an amount sufficient to cover FINV’s obligations under such agreement. The ability of certain of FINV’s operating subsidiaries to make such distributions will be subject to, among other things, the applicable provisions of Dutch law that may limit the amount of funds available for distribution and restrictions in our debt instruments. To the extent that FINV is unable to make payments under the TRA for any reason (except in the case of an acceleration of payments thereunder occurring in connection with an early termination of the TRA or certain mergers or change of control) such payments will be deferred and will accrue interest until paid, and FINV will be prohibited from paying dividends on its common stock.

Note 12—Loss Per Common Share

    Basic loss per common share is determined by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share is determined by dividing loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, assuming all potentially dilutive shares were issued. We apply the treasury stock method to determine the dilutive weighted average common shares represented by the unvested restricted stock units and ESPP shares.

    The following table summarizes the basic and diluted loss per share calculations (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Numerator
Net loss$(156,220)$(235,329)$(90,733)
Denominator
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares (1)
226,042 225,159 223,999 
Loss per common share:
Basic and diluted$(0.69)$(1.05)$(0.41)
(1)Approximate number of shares of unvested restricted stock units and stock to be issued pursuant to the ESPP that have been excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive when the results from operations are at a net loss position.1,048 737 922 

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Note 13—Stock-Based Compensation

2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan

    Under our 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”), stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights and other types of equity and cash incentive awards may be granted to employees, non-employee directors and service providers. The LTIP expires after 10 years, unless prior to that date the maximum number of shares available for issuance under the plan has been issued or our board of directors terminates the plan. There are 20,000,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the LTIP. As of December 31, 2020, 9,031,242 shares remained available for issuance.

Restricted Stock Units

    Upon completion of the IPO and pursuant to the LTIP, we began granting restricted stock units. All RSUs granted under the LTIP vest ratably over a period of one to three years. Our treasury stock primarily consists of shares that were withheld from employees to settle personal tax obligations that arose as a result of restricted stock units that vested. Certain restricted stock unit awards provide for accelerated vesting for qualifying terminations of employment or service.

    Employees granted RSUs are not entitled to dividends declared on the underlying shares while the restricted stock unit is unvested. As such, the grant date fair value of the award is measured by reducing the grant date price of our common stock by the present value of the dividends expected to be paid on the underlying shares during the requisite service period, discounted at the appropriate risk-free interest rate. The weighted average grant date fair value of RSUs granted during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $9.9 million, $11.4 million and $9.5 million, respectively. Compensation expense is recognized ratably over the vesting period. Forfeitures are recorded as they occur.

    Stock-based compensation expense relating to RSUs for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $8.0 million, $8.7 million and $8.9 million, respectively. The total fair value of RSUs vested during the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $9.6 million, $7.1 million and $6.7 million, respectively. Unamortized stock compensation expense as of December 31, 2020, relating to RSUs totaled approximately $9.0 million, which will be expensed over a weighted average period of 1.3 years.

Non-vested RSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and the changes during the year were as follows:
Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 20192,460,800 $6.65 
Granted2,928,737 3.38 
Vested(1,465,069)6.58 
Forfeited(325,569)4.95 
Non-vested at December 31, 20203,598,899 $4.18 

    Performance Restricted Stock Units

    The purpose of the PRSUs is to closely align the incentive compensation of the executive leadership team for the duration of the performance cycle with returns to FINV’s shareholders and thereby further motivate the executive leadership team to create sustained value to FINV shareholders. The design of the PRSU grants effectuates this purpose by placing a material amount of incentive compensation for each executive at risk by offering an extraordinary reward for the attainment of extraordinary results. Design features of the PRSU grant that in furtherance of this purpose include the following: (1) The vesting of the PRSUs is based on total shareholder

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return (“TSR”) based on a comparison to the returns of a peer group, which, beginning with PRSUs granted in 2018, is the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment and Services ETF. (2) TSR performance is calculated separately with respect to 3 separate one-year achievement periods included in the three-year Performance Period, resulting in a weighted average payout at the end of the three-year Performance Period. The TSR calculation will assume reinvestment of dividends. (3) The ultimate number of shares to be issued pursuant to the PRSU awards will vary in proportion to the actual TSR achieved as a percentile compared to the peer group during the Performance Period as follows: (i) no shares will be issued if the Company’s performance falls below the 25th percentile; (ii) 50% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 25th percentile (the threshold level); (iii) 100% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 50th percentile (the target level); (iv) 150% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 75th percentile; and 200% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 90th percentile and above (the maximum level). (4) Unless there is a qualifying termination as defined in the PRSU award agreement, the PRSUs of an executive will be forfeited upon an executive’s termination of employment during the Performance Period.

    Though the value of the PRSU grant may change for each participant, the compensation expense recorded by the Company is determined on the date of grant. Expected volatility is based on historical equity volatility of our stock based on 50% of historical and 50% of implied volatility weighting commensurate with the expected term of the PRSU. The expected volatility considers factors such as the historical volatility of our share price and our peer group companies, implied volatility of our share price, length of time our shares have been publicly traded, and split- and dividend-adjusted closing stock prices.

    In 2020, we granted PRSUs with a fair value of $3.0 million or 676,615 units (“Target Level”). The performance period for these grants is the three year period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022 (“Performance Period”), but with separate one-year achievement periods from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, and January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, resulting in a weighted average payout at the end of the Performance Period.

    The weighted average assumptions for the PRSUs granted in 2020 are as follows:
2020
Total expected term (in years)2.87
Expected volatility46.2%
Risk-free interest rate1.36%
Correlation range17.4% to 82.9%

    In 2019, we granted PRSUs with a fair value of $3.7 million or 446,858 units (“Target Level”). The performance period for these grants is the three year period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 (“Performance Period”), but with separate one-year achievement periods from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, and January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, resulting in a weighted average payout at the end of the Performance Period.

    The weighted average assumptions for the PRSUs granted in 2019 are as follows:
2019
Expected term (in years)2.86
Expected volatility43.5%
Risk-free interest rate2.48%
Correlation range2.4% to 88.1%

    In 2018, we granted PRSUs with a fair value of $2.0 million or 275,550 units (“Target Level”). The performance period for these grants is the three year period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020 (“Performance Period”), but with separate one-year achievement periods from January 1, 2018 to December 31,

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2018, January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, resulting in a weighted average payout at the end of the Performance Period.

    The weighted average assumptions for the PRSUs granted in 2018 are as follows:
2018
Expected term (in years)2.86
Expected volatility39.0%
Risk-free interest rate2.35%
Correlation range11.0% to 85.7%

    In the event of death or disability, the restrictions related to forfeiture as defined in the performance awards agreement will lapse with respect to 100% of the PRSUs at the target level effective on the date of such event. In the event of involuntary termination except for cause, the Company may enter into a special vesting agreement with the executive under which the restrictions for forfeiture will not lapse upon such termination. In the event of a termination for any other reason prior to the end of the Performance Period, all PRSUs will be forfeited.

    Stock-based compensation expense related to PRSUs for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $2.6 million, $2.0 million and $1.2 million, respectively. The total fair value of PRSUs vested during the year ended December 31, 2020, was $1.5 million. There were 0 PRSU vestings during the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018. Unamortized stock compensation expense as of December 31, 2020, relating to PRSUs totaled approximately $3.4 million, which will be expensed over a weighted average period of 1.75 years.

    Non-vested PRSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2020, and the changes during the year were as follows:
Number of
Shares
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Non-vested at December 31, 2019788,833 $8.13 
Granted676,615 4.40 
Vested(163,750)9.04 
Forfeited(14,611)7.79 
Non-vested at December 31, 20201,287,087 $5.96 

    Employee Stock Purchase Plan

    Under the Frank’s International N.V. ESPP, eligible employees have the right to purchase shares of common stock at the lesser of (i) 85% of the last reported sale price of our common stock on the last trading date immediately preceding the first day of the option period, or (ii) 85% of the last reported sale price of our common stock on the last trading date immediately preceding the last day of the option period. The ESPP is intended to qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. We have reserved 3.0 million shares of our common stock for issuance under the ESPP, of which 1.8 million shares were available for issuance as of December 31, 2020. Shares issued to our employees under the ESPP totaled 340,950 in 2020 and 389,284 shares in 2019. For the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $0.4 million, $0.6 million and $0.5 million of compensation expense related to stock purchased under the ESPP, respectively.

    In January 2020, we issued 125,893 shares of our common stock to our employees under this plan to satisfy the employee purchase period from July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, which increased our common stock outstanding.

    In July 2020, we issued 215,057 shares of our common stock to our employees under this plan to satisfy the employee purchase period from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020, which increased our common stock outstanding.


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Note 14—Employee Benefit Plans

U.S. Benefit Plans

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan. Frank’s International, LLC administers a 401(k) savings and investment plan (the “Plan”) as part of the employee benefits package. Employees are required to complete one month of service before becoming eligible to participate in the Plan. Prior to May 21, 2020, we matched 100% of the first 3% of eligible compensation an employee contributed to the Plan up to the annual allowable IRS limit. Additionally, the Company provided a 50% match on any employee contributions between 4% to 6% of eligible compensation. Effective May 21, 2020, the Safe Harbor Matching Contribution was eliminated. Our matching contributions to the Plan totaled $2.2 million, $5.0 million and $4.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. In December 2004, we and certain affiliates adopted the Frank’s Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the “EDC Plan”). The purpose of the EDC Plan is to provide participants with an opportunity to defer receipt of a portion of their salary, bonus, and other specified cash compensation. Participant contributions are immediately vested. Our contributions vest after five years of service. All participant benefits under this EDC Plan shall be paid directly from the general funds of the applicable participating subsidiary or a grantor trust, commonly referred to as a Rabbi Trust, created for the purpose of informally funding the EDC Plan, and other than such Rabbi Trust, no special or separate fund shall be established and no other segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment. The assets of our EDC Plan’s trust are invested in a corporate owned split-dollar life insurance policy and an amalgamation of mutual funds (See Note 6—Other Assets).

    We recorded compensation expense related to the vesting of the Company’s contribution of $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. NaN compensation expense related to the vesting of the Company’s contribution was recorded for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. The total liability recorded at December 31, 2020 and 2019, related to the EDC Plan was $20.3 million and $23.3 million, respectively, and was included in other noncurrent liabilities“Other current liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets, with the remainder classified as non-current and included in “Other non-current liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets.

Note 15—Income Taxes

    Loss before income taxes was comprised

Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations

Remaining performance obligations represent firm contracts for which work has not been performed and future revenue recognition is expected. We have elected the practical expedient permitting the exclusion of disclosing remaining performance obligations for contracts that have an original expected duration of one year or less and for our long-term contracts we have a right to consideration from customers in an amount that corresponds directly with the value to the customer of the following for the periods indicated (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
United States$(154,144)$(225,653)$(85,342)
Foreign(6,157)14,118 (8,341)
Loss before income taxes$(160,301)$(211,535)$(93,683)


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performance completed to date.

 

7.Income taxes have been provided for based upon the tax laws and rates in the countries in which operations are conducted and income is earned. Components

The components of income tax expense (benefit) consistfor the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Current tax:

            

Netherlands (2020 and 2019: U.K.)

 $216  $(707) $0 

Foreign

  16,777   17,883   17,160 

Total current tax

  16,993   17,176   17,160 

Deferred tax:

            

Netherlands (2020 and 2019: U.K.)

  0   0   0 

Foreign

  (726)  (20,576)  (18,297)

Total deferred tax

  (726)  (20,576)  (18,297)

Income tax expense (benefit)

 $16,267  $(3,400) $(1,137)

Following the closing of the following for Merger on October 1, 2021, the periods indicated (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Current
U.S. federal$(17,582)$$
U.S. state and local209 
Foreign12,876 21,975 11,677 
Total current(4,706)22,184 11,684 
Deferred
U.S. federal(2,515)444 
Foreign3,140 1,166 (14,634)
Total deferred625 1,610 (14,634)
Total income tax expense (benefit)$(4,081)$23,794 $(2,950)

The variance in effective tax rates compared to prior periods is due primarilydomicile of the Company changed from the U.K. to the beneficial impact in the current year of provisions from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which allows corporations with net operating losses (“NOLs”) incurred in 2018, 2019 and 2020 to carry back such NOLs to each of the five years preceding the year of the NOL, beginning with the earliest year in which there is taxable income, and claim an income tax refund in the applicable carryback year.Netherlands. As a result of this change in domicile due to the NOL carryback provision in the CARES Act, we were able to recognize anMerger, income tax refundexpense (benefit) is split between the Netherlands and foreign tax jurisdictions for the year ended December 31, 2021 and between the U.K. and foreign tax jurisdictions for the year ended December 31,2020 and 2019.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

The Netherland, U.K. and foreign components of loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of joint ventures for the third quarter of 2020.


years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Netherlands (2020 and 2019: U.K.)

 $(19,190) $22,819  $33,071 

Foreign

  (113,181)  (346,853)  (108,608)

Total

 $(132,371) $(324,034) $(75,537)

A reconciliation of the differences between the income tax provision computed at the 21% U.S.Netherlands statutory rate in effect at of 25% for the year ended December 31, 2021 and the U.K. statutory rate of 19% for the years ended December 31, 2020 and the reported provision for income2019 to loss from continuing operations before taxes and equity in joint ventures for the periods indicated is as followsreasons below (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Income tax benefit at statutory rate$(33,663)$(44,422)$(19,673)
Branch profits tax(8,015)(12,129)(4,267)
State taxes, net of federal benefit(3,206)154 (27)
Restricted stock units tax shortfall1,695 405 1,025 
Taxes on foreign earnings at higher rates11,399 14,427 13,095 
Effect of tax rate change(2,929)
Effect of moving activity to higher tax rate jurisdiction(14,620)
Management fee charged to international operations4,848 3,455 1,515 
Increase in valuation allowances34,005 37,802 22,892 
Goodwill impairment(1,406)25,677 
Return-to-provision adjustments(2,299)(524)(521)
Foreign tax credit(6,574)(5,707)
Other(865)4,656 560 
Total income tax expense (benefit)$(4,081)$23,794 $(2,950)

    A reconciliation using the Netherlands statutory rate was not provided as there are no significant operations in the Netherlands.

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Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Statutory tax rate

  25%  19%  19%
             

Income tax expense at statutory rate

 $(33,093) $(61,566) $(14,352)

Permanent differences

  14,123   122,815   10,322 

Effect of overseas tax rates

  10,583   (1,754)  (4,961)

Net tax charge related to attributes with full valuation allowance

  28,607   (71,259)  12,769 

Exempt dividends from joint ventures

  (1,014)  14   0 

Return to provision adjustments

  (5,001)  6,150   (6,446)

Withholding taxes

  1,995   984   876 

Foreign exchange movements on tax balances

  67   1,216   655 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 $16,267  $(3,400) $(1,137)
             

Effective tax rate

  -12.3%  1.0%  1.5%

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the anticipated future tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement basis and tax basis of our assets and liabilities and are measured using the tax rates and laws expected to be in effect when the differences are projected to reverse. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is not more likely than not that some or all the benefit from the deferred tax asset will be realized.     


Significant

The primary components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities areas of December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Deferred tax assets:

        

Net operating loss carry forwards

 $731,315  $484,695 

Employee compensation and benefits

  12,958   7,767 

Depreciation

  44,253   24,759 

Other

  34,734   19,987 

Investment in partnership

  51,890   0 

Intangibles

  22,980   0 

Valuation allowance

  (829,087)  (512,711)

Total deferred tax assets

  69,043   24,497 

Deferred tax liabilities:

        

Depreciation

  (1,935)  (6,565)

Goodwill and other intangibles

  (42,784)  (40,054)

Investment in partnership

  (48,856)  0 

Other

  (7,212)  (4,695)

Total deferred tax liabilities

  (100,787)  (51,314)

Net deferred tax liabilities

 $(31,744) $(26,817)

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December 31,
20202019
Deferred tax assets
Foreign net operating loss$23,744 $17,121 
U.S. net operating loss105,802 104,105 
Research and development credit1,156 1,016 
Foreign tax credit carryover2,322 422 
Intangibles17,536 9,365 
Inventory2,615 2,280 
Property and equipment22,565 16,161 
Investment in partnership48,973 24,372 
Other913 1,442 
Valuation allowance(168,174)(130,010)
Total deferred tax assets57,452 46,274 
Deferred tax liabilities
Investment in partnership(40,970)(23,728)
Property and equipment(1,253)
Goodwill(7,297)
Other(329)
Total deferred liabilities(40,970)(32,607)
Net deferred tax assets$16,482 $13,667 
EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

    As of December 31, 2020, we have income tax NOL carryforwards relatedNotes to both our U.S. and non-U.S. operations of approximately $476 million. In addition, we have research and development tax credit carryforwards of approximately $1.2 million. The ultimate utilizationthe Consolidated Financial Statements

We recognize a valuation allowance where it is more likely than not that some or all of the NOLs and research and development credits depend ondeferred tax assets will not be realized. The realization of a deferred tax asset is dependent upon the ability to generate sufficient taxable income in the appropriate taxing jurisdictions where the deferred tax jurisdiction. Theseassets are initially recognized. At December 31, 2021, we have maintained a valuation allowance with respect to substantially all U.S. foreign tax attributes expirecredit carryforwards as well as certain net operating loss carryforwards for various jurisdictions.

The changes in valuation allowances were as follows (in thousands):

Year of ExpirationU.S. NOLsForeign NOLsR&D Credits
2021 - 2025$$21,230 $
2026 - 20305,648 
2031 - 2039168,163 335 1,156 
Does not expire209,702 70,668 
$377,865 $97,881 $1,156 

  

Year Ended December 31

 
             
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Balance at the beginning of the period

 $512,711  $443,398  $507,159 

Additions attributable to the Merger

  187,319   0   0 

Additions not attributable to the Merger

  160,299   72,025   312 

Reductions

  (31,242)  (2,712)  (64,073)

Balance at end of period

 $829,087  $512,711  $443,398 

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $664 million of U.S. operating losses of which $567 million will start to expire in 2036, and the balance does not expire. The valuation allowance on our deferred tax asset positions increased from $130.0Company also has approximately $1,840.3 million to $168.2and $127.7 million during 2020 as a result of accumulated tax losses in both the U.S.U.K. and various foreign tax jurisdictions. We evaluated all available evidence and determined that it is more likely than Norway respectively which do not that these losses will not be utilized.



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expire.

It is our intention that all cash and earnings of our subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020,2021, are permanently reinvested and will be used to meet operating cash flow needs. Existing plans do not demonstrate a need to repatriate foreign cash to fund parent company activity, however, should we determine that parent company funding is required, we estimate that any such cash needs may be met without adverse tax consequences.


A reconciliation

We have performed an analysis of unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

2020
Balance at December 31, 2019$342 
Increase from positions taken in prior periods20,327 
Increase from positions taken in current period7,012 
Settlements(527)
Balance at December 31, 2020$27,154 

    Approximately $3 million of the uncertain tax positions if recognized in the future, would impactvarious jurisdictions in which we operate and concluded that we are adequately provided. Our tax filings are subject to regular audits by tax authorities in the various jurisdictions in which we operate. Tax liabilities are based on estimates, however due to the uncertain and complex application of tax legislation, the ultimate resolution of audits may be materially different to our effectiveestimates.

The Company is subject to income taxation in many jurisdictions around the world. The following table presents the changes in our uncertain tax rate. positions as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

Year ended December 31

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Balance at the beginning of the period

 $35,377  $32,515 

Additions attributable to the Merger

  40,144   0 

Additions based on tax positions related to current period not attributable to the Merger

  5,774   2,182 

Additions for tax positions of prior year period not attributable to the Merger

  5,094   1,787 

Settlements with tax authorities

  (2,370)  (665)

Reductions for tax positions of prior years

  (5,138)  (763)

Reductions due to the lapse of statute of limitations

  (2,094)  (188)

Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates

  (673)  509 

Balance at the end of the period

 $76,114  $35,377 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

The amounts above include penalties and interest of $4.2 million and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We classify penalties and interest relating to uncertain tax positions within income tax (expense) benefit in the consolidated statements of operations. 

Approximately $24.1$30.1 million of our reserveunrecognized tax benefit relates to certain deductions and would only impact our rate if we were subsequently able to utilize operating loss carry-forwards. We have elected to classify interest and penalties incurred on income taxes as income tax expense. We do not foresee resolution of these positions in the coming twelve12 months.


We have recognized uncertain tax positions of approximately $46.0 million and $35.4 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, included in “Other non-current liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets. 

We file income tax returns in the U.S.Netherlands and in various internationalother foreign jurisdictions in respect of the Company's subsidiaries. In all cases we are no longer subject to income tax jurisdictions. Asexamination by tax authorities for years prior to 2009. Tax filings of our subsidiaries, branches and related entities are routinely examined in the normal course of business by the relevant tax authorities. We believe that there are no jurisdictions in which the outcome of unresolved issues is likely to be material to our results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

8.Investment in joint ventures

We have investments in two joint ventures, which together provide us access to certain Asian markets that otherwise would be challenging for us to penetrate or develop effectively on our own. COSL - Expro Testing Services (Tianjin) Co. Ltd (“CETS”), in which we have a 50% equity interest, has extensive offshore well testing and completions capabilities and a reputation for providing technology-driven solutions in China. Similarly, PV Drilling Expro International Co. Ltd. (“PVD-Expro”) in which we have a 49% equity interest, offers the full suite of the Company’s products and services, including well testing and completions, in Vietnam. Both of these are strategic to our activities and offer the full capabilities and technology of the Company, but each company is independently managed.

The carrying value of our investment in joint ventures as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 was as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

CETS

 $54,014  $41,504 

PVD-Expro

  3,590   3,584 

Total

 $57,604  $45,088 

9.Accounts receivable, net

Accounts receivable, net consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Accounts receivable

 $340,209  $211,838 

Less: Expected credit losses

  (9,392)  (6,917)

Total

 $330,817  $204,921 
         

Current

  319,286   193,600 

Non – current

  11,531   11,321 

Total

 $330,817  $204,921 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

The movement of expected credit losses for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was as follows (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Balance at beginning of year

 $6,917  $6,313  $6,315 

Additions - Acquired in the Merger

  992   0   0 

Additions - Charged to expense

  1,527   965   571 

Deductions

  (44)  (361)  (573)

Balance at end of year

 $9,392  $6,917  $6,313 

10.Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Finished goods

 $34,899  $0 

Raw materials, equipment spares and consumables

  76,025   42,995 

Work-in progress

  14,192   10,364 

Total

 $125,116  $53,359 

11.Other assets and liabilities

Other assets consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies

 $18,857  $0 

Prepayments

  19,891   17,824 

Value-added tax receivables

  22,524   19,213 

Collateral deposits

  1,599   1,761 

Deposits

  7,331   3,286 

Other

  9,197   2,621 

Total

 $79,399  $44,705 
         

Current

  52,938   39,957 

Non – current

  26,461   4,748 

Total

 $79,399  $44,705 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Other liabilities consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Deferred revenue

 $17,038  $29,063 

Other tax and social security

  27,893   16,830 

Income tax liabilities - non-current portion

  45,741   35,377 

Deferred compensation plan

  9,339   0 

Other

  49,739   20,999 

Total

 $149,750  $102,269 
         

Current

  74,213   59,043 

Non – current

  75,537   43,226 

Total

 $149,750  $102,269 

Cash Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies

At December 31, 2021, we had $18.9 million of cash surrender value of life insurance policies that are held within a Rabbi Trust for the purpose of paying future executive deferred compensation benefit obligations. Gains associated with these policies are included in other income, net on our consolidated statements of operations. Gain on changes in the cash surrender value of life insurance policies was $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

12.Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Accounts payable – trade

 $84,952  $63,855 

Payroll, vacation and other employee benefits

  42,671   22,345 

Accruals for goods received not invoiced

  18,666   6,655 

Other accrued liabilities

  66,863   43,387 

Total

 $213,152  $136,242 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

13.Property, plant and equipment, net

Property, plant and equipment, net consisted of the following as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Cost:

        

Land

 $21,580  $3,379 

Land improvement

  3,054   0 

Buildings and lease hold improvements

  104,660   30,513 

Plant and equipment

  701,400   519,866 
   830,694   553,758 

Less: accumulated depreciation

  (352,114)  (259,035)

Total

 $478,580  $294,723 

The carrying amount of our property, plant and equipment recognized in respect of assets held under finance leases as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and included in amounts above is as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Cost:

        

Buildings

 $18,623  $18,932 

Plant and equipment

  1,275   1,520 
   19,898   20,452 

Less: accumulated amortization

  (7,733)  (6,674)

Total

 $12,165  $13,778 

Depreciation expense related to property, plant and equipment, including assets under finance leases, was $95.8 million, $85.4 million and $88.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

NaN impairment expense related to property, plant and equipment was recognized for the year ended December 31, 2021. We recognized impairment expense related to property, plant and equipment of $20.0 million and $4.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 respectively, which are included in “Impairment expense” on our U.S. tax returns remain openconsolidated statement of operations. Refer to examinationNote 4 “Fair value measurements” for further details.

During the three months ended December 31, 2021, a building classified as assets held for sale was sold for $3.8 million. 

14.Intangible assets, net

The following table summarizes our intangible assets comprising of Customer Relationships & Contracts (“CR&C”), Trademarks, Technology and Software as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  December 31, 2021  December 31, 2020  December 31, 2021 
      

Accumulated

          

Accumulated

      

Weighted

 
  

Gross

  

impairment

     

Gross

  

impairment

      

average

 
  

carrying

  

and

  

Net book

  

carrying

  

and

  

Net book

  

remaining

 
  

amount

  

amortization

  

value

  

amount

  

amortization

  

value

  

life (years)

 

CR&C

 $222,200  $(98,271) $123,929  $215,200  $(78,846) $136,354   6.3 

Trademarks

  57,100   (29,392)  27,708   40,100   (27,137)  12,963   8.4 

Technology

  159,458   (60,979)  98,479   79,538   (56,635)  22,903   13.3 

Software

  8,754   (5,817)  2,937   7,387   (6,439)  948   0.7 

Total

 $447,512  $(194,459) $253,053  $342,225  $(169,057) $173,168   9.3 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $28.1 million, $28.2 million and $34.5 million for the tax years 2016 through ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The following table summarizes the intangible assets which were acquired pursuant to the Merger (in thousands):

  

Acquired Fair Value

  

Weighted average life

 

CR&C

 $7,000   10.0 

Trademarks

  17,000   10.0 

Technology

  79,920   15.0 

Software

  871   1.0 

Total

 $104,791   13.7 

NaN impairment expense associated with our intangible assets was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2021. We recognized impairment expense associated with our intangible assets of $60.4 million and $17.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, which is included in “Impairment expense” in our consolidated statement of operations. Refer to Note 4 “Fair value measurements” for further details.

The following table summarizes our intangible asset impairment expense by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

2020:

 

CR&C

  

Technology

  

Trademarks

  

Total

 

NLA

 $10,262  $20,616  $11,437  $42,315 

ESSA

  0   6,909   4,070   10,979 

APAC

  0   7,100   0   7,100 

Total

 $10,262  $34,625  $15,507  $60,394 

2019:

 

CR&C

  

Technology

  

Trademarks

  

Total

 

NLA

 $0  $3,809  $0  $3,809 

ESSA

  7,760   4,712   1,620   14,092 

Total

 $7,760  $8,521  $1,620  $17,901 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Expected future intangible asset amortization as of December 31, 2021 is as follows (in thousands):

Years ending December 31,

    

2022

 $34,691 

2023

  31,755 

2024

  31,755 

2025

  31,755 

2026

  31,755 

Thereafter

  91,342 

Total

 $253,053 

15.Goodwill

Our reporting units are either our operating segments or components of our operating segments depending on the level at which segment management oversees the business. Prior to the Merger, Legacy Expro's reporting units included Europe and the major foreign taxing jurisdictionsCommonwealth of Independent States, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, Asia, North America and Latin America. During 2021, due to the Merger we changed our internal organization and reporting structure and as a result, our operating segments, NLA, ESSA, MENA and APAC, are also our reporting units. The allocation of goodwill by operating segment was as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

NLA

 $93,608  $0 

ESSA

  66,283   14,504 

MENA

  3,331   0 

APAC

  16,681   11,000 

Total

 $179,903  $25,504 

The following table provides the gross carrying amount and cumulative impairment expense of goodwill for each operating segment as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

  

2021

  

2020

 
  

Cost

  

Acquired in Merger

  

Accumulated impairment

  

Net Book Value

  

Cost

  

Additions

  

Accumulated impairment

  

Net Book Value

 

NLA

 $37,341  $93,608  $(37,341) $93,608  $37,341  $0  $(37,341) $0 

ESSA

  28,982   51,779   (14,478)  66,283   28,982   0   (14,478)  14,504 

MENA

  126,383   3,331   (126,383)  3,331   126,383   0   (126,383)  0 

APAC

  51,113   5,681   (40,113)  16,681   51,113   0   (40,113)  11,000 

Total

 $243,819  $154,399  $(218,315) $179,903  $243,819  $0  $(218,315) $25,504 

NaN goodwill impairment expense was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2021. We recorded goodwill impairment expense of $191.9 million and $26.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Refer to Note 4 “Fair value measurements” for further details.

The following table summarizes our goodwill impairment expense by operating segment for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

NLA

 $0  $25,397  $11,944 

ESSA

  0   0   14,478 

MENA

  0   126,383   0 

APAC

  0   40,113   0 

Total

 $0  $191,893  $26,422 

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16.Interest bearing loans

On November 5, 2018, certain subsidiaries of Frank’s entered into an asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”) with aggregate commitments of $100.0 million secured by certain assets of the subsidiary guarantors.

On December 20, 2018, subsidiaries of Legacy Expro entered into a revolving credit facility (the “2018 RCF”) with aggregate commitments of $150.0 million with up to $100.0 million available for drawdowns as loans and up to $50 million for bonds and guarantees. The 2018 RCF bore interest at U.S. dollar LIBOR plus 3.75% and was secured by a fixed and floating charge on certain assets of some of our wholly owned subsidiaries. On October 1, 2021, following the closing of the Merger, the ABL Credit Facility and 2018 RCF were cancelled.

Concurrently with the cancelation of the ABL Credit Facility and the 2018 RCF, we entered into a new revolving credit facility (the “New Facility”) with DNB Bank ASA, London Branch, as agent, with total commitments of $200.0 million, of which we$130.0 million is available for cash drawings and $70.0 million is available for letters of credit. Subject to the terms of the New Facility, the Company has the ability to increase the commitments to $250.0 million. Proceeds of the New Facility may be used for general corporate and working capital purposes.

All obligations under the New Facility are guaranteed jointly and severally by the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries incorporated in the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands, Norway, Hungary, Australia, Cyprus, the Cayman Islands and Guernsey. Going forward, the guarantors must comprise at least 80% of the EBITDA and 70% of the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as subsidiaries individually representing 5% or more of the EBITDA or assets of the group, subject to taxcustomary exceptions and exclusions. In addition, the obligations under the New Facility are opensecured by first priority liens on certain assets of the borrowers and guarantors, including pledges of equity interests in certain of the Company’s subsidiaries, including all of the borrowers and subsidiary guarantors, material operating bank accounts, intercompany loan receivables and, in jurisdictions where customary, including the U.S., the U.K., Australia and the Cayman Islands, substantially all of the assets and property of the borrowers and guarantors incorporated in such jurisdictions, in each case subject to examinationcustomary exceptions and exclusions

Borrowings under the New Facility bear interest at a rate per annum of LIBOR, subject to a 0.00% floor, plus an applicable margin of 3.75% for cash borrowings or 3.00% for letters of credit. A 0.75% per annum fronting fee applies to letters of credit, and an additional 0.25% or 0.50% per annum utilization fee is payable on cash borrowings to the extent one-third or two-thirds, respectively, or more of commitments are drawn. The unused portion of the New Facility is subject to a commitment fee of 30% per annum of the applicable margin. Interest on loans is payable at the end of the selected interest period, but no less frequently than semiannually. The Company and its subsidiaries paid $5.1 million in customary fees and expenses in connection with the New Facility in the year ended December 31, 2021, which are included in “Interest and finance expense, net” on the consolidated statements of operations.

The New Facility contains various undertakings and affirmative and negative covenants which limit, subject to certain customary exceptions and thresholds, the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, (1) enter into asset sales; (2) incur additional indebtedness; (3) make investments, acquisitions, or loans and create or incur liens; (4) pay certain dividends or make other distributions and (5) engage in transactions with affiliates. The New Facility also requires the Company to maintain (i) a minimum cash flow cover ratio of 1.5 to 1.0 based on the ratio of cash flow to debt service, (ii) a minimum interest cover ratio of 4.0 to 1.0 based on the ratio of EBITDA to net finance charges and (iii) a maximum senior leverage ratio of 2.25 to 1.0 based on the ratio of total net debt to EBITDA, in each case tested quarterly on a last-twelve-months basis, subject to certain exceptions. In addition, the aggregate capital expenditure of the Company and its subsidiaries cannot exceed 110% of the forecasted amount in the relevant annual budget, subject to certain exceptions. If the Company fails to perform its obligations under the agreement that results in an event of default, the commitments under the New Facility could be terminated and any outstanding borrowings under the New Facility may be declared immediately due and payable. The New Facility also contains cross-default provisions that apply to the Company and its subsidiaries’ other indebtedness.

NaN drawdowns as loans have been made, however, as of December 31, 2021, we had utilized $33.4 million for bonds and guarantees.

17.Leases

We are a lessee for numerous operating leases, primarily related to real estate, transportation and equipment. The terms and conditions for these leases vary by the type of underlying asset. The vast majority of our operating leases have terms ranging between one and fifteen years, some of which include options to extend the leases, and some of which include options to terminate the leases. We include the renewal or termination options in the lease terms, when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. We also lease certain real estate and equipment under finance leases. Our lease contracts generally do not provide any guaranteed residual values.

The accounting for some of our leases may require significant judgment, which includes determining whether a contract contains a lease, determining the incremental borrowing rates to utilize in our net present value calculation of lease payments for lease agreements which do not provide an implicit rate, and assessing the likelihood of renewal or termination options.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

The following tables illustrate the financial impact of our leases as of and for the tax years 2010 through 2019.ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, along with other supplemental information about our existing leases (in thousands, except years and percentages):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Components of lease expenses:

            

Finance lease expense:

            

Amortization of right of use assets

 $967  $1,649  $2,243 

Interest incurred on lease liabilities

  2,246   2,386   2,478 

Operating lease expense

  21,479   19,870   24,915 

Short term lease expense

  54,756   56,156   66,450 

Total lease expense

 $79,448  $80,061  $96,086 

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Other supplementary information (in thousands, except years and discount rates):

            

Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities:

            

Operating cash flows from operating leases

 $25,348  $23,134  $24,095 

Right-of-use assets obtained in an exchange for lease obligations

            

Operating leases

 $8,529  $8,917  $18,447 

Weighted average remaining lease term:

            

Operating leases

  7.3   8.5   8.7 

Finance leases

  11.0   11.7   11.9 

Weighted average discount rate for operating leases

  8.8%  10.0%  10.3%

Weighted average discount rate for finance leases

  13.1%  13.5%  13.5%

The operating cash flows for finance leases approximates the interest expense for the year.

As of December 31, 2021, maturity of our lease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

  

Operating

  

Finance

 
  

Leases

  

Leases

 

Years ending December 31,

        

2022

 $26,177  $3,291 

2023

  21,895   3,024 

2024

  16,008   2,899 

2025

  12,742   2,841 

2026

  9,585   2,841 

Due after 5 years

  45,205   17,372 
  $131,612  $32,268 

Less: amounts representing interest

  (38,229)  (15,349)

Total

 $93,383  $16,919 
         

Short-term portion

 $19,695  $1,147 

Long-term portion

  73,688   15,772 

Total

 $93,383  $16,919 

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Note 16—

18.Commitments and Contingencies


contingencies

Commercial Commitments


During the normal course of business, we enter into commercial commitments in the form of letters of credit and bank guarantees to provide financial and performance assurance to third parties.

We entered into contractual commitments for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment totaling $26.3 million and $42.3 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We also entered into purchase commitments related to inventory on an as-needed basis. As of December 31, 2021, these inventory purchase commitments were $14.2 million.

We are committed under various operating lease agreements primarily related to real estate, vehicles and certain equipment that expire at various dates throughout the next several years. Please seeRefer to Note 2—17 “Leases” for further details.

Contingencies

Certain conditions may exist as of the date our consolidated financial statements are issued that may result in these Notesa loss to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.


    We also have purchase commitmentsus, but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. Our management, with input from legal counsel, assesses such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise in judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to inventorylegal proceedings pending against us or unasserted claims that may result in proceedings, our management, with input from legal counsel, evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of $26.6 million at December 31, 2020. We enter into purchase commitments as needed.

Contingencies

relief sought or expected to be sought therein.

If the assessment of a contingency indicates it is probable a material loss has been incurred and the amount of liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability would be accrued in our consolidated financial statements. If the assessment indicates a potentially material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material, is disclosed.

Loss contingencies considered remote are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees would be disclosed.

We are the subject of lawsuits and claims arising in the ordinary course of business from time to time. A liability is accrued when a loss is both probable and can be reasonably estimated. We had no0 material accruals for loss contingencies, individually or in the aggregate, as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.. We believe the probability is remote that the ultimate outcome of these matters would have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.


We are conducting an internal investigation of the operations of certain of our foreign subsidiaries in West Africa including possible violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), our policies and other applicable laws. In June 2016, we voluntarily disclosed the existence of our extensive internal review to the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and other governmental entities. It is our intent to continue to fully cooperate with these agencies and any other applicable authorities in connection with any further investigation that may be conducted in connection with this matter. While our review has not indicated that there has been any material impact on our previously filed financial statements, we have continued to collect information and cooperate with the authorities, but at this time are unable to predict the ultimate resolution of these matters with these agencies.



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As disclosed above, our investigation into possible violations of the FCPA remains ongoing, and we will continue to cooperate with the SEC, DOJ and other relevant governmental entities in connection therewith. At this time, we are unable to predict the ultimate resolution of these matters with these agencies, including any financial impact to us. Our board and management are committed to continuously enhancing our internal controls that support improved compliance and transparency throughout our global operations.

19.Post-retirement benefits

We operate a number of post-retirement benefit plans, primarily consisting of defined contribution plans for U.S. and non-U.S. employees. We also sponsor defined benefit pension plans for certain employees located in the U.K., Norway and Indonesia. The majority of our post-retirement expense relates to defined contribution plans. The assets of the various defined benefit plans are held separately from those of the Company. Our principal retirement savings plans and pension plans are discussed below.

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Note 17—Severance

Defined contribution plans

We offer certain retirement savings plans to U.S. and Other Charges (Credits)non-U.S. employees. These plans are managed in accordance with applicable local statutes and practices and are defined contribution plans. For U.S. employees, we offer 401k savings and investment plans as part of our employee benefits package which previously included a Safe Harbor Matching Contribution. During 2020, the Safe Harbor Matching Contribution was eliminated.

For U.K. employees, we offer the Group Personal Pension plan (“GPP”), net


    We recognize severancewhich is a portable, personal pension plan to which the employer contributes on a matching basis between a base of 4.5% and a ceiling of 6% of base salary. In addition, we offer other chargesdefined contribution plans for costs associatedour employees in the rest of the world as per local statues. Effective in 2020, the GPP for U.K. employees was temporarily modified, with workforce reductions, facility closures, exiting or reducing our footprint in certain countries, inventory and other asset impairmentsthe employer contribution matching basis ceiling being reduced to 4% of base salary from 6% of base salary and the employer contributions to the 401k savings and investment plan for our United States employees were temporarily suspended. As of December 31, 2021, these temporary reductions and suspensions were still in place.

Expense recognized in respect of these plans were $7.3 million, $6.4 million and $8.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Defined benefit plans

We offer a pension plan to certain of our U.K. employees, which qualifies as a defined benefit plan. Effective October 1, 1999, this plan was closed to new entrants. The contributions to the plan are determined by a qualified external actuary on the basis of an annual valuation.

In December 2015, the decision was taken to close the U.K. defined benefit plan (“DB Plan”) to new accruals. The status of the DB Plan’s remaining active members has changed to that of deferred members. This change affected approximately 80 employees. As deferred members, these employees will no longer accrue further benefits under the DB Plan through their service. However, benefits earned through past service are retained and will continue to increase with inflation. In addition, affected individuals were auto-enrolled in the Company’s defined contribution pension plan.

On December 28, 2020, the Company, with the written consent of the trustees, amended the DB Plan rules to introduce a new pension option for members who retire before their state pension age, a bridging pension option. Under this new option, a plan member who receives his or her pension before the later of age 65 or their state pension age can elect to have their pension temporarily increased at retirement and then reduced at the time of excess machinery and equipmentstate pension.

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Key assumptions

The major assumptions, included on a weighted average basis across the defined benefit plans, used to calculate the defined benefit plan liabilities were:

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Discount rate

  1.8%  1.3%  2.0%

Expected return on plan assets

  3.2%  2.7%  3.4%

Expected rate of salary increases

  0.1%  0.1%  0.1%

The discount rate has been calculated with reference to AA rated corporate bonds of a suitable maturity. Expected rates of salary increases have been estimated by management following a review of the participant data. Within the U.K. plans pensionable salary was frozen in 2012 resulting in the reduction in the weighted average assumption for salary increases disclosed above.

The expected long-term return on cash is based on economic utility. Ascash deposit rates available at the reporting date. The expected return on bonds is determined by reference to U.K. long term government bonds and bond yields at the reporting date. The expected rates of return on equities and property have been determined by setting an appropriate risk premium above government bond yields having regard to market conditions at the reporting date.

Net periodic benefit cost

Amounts recognized in the consolidated statements of operations and in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss in respect of the defined benefit plans were as follows (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Current service cost

 $(439) $(539) $(1,218)

Interest cost

  (3,407)  (4,551)  (6,083)

Expected return on plan assets

  5,499   6,064   6,425 

Plan curtailment / amendment events recognized in consolidated statements of operations

  0   2,269   47 

Amortization of prior service credit

  249   0   0 

Reclassified net remeasurement (loss) gains

  244   (104)  0 

Amounts included in consolidated statements of operations

 $2,146  $3,139  $(829)
             

Actuarial gain (loss) on defined benefit plans

 $22,345  $(9,356) $(3,521)

Plan curtailment / amendment credit recognized in consolidated statements of other comprehensive loss

  0   5,510   0 

Amortization of prior service credit

  (249)  0   0 

Reclassified net remeasurement (loss) gains

  (244)  104   0 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

  21,852   (3,742)  (3,521)
             

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 $23,998  $(603) $(4,350)

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The service costs have primarily been included in “Cost of revenue, excluding depreciation and amortization” in the consolidated statements of operations. Interest cost, expected return on plan assets and plan curtailment / amendment events have been recognized in “Other income, net” in the consolidated statements of operations.

The actuarial gain (loss) is derived from the components shown in the table below (in thousands):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Actuarial gain on assets

 $11,378  $16,678  $18,801 

Actuarial gain (loss) on liabilities

  10,967   (26,034)  (22,322)

Actuarial gain (loss) on defined benefit plans

 $22,345  $(9,356) $(3,521)

The actuarial gain on the benefit obligation for the year ended December 31, 2021 has arisen primarily as a result of changes in financial and demographic assumptions, with a small change resulted from allowance for known inflation increases in 2021 and 2022.

The amount of employer contributions expected to be paid to our defined benefit plans during the downturn in the industry and its impact on our business outlook, we continueyears to take actions to adjust our operations and cost structure to reflect current and expected activity levels. Depending on future market conditions, further actions may be necessary to adjust our operations, which may result in additional charges.

    Our severance and other charges (credits), net are summarized belowDecember 31, 2031 is set out below: (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Severance and other costs$12,284 $9,744 $4,552 
Fixed asset impairments and retirements15,664 32,916 
Inventory impairments367 4,471 
Intangible asset impairments4,708 3,299 
Accounts receivable write-off (recovery)(4,862)
$33,023 $50,430 $(310)

    Severance and other costs: We incurred costs due to a continued effort to adjust our cost base, including reducing our workforce to meet the depressed demand in the industry. At December 31, 2020, our outstanding liability associated with our current program was approximately $2.7 million and included severance payments and other employee-related separation costs. In addition, we also incurred costs associated with strategic initiatives to investigate opportunities for long-term shareholder growth.

    Below is a reconciliation of our employee separation liability balance (in thousands):
Tubular Running ServicesTubularsCementing EquipmentCorporateTotal
Balance at December 31, 2019$2,000 $19 $1,632 $2,186 $5,837 
Additions for costs expensed6,621 553 1,152 3,958 12,284 
Severance and other payments(7,781)(175)(1,827)(4,448)(14,231)
Other adjustments(586)(21)(617)(1,224)
Balance at December 31, 2020$254 $397 $936 $1,079 $2,666 

Fixed asset impairments and retirements: During the year ended December 31, 2019, we undertook a comprehensive business review in conjunction with a sharp decline in U.S. land activity. Through this review, we identified certain fixed assets, primarily construction in progress, that were not commercially viable given current market conditions. This resulted in an impairment charge of $32.9 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we recorded fixed asset impairment charges of $15.7 million primarily associated with construction in progress in our Cementing Equipment segment. Please see Note 5—Property, Plant and Equipment for additional details.

.

Years ending December 31:

    

2022

 $5,646 

2023

 $5,888 

2024

 $6,123 

2025

 $6,329 

2026

 $6,575 

Thereafter to December 31, 2031

 $31,507 


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTSTable of Contents
Inventory impairments: During the year ended December 31, 2019, certain inventories in our Tubular Running Services, Cementing Equipment and Tubulars segments were determined to have costs that exceeded their net realizable values, resulting in a charge of $4.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, certain inventories in our Cementing Equipment segment were determined to have costs that exceeded their net realizable values, resulting in a charge of $0.4 million.
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Intangible asset impairments: During the year ended December 31, 2019, we identified certain intangible assets that no longer had commercial viabilityNotes to the Company, resulting in an impairment charge of $3.3 million. During the year ended December 31, 2020, we identified certain intangible assets where the carrying value exceeded the fair valueConsolidated Financial Statements

The amounts included in the Cementing Equipment segment, resultingconsolidated balance sheets arising from our obligations in an impairment chargerespect of $4.7 million. Please see Note 1—Basis of Presentationdefined retirement benefit plans and Significant Accounting Policies in these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details.


Accounts receivable write-off (recovery): We have experienced payment delays from certain customers in Angola. In 2018, we recovered $4.9 million of previously written off receivables from a customer in Angola.

Note 18—Supplemental Cash Flow Information

    Supplemental cash flows and non-cash transactions were as follows for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Cash paid for interest$1,096 $1,005 $273 
Cash paid (received) for income taxes, net of refunds(2,512)13,330 1,848 
Non-cash transactions:
Change in accruals related to purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangibles$(4,832)$781 $5,910 
Financed insurance premium1,910 6,798 
Net transfers from inventory to property, plant and equipment1,967 3,190 4,529 

Note 19—Segment Information

    Reporting Segments

We are comprised of 3 reportable segments: Tubular Running Services (“TRS”) segment, Tubulars segment and Cementing Equipment (“CE”) segment.

The TRS segment provides tubular running services globally. Internationally, the TRS segment operates in the majority of the offshore oil and gas markets and also in several onshore regions with operations in approximately 40 countries on 6 continents. In the U.S., the TRS segment provides services in the active onshore oil and gas drilling regions, including the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, Haynesville Shale, Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale, and in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Our customers are primarily large exploration and production companies, including international oil and gas companies, national oil and gas companies, major independents and other oilfield service companies.

The Tubulars segment designs, manufactures and distributes connectors and casing attachments for large outside diameter (“OD”) heavy wall pipe. Additionally, the Tubulars segment sells large OD pipe originally manufactured by various pipe mills, as plain end or fully fabricated with proprietary welded or thread-direct connector solutions and provides specialized fabrication and welding services in support of offshore deepwater projects, including drilling and production risers, flowlines and pipeline end terminations, as well as long-length tubular assemblies up to 400 feet in length. The Tubulars segment also specializes in the development, manufacture

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and supply of proprietary drilling tool solutions that focus on improving drilling productivity through eliminating or mitigating traditional drilling operational risks.

The CE segment provides specialty equipment to enhance the safety and efficiency of rig operations. It provides specialized equipment, services and products utilized in the construction, completion and abandonment of the wellbore in both onshore and offshore environments. The product portfolio includes casing accessories that serve to improve the installation of casing, centralization and wellbore zonal isolation, as well as enhance cementing operations through advance wiper plug and float equipment technology. Abandonment solutions are primarily used to isolate portions of the wellbore through the setting of barriers downhole to allow for rig evacuation in case of inclement weather, maintenance work on other rig equipment, squeeze cementing, pressure testing within the wellbore, hydraulic fracturing and temporary and permanent abandonments. These offerings improve operational efficiencies and limit non-productive time if unscheduled events are encountered at the wellsite.

    Revenue

We disaggregate our revenue from contracts with customers by geography for each of our segments, as we believe this best depicts how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of our revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. Intersegment revenue is immaterial.

The following tables presents our revenue disaggregated by geography, based on the location where our services were provided and products sold (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Tubular Running ServicesTubularsCementing EquipmentConsolidated
United States$84,192 $34,318 $36,731 $155,241 
International185,519 19,350 30,248 235,117 
Total Revenue$269,711 $53,668 $66,979 $390,358 
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Tubular Running ServicesTubularsCementing EquipmentConsolidated
United States$147,547 $63,087 $82,538 $293,172 
International252,780 11,600 22,368 286,748 
Total Revenue$400,327 $74,687 $104,906 $579,920 
Year Ended December 31, 2018
Tubular Running ServicesTubularsCementing EquipmentConsolidated
United States$142,262 $66,017 $72,316 $280,595 
International218,783 6,286 16,829 241,898 
Total Revenue$361,045 $72,303 $89,145 $522,493 

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Revenue by geographic areapost-employment benefits was as follows (in thousands):
Year Ended
December 31,
202020192018
United States$155,241 $293,172 $280,595 
Europe/Middle East/Africa101,693 155,278 127,968 
Latin America87,517 72,720 46,553 
Asia Pacific34,094 35,909 35,327 
Other countries11,813 22,841 32,050 
Total Revenue$390,358 $579,920 $522,493 

    We are a Netherlands based company and we derive our revenue from services and product sales to clients primarily

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Present value of defined benefit obligations

 $(241,808) $(261,576)

Fair value of plan assets

  212,688   203,630 

Deficit recognized under non-current liabilities

 $(29,120) $(57,946)

Changes in the oilpresent value of defined benefit obligations were as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Opening balance

 $(261,576) $(254,271)

Current service cost

  (439)  (539)

Interest cost

  (3,407)  (4,551)

Actuarial gain (loss)

  10,967   (26,034)

Plan amendment

  0   4,873 

Settlements

  0   17,432 

Exchange differences

  2,378   (8,026)

Benefits paid

  10,269   9,505 

Payroll tax of employer contributions

  0   35 

Ending balance

 $(241,808) $(261,576)

Movements in fair value of plan assets were as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Opening balance

 $203,630  $194,554 

Actual return on plan assets

  16,877   22,742 

Exchange differences

  (2,245)  6,393 

Contributions from the sponsoring companies

  4,695   4,005 

Settlements

  0   (14,524)

Benefits paid

  (10,269)  (9,505)

Payroll tax of employer contributions

  0   (35)

Ending balance

 $212,688  $203,630 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

The actual return on plan assets consists of the following (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Expected return on plan assets

 $5,499  $6,064  $6,425 

Actuarial gain on plan assets

  11,378   16,678   18,801 

Actual return on plan assets

 $16,877  $22,742  $25,226 

Information for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets were as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Accumulated benefit obligation

 $240,644  $260,496 

Fair value of plan assets

  212,688   203,630 

The investment strategy of the main U.K. plan (“U.K. Plan”) is set by the trustees and gas industry. One customeris based on advice received from an investment consultant. The primary investment objective for the U.K. Plan is to achieve an overall rate of return that is sufficient to ensure that assets are available to meet all liabilities as and when they become due. In doing so, the aim is to maximize returns at an acceptable level of risk taking into consideration the circumstances of the U.K. Plan. 

The investment strategy has been determined after considering the U.K. Plan’s liability profile and requirements of the U.K. statutory funding objective, and an appropriate level of investment risk.

Taking all these factors into consideration, approximately 58% of the assets are invested in a growth portfolio, comprising diversified growth funds (“DGFs”) and property, and approximately 42% of the assets in a stabilizing portfolio, comprising corporate bonds and liability driven investments. DGFs are actively managed multi-asset funds. The managers of the DGFs aim to deliver equity like returns in the long term, with lower volatility. They seek to do this by investing in a wide range of assets and investment contracts in order to implement their market views.

The present value of the U.K. Plan’s future benefits payments to members is sensitive to changes in long term interest rates and long-term inflation expectations. Liability driven investment (“LDI”) funds are more sensitive to changes in these factors and therefore provide more efficient hedging than traditional bonds. A small proportion of the assets have therefore been invested in LDI funds to help to reduce the volatility of the U.K. Plan’s funding position. The hedging level is expected to be increased over time as the U.K. Plan’s funding position improves.

Assets of the other plans are invested in a combination of equity, bonds, real estate and insurance contracts.

The analysis of the plan assets and the expected rate of return at the reporting date were as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31, 2021

  

December 31, 2020

 
  

Expected rate

  

Fair value of

  

Expected rate

  

Fair value of

 
  

of return %

  

asset

  

of return %

  

asset

 

Mutual funds

                

DGFs

  4.6  $123,460   4.2  $116,590 

LDI funds

  1.1   61,163   0.7   67,395 

Bond funds

  1.8   26,571   1.4   17,382 

Equities

  1.5   360   2.3   233 

Other assets

  1.5   1,134   1.8   2,030 

Total

     $212,688      $203,630 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

The aggregated asset categorization for the plans were as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31, 2021

 
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Total

 

Mutual funds

                

DGFs

 $123,460  $0  $0  $123,460 

LDI funds

  61,163   0   0   61,163 

Bond funds

  26,571   0   0   26,571 

Equities

  360   0   0   360 

Other assets

  445   329   360   1,134 

Total

 $211,999  $329  $360  $212,688 

  

December 31, 2020

 
  

Level 1

  

Level 2

  

Level 3

  

Total

 

Mutual funds

                

DGFs

 $116,590  $0  $0  $116,590 

LDI funds

  67,395   0   0   67,395 

Bond funds

  17,382   0   0   17,382 

Equities

  233   0   0   233 

Other assets

  1,301   437   292   2,030 

Total

 $202,901  $437  $292  $203,630 

Other assets primarily represent insurance contracts. The fair value is estimated, based on the underlying defined benefit obligation assumed by the insurers.

Movements in fair value of Level 3 assets were as follows (in thousands):

  

December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Opening balance

 $292  $14,786 

Actual return on plan assets

  5   4 

Exchange differences

  33   (2)

Contributions from the sponsoring companies

  30   28 

Settlement

  0   (14,524)

Ending balance

 $360  $292 

Executive Deferred Compensation Plan

The Company maintains the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (the “EDC Plan”) for certain current and former Frank’s employees. Effective during 2015, this plan was closed to new entrants. The purpose of the EDC Plan was to provide participants with an opportunity to defer receipt of a portion of their salary, bonus, and other specified cash compensation. Participant contributions were immediately vested. Company contributions vested after five years of service. All participant benefits under this EDC Plan shall be paid directly from the general funds of the applicable participating subsidiary or a grantor trust, commonly referred to as a Rabbi Trust, created for the purpose of informally funding the EDC Plan, and other than such Rabbi Trust, no special or separate fund shall be established and no other segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment. The assets of the EDC Plan’s trust are invested in a corporate owned split-dollar life insurance policy and an amalgamation of mutual funds.

As of December 31, 2021, the total liability related to the EDC Plan was $9.3 million and was included in “Other non-current liabilities” on the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2021, the cash surrender value of life insurance policies that are held within a Rabbi Trust for the purpose of paying future executive deferred compensation benefit obligations was $18.9 million.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

20.Stock-based compensation

Management Incentive Plan

During October 2018, Legacy Expro’s board of directors approved the Management Incentive Plan (“MIP”) which was comprised of (a) stock options to non-executive directors and key management personnel and (b) restricted stock units. The outstanding awards under the MIP were assumed by the Company in connection with the Merger.

MIP Stock options

Stock options issued under the MIP vest over a three or four year vesting period as defined in the award agreement, subject to the fulfilment of continued service and a performance condition related to the occurrence of a Liquidity Event as defined in the MIP. Additionally, a portion of the management options are subject to performance conditions linked to an internal rate of return. 

There were 5.8 million and 6.4 million MIP stock options issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, under the MIP. Legacy Expro granted 0 stock options in 2020 and granted 0.9 million stock options in 2019.

Due to the nature of the performance conditions, recognition of compensation expense for the stock options was deferred until the occurrence of a Liquidity Event as defined in the MIP as the performance condition was deemed to be improbable. On October 1, 2021, the MIP stock options were modified to redefine the occurrence of the Liquidity Event to the closing of the Merger. Upon Closing, the MIP stock options were exchanged for options to purchase Company common stock based on the post-reverse stock split Exchange Ratio of 1.2120 to 1. As of the modification date, there were 6.9 million MIP stock options issued and outstanding.

The aforementioned event was accounted for 13%as an improbable-to-probable modification and as a result, the fair value of all of the issued and outstanding MIP stock options was determined as of the Closing Date. Compensation expense was immediately recognized upon the Merger closing for all MIP stock options in which the service period was fulfilled. For the stock options in which the service period was not fulfilled, stock based compensation expense is to be recognized based on the total modification date fair value of the associated awards on a straight-line basis over the remaining service period. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to the MIP stock options of $39.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, unrecognized stock compensation expense relating to MIP stock options totaled $5.1 million, which will be expensed over a weighted average period of 0.9 years.

As of December 31, 2021, there were 6.9 million MIP stock options issued and outstanding with a weighted average Closing Date fair value of $6.52 per option. As of December 31, 2021, there were 2.2 million exercisable MIP stock options with a weighted average Closing Date fair value of $7.54 per option. As of December 31, 2021, the weighted average remaining term for the MIP stock options was 6.1 years.

The fair value of the time-based MIP stock options granted to non-executive directors and management was estimated at the Closing Date using a Black-Scholes model and the fair value of the performance-based MIP stock options granted to management was estimated at the Closing Date using a Monte-Carlo Option valuation model. The Closing Date fair value of the Company’s shares is a key input in the determination of the fair value of the awards.

The key assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the MIP stock options were as follows:

Risk free interest rate

  0.04%

Expected volatility

  55%

Dividend yield

  0.0%

Stock price on valuation date

 $18.90 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

MIP Restricted stock units (“MIP RSUs”)

RSUs granted under the MIP were subject to vesting over a three year period. There were 0.1 million outstanding MIP RSUs as of December 31, 2020 and 2019. In February 2021, the MIP RSU awards were modified so that upon the closing of the Merger, the MIP RSUs would convert to RSUs of the Company based on the post-reverse stock split Exchange Ratio of 1.2120 to 1 and would immediately vest pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

The Company recognized $2.6 million of stock-based compensation expense attributable to the MIP RSUs during the year ended December 31, 2021. NaN stock-based compensation expense attributable to the MIP RSUs was recognized in the years ending December 31, 2020 and 2019 as the performance conditions within the agreements were deemed to be improbable. The Company had 0 unrecognized stock-based compensation expense attributable to the MIP RSUs as of December 31, 2021.

Expro Group Holdings N.V. Long-Term Incentive Plan

Effective October 1, 2021, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company amended its 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan to the Expro Group Holdings N.V. Long-Term Incentive Plan, As Amended and Restated (the “LTIP”). Pursuant to the LTIP, stock options, SARs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights and other types of equity and cash incentive awards may be granted to employees, non-employee directors and service providers. The LTIP expires after 10 years, unless prior to that date the maximum number of shares available for issuance under the plan has been issued or our board of directors terminates the plan. There are approximately 4.2 million shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the LTIP. As of December 31, 2021, approximately 1.3 million shares remained available for issuance.

LTIP Restricted Stock Units (“LTIP RSUs”)

All RSUs granted under the LTIP vest ratably over a period of one to three years. Our treasury stock primarily consists of shares that were withheld from employees to settle personal tax obligations that arose as a result of RSUs that vested. Certain RSU awards provide for accelerated vesting for qualifying terminations of employment or service.

Employees granted LTIP RSUs are not entitled to dividends declared on the underlying shares while the RSU is unvested. As such, the grant date fair value of the award is measured by reducing the grant date price of our revenuecommon stock by the present value of the dividends expected to be paid on the underlying shares during the requisite service period, discounted at the appropriate risk-free interest rate.

Stock-based compensation expense relating to LTIP RSUs for the year ended December 31, 2020. All three of our segments generated revenue from this customer. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of our revenue2021 was $6.8 million. NaN stock-based compensation expense relating to the LTIP RSUs was recognized for the years ended December 31, 2019 2020 and 2018.2019. The total fair value of LTIP RSUs vested during the year ended December 31, 2021 was $2.0 million. As of December 31, 2021, unrecognized stock compensation expense relating to LTIP RSUs totaled approximately $14.3 million, which will be expensed over a weighted average period of 1.6 years.

Non-vested LTIP RSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and the changes since the Close Date, were as follows:

  Number  

Weighted Average

 
  of  Grant Date 
  

Shares

  

Fair Value

 

Non-vested on the Closing Date

  883,079  $21.97 

Granted

  458,258   17.64 

Vested

  (93,688)  21.80 

Forfeited

  (12,549)  22.59 

Non-vested at December 31, 2021

  1,235,100  $20.49 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Performance Restricted Stock Units (“PRSUs”)

The revenue generatedpurpose of the PRSUs is to closely align the incentive compensation of the executive leadership team for the duration of the performance cycle with returns to the Company’s shareholders and thereby further motivate the executive leadership team to create sustained value to the Company shareholders. The design of the PRSU grants effectuates this purpose by placing a material amount of incentive compensation for each executive at risk by offering an extraordinary reward for the attainment of extraordinary results. Design features of the PRSU grant that in furtherance of this purpose include the following: (1) The vesting of the PRSUs is based on total shareholder return (“TSR”) based on a comparison to the returns of a peer group, which is the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment and Services ETF. (2) TSR performance is calculated separately with respect to 3 separate one-year achievement periods included in the Netherlands three-year Performance Period (as defined below), resulting in a weighted average payout at the end of the three-year Performance Period. The TSR calculation will assume reinvestment of dividends. (3) The ultimate number of shares to be issued pursuant to the PRSU awards will vary in proportion to the actual TSR achieved as a percentile compared to the peer group during the Performance Period as follows: (i) no shares will be issued if the Company’s performance falls below the 25th percentile; (ii) 50% of the Target Level (as defined below) if the Company achieves a rank in the 25th percentile (the threshold level); (iii) 100% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 50th percentile (the target level); (iv) 150% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 75th percentile; and 200% of the Target Level if the Company achieves a rank in the 90th percentile and above (the maximum level). (4) Unless there is a qualifying termination as defined in the PRSU award agreement, the PRSUs of an executive will be forfeited upon an executive’s termination of employment during the Performance Period.

Though the value of the PRSU grant may change for each participant, the compensation expense recorded by the Company is determined on the date of grant. Expected volatility is based on historical equity volatility of our stock-based on 50% of historical and 50% of implied volatility weighting commensurate with the expected term of the PRSU. The expected volatility considers factors such as the historical volatility of our share price and our peer group companies, implied volatility of our share price, length of time our shares have been publicly traded, and split- and dividend-adjusted closing stock prices.

In 2021, we granted 354,275 PRSUs (“Target Level”). The performance period for these grants is the three-year period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 (“Performance Period”), but with separate one-year achievement periods from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023, and January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, resulting in a weighted average payout at the end of the Performance Period.

The weighted average assumptions for the PRSUs granted in 2021 are as follows:

2021

Total expected term (in years)

3.25

Expected volatility

84.2

Risk-free interest rate

0.54%

Correlation range

20.8% to 79.5%

In the event of death or disability, the restrictions related to forfeiture as defined in the performance awards agreement will lapse with respect to 100% of the PRSUs at the target level effective on the date of such event. In the event of involuntary termination except for cause, the Company may enter into a special vesting agreement with the executive under which the restrictions for forfeiture will not lapse upon such termination. In the event of a termination for any other reason prior to the end of the Performance Period, all PRSUs will be forfeited.

Stock-based compensation expense related to PRSUs for the year ended December 31, 2021 was immaterial$5.2 million. NaN stock based compensation expense relating to the PRSUs was recognized for the years ended December 31, 2020 2019 and 2018. Other than2019. The total fair value of PRSUs vested during the United States, no individual country represented more than 10%year ended December 31, 2021, was $0.1 million. As of December 31, 2021, unrecognized stock compensation expense relating to PRSUs totaled approximately $8.8 million, which will be expensed over a weighted average period of 3.0 years.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Non-vested PRSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2021, and the changes since the Close Date, were as follows:

  Number  

Weighted Average

 
  of  Grant Date 
  

Shares

  

Fair Value

 

Non-vested on the Closing Date

  340,071  $32.38 

Granted

  354,275   23.34 

Vested

  (2,715)  29.72 

Non-vested at December 31, 2021

  691,631  $27.75 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the Expro Group Holdings N.V. Employee Stock Purchase Program (“ESPP”), eligible employees have the right to purchase shares of common stock at the lesser of (i) 85% of the last reported sale price of our revenuecommon stock on the last trading date immediately preceding the first day of the option period, or (ii) 85% of the last reported sale price of our common stock on the last trading date immediately preceding the last day of the option period. The ESPP is intended to qualify as an employee stock purchase plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. We have reserved 500,000 shares of our common stock for issuance under the ESPP, of which 222,995 shares were available for issuance as of December 31, 2021. For the years ended December 31, 2021, we recognized $0.1 million of compensation expense related to stock purchased under the ESPP.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

21.Warrants

As of December 31, 2020, 2019Legacy Expro had outstanding warrants consisting of the following:

1,284,978 “A” Warrants which entitled its holders to purchase common stock comprising up to 2% of Legacy Expro. The “A” Warrants were exercisable at a strike price of approximately $30.40 per share on the occurrence of certain specified events and, if not exercised, expire 5 years from February 5, 2018 (the “Effective Date”).

4,497,414 “B” Warrants, which entitled its holders to purchase common stock comprising up to 7% of Legacy Expro. The “B” Warrants were exercisable at a strike price of approximately $30.40 per share on the occurrence of certain specified events and, if not exercised, expire 5 years from the Effective Date.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company agreed to issue replacement warrants but only so that the holders of the Legacy Expro warrants would receive, upon exercise of the warrants after Closing, the merger consideration that would have been received of the Legacy Expro shares issuable upon exercise of the Legacy Expro warrants immediately before Closing, assuming a cashless exercise. Because the fair market value of the Legacy Expro shares at the time of merger determined in accordance with the warrant agreement was below the exercise price of the Legacy Expro warrant (i.e. the Legacy Expro warrants were out of the money), no Legacy Expro shares would have been issuable upon a cashless exercise prior to Closing. Accordingly, replacement warrants were not required to be issued by the Company and 2018.


the Legacy Expro warrants have been cancelled resulting in 0 warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2021.

 Adjusted EBITDA

    We define Adjusted EBITDA as

22.Loss per share

Basic income (loss) per share attributable to Company stockholders is calculated by dividing net income (loss) before interest income, net, depreciation and amortization, income tax benefit or expense, asset impairments, gain or loss on disposal of assets, foreign currency gain or loss, equity-based compensation, unrealized and realized gain or loss, the effects of the TRA, other non-cash adjustments and other charges or credits. We review Adjusted EBITDA on both a consolidated basis and on a segment basis. We use Adjusted EBITDA to assess our financial performance because it allows us to compare our operating performance on a consistent basis across periods by removing the effects of our capital structure (such as varying levels of interest expense), asset base (such as depreciation and amortization), income tax, foreign currency exchange rates and other charges and credits. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), operating income (loss), cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP.


    Our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) uses Adjusted EBITDA as the primary measure of segment reporting performance.


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FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL N.V.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    The following table presents a reconciliation of Segment Adjusted EBITDA to net loss (in thousands):
Year Ended December 31,
202020192018
Segment Adjusted EBITDA:
Tubular Running Services$22,171 $85,601 $62,515 
Tubulars7,765 11,575 11,246 
Cementing Equipment10,780 14,089 8,617 
Corporate (1)
(31,720)(53,744)(49,146)
Total8,996 57,521 33,232 
Goodwill impairment(57,146)(111,108)
Severance and other (charges) credits, net(33,023)(50,430)310 
Interest income, net712 2,265 4,243 
Income tax benefit (expense)4,081 (23,794)2,950 
Depreciation and amortization(70,169)(92,800)(111,292)
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets1,424 (1,037)1,309 
Foreign currency loss(211)(2,233)(5,675)
TRA related adjustments (2)
220 (1,359)
Charges and credits (3)
(10,884)(13,933)(14,451)
Net loss$(156,220)$(235,329)$(90,733)
(1)    Includes certain expenses not attributable to a particular segment, such as costs related to support functions and corporate executives.
(2)    Please see Note 11—Related Party Transactions for further discussion.
(3)    Comprised of Equity-based compensation expense (2020: $11,010; 2019: $11,280; 2018: $10,621), Mergers and acquisition expense (2020: NaN; 2019: NaN; 2018: $58), Unrealized and realized gains (2020: $1,378; 2019: $228; 2018: $1,682), Investigation-related matters (2020: $1,868; 2019: $3,838; 2018: $5,454) and Other adjustments (2020: $616; 2019: $957; 2018: NaN).

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    The following table sets forth certain financial information with respect to our reportable segments (in thousands):
Tubular Running ServicesTubularsCementing EquipmentCorporateTotal
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Revenue from external customers$269,711 $53,668 $66,979 $$390,358 
Operating income (loss)(39,470)3,223 (76,591)(50,054)(162,892)
Adjusted EBITDA22,171 7,765 10,780 (31,720)*
Depreciation and amortization51,528 3,526 9,011 6,104 70,169 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangibles16,049 3,132 6,327 2,965 28,473 
Year Ended December 31, 2019
Revenue from external customers$400,327 $74,687 $104,906 $$579,920 
Operating income (loss)(3,900)7,344 (124,597)(91,737)(212,890)
Adjusted EBITDA85,601 11,575 14,089 (53,744)*
Depreciation and amortization61,036 2,903 16,130 12,731 92,800 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangibles16,086 2,859 16,374 1,623 36,942 
Year Ended December 31, 2018
Revenue from external customers$361,045 $72,303 $89,145 $$522,493 
Operating loss(16,886)7,616 (9,313)(74,298)(92,881)
Adjusted EBITDA62,515 11,246 8,617 (49,146)*
Depreciation and amortization80,009 3,371 16,324 11,588 111,292 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangibles7,824 1,838 7,583 39,226 56,471 
    * Non-GAAP financial measure not disclosed.    

    The CODM does not review total assetsthe Company by segment as part of their review of segment results. The following table presents property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) by segment.
December 31,
20202019
Long-Lived Assets (PP&E)
Tubular Running Services$90,955 $132,626 
Tubulars14,782 15,162 
Cementing Equipment23,441 34,184 
Corporate and shared assets143,529 146,460 
Total$272,707 $328,432 
December 31,
20202019
Long-Lived Assets (PP&E)
United States$162,032 $207,227 
International110,675 121,205 
$272,707 $328,432 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    Based on the unique nature of our operating structure, revenue generating assets are interchangeable between two categories: (i) offshore and (ii) onshore. In addition, some of the U.S. land onshore assets cannot be deployed into offshore markets, based upon certification. Such equipment does have application in certain international land markets. Long-lived assets in the Netherlands were insignificant in each of the years presented.

Note 20—Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)

    Summarized quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 is set forth below (in thousands, except per share data).
FirstSecondThirdFourth
QuarterQuarterQuarterQuarterTotal
2020
Revenue$123,492 $86,101 $84,417 $96,348 $390,358 
Gross profit (loss) (1)
12,622 809 (616)1,252 14,067 
Operating loss (2)
(94,208)(27,286)(23,746)(17,652)(162,892)
Net loss(85,978)(34,245)(27,791)(8,206)(156,220)
Loss per common share: (4)
Basic and diluted$(0.38)$(0.15)$(0.12)$(0.04)$(0.69)
2019
Revenue$144,408 $155,654 $140,417 $139,441 $579,920 
Gross profit (1)
19,102 25,062 20,825 16,357 81,346 
Operating loss (3)
(20,294)(12,514)(14,803)(165,279)(212,890)
Net loss(28,287)(15,160)(23,789)(168,093)(235,329)
Loss per common share: (4)
Basic and diluted$(0.13)$(0.07)$(0.11)$(0.75)$(1.05)
(1)Gross profit is defined as total revenue less cost of revenue less depreciation and amortization attributed to cost of revenue.
(2)First quarter 2020 includes a goodwill impairment charge of $57.1 million, fixed asset impairment charges of $15.5 million and intangible asset impairments of $4.7 million. Please see Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies and Note 17—Severance and Other Charges (Credits), net for additional details.
(3)Fourth quarter 2019 includes a goodwill impairment charge of $111.1 million, fixed asset impairment charges of $28.8 million, inventory impairments of $4.2 million and intangible asset impairments of $3.3 million. Please see Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies and Note 17—Severance and Other Charges (Credits), net for additional details.
(4)The sum of the individual quarterly income (losses) per share amounts may not agree with year-to-date net income (loss) per common share as each quarterly computation is based on the weighted averageweighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted income (loss) per share attributable to Company stockholders is computed giving effect to all potential dilutive common stock, unless there is a net loss for the period. We apply the treasury stock method to determine the dilutive weighted average common shares represented by unvested restricted stock units and ESPP shares.

The calculation of basic and diluted loss per share attributable to the Company stockholder for years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 respectively, are as follows (in thousands, except shares outstanding and per share amounts):

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Net loss

 $(131,891) $(307,045) $(64,761)

Basic and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding

  80,525,694   70,889,753   70,889,753 

Total basic and diluted loss per share

 $(1.64) $(4.33) $(0.91)

Approximately 651,736 shares of unvested restricted stock units and stock to be issued pursuant to the ESPP have been excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Additionally, since the conditions upon which shares were issuable for outstanding warrants and stock options were not satisfied as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, assuming the respective balance sheet date was at the end of the contingency period, they had not been included in determining the number of anti-dilutive shares.

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EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

23.Related party transactions

Our related parties consist primarily of CETS and PVD-Expro, the two companies in which we exert significant influence, and Mosing Holdings LLC, a company that is owned by a member of our Board and its affiliates. During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, we provided goods and services to CETS and PVD-Expro totaling $6.8 million, $13.9 million and $11.7 million, respectively. Additionally, we entered into various operating lease agreements to lease facilities with affiliated companies. Rent expense associated with our related party leases was $0.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Further, during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, we received dividends from CETS and PVD-Expro totaling $4.1 million, $3.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, amounts receivable from related parties were $1.6 million and $7.2 million, respectively, and amounts payable to related parties were $2.1 million as of December 31, 2021.

As of December 31, 2021, $1.3 million of our operating lease right-of-use assets and $1.3 million of our lease liabilities were associated with related party leases. NaN right-of-use assets or lease liabilities associated with related party leases were outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

Tax Receivable Agreement

Mosing Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Mosing Holdings”), converted all of its shares of Frank’s Series A convertible preferred stock into shares of Frank’s common stock on August 26, 2016, in connection with its delivery to Frank’s of all of its interests in Frank’s International C.V. (“FICV”) (the “Conversion”).

The tax receivable agreement (the “Original TRA”) that period.Frank’s entered into with FICV and Mosing Holdings in connection with Frank’s initial public offering (“IPO”) generally provided for the payment by Frank’s to Mosing Holdings of 85% of the net cash savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state and local income tax and franchise tax that Frank’s actually realize (or are deemed to realize in certain circumstances) in periods after the IPO as a result of (i) tax basis increases resulting from the Conversion and (ii) imputed interest deemed to be paid by Frank’s as a result of, and additional tax basis arising from, payments under the Original TRA. Frank’s retained the benefit of the remaining 15% of these cash savings, if any.

In connection with the Merger Agreement, Frank’s, FICV and Mosing Holdings entered into the Amended and Restated Tax Receivable Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2021 (the “A&R TRA”). Pursuant to the A&R TRA, on October 1, 2021, the Company made a payment of $15 million to settle the early termination payment obligations that would otherwise have been owed to Mosing Holdings under the Original TRA as a result of the Merger. As the payment was a condition precedent to effect the Merger, it was included in the determination of Merger consideration exchanged. Refer to Note 3 “Business combinations and dispositions” for more details. The A&R TRA also provides for other contingent payments to be made by the Company to Mosing Holdings in the future in the event the Company realizes cash tax savings from tax attributes covered under the Original TRA during the ten year period following October 1, 2021 in excess of $18.1 million.

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EXPRO GROUP HOLDINGS N.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements


24.Supplemental Cash Flow

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2019

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

            

Cash paid for income taxes net of refunds

 $(20,130) $(21,437) $(13,603)

Cash paid for interest, net

  (4,192)  (2,630)  (1,490)

Change in accounts payable and accrued expenses related to capital expenditures

  (8,191)  (9,375)  (839)

Fair value of net assets acquired in the Merger, net of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

  552,543   0   0 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure


None.


Item 9A. Controls and Procedures


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures


As required by Rule 13a-15(b) of the Exchange Act, we have evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-K. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and such information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. Based upon the evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2020,2021, at the reasonable assurance level.


Management’s

Managements Report Regarding Internal Control


See Management’s Report

Management of the Company, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, 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. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of its assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of Company assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

On October 1, 2021, Frank’s and Legacy Expro completed the Merger, and, after giving effect to the Merger, the stockholders of Legacy Expro as of immediately prior to the Merger owned approximately 65% of Company Common Stock following Closing, and the stockholders of Frank’s as of immediately prior to the Merger owned approximately 35% of Company Common Stock following Closing. Frank’s was the legal acquirer in the Merger. Legacy Expro was the accounting acquirer in the Merger under U.S. GAAP. Prior to the Merger, Legacy Expro was a privately-held company and was not subject to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”), while Frank’s was a publicly traded company subject to Section 404 of SOX. For all filings under the Exchange Act after the Merger, the historical financial statements of the Company for the periods prior to the Merger are and will be those of Legacy Expro. The activities of Frank’s are and will be included in the Company’s financial statements for all periods subsequent to the Merger.

As noted above, Frank’s was the legal acquirer in the Merger and subject to Section 404 of SOX. As of the date of its report, management was able to evaluate the effectiveness of the design and operation of the ongoing internal controls related to Frank’s. As the Merger occurred during the fourth quarter of 2021, and Legacy Expro was the accounting acquirer and not previously subject to Section 404 of SOX, management concluded there was insufficient time for management to complete its assessment of the internal controls over financial reporting related to Legacy Expro, and, therefore, Legacy Expro internal controls over financial reporting were excluded from this report on internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Company, with the participation of the CEO and CFO, assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, by focusing on those controls that relate exclusively to ongoing Frank’s operations (covering approximately 14% of the revenue on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 45% of the total assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2021). Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 based on the Internal Control Over Financial ReportingIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013. Based on its evaluation, management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2021.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.

Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm under Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.


Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm under Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.

Changes in Control Over Financial Reporting


    There

Upon closing of the Merger on October 1, 2021, the historical consolidated financial statements of Legacy Expro became the historical consolidated financial statements of the registrant. During the quarter ended December 31, 2021, following becoming a public company as a result of the reverse merger, we integrated our financial reporting processes of the business with Frank’s processes and implemented additional closing procedures to enable our financial reporting process. The processes and controls for significant areas including business combinations, intangible asset and goodwill valuations, income taxes, treasury, consolidations and the preparation of financial statements and related disclosures, and entity level controls have been substantially impacted by the ongoing integration activities. The primary changes in these areas are related to the consolidation of process owner leadership and control owners, and where required, the modification of inputs, processes and associated systems. For all areas of change noted, management believes the control design and implementation thereof are being appropriately modified to address underlying risks. Other than such changes, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2020,2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


Item 9B. Other Information


None.


Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections

None.


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Item10.Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance


Item 10 is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. We expect to file the definitive proxy statement with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2020.


2021.

Item11.Executive Compensation


Item 11 is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. We expect to file the definitive proxy statement with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2020.


2021.

Item12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters


Item 12 is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. We expect to file the definitive proxy statement with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2020.


2021.

Item13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence


Item 13 is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. We expect to file the definitive proxy statement with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2020.


2021.

Item14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services


Item 14 is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. We expect to file the definitive proxy statement with the SEC within 120 days after December 31, 2020.




2021.


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PART IV


Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules


(a)(1)         Financial Statements


Our Consolidated Financial Statements are included under Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K. For a listing of these statements and accompanying footnotes, see “Index to Consolidated Financial Statements” at page 61.


58.

(a)(2)         Financial Statement Schedules


    Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

    Financial statement schedules are listed on page 110.

Schedules not listed above have been omitted because they are not applicable or not required or the information required to be set forth therein is included in Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” or notes thereto.


(a)(3)         Exhibits


The following exhibits are filed or furnished with this Report or incorporated by reference:

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Number

Description

3.1

2.1

3.1

Deed of Amendment to Articles of Association of Frank’s InternationalExpro Group Holdings N.V., dated May 19, 2017October 1, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on May 25, 2017)October 1, 2021).

*4.1
10.1

4.2

10.2
10.3
10.4

105


†10.5

†10.64.3
†10.7
†10.8
†10.9
†10.10
†10.11
†10.12
†10.13
†10.14
†10.15
†10.16
†10.17
†10.18
*†10.19
*†10.20
†10.21
†10.22

106


†10.23
†10.24
†10.25
†10.26
†10.27
†10.28
†10.29
†10.30
†10.31
†10.32
†10.33
†10.34
†10.35
†10.36
†10.37
†10.38
†10.39
†10.40

107


†10.41
†10.42
†10.43
†10.44
†10.45
10.46
10.47
10.48

4.4

10.1

Form of Voting and Support Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on March 11, 2021).

*10.2

Director Nomination Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2021, among Expro Group Holdings N.V. and certain shareholders party thereto.

10.3

Closing Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2021, by and among Frank’s International N.V., New Eagle Holdings Limited and Expro Group Holdings International Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on September 15, 2021).

10.4

Revolving Facility Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2021, by and among, inter alios, Expro Group Holdings N.V., as parent, Exploration and Production Services (Holdings) Limited and Expro Holdings US Inc., as borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and DNB Bank ASA, London Branch, as agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

†10.5

Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2021, by and between Expro Americas, LLC, Expro Group Holdings N.V., and Michael Jardon (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

†10.6

Letter agreement, dated September 20, 2021, with Quinn Fanning (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

†10.7

Letter agreement, dated September 20, 2021, with Michael Bentham (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

†10.8

Service Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2021, by and between Expro North Sea Ltd and Alistair George Sinclair Geddes (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

†10.9

Employment Assignment Letter, dated September 20, 2021, with Steven Russell (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

†10.10

Employment Assignment Letter, dated September 20, 2021, with Nigel Lakey, and Letter Agreement, dated September 20, 2021, with Nigel Lakey (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

*†10.11Service Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2021, by and between Expro North Sea Ltd and John McAlister.

*†10.12

Separation Agreement and Release, effective October 1, 2021, by and between Michael Kearney and Expro Group Holdings N.V.

*†10.13

Separation Agreement and Release, effective November 1, 2021, by and between Melissa Cougle and Expro Group Holdings N.V.

*†10.14

Separation Agreement and Release, effective December 1, 2021, by and between John Symington and Expro Group Holdings N.V.

*†10.15

Form of Indemnification Agreement.

*†10.16

Expro Group Holdings N.V. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

†10.17

Expro Group Holdings N.V. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on October 1, 2021).

†10.18

Expro Group Holdings International Limited 2018 Management Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-260033), filed on October 4, 2021).

†10.19

Form of Notice of Stock Option Award and Stock Option Award Agreement under the Expro Group Holdings International Limited 2018 Management Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-260033), filed on October 4, 2021).

*†10.20

Frank’s International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (2020 Performance Based Form).

*†10.21

Frank’s International N.V. 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (2021 Performance Based Form).

†10.22

Amendment to Frank’s International N.V. Employee Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) Agreement (2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-36053) filed on May 4, 2021).

*†10.23

Expro Group Holdings N.V. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated, Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Non-Employee Director Form).

*†10.24

Expro Group Holdings N.V. Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (2021 Time Based Form).

*†10.25

Expro Group Holdings N.V. Long-Term Incentive Plan Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (2021 Performance Based Form).

†10.26

Form of Inducement Award Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Time-Based) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-260033), filed on October 4, 2021).

†10.27

Form of Inducement Award Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Performance-Based) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-260033), filed on October 4, 2021).

†10.28

Frank’s International N.V. Executive Amended and Restated U.S. Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan, dated January 21, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.52 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on February 24, 2017)25, 2019).

10.49

†10.29

10.50

*†10.30

*†10.31

Form of Frank’s International N.V. Amended and Restated U.S. Executive Change-in-Control Severance Plan Participation Agreement including Confidentiality and Restrictive Covenant Agreement.

†10.32Frank’s International N.V. U.S. Executive Retention and Severance Plan, dated January 21, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1110.54 to the Registration StatementAnnual Report on Form S-1/A (File10-K (Filed No. 333-188536)001-36053), filed on July 24,February 25, 2019).

*†10.33

Amendment One to the Frank’s International N.V. U.S. Executive Retention and Severance Plan, dated October 1, 2021.

*†10.34

Form of Expro Group Holdings N.V. U.S. Executive Retention and Severance Plan Participation Agreement including Confidentiality and Restrictive Covenant Agreement.

†10.35

Frank’s Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-36053), filed on August 19, 2013).

10.51

10.36

†10.52

*21.1

*21.1

*23.1

*23.2

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

*31.1

*31.2

**32.1

**32.2

*101.1

The following materials from Frank’s International N.V.’sExpro’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the yearperiod ended December 31, 20202021 formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity; (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (vi) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.


108


*104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

†     Represents management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

*     Filed herewith.

**   Furnished herewith.


Item 16. Form 10-K Summary


None.



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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.


By:

Expro Group Holdings N.V.

By:Frank’s International N.V.

(Registrant)

(Registrant)

Date:

March 8, 2022

By:

/s/ Quinn P. Fanning

Date:March 1, 2021By:/s/ Melissa Cougle

Quinn P. Fanning

Melissa Cougle

Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on March 1, 2021.

8, 2022.

Signature

Title

SignatureTitle

/s/ Michael C. KearneyJardon

Chairman,

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director

Michael C. KearneyJardon

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Melissa CougleQuinn P. Fanning

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

Melissa Cougle

Quinn P. Fanning

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Michael E. McMahonBentham

Supervisory Lead DirectorPrincipal Accounting Officer

Michael E. McMahonBentham

/s/ Michael C. Kearney

Chairman of the Board

Michael C. Kearney

/s/ Eitan Arbeter

Director

Eitan Arbeter

/s/ Robert W. Drummond

Supervisory

Director

Robert W. Drummond

/s/ L. Don MillerSupervisory Director
L. Don Miller

/s/ D. Keith Mosing

Supervisory

Director

D. Keith Mosing

/s/ Erich L. MosingAlan SchragerSupervisory

Director

Erich L. MosingAlan Schrager
/s/ Kirkland D. MosingLisa L. TroeSupervisory

Director

Kirkland D. MosingLisa L. Troe
/s/ Melanie M. TrentBrian TrueloveSupervisory

Director

Melanie M. TrentBrian Truelove

/s/ Alexander VriesendorpEileen G. Whelley

Supervisory

Director

Alexander Vriesendorp

Eileen G. Whelley


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